"What are you doing now?" He asked.

"Oh, I work for a real estate company." I only said the name of the company, but not the specific job title, because I thought it would be shameful for him to know that I was actually working as an assistant to a woman.

Anne's father nodded and said, "Well, yes, although the state now has strict control over real estate, the prospects are still very good." The young man has done a good job, and the future is still good! ”

I nodded and smiled dryly. I thought to myself if I let you know that I am using my salary to pay off my debts, and when I pay off my debts, I will roll up and get out, I wonder if you will think that my future is good.

At this time, Anne came out of the kitchen and said, "Brother, it's time to eat, you can help me bring the dishes." ”

I hurriedly got up and followed up with the kitchen, and I whispered to me Anne, "What's the matter with your dad here?" ”

"It's okay, he said he just came to see me and left after eating." Anne said flatly.

It could be seen from her expression that her father's arrival did not give her the slightest joy.

I know she hasn't untied her heart yet, and it's true that some things aren't as easy to let go of as she thinks.

At the dinner table, the three of us ate in silence, and neither of us spoke.

The tinkling sound of chopsticks hitting a plate makes the whole atmosphere even more eerie.

Anne kept her head down and ate the bowl of food, but I knew that she must not be as calm as she looked.

I was tempted to find something to talk about to ease the awkward atmosphere, but I couldn't think of anything to talk about at the dinner table.

I really regret why I didn't find an excuse to leave when I saw that it was Anne's father who opened the door for me, so that I can't even eat now.

I think it's better to leave early after eating, and if I'm not there, even if they probably won't have a pleasant conversation, it's better than having something to say.

After eating, I helped Anne clean up the dishes, sat on the sofa for a while, and helped Anne's father refill a cup of tea, and finally couldn't sit still anymore.

got up and said to the two of them, "Uncle, I still have something to go first, so I won't accompany you." Then he turned to Anne and said, "Anne, I'll come to see you another day." ”

"Brother, didn't you say you had something to do with me? Why are you leaving before you say anything? Anne said hurriedly when she saw that I was leaving.

Anne had apparently heard the conversation I had had with her father when I came.

"Actually, there is something big, I just want to ask you about your work. Uncle finally came once, you can accompany your uncle, and I will come to you again when I have time. ”

"It's okay, you can just say something." Anne remained indifferent.

I understand that she deliberately pretended not to care, no doubt just to make her father understand that he could not affect her life.

Seeing her like this, she had to explain her intentions: "I just saw that you have been on a business trip recently, and I want to remind you that you must do what you can at work, don't work too hard, and you must take care of yourself." ”

Before Anne could say this, her father asked her with a concerned expression, "Anne, are you having any problems?" If you have anything, you must tell your father! ”

Anne looked at her father, then at me and said, "It's nothing, my work is not hard at all, and besides, I'm used to it, it's nothing, don't bother you!" ”

Anne was looking at me when she said this, but I knew she was speaking to her father.

Anne's father sighed softly, and only said after a while: "I know that you have always been obsessed with my divorce from your mother, but you have never been willing to believe my words, I divorced your mother completely because there is no relationship between us, and it has nothing to do with your Aunt Wu at all!" ”

"I know you don't understand, but you're my daughter, no matter how much you don't understand, you're my daughter! Dad really doesn't want to see too hard, why can't you understand your dad's heart! ”

His emotions were a little excited, and in the end, there were some tears in the eyes of this upright man, and even the eyes of Annie seemed to have a hint of begging, and I felt a little unbearable to see it.

Anne, however, remained unmoved by his words, her expression was as calm as it seemed, and I knew that she had forged a strong heart in this matter.

"It's not that I don't understand you, it's that I'm used to living alone, and I don't like to be disturbed. Maybe you're right, I'm your daughter, and I know that you really care about me, but you don't know me, you don't know what I really need, I just want to live a peaceful life. Since I can do without my mother, I can also do without my father. And I've grown up, and I've long passed the age when I need my father's love and mother's love, can you understand this! ”

"Anne, I ......"

He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Anne.

"You don't need to say any more, since you've seen me, please go. I'm tired and need to rest! ”

Anne's father got up from the couch and looked at Anne with a blank look, his lips twitched a few times, but he didn't say anything, sighed again, and turned to walk out of the house.

Seeing his powerless look, I couldn't bear it, so I followed and said, "Uncle, I'll send you!" ”

He looked back at me and nodded.

When I got downstairs with him, I said, "Uncle, don't be angry, some things take some time, give her more time, I'm sure Anne will figure it out!" ”

Anne's father sighed, looked up at the sky, and turned back to me, "Can you sit with me?" ”

I nodded and led him to sit down at the flower bed in the neighborhood.

