There was a sound of footsteps behind me, and I panicked and put down the mooncake box and turned around, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to find something to shake off the ashes." ”

Li Xiaoai just smiled and shook her head lightly, "It's okay, you can use that lid." She walked to the cabinet and took the initiative to lift the lid of the mooncake box and put it next to my cigarette.

I snuffed out the cigarette, and I walked into the corner of the living room with the ash and cigarette butts, emptied them into the trash can, cleaned them and walked back to the balcony.

Through the glass door of the balcony, Li Xiaoai seemed to be a little distracted in the inconspicuous box, those things should belong to her, but time passed, and the box was full of her past.

I returned the lid of the cleaned mooncake box to her, but she rummaged through the box at random, her fingers running over the clutter, full of memories. But suddenly, she stopped, and there was a silver-white disc attached to the silver-white metal bottom under the box, and if you were not careful, you would not have noticed that there would be a disc there. Li Xiaoai pulled it out and looked at it carefully, looking a little strange.

"Your old discs?" I thought there must be a nostalgic record of past videos or something like that.

Unexpectedly, she shook her head and looked surprised, "No, this is not my CD, the box is from when I was a child, but who would hide such a CD in such an inconspicuous place?" ”

After thinking for a moment, "It should be the person who knows you best, but others can't recognize this box." ”

Don't think about it, except for her father, Li Shukang, the former owner of this house, I'm afraid there will be no one else.

"Dong Jian and Liu Lian have been back with me several times, according to the word my father left me, home, almost turned the room upside down but didn't find anything. I've even opened this box, but I've missed it. She picked it up and stared at the disc carefully.

"There aren't many devices that can play CDs now, so I thought of putting them in a box that only you care about, so I'd better put them away carefully." I was a little curious about the contents of the disc, but I didn't mean to offend her privacy.

"I happen to have a DVD player at home, and the rest of the place is probably not convenient to play, if you don't mind, can you accompany me to see it?" On the balcony at night, Li Xiaoai's eyes flashed with a faint light.

Maybe I'm the one she trusts the most now.

"Okay." I smiled.

The living room displays an old plasma TV and DVD player, which became the trendy household appliances of the era during their brief existence. At that time, TVs in the same period were just square TVs that were not as colorful as giant bricks, and DVD players were clearer and more luxurious electronic products than VCD players.

Li Xiaoai squatted down and put the disc into the DVD player, carefully checked it and said to himself, "I haven't turned on the machine for so many years, I can't even find the remote control, and I don't know if it can be used." ”

The TV and DVD player, which did not expect much, did not disappoint their former little owners, and everything was normal and began to play a carefully edited video footage, and Li Xiaoai walked back to the sofa and sat down beside me.

On TV, Li Shukang was facing the camera lens, fiddling with his not dense bangs with his hand, his expression was hesitant and anxious, and his tone was lost mixed with dullness, "Xiao Ai, Dad hesitated for a long time and didn't know whether to record this video, and I'm not sure if you can find this DVD disc, in fact, it's not a good thing that a lot of secrets will make it disappear with the years, Dad doesn't have time to say goodbye to you, forgive me for my unspeakable secrets." ”

I glanced sideways at Li Xiaoai, who was silent, and perhaps the calmer she was, the more her heart was surging.

"I haven't let you come back all these years, and my father doesn't want to go to Hong Kong to see you, in fact, I've been thinking about you all the time, but sometimes I feel that I can't look back and I can't raise my head, so..." Li Shukang was facing the camera with mixed feelings, his brows tightened, "You see this video, I may have gone to atone for my sins, Xiao Ai, don't blame Dad, all this was originally for you, for our incomplete home." ”

Seeing Li Shukang's live-action video at this time, Li Xiaoai found it difficult to control her emotions, although she didn't see it out of control, she still covered her mouth, and her face was haggard.

Li Shukang in the video adjusted his mood, revealed his former stern expression and said sharply, "Xiao Ai, you can only watch this video by yourself, and you must smash the DVD disc immediately after watching it." Remember! It's about your safety! ”

After listening to Li Shukang's words, I stood up, and after thinking about it, I always felt that Li Shukang's words in the video just now implied some information that was unknown to everyone, including Li Xiaoai, maybe this was the last time their father and daughter met, although I was also curious, but I should avoid it.

Just about to take a step, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a cold hand, and when he looked back, Li Xiaoai was looking at me with his head tilted and looking at me with almost pleading eyes, "It's okay, if it's about my safety..." ”

I was stunned for a moment, my wrist still being gently tugged, and I suddenly felt closer to each other when I looked at myself reflected in her eyes.

But how do I say goodbye to her? How do I leave if I don't have a chance to speak? The mind kept thinking, but the body sat back in place, and sometimes the reason was too much to control the emotions.

The video did not pause, and Li Shukang began to tell an unknown secret.