Chapter Sixty

  The snow fell silently, and the lucky world seemed to have fallen into silence. He used up his last bit of strength, boarded the train home, and then like a puppet with broken strings, lost the ability to move.

  A pair of empty eyes stared at the upper berth, exhausted but unable to close their eyes and rest. Gong Xi said that happiness came too suddenly and was a bit stunned, but now felt fortunate, the blow came too suddenly, and the person was a bit stunned.

  Jiayu has already kicked over all the tea tables at home, "What did you say to Xingyun? Tell me! Say it!"

  "Damn it!" The old man's last bit of regret was gone, and he stretched out his hand to throw down a pot of orchids from the flower stand by the stairs.

  The flower pot shattered with a loud crash, startling Xu Yu Yao so much that she shuddered and hunched her shoulders. She looked around in terror, unable to understand what was happening, why this house had turned into this state after a peaceful dinner, and why the father and son were staring at each other like sworn enemies.

  Gong Xi knew his father wouldn't tell him anything, but what exactly had happened? What kind of thing could have occurred in just over twenty minutes?

  Being able to drive away good fortune like this.

  He turned his head and suddenly saw Xu Yu Yao, who was stunned with fright. Gong Xi took a step forward to her front: "Do you know? What's going on? What happened?"

  Xu Yu Yao panicked and repeatedly screamed: "No, no, I don't know, I don't know anything."

  Jiayu's eyes had a bloodthirsty expression, scaring her so much that she didn't dare to look at him, and her eyes were already brimming with tears.

  "It's none of Little Xu's business, don't yell at her!" Old Master Gong shouted from the stairs to Gong Xi.

  "She doesn't know, so you tell me! Tell me! You! You! You! You old rascal!"

  Jiayu was furious and finally scolded him after holding it in for a long time.

  Old Master Wang's eyes were wide with anger, his gaze piercing as he glared at his son. "You dare to scold me, your father, all for the sake of a stinky man!"

  He quickly walked down from the stairs, staring straight at Gong Xi, raised his hand and slapped a loud slap on Gong Xi's face.

  Gong Xi didn't move, still staring with her eyes wide open, "Tell me, what did you say to him? What did you do?"

  "I just told him that you used to live with Little Xu in the same room."

  "What?! You're talking nonsense!"

  "Am I talking nonsense?"

  Jiayou suddenly became speechless, "We've done everything between us."

  "If he loves you, he will believe in you and won't do anything."

  Ji Gong was stunned.

  "But he didn't."

  Jiāo Xǐqì clenched his fists tightly, his whole body trembling like the withered yellow leaves on a winter branch.

  After a long while, Gong Xi finally gritted his teeth and said: "Our affairs don't need you to manage, nor do they need you to stir up trouble in between! I know what you want to do, but let me tell you, stop daydreaming! In this lifetime, I will only love one person, and that's Gong Xi. So, there's no need for you to waste your energy anymore, let all those people you want me to marry - Little Xu, Little Wang, Little Zhang, Little Liu... etc., just get lost!"

  Another loud and clear slap landed on Gong Xi's face.

  "You little scamp, I'm your father."

  "So what?!"

  "I raised you from childhood to adulthood, worrying about your affairs, are you a beast? Even crows know how to repay their parents, are you not even as good as a bird? You've read so many years of books, served in the army, and worked as a government official, yet you were cultivated into this kind of person? For the sake of a man, you scold your father, venting your anger on me, on you, and on our family's good Xu."

  "Look at you, look at you, what have you become now?"

  "Are you still a man?"

  Gong Xi shook slightly, biting her lower lip tightly, and said sorrowfully: "I'm not, I'd rather not be a man, not a good son, not anything that can be done, whatever you say, whatever you think. But I want to tell you, Gong Ze Lu, if I can't get my luck back, I will never forgive you!"

  "Get out!"

  "How dare you threaten me!"

  The old master's shouting voice was locked inside that door along with the sound of the palace gate closing.

  Kyoko hastily ran to his own car and drove away, thinking of going home first to see if Yuki would return. Just as he was running down the steps in front of the door, a car came driving towards him from this direction, its bright headlights shining directly onto Kyoko's face.

  "Palace is happy." Little Liu stopped the car and ran over.

  Jiuhuan suddenly seemed to understand something and immediately grabbed Xiaoliu.

  "Where have you been?"

  "Uh, Commander told me to send Lucky Brother to the train station." Little Liu said timidly.

  "Train station? Did you get away safely?"

  "Yes, I'm back. I saw that he didn't look too good, so I specially bought a platform ticket to see him off on the train before returning."

  "What train number? Tell me what train number?" Gong Xi pulled Liu's arm wildly, shaking him until he felt dizzy.

  "Brother, Wang Jiguo, all the cars have started."

  "Are there tickets for the small town?"

  "No, to Harbin."

