taste of honey

Chapter 33 Revenge

His legs have improved a lot, and he can walk for a while without a wheelchair, but he can't walk too far.The gray home clothes he was wearing looked tall and dull, with a serious and dignified expression on his face.

Duan Qingxu was standing on his left.The father and daughter were talking, and when they noticed someone at the door, they both looked.

Because of what happened on Saturday night, Jiang Yi was very concerned, and didn't pay much attention to this person after that day.She knew that Uncle Qi would definitely come to pick up Duan Qingxu this afternoon, so she deliberately stayed in the library for half an afternoon to avoid it, waiting for Zheng Yun to pick her up, and she didn't want to ride in the same car with Duan Qingxu.

With Duan Qingxu's push, the distance between the two of them was suddenly opened.

No matter how thick-skinned Jiang Yi is, she still has fun, how could she not feel how resistant the other party was at that time.

All kinds of connivance in the past gave her the illusion that Duan Qingxu accepted it, but it turned out that she was not, nor was she never rejected, but this time it was especially uncomfortable, and she couldn't explain why, but it was uncomfortable anyway.She returned home with only one schoolbag on her back. After entering the door, she went straight to the upstairs room, deliberately ignoring the sight from there.

There is no holiday for the Double Ninth Festival, Jiang Ning did not come back, and there are only two husbands and wives at home.

"It's time to eat, why are you talking about work, Dongcheng, you too, don't put so much pressure on the child." Chen Yuqiu came out of the kitchen and said, seeing Jiang Yi who was going upstairs, shouted, " What are you doing upstairs, it's time to eat."

Without turning her head back, Jiang Yi said, "Come down after putting the things in."

After Zheng Yun entered the door, he had just parked the car when he saw the Duan family's father and daughter hurriedly greeting him. He looked around and asked, "Where's Uncle Qi?"

"Helping in the kitchen." Chen Yuqiu replied, putting down the bowl, "Let him rest for a while, if he has to go in, he will do auntie's work directly."

Zheng Yun smiled.

Uncle Qi came out with the last dish and waited for everyone to arrive.

Jiang Yi at the dinner table was especially silent. Occasionally Zheng Yun and the others asked a few questions, and she only answered one, but her emotions were not shown on her face, she should eat and drink, and she behaved as usual, so no one else noticed that there was something wrong with her.

"How's school going?" Chen Yuqiu asked, incidentally and considerately serving Zheng Yun some food.

Jiang Yi nodded perfunctorily, and replied, "It's pretty good, it's the same as before."

"Qing Xu said you were going to participate in the sports meeting, and you applied for the 3000-meter race."

She froze for a moment, raised her eyes, "Yeah."

Uncle Qi was surprised and asked, "It's so long, can it run down?"

"I can run down."

Uncle Qi smiled and praised a few words.

The two families sat at the same table and ate, chatting about commonplace things, Duan Qingxu was dull, Duan Dongcheng seldom opened his mouth.

On the other hand, Uncle Qi was very happy, he couldn't finish talking, and he could always find someone to talk to. Chen Yuqiu toasted him with two glasses of white wine.The baijiu was brewed by Jiang Yi's grandma. It tasted mellow. Uncle Qi squinted his eyes when he drank it, and drank a few more glasses greedily. As a result, he was drunk before eating two mouthfuls.

After dinner, Duan Qingxu helped him go back.

Zheng Yun originally wanted to ask Jiang Yi to go out to see him off, but before she could speak, Jiang Yi entered the kitchen, so she had to let Chen Yuqiu go.

One is drunk and the other is disabled, and it is impossible not to send them off.

Uncle Qi talked a lot when he was drunk, and kept talking.Back at his home, Chen Yuqiu said with emotion: "It's really not easy for the old Duan. Such a big family is supported by one person. After two years of Qingxu's graduation, he will be able to relax."

Zheng Yun was washing fruit, and when he heard this, he asked curiously, "Why didn't he find another one?"

Jiang Yi who was sitting on the sofa looking at her mobile phone froze, this was the first time she heard about the Duan family.

Chen Yuqiu shook his head and said: "Stubborn, unwilling, the old man has said it many times, and he has fought before, but he just doesn't listen. For so many years, he has insisted on pulling Qing Xu up by himself. A few years ago, my aunt and the others had a fight , At that time, he brought a woman here and wanted to make a connection, but he didn't want it no matter what, and almost made the old man sick."

The old man, aunt, Duan Qingxu's grandparents.

"It's really not easy." Zheng Yun agreed, and put the washed fruit on a plate, ready to take it to the living room.

Chen Yuqiu said: "He can't forget Man Qing."

Jiang Yi was puzzled, opened her mouth hesitantly, and asked, "Who is Man Qing?"

Chen Yuqiu went to the other side of the sofa and sat down, "Qing Xu's mother."

Someone they've never seen.Jiang Yi was startled, and said in a confused way: "She..."

After saying a word, I don't know how to continue.

"Let's go." Chen Yuqiu answered her question and said directly, "Leukaemia, rejection occurred after bone marrow transplantation, and it was not cured."

This is not a secret thing, Zheng Yun has known it for a long time, but the two adults have not told the siblings, and other people such as Du Yuan and Qin Yu will not mention it, so Jiang Yi does not know it at all.Earlier, she wondered why she had never met Duan Qingxu's mother, thinking that she was divorced or was doing business all year round, but she did not expect it to be so.

"The year she was diagnosed, Qing Xu had just entered middle school. At that time, domestic medical conditions were poor, so Lao Duan simply took them abroad. After Man Qing left, Lao Duan originally planned to settle there, but later decided The old man rushed over to bring him back, those days were very difficult, there was an accident at home, and there was an accident at the company, and it was almost impossible to survive."

