Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

The white shirt was tucked into the army green trousers. He was tall and had long legs. He had a straight back and one hand in his pocket. He looked relaxed and capable walking in the solemn hospital. I don't know how Ye Fan did it, but this is exactly what Chen Xiaohui wanted to be in her past and present lives.

In the previous life, Chen Xiaohui didn't take a good look at Ye Fan because the Ye family favored Ye Fan. Now Chen Xiaohui puts herself in his shoes and thinks about it. On the one hand, she raised him with great care and made him outstanding, and on the other hand, she was ruthless and turned her elbow outward. If it were her, she would also favor Ye Fan.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiaohui felt weak all over and staggered.

"Xiaohui, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Ruping hurriedly supported her.

Chen Xiaohui turned her head and wanted to say something, but tears blurred her eyes. She opened her mouth, but the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't say anything. Zhao Ruping saw this and said quickly, "Don't worry, don't cry, your parents are here. They will make the decision for you."

Chen Kuanren nodded repeatedly: "Yes! You are a member of the Chen family no matter what time it is."

Chen Kuanren did think so. Because he could see with his naked eyes that Ye Fan could not recognize him, he had to catch this one. Otherwise, who would take care of them when they got old? Would he have to trouble his son? His daughter was better at taking care of people and was more careful.

Perhaps in this life, Chen Xiaohui has never pushed the door to question. Not long ago, she said that she met a educated youth on the train going north, saying that she looked exactly like Tao Chunlan, and that Tao Chunlan had stayed in Shanghai for a few years, etc. Chen Kuanren told her that he had taken the wrong child in a hurry, and Chen Xiaohui did not blame her parents. Previously, at Ye's house, Ye Fan pointed out that Chen Kuanren deliberately switched her and Chen Xiaohui, but Chen Xiaohui did not question it when she woke up, so Chen Kuanren thought that Chen Xiaohui was still closer to the Chen family.

In this case, they couldn't let Chen Xiaohui be separated from them, which would benefit the Ye family in vain. So Chen Kuanren and his wife comforted Chen Xiaohui. Then he said that if the Ye family bullied her in the future, he would write a big-character poster to accuse the Ye family of abusing their own daughter.

Chen Xiaohui was panicked. The fall of the Ye family would not benefit her. But in order to stabilize Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping and smoothly transfer the household registration, Chen Xiaohui said: "Dad, you are still good to me. Unlike them, who only have eyes for Ye Fan."

Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping looked at each other. This girl is still easy to coax. No need to worry that she will rebel like Ye Fan in the future. Chen Kuanren smiled with relief, "Dad said that in the future, we barefoot people are not afraid of him wearing shoes." He went to the other side to support Chen Xiaohui, "Can you walk? If not, stay one more night. Ye Fan's money is wasted."

"The hospital isn't a good place." Zhao Ruping said with disdain, "You don't think it's unlucky. Why don't you use the money to buy something delicious?"

Chen Kuanren: "She bought it?"

Zhao Ruping had seen children of high-ranking officials in Shanghai. They spent money like water, relying on their parents' high salaries. Ye Fan's shirt was so white and his pants fit him so well. He must have bought them and had them altered.

Maybe the money from altering the clothes can be used to buy another one.

Zhao Ruping: "She doesn't look like a person who lives a simple life. Why don't you buy her something? Xiaohui, you were born by Tao Chunlan. The Ye family is all at home. She wouldn't dare to treat you badly. Ask her to buy you something delicious. Let me think about it. Just say you want to drink malted milk."

Chen Xiaohui was suffocating, and Ye Fan had already completed the discharge procedures. After so long, she only thought of malted milk. Why not just say the White Rabbit, a specialty of Shanghai!
No wonder the Ye family looked down on the Chen family in the previous life.

Not to mention that the Friendship Store has double-sided embroidery from Suzhou, brocade from Hangzhou, watches, whiskey, cola, pastries, luncheon meat, etc. She must know that there is a Friendship Store in the capital, and besides foreign friends and diplomats, government officials can also go there.

The more Chen Xiaohui thought about it, the more she felt that she had uncovered the truth.

"Should we take the malted milk back to the Ye family to soak it in?" Chen Xiaohui was holding a fruit snack in her hand without eating a single bite. She felt it was embarrassing and unsightly to take malted milk after being discharged from the hospital.

Zhao Ruping suddenly realized: "We have to go back to the Ye family."

Chen Kuanren: "Go ahead and reply if you want! I get annoyed when I see that Ye Fan. He really lives up to his name."

