Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Cao Xu's face darkened upon hearing this.

"You took her to your house?"

Chapter 47 The Jiang family wants to annul the engagement, so they head to the Cao family's old residence.

It's not that Cao Xu is overthinking things; he comes from the 21st century.

In the future, if two people hit it off, they can go anywhere from Super 8 to Home Inn, let alone if they become boyfriend and girlfriend or get engaged.

Jiang Hai had been a beat cop for several years, so he naturally saw through Cao Xu's thoughts.

During this time, he and He Yushui were dating, but they only held hands; nothing more than that happened.

Moreover, he also knew that although He Yushui had broken off her engagement with Cao Xu, the bond they had grown up with was something he could not match.

Jiang Hai looked at Cao Xu, who was grabbing his collar.

"Cao Xu, things aren't what you think."

"You know what kind of person Rainwater is. Even if I had the will, I wouldn't have the guts."

"Besides, I am a police officer, and I can distinguish between these matters of principle."

Cao Xu loosened Jiang Hai's collar and asked.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Cao Xu straightened his collar and explained.

“She panicked after you took He Yuzhu away that day and came to the police station to find me.”

"You asked me to use my connections to get her brother out, but as you know, I'm just a regular cop."

"How could I possibly speak to your factory leaders? I'll just take her home to meet my dad."

“After I got home, I told my dad about He Yuzhu. My dad is a very old-fashioned man.”

“He Yuzhu clearly made a mistake. My dad was unwilling to help, so he politely declined Yushui’s request.”

Cao Xu knew that, given He Yushui's personality, she wouldn't stay away from home if she was only rejected.

There must be other reasons behind this.

"and then?"

Jianghaidao.

"After refusing the rainwater, my dad went back to his study and asked me to take the rainwater back."

"But my mom is the kind of person who thinks things through a lot. She told Yushui..."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xu immediately understood what was going on, and he said coldly.

“Your mother told her that if He Yuzhu gets into trouble, then your relationship will be over, right?”

Jiang Hai hurriedly said.

"That's what my mom said, but I didn't agree."

"But you didn't refuse!"

Cao Xu continued to ask.

"Didn't your dad ask you to bring back rainwater?"

"You didn't deliver it?"

Jiang Hai lowered his head and said.

"My mom didn't allow it."

“She has a heart condition, and I’m afraid she might do something rash if she gets anxious.”

"I thought Yushui was a grown-up and usually went to and from get off work by herself, so I didn't go to deliver it to her."

"I was planning to go see her as soon as I got off work yesterday, but then a car theft case suddenly came up."

“My colleagues and I staked out him for a whole day and night, and we finally caught him this afternoon. I just went out and had a hot meal.”

Cao Xu really didn't know how to evaluate Jiang Hai. To put it mildly, he was a terminal case of male chauvinism; to put it more bluntly, he was a mama's boy.

If you say he's wrong, the fact that he can spend a whole day and night outside catching thieves for ordinary people at least shows that he's a good policeman now.

But if you say he's right, letting his fiancée go home alone in the middle of the night, especially after his mother had already scolded him, was indeed wrong of him.

"I'm completely defeated by you!"

After saying that, Cao Xu turned to leave, but Jiang Hai stepped forward to block his way.

"Cao Xu, do you think the rain will cause any problems?"

Cao Xu snorted coldly.

"Now you're panicking? Where were you before?!"

After saying that, Cao Xu ran towards the street corner. When he arrived at the street corner, he saw a tricycle waiting for customers next to the shopping mall and waved to it.

"A tricycle!"

When the tricycle saw that there was business, it immediately turned around.

Comrade, where are you going?

Cao Xu got into the car directly.

No. 135 Yanzhi Hutong.

The tricycle driver listened to the address, calculated the distance, and gave a price.

"Comrade, it's not close to here, it costs a dollar."

Cao Xu said.

"Come on, you won't be shortchanged."

The tricycle driver got on the vehicle and called out.

"Alright, please sit down."

In those days, even in the capital city, there were no private cars. There were some taxis, but they were government-owned and needed to be booked in advance with the bus station.

Therefore, the most common means of transportation are buses, bicycles, and the tricycles that Cao Xu now uses.

Cao Xu was heading to Yanzhi Hutong, near Hufangqiao, where the Cao family's old residence was located.

In 1953, Cao Xu's father started working at a steel rolling mill, and his mother was transferred to the nearby Sixth Hospital.

After that, the Cao family moved to a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, and the old Cao family house was left empty.

Later, in 1955, when the old house was converted from a public to a private enterprise, Cao Xu's parents rented out the side rooms to acquaintances at a low price to prevent the old house from being sublet by outsiders, leaving only the three main rooms.

After what happened back then, the Cao couple knew that wealth should not be flaunted, so they kept the matter of the main house a secret, and the birds in the courtyard were unaware of it.

However, there was one exception: He Yushui, who grew up with Cao Xu.

The Cao family's old house is a secret between the two of them; they lived there for a period of time when they were in high school.

After graduation, He Yushui was assigned to a printing factory near Qianmen. Because it was far from home, she chose to live in the factory.

On weekends, when the two of them went out late or when He Yushui didn't want to go back to the courtyard house, they would stay overnight at the Cao family's old house.

Forty minutes later, Cao Xu, who had been jostled all the way, finally arrived at his destination. After paying the fare, he got out of the car and went to the entrance of the Cao family's old house.

Cao Xu gazed at the two stone pillars in front of the gate, at that familiar yet unfamiliar gate. This was his first time visiting the Cao family's old residence since he transmigrated.

Cao Xu pushed open the courtyard gate and walked straight in.

Looking at the bicycle parked outside the main house, Cao Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

This girl really did come here.

Chapter 48 Returning the Keys to the Old House: Cao Xu's Solution!

"Xu-ge'er is back?"

Just as Cao Xu was about to enter the room, he heard a sound coming from the east wing, and then a woman who looked to be about fifty years old came out.

This person was a former colleague of Cao Xu's mother, named Wu Yan, who now works at Renhe Hospital.

At that time, Renhe Hospital was still located in Hufangqiao and had not yet moved to Daxing.

"Aunt Wu, are you home? Are you off work today?"

Wu Yan came out of the house.

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"The six babies I delivered yesterday were too old to handle."

"I swapped shifts with someone else and got a day off."