"Qiqi, where did you find this?" Looking at the swaddling clothes on the coffee table, my heart sank from the sky to the deepest part of the ocean. The feeling of coldness enveloped my heart.

"Found it when I put something in the basement...... Dad, is this true?" Xue Qi looked at me with a broken casserole and a glimmer of light in her bronze bell-like eyes, "I really...... It's someone else's unwanted child, isn't it?"

I haven't thrown away the note in the basement for 19 years, because I just want to remember that Xueqi is the child I picked up, and I don't want to forget the scene when I picked Xueqi back in the alley that night, so I have always kept the swaddling piece of Xueqi when she was born and the note in the swaddling clothes.

At the same time, I always have the slightest idea, I also thought that maybe one day I can meet Xueqi's mother, I want to see what kind of person she is and what kind of story she has.

So I always kept notes and swaddling clothes. I sealed them in the basement with the toys, the drawings, the crayons, and the textbooks that Xue Qi had when she was a child.

After so many years, I have forgotten about it, and after so many years, I have almost forgotten this note, but what I didn't expect was that Xue Qi would find this note one day.

Because I never thought that I would move the container of Xueqi when she was a baby, I also thought that Xueqi would not find this note, but I didn't expect that she would still find it.

All along, I told Xue Qi that she was Chen Kaiye's daughter and that she was someone else's child, but since my uncle's family came to see her, she has always had a little doubt about her background. Because my uncle said that Chen Kaiye's daughter actually died when she was 2 years old......

I stood in front of Xueqi, and I didn't know what to say for a while.

"Qiqi, Dad...... I ......, "I want to stop talking, how can I make Xueqi believe all this and tell her that these notes are fake?

"Qiqi, you are Mr. Chen's daughter, that's right. ”

"Dad, you're lying to me. Those baby bottles, crayons, baby clothes in the basement, how did they come from, those are all baby products, they are all used by children before the age of 2!" Xue Qi was so smart, she looked at me with complete distrust, white tears flashing in her eyes.

"I was picked up and adopted by you, right?" Xue Qi raised her head, her big black eyes did not blink, and her long, dense eyelashes curled slightly.

Xueqi, she looked at me with an almost scrutinizing gaze.

At that moment, I really felt stupid, I just wanted to leave a memorial for myself, but I didn't expect that today, everything was gone.

I swallowed and looked at Xueqi without blinking.

Xueqi and I looked at each other for a long time. I didn't blink, and neither did Xueqi.

When I was a child, every time I looked directly into Xueqi's eyes, she would shyly look away, and then laugh and scold me, what are you looking at, papa. But now, Xue Qi dares to look me in the eye.

I withdrew my gaze, then sat down next to Xueqi, and said to her calmly:

"Qiqi, that was a long time ago, it's been almost 20 years, don't worry about it, okay? Anyway, now that you live with my father and me, isn't it good for the two of you? Why do you care about so many things before? right?"

I calmly explained and comforted Xue Qi, but Xue Qi still pouted, staring at a void point in the air with her big clear eyes, as if in a daze.

"But why didn't you tell me?, why did you lie to me?!" Xue Qi still turned her head in confusion, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

I took a deep breath and said, "Because you're me...... My dad picked it up, and he didn't have a hukou, so Mr. Chen gave me her daughter's hukou book, and you are about the same age as her, so it's almost the same for you. As I spoke, I realized that I could push nature on my dad's head, so although I was sorry for my dad, I still found an excuse to divert Xueqi's attention.

"I'm ...... Daddy, your dad picked it up?" Xue Qi looked at me, her faint eyebrows frowning slightly.

"Hmm...... yes, you picked it up by my dad. I was in high school at the time. After thinking of the direction of making excuses, I followed this path and made it up, "However, whether you picked it up or not, it's all the same, aren't you doing well now? I grabbed Xue Qi's little hand and rubbed it, gently comforting her, Xue Qi's body was trembling slightly, her expression was still sad, as if she couldn't accept the truth all of a sudden.

"Dad, then my mom...... Is it called Cheng Qiaofang?" Xue Qi thought about it and asked me softly.

"Well, it seems that yes, it's called Cheng Qiaofang...... However, she has lost you, so don't think about her anymore. ”

"But, my true father...... He seems to be sick, very serious......"

"It's been so many years, he's already dead. I comforted Xue Qi, "Qiqi, your mother may also be dead, don't think about it anymore." Okay?"

I gently stroked Xue Qi's little hand, Xue Qi came back to her senses, retracted her hand, grabbed it in her other hand and rubbed it gently. Xue Qi glanced at me with weak eyes.

"However, if they are still alive...... Xue Qi still seems to be a little unwilling, she still seems to miss her biological parents.

"Okay, don't think about it anymore!" This time I accentuated my tone a little and dispelled Xue Qi's thoughts, "It's me who has been bad all these years, I should have told you the truth earlier, but Dad thinks that it doesn't matter if you picked it up or not, it's the same." ”

Xue Qi glanced at me, lowered her head again, and stopped talking. But there was still sadness in her eyes that could not be concealed.