Zhao Ruping: "But staying in a guesthouse doesn't cost money?"

Chen Kuanren forgot that this was not Shanghai, and he couldn't go home after leaving the hospital. But he didn't want to admit that he was negligent, so he said, "I'm just trying to save face!"

"If you ask me, you are just trying to save face and end up suffering!"

Chen Xiaohui was shocked. Zhao Ruping had said this more than once in her previous life. The funny thing was that she had always believed that Zhao Ruping felt sorry for her because she saw how hard her life was.

"Mom, stop arguing. We're making a fool of ourselves." Chen Xiaohui said with a forced smile.

Zhao Ruping nodded: "We can't let Ye Fan laugh at us. Otherwise, he will suspect that we are here for the Ye family's money."

Chen Xiaohui wanted to say, "Isn't it?", but she couldn't say it for a moment.

Chen Kuanren saw that there was only a 28-ton truck in front of the hospital, and it wasn’t his own: “How are we going to get back?”

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind blew up beside them. Several people turned their heads subconsciously. Ye Fan rolled down the window, put one hand on the steering wheel, and supported the door with the other hand. He glanced back and said, "Get in the car."

The three of them were stunned.

Ye Fan frowned. Are his ears not working well too?

"Xiaohui, what's wrong with you?" Ye Fan asked patiently.

Chen Xiaohui suddenly came to her senses: "You, you, you drive?"

"What's wrong with me driving?" Ye Fan looked down at himself. He had no missing limbs, so could he not drive?

Chen Xiaohui was speechless: "You-um, how did brother go back?"

"I sent him to the bus stop and took the bus back. What happened?" Ye Fan was puzzled. "Is there anything else?"

What did you live for in your previous life? You didn't even know Ye Fan could drive. Chen Xiaohui wanted to ask what else you could do. But it was inappropriate. Chen Xiaohui opened the door and got in. Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping followed in at the same time, obviously frightened by Ye Fan's driving.

The three of them were very quiet along the way. They staggered when getting off the car, obviously still unable to accept Ye Fan driving.

The four members of the Ye family heard the car honking and ran out of the main room. Tao Chunlan saw that Chen Xiaohui was in a depressed mood and asked, "Fan Fan, why are you leaving the hospital so soon?"

"The doctor said it was malnutrition and lack of rest. It's nothing serious. You and Dad, as well as your brother and sister-in-law, are also malnourished because of your busy schedule." Ye Fan looked at Chen Xiaohui, feeling like a fool, "You, are you okay?"

Chen Xiaohui shook her head and said nonsense: "I feel a little carsick."

Sister Ye Fan: "Is your stomach not feeling well? Mom is retired now, ask her to give you some good nourishment later."

Chen Xiaohui's eyes sparkled, how could she forget that Tao Chunlan had retired. Ye Fan would go to the army, and she would work in the capital and come back every day, spending more time with Tao Chunlan, and the relationship would develop from time to time. Even if Tao Chunlan didn't favor her, she couldn't favor Ye Fan like she did in her previous life.

"I'll listen to my sister-in-law." Chen Xiaohui said, looking at Zhao Ruping out of habit.

Zhao Ruping was very satisfied. She was worthy of being the daughter she raised and was close to her.

Little did she know that Chen Xiaohui was very panicked when she turned around, worried that the Ye family would misunderstand her and think she could not distinguish right from wrong.

Ye Fan broke the silence: "Come inside first."

Tao Chunlan woke up as if from a dream: "Yes, go inside. Although it's almost summer, it's still cold when it's cloudy and there's no sun."

Big Brother Ye picked up the door curtain that he had just hung a few days ago and asked Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping to come in first. Chen Kuanren walked in with his back straight and head held high, looking arrogant. Ye Fan frowned. Sister Ye Fan grabbed her arm and shook her head slightly at her, telling her not to pay attention to him. Then Sister Ye Fan chased after him with a smile: "Xiao Hui, are you thirsty? Let me make you a cup of milk. I heard that milk is good for the stomach." As she spoke, she took the milk powder can on the table.

Chen Xiaohui blurted out: "I had diarrhea after drinking milk."

Mrs. Ye’s smile froze and she put down the milk powder with an embarrassed look.

Zhao Ruping was immediately very proud. What's so great about having milk powder? The Ye family's own children still don't give you face.

"Xiaohui is similar to me in this respect. Neither of us is destined to enjoy a good life." Zhao Ruping looked at Ye Fan with contempt. She didn't know who he looked like.

