Rebirth in 1993, My Dad is a Returned Youth

Chapter 193 Letter from Home
August is approaching and the summer vacation is almost over.

Li Kang’s tutoring classes are very popular, and more and more parents know his level.

I don't know when it started, but parents are all over the place, "There's an English teacher named Kang in Shanghai, who graduated from Harvard and teaches English very well and authentically. The kids really like his classes."

When Li Kang heard these rumors, he deliberately did not debunk them.

He can't make all students like him like money, but it's already a success if most students like him.

Because of his strong personal charm, many female students who have graduated often give him gifts. The one who made the deepest impression on me was a girl named Xu Zhiran, who often gave him gifts very boldly.

This situation reached its peak especially after Li Kang saw her being bullied by a group of thugs on the street and helped him.

Li Kang was a little annoyed by the girl, but he could do nothing about it.

She could only hide at Li Jianhua's side often. If she didn't have classes, she would ask Li Xueer to help him deal with things over there and receive parents' registration.

Li Jianhua noticed that Li Kang had undergone a drastic change in recent times. Not only did he drive a Mercedes-Benz when he came to his house, but even his personal temperament began to become more like his.

I often sigh that money is a good thing and it feeds people.

When a person has enough money, he will become different.

Li Kang set up his office near Li Jianhua's home.

I found an office space in this community.

Jiang Meiling invited Li Kang to her home and said she wanted to give him a surprise.

I'm curious about what surprise the girl will give him, as long as it's not something shocking.

If I confess my feelings to him suddenly, it would be a shock.

Although the relationship between the two is good, he has never thought about developing a relationship with her. They have always been just ordinary friends.

Even if Jiang Meiling had some feelings for him, Li Kang always kept a distance from her.

I have been to Li Jianhua's house many times and it feels like my own home.

Jiang Meiling brought him into the room. The room was very deep and the corridor had an arched structure.

There was a curtain blocking the door. I lifted the curtain and walked inside.

Wow, Li Kang never thought that he would have a private screening room in his own home.

A brand new projector was in the room, and there were a few seats in the back.

Because they have a small family, there are not many seats.

It seemed like the screening room was built recently, everything was new.

Dangdang~
"Teacher Mu, what do you think of my private screening room?"

"Great!" Li Kang gave a thumbs up. He never expected that Jiang Meiling would actually set up a screening room at home.

I looked at the projector and it can be played automatically or manually cranked.

Directly in front is a 200-inch screen.

The movies at that time were all in color, and the visual effects on the screen were better.

Black and white movies are not very interesting.

But he doesn't really like watching old movies.

I wonder what movie Jiang Meiling will show today.

He knew that he had no reason to escape today. Jiang Meiling had invited him several times before, and the two of them went to the cinema together.

Li Kang said he didn't have time and turned the offer away.

So today, while Li Kang was at her house, she asked him to watch a movie with her at her home.

Various snacks are ready.

"Teacher Mu, please take a seat while I show you a movie. Guess what we're watching today. I'll give you a hint. It was just released this year and is currently showing in the cinema."

what!
Li Kang was surprised and asked, "How come you even got the movie that's currently being shown? Is it that easy?"

He was actually happy that Jiang Meiling showed him movies while he could just sit there and watch the movie.

It has been nearly a month since he had time to relax like this, and the one serving him was Li Jianhua's daughter, which was a special kind of enjoyment.

How would he know any movie from 93? The one that left a deep impression on him was "Farewell My Concubine" from the s. That one was quite good, but he couldn't remember which year it was from.

I casually mentioned the movie I wanted to watch, "Farewell My Concubine"?
He said somewhat uncertainly.

Jiang Meiling didn't expect him to guess it, and said in high spirits, "I knew I couldn't hide it from Teacher Mu."

"Really? I was just guessing."

"I heard that this movie has a very good reputation. I wanted to go to the cinema to watch it." Having said this, he glanced at Li Kang with a bit of resentment and blame.

Li Kang deliberately looked away at this time, avoiding her gaze.

It just felt a bit weird watching "Farewell My Concubine" together, as some scenes in the film are not suitable for children.

Some of the lines in the film are still very fashionable decades later.

If you want to be holy in front of others, you must suffer behind their backs.
Mainlanders don’t fight mainlanders. It’s humorous and sarcastic;
Yu Ji, you really can't live without being crazy.
……

……

"Isn't it still showing in the cinema? How did you get it?" Li Kang asked curiously.

