Chapter 232 (1/2)

”Tao Zi, have you heard Li Jie talk about his past?” aunt Lu looked at Tao Zi and asked.

”It seems that he mentioned that he was married and then divorced.”

Tao Zigang was a little anxious. Her stomach was a little swollen. She sat in a chair and rubbed her belly with one hand. She asked, ”what do you want me to do? Does it matter about ah Tong?”

”Of course it does.”

Aunt Lu looked dignified and sighed: ”he was not only married, but also had children.”

Tao Zi remembered. Li Jie told her that a tong looked like his dead daughter.

Originally, she wanted to say that she knew this. There was no need to repeat it, but she saw tears in the eyes of the old man in front of her. Just when she reached her mouth, she couldn't help swallowing it.

With a spoon in one hand, aunt Lu slowly stirred the preserved egg porridge in the celadon rice, as if telling a distant story, and said in a soothing tone:

”Our family started from Li Jie's grandfather's generation. It is a three-generation single biography. Now there is Li Jie's son.

”We spoiled him since childhood. When he grew up, he became particularly capricious.

”We didn't want him to be a policeman at first, because it was too dangerous. We had to deal with criminals all day. If we didn't do it well, we had to kill him.

”But Li Jie didn't listen to us at all. Before graduating from high school, he secretly applied for the police school. We couldn't beat him, so we had to follow his temperament.

”Later, Li Jie fulfilled his wish and finally put on his police uniform.

”He doesn't want to die when he works, and he hates evil like hatred. He can't change anything at all. He has been a policeman for so many years, which makes those people in the society hate his bones...”

At this point, aunt Lu seemed to be unable to say any more. She sighed a long time, lowered her head and thought for a while, and then continued:

”Later, Li Jie got married and had a baby daughter. His father and I liked that baby granddaughter like something. We held it in the palm of our hand from childhood to childhood and never let it go.

”But who would have thought that the child had been admitted to high school and was about to grow up, but...”

As she spoke, aunt Lu couldn't speak any more. She choked and lowered her head. She saw the tears trickling down like broken beads.

Tao Zi couldn't see it anymore. She took out two paper towels and held out her hand.

Aunt Lu covered her eyes with a paper towel, and her whole body trembled as if she had been thrown in the snow.

At last she was almost crying. She raised her head, reluctantly opened her tears and said hoarsely:

”Those unscrupulous things not only hurt our family Xiaoyu, but also killed her.

”Just because of this, Xinyu's mother divorced Li Jie. Li Jie's father heard the news and fell ill. He gave up after two years.

”... my wife called out Xiaoyu's name before she died... He shouted: Xiaoyu, when will you come back? Grandpa wants you dead. You come back one night to make you your favorite cashew shrimp, buy you beautiful clothes, and the beautiful doll you want from me...”

Aunt Lu became more and more excited. This time she cried regardless of her image. She cried endlessly, making Tao Zi uncomfortable all over.

Tao Zi wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know where to start. When she saw the customers nearby, she took it as the focus again. I don't know, she was bullying the old lady at that time.

She had to sit there with her eyes on her nose and heart, rubbing her forehead with one hand, trying not to let others see her embarrassed expression.

Aunt Lu cried to an end and continued to sob:

”... the first time I saw Ah Tong, I really thought my light rain came back. She looks so much like her

”Really, her face, her eyebrows, her voice and her smiling expression are the rebirth of my light rain

”I just know why Li Jie is desperate to be with her. He regards her as light rain

”In fact, not only Li Jie, but I also regard ah Tong as a light rain. I also sincerely like this girl... I want to treat her as my own granddaughter...”

Aunt Lu said, stretched out her hand, held Tao Zi's hand tightly and said:

”Tao Zi, I know you are a good child, kind-hearted and responsible. You regard ah Tong as your own sister for fear that she will be wronged with Li Jie, and that Li Jie and I will bully her... Your original intention is good, and ordinary girls will never have such a sense of responsibility as you.

”... speaking of it, I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, ah Tong would still be staying in the old mountain ditch. She couldn't tell how much suffering and crime she would have to suffer

”You are her life-saving benefactor, not only ah Tong, but also Li Jie and I will remember this kindness for a lifetime

”Tao Zi, you put a hundred hearts on me. Li Jie and I will treat ah Tong well. Even in the future, ah Tong really doesn't like Li Jie and doesn't want to be with him. I will love her sincerely like my own granddaughter!”

Tao Zi didn't expect that such an old lady's hand would be so strong that it hurt her hand.

She bared her teeth and said, ”OK, aunt, I understand. You take ah Tong as your granddaughter. You want to use her to express your sorrow, don't you?”

”Yes, yes.” aunt Lu nodded again and again.

”But...” Tao Zi took advantage of the situation to retract her hand and secretly shook it under the table. Finally, the pain disappeared. Then she said: