Xue Qi's words were like cold water poured on my head, making my nerves twitch continuously.

I felt my feet trembling, my flesh and skin tightening and stretching, moving violently.

"I'm your papa, it's normal to touch you, I don't have other thoughts. You don't know this?!" But when I said that, I was a little weak myself.

Xue Qi's face was extremely red, and tears kept rolling in her eyes, as if they would drip down in the blink of an eye.

"Anyway, I don't allow you to have anything to do with that Xu Bin. Just read your book seriously for me!Okay, do your homework!" I said, pointing to Xue Qi's homework book on the coffee table.

Xue Qi was so angry that her cheeks bulged, she glared at me, then grabbed the homework book on the coffee table, looked at me angrily, and said, "Papa, I, I hate you!"

Then, as soon as the little girl turned around, she ran up the stairs.

Seeing Xue Qi running away, at that moment, I felt extremely frightened and nervous.

A rare fear in 14 years.

I rushed forward, and when Xueqi had just run to the staircase, I grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"Hmm...... Don't pull me!"

"Qiqi, you stand in prison for me!" I scolded heavily, and Xueqi was finally shocked by me. "What are you going to do, throw your temper with me?"

Xue Qi turned her head, her face was blood-red, and her eyes were full of tears.

"Hmph!" Xue Qi pouted and shook her hand, trying to shake my hand away, but she couldn't, because my right hand was firmly grasping her right arm.

"Xueqi, are you not listening to me? I am for your own good, do you know?"

"......" Xue Qi still looked at me with red eyes and didn't say a word.

Seeing Xueqi's expression, I really felt indescribable heartache.

In the past 14 years, my relationship with Xueqi has always been very good, even when she was 10 years old after she was touched by Xu Bin, it was just that I was unilaterally angry, Xueqi never dared to talk back to me, and in the end I didn't have a stiff relationship with her, and in the end we finally resolved. But this time, the nature is different, because this time, Xueqi and I are really stiff.

Xue Qi said she hated me.

She hates me.

The power of these two is simply terrifying.

A girl you have worked so hard to raise for 14 years, a person who has laughed with you for 14 years and helped you through thick and thin suddenly said that he hates you.

It's a feeling that really drives people crazy.

"Qiqi, you tell me...... Do you like Xu Bin?" When I said this, I looked at Xue Qi and my eyes didn't blink.

Xueqi's eyeholes shrank slightly, she glanced down at my trouser legs, and said, "No." I didn't like him......"

"And what are you throwing a tantrum about?"

"......" Xue Qi pouted and stopped talking, I grabbed her arm, her eyes were red.

"Let's sit down and have a good talk. Seeing Xue Qi's appearance, I also forcibly suppressed the flame in my heart. I took Xueqi's arm and pulled her back to the couch.

Xue Qi still didn't say a word, it seemed that she was really angry with me, I was a little apprehensive and uncomfortable. I don't know why Xue Qi is so angry, Xu Bin is indeed not a good thing. No matter what kind of person he is now, I really don't have a good impression of him. But Xue Qi was so angry with me for Xu Bin. I'm even more upset.

"Qiqi, Papa told you. I asked Xue Qi to sit next to me, and Xue Qi sat next to me with her head down and without saying a word, "I know you're angry with me now, what about me, I shouldn't just delete your QQ friends." But I'm telling you, I'm really thinking about you. I have a very bad impression of Xu Bin, you know, you should also think about it from my point of view, right?"

Xue Qi's face was not very good-looking, she turned her head sideways to look at me, her eyes sparkling.

"Qiqi, you also know, papa, I have been very sorry for you since I was a child, if you are bullied by other boys, I will do anything. This time, I was really hot. On the one hand, I don't like that Xu Bin, and on the other hand, you still go to his house without me. As for me, I have no objection to you going to other students' houses, but you should at least tell me the truth, so that I don't worry. ”

I tried to say this to Xueqi in a calm tone.

"It's not quite right for Papa this time. I apologize to you. I stretched out my hand and touched Xue Qi's head, Xue Qi's body trembled, she glanced at me, probably knowing that I was also sincere, she finally didn't resist anymore, and sat still obediently.

