2007.
The breath of spring permeates the earth, and the fields are filled with small yellow flowers, blooming toward the sun and trying to grow.
At the entrance of the No. 1 Prison in Jiangliao Province, the walls are towering and sentries stand straight.
quack quack
As the iron door opened, a ray of light illuminated the face of the man coming out from the other side.
It seemed that he was a little uncomfortable with the sunshine outside. He put down his bag and covered his forehead with his hands. His eyes were slightly squinted. There was an expression on his face that could be described as "melancholy" or "confused".
Bang bang
Two people got out of a Huaneng jeep parked in the parking lot diagonally opposite.
"elder brother."
"Xiao Ning."
Sun Xiaoning ran two steps quickly and went over to hug Sun to catch up. She had only seen him last month, but now that he was out, her eye circles were red.
Dong Zhao patted his wife on the shoulder from behind.
"It's a good day, don't cry."
Sun Xiaoning then managed to hold back her emotions and smiled through her tears: "Originally, my eldest sister and brother-in-law were also coming, but my mother had a fall last night and they could only stay with her in the hospital, so only Dong Zhao and I came."
"Mom is in the hospital?" Sun Qianchao was anxious when he heard this: "What did the doctor say?"
Sun Xiaoning said: "Don't worry, the doctor said it's nothing serious. You can just go home and rest for a few days."
Sun Qianchao breathed a sigh of relief.
He is 55 years old, and his parents are both 80 years old. He is prone to osteoporosis as he gets older. He is really afraid that the old woman will fall and break her bones.
"Okay, don't talk here, go home first." Dong Zhao took the bag with personal belongings from Sun Qunchao, and said while walking to the jeep: "Xiao Ning has prepared a feast for you."
At this time, Sun Qianchao noticed something unusual and looked around.
"Where's Yu Hong?"
Sun Xiaoning pretended not to hear and continued walking forward.
"Xiao Ning, let me ask you a question, where is your sister-in-law? When you went to see me last month, didn't you say she was very good? Why didn't she come?"
After being questioned to this extent, Sun Xiaoning saw that he couldn't hide, so he sighed heavily: "Sister-in-law...is missing."
"Missing?" Sun Qunchao's expression suddenly changed: "When did it happen?"
"It's been more than three years."
"Then why did you tell me that she is very good?" After asking this question, he realized that Sun Xiaoning most likely said this to reassure him. Why did he go to the south to work or go abroad to see Sun Sheng? , all false.
"Xiao Ning, what on earth is going on?"
Seeing that he was anxious, Sun Xiaoning had no choice but to tell the story of Yu Hong's participation in Qiao Chunyan, Cao Debao and others' plan to report Zhou Bingyi, causing public outrage and then disappearing. Only then did Sun Qianchao realize what had happened.
After Yu Hong and Wu Qian broke up with Zhou Bingkun, why did Qiao Chunyan also turn against her godbrother?
According to Zhou Rong's logic, is there any need to talk about this? It must be Zhou Bingkun's fault. Otherwise, why would all the former students have such a quarrel with him? Sun Qunchao can't. He has thought clearly in the past few years that the reason why he was in jail was to help Hong take the blame. Zhou Bingkun didn't feel sorry for him, was he just having a little love? The basis of having a little love is not to harm your friends. What did Yu Hong and Wu Qian do back then if they didn't harm others? You are already trying to suck people's blood, and you still expect them to continue to treat you preferentially?
People can be ignorant, but they cannot be shameless.
Thinking about the behavior of Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao, it can only be said that they committed the same problem as Wu Qian. They always thought that they could use their "intelligence" to pluck a handful of hair from Zhou Bingkun. Facts have proved that the final result can only harm others. Has.
"Brother, are you okay?"
Sun Xiaoning saw him standing still, fearing that he would not be able to bear the emotional breakdown for a while. After all, he was in his fifties.
"I'm fine."
Sun Qianchao shook his head and shook off the messy thoughts in his mind: "Where is Sun Sheng? How is Sun Sheng?"
"Oh, he's pretty good. After graduation, he went to the United States to find a job..."
She was afraid of irritating him, so she didn't mention that she and her nephew had a quarrel over their attitude towards Zhou Bingkun and had not spoken for six or seven years.
"That's good, that's good."
He was happy knowing that Sun Sheng was very promising.
…
In addition to Sun Xiaoning, Dong Zhao, his eldest sister and his wife, there was another person in Jie Feng Yan - Tang Xiangyang.
Halfway through the meal, Sun Qianchao asked a question.
