Chapter 945: Haitang is still there, but the old friend is not back
Qin Ruobai's mother passed away many years ago, and Li Xiangnan knew this when he first met her.
At that time, Qin Ruobai was injured and lying in the ward of the factory hospital with him. Seeing so many relatives of the Qin family coming to visit Ruobai, including her aunt and her uncle, but not her mother, Li Xiangnan guessed that Ruobai was from a single-parent family.
He knew that children from single-parent families were always very sensitive about this matter, so if Bai didn't say anything, he would never take the initiative to ask.
This is all to protect Ruobai's self-esteem and take care of her emotions.
Li Xiangnan also once speculated that it was his mother-in-law who died of complications during childbirth of Qin Ruobai, which led to her being well taken care of in the Qin family.
Everyone was afraid that Qin Ruobai's personality would change due to Bai Haitang's absence, so everyone carefully protected her.
It was not until last night that Li Xiangnan learned the truth of the matter.
On June 18th thirteen years ago, it rained heavily.
Bai Haitang, who was also a police officer in the Municipal Bureau, died in the line of duty while performing his duties, and his life forever stopped in the summer when he was 28 years old.
Since then, Qin Kunlun, who lost his beloved wife, could not forgive himself for a long time.
By the time Qin Ruobai explained this, she had already broken down in tears.
Li Xiangnan was unable to find out what had happened that year, but he guessed that it was related to his father-in-law Qin Kunlun!
Since then, Qin Kunlun has been single for more than ten years and never remarried.
At that time, Ruobai was just eight years old!
The passing of her mother was like a bolt from the blue to her at such a young age. She felt like the sky was falling!
This is different from children who have been without a mother since birth. Children who have experienced the company of their mothers find it more difficult to accept the blow they suffer when they encounter this incident than children who have never had maternal love!
Qin Ruobai, who had a cheerful personality, was once depressed for several years, which made everyone in the Qin family miserable.
For this reason, in order to cheer up Qin Ruobai, the entire Qin family tried every possible means.
This is another heartwarming and moving memory.
Although Qin Ruobai did not mention the Bai family's feelings, Li Xiangnan could guess that Bai Haitang's sudden death must have brought irreparable pain to the Bai family.
He heard clearly what Ruobai said just now.
After her mother passed away, the two families never had any contact again.
The Bai family will inevitably put the blame on Qin Kunlun.
Qin Kunlun was unable to prove himself and therefore fell into self-blame, and lived in pain.
missing is worse than meeting.
He probably didn't want the two families to continue to be entangled, with grudges against each other, which would bring unbearable pain to both families, so he cut off contact with the Bai family.
Alas, it’s also a confusing account!
Li Xiangnan pondered for a long time in his mind, but he did not dare to slack off in his steps, and he followed closely along the beautiful mountain path.
"Grandma! Grandma!"
He has a grandmother of his own, so of course he can imagine how sad his grandmother would be if his mother passed away.
The person who loves his mother-in-law the most in this world is the old man not far away.
Hearing the shout, Tang Qingshuang was shocked, paused, turned around and looked at the young man running towards him in confusion.
“Hoo, grandma, please wait!” Li Xiangnan ran up to her, panting, holding onto a tree by the roadside and panting heavily. He felt like his lungs were about to explode, but he only panted a few times before quickly stepping forward and shouting, “Grandma, please wait!”
"Whose family are you from?" The old man stared at him in confusion, his face full of doubts.
When this voice and tone came out, Li Xiangnan was stunned, and then he was moved.
Could it be that the old man had traveled thousands of kilometers by train just like my grandmother?
You can tell from the dialect that this person is from Nanxiang Province!
A full 1,500 kilometers! Farther than Nanwan Province to Yanjing!
Thinking of his grandmother, Li Xiangnan was inexplicably moved. He stepped forward and introduced himself politely: "Grandma, I am a relative of Qin Ruobai. My last name is Li and my name is Xiangnan!"
"What did you say?" Tang Qingshuang paused, a little surprised, and asked in astonishment: "Bai Wa is getting married?"