"Qiqi, tell Papa, what's so good about Xu Bin?"

I touched Xueqi's smooth hair and asked her.

Xue Qi was silent, and finally opened her mouth after a long time, and said to me with some hesitation:

"Papa, you're thinking too much...... Xu Bin and I are just classmates. Xu Bin knew a lot of classmates, and sometimes, he asked me to play. ”

"Then you and him should be better than other classmates, right? And he gave you a gift?"

"Because he just came to the class, he only knows me the most. Xue Qi said.

"In that case, he has the best relationship with you in the class right now?"

"Hmm...... Sort of. Xue Qi was silent.

I started to get a little irritable. I'm also a man, I'm also a person from junior high school, when I was in junior high school, I had already begun to have a crush on Zhang Jiaqi, at that time she was the most beautiful girl in my class, at that time, because Li Zhenhao, and other boys were very close to her, I could only silently pay attention to Zhang Jiaqi in the corner, watching her interact with other boys but didn't dare to say to her that I like you. By the time I was in junior high school, in fact, the love between men and women had begun to flood, so I could know that Xu Bin had a good impression of Xueqi.

But it was precisely because of this that I felt a deep sense of threat. If Xueqi and other male classmates are very close, I will probably feel this way, I think all fathers in the world, especially fathers in single-parent families, will have some melancholy and sourness after their daughters come into contact with other boys. Of course, if other boys had approached Xueqi, I might not have been as excited as I am now, at most I would have been unhappy, not angry.

But Xu Bin, after all, he has a criminal record, and of course I can't treat him equally.

"Qiqi, let me ask you, what do you think...... Does Xu Bin have a good impression of you?"

Xue Qi frowned and glanced at me, then lowered her head and said, "...... I don't know. ”

"I think you have a good conversation with him?"

“…… So-so. ”

"Then in the future, you will go to his house to play and be friends with him?"

When I asked me this, Xue Qi looked at me with some dissatisfaction, and there was still a little resentment in her eyes.

"Papa, this is not a relationship!"

I was really stunned when Xue Qi's slightly heavy tone was said.

Love...... Xue Qi's words woke me up a little. Indeed, I seem to be really applying the relationship between Xueqi and Xu Bin with adult thinking. Seeing them communicating and chatting normally, I think of them as a love affair between a man and a woman.

Am I ...... A little too much fuss?

"I didn't say you're in love! I'm asking you to be careful when you interact with other classmates! If someone has a moral problem, don't get too close to them! That Xu Bin taught you to lie to me and lie to me, do you think he would be a good student? You also use your brain a little and have a little judgment ability!"

As soon as I said it, Xue Qi pursed her lips and puffed out her cheeks, but she also knew that what I said was reasonable, and she couldn't refute it.

"As for me, I don't object to you playing with other classmates, as long as you have your own numbers, pay attention, and focus on your studies. I'm not going to talk about you. Even if it's that Xu Bin, if you're just ordinary classmates, ordinary people, like celebrating a birthday or something, I won't ask you what to do. However, if I know what he has done to you, I tell you, don't say that you don't want to go out in the future, even that Xu Bin, I have to break his hand. Do you remember it?!"

"I absolutely do what I say!"

My last sentence carries a lot of weight, and if you ask yourself, I'm really a very protective person. For my own people, I will definitely take care of them in every way, if anyone dares to come and have the slightest bad intentions towards Xueqi, I will definitely make that person suffer.

When I was young, I didn't have the capital to say this. But now I really have the capital to say this.

Xue Qi's eyes were slightly red, and she looked at me silently, as if I was shocked by the stern tone, her small mouth opened slightly, but she couldn't speak.

"Remember, right?" Seeing that Xue Qi was silent, I asked again.

After a while, Xue Qi finally nodded.

Growing up, I rarely showed such an angry expression to Xue Qi, so Xue Qi was really scared by me. Under my harsh reprimand, Xueqi did not have the end of her previous resistance.

Xueqi and I sat on the sofa like that, and the "father and daughter" fell silent for a while.

There was silence in the hall.

I could only hear myself and Xueqi breathing.

