In the early summer, the afternoon sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spills into the second floor of a villa in the golden area of Yicheng.

The sunlight through the floor-to-ceiling window fell on the girl who was looking in the mirror, and the long hair of the shawl shone with a golden light. Just like the kind of light that comes with the heroine in the TV series, the white nightdress wraps the looming graceful figure, small and ruddy lips, and asks the girl on the side with a smile on her peach cheeks.

"Xixi, look at how well I look in this outfit tonight, or if I look good in this outfit today."

This day is Xia Qing's coming-of-age ceremony, exclusive to the festival of children of non-rich or noble families.

The evening party is one of the most important activities for their class to communicate.

The girl, named Xixi, was busy packing away the girl's new clothes so that the bed didn't look so messy.

"Okay, Xixi, don't clean it up yet, help me refer to it, is the green skirt too sexy, this white, it looks too childish, it's so tangled"

Xixi turned her head and stared at the two clothes for a moment, as a child of a working-class family, she used all her brain cells, and still had no way to understand, why couldn't she choose one or two pieces in the clothing store for the sake of a party and buy a cabinet of new clothes and come back?

"I think white looks better, you're on your 18th birthday, not your 28th birthday, why are you so mature?" Xixi frowned.

"No, I actually said it, tonight, he wants to give me a big surprise, I must be carefully dressed, in case he allows me to be his girlfriend, after all, I am 18 years old and an adult"

Xia Qing smiled skillfully, and finally threw off the floral white dress, turned around and went to the cloakroom to change clothes.

Xixi smiled and shook her head at her good friend who was a nymphomaniac, and continued to turn around and clean up the things in the bed.

"My eldest miss, I've always had a question, can I ask for advice?"

"Please say," Xia Qing replied while changing clothes in the cloakroom.

"Why don't you buy one or two pieces that you want to wear at the clothing store, and buy so many unnecessary clothes that you don't have to wear, waste money so much, and have a restless conscience?"

Xixi laughed and complained.

"This, you don't understand, if you like it, you can buy it back, if you don't wear it today, you may wear it tomorrow, and I haven't lost it, how can it be called waste?"

"I see, it turns out that the rich people's view of consumption is like this. If you don't lose it, it's not wasted. Xixi suddenly realized and smiled.

"Look at it, which one do you think is good-looking, you can pick it casually, I'll give it to you" Xia Qing changed her clothes and admired herself in the mirror, and waved her bold little hand to the female companion in the mirror, saying that she would send it.

"Thank you, I don't want it, these clothes are not my style, I live on campus every day, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to attend a banquet in a few years, and I wouldn't be able to wear them at all."

The two girls laughed, and you and I chatted one by one.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of a woman in her fifties remembered outside the door, "Qingqing, have you changed your clothes?" It's changed, come out, Mom and Dad have something to tell you."

"Wait a minute, come right away"

"You rest here first, I'll go down and have a look", after speaking, without waiting for Xixi to answer, he trotted out.

"This child, why did you come out dressed like this," Xia's mother looked at her daughter who suddenly matured and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, although she often took her daughter out to participate in drinking party activities or something, but every time, she personally chose a dress for her daughter, and every time the dress made her daughter look so sweet and innocent, but this time, her daughter insisted that she was about to become an adult, and she had to choose by herself, and she chose such a mature dress. For such a change, Xia Ma suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"How good are these clothes, I just want to look a little more mature, so that I can look closer to the actual one?" Xia Qing coquettishly held her mother's arm and followed her mother down the stairs. In the downstairs living room, the nanny was busy in the dining room and the living room, and Xia's father was sitting on the sofa on the phone, watching his daughter go downstairs, bowing his head and saying something, and hung up the phone.

"Dad" Xia Qing ran over and stood in front of Xia's father.

"Look at how I look, are you pretty?" The girl turned around mischievously.

"Beautiful, my baby daughter is beautiful in everything" Father Xia sighed sincerely, looking at his grown daughter with a man's eyes for the first time.

"Hmph, it's too perfunctory" Xia Qing sat on the sofa dissatisfied.

"It's not perfunctory, to be honest, we are in good shape. Looks good and beautiful. Doesn't it look good in everything? ”

Xia's mother walked over, sat on the other side, and looked at the father and daughter with a smile.

"Dayuan, while the guests haven't come yet, you can tell Qingqing first" Xia Mu reminded Xia Dayuan.

Xia Dayuan is one of the top entrepreneurs in Yicheng, but he is too busy to be at home every day, sometimes he can't come back for a week or two, if it weren't for Qingqing's 18th birthday, he doesn't know where he is still on the plane now. No, I wanted to talk to my daughter at night, but as a result, I made a phone call just now, and the plane at 8 o'clock in the evening was going to fly away again. Xia's mother was worried that when the banquet started in the evening, Xia's father might not have time to be alone with his daughter, so he could only take some time to talk to his daughter before the party.

