chsdbacks Chapter 238 Long Separation
Chapter 238 Long Separation
In retrospect, it was indeed his fault.
If he hadn't been so arrogant, so angry, and had taken a step back, things wouldn't have escalated to that point.
Xu Sui hadn't expected Gu Shu to admit it so frankly. Unfortunately, there's no going back in life, and it's no use trying to figure out who was right and who was wrong in that incident.
She sighed and said softly, "Let bygones be bygones."
"I have a new life now, and you should find your own direction too."
"Over the years, I am no longer the Xu Sui you know. You don't need to dwell on the past anymore."
Gu Shu remained silent for a long time before suddenly laughing, but there was no smile in his eyes. His gaze was fixed on Xu Xu Sui's eyes.
"What if I said... I can't let go?"
What do you mean she's no longer the Xu Sui he knew?
She is clearly the same from head to toe, without any change whatsoever. Even her little gestures when lying, her usual clothes and tone of voice are exactly the same.
She hasn't changed in any way, except that she no longer weighs the pros and cons or covets wealth and luxury like before.
Xu Sui didn't even glance at Gu Shu again, and said without changing her expression, "That's your own problem. You should overcome it yourself. It has nothing to do with me."
"I have to go. My children are still young and need someone to look after them."
After saying that, she walked past Gu Shu, intending to leave this place quickly.
She didn't know why, perhaps because she had become the original owner of the body, but sometimes, in a daze, she felt that she and the original owner were the same person.
But once she regained consciousness, she knew clearly that they were not the same person, that the memories she had experienced in her past life were real, and that the skills she possessed were indeed in her hands.
To prevent this person from going crazy again and grabbing her hand.
Xu Sui put her hands into the pockets of her clothes and quickened her pace to leave this place as soon as possible.
Fortunately, this time, Gu Shu didn't stop her.
He turned around and watched Xu Sui walk faster and faster until her figure disappeared from his sight. He stood there for a long time, unable to come back to his senses.
The people had completely disappeared.
Gu Shucai left the alley. He didn't return to the military compound, but went to a dirty and chaotic tenement.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Beijing is the capital, a bustling metropolis with many well-off people.
However, no matter where you go, there are always families with poor conditions. Lu Xiaoya's family was one of the lower-class families in Beijing. Their conditions were very bad. Her parents were in poor health and needed to see a doctor and take medicine all year round. There were also her older brother and sister-in-law, nephews and nieces, and her older and younger brothers who were not yet married.
The whole family is crammed into a small house of 20 or 30 square meters, where it is difficult to even turn around.
The whole family relied on the eldest brother and sister-in-law working as temporary workers in the factory to make a meager living. At first, the sister-in-law didn't say anything.
However, as her two younger brothers-in-law get older and remain unemployed and without partners, getting married in the future will be a problem. In addition, her two children are growing up, but they don't have their own beds.
No matter how good your sister-in-law is, she'll break down if she has to deal with such a big family, and she'll inevitably start cursing and swearing.
Lu Xiaoya is getting old and, after graduating from high school, has been unable to find a job for a long time.
Her sister-in-law's opinions of her were growing stronger. She was a grateful person and knew that the family owed a lot to her older brother and sister-in-law, which was why she wanted to get married as soon as possible to ease some of the pressure on the family.
However, her sister-in-law demanded a dowry of two hundred yuan and was looking everywhere for someone to marry her off, even if the other party was divorced or older.
This money was for families who could afford it, but who didn't want to be related to the Lu family, who were considered poor and shameful by marriage.
After searching high and low, only men who were not eligible—either divorced or old bachelors—were willing to grit their teeth and scrape together two hundred yuan as a bride price to marry Lu Xiaoya.
Gu Shu appeared at this time.
Lu Xiaoya's feelings for him were complicated. He was a man she, with her background, had never encountered before, or rather, could never encounter.
Although it was agreed beforehand that it was just acting, she is a person. After spending a lot of time with her, how could I not develop any feelings for her?
Lu Xiaoya didn't take all the gifts home. Those things were expensive. She went along to buy them, and the cheapest one cost eight or nine yuan. All those things together were equivalent to their family's expenses for a year.
If it comes to her home, she has no way of keeping those things.
So she left the things at her friend's house, planning to return them sometime.
Gu Shu didn't find Lu Xiaoya at the Lu family's house. Instead, the entire Lu family surrounded him, showering him with concern and trying to curry favor. Especially after learning that his family lived in a military compound, they were practically ready to give Lu Xiaoya to him.
To be honest, he was disgusted by these people's attitude, and he couldn't help but think of Xu Sui, who was also greedy for power and wealth and loved luxury.
Gu Shu realized that what angered him back then was that Xu Sui had never cared about him and could easily abandon him, rather than that he cared about her hypocrisy.
He didn't even dislike her.
……
On the other side, after Xu Sui left that alley, she originally wanted to go straight home, but since she was already there, she decided to return the pen to the person who gave her it.
So she ran back to the military compound.
He happened to run into Fang Yue, a classmate who had rushed out after hearing the news.
Seeing that the missing pen had finally been found, Fang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. She held the pen tightly in her hand and said, "Sui Sui, thank you for making this special trip all this way."
"Come sit at my house, there's something delicious to eat today, come in and have a taste."
Xu Sui shook her head. "I accidentally accepted your things by mistake. I should have come and returned them to you."
"To be honest, I'm the one who should be saying sorry."
There were only a few girls in the class, and they usually sat together in class. Since they were so close, they often ended up taking the wrong things, but this was the first time they had ever dealt with something so valuable.
"It's okay, as long as we can find it." Fang Yue often accepts other people's things by mistake, so she can understand.
After declining the invitation, Xu Sui didn't linger in the military compound, afraid of running into Gu Shu again. Besides, she had promised to buy some things for Xiao Fen to send back today, but she hadn't even started buying them yet.
She left home in the morning and had to rush back for lunch.
If I don't finish my work and go back soon, I'll miss lunch.
……
Finally, before having lunch at home, Xu Sui went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought all the things she needed, then sent them to her hometown. She also wrote a letter and sent it along with the items.
After finishing all this, I had just returned to Guihua Hutong and hadn't even gone inside when I ran into Gao Aifen, who was just coming out.
She noticed that Xu Sui was walking quite fast, as if she was in a hurry, and immediately couldn't help but tease her.
"It seems you already knew. No wonder you were in such a hurry."
"Go quickly, your man has been back for a while and is waiting for you at home. He brought back lots of things and even gave some candy to all of us neighbors."
"Sui Sui, thanks to you, everyone in our courtyard got to eat candy today."