Chapter 515: The Gap Between Two People

The big mountain Gan Lu mentioned was indeed under the jurisdiction of Hengyue City. But this mountain was still separated from Hengyue City by more than fifty miles.

When the car reached the archway of the big mountain, I took out my mobile phone and prepared to make a call.

Gan Lu had been napping along the way, and at this time she seemed to wake up. Seeing me about to make a call, she asked who I was calling.

I told her that I still had a few acquaintances in this place, and since friends had come from afar, I had to fulfill the duties of a host; not only did I have to arrange food and lodging, but I also had to look after her safety.

After hearing what I said, Gan Lu smiled lightly and said, "No need to trouble yourself. I'm just here to take a look, don't trouble others."

I said seriously, "That won't do. You are a woman, safety is more important than anything."

Gan Lu snorted with laughter, stared at me for a long time, and asked with a half-smile, "Are you afraid I'll be eaten by others?"

I hurriedly explained, "That's impossible. It's just that in today's society, someone always needs to take care of things to be reassuring. After all, you are from the province and are not familiar with this place."

Gan Lu smiled, "Since you're worried, why don't you take care of me!"

I was startled and hurriedly waved my hands, saying, "I'm sorry, Division Chief Gan, I still have things to do. I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany you."

She seemed somewhat disappointed, sighed lightly, and said, "I was joking. I know you must have important things to do when you come back. How about this, you go do your business, don't worry about me. If you finish your business and I haven't left yet, you call me, and I'll take you back to the province."

She handed me an exquisite business card. Government cadres' business cards were generally very orthodox; the characters on the business card were either Song typeface or bold, and they wouldn't use particularly high-grade paper.

Her business card was different; the business card was actually pink, faintly emitting a trace of fragrance. The characters of her unit on the business card were hot-stamped, occupying one-third of the entire business card. Her name was hidden under a cluster of green grass, and next to it bloomed a red and white rose.

I took it with both hands and carefully put it into my pocket.

"Division Chief Gan!" I stated my position, "Thank you for taking me back. When I go back, I'll treat you to a meal!"

She smiled, extended a little finger, and said, "Good, let's hook fingers."

I hesitated for a moment, but still went over and hooked her little finger. The two of us hooked for a moment, and just as I was about to let go, she smiled and said, "Don't rush, let's stamp it."

She pressed her thumb against my thumb and pressed down heavily, smiled, and drove away.

I was lost, looking at the tail of her car, feeling a sense of loss in my heart.

Just then, a minibus came by, and the person pulling passengers shoved me into the car without saying a word.

I originally wanted to struggle, but seeing that the person shoving me into the car was actually an old woman, I immediately lost interest, found a seat, closed my eyes, and began to think about things.

At dusk, the minibus finally entered Hengyue City.

After getting off, I headed straight for home. Xi Meizhu's phone call was still ringing in my ears, and I didn't know what condition my mother was in now.

The street where my house was located was as mixed as ever. Just as the streetlights came on, someone pulled out tables and chairs under the lights; they were setting up night snack stalls. Such night snack stalls existed in every corner of Hengyue City and wouldn't be cleared away until after five in the morning.

My house was pitch black, not a glimmer of light to be seen. I couldn't help but feel a bit angry in my heart. Good for you, Xi Meizhu, can this money be saved?

There was no one in the courtyard, and there was no sound in the house. I knocked on the door a few times and shouted, "Mom, Mom, I'm back."

I shouted for a long time without a response. Just as I was hesitating, a neighbor next door poked their head out, saw it was me, and called out affectionately, "Oh, Xiao Feng is back."

I hurriedly asked him, "Uncle Yu, where is my mom?"

The neighbor looked at me in surprise and asked strangely, "Oh my, you don't know yet? Your mom was picked up by your wife a long time ago."

"My wife?" I was still chewing on this sentence when the neighbor impatiently told me, "Your Organization Department Minister's daughter."

I said "Oh," thanked the neighbor uncle, and ran toward my own small home in the development zone.

From the old street where my house was to the new home in the development zone, I had to cross half the city.

I called a taxi and told him to go straight to the development zone.

After driving for a few minutes, I still couldn't help but take out my phone and call Huang Weiwei.

