Today, my wife Xiaoqin and I spent the weekend at home. Xiaoqin's cousin Xiao Ming came over to help repair the water pipes in the house, and stayed for dinner.
After dinner, Xiao Ming helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks and washed the dishes in the kitchen with Xiaoqin. I cleaned up the clutter on the table in the living room, and I thought to myself, if only life could be happy like this.
I hurried to the kitchen and said to Xiaoqin, "Xiaoqin, don't look out the window." Xiao Ming also hurriedly followed and said, "Yes, Xiaoqin, don't look around."
Just then, I heard a mournful voice. I realized that something was wrong, so I hurriedly rushed forward and grabbed Xiaoqin.
Outside the window, we saw a carp jumping out of the water. The carp had shimmering red scales and a graceful arc in mid-air, but it struck a few heels in the air and finally fell to pieces.
But it was too late, it had turned into a puddle of mud with flesh and blood.
Back at home, we sat together, I looked at Xiaoqin affectionately and said, "Look at that carp, it ended up paying with its life because it peeked at things that shouldn't be peeped into."
After that, our family finished dinner in silence.
On the day of the dinner, I prepared a sumptuous home-cooked meal and waited for Xiaoqin and Xiaoming to arrive. However, it was found that Xiao Ming had not appeared for a long time.
I was a little disappointed, but I also knew that there was no way he could be absent for no reason.
Soon, Xiaoqin also arrived. I tried my best to hide my disappointment and had dinner with Xiaoqin. While chatting, Xiaoqin suddenly mentioned some things I had never heard of, some private matters about Xiao Ming and Xiao Ming's behavior at home.
It made me feel very embarrassed. I know there is some misunderstanding between Xiao Ming and Xiao Qin, but I don't know how to choose between the two.
I wanted to be able to resolve the conflict between the two of us, but I didn't know where to start.
Xiaoqin's emotions have not completely calmed down, and she is obviously suspicious of Xiao Ming. And I tried not to let this contradiction affect the relationship between us, and I persuaded Xiaoqin, hoping that she could deal with the problem calmly.
Although Xiaoqin and I did not contradict each other, the faint uneasiness in my heart made me feel anxious. A few days later, Xiao Ming told me something that shocked me, it turned out that after hearing the sound of the carp that night, Xiaoqin began to become extremely frightened and couldn't sleep all night.
I didn't expect that Xiaoqin would be so affected by this incident.
This conversation didn't solve the problem, but made Xiaoqin more alienated from me. She felt like I didn't understand her feelings, maybe she was right.
It seemed out of my hands, and I began to worry about the future of our relationship and family.
After a long time, the atmosphere at home seemed to become a little awkward, and I couldn't help but wonder if it was because of the carp incident.
And Xiaoqin always kept her head down, looking a little sad.
The beginning and end of the change came when Xiao Ming and I went out to help with some chores, and Xiao Qin stayed at home alone.
The windows of the house were smashed, the room was in shambles, and Xiaoqin sat on the ground with tears streaming down her face.
I hurriedly asked Xiaoqin what had happened, and she trembled and said that a few scoundrels had broken into the house and stole some valuables.
I was angry and looked at Xiaoqin with a heartache, only to find that Xiaoming looked flustered and his eyes flickered.
"These scoundrels, one of them is called Xiaolong, and the other is called Ah Qiang. Xiao Ming said suddenly.
Xiao Ming's face changed, and he was silent for a while before he said slowly: "Because, they are my friends." They...... Also my classmates.
My heart sank to the bottom and I accepted this fact in disbelief. His friend was such a man, and he didn't say anything about it, and he didn't warn us about it, and all kinds of suspicions made my trust in him begin to waver.
I didn't know how to deal with all this, and the conflicts and questions that kept popping up in my family made me feel a little dazed.
What's going on?What should I do next?.