Zheng Yun sighed: "Poor thing, it's really..."

Chen Yuqiu peeled an apple, cut it open and handed it to her in half, "It's over, the old Duan is now looking forward to Qing Xu being able to support the family's burden."

"I think that girl is good, she is capable of doing things."

"The Duan family is just such a single seedling. If it doesn't work, you have to do it." Chen Yuqiu said, handing the other half of the apple to Jiang Yi, and suddenly smiled, "I have two in the Chen family alone, and I am better than the old Duan. No worries at all."

Zheng Yun was warmed by his words, and smiled.

"As far as you can tell."

Jiang Yi took a bite of the apple, lowered her head and wondered what she was thinking.

……

Duan's house, study room.

Duan Dongcheng sat behind the table with a blank expression, flipping through the document page by page, and when he finished, he closed the document and said in a serious voice, "Pour me a cup of tea."

Duan Qingxu followed suit.

The tea was poured, but Duan Dongcheng didn't drink it.

"How's Uncle Qi?" he asked.

Duan Qingxu said: "Already asleep."

Old people drink too much and make a fuss, and sometimes they always say something.

Duan Dongcheng hummed coldly, and after a while, he said, "Have you been helping that kid from the Zhou family recently?"

Although it was a question, the tone was very certain, not like a question, but like a statement of facts.

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from him, Duan Qingxu said truthfully: "It's just a small favor."

Duan Dongcheng stood up, leaned on a cane and walked in front of her, his eyes were majestic, "Zhou Qiliang came to look for me yesterday."

Zhou Qiliang is Zhou's father.

Duan Qing paused and did not speak.

"Sooner or later, that kid will inherit the Zhou family. What's the use of helping him with these things." He walked to the first bookshelf on the left and pulled out a contract. "When did it start?"

There was no change on Duan Qingxu's face, and he said calmly, "It's the end of March."

With a slam of the crutch, Duan Dongcheng threw the contract directly on the table, and said coldly, "Help him dilute the equity of the company under the Zhou family. Is this a small favor?"

The atmosphere in the room froze and stalemate.

His legs hurt after standing for a long time, so Duan Dongcheng sat down on his seat and didn't say a word for a long time.

"There is no second time." He said, "Do what you should do, and the Zhou family doesn't need you to intervene."

Duan Qingxu looked down at the contract, "I know."

"What to do and what not to do, I don't need to teach you again." Duan Dongcheng made a pun.

Duan Qingxu didn't understand the hidden meaning of these words.

Duan Dongcheng continued: "Go to Zhou's house for dinner on Saturday, and come to apologize."

She was taken aback, pursed her thin lips, and after a while, replied, "I have something to do at school on Saturday."

"what's up?"

"The class is going to have a party." This is the truth, no lie, but it's just a semester dinner, it doesn't matter.

Duan Dongcheng frowned, and said without doubt: "Then push it away."

Duan Qingxu didn't say anything, and after a while, he replied: "Okay."

There are very few things that can be talked between the father and daughter, and there is a lack of warmth. Duan Dongcheng has always been strict and raised her as an heir since childhood. The role of wife and mother is missing in the family. There is no one to mediate in everything, and it is destined to be incomplete.

When Lin Manqing and the second elder were still there, the Duan family would not be like this. At that time, the family lived in harmony and happiness.Duan Dongcheng is naturally cold-tempered, paranoid and stubborn. After Lin Manqing left, he was depressed for a while. Later, thinking of the two old people at home, he reluctantly stood up again. It's just that the two old men also left a few years ago. His home became more and more empty, only him, Duan Qingxu, and Uncle Qi were left.

The burden on him is heavy, so is Duan Qingxu.

Sitting in front of the window, Jiang Yi saw that the light in the diagonally opposite room finally turned on, so she turned off the light in her own room.She sat on the window sill and looked over there secretly, but she didn't see Duan Qingxu's figure.

Usually at this time, Duan Qingxu usually sits behind the window and reads books and documents, but not today.

As it was facing diagonally, the range of visibility was limited, and the lights were turned off when I didn't see a shadow. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything.

Jiang Yi was startled, now it's less than eleven o'clock, Duan Qingxu actually turned off the lights.

After waiting for a long time, the lights didn't turn on again, probably he really fell asleep.She pushed the window open to blow some air, and then went back to bed until eleven o'clock.

It was too early, I couldn't fall asleep, I tossed and turned for a long time, couldn't help but take out the phone, the WeChat penguin didn't move at all, when I clicked on the chat interface with Duan Qingxu, I suddenly saw something moving on it, but because she hurried back, Wait for the fast and then click back, nothing.

As if it was just an illusion.

The chat interface did not move again, Jiang Yi looked at the phone thoughtfully, waited for ten minutes, and logged out.

Click on Penguin, most of her friends are online, dd is offline, she is bored and scrolls through the space, and when she returns to the friend interface, she finds that dd is online.

Penguin is the same as WeChat, except for group messages, no one looks for it.

After dawdling until 11:30, Jiang Yi went offline and went to sleep.

The morning of Chongyang came in light rain, and the temperature continued to drop, two degrees lower than yesterday. There was class in the afternoon, so she only had lunch at home, and then Chen Yuqiu dropped by to send her back to school.

Duan Qingxu didn't go back to the dormitory that day, she was alone at night.

She wanted to send a message to ask what was going on, but she held back, and every time she thought about the other party pushing her away, she cared so much.

Duan Qingxu came back at noon the next day. At that time, Jiang Yi had just had lunch before entering the dormitory.

Duan Qingxu was packing up his things, there was a suitcase on the ground, and he seemed to be leaving.

She pursed her lips unconsciously, walked around, and sat at her desk, watching the man put the clothes into the suitcase one by one from the corner of her eye.