Chapter 68 (2/2)
”This is pigeon soup. Your aunt picked the fresh pigeons in the morning.”
She put out her hand and rubbed it on the back of her hand. There were cracks on her fingertips.
It's an occupational disease that can't be saved by any maintenance product.
Seeing that Ruan Sixian put down her chopsticks, Dong Xian immediately handed her the spoon.
”You try it?”
Ruan Sixian didn't answer and pushed away the bowl in front of her.
”I have something to ask you. I'll talk about the rest later.”
Dong Xian took back the spoon, ”you ask.”
”What's your relationship with the boss of the futori gallery?”
”What?”
Dong Xian Leng Leng, ”you mean Guo Gaoyang?”
Ruan Sixian lowered her eyes and nodded slightly, ”yes.”
”He's my agent. What's the matter?”
Ruan Sixian said, ”I'll be frank. When I was a child, I used to take a shortcut home from the path behind Nanxi lane. Don't you know?”
The word ”Nanxi lane” is too far away. When it is mentioned suddenly, there is a kind of feeling.
Dong Xian stares at her, ”I don't know.”
”Well, I knew you didn't know at all.”
Ruan Sixian picked up her chopsticks again. She didn't eat, but she just held them tightly in her hand. ”Every time I went home from there, I saw you get off a man's car several times, and that man often gave you gifts. I remember there was a big mole on his forehead, which was your agent, right?”
”He
Dong Xian is not stupid, and she has a natural sensitivity in this kind of things. As soon as she asks, she will know what she means.
Her face turned red with the speed visible to the naked eye. ”He has a wife and children. In England, do you think too much?”
Without waiting for Ruan Sixian to speak, she stood up impatiently, ”I also said what strange words you said in the hospital that day. It turns out that's so. Where do you want to go?”
”Don't worry.”
Ruan Sixian was so upset that she said, ”don't I ask you for proof?”
”Why are you asking me now? How many years, nearly ten years! You just come to ask me now, so you never want to see me because of this? I really don't know what to say. Will you -- ”
Ruan Sixian suddenly gets up and walks into the kitchen.
Dong Xian also followed in, ”you talk!”
”Drink water first.”
Ruan Sixian directly put a cup of warm water in front of her, ”calm down, speak well.”
She took the water from Ruan Sixian and drank it all with her eyes closed. It took her a long time to calm down.
”Well, I'll talk to you.”
She put down her glass, turned out of the kitchen and sat down on the sofa.
”I met Guo Gaoyang in an art public welfare activity. I took the students to the activity.”
”He wants to sign a contract with me, but I've been hesitant. What you see is that he insists on sending me home, and I don't want your father to know that I'm in contact with the agency, so I've been closed.”
”As for the gift, he just wanted to show his sincerity.”
All right.
Ruan Sixian can't tell her feelings at this moment.
She's been holding on for ten years, and no one has ever said anything about it. Some people still don't understand why she can't accept her parents' divorce.
She thought that no matter how angry she was, this kind of fame was her last face protection for Dong Xian.
So has been a person silently carrying the heart of the grievance.
It turned out that it was really just her own imagination.
I'm like a fool.
Seeing that Ruan Sixian did not speak, Dong Xian asked, ”why do you come to ask me now?”
”What do you want me to ask?”
Ruan Sixian said, ”I was only 14 years old at that time. Can I ask?”
For Ruan Sixian, who is still in junior high school, this kind of thing is beyond her understanding.
It wasn't until a year later, when her parents divorced, that she sensed what was going on at that time.
In the next few years, Dong Xian went all over the country, as if she was very busy. Once or twice a year, she came back to find her. Instead of going home, she just waited at the school gate.It's like I hate the old house.
At that time, judging from her dress, Ruan Sixian could feel that she was getting better and better, but her father was getting worse and worse.
From head teacher to single Chinese teacher.
Later, with the class is also less and less, natural conditions at home will decline.
The two contrasts seem to put adults in opposition.
At the beginning, Dong Xian and Ruan Sixian's father could still maintain the superficial peace and say a few words.
Later, I didn't even speak.
”Good.” Dong Xianyang raised her hand and signaled the end of the topic, but her eyes were red. ”You misunderstood me for so many years because of this, I really It's so hard... ”
She actually went to the table, picked up the soup, rubbed her eyes and said, ”you have something to eat first.”
Ruan Sixian was still sitting beside the sofa, unable to get out of her mood and didn't want to eat.
She was helpless and didn't know what to say.
They sat and stood quietly.
There is no warmth in the living room with the heating on.
The heat of the food in front of her gradually cooled down. Dong Xian breathed in her heart and choked, ”Ruan Ruan, let me accompany you for the new year, OK?”
Nearly 12 years, the two did not stay over the new year's Eve, set off fireworks, had dinner.
Almost, Ruan Sixian was about to nod her head in her gentle immersion.
”I misunderstood you about this. I'm sorry.”
She suddenly raised her chin and continued, ”but it's true that you abandoned me when I was 14. It's true that my father came to see me five times in four years. When he learned that you were married, he was in a bad mood. He went out for a walk and had a car accident. It's also true. You have no idea how I grew up after the age of 14. Why do you let me enjoy the new year with you when I have nothing to lack? ”