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She shook her head and said, "No matter the reason, I don't want to think about it. Leaving is just leaving. The only reason for leaving is that there is no love anymore."
"But at least you once loved each other; at least he once loved you," Qinglan comforted Lin Xi, tears streaming down her face.
"So what? When two people fall in love, it's not for the past but for forever, for the future," Lin Xi cried.
"But at least he told you where he went..." Qinglan said, also crying.
But what about him, An Shaojie? He didn't even say a word to her, leaving no trace of his presence.
Qinglan stood behind her, thinking about this, not moving her feet. Lin Xi turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Qinglan replied. "I'm going now." With that, she left the room.
After a while, Qinglan returned with two meals. Lin Xi had just finished feeding Qingmei and was cleaning up the dishes.
After dinner, seeing that Qingmei's health had improved significantly, Lin Xi pulled her out of bed to take her out to play. Qinglan reminded her, "You can't buy her anything to eat anymore."
Lin Xi promised she understood. Qingmei stood in front of Lin Xi, pouting and giggling softly. Qinglan tapped her forehead and said, "You have Lin Mama as your talisman; it's all green lights for you now. This talisman is much stronger than your Grandma and Grandfather combined."
Hiding behind Lin Xi, Qingmei laughed even more at Qinglan's words.
After Lin Xi took Qingmei out, Qinglan received a call from Xu Wen, asking her, "When are you coming back?"
During the days spent in the Provincial Capital, he called her almost every day to ask when they would return, even more frequently than Qingmei's Grandfather.
Indeed, it was the first time Qingmei had left Liu Family Village and stayed outside for several days; her Grandma and Grandfather must have missed her greatly.
Elders tend to dote on their grandchildren, and Qingmei is the first granddaughter of Qing Shusheng and Liu Xiuzhen, so it would be a miracle if they didn't spoil her.
Her brother Liu Jiawei is currently working in Shenzhen with the master that Qing Shusheng helped him find while he was studying. The pay is decent, and when he returned last year for the New Year, he expressed his desire to start his own small furniture factory. He was ambitious and focused on his career, showing no interest in personal matters. In recent years, Qing Shusheng has noticed that he has matured significantly, and his work has started to improve. They have urged him several times to consider personal matters now that they want to have grandchildren. However, Liu Jiawei insists there is no rush and that he will think about it once he achieves success in his career.
With hopes of having grandchildren dimming, all their hopes and affection for future generations are placed on this granddaughter, leading them to spoil Qingmei even more.
While it is understandable for Qing Shusheng and Liu Xiuzhen to dote on Qingmei—after all, which elder doesn't love their grandchildren?—Xu Wen's affection for her makes Qing Shusheng, Liu Xiuzhen, and Old Lady Liu feel somewhat uncomfortable. They often tell him, "You spoil Beautiful so much; do you intend to compete with us for her affection? We elders have no other spiritual support now and have placed all our thoughts on her. You are still young; you should focus more on yourself."
When they say this, they are indeed reminding him that he should consider his personal issues.
Years ago, when Qinglan woke up in the hospital, she gained a child but lost her university dream and all the bright prospects she had worked so hard for over the years, which had been entirely entrusted to Qing Shusheng.
A notice of expulsion from school meant she lost the chance to graduate with excellent grades just six months away from obtaining her diploma and bachelor's degree. She left school, departed from the campus where she had once spent her youth, vacated the dormitory where she had lived for four years, and bid farewell to classmates with whom she had laughed and cried.
After learning of her expulsion, she lacked the courage even to return to school to handle the formalities. She said, "Since I've already been expelled, what difference does it make whether I go through those procedures?"
She didn't have the courage to go back for all her belongings left in the dormitory; she couldn't face her former roommates and classmates who once regarded her as exemplary and looked up to her as a role model. Not to mention going back to her internship unit to retrieve her things—Xu Wen had previously helped cover for her pregnancy-related leave requests, leaving her feeling ashamed and unable to face those who trusted her.
Whether at school or during her internship, all the procedures were handled by Xu Wen on her behalf. He was the one who went back to retrieve everything for her, provided all the explanations to classmates with a casual demeanor, and bore all the disdainful or sympathetic glances directed at her.
For this matter, his mother had once scolded him fiercely.
At that time, there were many rumors circulating in the school, claiming that Qinglan's child actually belonged to Xu Wen. The whistleblower only reported Qinglan's pregnancy without specifying whose child it was. It was simply because Xu Wen's mother was a school leader that the school deliberately spread rumors about Qinglan being involved with An Shaojie, which was merely a smokescreen intended to cover for Xu Wen.
Firstly, An Shaojie had already gone abroad, so he could not be punished anyway.
Secondly, An Shaojie and Qinglan were from the same place. Qinglan had always liked him and had indeed been in a relationship with him for a period of time. Almost everyone in their class knew about this, making An Shaojie the best candidate to take the blame.
However, students did not believe the school's claims. The gossip among students suggested that An Shaojie had broken up with Qinglan before going abroad and that they had hardly seen each other in the months leading up to his departure. How could the child possibly be An Shaojie's? The truth was that after breaking up with An Shaojie, Qinglan had gotten involved with Xu Wen, meaning the child actually belonged to Xu Wen. From the time Qinglan became pregnant until the child was born, Xu Wen had been taking care of her, which served as compelling evidence.
There were also rumors that Xu Wen initially wanted Qinglan to have an abortion, but she refused. She intended to use the child as leverage to threaten him into marriage. It was said that before Qinglan got involved with An Shaojie, she had been involved with Xu Wen. At that time, Xu Wen even planned to take her home to meet his parents, but his mother disapproved of Qinglan and did not allow them to date. As a result, Qinglan ended up with An Shaojie.
In summary, various versions of gossip circulated in school back then, but they all led to one conclusion: Qinglan's child was Xu Wen's.
Although Qinglan did not hear these rumors at the time and Xu Wen bore them for her, she knew one thing: his mother had indeed warned Xu Wen not to associate with Qinglan anymore and not to get entangled with her again. Otherwise, she would not be able to withstand the pressure of the rumors, and he would also be dragged into this incident.
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