Back to youth, the child's mother became a female president

The house in front of him... Hua Tingjue didn't even want to call it a house. It should be made of yellow mud. In the cold wind and snow, the straw was swaying everywhere, the transparent tape was rustling in the wind, and the sense of age was overwhelming.

The roof was made of blue-black tiles, and occasionally a piece would fall off when the wind blew. Hua Tingjue subconsciously moved his feet back and shrank his neck, for he was afraid that his head would be smashed through.

Looking around, the fence is quite nice, woven with emerald green bamboo, and the camellia flowers on the side are also very pleasing to the eye.

The door was made of wood and had a rusty iron lock on it. He walked under the eaves and knocked on the door with his hand. He clearly controlled the force, but it was still a little too strong.

The bolt is broken.

???

"Fuck! Is it possible to scam someone like this?"

Hua Tingjue panicked. He bent down to pick up the broken wood on the ground, holding his forehead with his hand, at a loss.

"This is too unlucky!"

At this time, Jiang Ruonan heard a knock on the door and walked out of the house, but happened to meet Hua Tingjue's eyes. Her gaze moved down and he was holding his broken door bolt in his hand.

She frowned fiercely and said in a bad tone, "It's you again, the jinx that lingers around!"

Hua Tingjue was speechless and stammered, "Ah... no... no, it wasn't me, oh no, I didn't mean to do it, it was all a misunderstanding!"

Jiang Ruonan snatched the thing from his hand and said, "Get out!" and was about to close the door. But how could Hua Tingjue, who came to see her specially, leave? He stepped one foot into the door and blocked it with his body.

"Wait, you heard me."

"Jiang Ruonan!" Hua Tingjue called out her name in a moment of desperation.

When Jiang Ruonan heard him calling out her name, she stopped, but her eyes were still alert, like a beast that would not let go of its prey.

She asked, "What exactly are you going to do?"

He replied: "I came to see you!"

After the two of them were in a stalemate for a while, Jiang Ruonan was temporarily defeated and said coldly: "You get out first."

"I won't. What if you close the door again later?" Hua Tingjue shook his head violently, as if he would never let go.

Jiang Ruonan's expression froze, thinking that this idiot had actually become smart and could no longer be fooled.

Seeing this, Jiang Ruonan had no choice but to let go, patted the dust off her hands, and asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"

Hua Tingjue was so cold that white mist came out of his mouth. "Let's go inside and talk. It's so cold after the snow."

When he followed Jiang Ruonan into the house, he suddenly felt that there was no difference between inside and outside the house, they were both equally cold.

At least Granny Nie's house had two large charcoal basins for making fire, but hers was bare and empty, but clean and tidy.

Hua Tingjue rubbed his hands, "Wow, it's so cold." He brushed the snow off his shoulders and found a chair to sit down in a familiar manner.

Jiang Ruonan brought the brazier over, of course not to entertain guests like Grandma Nie did, but because she was cold. She put the notebook of vocabulary she had just memorized into her pocket and sat down opposite Hua Tingjue.

The two of them were sitting across from each other by the warm charcoal fire, their faces glowing red, like a loving couple in ancient times having a long conversation under candlelight.

Hua Tingjue put his hands on the brazier to warm them. Feeling the warmth, he couldn't help but relax his brows, "Oh, it's much warmer." When he looked up and met Jiang Ruonan's cold gaze, he felt a little cold again.

Jiang Ruonan got straight to the point, "Who are you?"

"I..." Hua Tingjue wanted to answer, but suddenly hesitant.

Finally, after a long gaze, Hua Tingjue told the reason for his visit, "I... my name is Hua Tingjue, and I came to Yixi Town to find you."

Hearing this, Jiang Ruonan paused fiddling with the charcoal fire, and the light in her eyes froze. She said nothing. Hua Tingjue continued speaking while observing her expression.

"I didn't lie to you." He took out a wallet from his bag and pulled out two cards. "This is my ID card and student ID!" He forced the documents into Jiang Ruonan's hand and quickly proved: "Maybe you don't believe it, but I really came to see you."