When Huang Weiwei heard that I was back, she screamed on the phone, "Husband! You're back!"

I stopped her and said, "Why are you screaming so loud? Where is my mom?"

"At home!" Huang Weiwei shouted excitedly, "Husband, I'll go down to pick you up."

I could feel that she was walking out the door while talking.

I stopped her again and said, "You just wait for me at home, don't come down."

"No! I want to go pick you up." She acted spoiled and shouted, "Husband, let me go down!"

I said helplessly, "Take care of your body, let Meizhu accompany you down together."

She obediently promised me and hung up the phone.

When the car arrived downstairs at my house, I saw Huang Weiwei standing alone under the streetlight from afar, looking lonely, which made one feel pity. I looked around and didn't see Xi Meizhu's shadow, and a fire started to rise in my heart. This dead girl, she was becoming less and less capable of taking care of people!

In her eyes, except for my mom, there was no one else worth taking care of. Although I had told her many times that Huang Weiwei was my wife, which meant she was her sister-in-law! Taking care of the sister-in-law was taking care of my mom. Unexpectedly, she rolled her eyes at me and said, "Can it be the same?"

I walked quickly to Huang Weiwei's side, reached out to support her body, which was becoming increasingly visible, and asked her, "Where is Meizhu?"

Huang Weiwei leaned half of her body on me, ignoring my words at all, and instead kept asking me, "Husband, are you tired?"

I comforted her and said, "Not tired! Wife, I'm asking you, where is Meizhu? Why didn't she accompany you down?"

"She's not your family's maid." Huang Weiwei replied to me.

"Wife, what do you mean?" My heart was suddenly hung up. Huang Weiwei's words had implications.

"She left."

"Left?" I almost lost my voice.

"Yes, she left. She's already so old, she has to live her own life, right." Huang Weiwei said lightly, "Meizhu told me to tell you, husband, that when she gets married, she will definitely invite us to drink wedding wine."

My heart felt as if a jar of five flavors had been kicked over!

Xi Meizhu had been with me for nine full years; she was now my mom's daughter, which meant she was my sister, how could she treat her like this?

I asked dejectedly, "She left so suddenly? Where did she go?"

Huang Weiwei was still immersed in the joy of our reunion and didn't hear the coldness in my tone at all.

"Originally, Aunt wanted her to go to the company, but she didn't want to herself. Now we don't know where she went." Huang Weiwei crossed her five fingers into mine and held them tightly.

"You don't even know where she went?" I sighed, feeling worried.

Ever since Xi Meizhu came out of the Suxi Town company, she had been staying at my house taking care of my mom. These few years had passed like water; except for her, who hadn't changed, everything else had changed.

Now that she was going out to venture on her own, would she have the ability to survive? Would she have survival skills?

I was still pondering when Huang Weiwei dragged my hand and said, "Husband, let's go home."

I wanted to shake off her hand. To tell the truth, suddenly hearing such news, my heart felt as if it had been pressed by a thousand-pound boulder, and even my breathing was not smooth.

Entering the elevator and going upstairs, I almost didn't say a word.

Huang Weiwei seemed to feel my unhappiness and also obediently didn't speak.

Just as I entered the room, I heard a few weak calls. My heart tightened, I shook off Huang Weiwei's hand, and ran toward where the sound came from.

The sound came from the bathroom. I couldn't care about anything else, pushed the door open, and saw my mom slumped on the bathroom floor, with the faucet next to her still gurgling water, soaking my mom's whole body in the water.

My heart ached, I roared, rushed into the bathroom, and was about to pick up my mom.

Huang Weiwei followed in. She was scared pale by the scene before her, actually standing there blankly, not knowing what to do.

I roared, "Hurry up and call 120!"

She was stunned for a moment, turned around, and ran out. Just as I picked up my mom, I heard a heavy collision sound in the living room, followed by Huang Weiwei's painful cry.

Holding my mom and rushing into the living room, I saw Huang Weiwei slumped in the gap between the sofa and the coffee table. She was pale and shouted in surprise, "I'm bleeding!"

I looked over at a glance and was so shocked that I was stunned. ===== CHAPTER 516 =====