After some noise, by the time Lin Xiaolu combed her hair and moved her slippers to the dining table to finish breakfast, the time had reached 7:25.

During this period, she probably felt that Lin Yun couldn't see goblins as ordinary people, and she and Mo Ke also glared at each other from time to time, extending the cold war from the bathroom to the restaurant.

Lin Yun gave full play to his acting skills, pretending not to know about it and turning a blind eye to it. He silently put away the dishes and chopsticks, rinsed them briefly a few times, and then put them into the disinfection cabinet, then picked up his things and looked at Lin Xiaolu.

Although he didn't speak, the meaning he wanted to convey was obvious: Do you want me to drive?

Lin Xiaolu was silent.

Lin Yun chose to drive her to school at this point, which means that he is ready to be late, and she just doesn't want to accept this intention, not that she doesn't understand.

Every time she accepted her father's kindness, she lost a reason to hate him. She doesn't want the relationship between them to get better so easily, and in the end, she won't be able to hate him, otherwise who else will remember her mother's grievances?

So she lowered her head and staggered Lin Yun's gaze.

This is presumably a silent rejection.

"If you really want to go by yourself, don't blame me for being late."

Lin Yun was accustomed to this, and his emotions did not fluctuate much. Anyway, Lin Xiaolu didn't have an awkward relationship with him for a day or two, and it was strange that he really readily agreed. She didn't want to go with him, so she didn't have to force it.

After packing and changing into leather shoes, he pushed the door and stepped into the hallway of the apartment and walked to the elevator room.

"Squeak"!

However, before he could walk ten meters, the door behind him was opened again.

When he turned around, he only saw Lin Xiaolu leaning out of the crack in the door, still with his head sideways and his eyes down, his lips moving, as if he was whispering something.

"It's too quiet to hear." He said.

Lin Xiaolu stopped moving.

She wandered her gaze, at the floor, at the walls, at Moco, who was smiling, and then at her father.

Finally, she took a deep breath, turned her head towards Lin Yun, closed her eyes and shouted:

"I said you should wait for me to go back and get my school bag!"

……

……

Luoming District, Xidian Road, under the viaduct.

Lin Yun looked at the stagnant traffic in front of him, and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.

It's a shame that he has already anticipated the traffic jam, so he is not in a hurry at the moment, anyway, he himself is destined to be late, and it is good to ensure that his daughter can arrive at school on time before eight o'clock.

Lin Xiaolu, who was sitting in the back seat, looked out the window without saying a word, and didn't know what he was thinking. In the schoolbag on the side, Moco looked at the two people in the car with a probing head.

After glancing at his daughter's state through the rearview mirror, Lin Yun thought about it and felt that there were some topics that had to be said, so he simply spoke: "Lulu, do you have a final exam next week?" ”

At this time, when the exam is mentioned, of course, for the child, which pot is not opened.

"Hmm." So Lin Xiaolu's reaction was mediocre, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic in depth.

"How's the preparation?" Lin Yun tried to keep his tone calm and avoid putting pressure on his daughter.

"So-so."

"I remember at the end of last semester you said you were in the middle?"

"Almost."

"Do you have any target rankings this time? If you do, Daddy can buy you a small gift. ”

“…… No, you don't. ”

Lin Xiaolu paused, and her voice was dull: "You have already bought it for your birthday before." ”

She was talking about the May thing, to be exact, her birthday was on the fifth of May. At that time, Lin Xiaolu had not yet met Moko, nor had she become a magical girl, just an ordinary junior high school student who was worried about youth and life.

On her birthday, she stubbornly rejected Lin Yun's proposal to spend time together, saying that she had other arrangements to go out with her friends and let him go about his own business.

Lin Yun, who couldn't resist his daughter, had to go to the company's entertainment, and left the table halfway because he couldn't calm down, and rushed home in advance with the birthday gift he bought for Lin Xiaolu - a new mobile phone.

And it wasn't until he went home that he found out that Lin Xiaolu didn't have any "other arrangements" that night. Instead of hanging out with her friends, she stayed home alone, sang birthday songs to herself, and finally blew out the birthday candles alone.

Such a scene happened to be bumped into by Lin Yun, and he only felt distressed and angry. He asked his daughter why she wanted to hurt herself like this, but Lin Xiaolu was angry and refused to answer, and the relationship between father and daughter cooled down again, and she didn't say a word for a long time.