"By the way, Qingqing, Dad wants to tell you I'm sorry, at 7 o'clock in the evening, Dad is going to fly to Xuchang to have a meeting, and it was decided temporarily, but this meeting is very important, and it is about the meeting in Xuchang to get land. Dad doesn't worry about others going over, so he wants to go in person, Dad is here to apologize to you first" Father Xia looked at his daughter apologetically, originally promised to spend this special day with her, but it turned out to be because of work.

Xia Qing was obviously lost, but in a flash, she has lived in her father's half-missing life since she was a child, although she knows that her father loves this family and her deeply, but her current carefree is spelled out by her father, she is not ignorant, so in this matter, she must be sensible.

"It doesn't matter. It's good to have my mother with me. You go get busy," Xia Qing said to Father Xia considerately.

Father Xia took out a box from behind him

"It's Daddy's Birthday Present to You"

"What is it" Xia Qing said and took it from Xia's father, and after opening it, he saw a limited edition car key.

"This car, thank you Dad" Xia Qing gave Xia's father a hug in surprise. Changed the loss just now, she has been thinking about the car for a long time, but the age limit, Xia's father has always disagreed with her touching the car, Xia Qing secretly practiced the car two years ago, but never on the road.

Xia Qing pressed twice, "no response" car? ”

"The car is in the 4S shop" Xia's father said with a smile, "This key is given to you, it means that you have the conditions to drive, so, from now on, you can go to the driver's license test, pass the test, go directly to the store to pick it up, I have said hello"

"Oh, Dad, you're too cunning," Xia Qing complained.

"It's not that Dad is cunning, if Dad drives the car into the house, you will definitely drive it secretly, I don't know what you think about it? So I said hello to the people in the store, when you got your driver's license, they gave the car with the license, and they obeyed the law."

"I don't want to pay attention to you." Xia Qing, who was guessing the central thoughts, turned her head dissatisfied, but brought the gift box with her.

Father Xia was just about to say something, and the doorbell rang.

"My friends are here," Xia Qing turned to Father Xia and said, "I won't tell you yet." Xia Qing shouted upstairs, "Xixi, come down, the classmates are here."

Upstairs Xixi responds "It's coming, come down immediately"

The babysitter wiped her apron and walked to the door to open it.

Unexpectedly, it was not their classmates at the door, but four or five uniformed policemen.

The police routinely took out their ID photos, "Hello, may I ask Xia Dayuan's family?" ”

Before the nanny could answer, Xia Qing, who came later, opened her mouth first, but did not answer, but asked vigilantly, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The policeman took a look inside the house and said, "We have received a report that Xia Dayuan himself is involved in huge tax evasion, please take the trouble to go back to the bureau with us for investigation!" ”

Xia Dayuan heard the conversation at the door in the house, and his body trembled obviously. But it returned to normal in an instant. In comparison, Xia Qing trembled a lot.

"What are you kidding?"

Xia Dayuan walked to the door and didn't invite the police to enter the door, but said at the door, "Hello, I'm Xia Dayuan, may I ask, what's the matter?" ”

The policeman repeated what he had just said.

It was only at this time that Xia Dayuan's body softened as if he had lost his bones in an instant. Xia Qing hurriedly supported Xia's father, and denied to the police, "Mr. Policeman, you must have made a mistake." You must be..."Xia Qing didn't have time to say it, and she didn't know how to say it, the investigation certificate in the police's hand clearly wrote the name of her father Xia Dayuan, and Xia Qing couldn't question it. She just couldn't take it.

Father Xia, who had eased up, patted his daughter's hand, "It's okay, Dad and the police went over to investigate, and I was fine with my mother at home."

Xia Mu also saw this scene when she came out of the kitchen, with a frightened expression on her face, and the horror was mixed with the despair of this day sooner or later.

After Shada left.

The mother and daughter sat on the sofa wordlessly, and Xia Qing felt as if it was easier to ease up a little in comparison. said to her classmate Xixi: "That Xixi, something happened in my family today, please don't say it" Xia Qing said with a little choked up, in fact, where can I hide it, what is Xia Dayuan's identity, an entrepreneur with assets of more than 10 billion, how many pairs of eyes are staring behind him, or this kind of thing tonight, many people should know in advance. It's just that there is no way, she Xia Qing always wants to do something or think something? No, no······ What can be done?

Xixi said, "Don't worry, trust me"

"There's one more thing I want to ask you, wait, can you give a call to the guest, just say that there is something at home at home, the wine will be canceled, and I will compensate for it next time, I'm in a very messy mood now, and I can't face other people"

"Leave it to me," Xixi said briefly.