"Where's Bingkun? Didn't you tell him about my release from prison?"
Sun Xiaoning said: "The old lady was sick. He sent her to a hospital abroad for treatment. Even Zheng Juan went abroad with her."
"oh."
Sun Qianchao nodded and expressed his understanding. Li Suhua is over eighty this year, so it is reasonable for her to have physical problems.
Dong Zhao said: "Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei will be leaving in a while. It is said that Zheng Juan is too busy in Australia alone, and Yueyue's children are still young and cannot go there."
Tang Xiangyang said: "Didn't you say you should retire at the age of 65?"
"He is in poor health. I heard that he has been transferred to Jichun University as a part-time professor. He usually has nothing to do. He will be taken care of in special circumstances."
"Too."
Sun Qianchao asked again: "What about National Day? Why didn't National Day come?"
He didn't ask about Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan, because Sun Xiaoning and those two people stopped talking to each other three years ago.
Tang Xiangyang said: "I went to find him on National Day, but he hasn't sobered up yet."
Having said this, he shook his head. Thanks to Xiao Dagang's filial piety, Xiao Guoqing was in his current state. It would take someone else to replace him, let alone support him until he died. There was a high probability that he would no longer recognize this father.
While in prison, Sun Qianchao heard Sun Xiaoning talk about Xiao Guoqing's situation, and he had a lot of thoughts and mixed feelings about it.
Ever since Zhou Bingkun went to the south, Wu Qian has been playing tricks and doing things to make a family like this.
Yes, it seems to outsiders that Yu Hong is guilty, but all the money she earned from doing so was spent on Sun Sheng, who sent her children to study abroad. Her academic qualifications are much better than those of Sun Xiaoning, and she has realized the couple's dream. That's why he was willing to help her take the blame.
"Today is a good day for my brother to be released from prison. Let's not talk about these bad things. Come, let's drink."
Dong Zhao married Sun Xiaoning, so he naturally called Sun Qianchao "brother."
"Yes, drink, drink."
Because of his relationship with Zhou Bingkun, Tang Xiangyang has had a good relationship with Dong Zhao in the past few years. Let's put it this way, today Sun rushed out of prison. If Dong Zhao hadn't called to invite him, he might not have come over. After all, the six gentlemen of Guangzi Film have left. To this day...
Alas, it’s hard to put it into words.
…
Spring 2009.
San Francisco, U.S.
Sun Xiaoning looked at the address on the phone screen, then looked at the Chinese restaurant in front of her, and nodded to Sun Qianchao, who was still in a state of confusion as he set foot on a foreign land for the first time.
"Yes, it's here."
Hearing what his sister said, Sun Qianchao calmed down and walked towards the door of the restaurant.
The location of this Chinese restaurant is a bit remote, and the restaurant is not big. There are only four or five tables and a dozen chairs. Because it is not meal time, there is no one inside.
Maybe the business is not doing well. In addition to Chinese food, such as mapo tofu, sesame beef, fried shiitake mushrooms, etc., the store also provides cheap western food, such as pizza, fried chicken, pasta, coffee, etc.
"Brother, sit down first."
Sun Xiaoning helped Sun Qunchao, who was wearing a suit for the first time in his life, sit down.
Not long after the two sat down, a middle-aged woman wearing an apron with the store's name on it came out, put the menu on the table, asked them in stiff English what they wanted to eat, and took out a notepad to write it down.
Sun Qianchao's attention was not on the menu at all. He was always looking at the fifty-year-old waiter standing in front of him, and his emotions were very complicated.
Perhaps realizing that the two guests in front of her were a little different from those who had come to eat in the past, the middle-aged woman removed the note pad in her hand and looked sideways, her eyes suddenly widened.
She really didn't expect to meet him here.
"Yu Hong."
Sun Qianchao called her name.
Yes, this old woman who works as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant is none other than Yu Hong, who has not been heard from for five years.
snap
The pen and pad fell to the floor.
Yu Hong took a big step back and looked at Sun Qunchao and Sun Xiaoning. His expressions changed from shock at first, to surprise, and then to panic.
At this moment, a sharp voice came from behind.
"Yu Hong, what did you do? I asked you to entertain guests and order food. Look at how careless you are. I tell you, if you receive any more complaints from guests, pack up and leave as soon as possible."
If it were before, Yu Hong would have said sorry, picked up the note pad and pen that fell on the floor, lowered her head and asked the customer to repeat what they wanted to eat, but now... no matter how much the landlady scolded her, she didn't react at all. .
