Hong Xiaoyang took Ning Hua to a lake with fresh air and beautiful environment, where uncles and aunts were chatting and laughing in groups by the lake, and some people who were exercising ran by from time to time.

It was a hot August in summer, but Ning Hua was wearing a long-sleeved dress because of the scars on her wrists. Her face was pale, her delicate hands were weak, and her big eyes that had been sparkling in the past had lost their former brilliance, and her gaze was dull and sloppy.

"Why do you want to do it. The two walked in silence for a while, and Hong Xiaoyang spoke first.

"Did he call you?" Ning Hua's voice smiled weakly.

"You know that he loves you, although you hurt his heart, but he still cares about you very much, but he can't get over the hurdle in his heart and can't face you. ”

"It's me who is sorry for him, I don't deserve his love. You go back and tell him for me, I took the initiative to do all this, I am a woman who is not ashamed of money, let her forget me completely. Ning Hua stopped and leaned against the guardrail on the edge of the lake.

"I don't believe it, the more you say that, the more you take everything on yourself, the more I don't believe you would do such a thing. Hong Xiaoyang also approached the guardrail. "If you just seduce Wei Dongming because of money, I will never believe it, in terms of strength, connections, and status, how can he compare to Xiaobai, if you lack performance and money, can you directly say no to Xiaobai and solve all problems? Why do you have to sacrifice the near and the far to take the big and the small, this doesn't make sense?"

"It's just that you're sober, but these don't matter to me anymore, I've been through more than this recently, after all, I'm sorry for him, he deserves better. ”

"Since something you haven't done has happened, someone must have deliberately harmed you, don't you want to find out what's going on?

"I am a woman, a dignified woman, a woman with higher education, a woman with traditional thoughts, I have lost the most precious thing, now I have no face to face Xiaobai, and I will not face my lover in the future, some things can never be found if they are lost. Even if someone does harm me, I can't resist it now. ”

"Ning Hua, don't be so negative, don't tie yourself up, things will always pass. ”

"It was impossible in the past, but in the past few days, I have been thinking in my heart that we met the villain mentioned by the master in Lingquan Temple before, who is it?" Ning Hua looked at the breezy lake, and there were slight ripples.

"By the way, there's something I've thought about and I'm going to have to let you know....... ”

The lake water is clear and blue, Ning Hua was attracted by this beautiful scenery, she really wanted to experience the clarity of the water, the blue of the water.

"Xiaoyang, I'm thirsty, can you help me buy a bottle of water?" Ning Hua didn't notice what Hong Xiaoyang said at all.

"Thirsty? There's a newsstand over there, and you'll be waiting for me here." Hong Xiaoyang walked towards a pavilion 500 meters behind the right.

"Poof. There was a loud noise behind Hong Xiaoyang. He was suddenly startled by the sound and immediately stopped where he was.

"Oh no, come on, come on, someone, someone jumped into the lake, someone jumped into the lake. There was a cacophony of panicked voices from the crowd. He jerked back and ran headlong into the lake. Seeing the scar on Ning Hua's arm, he knew that this was not the first time she had committed suicide......

Ning Hua was saved by Hong Xiaoyang and the onlookers this time, and failed to commit suicide for the second time.

Hong Xiaoyang took her to the hospital. "Why do you have a scar on your left hand, you didn't have this scar on your hand before. Hong Xiaoyang stared at Ning Hua's left hand and said.

Ning Hua retracted his left hand back into the quilt and moved his body to turn his back to Hong Xiaoyang.

"You think I don't know if you don't speak, this is not the first time you have committed suicide, right? Cut your wrists and jump into the lake, what are you going to try to die next time?" Hong Xiaoyang stood in front of Ning Hua's hospital bed with his hands on his hips.

"Why save me, I just want to be free, I want to be quiet for a while, why is it so hard. Ning Hua's face was expressionless, and she didn't know what she was thinking at this time.

