Chapter 86
Chapter 85 – Neither A Person Nor A Thing
“I lied to you.” Xu Luyang chuckled, “She is still single now, but there are many suitors. Her small breakfast stall is surrounded by people every day.”
After hearing this, Ming Lang smiled lightly, and said with deliberately suppressed pride in his tone, “Of course, she is Ji Chenli.”
That was Ji Chenli who made her miss her all her life.
Xu Luyang has no way to intervene in the matter of Ming Lang and Ji Chenli, but seeing that Ming Lang is less than 30 years old, but is living as if he is seven or eighty years old, his heart is panicked, and he said in a muffled voice: “Actually, as long as you tell her, she will definitely Will be back.”
“And then? Live by my side with guilt for the rest of my life?” Ming Lang chuckled, “I am like this now, I would rather she stay far away, so as not to be burdened.”
“Ji Chenli won’t mind.”
“I mind.”
The days without Ji Chenli have been enough in Minghong’s last life. In her last life, because she wanted to forget Ji Chenli, she was in the mood of walking around. All the enthusiasm in the previous life has been exhausted. In this life, Minglang has entered the old age ahead of schedule. She guarded the small house where she and Ji Chenli lived, and except for occasional visits, the rest of the time they did not leave the door. Except for Xu Luyang, they did not see anyone else, not even Mingyan and Han Xinyuan.
“You should go for a walk.” Xu Luyang advised her.
“Where are you going?” Ming Lang asked, “I’ve seen enough of this world.”
With her like this, Xu Luyang has nothing to do.
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Ji Chenli’s business is gradually getting on the right track. Now she wanders around her small pancake stand every day, busy and full of life. She later expanded her pancake shop, selling not only pancakes, but also all kinds of home-cooked dishes. She hired two cooks and two waiters, and became the proprietress herself. Everyone knows that there is a pancake Xishi in this area, even for the sake of knowledge One glance at the pancake Xi Shi looks like, and you have to go all the way to buy a pancake to eat. Small money keeps pouring into your pocket, and you live a happy life. Year after year, the dark-skinned boss of the noodle shop next to you is obviously getting old. Chenli is still as young and beautiful as when she first came here, as if the years have completely stopped on her body.
She settled down in Nancheng. Two years later, Tao Yuan came to visit her. Seeing that Ji Chenli had a good life, he was very happy for her. Tao Yuan was obviously old, and when he smiled, the corners of his eyes were darkened. Ji Chenli was a little sad to see the wrinkles, and wanted Tao Yuan to move to Nancheng together.
“What nonsense?” Tao Yuan was cooking for Ji Chenli in the kitchen, and smiled warmly, “The children in the yard can’t do without me.”
Standing behind Tao Yuan, Ji Chenli watched her cook and saw her white hair mixed with her temples, feeling a little distressed. But she also knew that Tao Yuan couldn’t do without those children.
Two years later, on Ji Chenli’s 30th birthday, she went to the hospital for a physical examination.
Stomach cancer was detected around this time in her previous life. Ji Chenli has been living a healthy and self-disciplined life these years, so there should be no serious illnesses or disasters. It was a very small tumor and did not harm her body, but Ji Chenli had an operation to remove it for peace of mind. It was a small operation and she recovered quickly, and it hardly affected her life.
On the anniversary of the divorce between her and Minghong in her previous life, Ji Chen took a day off from work and stayed in her own small house for a day, not wanting to do anything.
In the past two years, she has seldom recalled the events of her previous life. The seven years she stole has all been returned. Ji Chenli has never watched more and more serials on TV. She has been with the world. It makes no difference to any one of them.
Ji Chenli let out a long breath, and waved to the corner of the bedroom, “Silly bird, come here.”
A puppet cat let out a soft cry, jumped onto the bed obediently, and nestled in Ji Chenli’s arms.
Ji Chenli raised this cat a year ago and named it “Silly Bird”. The employees in her store couldn’t help laughing when they knew about it. How could someone be so weird and name a cat “” Even if it is a bird, it should be called a “stupid bird”.
Ji Chenli also laughed, and after laughing, he said sinisterly: “This month’s bonus is all deducted, and I will buy imported cat food for my silly bird!”
“Don’t, boss! We were wrong!”
Ji Chenli hugged Sha Niao and smiled like a fox.
A small border town has not changed for several years. Time here is surprisingly slow, but City C is different. It changes every year. The buildings are built higher and higher, and the jungle made of steel and concrete makes people seem extraordinarily small.
The changes in City C have nothing to do with Minglang. During the four years since Ji Chenli left, she lived alone and lived like an ascetic monk. , was very busy, and the number of times she came to take care of Ming Lang gradually decreased. Ming Lang didn’t want to interfere with strangers in her and Ji Chenli’s house. Except for the part-time cleaning twice a week, no one else visited her.
Minglang’s parents turned the world around, and only when they returned home did they know what happened to their daughter. They wanted to come and see Minglang, but Minglang disagreed, so they went back to the Ming family’s main house on crutches. Minglang’s mother Wen Yuxiu watched When my daughter was so thin that only a bone remained, tears fell on the spot, “Ah Lang, it’s because Mom didn’t take good care of you…”
Ming Lang couldn’t see clearly even though he was wearing glasses, he saw a blurry figure walking over from a distance, and then hugged by a pair of thin arms, Ming Lang knew it was his mother, so he also hugged Wen Yuxiu, smiling. Comfortingly: “Mom, I’m fine.”
