Invade the World

  Chapter 305 Mother-daughter dialogue

After seeing the face of the middle-aged woman, Xu Xiangyang whispered "not good" in his heart, and quickly understood what was going on.

  Since Lin Xingjie moved into their home, she has never contacted her mother again.

  Even if the mother and daughter live in the same alley and are so close, they will inevitably meet on the road, but every time the girl sees Ms. Lin, she will pretend not to see, and hurried past each other without squinting.

  Mother and daughter are clearly connected by blood, but they behave like strangers.

  Sometimes, when Ms. Lin, who was left behind, looked at her daughter's back, her face would show a hesitant expression.

  Xu Xiangyang was curious about this, but he could not leave Xingjie alone and take the initiative to talk to her. Therefore, every time he does it is to nod to each other as a greeting, and then follow the cohabitant who leaves quickly.

  If his movements were a little slower, Lin Xingjie would complain about it. Although she didn't say it explicitly, Xu Xiangyang knew the reason:

  She just doesn’t want him to have a chance to chat with her mother.

The girl has been trying to leave the original family behind and ignore it; she chooses to regard the place where he and Sister Lian are as her new home, so she is naturally unwilling to let Xu Xiangyang and her already be affected by her. The abandoned past makes no connection.

  Listening to Sister Lian, Ms. Lin would come to her every once in a while to ask her about her daughter’s current situation. This shows that she still cares about Xingjie very much. It is definitely not the kind of bad mother who throws her daughter into someone else’s hands and takes care of her and then leaves her burden, completely relaxes and begins to live a new life with other men. Mentality...

  Xu Xiangyang has to admit that he is biased against Ms. Lin. Because she easily agreed to Xingjie’s request to live in someone else’s home; and after listening to Lin Xingjie’s recount of his past experiences and encounters, he felt the irresponsible side of being a mother from the other party. Will have such thoughts.

   But judging from the current situation, Ms. Lin obviously has no intention to give up her daughter. She should have hoped that Xingjie will return to her side, but for some reason, she did not say it directly.

  Perhaps after her daughter left, she realized that she regretted it and decided to start all over again? Or is there a misunderstanding between the mother and daughter?

  From the perspective of others, Ms. Lin is Xingjie’s only relative in this world. This kind of relationship is difficult to give up easily. If you can understand and repair the relationship, it is naturally best...

  The problem is that neither he nor Lin Xingjie want to contact her again—at least they didn’t have this idea before graduating from high school, which is also a fact.

  Xu Xiangyang did not expect that the other party would suddenly appear here.

  The squad leader who came up behind, let out a soft "Huh?" after seeing Ms. Lin's face, she tugged at the corner of Xu Xiangyang's clothes behind, and asked in a low voice:

   "Is that... Xingjie's mother?"

   "How do you see it?"

   "Look at the face. The two still look alike."

"Yes."

  Xu Xiangyang, who was a little bit blind, couldn't tell the difference.

  After getting his affirmative answer, the squad leader opened his mouth slightly, and it seemed that this situation was also unexpected to her.

  Although she has never seen Ms. Lin, she still knows the awkward relationship between the mother and daughter, and she also knows the ins and outs of Xing Jie's move to his house.

  In order to avoid being heard by others in the box, Qingyue’s voice became weaker:

   "Xingjie should not like her very much, right?"

  Xu Xiangyang nodded with a heavy heart.

   "Well, the situation is a bit troublesome."

  ……

  The atmosphere in the box went from the original lively and noisy to the freezing point, like throwing a steaming hot pot into a sub-zero freezer to use as an ice pot.

  But most people don't know Lin Xingjie's complicated family background. Even the head teacher and teacher are half-knowledgeable, just looking at the three people standing next to the door in confusion.

In Xu Xiangyang’s opinion, Ms. Lin’s expression at the moment looks a bit flattering, even humble; in contrast, Lin Xingjie stands at the door with arms and a cold expression, deliberately expressing dissatisfaction with a condescending gaze. , This scene is really hard to imagine that this is a mother talking to her daughter.

   "Xing Jie..."

"What are you doing here?"

  Before the other party finished speaking, the long-haired girl interrupted her directly.

