Chapter 27: Childhood Encounters
"When I was a child, I was very afraid of the hospital, afraid of the lifeless place, afraid of the needle in the nurse's hand, afraid of the pain of the sharp needle piercing the flesh, whenever I saw the nurse take out the needle and not start hitting my arm or buttocks, I would cry until I was six years old, and my fear of going to the hospital disappeared."
Xia Xue's voice is very light and soft, like the murmuring of a stream on a high mountain, which makes people listen to it, and feel that all the impetuousness in their hearts has been smoothed out.
"When I was six years old, I had a high fever late one night, and when my mother found out that I had a bad fever, a man carried me to the hospital in the town in a panic. I was a little delirious because of the high fever, but when the nurse put the needle on me, I was in pain, but I didn't cry, I didn't make a fuss, I didn't shed a single tear. β
"My mother thought that I was unconscious and didn't know what others were doing to me, so I didn't cry, but I knew very well in my heart that it wasn't like this. I was very awake when the nurse gave me the injection, and I thought that my mother carried me on my back alone and walked for more than an hour on the dark night road without anyone or even a car passing by, and she was not afraid, I am now accompanied by so many people, why be afraid? There's nothing to be afraid of! β
"Since then, every time the nurse gives me an injection, I will remember the scene when my mother once ran alone in the dark for more than an hour on my back, so I am no longer afraid of the hospital."
By the time Xia Xue's story was finished, she had already helped Ao Kewei bandage the wound on her knee with clean gauze, and Ao Kewei was so focused on listening that she completely forgot about her pain.
"Miss Kewei, the wound is bandaged." Xia Xue looked at the stunned Ao Kewei and reminded her with a smile.
Ao Kewei was stunned for a moment, then she came back to her senses, her eyes flashed, and she asked Xia Xue keenly: "Sister Xia Xue, why did your mother carry you to the hospital?" Where's your dad? β
Xia Xue paused in packing up the medicine box, and Fang Boyu clearly saw the sharp edge flashing in her eyes through the car mirror.
Ao Kewei's question was also his question, and just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xia Xue speak, his tone calm and indifferent: "When I was six years old, he left me and my mother, and he has not been found yet. β
"Oh my God?" Ao Kewei's eyes widened, and her face was full of surprise: "Why would he abandon you so ruthlessly?" β
Xia Xue tried her best to restrain the surging emotions in her heart, and said indifferently: "He is a love liar, first captured my mother's heart and became the son-in-law of the Xia family, and then after my grandfather died, he quietly transferred all the property left by my grandfather to my mother behind my mother's back. β
Although the story is very clichΓ© and bloody, these are true.
"How can he be so excessive?" Ao Kewei raised her voice and said indignantly: "Is he trying to make your mother and daughter unable to live?" β
Xia Xue's hatred in her heart was like a raging flame, but she said indifferently on her face: "Some people are so ruthless!" β
Wan Jiayao can be ruthless, and she Xia Xue can also be ruthless.
After a long time, Ao Kewei's indignant look slowly faded and was replaced by pity, and she looked at Xia Xue sympathetically: "Sister Xia Xue, it's really hard for you." β
How lonely a child who has not been protected by his father since he was a child and depends on his mother for his life!
Xia Xue's beautiful face did not show any sadness, and the soft lights of the car left a faint shadow under her eyes, making her eyes more and more charming and quiet, and Fang Boyu and Ao Kewei couldn't help but be in a trance.
"He left me and my mother for 17 years, and we mother and daughter depend on each other, although there is no one to protect us, we are still alive and well. It can be seen that no one can live without whom. Although I had a happy childhood before he left me, it was also because he left me that I was stronger and more independent than my peers, and these are the treasures of my life. I'm rich, and I have a mom who loves me more than anything else, and I don't feel like I have any regrets in life. β
Her tone is very light, so light that it makes people feel as if she is telling someone else's story, but her optimistic smile is so real engraved into everyone's heart.
Ao Kewei flashed her big eyes with smart and innocent eyes, and asked Xia Xue seriously: "Sister Xia Xue, if one day, you reunite with him, will you still recognize him?" β
Xia Xue was silent for a second, and then said firmly: "No." β
While forgiveness is a virtue that is promoted, how many people in the world can do the same when dealing with those who have hurt them?
When people are betrayed, insulted, or hurt by others, they tolerate it not because of forgiveness, but because they are powerless to resist.
If there is no law, everyone wants to commit a crime.
Ao Kewei said with certainty: "Sister Xia Xue, I don't support you to recognize him, people like him don't deserve to be forgiven by you and your mother!" β
He is not worthy! Xia Xue lowered her head and silently packed up the medicine box.
Fang Boyu stared deeply at Xia Xue's face in the car mirror, and the warm eyes under the black-framed glasses were full of pity.
He didn't expect Xia Xue to have such an encounter......
Zhong Liang's hand clenched the steering wheel slightly, Xue'er, I really hope you are happy!
After arriving at Ao Kewei's house, Ao Kewei warmly invited Xia Xue, Zhong Liang and Fang Boyu to come in and sit as guests.
The area of the Ao family villa is wide, the building is magnificent and luxurious, the villa is lit up and down, inside and outside, looking at the past from afar, like a luxury ship in the sea at night, which makes people look at it with envy.
As soon as she entered the hall, Xia Xue saw Ao Kewei's parents sitting in the living room reading newspapers and watching TV, but she didn't see Ao Mingjie.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Ao Kewei raised a bright smile and slowly walked to the center of the living room with Xia Xue's support.
Ao Kewei's father Ao Zhi'an and mother Gao Xiaoqi frowned when they saw it, as if they were restraining some kind of pain, and their daughter who walked over cautiously under Xia Xue's support showed nervousness at the moment, hurriedly walked up to her daughter, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?" β
Xia Xue greeted them politely: "Mr. Ao, Mrs. Ao, hello." β
Fang Boyu also saluted: "Mr. Ao, Mrs. Ao!" β
Zhong Liang looked at them apologetically: "Mr. Ao, Mrs. Ao, I'm sorry, it was my car that hit Ling Yuan, and I am deeply sorry for the damage caused to her, but fortunately, Ling Yuan was not seriously injured, but her knee was a little broken, please rest assured." β
Hit by a car? The first expression that Ao Zhian and Gao Xiaoqi showed was not relaxation, but deeper nervousness, hurriedly looked at their daughter, and asked in unison, "Did you hurt your heart?" β
Ao Zhi'an immediately ordered the housekeeper to call Ao Kewei's doctor to come over to examine Ao Kewei's body, and he spoke quickly and nervously.
Heart? Xia Xue's face frowned suspiciously, Ao Kewei's face was so pale, did it have anything to do with her heart?