Chapter 86: A belated apology
"I'm sorry"
The voice was very low, but there was a thick apology, Xia Xiaobai was ready to be scolded by his father, no matter what her father said about her and scolded her, she would not have any complaints, she really thought so.
But her father not only didn't scold her, but also apologized to her? Xia Xiaobai suddenly raised her head in some confusion, and when her eyes met Xia Hong's eyes, her heart shook.
Those eyes that were shrewd and sharp in the early days, but later they were sluggish and lost, but now they are full of sadness and apology, and their eyes are red and full of crystals.
With white sideburns and vicissitudes on his face, the years have left a mark on his face mercilessly, and at this moment Xia Xiaobai suddenly felt that her father was old, really old.
In the early years, she felt that her father was like a mountain, tall and majestic, which could shield her from all the wind and rain, but now, she gradually felt that her father was not so tall, and he was not like when he was a child, like a superman, with so great skills.
The man in front of her now, before she knew it, had changed from that tall man to a little old man who was now full of illness.
Her heart was so sour, like a fish in her throat, Xia Hong trembled her lips like a child who had done something wrong, and there was still a trace of panic in her eyes, and she hung her head.
whispered: "Xiaobai, I'm sorry"
If she didn't hear the first sentence of the apology, or she thought she heard it wrong, then how could she not hear the second sentence clearly.
I can't say what it feels like in my heart, it's just uncomfortable, it's very uncomfortable, like something has blocked it, and it has weighed down a stone that weighs almost a thousand pounds, and it's stuck there.
Her heart is sour, but she can't show it, the sadness in her heart at the moment, she is afraid, she is afraid that she will show a little sadness again, and the tears in her father's eyes will burst out uncontrollably.
She wanted to laugh very much, and she tried hard to pull the corners of her mouth, but unfortunately the pain in her heart was unbearable at the moment, no matter how hard she tried, the smile was extremely dazzling, more ugly than crying.
With tears in her eyes, she pulled the corners of her mouth far-fetched, walked to Xia Hong's side and squatted down.
She reached out and held Xia Hong's palm, buried her face in it, and rubbed it gently like she did when she was a child and coquettish Xia Hong.
That warm feeling is still there, but after many years, she is no longer the crying ghost, and Xia Hong is no longer the business wizard who was the same as he was back then.
One of them has grown up, and the other has grown old.
Xia Xiaobai endured it for a long time before she didn't let her voice sound choked, and she spoke in as calm a tone as possible.
"Dad! You haven't done anything wrong, you don't have to apologize to me, you are my father, you are the one who brought me to this world with my mother, my life is given by you"
She paused, the sourness in her heart made her eyes even more moist, and the hot tears condensed in her eyes, and they were almost about to burst out.
But how can she cry, she is crying now, doesn't it make her father even more uncomfortable!
So she didn't cry, she just endured it and forced down those tears that were about to burst the embankment again.
Even if Xia Hong didn't say it all, she also knew what the Dao Lu apologized at the moment, but she didn't need her father's Dao Lu's apology.
"Dad, I don't have anything to do" She omitted a lot of words in the middle, because she didn't want to say it and didn't want to say it, so she omitted it, she only needed her father to know the Tao, between father and daughter, there was no need to apologize, and her father was not wrong.
The father and daughter didn't say anything more, and Xia Hong didn't speak, because he didn't know what Lu Dao should say again, as if to say it, except for those three words, the other words seemed redundant.
Although he has so much to say to Xia Xiaobai now, for example, you don't have to wronged yourself like this, you can leave your family alone, find a good job in the future, and take care of yourself.
He also wanted to say, you are still young, don't make decisions that you will regret later, you have to plan for your future, there are some things that cannot be relied on impulse.
He actually wanted to ask what the hell was going on with that video, but now he didn't say anything, and he didn't ask, because he knew his daughter better than anyone else.
Xia Xiaobai seems to be weak and lacks tendons, as if she doesn't care much about anything, but in fact, she is a very stubborn person.
After calming down, he realized the whole thing, and he knew that the reason why Xia Xiaobai would do those things that others despised and spurned was only because of this family
I don't know how long it has been, anyway, when Xia Xiaobai walked out of Xia Hong's room, night had fallen, she didn't eat at home, took some living expenses from her bag, put it on the dining table, pressed it with a cup, and then walked out of the house.
The night breeze was blowing, and the street lamps stood on both sides like sentries standing guard, but fortunately, the summer heat did not drop much because of the sun's sinking in the west, and the wind became warm.
I walked to the bus stop, got on the bus, and went straight to the back row before I sat down and leaned my head on the glass of the window.