He sat down for a long time before saying, "I hope it can really be like you said, one day she will figure it out!" Just hope it's not too late. In fact, I can understand that Anne hates me, and her mother has always been by my side during my most difficult time, encouraging me and helping me. I was just a small civil servant at the time......"

At this point he paused, as if reminiscing about a bygone time. After a long time, he continued: "Later, I finally improved in my career and rose step by step. ”

"I thought that our lives would gradually get better, but I didn't expect that it was because of my rising position that my work became busier and my social interactions increased."

It was because of this that I had a conflict with Anne's mother, which eventually intensified. You know that once people are in a certain position, they become a little involuntarily, and finally lead to the final out-of-control. ”

"It's also because I didn't take into account Mother Anne's feelings at the time, and by the time I realized the seriousness of the matter, it was too late, and our relationship had reached a point of no return......"

"That's why Anne hates me, thinking that I don't want her mother if I get promoted, and she always insists that my divorce from her mother is because of her Aunt Wu, oh, which is my current wife. I've tried to explain to her all these years, but she never listened......"

As he spoke, he lowered his head, his face full of loneliness.

"Uncle, there is something I want to remind you that Anne and I have known each other for many years, and Anne has always been a person who distinguishes between right and wrong, and the reason why she doesn't forgive you may not be because she has any misunderstanding about you!"

He looked up at me with a look of doubt in his sad eyes.

I went on to say, "She doesn't forgive you, maybe it's just because you made him lose his mother." And then you start a family again, which is undoubtedly emotionally for her in the sensitive period of adolescence, and she has lost her father again. You just feel like your divorce isn't your fault and ignore how much it will hurt Anne! ”

He kept looking at me, his eyes gradually becoming a little confused, and then he lowered his head and muttered, "Is that so?" It turned out to be so, how could it be like this, how could it be like this......"

I patted him on the back: "Don't be sad, uncle, no matter what you did wrong, but you are Anne's father after all, and I'm sure she will figure it out." ”

He didn't seem to hear me, and hung his head motionless.

After a long time, he finally recovered some of his spirits, looked at me and said, "Xiao Wei, uncle asked you something!" ”

"Uncle Ni has anything to say, just say it!"

"Are you and Anne really just ordinary friends?"

I nodded.

"But I think Anne seems to be quite dependent on you, I can see that. As far as I know, Anne has never had a boyfriend, and she has been with you all these years from school to society, could it be that Anne's feelings for you have exceeded ordinary friends, do you know what I mean? ”

I was stunned, the meaning of his words could not be more obvious, and what I didn't understand was why he asked that.

"Uncle, you think too much, Anne and I are just confidants and friends, if he really has the dependence on me as you said, it is also the dependence between relatives, as for the rest, I think you must think too much." I hurriedly explained.

He bowed his head slightly as he listened to me.

"Since you say that, it seems that I am thinking too much. But Uncle still wants to ask you for one thing......" he stopped talking.

"Uncle, you are serious, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly, I will definitely do it if I can do it!"

"If, I mean if, really like I say, Uncle begs you not to hurt Anne."

"Although on the surface she came from a seemingly high-class family, you and I both know that she didn't get much love due to my marriage problems with her mother, so you can imagine how sensitive and fragile her emotions are."

"So I hope she doesn't get hurt emotionally anymore, and if that's what I say, I want you to take care of it. Can you promise uncle? ”

I listened to him silently, and my heart was a little moved, although his relationship with Anne has always been very stiff, but I can see that her love for her daughter has never diminished, although Anne never accepts his overtures and help, but he still does his best to protect his daughter.

It's just that in my opinion, his worries are really unnecessary, and I know the relationship between me and Anne best, and Anne has made it clear that her feelings for me are the feelings between friends, and they are no different from the feelings for Li Liang.

But seeing his solemn entrustment, I still gave him an affirmative answer.

"Uncle, don't worry, I promise you that I will never hurt Anne. Not only will I not, but I won't let anyone hurt Anne. ”

He smiled and nodded, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Then Anne will ask you to take care of it, and my uncle will rush back tonight, so I will leave first." ”

I nodded and walked out of the gate with him. A black sedan was already waiting at the door outside the door, and the white-gloved driver was respectfully waiting next to the car, and when he came out, he hurriedly greeted him.

After he left, I took out my phone and made a call to Anne.

"Uncle is gone!"

Anne on the other end of the line just hummed softly.

I tried to persuade her, but in the end she didn't say anything. I know that if I can't let go of such a thing, then the exhortation of outsiders will be useless at all. I looked at the window of Anne's house, sighed inwardly and hung up the phone.