pappabearbooks Chapter 658 Where to Start
Chapter 658 Where to Start
When I entered the house, even if I had a thousand words to say, in the end I just asked a simple "hello".
But the stiff body and the fixed gaze all proved Li Zhenmin's excitement and heartache at the moment.
Xiang Aimei saw this and quickly changed the subject: "Sit down, you must be hungry. I'll make you some noodles."
As he spoke, he tugged at the corner of Yuan Yongchang's clothes, signaling him to hurry up and leave some space for Li Zhenmin and Yuan Qinghe.
Yuan Yongchang hesitated for a moment, then followed Xiang Aimei out of the house and closed the door.
inside the house.
Li Zhenmin stretched out his hand, and just as his hand was about to touch Yuan Qinghe's face, Yuan Qinghe took a step back and forced a smile: "I'm fine."
Yuan Qinghe tried her best to make her tone calm, as if she was talking to an old friend reminiscing about the past. While she was talking, she poured a cup of water for Li Zhenmin and said with a polite smile, "Sit down, but it's cold outside at night and everyone is asleep. I haven't prepared anything. Have a cup of hot water to warm yourself up."
Li Zhenmin's heart suddenly contracted when he heard this, as if he had lost something at this moment.
At the same time, Yuan Qinghe's words brought him back to reality.
Yes, they are divorced. So many years have passed, how could they still be the same as before? I already have a family, and Yuan Qinghe has her own plans.
"Thank you."
Li Zhenmin lowered his eyes, took the cup of water, and found that he didn't know what to say at this moment.
Yuan Qinghe also looked at her own shadow under the light on the table, not knowing what to say. The room fell into silence for a while.
This silence is not awkward, but simply heavy and depressing.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhenmin finally asked, "Where do you work now?"
Yuan Qinghe smiled and said, "Not yet. Although the policy has been relaxed, many large companies are still relatively conservative. I can only go to a smaller company, or wait a little longer. Maybe after the government returns the house, other things will be much better."
Because there was a beginning, the two of them had some topics to talk about in the following time. They talked a lot, mainly about some general things that Yuan Qinghe had experienced abroad in those years, as well as some things that happened to Li Zhenmin.
But in fact, when they were talking about these things, the two of them were absent-minded. They were just chatting haphazardly. They knew what each other wanted to talk about, but in the end, no one opened their mouths.
As we chatted, we basically talked about everything we needed to talk about.
Li Zhenmin finally mustered up the courage and asked, "How are you going to tell the child? I plan to make it clear that Xiangdong has the right to know me as his father. I don't want to turn a blind eye to him and don't want him to call me uncle."
Yuan Qinghe did not answer and remained silent.
Li Zhenmin added, "I have another house. I will transfer it to Xiangdong tomorrow. You can move in. Your original house has not been reclaimed yet. I think it will be difficult to get it back. It is probably disposed of by the government."
In fact, this is really possible. The state has collected a batch of houses, but only a part of them can be returned to the owners. The other part has been dealt with during special periods. Some have been destroyed and ruined by some idle people in society, and some have been directly converted into other things by the state.
Although the Yuan family's house has not been rebuilt yet, its interior has been ruined and even the shell has been damaged. Even if the country returns it, it will only be a piece of land and it will have to be rebuilt if people want to move in.
A few years ago, Li Zhenmin planned to buy the Yuan family's old house from the state for protection, but it was obviously not feasible. Later, because he was busy with various things, he didn't care much about the Yuan family's old house.
Now the country has not yet completed the return procedures, and it is most likely occupied by some people above. Li Zhenmin does not want to argue about this matter and can only think of a solution later. But it is not a good thing for the Yuan family to continue living in the Guan family, so he suggested moving into his other courtyard house.
Yuan Qinghe didn't know what was going on, so she declined, "No, no, just wait a little longer. Then we can spend some money to renovate it and live in it."
Li Zhenmin thought for a moment and said, "You should discuss this matter with Master. Don't feel anything. Xiangdong is my son, so it's my duty to give him a house. Even if Xiangdong didn't exist, it would still be my duty to give Master a house. Besides, you know that house will be wasted if it's not lived in."
As Li Zhenmin's ex-wife, Yuan Qinghe naturally knew about the fact that Li Zhenmin owned two courtyard houses. When she heard Li Zhenmin insisting on this, she didn't want to argue with him about this matter, so she replied, "Then I'll tell my dad when the time comes. Thank you."
Li Zhenmin could see that Yuan Qinghe would not accept it, but he could not say anything more, so he changed the subject and said, "Zhu Zi also knows that you are back. I will explain it clearly to Wen Yin and my parents when I go back."
At this point, there was no more topic to talk about. At the same time, Li Zhenmin was afraid that Yuan Qinghe would refuse to say anything, so he stood up and said, "That's it for now. I'm leaving first. You...if you have any problems, you can always come to me. Don't carry it all by yourself. After all, I am the father of the child."
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.
Yuan Qinghe wanted to say something, but she saw the door opened and Yuan Yongchang was standing there, and Xiang Aimei was walking towards her with a bowl of hot noodles.
Li Zhenmin said bluntly: "Master, Master's Wife, I still have a house that I'm not using. You can move in. I'll ask my dad to come over and get together with you. Master, don't go to work. The smell of cooking fumes is not good for your health. You can practice boxing with Grandpa Guan or play chess with Grandpa Xu when you have nothing to do. Don't think that it will cause trouble for me. These are all things I can do and I should show my filial piety. Don't rush to refuse. Think about it tonight and I'll come to see you tomorrow."
After saying this, without waiting for Yuan Yongchang and Xiang Aimei to refuse, Li Zhenmin said goodbye to Guan Lin and drove away into the night.
In the yard, several people looked at each other.
Finally, Guan Lin sighed and said, "That boy is very stubborn, so just listen to him. Besides, your house is in trouble now, and he is the father of your child, so don't bother him. He has the conditions and ability. If you don't give him a chance to express himself, he will be at a loss, which will not be good for anyone. Besides, it's not a good idea for you to live here all the time, right?"
Yuan Yongchang and others all knew that Guan Lin said the last sentence intentionally.
But Yuan Qinghe looked at Yuan Yongchang puzzledly and asked, "Dad, is it really difficult for our house to be sold?"
Yuan Yongchang nodded: "I heard what you said just now. Zhenmin is actually right. It is indeed difficult to get our house back. Even if we do get it back, we have to rebuild it. Moving to Zhenmin's place is also a good choice."
It seemed as if he had already made a judgment in his mind.
But he was still a little worried about his daughter, but was afraid that asking would make her sad again, so he didn't say much.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Qinghe did not refuse again, but did not say much either, and she tacitly agreed to her father's decision. After all, this was the best choice for the family.
But suddenly, another idea came to her mind, which was... She planned to go abroad and never come back. Maybe out of sight, her heart would be at peace. But she didn't dare to say this idea out loud now.