From this night on, Fang Siying understood one thing, that is: there is no friendship between her and this Mrs. Bai. Not only did there be no friendship, they were hostile almost from the beginning. Fang Siying had expected a series of difficult days, and for the first few days, she had been on her toes, waiting for the storm that might come at any moment. However, nothing happened. Fang Siying found that she and Erin almost didn't see each other, every morning, when Fang Siying took Tingting to school, Erin hadn't gotten up yet, and in the afternoon, when Fang Siying and Tingting came back, Erin had probably already gone out, and this time she went out, and she wouldn't come back until late at night. Such days were peaceful, and the initial sense of anxiety and fear when he walked into the Bai Mansion gradually disappeared, and Fang Siying began to care for Bai Tingting wholeheartedly. At breakfast, she asked Tingting to drink a glass of milk and eat an egg. At noon, Tingting brought a bento (lunch box), the content of the bento, she personally studied the menu with Yazhu in order to increase nutrition and change the taste, Fang Siying herself, and at noon she was in the school with a partner, she would never be used to eating a lunch box. Dinner has now become the most prudent meal, because, I don't know when Bai Peiwen likes to go downstairs to eat, and during the banquet, he often spends it in the laughter and whispering of Tingting, and the gentle care of Fang Siying. Bai Peiwen rarely spoke, but he was always keen to appreciate everything around him, and sometimes, he would stop his chopsticks in fascination just to listen intently to the conversation between Fang Siying and Tingting.

Tingting's change was swift and rapid, her cheeks flushed, her height rose amazingly, and her appetite increased several times...... And the biggest change was that her constant laughter began to circulate throughout the house like silver bells. Her happy nature was fully revealed, and her whole body seemed to radiate endless joy, and she snuggled up to Fang Silk like a little bird all day long. Even the kind-hearted Yazhu once said to Fang Siying with tears in her eyes: "This child is getting better and better, she has long needed someone like Teacher Fang to take care of her." Fonsie was content with her work, and even indulged in the joy of it, and she forgot for a moment the United States, and forgot about Ari, yes, Ari, who had written such a stern letter to rebuke her, and to scold her to the point of indecency, that she was a fool, that she was a madman, that she was a woman without feelings and a sense of responsibility. Let him go, let him scold, she knows Yali, in three months, he will have a new girlfriend, he is not willing to be lonely. Bai Peiwen goes to Taipei twice a week, and Fang Siying knows that he is going to the factory in Taipei to take care of some business in the factory, and the manager of the factory is an old man in his fifties, surnamed He, who often comes to Bai Zhai to report some things, or call to discuss business with Bai Peiwen. Fang Siying was surprised to find that although Bai Peiwen was a cripple, he handled the business concisely and crisply, decisively and boldly, whenever Fang Siying heard him explain to Manager He on the phone, she would sigh and think: "If he is not blind!" "If he is not blind, what will happen when he is not blind? Fang Siying is also often fascinated by this face. It was a male face, resolute, resolute, composed...... If you can get rid of the melancholy on the tips of his eyebrows, the desolation and helplessness at the corners of his mouth, he is beautiful! Pretty pretty! Fang Siying often thinks blankly, ten years ago, he was young and without disabilities, what was that like? The days slipped by smoothly, steady? Is it really smooth?

It was a Sunday afternoon, and Fang Siying left Bai Tingting for the first time and went to Taipei alone to buy a lot of things. When she returned to the Bai Mansion with those large bags and small bags, she was surprised to see Tingting sitting on the steps of the garden, holding her cheeks with her hands, with a sad face. "How are you sitting here? Tingting? Fang Si asked in surprise.

"I'll wait for you." The boy said pitifully, the corners of his mouth twitching. "Next time you go to Taipei, will you take me with you? I'll be very well-behaved and won't mess with you. ”

"Ahh Fang Siying smiled a little. "Tingting, you have become dependent, you have to learn to be independent! Come on, be happy, aren't I back now? Let's go upstairs, I have something to show you. ”

The kid hesitated. "Don't go in yet." She whispered.

"How?" She asked strangely, and then, she was taken aback, because she found a bruise the size of a wine glass on Tingting's cheek, and she crouched down, looked at the scar and said, "You touched such a big piece there?" Or did you fall down? The boy shook his head and lowered his eyelids.

"Mom and dad had a fight, and the quarrel was so fierce." She said.

"Your mom didn't go out today?"

"No, I'm still angry in the living room."

"Why are you noisy?" "For the sake of money, my mother asked for a sum of money, but my father didn't give it."

