What do you want in life

Chapter 37 Can the Oath of the Past Become Forever (16)
Wu Xiaofen walked up to him, glanced at the bag in his hand, and smiled, "Well, it's not in vain to go out to study, I know how to take care of myself, and I can cook."

Shen Juncheng was already close to his aunt, and with the interruption of her relaxed tone, the invisible tension and embarrassment were dispersed.

"It's still early, how about we find a place to chat?" Wu Xiaofen looked at his watch and asked for his opinion with a smile.

Shen Juncheng looked around, the surrounding area was an ordinary neighborhood, without a decent teahouse or coffee shop, and he decided he didn't want to take his aunt to Xiaoying's place - he still couldn't figure out his aunt's attitude, in case he said something bad, Xiaoying must feel uncomfortable when she came back and bumped into her.

Wu Xiaofen obviously read his mind, smiled and said: "I came by car, let's go, let's go to Fengju for a cup of tea, and I will send you back."

The Yushan tea in Fengju is a must. It faintly reveals the pride of scholars, and it is the favorite of the elderly.After returning to China, Shen Juncheng came to drink with his aunt twice, and he was very impressed.

Sipping tea, Wu Xiaofen first asked: "How many days have you moved out?"

"One week."

"Didn't go back and look?"

Shen Juncheng looked around, and finally lowered his head.

Mrs. Zhao sighed, "You and your mother are so stiff, it's not all because of your background, is it?"

"..."

"Your mother's temper is a bit irritable, but how should I say she treats you, probably her biological mother may not be as caring as she is."

"My mother...why did they adopt me?" Shen Juncheng finally had the opportunity to catch the insider and ask him carefully. Although the person who is most qualified to answer this question must be Wu Qiuyue, but with the current situation of the two of them, she It was impossible to tell him calmly. As for Shen Nanzhang, Shen Juncheng also didn't have the courage to ask. He was afraid that the more he talked with him, the softer his heart would become.

Mrs. Zhao shook her head, a little helpless, "It's a long story to say. Your mother was pregnant with a child not long after she got married. When the fetus was only three months old, she went back to her mother's house, which is our old house of the Wu family. When walking up the stairs, I didn’t step on it firmly and accidentally fell down, not only had a miscarriage, but also suffered sequelae, and I could never have children again.”

Shen Juncheng frowned upon hearing this, feeling a little unbearable.

"A lot of misfortunes happened in the old house. My father, oh, the grandfather you never met died there during the Cultural Revolution. Something like that happened to your mother, including Ah Fang, who stayed with her grandmother the longest. We left, so we all felt that living there was unlucky, and moved out one after another, only the old grandmother refused to leave, alas..."

Shen Juncheng listened silently, unable to express any opinions, Wu Xiaofen smiled and said: "Why did it get far away without knowing it, let's talk about your mother. It's because she can't have children anymore, her temper is so bad." It gets weirder day by day. The family members, including your father, can only let her go. In fact, your father is really good to your mother. They married freely in love when they were young, and their relationship has always been Very good, but after that incident, your mother is like a different person, always suspicious. Speaking of which, it is rare to have a person like your father. He has lived to this age and his business is so big, but There is nothing messy outside."

There was a look of envy on Wu Xiaofen's face, Shen Juncheng vaguely sensed that she seemed to have something to say, but she quickly brought Piaoyuan's thoughts back.

"However, since adopting you, your mother has put all her heart and soul into you, treating you as if she was born by herself. If anyone mentions that you are an adopted son, she will turn against others. Back then, the elder brothers I've all seen her face because of this, alas, her temper... So, over the years, everyone has kept your life experience a secret, and you have become a lovable person. Gradually, no one cares whether you are you or not. Mom gave birth to it. About half a year ago, your mother once complained to me that there was a boss named Zheng in the company who was drunk and talking nonsense, which made her very angry."

Shen Juncheng's heart skipped a beat, "You mean Zheng Xianmin?"

"It should be. He is an old friend of your father. Somehow he knew about it. He also mentioned it casually. Your mother was worried about it, and later she forced him away. Isn't your mother afraid of other things?" , she is afraid that if you find out, you will not kiss her."