Jiang Meiling fiddled with the projector, seemingly not very familiar with it, and explained to him, "I asked my dad to get it from a friend." Then she whispered to Li Kang, "Just stay at home and watch it secretly. It won't affect anyone if it doesn't go outside."

Li Kang thought, even if it really leaked out and Chen Kaige found out, what could he do to you!
He knew that Li Jianhua had recently joined the ministry.

Now that he has become a half-step powerful person, his family has also risen to prominence as well. Just because he knows Li Jianhua and often goes to his house, the cram schools here are very prosperous.

There was an endless stream of people who wanted to come in and study, and they lined up to take his class.

When the movie started, Jiang Meiling came and sat next to him. The distance between them was even closer than the seats in a movie theater, their bodies were almost touching, their arms were touching.

If you move at all, you will bump into each other.

"Here you go. Popcorn."

Jiang Meiling asked him to hold it so that she could eat it herself.

"..."

It was Li Kang’s first time watching a movie in such an environment, and he still felt a little bit novel.

The projector is running and the images on the film are projected clearly onto the screen.

The beginning is still a familiar scene for Li Kang, a prostitute goes to the opera troupe with a child born to an unknown man.

The troupe refused to accept her, thinking that Xiaodouzi was not the type to do this kind of work. As a result, the prostitute was so cruel that she chopped off Xiaodouzi's little finger.

When Jiang Meiling saw this, she felt scared, grabbed his arm and leaned forward.

His body was shaking with fear, and it seemed exaggerated.

It's just cutting off a finger, it's not your own, why do you feel so involved in it?

Later on, there is the part where Xiao Douzi is asked for boy's urine by eunuch Zhang Gonggong in the early Republic of China and is raped.

This time she didn't pretend and threw herself into Li Kang's arms, burying her face in his.

Her face was blushing, and she didn't dare to look at Teacher Mu's expression.

She was just watching it for her own amusement.

Li Kang couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Is there such a big reaction?"

Aren’t the scale of movies these days quite large?

Li Kang held his hands in the air, not knowing what to do. After a while, he gently pushed Jiang Meiling away.

She got all the advantage.

It made him feel a little uncomfortable watching a movie.

Looking for an excuse to leave.

Just then, Li Jianhua and Jiang Yaqin, who had gone out to play together, came back.

"Hey, Teacher Mu is here too? Are you studying with Meiling?"

“Yes, I’m learning Chinese.”

Jiang Yaqin covered her mouth and laughed: "You are watching a movie."

She knew that Jianhua had asked someone to get a film reel, and that she had contributed to the establishment of the projection room at home. Li Jianhua followed up with a letter in his hand.

"Whose letter is this?"

"Ah~," Li Jianhua was a little absent-minded, not knowing what had happened.

Jiang Yaqin just thought he was tired, "Take a rest first, I'll make you some refreshing tea."

Li Jianhua sat on the sofa, drank a sip of tea, and waited for Jiang Yaqin to enter the screening room.

He then opened the letter.

The letter that made Li Jianhua lose his composure was actually sent from Yuling Village in Xishuangbanna.

The village chief, Uncle Yu, was only in his forties when he left. More than ten years later, he is still the village chief of Yuling Village.

I am over sixty years old now.

The past came to his mind. Li Jianhua had been busy with his career over the years and gradually forgot about what happened over there.

He was very nervous when he received the letter from Uncle Yu.

The thoughts from many years ago came back again.

He is not very emotional. Now he has a family and a career here, and it would not be good to be involved with that side.

Although I had already discussed this with Jiang Yaqin, I still felt a little worried.

Let’s open the letter first and see what Uncle Yu wrote. . . . .

……

"Jianhua, I'm glad we've been apart for so long. I didn't want to write this letter, because I know you have your own life in Shanghai. But things have changed very quickly recently. Yuxiang has been gone for several years, and she never let us tell you. Originally, the old woman was left alone to take care of Li Kang, and with our care, life was still okay. But two months ago, the old woman also passed away."

……

"Li Kang injured a child from the next village and bit off someone's ear. Now they reported him to the police, but we stopped him. Li Kang is missing. I guess he went to Shanghai to look for you. I don't know if Li Kang is with you now. I also sent you your son's household registration, and all the required materials are ready."