It wasn't until many days later that Lin Yun saw Lin Xiaolu, who had become a magical girl, in a TV report, and the stagnant relationship between the two slowly moved forward again.

"I'm sorry, Lulu."

Looking at the traffic that began to move in front of him, Lin Yun suddenly said, "On the day of my birthday before, I should insist on staying with you." ”

"Now that's it?"

Lin Xiaolu's eyes widened in surprise, but she glanced at Mo Ke in the schoolbag next to her, and put on a nonchalant look: "It doesn't matter, it's been so long anyway." ”

"It doesn't matter how long it's been."

Lin Yun put the gear behind him, stepped on the accelerator lightly, and the vehicle started slowly: "Because I will remember, I will feel uneasy." ”

“…… Remember? ”

Lin Xiaolu read this word in his mouth.

She was expressionless at first, then showed a look that seemed to be smiling, and finally her eyebrows were raised, and she straightened up like a fried-haired little animal, and choked: "You can still say this word?" Remember? Have you forgotten what you said when your mother died? ”

She will not forget what this man once said to her before her mother's funeral, because he said to "forget her". And now she says that she wants to "remember" and "uneasy", how can she believe him?

"I'm sorry about your mother."

In the face of Lin Xiaolu's anger, Lin Yun always spoke calmly, he held the steering wheel in his hand and looked at the road in front of him: "I really didn't know how to tell you at the time, so I could only use such vague statements." ”

"Because I remember her things, I will feel sad and painful, so I hope that you will forget her when you are young, forget the pain over time, and grow up happily."

"It's just that I didn't expect that you are actually more sensible than I thought, and my concealment didn't make you let go of these and become happy, but always depressed."

"If you're chilled by what I said at the time, or have always had doubts about her death, I think...... We can find a time to talk. ”

The last sentence made Lin Xiaolu in the back seat stagnate.

It took her a few seconds to understand what Lin Yun meant, and she even forgot to be angry, and only doubts were left in her heart: "Talk about it, what can you talk about?" ”

"Of course it's your mother's business, and mine."

Lin Yun sighed: "Now that you have grown up, it's time to confess what you didn't tell you before." It's just that I still need some preparation, some time, can you wait for me a little longer? I promise it won't be too long, and when that day comes, I'll tell you everything. ”

At this point, he paused, took another deep breath, and finally said what he had been saying all along: "So, give me a chance to make amends, Lulu?" Your mother's business, your past runaway from home, and your birthday, give me a chance to make amends, okay? ”

There was a long silence in the car.

Lin Yun waited for Lin Xiaolu's answer, while Lin Xiaolu was digesting what he said. She thinks, hesitates, and finally decides.

“…… Parent-teacher conferences. Lin Xiaolu's muffled voice sounded in the back seat.

"What?"

"After the final exams, the school will have a parent-teacher conference next week."

Lin Xiaolu held her cheeks and continued to look at the flowing scenery outside the window: "If you want, then come." ”

"Parent-teacher conferences?"

Lin Yun originally didn't have much of a rich expression, but after getting this answer, he couldn't calm down for a while: "You mean ......?"

"Let's talk about it first, you're here yourself."

Interrupting his words, Lin Xiaolu suddenly turned his head, his eyes touched Lin Yun in the rearview mirror, and said a little viciously: "So if you make an excuse to miss the appointment this time, I will ignore you for the rest of the year!"

“…… Hehe. ”

Lin Yun suddenly laughed.

He smiled happily and was a little relieved, as if he hadn't been so happy in a long time.

This abrupt laughter made Lin Xiaolu feel ashamed: "What are you laughing at? ”

"It's nothing, I'm just really happy." The corners of Lin Yun's mouth rose.

"What's so happy about this kind of thing? It's annoying! Lin Xiaolu's eyelids pulled down.

"I promise you."

"What?"

"One year...... No, don't say a year, if I don't show up this time, you can ignore me for the rest of your life. ”

"I'm not interested in boring."

"Then I don't care about that, anyway, I'll definitely go."

Lin Yun's solemn promise also touched Lin Xiaolu a little, but she still pressed her emotions and said with a tense face: "...... Hmph, hopefully. ”

In the morning light, the elevated car finally broke through the barrier of traffic flow, and was able to increase its horsepower and speed away into the distance.