Crunch!

There was a sound of the door opening, and the dimly lit room was immediately illuminated by the influx of light. As far as the eye can see, although the room is so simple that there is hardly a decent piece of furniture, it is fortunately well tied, but it gives people a very chic feeling.

Ling Xi put down the things in his hand, closed the door, and called out to his father's small room in the house.

"Father, I'm back. ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

After a while, accompanied by a violent cough, a middle-aged man with extremely disheveled hair and beard, looking very sloppy, pushed open the door and walked out. The middle-aged man looked groggy at the moment, as if he hadn't woken up yet, and he was even a little shaky when he walked. Ling Xi knew that his father must have been drinking more again. Although the middle-aged man is unkempt, the whole person looks sloppy, but under the scattered beard is a quite handsome and resolute face, and it does not look a trace of age under the ruthless washing of time, it is conceivable that as long as this person is not as sloppy as he is now, he must be quite handsome.

This middle-aged man is Ling Xi's father, Ling Lie.

"Father, are you alright? I told you to drink a little less, which is not good for your health. ”

Seeing that Ling Lie kept coughing, Ling Xi hurriedly ran over to help him sit down and gently stroked his back.

"It's okay, it's old. ”

Ling Lie waved his hand, signaling that Ling Xi didn't have to worry, but he still coughed.

"Father, why don't you go to Sunset City another day?

Ling Xi gently slapped Ling Lie's back, he also knew that this was his father's old problem, but he still couldn't help but worry.

"It's useless, it's that there are not many people in the whole world who can cure my disease. ”

Ling Lie smiled indifferently, he couldn't be clearer about his situation.

"Father's ......"

Ling Xi wanted to stop, he felt that the past that his father deliberately concealed was not simple, and the secrets carried by his father were like a thousand miles of fog on the sea, even if he didn't know a little. He wanted to take on some for his father, but he never asked. He always felt that he was missing something before he could take on this with his father. And he knew that even if he asked, his father would not tell him anything, but would make his father unhappy and remember some bad old things.

"Go cook, I'm hungry. ”

Of course, Ling Lie knew what Ling Xi wanted to ask, he shook his head, obviously he didn't want to say it, or didn't want to recall that memory, it was that memory that made him feel that he owed too much to his wife and son.

"Hmm. ”

Ling Xi nodded, turned around and went to cook, he naturally knew in his heart that some things were not as simple as they seemed, although Ling Lie had many secrets that he didn't know, but Ling Lie never told him that he must have his own troubles, including his mother, whom he had never met. When he was a child, Ling Xi saw that other children had fathers and mothers, so he ran to ask Ling Lie where his mother went, and that time, Ling Lie seemed to have the scar in his heart been revealed, and the resolute Ling Lie actually hugged him and cried. That was the only time Ling Xi saw his father crying, he was deeply touched by Ling Lie's crying appearance, he never thought that his father, who seemed indestructible to him, would cry so sadly and painfully. From then on, he would never mention his mother in front of Ling Lie again, no matter how much he wanted to know anything about his mother, he had to keep it in his heart.

"Alas......"

Ling Lie looked at Ling Xi, who was busy cooking, and couldn't help but flash a trace of unbearability and pain in his eyes, he knew that his father was very unqualified, so that Ling Xi, who was still young, had to bear so much pain, and Ling Xi lost his childhood early. He saw the hardships that Ling Xi had endured for so many years, he did not fulfill his responsibilities as a father, and he did not take good care of Ling Xi as he promised his wife. There were many things he couldn't tell Ling Xi, even about Ling Xi's mother, Ling Xi only knew the name. But he had no choice, he had to do it.

The meal is very simple, which also shows that Ling Xi's family is not having a good time.

"I'm full. ”

Ling Xi didn't eat much, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand.

"Xi'er, you eat more, I can't eat much. ”

Ling Lie looked at Ling Xi, who was a little thin, and his heart was even more painful, he naturally knew that the latter wanted him to eat more to eat so little, the latter was originally the age of growing his body, and his usual meals were simple and he ate little, so his nutrition was extremely unable to keep up.

"It's okay, father, you can eat. ”

Ling Xi smiled, and said that the children of the poor were in charge of the house early, and although he was young, his mind was already very mature.

"Alas!"

Of course, Ling Lie knew his son's character, which made him feel even more uncomfortable, he was very reluctant for Ling Xi to grow up in this way, but he had no choice.

Although Ling Xi matured early, the price he paid was his entire childhood.

Meals are few and eaten naturally and quickly. When Ling Xi cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhao Hu's fat man ran in.

"Hello, Uncle Ling. ”

Zhao Hu greeted Ling Lie politely, although he didn't know why Ling Lie was so kind to Ling Xi, he still respected Ling Lie very much.

"Zhao Hu is here. ”

Ling Lie replied with a smile.

After saying hello, Zhao Hu ran towards Ling Xi, helped Ling Xi clean up, kept winking at him, and asked:

"Brother Ling Xi, did you ask?"

"Ask what?"

Ling Xi didn't react for a while, and looked at Zhao Hu with a puzzled expression, not knowing what he meant.

This made Zhao Hu quite helpless, why was Ling Xi not interested in cultivation?

"Oh, I haven't asked yet. ”

Ling Xi reacted quickly, knowing what Zhao Hu was talking about.

"Then you go and ask, I can't wait, I can finally go to the Sunset Academy I yearn for. ”

Zhao Hu said a little impatiently.

Ling Xi was not in a hurry at all, he still cleaned up leisurely, and said:

"What's the hurry, wait until I'm ready. ”

Zhao Hu was so anxious that he was about to jump on the side, but Ling Xi finally packed up everything, and then walked to Ling Lie's side and said:

"Father, I want to cultivate. ”

Ling Xi didn't say much, and asked Ling Lie directly.

"Cultivation?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Ling Lie's decadent eyes, and he looked at Ling Xi and asked:

"Sunset Academy in Sunset City has been recruiting new students recently, are you two going there?"

Ling Xi nodded and said:

"Well, if you succeed in cultivation, you can find someone to cure your father's illness. ”

Ling Xi's words made a rare smile appear on Ling Lie's face, and his heart was both moved and guilty. All along, it was not he, the father, who was taking care of his son, but the son who was taking care of him. No matter what his son does, the starting point is for his father, and it is his decadence and indifference every day that makes Ling Xi more sensible and stronger than other children, but he is reluctant to Ling Xi to grow up in this way, so the price Ling Xi pays is too great.

Ling Lie put his hand on Ling Xi's shoulder and said seriously:

"Remember, don't panic when you go there, no matter what happens, I'll help you when you come back. ”

"Well, I remember. ”

Although Ling Xi felt a little inexplicable as to why his father was suddenly serious, he even felt that his father seemed to know what would happen when he went to Sunset Academy. In any case, he took his father's words to heart.

"Then I'll go to Sunset City with Zhao Hu, and I'll come back early. ”

"Uncle Ling, we are both fourteen years old, you don't have to worry about ours. ”

With that, Ling Xi and Zhao Hu went out.

"Time flies so fast, Xi'er is also fourteen years old, and that time has come. ”

Looking at the two people who went out, Ling Lie looked in the other direction again, with a look of hesitation on his face, and after sighing, he turned around and entered the room.