"Hey, let me tell you, do you still want to do it?"
The proprietress came out of the kitchen and was about to explain to the guests when Yu Hong turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, Sun Xiaoning moved quickly and grabbed him: "You can go, tell us where Sun Sheng is."
The landlady was stunned when she heard this: "Do you know each other?"
"It's none of your business." Sun Qianchao's words frightened the fat woman into speechlessness.
"Yu Hong, where is Sun Sheng?"
"have no idea."
"have no idea?"
Sun Ganchao was furious and raised his hand to hit someone. Sun Xiaoning quickly stopped the person: "Brother, don't be impulsive. She definitely knows where Sun Sheng is. Since it was Brother Bingkun who gave us the news, it must be right. "
Sun was unable to contact Sun Sheng for more than half a year after he was released from prison. As a result, during the Spring Festival of 2008, he contacted his eldest sister via video call and told his family that he was married to a black man.
After learning the news, the Sun family exploded. Regardless of whether Sun Sheng did this for naturalization in the United States, Sun Qunchao would definitely not agree to the marriage because it would be too embarrassing to tell.
The father and son had a fierce quarrel because of this matter. In the end, Sun Sheng told him that if he disagreed and insisted on letting him return to the country, then he would not have a son from now on, and asked him to stay away from Sun Xiaoning. He said that their family would not be like this if it were not for this good daughter in the eyes of her grandparents and a proud Wushu University student.
Sun Qianchao was so angry at these words that he was almost hospitalized, and the whole family had a hard time.
Can Sun Xiaoning be blamed for his imprisonment? Yes, my sister went to Wuhan University. The old couple were very happy. At first, they wanted to compete with the Zhou family. But later, Zhou Bingkun asked him to be the deputy director of the wood processing factory. Aren't the old couple also very proud? They met their relatives and friends. They always tell everyone they meet that they are out of business. Now they are the deputy director of a wood processing factory. If they don't have a job and want to make money, they can go find their son.
They were all Yu Hong, who was worried about Zhou Bingkun's support for Sun Xiaoning to go to college, and always wanted to let his son compare with his aunt, as if doing so would make him angry. In the end, Sun Sheng went to Dalian University of Technology, which is the same as Wuhan University. There was a big gap, and she was very disappointed. Later, she got information about studying abroad from nowhere, so she used her purchasing power to get kickbacks and falsely reported expenses. After saving enough money, she sent Sun Sheng to study in the UK. Later, the incident came to light. In order to help Yu Hong bear the crime, he spent five years in prison. After he was released, he wanted to reunite with his wife and children. No matter how bad the situation at home was, it was better than that on National Day. Unexpectedly, Sun Sheng said he would never go back and even married a black wife. in order to become a U.S. citizen.
Because he protected Yu Hong and Zhou Bingkun's quarrel, he spent five years in jail with an infamy, and in the end, father and son turned against each other. How could he not be angry?
In the next year, he made many efforts to contact Sun Sheng, but all failed. In the end, Sun Xiaoning found Zhou Bingkun and asked him to help find him. In the end, he told them an address and said that Sun Sheng had been there for the past few years. Live with Yu Hong.
In other words, Yu Hong knew that her son was going to marry a black man, and that the father and son were against each other. What was even more outrageous was that from 2007 to 2009, she did not make a single call to Jichun for two full years. What did she want to do? Do you want to take your son and sever ties with the Sun family?
"Let go." Yu Hong broke Sun Xiaoning's hand hard: "If you don't let go, I'll call the police."
"You still want to call the police?"
Sun's idea of catching up is very simple. I spent five years in jail to help you get rid of the crime, so that my son could have a good future. Now that Sun Shengyuan has moved away, he has to sever ties with the old Sun family. It was his son who was raped by that black daughter-in-law. What about bad teaching? Or have you been taught a bad lesson by this mother?
This time he didn't give Sun Xiaoning a chance and slapped him down.
Snapped
The sound woke up the restaurant proprietress and gave her an onion-flavored burp.
Yu Hong was knocked to the ground and stared blankly at Sun catching up. After taking a few breaths, he said angrily: "You want a son, right? Okay, I'll take you to find him."
Sun Xiaoning let go of his hand when he heard it.
Yu Hong didn't say much, took off her apron and walked outside.
The proprietress watched the three people leave, quickly closed the door, and loudly told Yu Hong not to come to work tomorrow.
…
Half an hour later.