Looking at the ID card stuffed into her hand, Jiang Ruonan lowered her head and spread out her hands, and the information fell into her pupils.

Hua Tingjue.

Man.

A native of Beijing.

16 is old.

Studied at Beijing No. 1 Middle School.

To be honest, Jiang Ruonan was really confused at this moment, quietly digesting all of this. She had looked at the map, and Jing City was about 2,000 kilometers away from here. He, who looked like a young master, actually took the trouble to come here.

why?

for her?

How can it be!

Jiang Ruonan flatly refuted his statement. How could someone travel thousands of miles just to find her, an inconspicuous and poor student from the mountains?

She smiled contemptuously and said something stinging, "Heh... Is this a trick you rich people use?"

Hua Tingjue's heart gradually sank.

He could actually understand her resistance. After all, if someone else said these words to him, he would not believe it easily. But he still needed to continue persuading her.

"I can give you everything you want!"

"As long as you ask, I will satisfy you."

Jiang Ruonan was unmoved, "What is your purpose?"

"If I say... I want to take you away, leave here, and go to Jing City, are you willing?" Hua Tingjue's eyes were clear and firm, his well-defined jawline looked handsome and charming in the dim room, and his Adam's apple rolled uncontrollably.

His dark eyes were filled with seriousness and expectation.

They looked at each other and time seemed to stand still.

Beijing? The capital city.

Hearing this, Jiang Ruonan broke the branch in her hand, blinked slowly, and pursed her lips. Peking University was the ideal university she had always wanted to apply for, and he actually said he would take her to Jing City?

leave here?

Obviously, Jiang Ruonan was deeply touched when she heard this, because leaving Yixi Town was what she had wanted to do day and night for the past sixteen years. As long as she was still alive, she would try her best to leave here.

Escape from the nightmarish hell of the Jiang family.

Her fingers on her knees bent unconsciously, and the stinging pain from the frostbite on her knuckles brought her out of her despair for a moment.

Fraud was not prevalent at that time, but the culture of child trafficking was prevalent, especially in places like theirs, where many children were bought.

Jiang Ruonan felt uneasy, but she was rational and unwilling to believe what Hua Tingjue said.

It is unreliable to rely on anyone to leave here. The only person she can rely on in this world is herself. One day she will leave Yixi Town by herself instead of just following anyone.

"I do not want to."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Tingjue felt his heart suddenly become empty. His loss was obvious, clearly reflected in his facial features.

She doesn't want to.

A feeling of frustration suddenly surged into his heart, blocking his trachea and unable to move up or down. He inexplicably felt difficulty breathing.

Sad and frustrated, he stood up and walked out silently. When he stepped out of the threshold, he closed the door for Jiang Ruonan and walked into the yard alone, staring blankly.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the flakes of snow fell one by one on his long black eyelashes. He remembered that Granny Nie called her Jiang Ruonan. How could Jiang Nan become Jiang Ruonan?

Maybe there is only one answer.

She lied to him.

She was never Jiang Nan.

At this moment, the emotions accumulated to the critical point, Hua Tingjue felt truly sad. He actually no longer cared that Jiang Nan used him and his daughter in exchange for wealth and glory. After all, everyone avoids harm and seeks profit, and he knew that she also had her own difficulties.

But...he only now realized that she had even lied to him about her name, and she was not willing to go back to Beijing with him right now.

The wind was so cold that it made his ears red. The cold wind penetrated his leaky heart and penetrated every pore. He just stared at the weed-covered ground motionlessly, lost in thought. He could not even hear the shouting of Da Huang from next door.

This was the scene Jiang Ruonan saw when she walked out.

He stood blankly in the yard, motionless. His tall and straight pine-like figure was filled with an indelible melancholy, completely different from the lively and silly look she had seen him in the past two times.

Although she didn't quite understand it, she could clearly feel the sadness surrounding him.

What is he sad about?

No, she didn't care whether he was sad or not.