Ye Fan laughed in anger, Tao Chunlan's expression changed slightly, Chen Xiaohui wanted to make amends but didn't know how to smooth things over, and she couldn't help but pick her fingers in anxiety. Ye Fan couldn't stand it: "Diarrhea means allergies, what does it have to do with whether you enjoy happiness or not." Ignorant idiot!

What nonsense! Zhao Ruping thought it was ridiculous: "Can people be allergic to milk?"

Ye Fan asked back: "If people can be allergic to eggs and tofu, why can't they be allergic to milk?"

Zhao Ruping was embarrassed and moved her mouth: "...Who said that?" "Expert!" Ye Fan spat out two words neatly.

Chen Kuanren sneered: "An expert who only takes money but does nothing."

Ye Fan nodded: "You get paid even if you don't work. You are so arrogant, aren't you an expert?"

"You--" Chen Kuanren raised his hand in anger. He had never seen a junior who was so talkative. If he didn't teach her a lesson today, she would really think that there was no one left in the Chen family.

Brother Ye stuffed him a glass of water and held his shoulder with his other hand. Chen Kuanren felt pain and couldn't help looking at Ye Jin. Wasn't he a civilian in the army? Ye Jin said with a smile: "Uncle, drink some water. Ye Fan is just an ignorant thing. Let's not argue with her."

Three words flashed through Chen Kuanren’s mind—smiling tiger!

No one in the Ye family is a good person.

Fortunately, Chen Xiaohui grew up with them, otherwise she would also be a wolf cub.

Ye Fan didn't see her brother's little move, and couldn't help but say, "Brother, why waste your words on him. Xiaohui, have you made up your mind?"

Zhao Ruping said first: "It's decided." Looking at Tao Chunlan, she asked, "We will go back tomorrow."

Tao Chunlan couldn't help but ask: "Are you so anxious?"

"There are still a lot of things to do at home. We have to be anxious." Zhao Ruping smiled bitterly. "The eldest child is in elementary school, and the second child is in preschool. I have to cook for the older child and pick up the younger one. If the children were not young and I had to go to work, there would be no need for my husband and me to make this trip."

Tao Chunlan looked at her husband and said, "I, go alone?"

Ye's father still couldn't accept that Ye Fan's original surname was Chen.

Ye Fan is tall like him, with a face shape like him, thin and fleshy like an oval, and has big eyes and dark eyebrows like him. His personality is also like his, seemingly straightforward, but actually rough but meticulous. He looks very worldly-wise, but he has a bottom line and his own persistence.

No matter how he looked at it, Ye's father felt that Ye Fan was his own daughter.

Chen Xiaohui seemed more sensible than Ye Fan, and her face looked very much like Tao Chunlan thirty years ago. Ye's father didn't like her because she had a sticky personality. If she were a soldier under his command, he would have slammed the table and glared at her, telling her to get as far away as possible.

Although Ye Fan said she would not go to Shencheng, Ye's father was still worried: "Is Fan Fan going?"

"No! I'm the daughter-in-law of the Geng family! I'll be buried with Geng Zhiye a hundred years from now." Ye Fan turned to Chen Kuanren and Zhao Ruping and his wife, "Don't think that I'm a few decades younger than you and I don't keep my word. In this life, apart from official business, I won't set foot on the land of Shencheng before you die! I, Ye Fan, always keep my word!"

Chen Kuanren no longer expected Ye Fan to go back with him, so he said very firmly: "Who cares if you go!"

"This is better!" Ye Fan looked at his elder brother.

Ye Jin smiled bitterly, "I said you and Xiaohui were taken by mistake. My boss suspected that I was just making up a nonsense excuse because I wanted to go home to improve my food. He gave me two days off just for my dad's sake. I have to go to work before dinner. There will be a batch of products waiting for me to receive tomorrow morning."

During this special period, Ye's father could not leave the capital at will. Ye's sister-in-law said, "My unit has more leniency, so I'll take another three days off and I'll go with mom. Three days is enough for the round trip, right?" she asked Zhao Ruping.

Chen Xiaohui said anxiously, "Enough, enough!"

Zhao Ruping and Chen Kuanren turned to look at her, and Chen Xiaohui subconsciously lowered her head, not daring to face her gaze.

Ye's father and mother and their son and daughter-in-law frowned and looked at each other, wondering why they were so timid.

If she was afraid of the Chen family, she should have taken the opportunity to resist. Would the old couple of the Chen family dare to bully her in their own territory? Or did Chen Xiaohui not believe Ye Fan's words and was afraid that if she gave up the Chen family, the Ye family would bully her.