Li Jianhua flipped through the materials sent by Uncle Yu and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

Yuxiang had passed away for several years without telling him, after all, they had been husband and wife for many years.

No matter how heartless he is, he will still be sad when someone dies.

Since the old man was old enough to understand, he no longer knows what tears are.

When watching TV, he would be distracted if he saw an actor crying.

Now, hearing the news of Yuxiang's death, I couldn't help but cry.

"Li Kang? He came to Shanghai to look for me, but it's been so long, where is he?!"

Shanghai is so big, how can he find it just by looking around?

Because of Yuxiang's death, Li Jianhua felt guilty towards Li Kang and wanted to find him to make up for his debt.

But the person can't be found.

Li Kang came out to the bathroom and saw Li Jianhua sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigarette alone, looking depressed.

"What could possibly upset him?"

Ever since he met Li Jianhua, this man has always behaved very steadily and never panics no matter what happens.

With the big tree of his father-in-law behind him, his future can be said to be bright.

In his forties, he has reached a position that others would find difficult to achieve in their entire lives.

Li Jianhua looked up and happened to see Li Kang, which suddenly made him feel a little panicked.

Suddenly he found that this man who looked like him was very annoying to him.

His face darkened, "How dare you walk around my house so casually!!"

Li Jianhua just felt that he owed something to Yuxiang and her son in his distant heart.

But he didn't want to really face his son from Yunnan standing in front of him.

In his life, what he hated most was thinking about Yunnan. Those were the sufferings and tortures he was most reluctant to mention in his life.

It’s not me that’s wrong, it’s the world.

Let society raise the child, don’t bother me!

"Don't bother me!!" Li Jianhua yelled at Li Kang.

Jiang Meiling and Jiang Yaqin, who were watching a movie inside, heard the noise and ran out.

Jiang Yaqin was watching a movie just now, and at the end, she couldn't help crying.

The tears on my face haven't dried yet.

"What's wrong, did you two have a fight?"

Li Jianhua realized that he had lost his composure, fortunately it was at home.

If this happened outside, it would damage his image.

"It's nothing," he said to Li Kang, "It's none of your business, don't take it to heart."

"It's okay, you have a loud voice suitable for singing."

Li Kang was also stunned by his yelling and happened to run into the gun muzzle. He was very unlucky.

Jiang Meiling said in a somewhat blaming tone: "Dad, how could you yell at Teacher Mu? She is so nice."

"Sorry, it's all my fault. Dad apologizes to Teacher Mu."

"Jianhua, what happened to you? This is not like you."

Li Jianhua explained to them without avoiding Li Kang.

How many people of their generation have not experienced this? Now that he is in this position, who would dare to laugh at him?

No eyesight!!

"Why don't I just step away for now? I'm not fit to listen."

"It's okay. It's an old story of our generation. You young people today may not even know about it."

Li Kang still felt that it was not good and insisted on leaving.

Seeing that they couldn't keep Li Kang, Li Jianhua and Jiang Yaqin let him go.

The family closed the door and started chatting.

……

"What! I'm not dad's biological child?! Dad has a biological son of his own?!!"

Jiang Meiling covered her mouth with one hand, unable to believe it.

"How could this be!" She had always thought that Li Jianhua married into the Jiang family, so she took the surname Jiang.

"Jianhua, do you know where Li Kang is?"

"I don't know why this kid came to Shanghai."

Li Jianhua didn't want to see his son from Yunnan at all.

Nothing else, just disgust!

Disdaining him for being unsophisticated, disdaining him for being stupid, and disdaining him will bring shame to him.

Although Jiang Meiling is not his biological daughter, she is better than his biological daughter.

Give him face.

Jiang Yaqin also knew about what happened on Li Jianhua's side.

The man didn't mind that she had a daughter, so how could she mind that he had a son?

"Ask someone to look for him. If you find him, bring him home and let Meiling teach him."

"The child should be younger than Meiling. He is 18 years old this year and should be in his third year of high school. He is just the right age for Meiling to tutor."

Li Jianhua felt very touched to see that his wife was so considerate of him.

Jiang Meiling suddenly said, "Mom and Dad, do you think Teacher Mu is Li Kang?"

She was grinning and making random guesses, "If you remove the three drops of water from the character Mu and put it together with Zi, it would be Li. Put them together and it would be Li Kang."

(End of this chapter)