Years are warm

"Come in." Xie Yuanhong opened the door a little more, waved his hand to signal his wife to go back to the room first, and then led her in, "Aren't you always curious? Take a look, do you still feel like her?"

Xie Zhiyao pursed his lips and moved slowly to the desk. The half of the old photo was still placed on the desk, the frame was not dusty, and it was wiped clean as new.

The woman in the old photo still smiled softly.

"This was taken at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. She was admitted that year, and your grandparents couldn't spare time. I accompanied her to France."

Xie Yuanhong smiled and picked up the photo frame, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes, "This photo was taken there, and your grandma asked to see it."

"At that time...the family was actually very happy."

Xie Zhiyao watched him put down the photo, and asked after a moment of silence: "Dad, when you said she is gone, do you mean she left here, or...she is gone?"

"Not alive anymore." Xie Yuanhong sighed, "Every year before New Year's Eve, we go out with you behind our backs just to show her. You haven't seen her because she left less than a year before you were born. At that time, I was still thinking that the name she gave you should let her see you."

"You said... it was because of an accident." Xie Zhiyao's eyes fell unconsciously on the face of the young woman in the photo, "What was the accident? Grandpa didn't want to mention her, even grandma..."

"The cause was a quarrel." He clicked on the old photo, "Because of the other half of this photo."

"what?"

"That's the person she likes." Xie Yuanhong's expression darkened, he lowered his head, showing a rare look of despair, "She came back from France and talked about it, saying that she has someone she has been thinking about for a lifetime But after she finished speaking, the old man disagreed, and the two had a fierce fight."

"I... I was not at home at that time. When I found out about this, your aunt had already been locked up at home by the old man."

Xie Zhiyao frowned, unable to understand: "Just... because of this?"

Because you are not happy with the person your daughter likes, and then have a big fight to the point where you need to lock him in the house?What... did that man do to make grandpa so angry?No, no, no matter what, you can't lock people up directly!

"Yeah." Xie Yuanhong looked at her and shook his head slightly, "At that time, I wanted to come back and have a look, and I also helped persuade the two of them, but your grandfather was so angry that he even scolded me on the phone. You're bloody, and even said that you dare to come back and try... I can't hold him back, and I think your grandma is still there, father and daughter, no matter how big the conflict is, there should be an opportunity to resolve it."

Xie Zhiyao lowered his eyes and clenched his hands unconsciously.She knew the old man's temper well. Since she scolded her father together, the scene at that time might not be able to be explained clearly in a few words.And... now that the ending is known, I'm afraid the development after that will be worse than what was said.

"And then?" After a short silence, she asked softly.

Xie Yuanhong took a deep breath and tried to stabilize his tone. Those past events seemed to be vivid in his memory: "Your aunt has a very good temper. I have almost never seen her blush with others, let alone family members. Even if you play your temper occasionally, it will pass, but when I received a call from home again, your grandma told me that they sent your aunt away. "

"Send it... Well, you treat it as someone you know, and ask others to help watch her. The old man asked for leave from the school in her name, and cut off all contact with the outside world. When I heard I just realized that this news is wrong. Your grandfather is a bit arbitrary, but it is still reasonable. Such a thing has never happened, but I also believe that your aunt can do nothing that hurts the world. So... I found I followed Qingyuan back with an excuse, but I didn’t wait for my family to find me first, but I got another call.”

"……Who?"

"The person she fell in love with." He closed his eyes so as not to look into his daughter's eyes, and continued, "I thought the old man objected because he was such a jerk and thought he was not good enough for your aunt. But when I saw...that person is your aunt's college classmate, one class higher than her, and went to France with her. That year your aunt graduated with a master's degree, and she stayed in France with her. And... I was actually very early I've met them before, but I didn't see that kind of relationship between the two of them."

"Since this is the case, then why?" Xie Zhiyao frowned even more deeply, and couldn't figure it out even more.

According to this logic, that person should also be excellent.Life is not bloody, and it is impossible to suddenly produce some kind of enemy child.

