Ever since he knew that Xiaoxi was his daughter, when he looked at her again, his feeling was completely different. Now, he finally understood the reason for his involuntary liking for her, because it was the power of blood.
"Xiaoxi..." Han Jifeng walked to the hospital bed and reached out to stroke the little guy's head. She had lost a lot of weight.
Between his pity and love for her, there was also a lot of self-blame. Even standing in front of him, besides being happy, he felt a little at a loss.
I also know how difficult their mother and daughter's lives have been over the past few years, and Xiaoxi must have suffered a lot.
Xiaoxi raised her head from Ling Tongyu's arms and smiled at him——
"Uncle...?" This smile was so sweet and beautiful, as bright as a thousand suns. It immediately lit up the whole room, especially the two little pear dimples at the corners of her mouth, which were very beautiful and endearing.
This was his daughter. The feeling of uncertainty in my heart was slowly replaced by joy and pride.
"Are you feeling better?" Han Jifeng sat down next to her. He wanted to hug her and kiss her, but he stretched out his hand, paused in the air, and then retracted it.
"I'm much better, thank you uncle. My mother said that thanks to my uncle bringing me to the United States for treatment this time, it helped us a lot, thank you uncle." Xiaoxi, who still didn't know the truth, talked to Han Jifeng very politely.
Say thank you.
Ling Tongyu on the side felt sad after hearing this.
"Xiaoxi, I am not an uncle, I am..."
"Hey, um, Xiaoxi should... need some water or something to eat..." Ling Tongyu immediately interrupted Han Jifeng.
Han Jifeng glared at her, what was she doing? Or was she trying to prevent father and daughter from recognizing each other?
"Xiaoxi, what do you want to do?" Ling Tongyu asked her daughter, avoiding Han Jifeng's gaze. Since Han Jifeng did not intend to give Xiaoxi an upright identity, it would be better to hide this secret from Xiaoxi first.
The damage won't be that great.
Otherwise, Xiaoxi will often ask in the future, why doesn't dad live with me? Shouldn't dad be with us? How should she answer? Didn't dad intend for you to be with him openly?
"Ling Tongyu!" Han Jifeng's voice sounded warning.
"Since you're not ready yet, let's stay as is." Ling Tongyu said to him softly.
The sensitive Xiaoxi immediately noticed the strange atmosphere in the room. She stared with a pair of big eyes, and her black eyes flexibly looked back and forth between the two people, and asked suspiciously -
"Mom, you and uncle have a secret."
"Secret, there is no secret between us, don't talk nonsense." Ling Tongyu used his usual denial tactics.
"Uncle..." Xiaoxi turned her eyes to Han Jifeng, "If mom doesn't tell the truth, you won't lie to me, right?"
"Well..." Han Jifeng held Xiaoxi in his arms and said softly to her, "The weather outside is very nice and the scenery is very beautiful. Let's go outside and tell the secret, okay?"
"Yeah! Xiaoxi really likes uncle's arms." Xiaoxi put her arms around Han Jifeng's neck, rubbed his face affectionately with the tip of her nose, and scratched him cutely like a kitten.
"Haha, really?" Han Jifeng was in a good mood after hearing this and laughed loudly, "Then I will hug Xiaoxi every day, okay?"
It turns out that being praised by his daughter feels like this. He is so easily satisfied and feels a sense of pride that he has never felt before. This is amazing.
"Giggle, ok..." Xiaoxi laughed again, she is really a little girl who loves to laugh.
Han Jifeng carefully held her delicate little body and walked to the flower garden outside the castle.
"Hey, wait a minute, where are you going?" Ling Tongyu quickly gathered himself, picked up a woolen sweater, put it on, and followed.
Along the way, servants stopped from time to time to bow and say hello to them. Everyone was very polite.
Xiaoxi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, looked at them with wide curious eyes. She felt like she was in a fairy tale told by her mother, full of dreamy feeling.
*
"What?" Ye Zhenzhen's whole body felt like it was struck by lightning. She staggered and almost lost her balance. Her face was pale and the hand holding the mobile phone was shaking violently.
So, Brother Ji Feng already knows the truth?
