SYLM Chapter 66

Chapter 66 “I don’t know you, if it happens again, I’ll call the police.”

Because she had a smooth delivery when she gave birth to her daughter Duo Duo, and Gu Wanrong was in good health, she returned to work a few days after being discharged from the hospital, and her parents temporarily helped take care of the child.

Gu Wan Jun originally wanted to advise her sister to pay attention to rest, that work was a small matter, and good health was the most important thing.

But Gu Wanrong had her own plans.

She planned to spend about two months after returning to work to deal with the important tasks at hand, and then submit her resignation application to the hospital to stay at home with her daughter.

In a family, one is a criminal police officer and the other is a doctor. Both professions are so busy that they can’t take care of anything else. It was easy when it was just the two of them, but now that they have a child, many things need to be re-evaluated and planned.

Zhou Haibin is an orphan, and Gu Wanrong is the eldest sister who has to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of her younger sister since she was a child. To some extent, both of them had emotional deficiencies in their childhoods, and they didn’t want their daughter to live that kind of life.

From the perspective of enabling children to grow up better, one person is destined to make sacrifices and return to the family. Gu Wanrong had seriously discussed this issue with her husband before preparing for pregnancy, so she is now preparing to resign.

Gu Wan Jun has always unconditionally supported her sister’s decisions, and this time is no exception.

When their parents were young, they were workaholics. Under such circumstances, Gu Wan Jun and her sister had the same feelings. They knew too well how important the company of parents is to children. The moment you have the idea of becoming a parent, you should consider your children to the greatest extent and be responsible for their growth, instead of giving birth to them and ignoring them.

It’s never too late to work hard on your career, but childhood only happens once.

In the following weeks, in addition to her busy teaching duties, Gu Wan Jun often received photos of her little niece Duo Duo from her parents and sister. Every time she saw Duo Duo’s soft little face, Gu Wan Jun felt that she was not so tired.

Is this the power of family? It’s so magical.

Several times on the way home from evening self-study, Gu Wan Jun couldn’t help but share photos of her little niece Duo Duo with Chen Lu.

No one can refuse a cute little baby, and Chen Lu is no exception.

Looking at the pink and white little fleshy face in the photo, the crescent eyes unconsciously curved, and Chen Lu couldn’t help but wonder if Gu Wan Jun was also so cute when she was a child.

If there really is a chance to meet in the future, what gift should she prepare for this cute little girl named Duo Duo?

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The countdown to the college entrance examination is approaching day by day. Three years of hard work is about to usher in the final test. At this time, don’t let anything go wrong.

However, things don’t always go as planned.

Two weeks before the college entrance examination, on an afternoon that was exceptionally hot and stuffy, but otherwise ordinary.

During the break between classes, Tang Ying suddenly entered the classroom. This was not a Politics class. She brought a bombshell announcement –

Homeroom Teacher Gu Wan Jun has asked for leave due to some matters. For the next period of time, Tang Ying will be the acting Homeroom Teacher of Class 12. If anyone has any questions, they can go directly to her in the Liberal Arts Office.

As soon as the announcement came out, the drowsy atmosphere was disrupted, and the whole class instantly became restless.

The Homeroom Teacher asking for leave before the college entrance examination is a big deal.

The students below were discussing and speculating about the reasons for Gu Wan Jun’s leave. Some students took the initiative to ask when the Homeroom Teacher would be back. Tang Ying replied in an official tone that the specific date was uncertain, and then ended the topic with “Okay, that’s all I have to say, focus on your studies.”

The class bell rang, and the English teacher Jiang Wen came to class with a large stack of test papers.

Seeing that Tang Ying had left, Fu Yi Wen, who had been holding back for a long time and dared not speak, couldn’t wait to kick Chen Lu’s stool in front of her while the English teacher was handing out the test papers, and whispered:

“Chen Lu, what’s going on? Why did Gu Wan Jun suddenly ask for leave? Weren’t you two having lunch together at noon? What happened?”

“I don’t know about this, she didn’t tell me.” Chen Lu shook her head and replied softly.

