Seeing the eyes of Yang Dahua's wife admiring him, Liu Yuqin felt on pins and needles and ran home as if to escape.
Liu Yuqin quickly returned to the city and arranged to go to work in the unit.
She commutes to and from get off work on time every day and lives a step-by-step life, but in the dead of night, she thinks of Deng Zhongzheng countless times.
Those passionate feelings with Deng Zhongzheng often appeared in his dreams in the middle of the night. Liu Yuqin woke up and could not fall asleep for a long time.
She gritted her teeth and agreed to the marriage arranged by others.
In this way, she married Tang Renqing, who worked in another unit.
On their wedding night, Liu Yuqin felt very uneasy, fearing that Tang Renqing would find out the clues. After all, she had given birth to a child.
Unexpectedly, Tang Renqing was very drunk that day. Looking at her drunken husband, Liu Yuqin took off their clothes.
She picked up the scissors and cut the inside of her calf. She looked at the blood staining the sheets red, then slowly lay down and slept next to her husband.
Tang Renqing was a very kind man, with a scholarly appearance, and he followed Liu Yuqin's wishes in everything.
This kind of life makes Liu Yuqin boring and devoid of excitement.
She missed the days when she went to the countryside even more, and it was difficult for her to smile at the husband in front of her.
After his son was born, Tang Renbang was transferred to Lin County.
In the days to come, the two of them rarely spent time together, but Liu Yuqin felt relaxed.
Every time the couple had sex, the madness of being with Deng Zhongzheng appeared very clearly in Liu Yuqin's mind.
She prefers the domineering and savage kind, feeling like she is being conquered.
With the country's reform and opening up, people's living standards have been greatly improved, and rural areas have gradually undergone great changes.
The educated youth who went to the countryside would occasionally go back to visit the places where they stayed, but Liu Yuqin never went back.
The son soon grew up. After graduating from college, he returned to work in the county.
Soon after getting married, Tang Renqing suddenly died of cerebral hemorrhage.
By the time they were discovered, he was already stiff and curled up into a ball. It was difficult to lay him down when he was buried.
Looking at the tombstone in front of her husband's grave, Liu Yuqin shed tears and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she was finally relieved.
In the days to come, she watched her granddaughter being born and growing up slowly.
At retirement age, Liu Yuqin began to live in seclusion and live with her son and his family.
Gradually, those past events, Deng Zhongzheng and that child, Liu Yuqin were slowly forgotten.
Until Zhou Zhimo's arrival, when he mentioned Maple Bay, Liu Yuqin's hands trembled.
When she heard that Yang Chenlin from Maple Bay was related by blood to her granddaughter Tang Jiaojiao, Liu Yuqin's mind went crazy.
The dusty past that she had deliberately forgotten was like an exploding Pandora's box, all released.
Liu Yuqin suspected that Yang Chenlin's mother might be the daughter he abandoned back then.
Yes, that family's surname is Yang, so it must be so.
Liu Yuqin was sitting on the sofa, her head lowered, and she was crying: "What evil have I done?"
"What if it's really what I think?"
Until it got dark, the room gradually became dark, and the street lights outside the window turned on. Liu Yuqin raised her head and wiped away her tears.
Liu Yuqin held on to the sofa, stood up and walked slowly towards the bedroom.
She didn't wash her face or brush her teeth. She just lay down on the bed and curled up in a ball.
Slowly closing my eyes, I feel like I have returned to that time of innocence.
When Wang Xuechan returned home with Tang Jiaojiao, the room was dark.
She turned on the light, glanced around the living room suspiciously, and whispered softly: "Hey, why isn't your grandma at home?"
Tang Jiaojiao also looked around the room and saw the closed bedroom door: "The bedroom door is closed. Is grandma in the house?"
Wang Xuechan looked over and saw that her mother-in-law's bedroom door was tightly closed.
In the past, my mother-in-law would wait for everyone to come back at home, leaving at least a light on, but today was a little unusual.
Tang Jiaojiao, who had changed her shoes, was a little worried and asked Wang Xuechan, "Is grandma feeling uncomfortable?"
Wang Xuechan walked quietly to the bedroom door: "Mom, are you asleep?"
No one answered, so she shouted louder: "Mom, are you okay?"
A low voice came from the room: "I fell asleep."
Tang Jiaojiao came over, opened the door and looked in. She turned on the light and saw Liu Yuqin lying on the bed.
She walked in and said, "Grandma, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Liu Yuqin didn't speak, but looked at her in a daze.
Liu Yuqin's appearance shocked Wang Xuechan: "Mom, your face is sallow, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Yuqin stared at Wang Xuechan without moving his eyes or speaking.
Wang Xuechan didn't understand why and looked at her mother-in-law: "Mom, why are you looking at me like this?"
Liu Yuqin sighed lightly: "Karma!"
Wang Xuechan's heart thumped, and she pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Mom, go to sleep quickly, why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"
Liu Yuqin closed her eyes: "You guys go out."
Wang Xuechan pulled Tang Jiaojiao and left the bedroom as if running away, not forgetting to close the door.
Wang Xuechan sat on the sofa, clenching her fists with her hands and tensing her body. Tang Jiaojiao looked up and saw her mother's nervous look, which was strange: "Mom, don't worry too much."
"Grandma is probably tired. Let her have a good rest."
Wang Xuechan shook her head involuntarily: "You don't understand."
She looked up at Tang Jiaojiao: "What did your grandma say just now? Did you hear it?"
"She's talking about karma, retribution!"
Tang Jiaojiao didn't know why: "Grandma is old, maybe she just heard Yang Chenlin mutter a few words when she was gone."
Wang Xuechan asked her: "Have you ever heard your grandma talk about these things in the past?"
"Since when did she believe in karma?"
"Moreover, she was such a strong person, and suddenly she was lying on the bed as if she had lost her soul."
Wang Xuechan thought: "It doesn't feel normal anyway."
She waved her hand: "Okay, you can go and get ready for bed."
"I'll keep an eye on it tonight."
Tang Jiaojiao stood up: "Okay, then I'm going to wash my face and go to bed."
"My dad should be back soon, right?"
Wang Xuechan nodded absently: "Well, I'll be back soon. Go to sleep."
Back in the bedroom, Tang Jiaojiao still turned on the night light. Since Yang Chenlin disappeared, she always felt like someone was standing next to her in the darkness at night.
She got into bed, clutching the quilt tightly and not daring to let go, her palms were wet.
At this moment, Wang Xuechan couldn't be bothered to accompany her frightened daughter. She was already in a state of panic.
"Did mother-in-law discover anything?"
"The police said that boy is related to Jiaojiao by blood."
"The boy's family is from Maple Bay. Could it be related to that person back then?"
