PFC Chapter 231 Hometown (7)
Chapter 231 Hometown (7)
Qi Zhengyang did not approach An Xin again.
“Anxin, why don’t you call me Dad? No matter how poor I am, I’m still your biological father.”
An Xin's memory of this so-called father was already vague, because she had long regarded Yuan Wenjie as her biological father.
This dirty, beggar-like man with a ferocious face terrified her.
She simply couldn't believe that she and he were related by blood.
She felt ashamed to have such a father.
"You...you're not my father, don't come any closer."
As An Xin spoke, she grabbed Daya and fled.
The two people were so flustered that they bumped into someone, causing him to fall flat on his back to the ground.
Anxin and Daya quickly helped the person up.
Ever since An Rong lost a leg, he hates people who walk sloppily the most.
He had seen someone rushing towards him, but because of his leg injury, he didn't have time to dodge and was knocked down solidly.
Are you blind?
An Rong was furious and wanted to roar, but when he looked up, he saw a face as beautiful as a peach blossom.
Her bright and radiant face was filled with nervousness, shame, and caution.
It was so innocent, so beautiful, so familiar, so strange, yet I couldn't quite place where I'd seen it before.
An Rong was stunned, the words that were about to come out of his throat were abruptly cut off.
He had a strange thought in his mind: this person had once been very close to him.
At this moment, An Xin picked up the cane from the side and handed it to An Rong.
"I'm sorry, Da Ya and I didn't see you. We didn't mean to."
"You... are called Daya?" This name sounds familiar.
Daya nodded timidly, "I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"
An Xin shook her head, "No...no..."
An Xin glanced at Qi Zhengyang who was walking over, then grabbed Daya and ran away.
An Rong stared blankly at the spot where Da Ya had disappeared, a feeling of sadness welling up inside him.
If he weren't lame, he would definitely have been able to marry such a wonderful woman.
But now, he is disabled, burdened with a house full of younger siblings, and his family is so poor that he has nothing. Marrying such a good girl is just a dream for him.
Let alone a good girl like that, even the rotten and stinky ones wouldn't be his chance.
He hated his second uncle. If it weren't for his crazy talk about dreaming that he would have a great future and trying every means to get him to join the army and urging him to make meritorious contributions, he wouldn't have lost a leg.
In the countryside, people rely on their labor to make a living, but he became disabled. He had no hope for the rest of his life and could only endure each day.
Qi Zhengyang watched as his nephew stared intently at the spot where Da Ya had disappeared, and felt a mix of emotions.
In his previous life, this nephew was full of vigor and had a smooth career. After being discharged from the army, he divorced Da Ya.
In this life, he could only watch helplessly as Daya disappeared from his sight; he didn't even have the chance to look at her a few more times.
How similar his fate was to his nephew's.
The women they looked down on in their past lives are now beyond their reach in this one.
These past few days, I've heard that Su Jinru has returned with her child. Qi Zhengyang has been secretly trying to find an opportunity to see An Xin, but An Xin hasn't gone out.
On the contrary, he saw Su Jinru several times.
He simply couldn't believe that the Su Jinru he saw was the woman he had known before.
She seems to get younger and more beautiful with age.
Her face not only showed no signs of aging, but was also more radiant than before.
He didn't understand why this woman was so inconspicuous when she was in his hands, looking dusty and lifeless.
Now she has become so radiant and beautiful, every smile and frown exuding elegance and vitality.
Her whole body looked as if it were plated with gold, shining brightly.
Seeing how much care and affection that man showed her made Qi Zhengyang feel very uncomfortable.
What he discards like trash, others cherish like a treasure.
Su Jinru is like that.
Du Mei is the same.
Of course, Qi Zhengyang didn't take Lai Gou seriously at all; Lai Gou was the most useless man in Daben Village.
But even with a man like that, Du Mei still treated him like a treasure, spending her days happily with him.
The man Su Jinru found made Qi Zhengyang feel ashamed and inferior in comparison, and he felt utterly ashamed.
If he hadn't seen this man, he would have run to Su Jinru's house to find An Xin long ago.
He knew why An Xin and An Ran no longer recognized him.
With a man like that as their father, how could they possibly acknowledge him as their down-on-his-luck father?
As Qi Zhengyang was lost in his memories, feeling dejected and melancholy, An Rong said, "Second Uncle, you've ruined me. You've ruined my life. If I hadn't joined the army, I wouldn't be in such a miserable state."
An Rong had complained about him in the same way before.
Qi Zhengyang felt wronged and angry, but now he felt nothing when he heard An Rong say this about him.
Indeed, if he hadn't joined the army, at least he would still be physically healthy. Even if his family was struggling financially, marrying an ordinary woman and living an ordinary life would still be better than his current half-dead existence.
Qi Zhengyang let out a long sigh and went home.
Someone nearby said, "Anrong, your second uncle didn't mean to make you like this. So many people go to the army, not everyone will encounter a situation like yours."
"But your second uncle was also confused. He had such a good wife, Su Jinru, but instead of living a good life with her, he got involved with a slut like Du Mei, and ended up making a mess of his life."
An Rong asked curiously, "One of those two girls, wasn't she An Xin?"
"It's An Xin, your cousin. It's a pity she doesn't even recognize your second uncle anymore."
"Who is that other little girl named Daya?"
“That’s the eldest daughter of An Xin’s second aunt, she’s from Xiaoben Village.”
An Rong felt very confused as to why he felt so familiar with the girl named Daya, not only because of her appearance but also because of her name.
Is it because he's thinking about women?
He was already twenty-five years old. At that age, many people would have already married and had children.
However, given his situation, no matchmaker was willing to arrange things for him, as they were afraid of being criticized.
So he couldn't stand the loneliness and couldn't help but fall for her.
That night, An Rong had a long dream.
In his dream, his second uncle was still the prestigious school principal in their family. He and Su Jinru lived together until he was sixty years old before divorcing, and only after the divorce did he marry Du Mei.
Just as his second uncle had said, he joined the army, and from then on, his life gradually reached its peak.
In the army, he rose through the ranks by earning merits, eventually becoming a regimental commander.
During this time, he got engaged to a girl named Daya.
They got married a year later, and Daya went with him to his military post, where she gave birth to two sons.
Later, he was discharged from the army and returned to Nanyang County to serve as a deputy county magistrate.