Chapter 1253: Chapter 1253: Back

Song Jinyan suddenly stood up, his expressionless gaze fixed on the distant SUV. There was only one, so who hadn’t come?

“Su Jun is still at school and hasn’t gone back. Su Wen is said to be pregnant, so considering today’s situation, Zhou Hengyang definitely wouldn’t let her come back,” Songshan explained in a low voice, “The ones who returned should be Su Qing, Su Xue, and Su Xiu.”

The remaining two are still children, the adults must be keeping it from them.

“Zhou Hengyang didn’t come either?” Song Jinyan frowned unhappily.

Songshan didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Soon, the SUV drove closer, and the crowd standing outside automatically made way. Shen Erkui hurried forward to meet them; just as the vehicle came to a stop, the doors opened, and the first to exit were the Su sisters in the back seat.

The drive had been too rushed; they hadn’t stopped to rest at all, coupled with everyone being in a bad mood. Hence, nobody spoke along the way, and they arrived in a gloomy silence. Su Qing tried hard to maintain her composure, but it was impossible.

As long as Zhou Hengguang was sitting in the passenger seat, she would be distracted.

“Brother Erkui.” Su Qing was the first to get off, glancing around before nodding at Shen Erkui, mentally prepared for what was to come.

Shen Erkui held back what he wanted to say, protecting Su Qing and her sisters as they walked inside. At this point, there was nothing left to ask; they would find out soon enough.

“Deputy Director, we’ve arrived,” Ji Fang said, growing anxious as he saw Zhou Hengguang not getting out of the car, “Aren’t you coming out?”

Only then did Zhou Hengguang slowly open his eyes, his deep, expressive eyes showing no trace of the drowsiness one might expect upon waking up. He wrapped his down jacket around him and, wearing black sheepskin gloves, opened the door to step out.

Because he exited the car later, the crowd’s attention had been drawn to Su Qing and the others, and scarcely anyone noticed Zhou Hengguang and Ji Fang.

“Zhou Hengguang is here too,” Songshan noticed immediately.

Song Jinyan’s brow furrowed slightly; if he wasn’t mistaken, the Kuajiang Bridge that Zhou Hengguang was responsible for was a national key project. Shouldn’t he be at the construction site?

“It’s Su Qing who has come back.”

“And Su Xiu and Su Xue.”

The spectating villagers were quite pleased to see the three sisters; after all, ever since Su Wen took her sisters to the Province, they became the envy of the entire village. When everyone had time to spare, they would gossip, speculating on how well the Su sisters fared in the Province.

There was also a rumor in the village that Su Pingping hadn’t disappeared to elope with someone. Instead, she had gone to the Province to seek refuge with Su Wen.

“Su Xiu, why have you suddenly come back? You didn’t even give us a heads up,” the onlooking He Yulan said as she excitedly approached Su Xiu, whispering everything she knew, “What exactly is going on? Suddenly a bunch of outsiders came and summoned all the villagers, and we’re not even allowed to leave the village—it’s under martial law.”

He Yulan had wanted to go and summon Big Brother right after the incident, but she hadn’t managed to leave in time.

“We can’t even make phone calls.”

Feeling complicated herself, Su Xiu wasn’t sure what to say to He Yulan, so she could only shake her head at her.

By now, everyone naturally realized the return of the Su sisters was connected to the sudden arrival of the outsiders. As a result, the way they looked at Su Qing and her sisters changed, filled with a touch of wariness and defensiveness.

The familiar gazes also held worry and curiosity.

Su Qing saw all this clearly and couldn’t help but feel even more distressed.