But Xie Yuanhong didn't answer her question, he paused, and continued on his own: "That person told me that he originally wanted to come back with your aunt, but it was delayed because of work, but since then I couldn't get in touch after that, so I came here in a hurry. I... I was very surprised at that time, but I was also anxious to know where your aunt was sent, so I agreed to help keep an eye out."

"It's impossible to ask your grandpa. The old man has made this decision, and it is impossible to change it. In the end, I blocked your grandma at the gate of the school where your grandma used to teach. After begging for a long time, she let go and told me to send it away." Where...I, I didn't expect your grandpa...how could he be so cruel..."

At the end of the speech, his voice seemed to tremble a little.

Xie Zhiyao shivered, her heart clenched together, she stood up and reached out to hold her father's palm, and called him dryly: "Dad..."

So... where did it go?

"I'm fine." Xie Yuanhong breathed heavily. He turned his face and tried to squeeze out a smile to comfort his daughter. "It's been too long...you probably haven't heard of that place."

As he said this, he whispered a street name and house number.Xie Zhiyao really doesn't know this place, she was not born in Donglin, nor did she grow up here, so she is actually vague about this so-called homeland.

"...What happened later? Did you find your aunt?" Maybe she didn't realize it herself. From the initial reference to now, her title has become aunt.

Blood relationship is a wonderful thing, sometimes it can be nothing, but sometimes, you may have never met the other party, but you can feel an indescribable feeling from a simple address.

It's as if you were born to be close to this person.

"I found it." Xie Yuanhong clenched his hands tightly, "But... a little late." Really just a little bit.

"You also know that although your grandpa did this, it's actually illegal. But we can't bring her out directly. We just thought of a way like this. I'll go find someone, your aunt's... lover, Go over there first to check the situation. She did find a way to get in, and she did find someone... But, it would be fine if your aunt wasn't that smart, or her heart wasn't that good..."

"What do you mean?"

"Before we went to find her, your aunt had already tried to save herself. But she was not the only one there. She could actually leave by herself, but she insisted on bringing out the other people inside... Later, people will find out Then she led the person to run to an old building in the park. At that time, the person had already arrived, even almost ran downstairs, and I also brought the police. I saw her back on the platform on the fourth floor..."

"The people inside panicked when they heard the siren, and they pulled her down to explain the relationship, but they were all like this. Could it be that your aunt didn't resist? The platform on the fourth floor... There were no guardrails. There was an accident during the pushing, and they...they just pushed her off..."

He choked up when he said this.Those distant memories whizzed across time, making people breathless.

Xie Zhiyao's mind went blank when he heard this.

Push...Push down?

Wait... He said that at that time, my aunt's lover had almost run downstairs, that is to say... She gasped for a moment, shaking uncontrollably.

Was that person... looking at his lover, being pushed down from upstairs, or even... falling in front of him?

"Oh, why are you crying, child?"

Her father's gentle palm brushed her cheek, and she realized belatedly that her face was already covered with tears since she didn't know when.

"At least for the first minute, maybe she was conscious, but what she said... I don't know."

"By the time your grandparents arrived at the hospital, they were already gone...they didn't have time to see her for the last time. At that time, everyone seemed to have lost their souls." His eyes were red unconsciously. The gentle man took off his glasses and wiped his eyes vigorously, "At that time, no one was rational, and there was no way to be rational... That person was in the hospital with him, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Your grandfather... for a moment I can't accept it, I can't accept your aunt's death, and I can't accept that it was because of his own decision...so..."

"Did he vent his anger on my aunt's lover?" Xie Zhiyao took the words, already guessing the development of the matter in his heart.

Xie Yuanhong sighed and responded sullenly.

"From then on, he didn't allow anyone to mention your aunt, let alone that person."

Xie Zhiyao closed his eyes, not knowing what expression to make for a moment.

This is ridiculous.Because of my own arbitrariness, my daughter died unexpectedly, but in the end, I still have to blame an innocent person?

"Has he... Has he ever regretted what he has done?"

The author has something to say:

As for why you were sent to this kind of place, you can push back the time. At that time, it was the 90s, and domestic homosexuals hadn’t been cured yet.