"Why are you so stupid, you still have a long way to go after you are so young, you think about the situation in your family, just walk away, how can your parents accept it, you are tantamount to asking for their lives, even if they are alive, they are more uncomfortable than dead. Hong Xiaoyang sat down and persuaded Ning Hua.

"It's worse for me to live like this than to die. ”

"Well, you want to die so much. I'm going to call your parents right now and ask them to come to Changxi to watch you, I left their number last time I went to your house. Xiao Yang said as he took out his phone.

Ning Hua heard Hong Xiaoyang say this, and quickly turned over. "Don't, don't call, I beg you. Ning Hua said weakly.

Hong Xiaoyang put his mobile phone in his pocket, originally he didn't have the phone number of Ning Hua's parents, just to scare her. "I have already told Xiaobai about your suicide just now, and he will be there later. ”

"What did you tell Xiaobai? No, no. Can't let him come, I don't want to see him. Xiaoyang, please cooperate with me in a play later. Ning Hua had already decided in her heart that she had to let Bai Yitao die for her.

Bai Yitao rushed to the hospital anxiously with beads of sweat, and the two watched him arrive at the door of the ward.

"I just fell into the lake, and you thought I was going to kill myself. It's ridiculous, how can the money and the company's performance that I have exchanged my body for so easily die. Ning Hua sat and spoke loudly to Hong Xiaoyang, but he was actually speaking to Xiaobai.

"yes, I forgot. I accidentally threw you into the lake and mistook you for suicide. ”

"I'm a bad woman, I know I'm sorry for Xiaobai, but I can't help it, I have my own difficulties. There are too many differences between my family conditions and Xiaobai, the gap between the two of us is too big, even if we are together now, we will never get married, and now I only covet the power and status of his family before agreeing to be with him, and he is nothing after leaving the family. He is not the boyfriend I think in my heart, so I won't spend his money, even if Wei Dongming is far worse than him, but I still seduce him, no way, people from small mountain villages like us don't have great ambitions, but I don't regret everything I did, being caught and raped by him in bed is also a relief for me, saving me from feeling guilty about him all the time. ”

Bai Yitao listened to Ning Hua's words clearly outside the door, and took a few steps back, he collapsed a little, which was another fatal blow to his wounded heart. After Ning Hua finished speaking, he looked at Bai Yitao's sad back and wiped the tears on his face, and he couldn't hold back the tears that fell.

Hong Xiaoyang also watched Bai Yitao leave. "Why do you think you are doing this......?"

"Long pain is better than short pain, it's over between us, and when it's over, we have to break it cleanly. I just hope what I just said didn't hurt his heart too much. Ning Hua looked up and didn't let the tears stay.

"Isn't that sad? Just what you've been doing these days, how many men in the world have endured?"

"I can't help it, I just hope he will be okay from now on. ”

"I don't know if it's okay, but you have undoubtedly pushed him a big step towards Sun Yating and the United States. Hong Xiaoyang shook his head and said.

"Is he going to the United States? Is he going to the United States with Sun Yating?" Ning Hua asked excitedly.

"Look, you see, you still can't let it go, why do you have to say it so desperately if you can't let it go. ”

"It's good, it's good. If he really goes to the United States, it will be a good thing for him and me, he is a good match with Sun Yating, a talented man and a woman. Ning Hua laughed and cried at the same time.

"Hua'er, Hua'er, why are you doing stupid things again, it scares me to death. Li Xiao rushed in, she had just gotten off work.

Hong Xiaoyang was embarrassed to see her, the first meeting after being rejected. "You ....... Hong Xiaoyang stood up and was just about to greet her.

"Who are you talking about going to the United States? Li Xiao immediately walked to the other side and changed the topic.

"It's Xiaobai and Sun Yating, it's the two of them. I still have something to do at home, so I'll go back first. Hong Xiaoyang looked at Li Xiao shyly.

