Ren Shaochen came up after taking out the garbage, and Ruoning had already hung up the phone. She lowered her head in annoyance. She had just told her the truth that she could refuse, but she still couldn't say it out, and because of Ren's mother's enthusiasm, she even agreed.

I went back to the countryside to see them.

"Your face seems to be getting better. Does it still hurt?" Ren Shaochen took a closer look at Ruoning and touched it with his hands. The swelling had almost disappeared. He took out the ointment from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, and squeezed a little out.

Applying it on Ruoning's face with his fingertips, he said: "Don't be so stubborn in the future when you conflict with dad. Men will always accept the soft and not the tough. If you show weakness, he may not stand by that woman."

When Ruoning heard Ren Shaochen mentioning Qu Tao, her lips turned pale and she smiled bitterly: "He has already made up his mind and won't give in for that woman, so what's the use of me showing weakness."

Ren Shaochen gently kneaded the ointment, made gentle circles with his fingertips, and sighed: "Then what's the use of arguing with him? It will only push him to the other side."

Ruoning thought carefully about what Ren Shaochen said and it made sense, but her heart was still sad. After so many years of love between father and daughter, that slap had already cracked it.

After Ren Shaochen applied ointment to Ruoning, his cell phone rang. After answering, he looked at Ruoning in surprise.

"Okay, I understand." Ren Shaochen responded and hung up the phone.

Ruoning could tell from the tone of his voice that it was Ren's mother who was calling, so she told her about her promise to return to her hometown and said uneasily, "I'll call her later and explain it to her."

"Mom is not in good health recently, so it's better not to let her know about our divorce for the time being."

"Is mom not feeling well? Why didn't you mention it just now?" Ruoning became a little nervous and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Maybe I didn't say it because I didn't want you to worry. It should be nothing serious." Ren Shaochen lowered his eyes and stood up, walked into the bathroom to wash his hands, and said, "I'll go back and take a look later."

"I'll go with you." Ruoning listened to Ren Shaochen's tone indifferently, but since he was about to go back to his hometown for a visit, she concluded that the situation might be serious.

Ren Shaochen turned his face to look at her, the corners of his mouth curved, and Ruoning felt that she seemed to have been deceived.

The words had been spoken and there was no reason to take them back, and she was really worried about Ren's mother's health, so she and Ren Shaochen bought train tickets to go back.

City S is not far from City H. There are more than thirty trains a day, and it can be reached in one and a half hours. Another half hour's transfer will take you to Linshui Village, where Ren Shaochen grew up.

When they arrived, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was strong, and the golden sunlight was spreading on the long field path. Along the path, you could see a red brick and green tiled house standing there. The house was still very new.

, was completed three years ago, that is the Ren family.

A circle of stones was built around the house, forming a small courtyard. When Ruoning and the others approached, they saw that the door to the outer courtyard was ajar, and there was a banging sound coming from inside.

Ren Shaochen opened the door and saw a man with half a hundred hair sitting on a small stool chopping firewood. When he heard the door opening, he raised his head. When he saw them, he immediately burst into smiles, with wrinkles on his dark face.

"Dad." Ren Shaochen walked over quickly, took Ren's father's axe, and frowned: "You can ask someone to help with these heavy tasks, but why do you do it yourself?"

Hearing this, Dad Ren patted the sawdust on his body. Knowing that Ren Shaochen was filial and didn't want to see him working hard, he responded with a smile on his face: "Okay, I'll find Xiaoyong next door next time."

After finishing speaking, he called Xue Qin into the room.

Ren's mother hurried out and was very happy when she saw Shaochen and Ruoning. She walked down the steps in a few steps and walked to Ruoning's side. She took Ruoning's hand and said, "Good boy, I just said

You guys are here."

Li Xueqin looks like she is in her early fifties. She is not well-maintained, but she can still see a little bit of her former beauty between her eyebrows and eyes. When she smiles, there are tiny rice holes at the corners of her mouth. In fact, Ren Shaochen also has it. He rarely smiles like this.

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Speaking of which, Ren Shaochen and Ren's parents don't even look alike. Only the Miwo at the corners of their lips is similar to Ren's mother.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Qu Ruoning asked worriedly as she opened her mouth. She looked at Ren's mother up and down and felt that Ren's mother was in good spirits.

"Seeing you makes me feel comfortable everywhere." Ren's mother smiled and patted Ruoning's hand.

Ruoning turned her head and glanced at Ren Shaochen. Ren Shaochen turned his head away and touched his nose guiltily. Ruoning understood that she had been tricked. But she was very happy to see Ren's mother, so she didn't argue with him.

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Just as dinner time was approaching, Ruoning followed Ren's mother to the kitchen to help, and Ren's mother chatted with her with a smile.

A small table was set up in the yard for dinner, and the four of us sat around it. Although it was not August 15th, it was still a harmonious reunion dinner.

During this period, Ren Shaochen once again brought up the matter of bringing the two of them to live in S City. In the past few years, he spent a lot of time convincing them. At first, Ren's parents refused because his job was not yet stable. Later, Ren Shaochen's career became successful, and they

He said that he was used to living in the countryside and was not used to life in the city. Anyway, he had many excuses to evade it.

But as the two old men grew older, it was safer to take them back to take care of them, so Ren Shaochen mentioned the matter again.

"Yes, it will be easier for us to take care of you if you live there." Ruoning agreed, probably because the atmosphere was too harmonious, she actually forgot about her divorce from Ren Shaochen. If the two old people were taken over,

You will know immediately.

Ren's mother still insisted: "Didn't Shaochen invest money to build a health clinic in the village? Now it's very convenient to see a doctor if you have a headache or a fever. We can't get used to living in big cities, not to mention that all my and your father's relatives and friends are here."

Ruoning remembered that Ren's mother and Ren's father came to the city when she and Ren Shaochen got married, and the two families had a meal together, but they refused to go to S city no matter how much they tried to persuade her. Even Ren Shaochen bought a house first and later.

I asked them to move over, but they still shook their heads and refused to move.

"Ruoning, I see you have lost weight. Is it because you work hard?" Ren's mother changed the subject and said, "Here, eat more."

Ren Shaochen shook his head helplessly. It was always like this every time. Asking them to go to S City was like forcing them into a frying pan. He was reluctant in every possible way, and he could no longer force it.

After dinner, Ruoning pushed Ren's mother out of the kitchen and prepared to put on an apron and finish washing.

The rope was too short and it was difficult to tie it with my hands behind my neck. I couldn't tie it for a while, but then a pair of generous palms came over me.

Ruoning turned her head and Ren Shaochen whispered: "I'm here to help you."

She lowered her hands and let him tie the rope. The warm fingertips touched the skin of the back of her neck, which made her want to shrink her neck from the itch.

After five years of marriage, Ren Shaochen naturally knew that this was a very sensitive place for her, and she was very ticklish. He smiled slightly: "You keep moving, how can I tie it?"
Chapter completed!