Cemetery.

Today is Gu Zhehan's birthday, Gu Mingyan bought the calla lily he liked, and stood in front of the tombstone with a slender and lonely back.

Although it was winter, the sun was very good, and the afternoon wind blew on my body and I didn't feel too cold.

Gu Mingyan smiled, said a lot of words to Gu Zhehan in a brisk tone, and looked at his smiling and loving father on the tombstone, his heart was a little sour, but more relieved.

"Dad, I'm doing well now, but I won't be able to see you for a while. When I finish giving birth to the baby, I will bring the child to see my mother together, and you and your mother must be very happy living over there, right?"

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, Gu Mingyan thought it was someone else passing by, and he didn't turn his head to look.

"Long time no see, are you okay?" The person who came was Cheng Xiao, who had disappeared for a long time, holding a bunch of white daisies in his hand, the expression on his face was very calm and calm, and even a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Gu Mingyan turned around, his eyes looked at Cheng Xiao with the same calmness, his original long hair had been cut short, he was wearing a blue windbreaker that couldn't be seen by the brand, and he had flat-soled boots under his feet, and his face was very plain, low-key and unassuming.

"Hmm. Gu Mingyan responded lightly, she was very surprised that she came to see her father, but it was also too much on her face.

Cheng Xiao didn't mind her coldness, bent down and put the flowers in front of the tombstone, half-knelt there, cleaned up the weeds in front of the tombstone, and then said in a low voice: "Can you talk about it?"

…… ……

Inside the restaurant near the cemetery.

Gu Mingyan and Cheng Xiao sat opposite each other, speechless.

Even though Cheng Xiao has precipitated a lot during this time, his patience is not as good as Gu Mingyan's, and he took the lead in asking, "Why did you go back to City A?"

"Come back and worship your parents. Gu Mingyan didn't want to say more, let alone tell her that she had been back for a while, and she would probably have to live for a long time in the future.

Cheng Xiao nodded, and was silent for a while before saying, "My mother, she is crazy, she is now in the advanced stage of liver cancer." ”

Gu Mingyan was somewhat surprised, but did not express any opinions, just waited patiently for Cheng Xiao's next words, and specifically mentioned that Liu Meina could not just tell her the news.

"Can I ask you to get my mom out of the mental hospital, her days are numbered. Cheng Xiao said her request with some difficulty, she wasn't sure if Gu Mingyan would agree, but this was her only chance, and she didn't want to or wanted to miss it.

People may really have to go through something that makes you desperate, only then will you feel that you are forced into a desperate situation and there is no way back, and she does not regret the past, after all, regret will not save anything. She is now doing an ordinary job, earning a Weibo salary, not only taking care of her paralyzed father, but also investing a lot of money every month into mental illness, so that those people will not abuse her mother too much.

Maybe this is the retribution for doing all the bad things to them, she is not resentful, and she also viciously cursed Gu Mingyan and the child in her belly for not dying well, but when she heard that the child in Gu Mingyan's belly could not be saved, she did not feel happy at all, she only felt that everything was so ridiculous and pathetic.

How did the once close sisters come to such a point.

She was dragged into an alley by a drunk man and almost raped, but fortunately a passerby passed by and rescued her.

At that moment, she suddenly remembered Gu Mingyan in the past, how desperate she was when she was treated like that, and fortunately Mu Zeyu saved her.

Perhaps this is karma, what causes are sown, and what results are obtained.

Gu Mingyan didn't speak, slowly stirring the milk tea in the cup.

"I know, my mom has done a lot of things to be sorry for you, and you should hate us. But she was dying, the kind of place where the mental hospital was the most torturous, I spent one night there, and I was almost strangled to death, and if prison was terrible, the mental hospital was a torture purgatory. ”

The current Cheng Xiao has long lost the prestige of the mayor's daughter, and there is no deliberate sweetness on his face, and his tone is calm but revealing imperceptible humility.

Gu Mingyan calmly looked at the nervousness on her face: "If we switch roles today, will you forgive the person who killed your father and almost killed your family?" I am not as generous as you think, and I can't repay my grievances with virtue." ”

"You really can't let my mom go?"

"A large part of the reason why you, Mom is where she is today is because of you. Gu Mingyan took out a piece of money from his wallet and pressed it under the cup, got up to leave, but his arm was held by Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao's face was full of pleading, and his expression was extremely sincere: "Just treat it as if I begged you, you can do whatever you want me to do, give my mother the last freedom." ”

Gu Mingyan looked at the hand that was dragging her, the white and tender fingers that were originally green as jade looked a lot rougher, and the fingers scratched her skin with a stinging feeling, and she couldn't help but wrinkle her brows.

Cheng Xiao noticed her expression, thinking that she was not happy to be touched, and hurriedly retracted her hand, like a frightened bird.

"Right...... Sorry ......"

Cheng Xiao's eyes were red, and she didn't dare to say anything else, let alone do more actions, so as not to cause Gu Mingyan's greater disgust.

"People are ordinary and selfish, and everyone wants to protect what they are protecting, which is not wrong, but if you hurt others for your own selfishness, and even hurt the lives of others, then such behavior is undoubtedly abhorrent and vicious. Gu Mingyan's eyebrows were indifferent, and his tone was very calm.

Cheng Xiao got up, tears flashing in his eyes: "I'm sorry, I know that these three words are very pale and weak, and they have the slightest effect on the injuries you have suffered, and there is no way to save Dad...... Thy father's life, I do not ask you to accept my apologies, but ......"

"If you think the word 'I'm sorry' will make you feel better, so be it. Gu Mingyan and Cheng Xiao had nothing to say for a long time, although they were surprised by her current changes, but it was no longer something she should care about.

All living beings are suffering, and who has no selfish thoughts in their hearts.

If it weren't for Liu Meina's madness and cancer, if it weren't for Mayor Cheng's corruption and being ousted and paralyzed, if it weren't for the Cheng family's refusal to admit Cheng Xiao's granddaughter, without the protection of power, would Cheng Xiao change for the better?

Human nature is often from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, it is only a matter of a moment, but sincere repentance is very rare.

If Cheng Xiao hadn't been cornered, he wouldn't have done the most ordinary and cheap job, let alone pleaded with her with such a low-voiced attitude.

But a mistake is a mistake, and it doesn't change anything because you genuinely repent.

No matter who you have done anything that hurts nature and reason, you will have to bear the price.

Whether Liu Mina is really crazy or terminally ill of cancer, it is not enough to offset her sins, she will not continue to hate and live with herself, but she will not forgive either.