Chapter 9 Going Home

The Fu family was eating when Yan Qiu came back.

On the black walnut dining table, there are exquisite meals as usual, and in front of Lu Ruan is still the Baiyan Yancup that she eats every day.

Fu Chenze was picking up vegetables for Fu Shuangchi, when he heard the movement at the door, he raised his head and met Yan Qiu's eyes.

After seeing who came in, his wrist trembled heavily, and the meatball he just picked up fell from the air, staining the creamy white wool carpet on the floor.

Seeing this, the others also looked towards the door.

Even though they were wearing masks, they could still recognize him with such a figure and temperament at a glance.

It's Yan Qiu.

Then, the expressions of each of them became playful.

Fu Jianting, who had always remained calm when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, clenched his hands, as if he wanted to stand up.

Fu Chenze, who never gave him a straight look, seemed ashamed, and quickly lowered his head to focus on the food in front of him.

The silver fork in Fu Shuangchi's hand was not steady and fell on the dinner plate, making a "hiss" sound.

The voice seemed to wake up Lu Ruan beside her, and then she immediately put down the Yanzhan in her hand and got up to meet her.

She walked up to Yan Qiu with a face full of surprise, she wanted to touch but dared not touch her outstretched hand, and after a long time, she called out to him in disbelief, "Xiaoqiu?"

After speaking, he plucked up the courage to hold his hand, but Yan Qiu hid before he touched it.

"I'm a little tired." Yan Qiu left these words and walked towards his room.

Lu Ruan stared at his back in a daze for a long time, and then chased after him as if waking up from a dream.

"Xiaoqiu." Yan Qiu was about to close the door, but Lu Ruan pressed against the crack and squeezed in.

"Is there anything else?" Although it was covered by a mask, Lu Ruan could still hear his indifference.

With just Yan Qiu's words, her eye sockets turned red again, filled with moisture, as if tears would overflow at any moment.

"That day, about the villa that day..."

She didn't seem to know how to speak, and she spoke intermittently.

"I've already forgotten." Yan Qiu waved his hand, speaking casually.

When Lu Ruan heard this, the tears that had been restrained could no longer hold back, "How could I forget? I'm sorry, my mother apologized to you on behalf of the whole family, Xiaoqiu, that day, that day was really..."

Yan Qiu really wanted to ask her what qualifications she had to apologize for everyone, and why did she think that a single apology could turn the page on this kind of thing?

But he still didn't say anything after all.

He was too lazy to analyze every sentence with her, entangled with every word, he just wanted to end all this quickly.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Lu Ruan thought that his attitude had finally calmed down, so she continued: "No one thought that there would be a sudden fire that day, the fire was too big, and I didn't see you and Xiao Chi not coming out until I ran out...."

"What was it?" Yan Qiu interrupted her.

"Originally..." Lu Ruan seemed to be stuck because of the sudden interruption, and couldn't say the rest.

Yan Qiu smiled faintly, "Have you compiled it yet? Then tell me when it is finished."

After speaking, make a gesture of please.

Lu Ruan seemed to be stopped by his question, and opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything for a long time, so he turned around and left in embarrassment.

After went out, remembered that hadn't asked him if he had eaten?

However, before she could turn around, she heard a "bang", and Yan Qiu had already closed the door.

Lu Ruan stood at the door and looked at the closed door, only then did he feel that Yan Qiu was really sad this time.

Yan Qiu closed the door, then took out the backpack he was carrying when he came here from the cabinet, and slowly organized his things.

His things are pitifully small, and one bag is enough to fill them up.

He came to Fu's house for a year, and all he could take away was a few clothes and his wood carvings.

After everything was packed, Yan Qiu sat down in front of the table, then opened the drawer, took out the half-carved piece of elm and held it in the palm of his hand.

Although the piece of elm has only a rough outline, it has already begun to take shape, and it can be seen that what he carved is a small courtyard.

There is a walnut tree planted in the middle of the yard, and there are two bamboo chairs under the walnut tree. A woman is sitting on the bamboo chair. The woman is holding a child on her lap, and beside the child is a sleeping cat.

Although women and children have only one outline.

But Yan Qiu seemed to see her former aunt and herself through the silhouette.

He held the wood carving into his arms, leaned over and carefully rubbed his cheeks, and said silently, "Auntie, I want to go home."

In the evening, there were many knocks on the door, asking him to eat, but Yan Qiu never opened the door.

This is something he never dared to do in the Fu family before.

But it doesn't matter now.

They probably felt ashamed in their hearts, and they didn't say anything about his "rebellious" behavior.

Just put the food at his door and told him to eat it.

Yan Qiu didn't speak, didn't turn on the light, but continued to carve the unfinished work bit by bit with the carving knife under the moonlight.

Because of the previous injury, Yan Qiu was going to rest soon.

It didn't stop until my right hand was sore from overuse.

He raised his hand and glanced at the clock on the wall, it was past twelve o'clock.

Yan Qiu stood up, flexed his wrist, carefully put the carving knife and the half-carved yard into his backpack, then picked up the backpack and walked out.

The villa was quiet at this time.

So Yan Qiu went very smoothly.

The winter night was too cold, and the night was deep at this time, and there was no one on the road.

Fortunately, can still see the moon when look up.

The moon hangs coldly in the sky, just enough to walk with him.

Yan Qiu came to the train station and bought a train ticket to D city.

