hard to let go

Chapter 3

During the hot and cold nights, Leng Xi kept having nightmares. "I don't, I don't." She shook her head helplessly, with cold sweat on her forehead.Gao Ziqun's words kept lingering in her ears.She dreamed of Xixi again, in which Xixi pointed at her coldly, "You are not my mother, I will not recognize you."

The child's face was full of disgust and hatred.

She woke up startled.

Qin Xiaoyun frowned, "What's wrong? Have a nightmare?" She asked worriedly.

Leng Xi touched her forehead with cold sweat on her hands, "It's okay." She sat up slowly with her hands propped up.

Qin Xiaoyun sighed, "Don't think too much, your father's illness is also a turning point."

Leng Xi got out of bed and stepped on the ground with bare feet.

"Put on your shoe covers, it's cold on the ground, you're not in good health, you thought you were at home—" Qin Xiaoyun's words stopped suddenly.Although the Leng family was not considered a wealthy family back then, they were still very rich.

It is often said that the poor cannot last for three generations, and the rich cannot last for three generations.Leng's family only prospered but lost in the past 20 years. Sure enough, Leng's father was out of luck.

Qin Xiaoyun looked at her daughter, her eyes turned slightly, "Xiao Xi, you and Chu Hang—"

Leng Xi didn't care much, "Mom, he is my senior. It's not like you don't know."

Qin Xiaoyun pursed the corners of his mouth dryly, "I didn't even recognize him when I saw him last time. Hehe - last night, he called you. I saw you fell asleep and answered it. I'll call your dad I told him everything. He said he could try to apply for medical parole."

Leng Xi was squeezing toothpaste, and when she heard that her hands were scratched, she muttered, "Out on medical parole."

Qin Xiaoyun nodded, "That's what Chu Hang said, and I don't know the details. Let's see when we can invite him to our house."

Leng Xi hesitated, "I'll go find him."

Seeing that she was not talking, Qin Xiaoyun didn't say anything more.Her daughter is 30, and she is still alone, and she dare not rush her.She felt that she owed her daughter a lot. If she hadn't persuaded her back then, maybe her daughter would not be like this now.

But it's useless to regret the past.

Lengxi is currently working as a planner in an advertising company.After going to the company in the morning, the routine morning meeting.

"Several companies are bidding this time. If they can cooperate with Ming Yang, the bonus at the end of the year will be doubled." The manager said confidently.

Colleague Xiaofang nudged her, "The general manager is going to show his power this time. Mingyang is indeed a big piece of fat, but I don't know if we can eat it."

Leng Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, murmured the word "Ming Yang" in his heart, his thoughts drifted unconsciously.

When the meeting was over, the manager left her alone, "Lengxi, this time you show your housekeeping skills, I am optimistic about you. If you take down Mingyang, I will add this amount to you." He raised his finger.

Leng Xi slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, "Mr. Yu, you know, who in the industry doesn't want this piece of fat."

The manager frowned, "I know, and you also know that the company's finances are tight now, and I'm all on Ming Yang's shoulders now."

She breathed out, "I will do my best." With her words, the manager's expression finally eased.Ming Yang, why is it Ming Yang again?Leng Xi was helpless.

Gao Ziqun looked at the document in hand.Xixi sat across from him and was writing homework, raised her hand to look at him from time to time, and finished her homework after a while.She picked up the book, ""Mother's Grace"—" she read aloud, her voice was thin and high, "there was a poet in the Tang Dynasty named Meng Jiao. He sewed clothes. It was late at night, and my mother was still sewing stitches under the oil lamp. She thought, the child went out this time, and she didn't know when she would come back..."

While thinking about it, she quietly looked at Gao Ziqun from the corner of her eye.

At the end of the reading, "Meng Jiao's mother's kindness will always be remembered in his heart. When he was 50 years old, he wrote this famous little poem "Wandering Zi Yin"." Gao Ziqun still looked at the things in his hand indifferently.

She coughed violently in dissatisfaction.

"Mother Lin, pour me a glass of water." Gao Ziqun said calmly without raising his head.

Xixi looked at him firmly, "I've read it, sign it!"

Gao Ziqun took the signature pen and wrote down his name in a hurry. "It doesn't mean you have to read it three times"

Xixi couldn't get the result she wanted, and when she was full of expectations, she was poured cold water again, and she went upstairs angrily.Gao Ziqun looked at her figure and twitched the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Xixi didn't go downstairs for dinner that night, and Mama Lin called her several times, but she refused to open the door.

Mama Lin was worried and embarrassed.

"Sir, hee she—" She put the tray back on the table.

Gao Ziqun's face darkened, "Go and do your work." He finished dinner alone, not much, and went upstairs with the plate.

"Gao Xixi open the door." He said in a deep voice.

Chihi ignored it.

"I'll say it again." Gao Ziqun said with a cold face.

Chihi remained silent.

With a bang, she heard a crisp sound outside the door, it was the sound of a bowl falling on the ground.

In an instant, the door also opened.Gao Ziqun walked in, feeling the air-conditioning all over his body.

"Get up, go downstairs to eat." He had a dark face.

Xixi bit her lip and stared at his face, "I'm not hungry."

"I'll say it again, go downstairs for dinner." He said heavily.

"Why are you forcing me? I told you I'm not hungry." She sobbed slowly, "If my mother was here, she would definitely not treat me like this. Where did you get my mother?"