Since their last conversation, Gu Wan Jun has never hidden anything from her. She looked fine at lunch today, nothing seemed wrong, but she asked for leave in the afternoon. She didn’t even have time to explain it to the students in her class in person, so it seems that it happened suddenly.

What could it be?

Outside the window, the gray-black clouds were thick and gloomy, covering the entire sky like a quilt. The air was stuffy and hot, without a trace of wind, making people feel suffocated. It looked like a heavy rain was about to fall.

The expected rain fell drizzling all afternoon.

After English class, Fu Yi Wen, thinking of helping her friend find out some news, went to the Liberal Arts Office. It just so happened that she was going to find Tang Ying anyway.

When Fu Yi Wen “super casually” mentioned the topic of why Gu Wan Jun asked for leave, Tang Ying’s expression was cold, and she gave her a ruthless glare, forcefully choking Fu Yi Wen back with an oppressive “Don’t be so nosy, have you finished correcting your wrong questions?”

Going downstairs back to the classroom, Fu Yi Wen repeated her unfortunate experience in the office to Chen Lu, her tone was quite helpless, she really couldn’t help this time.

“I’m sorry, Chen Lu, I couldn’t find out any useful information for you.”

“It’s okay, thank you.”

“But I think we should always think positively. Maybe Tang Ying didn’t say anything because she didn’t know either. After all, this is Gu Wan Jun’s privacy, maybe… maybe Gu Wan Jun’s sister is pregnant again, Gu Wan Jun has another little niece, and Gu Wan Jun was so excited that she asked for leave, right? We can’t say for sure about these things, so don’t worry too much.”

As soon as Fu Yi Wen finished speaking, outside the window, silver-white lightning flashed across the sky, followed by roaring thunder, shaking the windows slightly, as if the entire world was shrouded and swallowed by this heavy rain.

All that was left for Chen Lu was a terrifying buzzing sound.

After evening self-study, the rain had lessened a lot, but it still hadn’t stopped.

On the way home, Chen Lu was thinking about Gu Wan Jun and the WeChat message she would send to Gu Wan Jun when she got home.

When she reached the entrance of the residential complex, the night wind blew towards her, rushing towards Chen Lu under the umbrella. She adjusted the direction of the umbrella with one hand and took out the complex access card from her school uniform pocket with the other.

The transparent umbrella in her hand tilted to the right to block the wind and rain. Just as the access card was about to be placed on the induction lock, the remaining light in her vision seemed to notice something.

Chen Lu turned her head and looked in the direction she had just walked from on her left.

In the dimly lit rainy night, the drizzling rain kept falling, hindering Chen Lu’s vision to some extent.

There weren’t many people on the road. The few stores and stationery stores she had passed by when she walked over were still lit. Chen Lu looked over and didn’t find anything wrong.

She clearly felt like someone was following her just now, was she mistaken?

In the past, Chen Lu couldn’t wait to focus all her attention on Gu Wan Jun when she walked home after evening self-study. Today, Gu Wan Jun wasn’t there, and Chen Lu’s naturally keen perception seemed to amplify the surrounding movements several times.

The rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier.

Dripping sounds rang out. After swiping the card, the slightly tilted transparent umbrella entered the complex gate.

Before the complex gate was about to close, a hand wearing lace gloves that had arrived later timely held the door panel. A few seconds later, a huge black umbrella entered the complex.

The complex was quiet, and nothing could be heard except the sound of rain.

Nearly being discovered just now, the black umbrella that entered the complex later had to carefully step on the rainwater and slow down.

The complex area was not small. It seemed to be a school district housing that had just been built a few years ago. Fortunately, she knew early on that the third unit from the end after turning right at the intersection ahead was building six, so she wouldn’t get lost.

The black umbrella moved forward step by step according to the established route. When she reached the fixed intersection, the black umbrella turned right directly. As a result, the edge of the umbrella unexpectedly collided with the edge of another umbrella!

