Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 111 Summer

Chapter 111: Chapter 111 Summer

From start to finish, Tu Hengsha and Ronggui were just ineffective onlookers, completely unable and unnecessary to join the conversation. After all, this was someone else’s story.

The previously noisy Zhao family drying yard was instantly left with just her and him in silence, so quiet it was as if nothing had ever happened.

Tu Hengsha couldn’t wrap his head around it for a moment, "This... this..."

"Let’s go, head back!" She remained still, so he pulled her along.

"This Zhao Jun went too far! Sure, Ge Yun betrayed him, but taking it out on a child isn’t right, is it?" She didn’t like Zhao Jun’s behavior, although she had felt sympathy for his plight before. "And you, too! Why stop me? She should let Ge Yun get a test to prove her innocence!"

Ronggui pulled her away, shoved her into the car, and got in himself, replying to her comment with one word, "Foolish!"

"Why am I foolish again?" She felt that being called foolish by him from time to time would actually make her become foolish!

The driver slowly started, heading out of the village, while Ronggui gave her a wake-up call, "Didn’t you see Zhao Jun did it on purpose?"

"What?" Tu Hengsha truly hadn’t considered this.

Because he suffered from an incurable disease, he drove away his wife and child just so they could escape the burden of himself and live a better life?

Tu Hengsha mentally staged a scene from a soap opera.

"That’s right," Ronggui confirmed her speculation. "Although Zhao Jun would receive compensation and Aunt Zhao would work hard to pay for Zhao Jun’s treatment, Zhao Jun’s future was still uncertain. Ge Yun and the child would continue to live difficult lives with Zhao Jun for a long time, and more importantly, the hardships might not pay off. Zhao Jun must hate his current situation and himself, so why not give his wife and child a way out? With the Ge family and Ge Zhuang gone, without a sick person, there would be no burden. Ge Yun and her son would be better off returning to the Ge family than living with the Zhao family."

These words made Tu Hengsha uncomfortable, "How can you say the Ge Zhuang is gone, no sick person, thus no burden? This implies that if there’s a sick person at home, they can’t wait for him to pass away, huh?"

"Are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?" he shook his head, clearly a child.

In fact, she wasn’t much younger than him, and they shared similar backgrounds, except that he had lived under others’ eaves from an early age, growing up too quickly, while she had wild and carefree growth, keeping much of her whimsical nature. When he looked at her, it felt like watching a child. No wonder she always looked at him and thought of her dad.

"I’m not arguing! That’s exactly how your words make people feel!" Perhaps it was because she had been a patient from a young age, so she was particularly sensitive to this topic.

"You, young one, haven’t seen enough. You don’t understand what a patient means to a whole family. Sometimes, harsh as it sounds, but it is a release for both the patient and their family."

"I still find that idea somewhat... cold-blooded." She thought for a moment and used that term. "I’ve been sick since I was young. Wouldn’t things be better for my mom without me? Mom’s sick too, but I’ve never thought of it as a burden. As long as she’s in the world, however she is, that’s enough for me, as long as she’s here."

She had experienced the terror of almost losing her mom. If her mom were gone, she would be left all alone in the world...

She spoke with a touch of sadness, earnestly assessing him, "You don’t understand."

"Your mom also has an illness?" He never knew that.

"Mm, but she’s better now." She had cared for her since she was five years old, received treatment, and healed her. "So, no one has more right to speak than I do. For family, as long as they’re in this world, they are the best company."

He paused for a moment without speaking, only reaching out to stroke her hair.

And she showed no reaction. After being hospitalized for so long, they’d been taking care of each other, so such touches were inevitable. She seemed to have gotten used to it.

As the car passed by the small river, Tu Hengsha suddenly saw someone standing on the riverbank, "Hey, isn’t that... isn’t that Zhao Jun?"

There was a small path from the Zhao family to the riverbank, directly crossing through, not like them, who had to take a winding road out of the village. So Zhao Jun reached the small river almost immediately after returning home.

At that moment, Tu Hengsha wholeheartedly believed Ronggui’s deduction.

Zhao Jun by the river gazed for a long time at the clear, rippling waters, with what seemed to be a sound of a silver-bell-like laugh echoing in his ears and a girl’s crisp calling, "Ah Jun! Ah Jun! Ah Jun, come quickly!"

The water in the river splashed, a young girl’s white arms breaking through like a mermaid.

His sickly face showed a faint smile. It was in the summer when he met her, and he was only twenty-two at the time, by this small river. She was at her prime, as beautiful as the wild roses blooming by the riverbank. Now, the wild roses still bloomed along the dike, and the Liu River’s water flowed eastward year after year, taking away more than just that summer.

"Ah Jun! Ah Jun!" a call came from afar.

It was his mom.

Her voice echoed in his ears, "From now on, it’ll just be us, mother and son, relying on each other. No need to see these people anymore! When your compensation comes in, mom will work hard and earn lots of money, getting your illness treated. We’ll find a good girl, clean and proper, as a wife..."

Heh, a wife? He’d never marry again. As for his illness, could it really be cured?

But one must have something to look forward to, right? He’d lost it, but mom had to have it!

"Mom, I’m here," he turned and walked toward his mom.

"I told you not to go to the river. It’s dangerous!" Aunt Zhao was just worried that her son might have harmful thoughts.

"Mom, I’m fine," he said.

However, he’d never go to the river again. "Ah Yun, goodbye. I never blamed you. What you wanted, I’d give you—our son, your freedom. I gave you everything. Maybe the way was not so good, but I’m useless. This is the best I can do. Hate me if you have to, so you can live happily..."

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The first thing Tu Hengsha and Ronggui did when they got back to the hotel was to put down the local specialties and pack them for shipping.

Tu Hengsha glanced at the delivery slip he filled out. The address written was Yangrou Geda Alley.

"Did you send everything to Grandma?" she asked.

His pen paused as he filled out the form, then he answered with a "Mm," his eyes dimming slightly. Otherwise, where else could he send it? To the Su family? They wouldn’t care for these local goods.

Tu Hengsha was sensitive and clearly felt his mood change but didn’t know what she said wrong to upset him again?

Ronggui glanced sideways, meeting her dewy eyes, blinking with anticipation. If it were Bangbangtang looking at him like this, he would have already reached out to pet her, but with her... In the end, he felt that a mere "Mm" was too cold, so he softened his gaze, "Do you want to go have dinner at Grandma’s when we return, just with these local goods?"

"Okay!" Her eyes brightened. So, he wasn’t upset!

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