"Oh, I see." Fang Si looked at the scars on Tingting's cheeks with amazement. "You've been plagued by pond fish again. Did she screw it? ”

Before Tingting could answer, the glass door suddenly opened, Fang Siying raised her head, and saw Erin standing in the door, her face full of anger. Standing there, her slender body was straight, and a pair of beautiful eyes were as cold as ice, and they landed on Fang Siying's body fixedly. Fang Siying involuntarily stood up straight, meeting Erin's eyes, she didn't say a word, waiting for the other party to speak.

"You don't have to ask her," Erin's voice was cold and hard. "I can tell you, I screwed it, how?" "Y-you shouldn't have screwed her!" Fang Siying heard her own voice, angry, brave, trembling, tough. "She didn't provoke you, you shouldn't be angry with the child!" "Ho!" Eileen's eyes lit up. "Who are you? Do you think you are qualified to take charge of my house? The tutor bought for 2,000 yuan a month, do you think it's Tingting's protector? Yes, I hit her, what's the matter with you? The law doesn't say that mothers can't discipline their children, I beat her because she doesn't study well, she lies, she is ghostly, she is like the ghost of her dead ghost mother! Yes, I hit her! What can you do with me? As she spoke, she quickly raised her hand, and before Fang Siying could figure out what she meant, she slapped Bai Tingting with her hand. Tingting kept standing next to her, she didn't expect to be beaten at this time, so this slap hit her in the face firmly, the voice was so crisp and loud, she couldn't stand, staggered and almost fell. Fang Siying let out an exclamation, as soon as her hand was released, the paper package and carton in her hand scattered to the ground, she rushed over and held Tingting. Stopping in front of Tingting's body, she was really excited and furious. And it was shocking and painful. She gasped and glared at Erin, trembling with excitement, and shouted, "You can't hit her!" You can't! You ......" she was speechless, anger clogging her throat and breathing hard.

"Can't?" Eileen's eyebrows were raised so high, she looked murderous. "Get the hell out of here! I'm going to kill this little guy today! Look at her still playing the little pitiful, don't play! She pounced again, Fang Siying quickly pushed Tingting behind her, she stood upright in front, at this moment, she didn't have any thoughts, she just wanted to protect this child, that was afraid of fighting for her life. Erin rushed over and stretched out her hand several times, but because of Fang Siying's obstruction, she couldn't pull the child, so she pretended to be crazy and stupid and pounced on Fang Siying several times, Fang Siying endured it, still stubbornly protecting Tingting. Erin began to curse sharply:

"What do you care? Who asked you to be a bodyguard? You old virgin! You psychopathic old witch! You're going to get out of the way! You didn't raise this mongrel! If you're really nosy, we'll see! I'll leave you unable to eat! Suddenly, a loud shout rang out at the door:

"Eileen! You're going crazy again! ”

"Okay, here we go again!" Erin gasped and said, "It looks like you are powerful! What a coalition party! A blind man! An old virgin! A little mongrel! What a powerful force! I can't afford to mess with you, but let's do it! We'll see! After saying that, she left them behind and rushed into the garage in great strides, without using Lao You, she immediately started the car herself, and drove the car away at a high speed.

Here, Fang Siying was so stimulated, she felt that she couldn't control her emotions, she didn't even look at Tingting's scars, she rushed past Bai Peiwen by herself, ran upstairs, rushed into her room, closed the door, she fell on the bed, took off her glasses, and cried bitterly.

She had only been crying for a moment when she heard someone knocking on the door, and she ignored it, but the handle turned, and the door was pushed open, and someone ran to her bedside. Then, she felt Tingting sobbing and pushing her with her hand, while shouting in a low voice and tactfully: "Teacher, don't cry!" Teacher! ”

Fang Siying raised her head, through a layer of tears, she saw that half of the child's cheeks were already red and swollen, she gently stroked the scars on Tingting's face with her hand, and then, she hugged Tingting into her arms, crying even more. She cried and cried out in pain: "Tingting! Oh, you wretched little thing! ”

Tingting was shouted by Fang Siying, and couldn't help but feel sad, wrapped her hands around Fang Siying's waist, buried her head deep in Fang Siying's arms, she said "wow", and cried loudly. Just as they hugged and cried, Bai Peiwen walked in softly, stood there, he stood for a long time, and then he sighed deeply.

"I'm sorry, Miss Fang." He said bitterly.

Fang Siying wiped away her tears, and it took a while for her to stop sobbing. Pushing Tingting away, she carefully rubbed her handkerchief on the child's cheek. She was already able to control herself, blowing her nose and taking a deep breath, she barely squeezed out a smile at Tingting. "Don't cry, good boy, I provoked you." Now, go wash your face and get my paper bag downstairs, okay? "Okay." Tingting said obediently, hugged Fang Siying's neck again, and kissed her on the cheek. Then she ran downstairs.