  "I’m your mother, can’t you come to celebrate your birthday?"

   "I said, I don’t come to trouble you because I have a good temper, please don’t interfere with my life, okay?"

  In the beginning, Lin Xingjie, who was still consciously restraining her own volume, seemed to quickly become intolerable. Her voice gradually rose, and her words were filled with anger.

   can also be used as a contrast. Ms. Lin’s attitude is sincere and gentle, and she speaks softly, but this time she is obviously determined not to be ignored by her daughter as before and will only watch the other side away.

  Ms. Lin stared at her daughter's face, confronted her anger, and didn't mean to leave at all.

  Xu Xiangyang swallowed subconsciously.

  As a bystander, he felt that the atmosphere in the corridor in front of the box was so tense that he was witnessing an upcoming duel on the top of the Forbidden City...

  Even the waiters in the restaurant are watching the excitement from a distance.

  Xu Xiangyang could hear the commotion behind it, and it seemed that they all noticed the conversation that took place here, and even more aware of Rapunzel’s unhappy mood.

  Some people think that Xingjie is in trouble and want to come and help.

  The most positive one is Yang Wenjing. She rolled up her sleeves and geared up, with an excited expression of a little sister who was going to help the female school bully.

  If there is no head teacher and sister Lian watching, someone will definitely rush over.

  ...It's not going to work like this, Xu Xiangyang couldn't help sighing.

  The matter between Lin Xingjie and Ms. Lin does not need anyone to help, and can only be handled by the mother and daughter.

As the saying goes, "It's hard for an upright official to break housework." Whether it is because she feels that the mother and daughter should get back together, or after hearing about Xingjie's experience, she feels that she should abandon her family decisively-this is a choice that needs to be made by the person involved. , Others wanting to intervene will only be a disservice.

   Seeing that the atmosphere is getting duller and dull, there is a feeling of wind and rain, and Qingyue and sister Lian are also constantly winking at themselves, Xu Xiangyang can only bite the bullet and make a decision.

   "That, Xingjie, Aunt Lin..."

  As soon as he opened his mouth, Rapunzel’s ferocious eyes glared over, and Ms. Lin’s gaze also fell on him.

  The latter is okay to say, just with curiosity and scrutiny; while the former’s eyes are a bit bad.

  Theoretically, if the mother and daughter have a conflict, Xu Xiangyang is the most suitable person to persuade and mediate-if this is said during the summer vacation, it would be no problem.

  Because he was Xingjie’s lover at that time, he was not considered an outsider in his identity; and the relationship between the two was like glue, the girl was obedient to him, he could still dare to persuade him to say a few words.

  And now, he has already fallen into a very embarrassing situation, and he is anxiously waiting for the girl’s sentence...

  甭 said that he helped the mother and daughter repair the relationship, who will help him repair the relationship with his ex-girlfriend!

  That being said, what should be said is still to be said.

   "Xingjie, Aunt Lin, there are many people here, let's talk about it in another place."

  ……

  Fortunately, whether they are angry or not, they both can still listen to the advice, probably because they don’t want others to hear about the housework between mother and daughter, so they left silently.

  Xu Xiangyang glanced at the situation in the box, hesitantly, when the empathetic squad leader patted him on the shoulder.

"Go ahead."

"is it OK?"

  "Today is Xingjie’s birthday, and she is the protagonist. Which one needs you to take care of, don’t I need to remind you?"

  Zhu Qingyue did not look at him, but looked at the curious students present. She seemed to be ready to explain the situation.

   "I'll take care of it here. Sister Lian is here."

"good."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded, and after greeting the people in the box, he turned and ran away hurriedly.

  *

  Walking out of the door, with the faint glow of the red lanterns, the mother and daughter were shrouded in silence by the reflection of the surrounding pine trees from a distance.

  He slowed down and approached slowly. After coming to the tree, he hesitated for a while, did not hide under the shade, but stood and watched.

  Xu Xiangyang did not want to attract their attention and disturb the communication between the mother and daughter; but also did not want to act sneakily and be a thief who eavesdropped on the privacy of others.

   "Today I took the initiative to come to see me, and I refused to leave if I was scolded. Do you have something to tell me?"