Xia Qing took Xixi's hand, sweaty palms. Xixi looked at this former eldest lady friend, she could only help as much as she could, she was just a working-class daughter, and she became good friends with Xia Qing, and it was only because when she was bullied at school, it was Xia Qing who stepped forward to help her. They became good friends, she didn't have a prominent family, she didn't have a strong relationship, and even sometimes, she even troubled Father Xia to arrange a job for her middle-aged unemployed father. What can she help her? If that's the case, who can help her best friend with anything?

It wasn't until six o'clock in the evening that Xixi finished explaining to the guests, although he didn't say it, but everyone knew that something had happened to the Xia family, and it was definitely not a trivial matter.

"Do you want to, I'll have someone make you and your aunt something to eat"

Mother Xia, who hadn't said a word since Father Xia was taken away, suddenly said at this time, "That, Xixi, I'm sorry for letting you help for so long, why don't you go back and rest first?" ”

Xixi nodded sensibly, knowing that at this time, their family didn't need much help from outsiders, so they hugged Xia Qing, "It's okay, it must be a misunderstanding, you must pay attention to take care of yourself"

Xia Qing weakly gave her friend a hug and nodded in response.

After Xixi left, Xia's mother sent away two more nannies, and the sudden repatriation made the nanny very unexpected, but Xia's mother gave two or three months more salary, so it was not good to say anything.

Xia Qing looked at her mother's actions, as if she understood something, but asked with a glimmer of hope, "Mom, Dad is just going to investigate, there's no need to drive the nanny away!" ”

Xia Mu shook her head, her voice hoarse, "Qingqing, your father doesn't seem to be able to come back this time." ”

"What are you talking about, Mom, Dad is just going to investigate" Xia Qing suddenly laughed, but with a smile and a smile, tears flowed down.

"Although my mother doesn't ask about your father's work, but half a year ago, your father suddenly began to tell me that when Qingqing grows up, he will transfer the company's shares to you, I didn't understand at the time, what the family does when they transfer their shares, and it won't be all yours in the future, but your father just shook his head and said just in case, my mother doesn't understand the company and doesn't understand what your father said, but now, think about it, your father may have done something that broke the law."

Xia Qing shook his head with teary eyes, "Impossible, how can Dad do something illegal, just now, he told me just now, abide by the law, our family is rich enough, how can he have a good life, but, impossible, impossible, Mom." ”

"I don't understand why your dad is like this, I, if only I had known earlier."

Xia Qing looked at her mother in despair, just about to say something. The doorbell remembered again at this time.

When Xia Mu heard the bell, she was dull and said, "Why are there still people coming at this time, haven't they all already said hello?" Xia Mu just wanted to get up and open the door, but I don't know if it was because she had been sitting for too long or because she was haggard, so she fell back into the sofa. Xia Qing hurriedly supported her mother.

"Mom, I'll open it," he said, wiping his tears as he walked towards the gate.

When she opened the door, Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, and outside the door was the male god she was thinking about. Because of the suddenness of the incident, she even forgot about it at this time.

"Hello, Miss Xia," Ju Xin greeted her with a smile

"You, hello, Miss Ju, what's the matter?" Xia Qing originally wanted to ask why she didn't come, but she thought that at this juncture, even if she actually wanted to see her, she didn't want to see her at such an unbearable time. So she was glad she didn't come.

"Isn't it Miss Xia's birthday today? I couldn't come, but he asked me to send a gift, saying he wanted to surprise you. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and handed over a delicate box.

Surprise, Xia Qing felt that today's birthday was terrible, and her father was summoned by the police on her birthday, so it is estimated that there is no surprise to make her happy.

Xia Qing took the box, and just wanted to say something, but Ju Xin opened his mouth first, "It's nothing, I'll go back first" smiled at her as he spoke, and turned around and walked out without waiting for an answer.

It's good, Xia Qing thought to herself, she didn't have to think of any reason to ask someone to leave. But when I turned around, I felt that something was wrong, what I said, and what I laughed like...

Xia Qing didn't think about it anymore, she didn't have time to speculate about anything else at this time, even if she didn't have anything to do now.

"Who?" Xia Mu asked

"Intentions, the agent actually sent a gift over, saying that he was actually busy."

"Oh, it's okay not to come."

Xia Qing put the box on the coffee table, and she actually opened the gift she gave in seconds, but today, she just put the box on the coffee table. There is no desire to dismantle.

"Mom, do you want something to eat?" Xia Qing asked Xia Mu first, although she knew that no one had an appetite.

"Forget it, mom can't eat it, you can see what you have in the kitchen for yourself, let's eat some first."

"I can't eat it either," Xia Qing replied.

