"If I don't rely on talking, if I don't rely on reasoning, what else can I do? With such an adult, you can always understand something, right?"

"If you really have the ability to be reasonable, and you won't let Xiao En stay at home for so many years, you can't use your position to help Xiao En find an errand?"

It's not hard for me to help people in my family and find an errand or something.

This is not some kind of abuse of power for personal gain, family members do things in their own party, this is a normal thing in all countries, as long as you don't eat empty salaries and do things well, this is no problem.

But - this matter is simple to say, the will of the parties is still very important, the government and the party, so many jobs, if I have the ability, naturally I will not arrange them casually.

"Yes, that's a minor problem, but the problem is - I don't know what kind of job Eun wants."

"You father, you don't even know what your daughter wants."

"I can't help this, I'm a human, not a god, you know, I'm busy with work, I don't have so much time to spend with Xiao En, I don't understand, and there's no way to do it."

"You can't help one bite at a time, you, you usually just think too much."

"Recently... It can't be said that it's been recently, ah--has Xiao En's mood been a little bad lately?"

"You feel it? He is worthy of being a keen politician, don't ask me about the specific situation, I don't know, but it's true that Xiao En has been a little unhappy recently, as for the rest, you can ask yourself."

"Okay, it's time for me to have a good talk with Xiao En."

There are things that should be done by men, not women.

This is not discrimination, but reality.

I thought so, but when there was a knock on the door, I began to hesitate again.

The door was opened and I saw my daughter... Chen En.

Chen En, my only daughter, I have been very busy since she was a child, but I also tried my best to take care of her... Not yet, but certainly not as good as the average family cares about, but I've done my best.

Although I feel like I'm doing my best - anyway, my relationship with my daughter is not as good as I imagined.

It is already very difficult for children to understand the hardships of their parents.

I can't understand it, and it's normal to have feelings of resentment.

- What the hell was I thinking.

I sighed.

"Xiao En, do you have time? Let's talk."

"Yes—I have some questions I want to ask."

At least call me dad well, it's not even a ghost.

But at least it didn't kick me out... Although he hasn't kicked me out before.

——

Daughter's bedroom.

Basically the same as last time.

...

Aside from the ancient sword on the table, there was basically no change.

"Xiao En, where did you get this sword? Did you buy it outside? Although it looks a bit old, it is not a waste sword, and if you decorate it, it has a good sense of age."

"Found in the warehouse at home, in the past... Dad, you told me that it was a knife inherited from the family."

"This thing doesn't look like a knife by any means, does it? I said that the knife inherited in the family has been put away by me, it is not such a thing, and I don't remember that there is such a sword in the house."

"It's not... Is this one?"

"Of course not, what has been passed down from my family, how could I forget it myself."

"This sword was found in the warehouse, and I don't know how it came from."

"Forget it, I'll go back and ask your mother, probably she bought it, your mother often likes to buy this kind of thing, so speaking of which, your mother and daughter are really quite similar."

「...」

Didn't give me a response, this kid has always been like this.

Topics that are not interesting to you directly choose to be silent and not to speak.

How can this be done, alas—this child was not like this.

People must not always think about the past, but also about the possibilities of the future.

Let's talk about something that interests her.

"Xiao En, you just said you were looking for me, what was the matter?"

"The neighbor's... Xiao Zuo—"

The house next door? It's an unfortunate thing to say.

The little boy of twelve or thirteen years old, who was quite healthy, suddenly died.

It stands to reason that such a situation should not occur at his age, but life is birth.

Although it is a pity, human life is full of accidents and misfortunes in this way.

"The matter next door, I also know, is a very regrettable thing, and the police have also investigated, but there is no occurrence."

"It shouldn't be like this, Xiao Zuo was killed by someone."

"Killed? Do you know what you say?"

"Xiao Zuo... Before his sudden death, he told me that he had found talent, that he could see the door."

Door, this word, has appeared many times in the investigation, like Xiao En said, I have heard many times, but these police have also investigated a lot, but nothing has been found.

Although it was judged to be related to this thing, no crucial evidence was ever found.

This is also the main reason for the deadlock in the case, speaking of which, the sudden death case has calmed down after the explosion some time ago, and there has been no sudden death in recent times.

Xiao En, is she still thinking about this?

It's no wonder that Xiao Zuo next door is also one of Xiao En's few friends.

The age difference is a bit big, but how to say it, these two children are quite similar in a sense, which is probably the reason why they can become good friends.

Because of the unexpected death of a good friend, I was devastated, and Xiao En also had some kind of information, so do you want to know something from me?

This is my judgment based on my daughter's personality and understanding.

"Xiao Zuo's matter, let's open it up, people will always die, it's just a matter of time."

"I understand, but Zo... No... It shouldn't end like this."

"Regarding the sudden death case, Xiao En, you don't want to investigate, it's not that you won't be investigated, but you won't be able to investigate these at all, this case is likely to involve a field that we can't understand."

"An area that we don't understand? What's that?"

"I don't know, but I always have a hunch that I can't say, but it's probably like this."

The sudden death case is very mysterious, although I don't believe in gods and ghosts, but the exhibition of the incident is obviously somewhat abnormal.

The sudden death of so many people, the way of death is still so close, and such a thing happened, it is a little impossible for me not to think about it.

It's not that I want to believe it, it's that reality is moving in this direction.

(End of chapter)

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