  Lin Xingjie's gaze swept across the boy's face, and then looked at her mother indifferently.

   "Let's talk about it. I'll listen here."

   "...Xingjie, do you want to go back with me?"

  Hesitated for a while, Ms. Lin asked in a discussing tone.

  Sure enough, her purpose is this——

  But Xu Xiangyang was not excited because he knew that someone would behave more impulsively than him.

   "Huh?? What are you talking about."

  The girl’s slender eyebrows were twisted like a winding clockwork.

  "What kind of living environment I used to be, have you forgotten it? You still have the face to let me go back? You agreed to live in someone else's house so quickly at that time, and thought you knew it in your heart..."

"I agree with the proposal of the police officer Li because you no longer want to be with me at the time. I can see that, depending on your personality, it would be useless to stop, so I agreed." Ms. Lin said softly. Replied, “It’s better to live in the people’s police house than to find someone who doesn’t know the details.”

   "Huh~ It sounds like you are still very careful." Lin Xingjie smiled mockingly, "People who don't know heard it and thought it was the person you took the initiative to find."

  Ms. Lin ignored her daughter’s yin and yang strangeness and continued:

   "However, you have been living alone for nearly half a year now, and you don't even intend to come back during the summer vacation. I think it's enough."

   "Do you think I am going out to relax?"

  "You are already a senior in high school. The teacher said this year is the most important stage..."

   "You still don't understand? It's because you are going to be in the third year of high school, so in order not to be affected by you and your man, you have to stay away from that home!"

  Lin Xingjie’s eyes widened, and even onlookers could feel her anger.

  But this anger did not last long on her. The girl seems to feel that even being angry is a waste of time.

  "...Let’s put it this way, even if I don’t live in someone else’s house, it’s impossible to live with you anymore, it’s impossible in this life."

   "Because of that boy?"

  Ms. Lin suddenly glanced at Xu Xiangyang, who was standing under a tree not far away, her eyes seemed to be meaningful, which made him a little baffling.

   "Huh? What does it have to do with Xiangyang..."

  The long-haired girl held her hands and said coldly.

   "Without him, I would have ran away from home and the city."

  After she threw down these words, she seemed to feel impatient and gave her an ultimatum to her mother.

   "Well, if you are here this time just to talk about this kind of thing, go now and don't bother me."

  Ms. Lin was silent for a moment. She looked at the girl in front of her quietly for a while, and suddenly smiled as if feeling emotional.

   "Unconsciously, you have grown so tall."

  Compared with her thin mother, Lin Xingjie, who was still a high school student, was already half a head taller than her counterpart.

  The Rapunzel girl has no thoughts of laughter. She has an unhappy expression of "What are you doing? Are you planning to play the emotional card?"

  Don't talk about her, even Xu Xiangyang who was in the audience could not help but have the same idea. Could it be that Auntie is already out of skill?

   "You may have misunderstood, Xingjie." Ms. Lin shook her head, "After you come back, I...we will not affect you."

"Oh?"

  "I really don’t have a man’s eye, even my previous marriage with your father..."

  The woman sighed.

"I know that you have suffered a lot with me, and the few people you met before high school also have some problems. If we are really together, it would be tantamount to us a lone mother and a widow who led a wolf into the house. So now I, I don’t have any requirements for a man anymore, I just hope that I can support this family externally, and not affect you internally... So, I found him."

   "So, have you worked hard?"

   Lin Xingjie couldn't help but grinned.

   But her "can't help but to be handsome" was obviously not because of nostalgia or happiness, but because of her past experience, she was once again irritated by her mother's words.

   "Yes, I worked hard."

  However, Ms. Lin just nodded quietly.

   "Oh? So where did you work hard, and you ended up looking for a guy who was just released from prison?"

   Lin Xingjie’s voice was getting colder and colder, and it was so cold that Xu Xiangyang even began to worry about whether she was going to turn her face in the next moment.

  He is ready to stop at any time.

  But what Ms. Lin said the next moment made the atmosphere gradually full of oppressive scenes, and fell into a brief freeze.

   "Because he is fierce, he can protect us, and...this person has a physical disorder in that respect."

  (End of this chapter)