Shen Juncheng kept silent, remembering when his mother cursed him as a "white-eyed wolf" with a trembling voice under the stairs, it is estimated that her heart was also full of despair. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little sad again.

"Auntie," he called tremblingly, the question lingering in his heart could not be restrained after all, "Do you know who my... biological parents... are?"

Mrs. Zhao glanced at his tense face, and shook her head regretfully, "Your father took your mother to the countryside to pick out the children. After adopting you, they lived in the countryside for more than half a year before coming back. The purpose is also to deceive others. .Your biological parents never came to look for you."

Shen Juncheng's heart seemed to be tightly clenched by a powerful hand, making it hard to breathe.

"These are old things. In fact, so many years have passed. It doesn't matter whether you were born to your parents or not. They raised you to such an age, and they have such a huge property for you to inherit. I think, You are a smart kid, you should know the trade-offs."

Shen Juncheng let her say what she had to say, but just hung his head in silence.

"Juncheng," Wu Xiaofen saw that he was avoiding her sincere persuasion, but she couldn't help but smile wryly, "Are you doing it for that child Xiaoying?"

Shen Juncheng took a sip of tea, the expression on his face said everything.

Mrs. Zhao said again: "To be honest, I also like Xiaoying very much. Although I haven't seen each other for seven or eight years, that child is honest and good-looking, and she really loves people." The main point of what he said was thrown out, "But when it comes to marriage, I agree with your mother, she is not suitable for you."

"Why isn't it suitable?" Shen Juncheng no longer lowered his eyebrows, staring at his aunt with a sharp light in his eyes.

Perhaps it was because he had heard too many objections from the family before this, but he was unable to refute them, and his aunt was the one he could talk to the most among the elders. He also held the same argument when he heard her at this time. Shen Juncheng's The anger could no longer be concealed.

"Just because of her parents? Or because of grandma's accident? Whether it's her parents' or grandma's accident, it's not her fault! I really don't understand, she is already very unfortunate. Shouldn't you bear the pressure at all?"

Wu Xiaofen also understands that she won't be able to convince him for a while. In fact, from the moment she heard the news of his reunion with Xiaoying, she realized that this matter cannot be resolved by suppression. In her impression, Shen Juncheng is a very soft hearted person. Xiaoying was an indelible imprint on his heart when he was young, so it is reasonable for things to become so difficult.

"Well, even if we don't care about these old sesame seeds and rotten millet, what is there about her that is worth paying for? A girl with an ordinary college degree works as a custodian in a warehouse. She can help you in the future What? Juncheng, don't blame your aunt for the reality. Feelings come and go when they say they come. What really helps you is a well-matched marriage. This is the painful experience and lesson of countless people who have been here. Don't be stubborn!"

What Mrs. Zhao said was sincere and sincere.

Shen Juncheng smiled, "Auntie, thank you for your teaching, but after all, you still have to measure a person by material things."

He looked down at the tea leaves falling slowly in the cup, and he seemed to see Xiaoying's soft and sweet smile, and a warm feeling gradually rose in his heart, "But there are always some things in this world that should not be measured by money or power Yes, what I like is her, it has nothing to do with anything else, even if she has nothing, I will not despise her because she is poor—it is the same for her.”

Wu Xiaofen was speechless for a while, and then spoke again after a while, "So, you don't care about your parents' feelings at all? Although they didn't give birth to you, they raised you and brought you up, and you just walked away. Does it make sense in conscience?"

Shen Juncheng's face twitched uncontrollably, and he suddenly turned his face away. Of course, he understood that what he did was really unethical, and even in the eyes of the world, he could be said to be a heartless villain.

After calming down for a while, he looked at Wu Xiaofen calmly again, "Auntie, thank you for coming to see me today and telling me these things. I will not leave them alone. From an emotional point of view, I am still their son , but... please let me think about it, what should I do."

Mrs. Zhao's tone was visibly relaxed when she heard his tone, and a smile finally appeared on her increasingly heavy face, "Xiaocheng, I read you right, I knew from a young age that you are a conscientious child. Go home early , when you go home, your parents can feel at ease. As for Xiaoying," she glanced at him deeply, "my suggestion is that you break up with her first, and when your mother calms down, maybe someday she will be willing. Admit it to her!"