I've really never had such a stiff fight with Xueqi. Since I was a child, Xue Qi has always listened to me, and I have been very fond of her, Xue Qi will occasionally spoil me at most, but basically it is to the point, and it can be said that there are very few cases like this.

My chest floated, and I squinted at Xue Qi, her long hair spread out, covering her red and tender face, the corners of her eyes were still a little wet, and her mouth was closed, but it didn't seem to be to the point of crying. Xue Qi sat on the sofa with her head down, her legs together, her hands restless on her thighs, her thin white fingers crossed and rubbed, as if she was very uneasy.

Looking at Xue Qi's appearance, I frowned, and in the next moment, a familiar scene appeared in my mind,

I suddenly remembered what it was like more than a decade ago.

More than 10 years ago, my dad seemed to have reprimanded me in this living room.

Just like now.

In that moment, time went back.

More than ten years have passed, and the same situation has been the same, but my father's position at the beginning has been changed to me now, and the person in my position at the beginning is Xueqi.

My heart started to stir.

It's true...... So familiar.

When my dad was still around, every time I was reprimanded by my dad, I would be frightened, scared, and cramped, but now that I think about it, my dad was also for my own good.

While my dad was still alive, reprimands were familiar to me. If I fail an exam, he will reprimand me. I had a fight with a classmate, and he would reprimand me. I copied my homework, didn't take my class seriously, or was sued by a teacher, and every time I got home, my dad would reprimand me.

At that time, I was really scared.

I think the end of the world is just like that.

Every time I was criticized by my father, I felt that I was in a catastrophe and that I was in danger.

But...... Soon after each criticism, my dad would turn back to his gentle appearance, talking to me as usual, comforting me, talking to me, and taking care of my daily life. It's like nothing happened.

In that youthful era, when I was surrounded by classmates, family affection, the sound of reading and the sun, the sound of reprimand and gentle comfort were all very familiar to me.

But after my dad died, the sky was dark for more than a decade, and I ...... It's been a long time since I've heard a reprimand like that.

The reprimand, which no one likes, has become so distant and strange to me.

I really want to hear that reprimand again.

But...... For so many years, it became clear to me that it would never be possible again.

It wasn't until this moment, when I reprimanded Xue Qi loudly like my dad did back then, that I suddenly felt as if I had returned to that time.

At that moment, it dawned on me.

Nothing has changed in 11 years.

It turned out that my dad was always by my side.

He's on me.

It wasn't that he left me.

It was me, who became him.

It turns out that I am the same as him.

I looked at Xue Qi, at her with her head down, blushing, and silent.

I looked at Xue Qi.

After looking at it for a while, I stood up.

walked in front of Xue Qi.

Seeing me stand up, Xue Qi also looked up at me in some horror, as if she was afraid that I would do something more terrible to her.

However, she was not destined to guess what to do next.

Under Xueqi's wide-eyed and frightened gaze, I stretched out my hand.

And then...... It was a very simple slap in the face.

"Smack!"

Shhh......h

The burning pain in my face made my eyes narrow.

However, it really feels so familiar and comfortable.

It's really a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time.

It's me looking for more than a dozen of your feelings.

It's like how my dad hit me.

Seeing my actions, Xue Qi was completely stunned, she looked at me stupidly, wanting to speak and stopping, at a loss.

Then, holding back the burning pain on my face, I bent down, touched Xueqi's head, and smiled at her.

I straightened Xue Qi's hair, smiled at her, and said in my gentlest voice:

"Qiqi, I'm sorry. I've been very busy these days on National Day, and I haven't taken you anywhere to play. Tomorrow is the last day of the National Day, let's go boating on the central lake, shall we?"

My sudden change made Xue Qi's mouth open in disbelief, her eyes full of consternation.

But in the end, Xue Qi also softened her face, and she looked at me blankly.

Looking at the smile on my face, her mouth gradually showed a hint of joy.

"Hmm!"

Finally, Xue Qi just looked at me like that and nodded.

I laughed.

Xue Qi also smiled, faintly.

A conflict that would have put Xueqi and me in a stalemate was finally resolved.

Maybe...... I should thank my dad.

It was he who kept my shadow on me and reminded me of how to deal with the problem in front of me.

Thank you, Dad.

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