Because of the car accident four years ago, her body has deteriorated a lot, and she seems to have softened her temper. She speaks unhurriedly, and her face is not as stern as before.
“Your leg…”
“I’ve recovered early, I can run and jump, don’t worry.” Ming Lang’s eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, she tried her best to find the position of Wen Yuxiu’s hand through this layer of fog, but when she went to pull her hand, it was still at an angle. Wen Yuxiu couldn’t bear to see it, so she handed her hand to the eldest daughter.
Ming Lang has always had a tough personality since she was a child, and she doesn’t look like a girl when she speaks coldly, but now she finally looks like a so-called girl, Wen Yuxiu is holding Wen Yuxiu’s hand slowly, and Wen Yuxiu feels sad and heartbroken.
“Ah Lang, your eyes…”
Ming Lang handed the cane to the helper next to him, and smiled, “It’s not a big deal to be able to see things while wearing glasses.”
As soon as Ming Yan came back, she heard Ming Lang’s words and shouted exaggeratedly, “It’s not a big deal? The vision in the left eye is completely destroyed, and the corrected vision in the right eye is only 0.1. Isn’t that a big deal?”
Ming Lang looked towards the source of the sound, and there was a vague figure at the door, which must be Ming Yan. She explained in a good-tempered manner: “Now it’s 0.2, take your time, and it will always recover.”
“Yes, it’s really good to recover from 0.1 to 0.2 in four years.” Mingyan looked at the elder sister who had protected her since she was a child, dressed in plain white clothes, sitting there quietly, trying to minimize her presence. Yes, not at all like the cold and arrogant person a few years ago.
After Mingyan turned 30, she became more sensible. The car accident that year was aimed at Minghong. She has no right to blame Ji Chenli or Tao Yuan. She has no choice but to blame herself—Minghong has protected her for more than 20 years, so be careful. There were no accidents, but Mingyan failed to protect Minglang well, so that she lost her life and ruined the rest of her life.
Mingyan wants to make up for Minglang, but these years Minglang has seen her less often, let alone taking care of her, so she has to spend all her energy on business. Minglang taught her the Ming family, and she can’t let the Ming family be destroyed by her own hands. .
Ming Yan’s tone was aggressive, Ming Lang didn’t argue with her, she looked away and stopped looking in her direction, Wen Yuxiu came out to persuade her when she saw this, Mingyan just felt sorry for Ming Lang, she didn’t come to quarrel on purpose, and she regretted what she said, just what Wen Yuxiu gave her The steps went down.
For so many years, it is rare for the Ming family to get together to have a meal again. The atmosphere of laughter and laughter in the past was gone. During the dinner, Wen Yuxiu took care of Ming Lang all the time, adding food to her meal, but Ming Lang didn’t stop her. After eating all the dishes, Ming Guangwen sighed silently when he saw Ming Lang like this, and didn’t say anything.
After dinner, Wen Yuxiu told Ming Lang to stay at home, don’t leave, this time Ming Lang was very tough and firmly disagreed, Wen Yuxiu regained Ming Lang’s former appearance in a daze.
A person’s inner nature cannot be changed, and the gentleness on the surface is only an appearance after all, or it is said that three years old is older than seven years old.
Wen Yuxiu knew that Ming Lang couldn’t be persuaded, so she asked the driver to take Ming Lang back, and ordered Ming Lang to be delivered safely to the place, this time Ming Lang didn’t refuse.
My daughter has gone through such a big change, and Ming Guangwen and his wife didn’t think about going out this time when they came back. Wen Yuxiu inquired about Ming Lang’s residence, and came to accompany Ming Lang from time to time. At first, Ming Lang greeted her warmly, but later she came more frequently. Ming Lang simply pretended that there was no one in the house, Wen Yuxiu waited a few times, knowing that Ming Lang didn’t want anyone to step into her life, and dared not come again.
Ming Lang is Wen Yuxiu’s own daughter, but Ming Lang has such a temperament since she was a child, even if she is related by blood, Wen Yuxiu and her relationship are not close. She is more favored, so Wen Yuxiu doesn’t understand Minglang, she doesn’t know that a person like Minglang, who lives in the pity and sympathy of others all day long, might as well die.
“I’m hungry! I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” came a shrill voice from the balcony.
“Here we come.” Ming Lang fumbled to stand up, found the bag of bird food, scooped up a certain amount of food, and walked to the balcony.
There was a bird on the balcony, which was exactly the same as the starling that died in the car accident. It was found by Xu Luyang to relieve Minglang’s boredom. After living with it for a few months, it can say anything, but Minghong still insists on naming this bird “Stupid Bird”.
“Silly bird, it’s time to eat.” Ming Lang put the bird food into the cage.
“I’m not stupid! I’m not stupid!” the starling shouted.
It looks the same, but it’s not the one from before. Ming Lang stroked its fur, with a slanted smile on her lips, as if mocking herself.