"Thank you for saving Hua'er today. Li Xiao said politely.

Hong Xiaoyang glanced back and walked out of the ward.

Five days later, Bai Yitao decided to go to the United States with Sun Yating, but he didn't expect that in the end he would follow his brother's old path and become a victim of his family.

On that day, Sun Yating took her father to visit Bai Yitao's parents. After talking in the study for a few hours, Bai's father and mother and Sun Yating's father came out happily, and then Bai's parents came to Bai Yitao with both soft and hard treatment.

"Son, don't think about that Ning Hua anymore, you see that you haven't eaten or drunk for the past few days, and you have lost a lot of weight, your mother is really uncomfortable to see it, you just listen to your mother's words and leave this sad place to go to the United States to start a new life with Yating. Bai Mu said.

"Son, whether it is for your own future or for our family this time, you must agree to go to the United States with the daughter of the Sun family. Father Bai said.

"What if I don't say yes?"

"Son, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Sun Yating's father Sun Youqian has the handle of Vice Mayor Liu's corruption and bribery, Vice Mayor Liu is the most vocal and most likely candidate to succeed the mayor in recent years, and also your father's biggest political enemy, if he steps down, the mayor's position is 200% of your father's. Bai Mu said happily.

"Mom, don't always think about these powers, potential, you care more about my dad when you have time. And my brother married my sister-in-law because of his father's career in the first place, and now you are interfering in my marriage again, what do you want, is there an end?" Bai Yitao resisted at first.

"How do you talk to your mother, kid?" said the white father angrily.

"What's wrong with me, don't teach me a lesson here, I haven't said anything about you, you think about your official position all day long, have you cared about my mother, my brother, and me all these years? My mother works alone inside and outside the house, she has to take care of school affairs and take care of me and my brother, but what about you? When it comes to your power and status, you think of letting me and my brother be your political victims, and I don't want to see you when you give me out. ”

"Xiaobai, how do you speak, apologize to your father, your father didn't do this for you two brothers. Bai Mu said.

"He's not doing it for me and my brother. Xiaobai thought of the scene in the villa that day.

Father Bai was a little angry and embarrassed, but in order to convince his son, he could only hold back his anger. "Okay, okay, you've worked hard for our family, and I really don't care enough about the two brothers, you persuade him well, I'll go out first." After the white father said to the white mother, he walked out.

"Son, Mom knows that you are in a bad mood these days, but you shouldn't be angry with your father, without his hard work in officialdom over the years, how could our family have today. "Mother doesn't know why Bai Yitao is angry with his father.

"Mom, you know ......" Bai Yitao struggled inwardly, he wanted to say his father's ridiculous behavior, but he didn't want to make his mother sad.

"Son, Mom knows Mom knows that you don't want to follow your brother's path, you want to find a girl who is happy with each other to marry. But it turns out that such a girl does not exist at all, when you fell in love with Ning Hua, your mother knew that this girl was for the power of our family, but your mother did not interfere with you, and now she is herself in full shape, I just feel sorry for you, my stupid son. Bai Mu took Bai Yitao into her arms. "Instead of looking for you who you like, it's better to find someone who loves you, look at your mother and me, you know how much I have paid for your father and me over the years, and how tired it is to love someone. Yating is a little bit of a big lady's temper, but her mother can see that she really loves you, who you live with, you marry him and your mother promises that you will not regret it in the future, at least her family has money, and she will not do ugly things for money when you quarrel for money in the future. ”

"Mom, why do you all let me be with Yating, I don't love her anymore. Bai Yitao said bitterly.

"Son, is love really that important compared to the peace and stability of the whole family? Your Uncle Sun said that he only said that he had evidence of Vice Mayor Liu's corruption and bribery, but it is difficult to ensure that he does not have your father's handle in his hands, his family is just this one daughter, the baby is like something, in case you offend him, send your father to prison, our family will be finished. The white mother also left tears when she said that she was emotional.