Sun Qunchao and Sun Xiaoning were led by Yu Hong into a dilapidated apartment building that looked to be decades old. The exterior walls were peeling off, the interior walls were full of graffiti, and smelled of urine. They entered a building on the third floor. Room.
The room was dark, the floor was dirty, and there was a smell that I didn't know where it came from, but it was very pungent.
Sun Qianchao took a moment to adapt and saw the man lying on the sofa like a dead dog. Although the man had a thin face, sunken eye sockets and messy hair, he still recognized that it was his son, Sun Sheng.
Sun Xiaoning was completely confused and couldn't understand how his clever and lively nephew turned into this.
"Sun Sheng, why...don't you recognize me? I'm your dad, I'm your dad..." Sun Qianchao said in a slightly hoarse voice, but what he got was a "Get out, I don't know you." you.".
The man on the sofa got up, staggered into the bedroom with frivolous steps, and closed the door with a bang.
Sun caught up and stayed where he was.
Sun Xiaoning's sharp eyes noticed the pinhole on Sun Sheng's arm, as well as the spoon, tinfoil and lighter thrown on the ground. Now she knew where the strange smell in the room came from.
Yu Hong said: "You should give up this time."
Sun Qunchao grabbed her by the collar and threatened to hit her. Sun Xiaoning stopped her again. In comparison, she was calm. She knew that this was not a country and it would be very troublesome to get into trouble for beating her.
"How did he become like this? Tell me, why did he become like this?"
In Sun Qianchao's memory, Sun Sheng was very good, otherwise he would not have gone to jail to save his wife and children. However, who would have thought that when he came out of prison five years later, the son he finally found would be already there. Not the person in my impression.
Yu Hong said: "I lost a lot of money in the stock market last year, my wife ran away, and people came to collect debts every day. He couldn't stand it, and that's what happened."
Sun Qianchao sat slumped on the ground with his eyes blank. He didn't know much about stock trading, but he had heard many tragedies about losing money and losing his family due to stock trading.
Sun Xiaoning said, because the economic crisis last year had a wide impact. I heard that many companies and individuals went bankrupt around the world, and even Huaneng Automobile was affected to some extent. However, because Shencheng Group is a technology-based and innovative enterprise, overall there is no major impact. hinder.
"How did Sun Sheng get into the bad habit of stock trading?"
"You have to ask him."
Sun Qianchao was confused and didn't know why he was involved.
Yu Hong said: "Don't you always want Sun Sheng to gain experience and learn from his aunt, and not be a rough guy like you who doesn't know anything? Buying stocks is what most Americans do. He just doesn't want to admit defeat, time and time again. I bought the bottom and ended up with a lot of debt."
Sun Xiaoning didn't know what to say. Cao Debao was jealous of Zhou Bingkun, and now he has become a street rat that everyone yelled at and beat up. Yu Hong was jealous of her and passed the pinkeye disease to her son. As a result, Sun Sheng was obsessed with being better than her. In this state, the word "jealousy" is really harmful.
Sun Qianchao, Yu Hong and Zhou Bingkun have been friends for many years, why don't they understand that person as well as she does? Sun Sheng was admitted to college and really wanted to study abroad. If he didn't have enough money and asked him, would he refuse? Many times, what he wants is a sincere attitude toward friends, rather than utilitarian flattery and performance. Why don't Wu Qian and Yu Hong...why don't they understand this?
If Sun Sheng could be steady and down-to-earth like Dagang, he wouldn't be where he is today.
What can she say now?
I can only say in my heart that the fate of heaven is unpredictable, and fate has played a trick on people.
"Do you still recognize such a son?" Yu Hong's expression was a little ferocious.
Sun Qianchao didn't say a word, but just patted his heart heavily. He and Yu Hong both wanted to make their son stand out and change his destiny through reading. But who knew that reading too many books would not necessarily make life better. good.
"Let's go, brother."
Sun Xiaoning shook his head, pulled Sun Qunchao up from the ground, opened the door and walked out.
As I walked toward the exit, I looked at my brother's back and felt that he had suddenly aged more than ten years. Sun Sheng's depravity seemed to have drained all the energy from his body.
After the two returned to the hotel, Sun Xiaoning received an overseas phone call from Dong Zhao. The content was very simple. Xiao Guoqing had died suddenly and unexpectedly. If circumstances permitted, he hoped that she and Sun Qianchao would return home immediately.
In Sun Qianchao's current state, would he go back to attend Xiao Guoqing's funeral? Can it be done?
Sun Xiaoning regretted asking Zhou Bingkun to help find Sun Sheng. Such a result...it would be better not to look for him.
