I want to hear you talk to me, and I like it when you're silent.

- Xia Yuyang

When Xie Xiaonuan returned home, he found that Xie's father was sitting on the sofa, with a cigarette in his mouth that was half lit, and the room was filled with a strong smell of smoke.

"Dad, you're back, cough cough, why did you smoke today." Xie Xiaonuan was so smoked by the smell of smoke that tears fell straight down, and he couldn't stop coughing.

When Father Xie heard his daughter's voice, he quickly extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up and smiled apologetically at her, "I'm sorry, I saw that you weren't at home, so I smoked." ”

Xie Xiaonuan snorted lightly, but still chose to forgive his father, walked to the kitchen and opened the window for ventilation, and the fresh air instantly circulated in the room, making people feel refreshed.

Xie Xiaonuan was in a good mood, and turned his head to look at Xie's father, "Dad, are you done with work?" ”

"I work...... Well, yes, it's done, it's done......" Father Xie's expression changed slightly, and he repeated this sentence I don't know how many times.

Xie Xiaonuan looked at his father's stammering appearance, and really felt that something was extremely wrong, and he couldn't help but think about it by himself.

Father Xie found Xie Xiaonuan standing still, hanging his head and not knowing what he was thinking, and he realized that his emotions had affected his daughter.

He hurriedly picked up a small gift box from the table and handed it to her, "This is a gift that Dad bought for you when he was on a business trip, see if you like it?" ”

"Dad, you're so nice!"

Sure enough, Xie Xiaonuan's big eyes were full of surprise, and his shoulders instantly collapsed after speaking, "Last time it was an exercise, this time it won't be a school supplies again, right......?"

Father Xie smiled and focused his loving gaze on his daughter.

"Of course not, last time it was my father who was not good, and he only cared about letting you learn and progress, but he forgot that you were still a little girl, open it and take a look, you will definitely like it."

Xie Xiaonuan was overjoyed, curious about what was inside, so he opened the gift.

It was a pair of dazzling earrings, slowly blooming in front of her.

For a moment, Xie Xiaonuan only felt that his eyes were hot, and there was already a rippling light in his eyes.

She had never received such a beautiful gift, and what she liked was personally given by her dearest father, and she was indescribably touched in her heart.

"Dad, I like it very much." Xie Xiaonuan was a little choked and trembled.

Father Xie looked at his daughter's face, thinking of the accident she experienced when she was a child, and felt extremely guilty in his heart, so he took a step closer to her and hugged her gently.

"If you like it, Xiao Nuan, as long as you want something, Dad will give it to you." Father Xie spoke softly to her, but sourness gradually welled up in his throat.

The past is like smoke, but at this moment, it is piled up in my heart all of a sudden, and I don't know how to let go of it for a while.

The air was filled with countless dull factors, and the two people had their own thoughts, hugging each other tightly and being silent.

I heard a "click" on the door, and the two of them looked at the door at the same time.

At this moment, Xie's mother opened the door, carrying two large plastic bags of ingredients in her hands, and after seeing the two people in the living room, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and then chuckled.

"What are you doing here, staging a big drama of father-daughter love? How can I be missing as an audience! ”

Xie Xiaonuan was shocked to realize that he and his father were still hugging, and hurriedly pushed him away, but Dad Xie didn't react for a while, staggered, and finally stood firm on the sofa.

Mother Xie looked at Father Xie's ugly appearance, and her eyes were immediately full of smiles, until his eyebrows wrinkled more and more tightly, and Mother Xie stopped laughing and walked into the kitchen.

"Dad, are you alright?" Xie Xiaonuan looked at her father, who was standing still, she smiled and scratched her head embarrassedly.

"It's okay, you can go back to your room." Father Xie said to her, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a delicate paper bag at the entrance, and a stuffed rabbit, his eyes flickering brightly and darkly.

"Wait—"

Xie Xiaonuan was stopped by Father Xie, and she turned back in confusion, "What's wrong?" ”

Father Xie pointed in the direction of the door, "That's your thing, you forgot to take it." ”

Xie Xiaonuan said as he looked at his fingers, and his heart was beating so fast that he almost jumped out of his throat, isn't that ...... What Lu Zihao gave her......

Her fingers clenched slightly, and she felt that time was passing so slowly at this moment, as if she could hear the "tick, tick" of time, and the sound of her own heartbeat.

"Xiao Nuan, what are you stunned about, isn't it your thing?" Father Xie asked again, and the smile in his eyes gradually froze.

Xie Xiaonuan hurriedly returned, "It's mine." After saying that, he strode to the door, his slender fingers tremblingly grasped the bag, and he didn't dare to look at his father again, and hurried back to the bedroom.

Father Xie looked at the figure who fled from the wilderness, thought for a long time, and his face had returned to a calm look.

"Hongwei, come over and help, I'm going to cook a few more fresh dishes today." Xie's mother's voice came from the kitchen.

Dad Xie's thoughts were pulled back, he said "yes", and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

"How's it going, Hongwei, have you found any results from the investigation?" Mother Xie carefully chopped the shredded radish and asked Father Xie quietly.