Here, Fang Siying was silent for a long time, and Bai Peiwen was also silent, for a long time, it was Fang Siying who broke the silence first. "Why should such a marriage be maintained?" She asked, softly.

"She wants a divorce," he said, "but how can I agree if I want to give her the whole factory as a condition for divorce?" ”

"How could you marry her?" He was silent, and she felt his breathing heavy.

"I'm blind!" He burst out with a pun.

She felt a pang in her heart. Standing up, she wanted to go to the bathroom to wash her face, and Bai Peiwen pleaded and shouted: "Don't go!" She stood still and looked at Bai Peiwen in a daze.

"Tell me," his voice was quick and urgent, with pain and longing. "How did you end up in my family?"

"You hired me." Fang Siying said, her voice was so reluctant, so weak.

"Yes, I hired you," he murmured, "but where are you from?" Where did you come from on that fifteen afternoon? Another world? ”

"That's right, another world." She said, shivers down her spine. "On the other side of the sea, on the other side of the earth."

Bai Peiwen still had to say something, but Bai Tingting walked in panting with those big bags of things, Fang Siying walked over, took the packages, and put them on the bed. Bai Peiwen stopped talking, but he didn't leave either, sitting in the chair in front of his desk, he listened carefully and keenly to everything around him with a thoughtful look on his face. "Tingting, come here." Fang Siying shouted and asked her to stand next to the bed. Then, she opened the packages one by one, and every time she opened one, Tingting let out an exclamation, and every time she opened one, Tingting's eyes widened, and when she opened them all, Tingting was no longer out of breath, her face was swollen and red, her lips trembled, and she opened her mouth and said, "Old-teacher, you buy these, do-what?" ”

"It's all for you, Tingting!" Fang Siying said, piling things in front of Bai Tingting. "Old—teacher!" The child let out a low cry, and touched the objects with his hand in distrust. It was three different dolls, the most elaborate of all, the ones with eyes that would open and close, one with blond hair and a flamboyant, crepe ballerina. One was a boy with freckles and a bat, and the other was a little black man. In addition to these dolls, there are three beautiful sets of clothes, one is a skirt with blue and gold buttons, one is an autumn dress with big red velvet, and one is pure white. Tingting touched this, and then that, and her face turned pale. Raising her head, she looked at Fang Siying with tearful eyes, and whispered, "You—why did you buy these?" ”

"What? Don't you like it? Fang Siying took the child and looked at her deeply. You see, that's the golden beard, that's the clown, that's the little black charcoal, so that your rag doll won't be lonely, right? As for these clothes, let me tell you, Tingting, I like girls to dress up beautifully, are you willing to take them to your room to wear them, does it fit? I thought, there must be no problem. ”

"Huh!" The child cried out again, and at last had a real sense of the incident, and tears rolled down her cheeks, and she buried her head in Fang Siying's arms to hide the tears that had been shed by her extreme joy, and then, she raised her head, and rushed to the bedside, and she picked up the doll, and the doll, and looked at the dress, and looked at the dress, and shouted in a continuous voice: "Oh, teacher! Oh, teacher! Oh, teacher! Oh, teacher, ......" Then, she took the blonde doll and rushed to her father's side, shouting excitedly, "Daddy, touch it!" Dad, Mr. Fang gave me a lot of things, a lot, a lot, a lot! Oh! Father! You touch! ”

Bai Peiwen touched the doll gently, he didn't say anything, his face was thoughtful and unfathomable. "Oh, teacher, can I bring these things to my room?" Tingting lifted her glowing little face and looked at Fang Siying.

"Of course," said Fang Siying, knowing that the child was anxious to close the door and enjoy her sudden pleasure. "It's time for you to take these new dolls and introduce them to your old doll, it's been stuffy for so long, and don't forget to try on clothes!"

The child rushed into his house with his things in his hand.

Fang Siying stood beside the bed, slowly packing up the wrapping paper, boxes, ropes and other things on the bed. Being alone in a room with Bai Peiwen made her feel nervous and oppressed. In particular, Bai Peiwen always had such a thoughtful, unfathomable expression on his face, so that she couldn't figure out what was going on in his heart.

"Are you blaming a negligent father in this way?" He finally spoke. "I don't mean to blame anyone......"

"So, you're 'punishing'?" He asked, nailed.

Fang Siying stood still, and she looked directly at Bai Peiwen's stubborn face.