Gao Ziqun narrowed his eyes, "As I said, your mother is in America."

"No, she's not my mother." Xixi stood up abruptly and looked directly at Gao Ziqun with a stubborn expression on her face.

"Gao Xixi—" he read her name word by word.The air pressure in the room was so low that it was suffocating.

"One day I'm going to—" She broke off.If you want to live with your mother, what about your father?The more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and the tears poured down like a river breaking its embankment.

Gao Ziqun didn't stay to coax her this time, but turned around and walked out.

Chihi was even more sad.

The next morning, when Mama Lin went to wake her up, the little girl was still sleeping, blushing, she saw that it was broken, and when she touched her hand, her body temperature was really hot.Lin Ma hurried downstairs to report to Gao Ziqun. "Sir, Xixi has a fever."

Gao Ziqun strode upstairs, Xixi was sleeping there, frowning tightly. "Call Ling Hao."

Ling Hao came over soon, seeing Gao Ziqun holding Xixi in his arms, his heart tightened, "President Gao, what about the signing ceremony in the morning?"

"Go to the hospital first and extend the contract." Gao Ziqun said calmly, his eyes locked on Xixi tightly.

Ling Hao was in pain, he didn't dare to think about the loss.The outside world said that Gao Ziqun was unreasonable, and it is estimated that many people would be shocked if they saw this scene.After two generations of whitewashing, the Gao family has lost the chill of the past, but human nature is deeply ingrained.

Xixi had a fever of 40.1 degrees, she was in a daze, she murmured uncomfortably, "Mom—Mom—"

Gao Ziqun sat on the sofa beside him, his eyes dark.

When school was over that day, Leng Xi went to the primary school outside the city again.When the school bell rang, her body seemed to twitch, and her heart trembled with excitement.

She had been staring at the school gate closely, and waves of children came out of it, without blinking her eyes.Time passed by every minute and every second, and there was still no one she was waiting for.She gradually became anxious.

Is Xixi a student on duty today?Or is she doing homework?Or she had already left, and she didn't see it.Leng Xi couldn't sit still.Some panic ran down.

It's past the rush hour after school, and scattered children make it out of it.Leng Xi lingered, but finally couldn't help but rushed inside.

"Hey - stop -" the security guard shouted loudly, "Who are you looking for?" The security guard was an uncle in his forties, and looked suspiciously at Leng Xi.

"Sorry, I'll go in and find someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

Leng Xi shook hands tightly, "My daughter—"

"Wait outside." The security guard stopped in front of her. "You can't just go in."

"She hasn't come out for half a day."

"Which class?" The security guard stared at her closely, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Class two and three." Leng Xi said quickly.

The security guard looked in, and at this moment someone came out, "It just so happens, that's the teacher of Class [-] and [-], Mr. Wang—"

Teacher Wang came over.

Leng Xi's heart tightened, and his face looked sad.

"She said it was the parents of the students in your class—"

Teacher Wang looked at her, "Whose parent are you?"

Leng Xi suddenly lost the ability to think, and smiled faintly, "Gao Xixi—" It seemed as if he had seen the light.

"She didn't come to school today."

"What's wrong with her?" Leng Xi asked suddenly.

"You—" the teacher looked at her in surprise.

"Sorry, I'm just too nervous, what's wrong with her?"

"I have a fever, so I asked for two days off."

Leng Xi's expression flickered, and his heart ached.

Chen Xi came late today, seeing this scene from a distance, it was self-evident that Leng Xi appeared here.She sighed helplessly, "Chenchen get in the car, mom has something to do."

Chen Shaochen nodded.

Chen Xi walked over step by step, "Xiaoxi—"

Leng Xi froze instantly upon hearing this voice.She stood there motionless.The teachers and security guards knew Chen Xi, and the leaders of the Education Bureau would occasionally visit the foreign elementary school.

"Hello, Chief Xu." The teacher greeted.

Chen Xi nodded, "Hello."

The teacher could see that Chen Xi knew the person in front of him, and most of the doubts in his heart disappeared.

Chen Xi asked, "Gao Xixi left?"

"She has a fever and didn't come today." Although the teacher had doubts, he swallowed it.

"Trouble you, teacher."

"You're welcome."

Chen Xi turned around and looked at Leng Xi, "Let's go." Leng Xi's mind wandered.Time seems to have returned to many years ago, and the two of them walked outside the campus like this, but now things are different.

"If I didn't see you today, wouldn't you plan to look for me? Lengxi!" Chen Xi said word by word, the anger in her tone was undisguised.

Leng Xi breathed out, she twitched the corners of her mouth, her face was a little pale.

The two walked to the opposite side, and Chen Xi's car was parked in front of them.Chen Shaochen couldn't sit still, and ran over curiously, "Mom—" A pair of beautiful eyes looked at Lengxi.

"He really looks like Uncle Chen's." Leng Xi said flatly.

"Get in the car first, okay? Mom has something to do." Chen Xi touched his head, "There is a bag of biscuits in the storage box." Chen Shaochen ran away as soon as he heard the biscuits.

"That's great." Leng Xi looked at Shao Chen's figure and said meaningfully.

"What are you going to do?" Based on Chen Xi's understanding of her, she would definitely not let it go when she came back this time.

"Take Xixi away." She said firmly, "Chenxi, I want to visit her in the hospital."

(End of this chapter)