  Gong Xi let go of Little Liu and quickly ran towards his own car, the snow under his feet was slippery, Gong Xi stumbled several times, shaking his body almost fell.

  He recklessly jumped onto the car, which was frozen and difficult to start. The engine sputtered and coughed, making a harsh, screeching sound, as if expressing its discontent with Qiong Xi's rough behavior.

  The more he kicked the iron lump, the more stubborn it became, until finally it didn't react at all.

  A six-hour train ride with Harbin Station as its final destination.

  Good fortune followed the crowd out of the train station, the outside lights were bleak and cold. In front of the train station, a few people who came to pick up passengers stood scattered under the lights, and some older aunties were soliciting customers for hotels.

  Lucky hands inserted into the down jacket pocket, quickly dodging those who pulled their sleeves.

  He didn't want to talk, not even a single word. He hated those people who swarmed around him like flies, asking if he wanted to stay in a hotel, and some even more bluntly said, "Stay at my place, I have special services."

  This makes good luck nauseous.

  Walking through the square in front of the station, I was finally lucky enough to see a row of taxis waiting for customers.

  "Go to the small town."

  No one dares to go there at this late hour, especially when it's a man, even if he looks handsome, you still can't guarantee that he is a good person.

  These days, it's too common for cars to be hijacked and people killed in remote areas at midnight.

  After asking many cars, Lucky finally got a ride with an older taxi driver.

  All the way he was talking to Lucky, his age, his son at home, and his annoying daughter-in-law, many unavoidable things and many difficulties.

  Lucky closed his eyes and listened to his troubles. In this world, everyone has their own troubles, no one can be perfectly happy.

  Just like yourself.

  I thought happiness was within reach, but it turned out to be just a reflection in the water, everything was just a dream.

  The night road is long, and the darkness in front of it stretches infinitely. The heart that has been swelling up finally slowly releases its pressure as the night flows away.

  Luckily the brain has just recovered its function, but as soon as suspicion appears in one's mind, that little thought will spread like a drop of ink on white paper, from a small point, slowly getting darker and bigger.

  Lian Gong Xi was stunned when he first received the phone call, and now everything is suspicious. He was shocked by his own sudden return, not with joy, but with fright.

  That day, he didn't return to his palace but went directly to his new house, also because he was afraid of exposing his relationship with Xu Yu Yao.

  Moreover, there were many loopholes in it originally.

  That sweater in the closet is the same pattern as the one Xu Yuexiao wore today, a couple's sweater.

  Lucky smiled wryly and came out.

  It turns out that the fact is so obvious, but I was like a blind man, like a fool, being deceived.

  Still want his father to come and explain himself, it's really ridiculous, too childish, thinking that Gong Xi will remain unchanged for a hundred years and forever love him.

  How silly, is she just a little girl who has just started junior high school?

  One by one, the threads in his mind were sorted out, like a series of heavy punches, each punch hitting the weakest spot right in the center.

  That feeling of having one's heart grasped in someone's hand has returned again.

  The pain is fatal, making good fortune want to curl up into a ball, like a cooked shrimp, lying on the ground.

  The car continued to move forward in the darkness, and the road ahead was still a vast expanse of blackness, with no end in sight.

  Where is home? Where is life's destination? Where is true happiness?

  The old driver next to me is still talking endlessly, the hardships of night shifts, the unreasonable distribution, gasoline prices are rising, traffic jams on the road...

  His worries, his life, his hopes.

  He talked about his grandson, who is his hope. He said that his grandson is better than his son and has been stronger since he was a child compared to when his son was a child.

  He is now so desperate just for that grandson who has nothing but a blood relationship with him.

  "People live for what? Isn't it all for the next generation?"

  The old driver shook his head and sighed.

  Lucky's eyes conjured up the image of his father, Palace Gai, with that old and wrinkled face.

  He also thinks so, wants to pass on the family line, and have descendants of the old palace. For this reason, he even thought of going to adopt someone else's child as his own grandson to raise.

  Suddenly, it seems like I understand everything, but actually, all of this was wrong from the very beginning.

  I was wrong, and Gong Xi falling in love with me is also wrong, we are standing on the back of the world.

  Everything is understandable now, there's nothing to resent anymore, there's nothing to hate anymore.

  It turns out that everyone was right, Gu Xiang's father was right, the big sisters in the military compound who pointed and pointed, the old neighbor at home who took his grandson as a negative example.

  They were all right, and the wrong one was myself, I stood on the wrong team.

  Xìngyùn tūrán jiù xiào le chūlái, zhuǎntóu kàn xiàng shēnbiān de lǎo sījī.

  Translation:

  Lucky suddenly burst out laughing and turned to look at the old driver beside him.

  The driver was taken aback by his sudden gaze and became somewhat flustered, unable to utter a word for half a day, and even forgot what he had just said.

  The road is still ahead, and the car is slowly moving forward in the dark night.