The two were silent with each other for a long time, until the lights were on outside, Xia Qing moved, and then remembered something and looked at the gift box on the coffee table.

Nothing seemed to open the box.

Inside the box was a thick document bag, as well as an envelope, Xia Qing frowned and picked it up, she couldn't imagine that there were any documents to show her.

Xia Qing picked up the things in the document bag and found that it was indeed a document from her father's company, although she couldn't understand it, but she vaguely felt that it was something important. She didn't have time to look at it, she picked up the envelope first, opened it, and there were only a few words on the letter, "Miss Xia, has Mr. Xia been taken away by the police, and are you still satisfied with this gift?" ”

In just a few words, it felt like the oxygen around Xia Qing was being sucked away, Xia Qing's face turned pale in an instant, and the paper slipped from her hand, Xia Mu felt that something was wrong, and when she picked up the letter on the ground, it was also pale in an instant.

"It's him, it's he who made the ghost, it's he who killed your father and was arrested, how can he be like this" Xia Mu instantly collapsed, crying regardless of her image.

Xia Qing just sat there in a daze, Xia Mu's voice suddenly made her a little noisy, she needed to calm down and think about things, so she stood up in despair and walked upstairs, every step was worth a thousand dollars.

"Hello, I'm Xia Qing, I like you very much, can I take a photo with you?" She recalled the first time, when his father's company was shooting an advertisement, because Xia Dayuan wanted to advertise their real estate, so he spent a lot of money to invite him to come over, and at that time, she liked him very much when she saw him on TV for the first time.

There are so many male stars in the entertainment industry, each of them writes their desires on their faces, but he is like a marshmallow, handsome with cuteness and cuteness, but there is no aggression, he purses his lips, raises his eyes, faces face, side face, every posture and posture can make her fascinated, she has never chased stars, she used her identity as Miss Dayuan for the first time, and she invited Xia Dayuan to be an endorsement, and for the first time, she skipped class early in the morning and followed her father to the company. Because I heard that I was going to meet with him.

On the day of the meeting, just like today, Xia Qing was transferred

pieces, and finally chose a cute and sweet white gauze dress.

"Hello, I'm actually" actually said, first stretched out his hand, and the meaning of shaking hands was obvious. Even though Xia Qing met some celebrities because of her father, that time was the most exciting for her. She shyly stretched out her hand and politely shook her hand. Xia Qing stopped breathing like an electric shock.

Later, she used all kinds of things to grind her, thinking that she would be disgusted, but she didn't expect that she had always been warm to her, she confessed to him, and she didn't refuse, just said, "After you are 18 years old, you can hear my answer" This simply gave Xia Qing infinite hope and reverie.

But when she was 18 years old.

The more Xia Qing thought about it, the more she couldn't breathe. She felt very depressed, that kind of depression of lack of oxygen. The kind of depression that makes people crazy that can't be suppressed.

"Why?" It's a question she's thought about countless times since she knew the answer. She didn't even dare call to ask.

So she went downstairs and took her father's car keys that she had placed on the coffee table.

Xia Mu was already sitting there as if she had lost her soul. She may not have hit her less than her daughter. Although she didn't have much contact with that, Xia Qing actually lived in front of her every day and then said how good she was. She doesn't have a bad impression of this man, the only bad thing is that her daughter is almost not doing her job for this, she has always wanted to find a chance to talk to her, but she didn't expect it.

"Mom. I'll go out for a while. ”

"It's so late, where are you going?" Xia's mother didn't notice the key in Xia Qing's hand, thinking that she was just relaxing downstairs.

"Don't go anywhere, just turn around" Xia Qing knew that she wanted to be with her mother at this time, but she was depressed and couldn't control herself, and she urgently needed to escape.

She left the house and walked into the garage, in the garage, there was a park in Dad's car, Dad's favorite car, she once begged her father to teach him to practice driving, Dad couldn't resist her, so he asked the driver to take her to learn to drive in a private area, I didn't expect her to be very talented in driving, and within a few days, she practiced.

She opened the car door and did go inside, and at that moment, although she didn't know where to go, it was certainly not here.

Xia Qing went on the road for the first time, and the city lights flickered at night. She drove aimlessly, without a specific place, but felt like the street was noisy. Yicheng was in a traffic jam at night, and Xia Qing drove to the outskirts of the city. After leaving the main road, he began to accelerate, and the inner boredom made Xia Qing unable to vent, only through the speed.

The high-speed driving and low-oxygen state of thinking made Xia Qing unable to react when he saw the figure in front of him clearly. The sudden brakes had long since failed, so when she hit someone, she still made a sharp turn in vain, and the two of them flew into the lake on the side of the road together.

The moment she fell into the lake, she had a wish, that is, it would end like this.