During this time, Xue Qi has received a lot of blows one after another......

The mistake I made to her, my uncle, they found out about Xueqi's existence, failed the college entrance examination, and now I know that I picked up the identity...... All kinds of blows are like knives one after another, carving one trace after another in Xue Qi's pure heart, which can no longer be erased......

"Qiqi, what do you want to eat, I'll make it for you? I comforted Xue Qi and wanted to cook something for her to eat to make her feel better, but Xue Qi seemed to have no appetite at all, I asked her what she wanted to eat, she didn't say, just shook her head, I forced her to ask, she waved her hand and said:

"Whatever, I don't want to eat it!"

It seems that Xue Qi really has no appetite, so I can't force Xue Qi. In the end, I went to buy Xueqi's favorite shrimp and grilled fish for her to eat, but throughout the night, Xueqi didn't have any appetite, just supported her chin with her hand, sandwiched a few handfuls of vegetables with chopsticks, and ate weakly.

All night, Xue Qi didn't say a few more words to me, and the distance between me and her was already a little farther, and it became even more distant.

This is really the most helpless thing for me, day by day watching Xue Qi and me get farther and farther away, more and more cold to me, more and more ignorant of me, and it is becoming more and more difficult for her to forgive me.

Xueqi couldn't forgive me for everything I did to her, the defilement I had done to her, the deception I had made her, the blow of her failing the college entrance examination, and the pain of being ridiculed by her classmates......

Sometimes I even think it's a miracle that I can still be with Xueqi like this. I've hurt Xueqi so deeply, why is she still willing to be with me?

I think it's because of the memories of the past 18 years.

After all, there are too many memories between me and her, and she can't give it up, and she refuses to give it up, so she stayed, stayed by my side, lived in the same house with me every day, ate with me, and talked occasionally......

It's just because of the memory, and that little bit of father-daughter relationship that exists in name only......

The rest between me and Xueqi is nothing more than that.

It can't go on like this.

As time went by, watching Xue Qi get farther and farther away from me, I knew that I had to do something, I had to do something to redeem the relationship between me and Xue Qi.

When I made this decision, it was already mid-July, and during that time, Xueqi's attitude towards me was still even colder, and our relationship was still a father and daughter, but it was no longer like before. For more than ten days, Xueqi had to go out almost every day, she said that she was going to her classmate's house to play, or to shoot commercials, I wanted to follow her, but she turned her face and spread fire with me, saying that if I followed her, she would not go out. I'm already sorry for Xueqi, I don't want to hurt her anymore, I can't help it, I can only let her have a little freedom of her own this summer. Of course, I'm still very wary that Xue Qi has a boyfriend, I asked her several times if she was dating a boy, and she told me no, and I reluctantly believed her and didn't ask more......

And during that time, my uncle and aunt also kept urging me to come to my house to ask about my relationship with Yuhui, and I finally couldn't help it.

On July 14th, that evening, I was taking a shower in my bedroom, my aunt called again, I answered the phone, the content was still the same, still asked me about the matter between Yuhui, she asked me how the relationship with Yuhui was developing, if I could, go to get a certificate.

In short, my aunt still brings up the old saying, nothing more than urging me to get married quickly and not procrastinate, in the past few months, she has called me basically to urge me to do this, and I can't remember the dozens of rounds, so the number of times is too much.

But that night, I really realized the urgency of the situation. Because of that time, my aunt's tone was much harsher, and when she knew that I hadn't seen Yuhui much in the past few months, she scolded me even more, saying that I was taking their words as wind in my ears, and threatened me that Yuhui would not get married now because she was waiting for me, and if I didn't go to Yuhui, Yuhui would be miserable by me in her life. The tone of voice became heavier and heavier, which made me feel irritable when I listened to it.

I was really annoyed by my aunt's quarrels, so I just dealt with a few words, and when I hung up the phone, I made up my mind, I sat at the head of the bed and hesitated for a while, and finally, I decided to make the final choice.

Looking at the phone on the bedside, I suddenly decided, I decided to ask Xueqi, I wanted to ask her heart.

If she wants, I decided to go away with Xueqi and stay with her.

Finally, I hung up the phone, calmed down, strode out of my bedroom, all the way to Xue Qi's room, at that time Xue Qi was sitting at her desk, as if tidying up the drawers, seeing me suddenly push the door and walk in, she was startled, hurriedly pushed the drawer back halfway, and looked at me with a worried face.

Seeing Xue Qi's nervous appearance, I frowned, but I didn't care about anything, but strode in and walked in front of Xue Qi, Xue Qi turned around in a panic, looked at me stupidly, and then lowered her head.

But I took her hand, looked at her with great earnestness, and said:

"Qiqi, let's get out of here, Dad will take you to Anhui, you will live with Dad in the future, I will quit my job, and then be with you, just the two of us, no one will bother us, okay? You can get married in two years, we will go to other places to get married, and then come back here, how about it? So that no one will come to us!"

Xue Qi was taken aback by my words, and her snow-white pretty face was full of shock.

"Daddy...... You...... What are you talking about? Why do you think that......"