How could Shen Juncheng fail to understand that this was clearly a tactic to delay the attack, and based on his understanding of his mother, this was an almost impossible result, and it would be unfair to Xiaoying to do so, but he no longer wanted to argue with his aunt, and just asked her He smiled, but didn't make a sound.

After drinking tea, Wu Xiaofen wanted to send Shen Juncheng back as promised, but he refused, "I want to be alone and think about it."

Mrs. Zhao naturally did not dare to force him, and the two broke up at the door of the teahouse.

After his aunt's car disappeared without a trace, Shen Juncheng hailed a taxi on the side of the street. The driver asked him where he was going, and after a slight pause, he reported the address of his parents' house.

The scenery outside the car window flew by in front of his eyes, and scenes of old events slid through his mind like flowing water.

As he grew up, he never doubted that he was the biological son of Shen Nanzhang and Wu Qiuyue, and because of this, he frequently had a lot of troubles, but it was these troubles that gave him a sense of belonging and security about his family, and also What Han Xiaoying envied him the most when she was a teenager was that although he often complained about his mother's strictness to him, when he thought about it carefully, there was a hint of helpless pride hidden in this complaint.
But now, he finally understands that all of this is an illusion, and his life experience is even more absurd than Han Xiaoying's - he doesn't even know who gave birth to him!
He breathed hard, trying to suppress the turbulent heat in his chest.

Shen Nanzhang and Wu Qiuyue, he silently recited these two names in his heart, and gradually, a sweet and indistinguishable feeling similar to sadness and familiarity intertwined came to his heart.

Even if he wasn't born by them, didn't they raise him?Don't they love him?Can the hard work they poured into him be wiped away?

He was made to fidget by the series of questions raised in his mind.

"Shen Juncheng, you really have no conscience!"

"If I had known today, I shouldn't have brought him back in the first place!"

"I raised a white-eyed wolf!"

The voice was shrill, condemning his conscience, making his contradictory thoughts fall into deeper chaos.He scratched his hair in pain, why should he face such a tangled choice?

The car drove into the ramp leading to the villa area. Three or four minutes later, he saw that the Shen family's villa was already vaguely discernible. Everything that was familiar was also everything that imprisoned him, including every plant and tree inside, and everyone , everything gathered into an invisible force, trying to suck him in...

He was full of contradictions, he wanted to resist the heavy shackles that wrapped around his body, but he also wanted to relax himself like this and go with the flow...

However, at this moment, the mobile phone in his trouser pocket rang frighteningly. He was stunned for a moment, then took it out to answer it as if he had just woken up from a dream——

"Mr. Tian Luo, where have you been hiding? I even searched under the bed, but I didn't see your shadow!" Xiaoying's cheerful and bright voice came from the receiver. Recently, she seemed to be getting more and more lively.

"I...I went shopping..." Shen Juncheng explained hastily, "I went out a little late today...I'll be right back."

"Okay! Then I'll cook the rice first! I saw half a frozen chicken in the refrigerator. Let's have chicken soup today, shall we? When you come back, we only need to fry two more vegetables."

"……it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Juncheng's left arm holding the phone hangs down weakly.

Unknowingly, the car stopped, and Brother turned around, "Sir, we're here."

Shen Juncheng didn't dare to look out the window too much, and directly ordered: "Sorry, please turn back, I, I remembered the wrong place..."

He re-reported the address of Xiaoying's residence, closed his eyes, and leaned weakly on the back of the car. After a while, he felt the car turned a corner and began to drive forward steadily...

Deep down in his heart, he had to admit that he had calmed down from the exhilaration of leaving home at first, and what his aunt said was like a shovel piercing into the thick soil, loosening the foundation—for more than 20 years, the parents’ How can the grace of nurturing be wiped away with a few words?
What's more, he owed them.

Xiaoying's phone call was like a wake-up call, which made him suddenly wake up from the guilt he felt towards his parents.

Yeah, do you want him to go back to the old days intact?All major events have to be arranged by his mother, including his lifelong events?

He swore that he would take care of Xiaoying for the rest of his life and make her happy.He has failed her once, and now, he finally pulled her back to his side, how could he cast her aside again for his mother's will?He couldn't do it, and he was ashamed to do it.