Father Xie walked to the vegetable sink, let go of the faucet, and turned his head to look at the closed bedroom door, and then relieved.

"I didn't find any eyewitnesses from that year, and I heard that I just moved out some time ago, so I don't know where I moved." Father Xie sighed slightly.

When Mother Xie heard this, her heart thumped suddenly, her hand held the handle of the knife and tightened it slightly, and the blade tilted to the side, slashing straight at her fingers.

"What do you say? How could it be such a coincidence? Mother Xie didn't feel the pain at all, and still stared at Father Xie intently.

Father Xie noticed that blood was flowing from Xie's mother's fingers, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly took a towel, trembling and reaching out to cover it.

"You sit on the couch and don't move, I'll take care of it for you." Father Xie only felt unspeakably distressed, and after helping her to the sofa, he quickly went to find the medicine box.

Mother Xie didn't care about the injury on her hand, leaned back on the sofa, her eyes were almost dull, and she muttered over and over again, "How can this be...... How can this be......"

Father Xie treated her wounds urgently, and his hands were also stained with a little oozing blood, and finally the blood was no longer flowing out, and he was already in a cold sweat.

Looking up and seeing Xie's mother's sluggish appearance, Xie's father also had red circles in his eyes, as if he had irrepressible sadness and pain, so he stood up and raised his hand to gently wrap his arms around her shoulders.

"Don't be like this, I can't shirk the responsibility for what happened back then, and the sudden disappearance of the eyewitness shows that someone must be secretly manipulating this matter."

Mother Xie looked at him suddenly, her dark pupils were full of horror, "That'...... What should we do......"

Father Xie patted her back comfortingly, "Don't worry, I have recently found a lot of friends to investigate, and I believe that it will not be long before there will be eyebrows." ”

Mother Xie relieved her heart and muttered weakly, "We must not let it go...... The unforgivable sin cannot be spared. ”

Dad Xie said "um", only to feel that his heart was like a mess, and he couldn't figure it out.

Xie Xiaonuan sat at the desk, staring at the shining earrings on the table in a daze, and was distracted for a long time.

When she first received the gift from her father, she was indeed moved for a moment, but now, she is more suspicious and inquisitive in her heart.

She had clearly said in righteous words before that she would resolutely not get her ears pierced, even if she didn't buy those beautiful trinkets for the rest of her life, she didn't want to let her ears have a little wound.

She didn't know what it meant for her dad to give this gift suddenly, her dad knew that he didn't like ear piercing, how could he give earhook earrings, could it be that he was too forgetful and couldn't remember clearly......

Recently, a series of strange things have happened, one by one, so that she can't react, and even her closest parents seem to have changed.

What was the reason for such a big change in the people around her, she couldn't figure it out for a while, so she shook her head helplessly and said to herself, "What's wrong......

At this moment, Xie Xiaonuan's mobile phone rang, she saw that it was Xia Yuyang, thought about it, and connected it.

"Xie Xiaonuan, you can really do it." Xia Yuyang's voice was pleasant and lazy, and it sounded exceptionally crisp in a quiet room.

He was holding a set of math problems in his hand, yes, this was the "gift" that Xie Xiaonuan gave him.

Xie Xiaonuan could guess his angry appearance sitting on the sofa, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"How did I recruit you to provoke you." Xie Xiaonuan asked pretending to be innocent, blinking his eyes wide as he spoke.

"What's the matter, what a 'good' gift you gave me." Xia Yuyang gritted his teeth and said, hearing the familiar voice on the other side of the phone, his eyes flashed with a little tenderness.

"I just think I can't do these questions myself, so it's more practical to give you this top student." Xie Xiaonuan reached out and played with the earrings and explained softly.

A faint smile hung on the corner of Xia Yuyang's mouth, and a hint of playfulness welled up in his heart, "It's been so long, and you're finally willing to face up to your own shortcomings." ”

"What's lacking?" Xie Xiaonuan asked suspiciously.

"IQ ...... It's not high. Xia Yuyang joked.

"Xia Yuyang! You! Xie Xiaonuan was completely enraged by his attitude, "If you want to make fun of me again, I'll hang up the phone." ”

"Don't! I have something to say to you. Xia Yuyang hurriedly stopped her and patronized her, but he hadn't said anything serious.

"What do you want to say?" Xie Xiaonuan pretended to be angry, but in the end he was reluctant to hang up the phone.

There was no sound on the other side of the phone for a long time, so quiet that even Xie Xiaonuan could hear the subtle breathing sound over there, and she couldn't help but ask again, "What do you want to say?" ”

Xia Yuyang sighed almost undetectably, "Xiao Nuan, can you promise me to protect yourself?" ”

"Huh?" Xie Xiaonuan was stunned for a moment, "Why did you suddenly say such a headless sentence." ”

"I was just too scared." Xia Yuyang snorted, "Because the friends who are with me are either injured or leave me, I'm afraid you will also ......."

In the end, he had a heavy nasal voice.