The rush hour has passed, and there are not many people in the car, all sitting in the front, and there is no one in the back row.
When the tense nerves finally relaxed at this moment, the tears that could be held back were like wild horses, galloping forward, like a flood, surging out of her eyes, and hot tears flowed all over her face.
She didn't cry loudly, but she didn't keep desperately holding back like just now, she let the tears flow wildly, leaned her head sideways, and tears fell down her cheeks on the car
What flowed from her eyes was not only tears, but also the pain she had held back for a long time, as well as the grievances she had suffered over the past few days.
Finally, the big stone that was pressed on her chest could be put down, and the things she was worried about were finally solved, and the big gully between her and Xia Hong was finally crossed today.
Sometimes you don't need to say too much nonsense, you don't need to explain too much, a movement, a look, it's enough to understand and understand.
When she came over just now, Gu Jingxi told her to wait for the phone and keep her mobile phone open 24 hours a day, so that he could call anytime and anywhere.
Gu Jingxi didn't contact her, so it means that he is busy now and doesn't need her to bother.
After getting off the bus, Xia Xiaobai calmed down a lot, but because he cried too fiercely just now, his eyes looked a little red and swollen at the moment.
And when she took out the key, opened the door, and saw the man sitting in the living room, she was not as surprised as she had been when she first saw it.
After all, the man in front of him is not an ordinary man, his existence is like a god, even Su Xiaoxiao can enter the place freely, he will be here, in fact, it is not strange, but she still has some doubts in her heart, why does he want to come? If he needs it, wouldn't it be better to call her over directly?
With these doubts in mind, she took off her shoes, walked into the house, and put her bag on the couch.
"You're here!" The tone is calm, not a question, but a declarative sentence.
"Do you want water?"
Gu Jingxi's expression was calm at first, but when he saw Xia Xiaobai's eyes, which were still red and swollen, his face changed slightly, he frowned, and pulled Xia Xiaobai, who was about to turn around and pour water to drink.
The voice sounded calm, but it still couldn't hide the worry in his tone.
"Are you crying?"
Xia Xiaobai looked a little flustered, hurriedly turned his head to the side, and denied it unnaturally.
"Nope!" Her appearance of wanting to cover up, coupled with this unnatural expression, and her obviously red and swollen eyes, even if Gu Jingxi is an idiot, she can see it, not to mention, she is still so smart, so she naturally can't hide it.
He didn't bother to ask again, and directly pulled her over domineeringly, he already had a lot of strength, so with such a little force, Xia Xiaobai's whole body fell into his arms.
He unceremoniously hugged her tightly in his arms, staring straight at her face, Xia Xiaobai was a little embarrassed, struggling to get up, but unfortunately his hands were like iron tongs, no matter how she struggled, it was in vain.
Gu Jingxi stretched out his finger and touched it around her eye sockets, and when Xia Xiaobai didn't know what he was going to do, he suddenly put his finger to his lips and took a sip.
Inexplicably, he threw a sentence: "Well, it's a little salty, and a little astringent." ”
Xia Xiaobai's eyes widened, looking at Gu Jingxi in front of him, he ate her tears just now?
Gu Jingxi's action made her forget about her struggle for a while, and looked at him in a daze, as if he hadn't eaten her tears just now, but something else.
Being stared at by her like this, Gu Jingxi's cold face finally showed a light smile.
"Do you think that if you look at me so closely, you will find that I am so handsome?"
This smile, coupled with this sentence, is really different from the image that Gu Jingxi has always given Xia Xiaobai, which makes her a little unable to react.
The super perverted Gu Jingxi will also smile so kindly, instead of smiling and not smiling, he will also joke with others like ordinary people? It's almost as incredible as the sun rising in the west.
Her clear eyes were wide open, because she had cried just now, her more moist eyes, red eyes, and a slightly reddish nose made her whole person look very eager to take care of her.
Gu Jingxi's heart was touched by something again, and it hurt faintly, so he pulled Xia Xiaobai over a little more, and leaned his face over.
Xia Xiaobai instinctively wanted to retreat, because of nervousness, her long eyelashes couldn't stop trembling slightly.
She thought that Gu Jingxi was going to kiss her, but Gu Jingxi only moved closer to her, and stared at her face quietly with a pair of eyes without the slightest desire.
"You haven't told me yet, what are you crying about? Did your family say you did, or was it something else? ”
The two of them were very close, so when he spoke, the hot breath he exhaled was all sprayed on her face, crispy and numb.
She blinked and lowered her eyes: "I'm fine, I just got blown by the wind, so it's like crying"