Chapter 240 Unlocking a new character, Aunt Lan
Chapter 240 Unlocking a new character, Aunt Lan
knock --
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Uncle Xie turned around and saw a woman in a navy blue cotton and linen dress standing at the door. She was holding a pot of hot tomato stewed beef brisket in her hand.
Seeing Uncle Xie looking over, the woman said with a smile, "Brother Xie, why is your door open? I seemed to hear Xixi's voice just now. It was quite noisy. Did you and your daughter have a quarrel?"
Uncle Xie touched his face helplessly and lamented, "We had a quarrel. The kid's temper has been getting worse and worse recently. He likes to get stuck in a rut."
But Uncle Xie did not elaborate on the specific reason.
"Alan, what are you holding in your hand?"
The woman named Alan walked into the house with a smile and placed the pot of beef brisket stewed with tomatoes on the coffee table in the living room. She said, "It's beef brisket stewed with tomatoes."
"Xixi likes this dish I make the most. I know she wants to keep in shape, so I only put a little oil in it."
"I'll leave it here. You can heat it up for her when Xixi comes back. The child is so skinny now that you can even see the bones. Being a star is really hard."
"Okay, thank you very much, Alan."
Hearing Uncle Xie's words, Alan couldn't help but smile bitterly. She said, "Brother Xie, please stop saying that. Compared to the great kindness you and your wife have shown me, what am I doing now? "
"Then I'll go back first."
After saying that, Alan went downstairs.
Xie Qian previously scolded Uncle Xie for forgetting his daughter and deceased wife after he had Aunt Lan, but in fact, Uncle Xie never looked for a new love.
There is nothing innocent between him and Alan.
As soon as Alan left, Uncle Xie picked up his phone and sent a text message to Xie Qian: [Your Aunt Lan made beef brisket with tomatoes and put it on the table. Come back and eat it when you calm down.]
After thinking for a while, Uncle Xie said: [Xixi, you are all Daddy has. You can be angry, but don’t run away from home. If you leave, Daddy will have no home.]
Xie Qian didn't go far either.
She wore a mask and sat in an old park along the river outside the community, in a daze.
After receiving the text message from her father, Xie Qian felt sad and finally turned around and went back home.
The Xie family has been from Qing City since their ancestors. Xie Qian's family lives in a small three-story Western-style building that they built themselves.
Uncle Xie and Xie Qian live on the second and third floors, and Aunt Lan, a long-term tenant, lives on the first floor.
Aunt Lan is a very experienced caregiver.
Xie Xi's mother was a kind woman. When she saw that it was not easy for Aunt Lan, a woman from another place, to make a living in Qing City, she rented the first floor to Aunt Lan.
Aunt Lan is also a woman who knows how to repay kindness.
During the two years when Xie's mother was seriously ill and bedridden, it was Aunt Lan who took good care of her. She only took the minimum wage and took very good care of Xie's mother.
Mother Xie was bedridden for two years, and until her death, her body was always clean, without even a bedsore.
After Xie's mother passed away, Aunt Lan still lived in Xie's house.
When Xie Qian was in junior high and high school, Aunt Lan usually took her to and from school on an electric scooter. Every night when she came home, Aunt Lan would have dinner ready for her.
To Xie Qian, Aunt Lan has become a family member.
There is an iron gate on the first floor of the Xie family's house facing the alley. Inside the gate is a small square courtyard, which is usually used to store electric bicycles and rain gear.
The door inside the yard is the real entrance to the Xie family.
Xie Qian entered the password and was about to open the door when it was pushed open from the inside.
Xie Qian looked up and met Aunt Lan's gentle and tolerant eyes. She was slightly stunned, then lowered her head in shame.
"Auntie Lan, did you hear me arguing with Dad?"
Aunt Lan nodded, "I heard it."
Hearing this, Xie Qian felt like something was stuck in her throat.
She wanted to apologize for what she said impulsively, but she was too embarrassed to speak.
Auntie Lan, on the other hand, was indifferent. She said to Xie Qian, "Whether you believe it or not, Qian Qian, I don't have any ambiguous relationship with your father."
"Auntie Lan stayed here to take care of you and the Xie family in order to repay your mother for taking you in."
"Xixi, your father is a responsible man. You shouldn't slander him like that. He hasn't had an easy life these years."
Living in the same building, Aunt Lan knew how much Uncle Xie missed his deceased wife and how hard it was for him to get over the death of his eldest daughter.
So no matter how much she dotes on Xie Qian, she cannot allow Xie Qian to slander Uncle Xie like this.
Aunt Lan is like the gentle breeze and drizzle, always gentle and tolerant, which makes Xie Qian feel even more ashamed.
Taking a deep breath, Xie Qian choked up and said, "I was wrong today. I shouldn't have said that to him. I will apologize to Dad later."
Seeing that Xie Qian recognized her mistake, Aunt Lan smiled with relief and quickly took Xie Qian's arm and went into the house.
She went to the small kitchen on the first floor to cut some fruit to entertain Xie Qian.
Xie Qian was leaning against the door of the small kitchen, staring at Aunt Lan's busy figure. She suddenly said, "Aunt Lan, if you really want to be with my dad, I won't be angry."
