Rebirth of Xia Ze

"Ozawa, are you still angry with my sister-in-law?"

In the backyard of the Chi family, Xia Sihui and Xia Ze walked side by side.For some reason, Xia Ze suddenly remembered that he and his sister-in-law walked together in the same way last time in the old house.He asked his sister-in-law who Han Ling was, and the sister-in-law ignored him.Hearing Xia Sihui's question at first, Xia Ze froze for a moment before shaking his head.

Xia Sihui had been paying attention to Xia Ze's reaction, the moment Xia Ze shook her head, she felt relieved.She looked at Xia Ze's side face, and she didn't know when, the lines on Xia Ze's face faded from the softness before, and began to become sharp, revealing a kind of strangeness that she was not familiar with.Subconsciously, Xia Sihui wanted to reach out and pinch Xia Ze's face like before, she raised her hand, paused and then put it down again.

Xia Ze has really grown up, not only a change in appearance, but also a transformation from the inside out.Xia Sihui couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, she had already planned to be single for the rest of her life, so naturally she would not have children of her own.In her heart, she has always regarded Xia Ze as her child.She used to resent her mother's manipulation of her life, so she rebelliously hid abroad and refused to come back.Thinking about it now, what is the difference between what she did and what her mother did.It's just a strong and direct expression, and a self-righteous one in a warm cloak.

Thinking of this, Xia Sihui smiled wryly.She came back this time because of business, and because she came to consider telling Xia Ze some things that she had kept from Xia Ze before.She didn't know how much Xia Ze knew from other people's mouths, but she felt that it was better for her to say something herself.

"Xiao Ze, my sister-in-law wants to say sorry to you. There are some things that I have been hiding from you. This time, my sister-in-law wants to tell you all these things. You have grown up and have your own opinions and judgments on things. These things You should know too."

"Hmm." Even if Xia Sihui didn't say anything, Xia Ze would still ask.

About Han Ling, grandpa's will, and mother's death, Xia Ze wanted to know how much Xia Sihui knew.Chi Yiheng had analyzed with him before that not many people knew the truth about his mother's death, probably only a few specific people.My aunt's kindness to him all the time is not in the nature of redemption like Xia Yuan, but more of a kind of care for the younger generation from the elders.Thanks to Chi Yiheng's words, Xia Ze was not too desperate when recalling his childhood life.

Amid Xia Ze's silence, Xia Sihui began to narrate.What she knew was actually similar to what Old K found out, only with some more details.The first time Xia Sihui saw Tian Xiaojing was after Tian Xiaojing came to find Xia Zhicheng with her big belly. At that time, Xia Zhicheng was going to marry Chi Xinyun.Regarding Tian Xiaojing's appearance, he had also fought against Grandma Xia, but in the end he gave up Tian Xiaojing under Grandma Xia's persuasion, and acquiesced in Grandma Xia's decision to send her away.

Xia Sihui said bitterly: "I thought the third brother planned to live seriously with Sister Chi after consideration, so he didn't tell Sister Chi about it."

The only people who knew Tian Xiaojing was pregnant and came to her were the three people who were at home at that time, she, Grandma Xia, and Xia Zhicheng.She was a teenager at the time and didn't understand what a relationship was.Grandma Xia said that it was for Chi Xinyun's benefit to hide it from Chi Xinyun. She was persuaded by her mother, and she also felt that as long as Tian Xiaojing was sent away, her life would never be affected again.Xia Sihui shook her head, she is now over forty years old, she has been in society for a while, and she is no longer innocent as before, so she naturally knows how wrong her concealment is.Countless times in the middle of the night, she couldn't help thinking, would Chi Xinyun blame her if she knew the truth?She was so proud that if she knew about Tian Xiaojing's existence, she would definitely not want to get married.If it wasn't for her...

Xia Sihui stopped with a sigh.Xia Ze imagined how his mother was married to his father when he was kept in the dark, and lowered his eyes, "What about the back?"

"Back? Behind what?" Xia Sihui was puzzled.

Xia Ze looked at her calmly, "Later Tian Xiaojing changed her name to Han Ling, and returned to Haicheng to find her father again."

"No..." Xia Sihui subconsciously wanted to say it was impossible, but Xia Ze's expression didn't look like she was joking at all.She suddenly remembered her mother's abnormality when she mentioned Han Ling in front of her mother before, she moved her lips, but couldn't say anything.

Xia Sihui's reaction proved that she really didn't know about it, Xia Ze paused, and then asked, "What about Grandpa's will?"

"Father's will..."

Xia Sihui subconsciously followed Xia Ze's words, but suddenly thought of something, and looked at Xia Ze nervously.

"You know Tian Xiaojing, don't you know when Han Ling came back to look for the third brother?"

"The year my mother died, or the same day."

"No, Ozawa, I..."

Xia Sihui became speechless and her heart was beating violently.She vaguely guessed something, but she didn't dare to think deeply about it, as if that thought was a ferocious monster, as long as she thought about it, the monster would break through the confinement and rush out, engulfing the Xia family and the peace she had thought past.

Xia Ze looked at Xia Sihui steadily, with deep eyes, and said calmly: "Sister-in-law, you also realize that something is wrong with Grandpa's will, right?"

"Ozawa." Xia Sihui interrupted him almost hastily.

Xia Ze ignored her, and said directly: "Before grandpa passed away, he had three sons and two daughters, including me and three grandchildren. But grandpa separated so many people and left all the calligraphy and paintings collected by the Xia family to Me, sister, don't you have any doubts?"