Because it was a bit late, he didn't get on the train until three o'clock in the morning.

There were a lot of people on the train, but everyone was sleeping at this time, so it was relatively quiet.

But before it was quiet for a long time, it was broken by the cry of a child.

Yan Qiu looked away from the car window, and then saw a young mother and son sitting opposite him.

The child slept on the mother's body, probably uncomfortable, and began to cry when he woke up.

His crying woke up many people.

Some people around were making light tsk sounds in dissatisfaction.

The child's mother also woke up immediately, and hurriedly coaxed the child, "Don't cry, don't cry, are you hungry? Have something to eat?"

However, the child doesn't care whether it's the occasion and timing for crying, and he still keeps crying.

Yan Qiu watched the child's mother apologize while lowering her voice to coax the child. Soon, sweat broke out on her forehead. After a moment of hesitation, she took out a little mouse carved from pear wood from her bag and handed it to him.

Children mostly like toys, so they are quickly distracted.

Holding the little mouse "giggled" and laughed.

"Thank you." The young mother quickly thanked him.

Yan Qiu shook his head and replied, "You're welcome."

"Did you buy this?"

"No, I did it myself."

"Your hands are really clever."

"I learned it from my aunt since I was a child."

"Then your aunt is also a very powerful person."

Yan Qiu suddenly fell silent when he heard the words, and it took him a long time to reply: "Yes, she is a very powerful person."

After Yan Qiu finished speaking, he turned his head and looked out the window again.

The winter sky presents a dark blue color mixed with coldness, there are no stars in thousands of miles, and a bright moon hangs alone.

The bright moon hangs high, shining on the world.

Yan Qiu held the pendant around his neck, and his thoughts slowly drifted back to a long, long time ago.

The Yan family values sons over daughters. In their eyes, sons are the hope, and daughters are nothing. Daughters are like a commodity, and those who pay the highest price get it.

In order for her son to go to school and get married, the aunt was married off as soon as she became an adult, and then used the bride price in exchange for her son to go to college, get married and have children.

The aunt married a second-married rural man, who was rude and violent, as if he had gathered all the evil in the world.

My aunt really couldn't stand such a marriage, she asked her parents for help, but they ignored her.

My aunt gave up completely and severed ties with her family.

Fortunately, that man died of a serious illness within a few years, and my aunt lived alone in the yard.

Later when Yan Qiu was born, the Yan family sent him to his aunt because they were afraid of being discovered.

My aunt wanted to say no at first, but her heart softened when she saw him at first sight.

So he finally agreed, and since then, he has lived with his aunt.

My aunt said that she changed her name back then, just because she didn't want to have anything to do with that family.

But seeing him for the first time, Yan Qiu smiled at her.

My aunt's heart suddenly softened.

My aunt said that he loved to cry when he was a child, so my aunt would often carve various small animals out of wood for him to play with.

As soon as I saw my aunt carving something, I immediately became quiet.

He played, drew, learned to read and grew up in that small yard.

After dinner every day, my aunt would hold his hand and go for a walk.

They also picked up a newborn kitten on the road and brought it home.

He lived there for seven years.

On the second day of his birthday in the seventh year, his aunt died unexpectedly, and his parents came to pick him up.

When Yan Qiu left, he wanted to take the cat back with him, but before getting into the car, Yan's mother snatched the cat from his arms and threw it out.

Before Yan Qiu had time to chase, the cat ran out in fright.

Since then, it has never been seen again.

With the cat leaving together, it seemed that there was the only happy time in his life.

Yan Qiu was dazzled by a burst of sunlight and opened his eyes, only to realize that the sky had dawned at some point.

Most of the surrounding passengers are already awake, some are watching videos, some are chatting, it is very lively.

Yan Qiu rubbed his eyes and sat up straight. Last night he sat and slept like this, and his neck hurt.

Seeing that he was awake, the young mother on the opposite side enthusiastically handed him a piece of bread.

Yan Qiu didn't refuse, and reached out to take it, but didn't eat it.

Seeing this, the woman asked curiously, "Why are you wearing a mask all the time, isn't it boring?"

Hearing this, Yan Qiu subconsciously touched his right cheek, then shook his head, "It's okay."

As he said that, he picked up the bread and mineral water and found a place with few people, ate two bites of bread casually, and then took the medicine.

The cold water made his stomach feel a little uncomfortable, but Yan Qiu didn't bother to pay attention to it. After putting on the mask, he clutched his stomach and walked back.

As soon as I sat down, I heard the woman on the opposite side say: "You have a big heart. You don't even have your mobile phone, and you are not afraid of losing it. I think someone is calling you all the time. You can answer it quickly."

Yan Qiu realized that he had left his phone where it was.

He hasn't looked at his phone much since last night, it's been in his pocket all the time, and he probably dropped it accidentally when he got up.

He picked up the phone and clicked on it. He didn't expect that it was Lu Ruan who called. Besides her, there were also Fu Chenze and Fu Jianting.

Yan Qiu looked at the missed calls and text messages on the phone screen.

He suddenly remembered that the last time he was teased by Fu Shuangchi and Qin Mu together, and no one had called back in the early morning, looking at the empty screen, he thought it would be good if there was a call that cared about him.

Now he doesn't want anything, but has everything.

Yan Qiu hooked the corners of his lips, suddenly wanting to laugh.

What he had tried so hard to get, was not worth the good fortune of the world.