Aunt Lan shook her head and laughed: "Aunt Lan doesn't have any idea about marriage. I will never get married in this life."
Xie Qian frowned and asked curiously, "Why? Aunt Lan, have you been married before?"
Auntie Lan cut the cantaloupe into small pieces and put them on a plate. She stood on tiptoe to open the cupboard to find a fork and said without turning her head, "Auntie Lan is a person without a past. She won't talk about this."
She handed the cantaloupe to Xie Qian, and then asked what happened today: "What happened to you two today? What did you quarrel about? Can you tell Auntie Lan?"
Xie Qian is very dependent on Aunt Lan.
When Auntie Lan asked, Xie Qian didn't hide it and asked, "Do you remember the Song family who killed my sister?"
Auntie Lan nodded, "Yes, it's one of the top wealthy families in Qing City."
"Mr. Song was diagnosed with a strange disease a few years ago. I heard that he sought treatment from famous doctors all over the world but could not find a cure. But he is cured now!"
Aunt Lan was a little surprised. "You mean, Mr. Song's strange disease has been cured?"
"That should be the case." Thinking of the Song Jingcheng I saw in the Jiuxing Villa that day, he had a ruddy complexion and a healthy body, without any sign of illness.
This mental state is completely different from the image of a person who was rumored to be so sick that he could die at any time.
"Not only that, he's married, and his wife is a stunning beauty." Even though Xie Qian couldn't stand Shen He, she had to admit that Shen He was a top-notch beauty.
"I went to record a show today, and I heard that Mr. Song was going to be a father."
"The Song family is going to hold a family dinner tomorrow. Mrs. Song likes the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that my father made, and she invited him to be the chef at the Song family tomorrow."
Xie Qian chewed the cantaloupe viciously and said sadly, "I just hate my father for being spineless. The Song family forced my sister to death, and now he has to go to the Song family to cook!"
“I don’t understand why he does this.”
The fact that their family accepted Song Jingcheng's help was enough to make Xie Qian feel resentful.
Now, he even went to the Song family to cook.
Her father's behavior made Xie Xi feel that he had betrayed her dead sister and her mother, who was still grieving over her sister's death until her death.
That's why she was so angry that she spoke without restraint and used the most harsh and vicious words to slander her only relative.
After hearing the whole story, Aunt Lan understood why Xie Qian was angry, but she also felt bad for Uncle Xie.
She said earnestly, "Xixi, you can blame your sister's death on the old lady of the Song family and the young gentleman of the Song family. But you can't blame your father."
Xie Qian raised her eyebrows and subconsciously refuted Aunt Lan: "Why? Song Jingcheng is the head of the Song family and the son of that crazy woman. They are one and the same!"
"Song Jingcheng is not innocent!"
Aunt Lan shook her head and sighed: "It's not that simple."
Auntie Lan tried to persuade Xie Qian: "Brother Xie can't hate Mr. Song, because the whole thing started because of Brother Xie."
"Brother Xie fell from a building and was seriously injured. He was on the verge of death. It was the young Mr. Song who saved him. To Brother Xie, Mr. Song is a benefactor!"
"How can Brother Xie not hate the Song family? But Mr. Song is a truly kind person. This is why he feels pain but cannot take any revenge."
Ultimately, this matter was Chu Zhi's fault.
Uncle Xie is a sensible man. His life was saved by Song Jingcheng. He truly received kindness from Song Jingcheng, so how could he hate him?
After hearing Auntie Lan's words, Xie Qian felt bitter and asked, "So my sister died in vain?"
Aunt Lan stared at her red eyes, her heart softened, and she whispered to comfort her: "Bad people will always be punished for their evil deeds."
Xie Qian did not agree.
"Okay, Sissi, go back and have a good talk with your dad."
Only then did Xie Qian go upstairs.
*
The next morning, at five o'clock, Uncle Xie got up early, changed into a clean black Zhongshan suit, and prepared to go to Song Garden to prepare meals.
When he went downstairs, he saw Auntie Lan also got up early and was a little surprised. "Alan, you got up so early? Did you find a new employer?"
Alan is an excellent caregiver and has a good reputation in their nursing circle. Often, before a job is finished, several new employers will line up to invite her.
Alan said: "I recently received a new order, and the employer happens to be the Song family you know."
Uncle Xie was stunned.
After thinking about it, he asked hesitantly, "Is Mrs. Song pregnant and looking for a nanny? Or..."
"It's the old lady of the Song family."
Alan said, "It is said that the old lady is difficult to serve and has injured several groups of caregivers. It is not easy to serve as a caregiver for Old Madam Song, and someone contacted me."
"I was planning to go to Songyuan for an interview."
"Interview?" After thinking for a moment, Uncle Xie said, "Could it be that Mr. Song wants to interview you personally?"
"I don't know."
But it is possible.
After all, Madam Song is Song Jingcheng's mother, and the nurse has to take care of Madam Song 24 hours a day. It is not surprising that Song Jingcheng wants to interview her in person.
"Since you are going to Song Garden, come with me."
"Hey, okay."
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