Doubt?

Xia Sihui met Xia Ze's eyes, turned her head in embarrassment to avoid Xia Ze's sight, and recalled going back to before her father's death through layers of time.It was not long after Chi Xinyun's death, and his father, who had always been in good health, suddenly lost weight at a speed visible to their naked eyes.At that time, there were five brothers and sisters, and she was the only one who lived with her parents.She worried about her father's health, but he refused to go to the doctor.

Several times when she woke up in the middle of the night, she found her father sitting alone in the study for a whole night.During that time, the relationship between father and mother was very bad, and they often quarreled behind her back.Not only that, it was also the time when the third brother returned to the old house most frequently, but his father's attitude towards the third brother was very indifferent, as if he hadn't seen the existence of the third brother at all.

She once asked her mother in private if her father had something on her mind, and she was perfunctory several times.Amidst her doubts, her father suddenly called the five brothers and sisters back to the old house one day, into the ancestral hall that was only opened during the Chinese New Year.In front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors of the Xia family, his father said that he would leave all the calligraphy and paintings treasured by the ancestors of the Xia family to Xia Ze, and would not allow any of them to compete with Xia Ze.

Father's words were like a bomb, and they were all so dizzy that they couldn't react for a while.The eldest brother has an honest personality. Although he was surprised, he didn't say anything at the time.On the contrary, the second elder brother was very dissatisfied and almost got into a fight with his father, but was suppressed by his mother.She still remembered that Xia Ze was with her father at that time.He was only three years old at the time, and he didn't understand what his father's words meant to him, so he just looked around blankly.The bulging little face was wrinkled together, looking ignorant.Her eyes moved away from Xia Ze's body and the faces of the three. What she couldn't understand was that there was no joy on the faces of the third brother at that time, only an unspeakable embarrassment.

The matter of the will came to an end with the stubbornness of the father, but the mother, who had always been strong at home, unexpectedly did not express her position on this matter, but told her father that none of them should tell the matter of the will.The reason given by the mother was that Xia Ze was too young, and it might not be a blessing if more people knew about it, but it might bring him disaster instead.

After this incident, my father stopped arguing with his mother as if he had a problem on his mind, but he became thinner and thinner.Father refused to go to the hospital, refused to take medicine, and uncharacteristically cut off contact with all his past friends, especially Uncle Chi, father's best friend.She watched her father get weaker and weaker, and finally couldn't even get out of bed.She once heard her father vaguely express that he was sorry for the Chi family, but when she thought her father wanted to see Uncle Chi and was about to call the Chi family, he was firmly stopped by him.Until his father's death, he never saw any Chi family members again.

She rarely recalled these things in the past, perhaps after losing Chi Xinyun and her father one after another, she deliberately sealed up that memory.Occasionally, she would think that the will her father made back then was too strange, but this thought was only for a moment, and she soon blamed it on the fact that her father felt that Xia Ze's loss of mother was too pitiful.She never had any other associations with this matter, or she dared not.

Xia Sihui's expression turned pale, and she looked at Xia Ze hesitantly, "Xiao Ze, do you know something?"

Xia Ze didn't answer, but said softly: "Sister-in-law, it's better to ask grandma in person."

Xia Sihui patted Xia Ze's shoulder with shaking hands, "Okay."

Xia Sihui left Chi's house in a hurry after finishing speaking, she didn't dare to stay in front of Xia Ze any longer.Watching Xia Sihui's back going away, Xia Ze lowered his head and spread out his hands, a button-sized object lay in his palm.Chi Yiheng stood at the door with Xia Ze, seeing Xia Ze's movements, he reached out and held Xia Ze's hand.

Xia Ze whispered: "Cousin, do you think my sister-in-law will be angry when she finds out what I put on her?"

Chi Yiheng glanced at Xia Ze worriedly, and said firmly, "No."

"Will grandma tell the truth to my sister-in-law?"

"Maybe."

Chi Yiheng pulled Xia Ze down and kissed him on the head, comforting him: "Don't think about it, you will know in a while."

Xia Ze gave a low "hmm".

Whether Grandma Xia will tell the truth is actually not important to them.In fact, up to now, they have almost checked what exactly happened that year.Speaking of all this, I would like to thank Xia Yuan.

At first, when old K was investigating Xia Yuan, he discovered that he had been seeing a psychiatrist intermittently these years.Out of caution, Old K managed to obtain Xia Yuan's consultation records over the years.In the thick records, old K found that what Xia Yuan mentioned most was a dream, a dream that had troubled him for many years and could not get rid of.Someone was pushed down the stairs in front of him. That person didn't faint immediately, but kept looking at him with wide eyes.The narration of the dream came to an abrupt end here, and Xia Yuan never mentioned what happened next.Just keep emphasizing the nightmare and the pair of eyes in the nightmare.

Old K sent this fragment of Xia Yuan's dream to Chi Yiheng, and he felt that it was self-evident what this dream represented.When Chi Yiheng received this information, there was only one day before Xia Ze's college entrance examination. He originally planned to hide it from Xia Ze temporarily until Xia Ze's college entrance examination was over.Unexpectedly, Old A accidentally slipped his mouth, and Xia Ze dug up this information.

This is why Chi Yiheng was so angry when he saw Xia Yuan outside the examination room.After all, Xia Ze didn't seem to be affected by the news, and he didn't want Xia Yuan's appearance to remind Xia Ze of this matter again.