"Mom, are you saying that my dad is also corrupt and bribery?" Bai Yitao asked in surprise.

"I often walk by the river without getting my shoes wet. ”

"Mom, since you know why my dad is corrupt, ....... ”

"Son, after listening to your mother, your father and your mother have had your young and frivolous age, officialdom is like a battlefield, you can't sit firm just with a lot of blood, you can't understand the intricacies at all, it's not easy for your dad to be in this position today, there are many more people who want him to step down and want to see our jokes than those who support your dad to move forward. Also, your mother and I, the principal, are also interdependent with your father, and without your father as a guarantee, who still takes your mother in their eyes. You and your brother can't stand alone now, what if we have three cards and two shorts, what can you and your brother do?" Bai Mu cried and hugged her son and cried.

"Mom, how can it be as serious as you said, my brother and I have grown up, and we can all solve problems for the family. ”

"Mom doesn't ask you to make much contribution to the family, as long as you get married with Sun Yating and go to the United States together, you will help the family solve the biggest difficulty. Seeing that Xiaobai's heart softened a little, Bai Mu immediately took the opportunity to go around to the topic.

"Speaking of which, I still can't get around Sun Yating, it's still for this matter. Bai Yitao was annoyed.

"Son, my mother knows that you don't like to study accounting since you were a child, and your mother forced you to choose this major, as long as you promise to go to the United States, your mother will no longer force you, and you can choose what major you want to study. ”

"Really, it's up to me to learn whatever you want to learn?" Bai Yitao, who listened to the major that he could freely choose to study, finally became a little interested.

"It's all up to you this time, you can learn whatever you want, and mom pays for it. ”

"Mom, you've finally made me the master myself. I love you. Bai Yitao kissed his mother on the forehead.

"Do you agree to marry Sun Yating and go to the United States?" asked Bai Mu.

"This ...... You made me think about it. ”

The next day, Bai Yitao talked to his father again.

"Wait a minute, no matter what he asks, you can just agree first, let him agree first. Before the conversation, the white mother told the white father.

"Okay, okay, I know, you go get busy. "Father Bai was a little impatient.

The father and son stood side by side at the window on the second floor, and Bai Yitao lit a cigarette.

"Dad, I used to respect you in my heart, but that day I saw the picture of you hugging another woman in the villa. ”

Father Bai was shocked, he never expected his own son to say these words so calmly. "No, no. You read it wrong. He immediately denied it.

"Dad, you don't have to be nervous, I know that you and my mother have had conflicts over the years, you are both busy with your respective careers, and you haven't had much affection for a long time. ”

"What else do you know. Father Bai asked solemnly.

"I also know that you are corrupt and bribery, but this is what my mother told me yesterday. I haven't told my mom about it yet, because I want to ask you if your heart is still in our family. He turned to stare into his father's eyes.

"Son, as a father, I have failed to fulfill my responsibilities and obligations, let alone set a good example for you. But no matter what Dad does outside, when I come home to face you and your brother, I will always be a father, and I will always be a husband to your mother. If a father does not love his children and a husband does not love his wife, then he is not worthy of life. Although Dad did something wrong, my heart has always been in our family, and the reason why Dad is so active in opening up contacts in the officialdom is also to let your brothers go farther and go smoother in the future. "Father Bai is very worried when he says it.

"Okay, I believe that my father is still a good father, as long as you promise to cut off the relationship with that person in the future and no longer do illegal things, I will agree to marry Sun Yating and go to the United States. Bai Yitao sighed, he thought that he still had to sacrifice for his family, maybe many things were arranged in the dark.

Father Bai pondered for a long time. "Okay, I promise to cut off all contact with that woman, and be a good official in the future. ”

"If you don't have any evidence, you have to write a pledge. Bai Yitao took out a pen and paper.

Looking at the rows of handwriting written by his father, he agreed......