If it was the former, it would be easy. They could just wait until Chen Xiaohui's household registration was moved back and ask her to cut off contact with the Chen family. If it was the latter, it would be troublesome. Asking Chen Xiaohui to cut off contact with the Chen family would only make her more uneasy.

Tao Chunlan wanted to say something, but heard a familiar male voice:

"Are you all at home?"

A clear and slightly suspicious voice suddenly came in, startling everyone in the room. Ye Fan leaned against the door frame and was the first to see who was coming: "Geng Zhiye? Didn't he say he would arrive this afternoon or tomorrow?"

The man was very tall, half a head taller than Ye Fan, with broad shoulders, like a wall. When he reached the door, the room became dark in an instant. The man looked at his watch: "It's past two o'clock."

Ye Fan couldn't help but say, "I forgot about it."

"Are there guests?" Geng Zhiye saw that his busy brother-in-law and his father-in-law, who were busy with all kinds of affairs, were at home. He couldn't help but be curious about who the distinguished guest was.

Chen Xiaohui suddenly opened her eyes wide. It turned out to be Geng Zhiye.

Zhao Ruping wanted to ask what he was looking at. After squinting her eyes, she was surprised. He had bright eyes, thin eyebrows, a straight figure, and a refined and elegant demeanor. He didn't look like a soldier, let alone a border guard on the island.

Such a good son-in-law should have belonged to her daughter Xiaohui.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ruping smiled unconsciously, thinking that I finally found a chance to upset you: "I am Ye Fan's mother Zhao Ruping, and this is her father Chen Kuanren. You are Xiao Geng?"

To Xiao Geng, Mandarin sounded like foreign language. The problem was that he needed to know several foreign languages ​​for the war, so he couldn't understand anything.

I'm afraid this old lady is suffering from hysteria.

"Mom? Dad?" Geng Zhiye looked into the room confusedly at Zhao Ruping and then turned to Chen Kuanren. Whose parents were they?

Zhao Ruping and Chen Kuanren responded immediately.

Ye Fan stretched out his hand and pulled him back, "What are you yelling about? My biological father, my biological mother, from now on I will call you biological father and biological mother. No, there is no future, we will never see each other again."

The smug look on Zhao Ruping's face froze instantly. Even though Chen Kuanren didn't intend to have this daughter, he couldn't stand hearing this. Chen Kuanren subconsciously wanted to get up, but was stopped by Chen Xiaohui who was sitting next to him.

Seeing this, Ye Fan's wife wanted to laugh, but Ye Fan was still irritating.

Geng Zhiye became more and more confused, and looked at his brother-in-law, asking what was going on.
The matter was simple, and Ye Jin finished the explanation in just a few words. However, Geng Zhiye was confused: "How can a child be taken away by mistake?" Even his two-year-old daughter did not believe it!
His expression was too easy to understand. Ye Fan wanted to laugh, so he laughed: "Don't listen to your nonsense, big brother. How could they have picked up the wrong baby?" He glanced at Chen Xiaohui and took the opportunity to say, "I was in poor health when I was a child. You know, the couple was worried that they couldn't support me and would suffer if they got pregnant with another child, so they separated me and--"

"Ye Fan!" Chen Kuanren interrupted.

Ye Fan gave Geng Zhiye a look that said "Do you understand?" Geng Zhiye understood, but was very worried about her and couldn't help but hold her hand.

Ye Fan shook his head slightly to indicate that it was okay.

Geng Zhiye put himself in the other person's shoes. As the person involved, there were some things Ye Fan would not be able to ask: "Then why did you think of changing it back now?"

"Chen Kuanren knows, you ask him." Ye Fan raised his chin towards him.

Chen Kuanren turned his face away and ignored her. In fact, he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Chen Xiaohui would hear too much and take it to heart.

Ye Fan: "I told you to speak but you didn't. Are you too embarrassed to speak?"

Zhao Ruping couldn't bear to see her husband being bullied by a junior: "Don't slander me! If she hadn't happened to be on the same train with the people who came back from the capital, they would have thought she looked like Sister Tao. When Xiaohui got home, she told us about it. We felt sorry for her suffering with us, and we hoped that the Ye family could help Xiaohui. That's why we didn't want to let her come back."

"Why didn't I see you say that before?" I've never seen such a shameless person. Ye Fan sneered, "Don't you know what your virtue is? You can't become a Buddha even if you flatter yourself."

(End of this chapter)