Do you know that the girl at Wenyi Hotel six years ago was Ling Tongyu, and do you know that Ling Xiaoxi is his child?
She suddenly lost her opinion and fell blankly on the office chair, her mind going blank.
Looking back on what happened before, Brother Ji Feng will definitely not let her off lightly this time.
What should I do? What should I do now?
"No!" She stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with stubbornness and unwillingness to succumb to fate, "No matter what, even if I don't get it, I can't make Ling Tongyu have an easy time."
She hurriedly took out her cell phone and made a hasty call——
"Hey, have you arrived at the airport? Don't go to Thailand. I have something to do for you!"
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhenzhen ignored the upcoming planning meeting, grabbed her car keys and hurriedly left the office. As soon as she left the office, she bumped into Han Jifeng's chief secretary Wen Lei.
"Director Ye." Wen Lei's eyes flashed with surprise, "What's wrong with you?"
"Yes, it's Secretary Wen." An uncomfortable smile appeared on Ye Zhenzhen's face. She tried to look natural and said, "I have something to do and I have to go out now."
With that said, she crossed Wen Lei's body and left with hurried and panicked steps.
Wen Lei stood there, looking at her like she didn't even know she had dropped her phone. An indescribable complex feeling surged in his heart. He bent down to pick up her phone that had fallen on the ground, and looked at the words on the phone screen.
Latest call records.
Ye Zhenzhen broke into the old and dilapidated house. Uncle Qiang had just returned from the airport and was huddled in the corner drinking.
Seeing him like this, Ye Zhenzhen was furious. She walked over in a few menacing steps, took the beer bottle from his hand, smashed it to the ground, pointed at his nose and yelled angrily.
——
"What did you do? Didn't you say that you had raped Ye Xin'er while that little bastard was undergoing surgery? Why did she and Brother Ji Feng go to New York instead and spend six years together?
You still drink after picking out the previous things, do you know that I can’t wait to drink anymore?”
Like a dead old dog, Uncle Qiang allowed his own daughter to insult him and huddled in the corner without making a sound.
Ye Zhenzhen walked around the room and kept thinking to herself, "What should I do now? As soon as Brother Ji Feng comes back, I will be finished. Don't even think about marrying him. Then, I will take advantage of that bitch Ye Xiner."
No! No, I must find a way to stop it!"
"Xiao Su..." Uncle Qiang raised his head and looked at his daughter's twisted face with exquisite makeup, "Why don't we go together and go to Thailand."
When Ye Zhenzhen heard this, she burst out laughing, "Let's go? Why should I leave? Am I wrong? Brother Ji Feng should have been mine. It was Ye Xin'er, that bitch, who stole my love!"
Qiangbo sighed and shook his head.
"I know!" Ye Zhenzhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and a thought flashed through her mind, "I know what to do, you must do it!"
"what are you up to?"
Ye Zhenzhen leaned towards Uncle Qiang's ear, her eyes glowing with pride, "When the time comes, you will..."
After hearing her plan, Qiangbo suddenly raised his head and looked at Ye Zhenzhen with surprised eyes.
"From now on, you study and memorize as I told you. I will forge all the materials. You can't make any mistakes, you know? Didn't you ask me how to forgive you? Please help me, don't
I will definitely forgive you for letting Ye Xin'er get happiness."
*
In the days that followed, Xiaoxi's health got better and better under the careful care of Dr. Antonio, the servants of the castle, and Han Jifeng and Ling Tongyu.
Antonio chose the right time to perform a bone marrow transplant on him.
Xiaoxi's leukemia can be considered cured if it does not recur within ten years as long as she cooperates with later drug treatment.
This news made Ling Tongyu completely relieved. In ten years, she believed that medicine would become more and more advanced, and there would definitely be better ways to cure leukemia.
The sun was very good, and the whole castle was bathed in the warm orange sun. The lake in the distance was filled with blue waves. Ling Tongyu stood in the corridor of the castle, looking at the grape vines with a smile in his eyes.
Below are Han Jifeng and Xiaoxi who are having fun.