If he must disappoint one party, then he can only disappoint his adoptive parents for the time being.I hope that one day, they can understand his needs and send their blessings, then he and Xiaoying will happily recognize them again—as long as they are willing.

"I'm sorry, Dad, Mom." He recited silently in his heart, followed by an indescribable sigh.

At night, lying on the bed next to Xiaoying, Shen Juncheng suddenly asked her, "Do you think living in this city is fun?"

Xiaoying didn't understand why he suddenly asked herself this question, she arched her head in his arms, and said with a smile, "As long as I can be with you, it doesn't matter which city I am in, I will feel very happy."

Shen Juncheng seemed to be waiting for her to say that, he hugged her tightly, and continued, "Then, how about we live in another city?"

Xiaoying was taken aback for a moment, then smiled again, "Okay, I will go wherever you go." There was a gleam of trust in her eyes.

Shen Juncheng slowly raised the corners of his lips and smiled silently. He had already made up his mind, "Then let's go to City H. The place where I went to university is a very beautiful city. Unfortunately, I haven't lived there for a year. When I arrived, I left, and I always feel that it is a pity when I think about it.”

Xiaoying was silent for a while, but finally couldn't hold back, broke away from his embrace, got up from the bed, looked down at him, "Is it... your family has come to look for you?"

"Where do you want to go?" Shen Juncheng avoided her sight, but he couldn't help but admire her sensitivity, "Since we are all free, why don't we take advantage of our youth to do something we want to do?"

He took her hand, "Don't you want to go to City H?"

Xiaoying smiled lightly, shook her head and said, "No." She lay back in his arms again, staring at the ceiling like him.

"City H is not close. After you go there, you won't be able to see your parents often. You really... have no room for maneuver with them?"

Shen Juncheng shook his head silently.

"Is it because of me that you did this with them?" Xiaoying was still uneasy, "Is it your mother..."

"You think too much." Shen Juncheng kissed her, "These are between me and them, and have nothing to do with you."

After a pause, he said again: "I know what you are worried about, but you have to know that some things cannot be resolved in a day or two. So, don't worry about my relationship with them." He sighed softly, " The important thing is that we are together again, think about our future, and feel much happier."

"I hope in the future...you won't regret it." Xiaoying sighed again in a whisper.

The worry in her words was obvious, Shen Juncheng frowned, "Why are you here again! How many times have I said it, don't take everything on yourself!" He pressed her hard, "In order to let you remember This lesson, I will punish you now!"

There was a pretentious fierce expression on his face, but there was a deliberate lightness hidden behind it. When Xiaoying saw her, the gloom on her face instantly disappeared, replaced by a playful smile and a begging look, "No, I won't do it again later." I dare not!"

Shen Juncheng continued to put on a ferocious look to scare her, "It's too late! You will not escape my clutches tonight!"

The two were arguing, laughing, entangled, and finally ended with endless lingering and lingering.

With a satisfied sigh, Shen Juncheng finally put all his troubles behind him. At this moment, even if he exchanged more glory and wealth with him, he would not be willing.

Three days later, the decision to go to City H was completely finalized.Xiaoying submitted her resignation letter to the company on the same day. Although the leader persuaded her to keep her, she made up her mind to leave.She has not been in the new company for a long time, and the workload is not too heavy. It is expected that the handover will be completed within a week, but in principle, employees need to resign one month in advance. Zhou, the personnel department will recruit new people as soon as possible, and try to get a successor to work before she leaves. Xiaoying has no objection to this. Shen Juncheng is preparing to go to H city, and it won't be resolved in a day or two.

At the same time, Shen Juncheng actively began to contact the work and accommodation issues after going to City H. Although the two weeks are a bit urgent, he is confident that he can handle it. It could have been done before.

Guo Jia and Xiaoyu were the first to get the news. Guo Jia expressed emotion to Xiaoying, "Having known you for so many years, you finally dare to do something that is no longer in conformity with the rules!"

Xiaoyu frowned and thought about it carefully, then asked her sister cautiously, "Does this count as elopement?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Xiaoying rolled her eyes at him, and changed the subject, "You've lived with Guo Jia for a while, right? When do you plan to move?"

(End of this chapter)