Yonghe Road

Chapter 78 Pier
As darkness fell, Zhong Ziqi searched the village for an hour but couldn't find Zhong Chunshui. Did she run away again? If she had already fled and the phone call was unreachable, what else could Zhong Ziqi do?

Zhong Ziqi called Wang Zian in frustration: "Boya, Chunshui is back."

On the other end of the phone, Wang Zian said, "I know."

"You must not know that she ran away again." Zhong Ziqi smiled bitterly.

"I know too."

Zhong Ziqi was surprised by Wang Zian's words. "How did you know?"

"Your mother told me."

"Have you been to my house?"

"Ah."

"How is my mother?"

"Feed your brother. He seems quite calm."

This made Zhong Ziqi even more worried. He had seen his mother lose control of her emotions and cry heartbreakingly in front of Chunshui that afternoon. It was Chunshui's sharp words that irritated his mother.

The two had been mother and daughter for twenty or thirty years, and they had always been angry with each other. Chunshui was dissatisfied with his mother's preference for boys over girls, and his mother thought Chunshui was selfish and only cared about herself, not her brother.

Chunshui escaped his marriage and ran away from home, disappearing for a year or two without a trace. Later, I heard that he had become a big star, but he also refused to contact his family. Ziwang had an accident and became a fool...

For all these things, Huifang could hate God, hate fate, hate her husband's early death, hate herself for being useless, and hate her two sons for not having great abilities, but Huifang chose to hate Chunshui.

Her son Wang had an accident and became disabled. Huifang thought she had enough reasons to resent Chunshui as her daughter, and Chunshui came back to make her hate her, so why shouldn't she hate her?
Chunshui has had a strong personality since she was a child. When she was weak and needed to rely on her mother for upbringing, she refused to give in to Huifang in words. What's more, now that she has grown up, her wings have hardened. A few flaps of her wings are enough to stir up a tsunami and drown Huifang.

So the two of them kept talking and fighting, like two sharp weapons, they fought back and forth, swords flashing and sabers flying, becoming more and more dangerous, and finally they stabbed each other's hearts, and then one of them broke down and cried, and the other ran away from home.

Zhong Ziqi told Zhong Ziwang to look after his mother while he went to look for Chunshui.

Although Zhong Ziwang was stupid, as long as he was there, Huifang would be safe. She was a mother who loved her son. If she got into trouble, what would happen to her son? Ziwang was stupid and could not live without her as a mother. Therefore, Zhong Ziqi confidently handed Huifang to Ziwang, but he himself could not find Chunshui.

Where did this damn girl go?
Zhong Ziqi couldn't help but feel angry towards his sister Chunshui. He knew that his mother's preference for sons over daughters was not good, but which family in the surrounding area didn't prefer sons over daughters? Huifang was a mother in such an environment, and she didn't have a good consciousness to treat her children equally, and it was not Huifang's fault. When the eldest brother needed to raise the betrothal money for marriage, Chunshui ran away from home unwilling to sacrifice herself, and Zhong Ziqi would not blame her for anything. He would rather be a son-in-law in exchange for the betrothal money to marry his eldest brother. He hoped that his eldest brother could marry and have children and live a happy life like ordinary people. He also hoped that Chunshui could gain her freedom through her own struggle. Therefore, he was willing to sacrifice himself for his family.

Chunshui was a driven woman, having actually made a name for herself in the world. Ziqi admired her from the bottom of his heart. But, having achieved such success, why didn't she protect her family? If Zhong Ziqi had the ability, he would have made sure his family lived the best possible life. But what about Chunshui? She cut off all contact with her family.

That's fine. Everyone has their own aspirations. She wanted to gallop on her sunny road and didn't want to be disturbed by her family. Although Zhong Ziqi felt uncomfortable, he finally accepted it. Because he was Chunshui's brother, he wanted Chunshui to live a good life. He had originally hoped to help Chunshui live a good life through his own abilities. Now Chunshui didn't need his help and could live a good life on her own. He was happy for Chunshui and for his family.

Let them be two parallel lines, moving forward forever on the road of happiness, even if they never intersect, as long as they can keep moving forward, it is also good. However, Chunshui came back again, making his mother upset, why is this so?
"Boya, why do you think she came back? She's living a glamorous life outside, and we don't bother her anymore, so why would she come back to provoke my mother? Even if my mother is patriarchal, she's still her mother. Can't she just do her duty as a child, considering that my mother raised her with every meal she took? Why would she come back to argue with my mother?"

Zhong Ziqi's mumbling on the other end of the phone made Wang Zian feel uneasy: Did something happen that Chunshui suddenly came back?

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Chunshui sat alone at the Yujing Wharf, looking at the sea in the night.

On nights in late autumn and early winter, the sea is like a sleeping giant, quiet and deep, with occasional flashes of cold light, which are the whispers of the ice elves in the dark night, lonely but magnificent.

Chunshui's gaze drifted to the other end of the sea again. That end was Yushan Island, the largest island in eastern Fujian and one of the ten most beautiful islands in the country. But Chunshui had never been there because when she was a child, she had no money and could not afford a yacht ticket to the other side.

When she grew up, Huifang wouldn't let her go out to earn money, fearing she wouldn't return. She insisted she stay home and get married. Chunshui worked as a shopkeeper at the village store, and her boss paid her monthly salary directly to Huifang. Chunshui felt like a pig her mother raised, to be slaughtered and sold. Her mother raised her so she could marry her off, earning the bride price and helping her brothers find wives. As long as that was the case, she felt she was being raised properly.

Thinking of Huifang, Chunshui felt a deep sense of boredom. She had no choice in this life. In the next life, she didn't want to be her daughter anymore and she didn't want to meet her again.

Just like an eagle that gets tired of the cage that holds it, Huifang is Chunshui's cage.

Chunshui knew she was being unfilial and that she should understand her mother's difficulties. But why should an eagle understand the difficulties of a cage? Chunshui refused to understand. She felt that resentment, accusations, and arguments made her happier than understanding.

Submitting and enjoying the cage is the task of the starling, while fighting is the vitality of an eagle.

The cage is rotten, and it deserves to be broken by the eagle.

When Chunshui thought about this, he couldn't feel refreshed, but rather felt twisted.

At Yujing Wharf in the night, the sea shimmers, like the whisper of stars. A gentle sea breeze carries a salty, moist scent. The distant lighthouse's glow pierces the darkness, guiding the night sea. The waves crash against the pier in a rhythmic rhythm, contrasting beautifully with the still night sky, creating a tranquil and mysterious nightscape.

And spring water is a small black dot in this picture.

She sat huddled up on the dock, constantly glancing down at her phone. Besides her agent and assistant, only Wang Zian knew her personal phone number.

She opened the text message box again and again, and finally saw the message from Wang Zian: Where are you?

Yujing Wharf.

Chunshui's fingers quickly typed out these four words, and when his brain came to his senses, the message had already been sent.