Chapter 1189: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1189: She Went Elsewhere

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Wang Zhanggen apologize so sincerely, Du Xiaojuan naturally could not be petty and hold a grudge, so she hurriedly said:

"Dad, a family doesn't speak two sets of words; I was also in the wrong for moving out before, I should have discussed it with you in advance, and I want to say sorry to you as well."

Du Xiaojuan was such a clever person; since the other party had apologized, she naturally went along with it and gave them a way to save face.

Seeing Du Xiaojuan say this, Wang Zhanggen's old face broke into a smile:

"It's nothing, nothing. As long as you take good care of my precious grandson, everything is trivial. Let me hold my precious grandson!"

Wang Zhanggen picked up his precious grandson, unable to hold back a childlike, innocent smile.

He didn't have much to look forward to in this lifetime anymore; his only hope was waiting for this precious grandson to be able to open his mouth and call him Grandpa.

The infant in his arms looked at him smiling and laughed along.

This one laugh was a resolution between two generations, and an inheritance across three generations.

After chatting here for a while, Wang Zhanggen took the initiative to say he was going back to the villa side to rest, so as not to disturb Du Xiaojuan any further.

Returning to the villa side, Wang Zhanggen suddenly said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiao Hua, isn't your wife at Guangzhou University Town? Call her over tonight to eat together!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua's heart involuntarily tightened.

To this day, he had not told Wang Zhanggen about Li Jianjia jumping to her death.

So Wang Zhanggen still hoped in his heart that Li Jianjia would get pregnant soon.

"Speaking of which, you two have been trying to conceive for quite a while; is there any movement yet?"

A complex expression flashed across Wang Xiaohua's face, but he quickly regained his calm.

He said:

"Dad, Jianjia and I see little of each other; pregnancy can't be forced."

Then he added:

"Also, she went abroad for academic research two weeks ago and won't be back for a while; she can't come over to eat with you tonight."

Hearing this, Wang Zhanggen frowned slightly:

"Is that so? Then there's no helping it."

Then he couldn't help but complain:

"You're both highly educated university students; who's going to look after the kid later? Who's going to do the housework? That's a real problem!"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know how to answer for a moment.

To be precise, he simply didn't want to continue discussing this topic anymore.

Because if he continued, his heart would feel like it was being cut by a knife; he was afraid that if he lost control of his emotions for even a second, he might cry.

It was Wang Erhai who came over to diffuse the situation at this moment:

"Dad, why worry about that? Look at Big Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law now; just hire a nanny to help, wouldn't that work?"

Seeing Wang Erhai speak to him like this, Wang Zhanggen turned to urge Wang Erhai instead:

"You're not getting any younger either; you and your wife should hurry up and start trying for a baby!"

Wang Erhai replied with a grin:

"No need for you to say it; Yueran and I started trying ages ago; I reckon it won't be long before she's pregnant!"

Wang Erhai's words weren't false.

He and Zhang Yueran had indeed already started trying to conceive.

For this, Wang Erhai had even specially gone to quit smoking.

"Second Brother, I want to go outside and buy some things; can you come with me?"

Wang Xiaohua suddenly said this to Wang Erhai.

Wang Erhai was stunned, knowing Wang Xiaohua had something to say to him alone, so he hurriedly nodded:

"Sure, sure, I'll go with you right now!"

So, driving his car, with Wang Xiaohua aboard, they headed out.

Once out of the villa, Wang Xiaohua then said to Wang Erhai:

"Second Brother, I want to make a trip to University Town."

Wang Erhai asked questioningly:

"Go there to do what?"

Wang Xiaohua just said:

"Jianjia's rented place hasn't been given up yet; there are still a lot of her belongings there. I want to go sort them out and return the lease while I'm at it."

Li Jianjia's rental had given Wang Xiaohua a key.

So even though Li Jianjia had passed away, he going there should be unimpeded.

Just didn't know if the landlord had gone in to clean after all this time.

The reason he hadn't gone to sort things out before was because he didn't know how to face those old belongings.

Now that so much time had passed, his emotions had long since returned to calm; he should go organize and pack up, take what should be taken, throw away what should be thrown.

Soon, Wang Erhai drove the car to University Town, arriving at Li Jianjia's rented place.

Wang Xiaohua took out the key, opened the door, and went in, discovering the inside was still just as it had been initially — a cramped one-bedroom, one-living-room space, filled with all sorts of books.

Most of them are Li Jianjia's postgraduate entrance examination reference books; she had said she wanted to test into Tsinghua University's graduate program, and for that she started working hard long ago.

It's just a pity that this winter she could have taken the postgraduate entrance examination, yet she chose to end her own life this past summer.

One can only say, worldly affairs are truly impermanent.

Looking at the things in this room, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

He opened a postgraduate English book placed on the desk; it still bore Li Jianjia's handwriting.

Wang Xiaohua's nose involuntarily turned sour.

However he did not cry, merely reddening his eyes, striving to restrain himself.

"Third Brother, the dead cannot be brought back to life; you must look forward."

Wang Erhai came over at this time to comfort Wang Xiaohua.

"Second Brother, I know."

Wang Xiaohua gave a brief one-sentence reply, then said:

"Can you help me transport all these books back to the county town? I want to put all these books in Jianjia's room."

Wang Erhai sighed; he knew his own Third Brother still hadn't let go.

But this is also normal — who can easily let go of a woman they once deeply loved?

"Fine!"

Wang Erhai didn't say much more, only answering with this single word.

Then he helped Wang Xiaohua move the books onto the car downstairs.

This room has too many books; besides in the library, Wang Erhai had never seen so many books anywhere else!

Fortunately when Li Jianjia shopped online during her lifetime, she left quite a few cartons under the bed.

Coincidentally these cartons can be used to pack these books.

The two men neatly stuffed the books into one carton after another.

Then they carried them downstairs box by box, loading them into the car.

They busied themselves for a full two-plus hours before finally moving all the books down.

Wang Erhai's small sedan couldn't possibly hold so many books, so Wang Xiaohua called a Face Burning truck as well.

Besides the books, some of Li Jianjia's clothing was also taken along.

Wang Xiaohua had the Face Burning driver set off first, while he called the landlord to handle the move-out procedures, then rode back to the county town in Wang Erhai's car.

The landlord is a local old person, very warm and generous.

"Handsome lad, where's your girlfriend? How come she's not here for the move?"

The landlord clearly didn't know Li Jianjia had already passed away, otherwise he wouldn't have asked like that.

Wang Xiaohua replied politely:

"She went to another place, so I'm handling the move."

The landlord laughed and said:

"Your girlfriend is that beautiful, and her temperament is so gentle too — you really struck gold. She even said she'd test into your school; you must cherish her well. But you're not bad either; I heard her mention once that you're a top student at Tsinghua University! You really can't judge a book by its cover!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua's nose again couldn't help turning sour.

He did want to spend a lifetime cherishing her properly; it's just a pity the person he loves is no longer in this world.