"But your tone is full of reproach and dissatisfaction with me!" She said, slightly angry. "Punishment? What qualifications do I have to punish people? 2,000 yuan a month to buy a tutor only! "That's cruel!" "These are your 'wife' words!" She accentuated the word "madam" and swept the paper on the bed into the paper basket. "Cruel? This is a cruel world! The cruelest thing is that you are stealing the hearts of a child. You're torturing her, abusing her, and if it weren't for this child, I wouldn't have spent an extra hour in your house! ”

"Really?" Bai Peiwen's voice was so low, and a layer of pain stained his brows again. "You think I don't love that child?"

"Do you love it?" Fang Siying asked. "Well, you don't know that her closet is empty, you don't know that her only toy is a broken doll picked up from the hillside, you don't know that she lives in fantasies, making up care and pity for herself all day long, you don't even know that she is skinny, small and pale!"

Bai Peiwen shivered. "No one ever told me that." He said that the voice was trembling. "She is like her biological mother, enduring humiliation and burden, and seeking perfection...... She's totally like her birth mother! ”

Fang Siying's heart contracted for a while, and it was the "biological mother" again! She was afraid to hear those two words. "You have a good child," she deliberately ignored the topic of "biological mother", and said earnestly, "love her well!" Mr. Kashiwa. Although she doesn't have a mother, she still has a father! "Is she pretty?" Bai Peiwen asked.

"Yes, she looks like you."

"Like me?" Bai Peiwen was stunned for a moment. "I want her to be like her birth mother! Her biological mother is a beauty. "It's my birth mother again! Fang Siying turned her head away. Suddenly, Bai Peiwen took out something from his clothes pocket, handed it to Fang Siying, and said:

"Open it!" Fang Si was stunned, she subconsciously reached out and took it, it was a small golden rooster heart, a heart shaped by two roses, very elegantly made. She slowly opened the heart, and there was a small photo embedded in it, she stared at the photo that had already changed color, and she couldn't move anywhere.

This is a group photo, a group photo of a man and a woman, the man in the photo, of course, has no problem with Bai Peiwen, young, beautiful, with bright eyes, full of spirit and vitality, love and happiness. What about women? Long hair hangs down the shoulders, bright eyes and bright teeth, a surprisingly gentle face, eyes full of dream-like intoxication, and the thin little lips have a sweet smile. Fang Siying stared, her eyes couldn't help but get wet. "This is the only photo I still keep, and this is the only one that Hanyan doesn't like to take pictures." "Smoking?" She muttered those two words.

"Oh, I didn't tell you? That's her name, Zhang Hanyan, and after I married her, I named our house Hanyan Villa. Smoke! Her person resembles her name, elegant, chic, and elegant! ”

"Do you still miss her?" Fang Siying said with some pain.

"Yes, I will miss her for the rest of my life!"

Fang Siying shook for a moment. Closing the chicken heart, she handed it back to Bai Peiwen. She couldn't help it, she looked at the face carefully, Bai Peiwen seemed to be fantasizing about something, his face was vivid and full of emotion.

"Do you believe in ghosts? Miss Fang? He said.

"No," Fang Si was stunned. "I don't think I believe it, at least, I don't believe it, I haven't seen it." "But, she's here." "Who's there?" Fang Siying was taken aback.

"Smoke!" "Where is it?" "Around me, around me, in the ruins of Smoky Heights! I can feel it, she exists! "Oh, Mr. Bai," Fang Siying's eyes widened. You scared the hell out of me! ”

"Really?" There was something special about his voice, and his mind didn't know where it was floating. "One night ago, I went to the ruins of Smoky Hills, and I heard her walking, I heard her sighing, and I even heard the small shredding of her clothes." "Oh, Mr. Kashiwa!" "I'll tell you, she exists!" Bai Peiwen's tone was firm and his face was warm. Fang Siying was dazzled, confused, and moved by his expression, and she felt speechless. "She exists!" He continued, trapped in his own contemplations and hallucinations. "Can you believe it? Miss Fang? ”

"Or......" Fang Si said in a huff, "You are thoughtful, and ...... An illusion was created. "Delusion!" Bai Peiwen shouted. "I have no delusions! My senses are sharp, a blind man, will have more than mortal sensing powers, I know, she is there for me! ”

Fang Si looked at the warm face in amazement, the face that was burning with intense pain and anticipation. A man, waiting for a ghost, is this possible? She shuddered, trembled deeply. Then, she walked over, stood in front of Bai Peiwen, gently pressed her hand on Bai Peiwen's shoulder, and said sincerely:

"God bless you, Mr. Kashiwa. Bless you, Mr. Kashiwa. May you find your happiness one day, Mr. Kashiwa. ”

With tears in her eyes, she hurried away and went to the pavilion to see her try on the clothes.