Flowers wither, and the willow branches sway by the shore. Once again, I dream of the poetic and picturesque Jiangnan water town. In the gentle rain, I row a delicate boat, but who can still recall that gentle and graceful charm?
Xizi City is a place full of natural beauty and outstanding people. With its clear mountains and limpid waters, it is like a fairyland on earth. My mother was born in this beautiful city. She grew up by the West Lake. Her skin is as smooth as creamy fat, her eyebrows are like distant dark willows, her nose is as delicate as if carved from jade, and her lips are as dainty and charming as cherries. She speaks with a soft and gentle dialect, with a charming face and a graceful figure. Standing beside my rugged and bold father, they are just like a perfect and harmonious beautiful painting.
Ming Xichen really has a hard time connecting this gentle and beautiful mother with the shocking plot like "eloping from a betrothal"! This is something that my father has always been proud of in his life. My mother fled from the engagement banquet. Of course, the story is full of twists and turns, but it finally has a happy ending. My mother married my handsome and beloved father.
Chu Tian, that is, Ming Xichen's maternal grandfather, flew into a rage when he learned about this. In a fit of anger, he even placed a notice in the newspaper to sever the father - daughter relationship with my mother. Since then, my mother has lived in the military compound beside the beautiful Sun Island in Bingcheng for more than twenty years and has never been back to Xizi City.
When Ming Xichen decided to go to Xizi City, her mother gave her the address of her uncle's house. She has occasionally heard her mother mention her uncle. Her uncle is three years older than her mother and dotes on her mother very much. Her mother has a photo with her uncle. In the photo, her uncle was just a teenager, with a fair and handsome face. As time passed, the photo has faded a bit. Xichen only asked her mother for her uncle's phone number a few times, but every time her mother's face would immediately turn cold, so she never asked again. In her impression, her uncle will always be that innocent young boy, smiling and putting his arm around his much shorter sister.
My mother said that she also has a cousin named Chu Rui, who is the adopted son of her uncle. Her uncle originally had a son, but the child died when he was two years old. Her aunt's health seems to be very poor, so they adopted a three - year - old boy from the orphanage.
When Xichen asked about her grandparents, her mother didn't want to talk much. She just simply said that her grandfather has a hot temper and her grandmother has a gentle personality. It only took my mother the time to drink a cup of tea to tell all about the Chu family.
It can be seen that my mother is a woman with an extremely calm and detached personality. She seems gentle, but is extremely stubborn deep inside. Her grandfather couldn't swallow his pride, so he sent her uncle to pick up my mother. But before her uncle arrived, my mother flatly refused. She said that if anyone came, she would run away again immediately. This girl really gives people a headache! Her grandfather flew into a rage again and smashed an expensive antique in his great anger.
Her grandmother came up with an idea for her grandfather: "If she doesn't come back, it's even better to abduct her daughter!"
Hearing this, her grandfather's face lit up with joy. He gave his thumb up to his grandmother and said, "Brilliant! Simply brilliant!"
Far away in another place, Chu Muyu had no idea that these two "old foxes" had set their sights on her "little fox". So, the beautiful Miss Chu still lived her own life, not caring about the outside world, and living a fulfilling life by the Songhua River.
Two hours later, the plane landed at Zhoushan Airport in Xizi City. Stepping onto this strange land, she felt as if she could cut off all her past. She didn't need to, nor would she mention her past to anyone. To be a person who erases her past is Ming Xichen's wish.
She walked into the airport gate with the crowded people. The waiting hall was bustling with people coming and going. People just passed by each other casually and only gave a faint smile. There is no such romantic encounter as "looking back five hundred times" in Buddhism. I wonder whose beloved is waiting in that dimly lit corner...
At the airport entrance, Chu Rui saw Xichen at a glance. She was dressed in snow - white clothes, and her long,