Watching in the dark night

Chapter 65 Past Events

"We're here." A weak voice sounded from the back seat.

Yan Shuang immediately stopped the car, walked to the back seat and helped Ning Xin out.

Looking around, Yan Shuang found that the community where Ning Xin lived was a bit old. Each building is almost six stories high, and the exterior walls look a little mottled.

Although the environment is relatively tidy, if you look carefully, you can see that there are no street lights on the main road of this community.

"Xiaoshuang, come up and sit down!" Aunt Ning invited her.

"This" Yan Shuang hesitated for a moment, then agreed, "Okay, I'll take you up!" The reason she agreed to Ning Xin was mainly because she was afraid that something would happen to her while climbing the stairs before her body recovered.

After all, it is impossible to install an elevator on the floors of the old community. This is very unfriendly to older people!

So, she supported Ning Xin and walked into one of the buildings. The two of them went upstairs at the slowest speed, and finally stopped on the fourth floor.

"We're here." Ning Xin took out the key and opened the door.

The first thing that caught Yan Shuang's eyes was the photo of a man's death. To be honest, without any mental preparation, Yan Shuang was really frightened when he suddenly saw the photo of a stranger's body as soon as he entered the door.

Fortunately, it was daytime now, so the shock was over in a moment.

The furnishings in the house were very simple. Ning Xin let Yan Shuang sit on the sofa to rest while she walked into the kitchen.

"Aunt Ning, don't bother, I'll sit down for a while and then leave." Yan Shuang shouted into the kitchen.

Ning Xin brought out a glass of water and said, "I didn't eat at home today, so I didn't prepare anything. I'll have a bowl of noodles with you later before I leave."

Afraid that Yan Shuang would disagree, she continued: "You haven't eaten lunch, you must be hungry now."

"Aunt Ning, you need to rest. Just leave me alone!" Seeing that she was going back to the kitchen, Yan Shuang quickly stood up and pulled her to sit down.

"I'll eat this!" Yan Shuang saw an apple on the table, picked it up and took a bite, fearing that Ning Xin would run to the kitchen again.

"You..." Ning Xin saw that she was chewing with gusto, so she couldn't say anything else, "Okay, remember to tell Aunt Ning if you're hungry."

"Yeah!" Although Yan Shuang was answering Ning Xin's words, she couldn't stop looking at the black and white photo. She knew it was rude, so she quickly looked away.

"This is my husband. He passed away due to illness many years ago." Ning Xin took the initiative to talk about it.

"Sorry Aunt Ning, I didn't mean it." Yan Shuang knew that the look she just looked at was too obvious.

Ning Xin took Yan Shuang's hand and smiled softly: "You little girl, you are just too polite to everyone."

"I didn't." Yan Shuang was about to protest, but Ning Xin continued, and she shut up obediently.

"You seem to be able to chat with anyone, but you have built a high wall in your heart. If you want to know the real you, you have to travel far and wide to see your true thoughts."

Hey. Is she like this? Why do I never feel it? There was a time when Yan Shuang felt that she trusted people too much!

"I know you don't agree. In fact, this is not a bad thing. It will reduce a lot of troubles!" Ning Xin comforted Yan Shuang when she saw her expression was a little at a loss.

"But..." She changed the topic, "For people who want to truly understand you and get to know you, if this wall is too high, some people may give up halfway!"

"Your personality is actually somewhat similar to that of my deceased husband." Ning Xin mentioned her husband without giving Yan Shuang time to reply.

Like a man? Does she want to be happy?

"Back then, I worked so hard to be with him!" Ning Xin looked at the black and white photo on the wall, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth. "I didn't expect that Aunt Ning was also a brave person who pursued love." Yan Shuang saw Ning Xin acting like this and knew that she was recalling the past between herself and her husband.

After hearing her words, Ning Xin's expression turned out to be a little shy. But then he admitted generously: "Chasing him, he is too stupid. If we had to wait for him to react, based on the situation at the time, we would have missed it long ago!"

"In that era, Aunt Ning must have mustered up a lot of courage to do this, right?" Yan Shuang asked, she was somewhat interested in Ning Xin's past.

"Actually, I didn't chase for long. That guy had already set his sights on me. I just didn't expect that I would be bolder, so everything fell into place." Ning Xin thought of the beauty of that time, and her face became vivid as she talked about it. The depressed look he had just after fainting was gone.

"I'm so envious of the love between two people!" Yan Shuang didn't say this just to cater to Ning Xin, she was really envious!
  In today's society, pure feelings like those before are rarely encountered!

"Then we had a daughter and lived happily as a family for a few years, and then..."

Seeing Ning Xin stop talking, Yan Shuang raised her head and looked over in confusion. Her expression began to change, and it was no longer as warm as before.

There was silence for a long time, and when Yan Shuang was about to change the subject, Ning Xin spoke in a low voice.

"He was taken away after just one illness. The night he left, I held my daughter and cried for a long time."

"Aunt Ning." Looking at the photo of the deceased on the wall, Yan Shuang knew the result, but she didn't expect that the process would be so unexpected.

At this time, Ning Xin's expression began to become complicated, more of a helpless one, "Then, I met Hao Xin's father. He was the madman you just saw."

"At that time, in order to gain my trust, he was very kind to my daughter. When I saw that my daughter also liked him, I accepted his feelings. But I didn't expect..." Ning Xin sighed.

"He doesn't seem to be a very good person." Yan Shuang guessed after what happened just now.

"It's not only me who is bad, I thought everything was too beautiful! I saw that my daughter liked him and also liked Hao Xin, my brother, so I agreed to him without further consideration. However, after marriage, he exposed his true nature, I owe a lot of debt from gambling." She said slowly with a tone full of regret.

"At that time, the debt collectors moved everything that could be moved from the house. I had a home and could not return, so I took my daughter and Hao Xin and hid in a neighboring city to find a job."

"However, they saw that not only did I have no place to live, but I also had a son and a daughter. No one was willing to hire me."

"Aunt Ning." Ning Xin was having a hard time, Yan Shuang's eyes began to moisten as she listened.

"It's okay, don't cry!" Ning Xin heard that Yan Shuang's voice was wrong, turned her head and saw her like this, and stretched out her hand to slowly wipe her tears.

"Fortunately, Hao Xin grew up later. With his help, I officially divorced his father and finally got rid of this blood-sucking lunatic!"

"You and Brother Hao" both have a miserable life, and Yan Shuang silently feels sorry for them in her heart.

"I'm sorry for letting you see such an unbearable scene today." Ning Xin put away her emotions and apologized to Yan Shuang.

"Aunt Ning, what are you doing? Aren't we good friends? If you say that, you don't treat me as one of your own!" She said seriously with tears in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, it's Aunt Ning's fault. Aunt Ning shouldn't talk nonsense!" Ning Xin saw that Yan Shuang was about to get angry, so she quickly reached out to touch her head and comforted her.

In order to calm down her emotions, Yan Shuang turned to look at the warmly decorated living room. While wiping away tears, I was attracted by something.

"Does Aunt Ning live with her daughter?" she asked casually, looking at the TV table.

"I live alone." Ning Xin replied.

"Oh" Ning Xin didn't say why she didn't live with her daughter, and Yan Shuang didn't ask again.

There was a photo frame placed on the TV cabinet. Whether it was accidental or inconvenient, the photo frame was placed upside down, so Yan Shuang naturally couldn't see who was in the photo.

She walked up to the TV cabinet to see who the person in the photo was.
  (End of this chapter)