The raindrops on the umbrella cloths of the two umbrellas were so frightened that they fell to the ground with a crackling sound. The black umbrella subconsciously took two steps back to create distance. When she took a closer look, it seemed that she had known that she would follow. Chen Lu, holding a transparent umbrella, was standing at the corner looking at her at this moment.

The moment she saw the face of the person in front of her, the hand holding the umbrella handle suddenly tightened. A crack appeared in the calm mask that was barely supported on Chen Lu’s face, and the peace in her eyes was completely disrupted.

From the moment she noticed that someone was following her, Chen Lu had thought of many possibilities, good and bad, but she never thought that there would be something worse.

The black umbrella was huge, and it was almost impossible to see the entire outline hidden in the dark night, but the face of the person under the umbrella with Hong Kong-style wavy hair was clearly engraved in Chen Lu’s eyes.

She hardly needed to make an effort to identify this person’s identity.

Because that was a beautiful face with a mature charm compared to herself between the eyebrows and eyes, and the facial features were almost carved out of the same mold as hers.

Especially those eyes.

Even though the woman under the umbrella was wearing makeup, Chen Lu felt like she was looking in a mirror when she saw her for the first time.

Their eyes met, and no matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn’t extinguish the emotion in their eyes.

Chen Lu had a bigger reaction.

She never thought that after living for nineteen years, she would see her biological mother, who had disappeared after giving birth to her, in person on a rainy night like tonight.

Rainwater drizzled on the hearts of both of them. Under the black umbrella, the hem of the windbreaker dress was soaked by the rain, but the woman was not in the mood to care about these things. In addition to the emotion and excitement of seeing her daughter, there was more helplessness and guilt in her beautiful eyes with full eyeliner.

Obviously, she didn’t expect to be discovered by Chen Lu.

The woman silently switched to her right hand without lace gloves to hold the umbrella. She opened her mouth and tentatively called her daughter’s nickname:

“Chen Lu…”

The woman’s voice seemed to be moistened with spring water, gentle and melodious, and very pleasant to hear.

Her straightened shoulders trembled. The words of her grandmother deep in her memory rang in her ears again –

“Chen Lu, you look like your mother, and your voice is also like your mother. Your mother was beautiful since she was a child, she sang well, and her voice was sweeter than that of Yang Yuying. At that time, the neighbors said that your mother would definitely become a singer in the future.”

“Who is Mom?”

“Mom is the person who carried Chen Lu for ten months and gave birth to her. Her name is Chen Qingyu.”

“Chen Qingyu?”

“Not Qin Yu, it’s Qingyu.”

“Not Qin Yu, it’s Qin Yu… Then where did Qin Yu go? Why hasn’t Chen Lu ever seen her, nor heard her sing to Chen Lu?”

“Your mother went to a very, very far place. One day you will see her. She is very beautiful, as beautiful as Chen Lu. When she was as old as you, Grandma also held her like this and coaxed her to sleep…”

“…”

The vague childhood memories deep in her mind overlapped and fit with the cold reality at this moment after many years, whether it was the pleasant voice or the beautiful face.

This was the first time Chen Lu had seen her mother Chen Qingyu, who was not only mentioned by her grandmother but also stood alive in front of her.

Chen Qingyu, the baby daughter that her grandmother had been thinking about, was back.

Chen Qingyu didn’t come back when Grandma had her birthday, Chen Qingyu didn’t come back when Grandma was sick, and Chen Qingyu didn’t come back when Grandma said she wanted to see her daughter for the last time before she passed away. Chen Qingyu hadn’t come back once in these nineteen years, why is she back now?

Why did she come back?

The wind and rain didn’t stop, and the mother and daughter fell into an unspeakable silence. After a long time, Chen Qingyu tried to speak again:

“Chen Lu…”

“Don’t come over.”

A cold and suppressed voice stopped Chen Qingyu from moving forward. The lake water in Chen Lu’s eyes seemed to be frozen into ice. She took two steps back while holding the umbrella, her tone without a trace of warmth:

“I don’t know you, no matter who you are, no matter why you came here, I’m warning you for the first and last time, don’t follow me again, if it happens again, I’ll call the police.”