"Giggle..." Xiaoxi's silvery laughter came over. These days, Han Jifeng spent time with her day and night every day, taking her to play around the castle. The two of them were tired of being together all day long, and they looked extremely happy.
Now, Xiaoxi's spirit is getting better and better.
She knew how to be grateful, and would ask the chef in the castle to teach her how to make apple pie, which she would share with Han Jifeng, Han Wenxin, and other servants.
She is well-behaved, smart, cute and smart, and brings a lot of laughter to this originally deserted castle. Everyone likes her very much.
"Uncle, look, there is a beautiful butterfly there." Xiaoxi raised her head, pointed at a dead leaf butterfly on the flower branch in front, and said excitedly.
"Do you like it?" Han Jifeng squatted down beside her, straightened her messy hair, and asked.
"Well! I heard from my mother that the dead leaf butterfly will turn into a particularly beautiful flower after it dies. People who own the dead leaf butterfly flower will be happy all their lives." Xiaoxi's eyes were full of longing.
"Then let me help you catch it." Han Jifeng rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt and asked the servant to bring the bamboo pole over.
"Can you?" Xiaoxi's eyes were shining brightly, like the bright stars in the sky, shining on Han Jifeng's sky.
"Of course." Han Jifeng said very confidently.
"Okay, okay, uncle is going to catch butterflies." Xiaoxi clapped her hands happily, and Han Jifeng quickly put his fingers to his mouth to signal her to be quiet.
When Xiaoxi saw it, she immediately covered her mouth, opened her big eyes, and watched nervously as Han Jifeng slowly approached the beautiful butterfly with the bamboo pole.
It had been a long time since she heard such laughter, and she felt quietly moved in her heart.
How great would it be if time could stop at this moment and never leave again?
"I'm very happy." Looking back, Han Wenxin came over, holding two glasses of home-brewed wine in his hand, and handed a glass to Ling Tongyu. Han Wenxin is a master of wine making. I heard that the White House in the United States once
Someone was specially sent to learn how to make wine from her because the president once drank the wine she brewed.
"Thank you." Ling Tongyu took the wine glass and took a sip. "Seeing Xiaoxi restored to health and living so happily every day makes me happier than anything else." She smiled. Under the sun, her smile was simple and pure.
Innocent.
Han Wenxin sat down on the wicker chair next to her, took off the hat on her head, placed it on the white marble table, glanced at the father and daughter in the distance who had not yet recognized each other, and asked, "What's next?
Well, what are your plans?"
"What's next? I, I haven't thought about it yet, but first I will go back to China with Han Jifeng." He said that for the mother and daughter to stay in the United States, she didn't want to be hidden like an item, Xiaoxi even more
It shouldn't be like this.
"Then what?" Han Wenxin asked with a smile.
"Then?" Ling Tongyu's eyes flashed with confusion.
"Return to China, get to know the Han family, let Xiaoxi enter Fuyuan and change her surname to Han? Or continue to maintain the status quo and change nothing?"
After hearing this, Ling Tongyu's eyes dimmed and she smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I haven't thought about what to do." These days, she tried her best not to think about it, and stayed with Xiaoxi to recover with the most relaxed attitude.
.
"For Xiaoxi, you have to think." Han Wenxin looked at her with very firm eyes.
Ling Tongyu looked at Han Wenxin with a puzzled expression and shook her head in confusion.
Han Wenxin sighed softly and finally said what she had been thinking about for several days -
"Xiaoyu, take Xiaoxi and leave. Don't go to the Han family, and don't go back to China. Leave Ji Feng. I will provide you with the best conditions in the United States, a check of 100 million US dollars and an admission notice from the New York Fashion Institute of Design. You
You really want to be an excellent designer, don't you? You need some opportunities, and I can provide them to you." "Han Wenxin has a high reputation in the Chinese community in China, and money and power are not difficult for her.
.
"Aunt..." Ling Tongyu had a hurt expression on her face, "Why, why do you want me to do this, buy out Xiaoxi and me with money?" After getting along with each other these days, she thought that although Han Wenxin was also profound,
It's unpredictable, but she is not a person who only cares about money. She has always been very friendly to her and Xiaoxi.