"Yes, grandma, we got married at the end of March this year! Please wait a moment!" Li Xiangnan stepped forward, grabbed the old woman's arm a little embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "You should have told us when you came to Yanjing!"
"What are you talking about?"
Tang Qingshuang shook her head. She had a white towel wrapped around her head and her eyes were red.
"Hoo, hoo, Xiao Li, you run really fast..."
"Her grandmother, hello!"
"Hey, Grandma Ruobai, hello, we are friends of Ruobai and Xiao Li!"
At this time, Wang Defa, Zhang Jingyang and others also chased after them, panting and running to the side of the mountain path and coming out of the woods.
"You guys...are also visiting the graves?"
Li Xiangnan helped the old man sit on a stone block nearby, and he turned his head to look at the mountain path behind them.
"Yes! Grandma! We just went to sweep my mother-in-law's grave!" Li Xiangnan replied.
"How did you know I was here?" The old man took off his white towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then tightened the package behind him and sighed.
Li Xiangnan squatted in front of her and explained, "Grandma, Ruobai knows that her mother loves to eat your grandma cakes. When she saw the cake with a bite taken out of it, she knew you were here..."
"This child!" The old man's eyes became more kind. He shook Li Xiangnan's hand and asked, "Is Bai Wa okay? The last time I saw her was during the winter vacation many years ago..."
"Good, very good! She's pretty and fair-skinned, the most beautiful lesbian in the world, and looks exactly like her mother!"
Li Xiangnan pursed his lips and said this, hoping in his heart that Ruobai would come down the mountain quickly.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Tang Qingshuang nodded, then covered Li Xiangnan's hand with one hand, stood up and said solemnly: "Kid, take good care of her in the future!"
"You want……"
"I'm leaving!" After saying this, the old man smiled helplessly and turned to leave.
"grandmother!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiangnan immediately became anxious and hurriedly pulled the old man back, "Can you wait a little longer? Ruobai has already gone down the mountain. She wants to see you after she goes down the mountain!"
"Kid, you don't understand! It's better not to see each other! If we meet, I...I..." As the old woman said this, hot tears rolled down her wrinkled face.
Li Xiangnan grabbed her hand and understood instantly.
Qin Ruobai is Bai Haitang's bloodline and her only daughter.
If she were like her, she would miss people when she saw them, and all she would bring to her grandmother would be endless memories and sadness.
This is the sorrow of the elderly sending off the young.
How to make up for the pain of losing a loved one?
It is really better not to meet.
Pfft!
"Grandma! Let's meet her! Your mother-in-law can't fulfill your filial duty for you, Ruobai and I will come later! So many years have passed, give the Qin family a chance, okay?"
Li Xiangnan knelt down without saying anything.
"Boy, you can't do this, you can't do this. A man's knees are made of gold, you can't kneel down!"
This action scared the grandmother, and she quickly went to help him.
"Grandma, please don't go, seriously!" Li Xiangnan grabbed her hand, pointed behind her, and whispered, "Look, look quickly, does she look like your mother-in-law? Look!"
The old man slowly let go of Li Xiangnan, turned around inch by inch, looked up at the young figure standing by the mountain path, and suddenly his whole body was shocked, and he instantly burst into hot tears.
She took heavy steps, moving forward inch by inch.
Qin Ruobai was like a crabapple standing proudly in the wind, taking lotus steps and moving forward silently.
But the sun is always the setting sun and the rising sun. When it goes down the mountain to collect the desolate sunset, it is burning on the other side and climbing up the mountain to spread the blazing morning light. That day, I will also go down the mountain quietly, holding my crutches. One day, in a certain valley, a cheerful child will surely run up, holding his toys.
Of course, that's not me.
But, isn't that me?
The crabapple tree is still there, but my old friend has not returned!
Of course, the crabapple is not the same crabapple as it used to be.
But who said she is not Haitang?
As long as Bai is here, Haitang will be here.
If Bai is here, the old friend is here!