Seeing through Ling Tongyu's thoughts, Han Wenxin said, "Don't worry too much. I like Xiaoxi very much. She is very smart, well-behaved and polite. Although she has not accepted anything from the Han family, you have taught her well.
, I really want to thank you, these things I provide you are not
It's to buy you off and ask you to leave Ji Feng, but it's my aunt's feelings for Xiaoxi. Moreover, this has nothing to do with Ji Feng. I will represent the Han family until death to give you mother and daughter some compensation for these years.
, Xiaoxi is a child of the Han family, she should live like a princess."
Ling Tongyu shook his head, "But, I still don't understand what you mean."
"Xiaoyu, you know, my father is a very rigid old man. He will not accept Xiaoxi as a member of the Han family. When the time comes to return to China and the truth of the matter is revealed, you are about to face a situation that you have no way of doing.
The violent storms of imagination, of course, are nothing, because Ji Feng has the courage to confront his grandfather, and he will not let Xiaoxi be wronged. You can see that he loves Xiaoxi very much. But Xiaoyu,
Have you ever thought about yourself? What are you going to do in the future?"
"Me?" She only thought about whether Xiaoxi should recognize her father, and she never considered her own affairs.
Han Wenxin glanced at Han Jifeng, who was having fun with Xiaoxi, "Xiaoyu, Ji Feng will never fall in love with any woman in this life. If you live with her, you will not be happy.
Yes, because there is another woman living in his heart, and that woman is his ex-girlfriend Su
Man Ling, many years ago, he and Man Ling were going to get married, but because of some things, they didn't get married, and they broke up. However, Ji Feng will not love anyone except her. I can guarantee that.
This is because I know him too well and know their affairs too well. He loves Man Ling to death."
"Ex-girlfriend?" This was the first time Ling Tongyu heard someone talk about Han Jifeng's emotional world. She always thought he was a very pretty man, but she didn't expect that he had such an affectionate side.
"It would be better for him to marry Ye Zhenzhen. Firstly, both our families are happy to see their marriage come to fruition, but you will disturb this peace. Secondly, and most importantly, Xiaoyu, the difference between you and Ye Zhenzhen is that
What Ye Zhenzhen needs is fame and fortune. Even if Ji Feng can't give her love, she will find a way to make herself happy. But you are the opposite of her. You don't need fame or fortune. What you need is love. Spend your whole life.
Ji Feng can't even give you this, maybe now Ji Feng
Feng occasionally shows a little affection for you, but this is just a normal emotion for a man to feel for a woman. He is not like this at all for Man Ling. Even if Ji Feng accepts you mother and daughter, it will never be because of
Love you and accept it. He is a responsible child and he will be responsible for you. But, Xiaoyu, do you really want to spend your whole life with someone who doesn't love you? You are still young and you still have a chance to meet him.
To a man who truly loves you and you love him too."
Han Wenxin's words were like a powerful dose of medicine that fell into Ling Tongyu's heart, deeply shocking her. A very complicated feeling arose in her heart, which seemed a little sour and a little helpless.
"Then where is his girlfriend now? He loves her so much, why doesn't he go find her and come back? Now he is fully capable of being with the one he loves."
"He thought she was dead. If he knew she was alive, he would do what you said." Han Wenxin said with a very sure tone.
"What, I thought she was dead..." What happened back then?
"You don't need to know this matter very clearly, and you can't explain it at once. However, you have to know that you have kept the secret that Xiaoxi is Ji Feng's daughter for six years and you still haven't kept it. There is no guarantee that one day Ji Feng will also
Knowing that Man Ling is not dead, what will you and Xiaoxi do at that time? Have you thought about it? "
Ling Tongyu lowered his head, his heart was suddenly stabbed hard many times by something, and it hurt.
"Xiaoyu, stay in the United States, but you must also promise me that you will not let Ji Feng find you or contact him under any circumstances. I will provide you with all convenient conditions and find the best school in the United States for Xiaoxi. I promise
You mother and daughter will have a worry-free life for the rest of their lives, and you will have plenty of time to realize your dreams. Please believe that I really like you and Xiaoxi, and the arrangements I have made for you are the best."