Dai Yuxiao stayed in front of Dai Zhengde's bed, her face was pale and her eyes were red and swollen. She stayed up all night and stayed in front of her father's bed.
Butler Yu called and said that the Mu Group had an urgent matter that needed to be handled by Mu Lengrui himself. Seeing that Dai Zhengde's condition was stable, he left the ward, leaving Dai Yuxiao alone to accompany him.
Dai Yuxiao looked at his father who had just undergone brain surgery and his entire head was heavily wrapped with gauze. Only a haggard face was left, and tears fell silently several times.
For the first time, she discovered that her father, who was once so high-spirited, was now really old, and the corners of his eyes were covered with crow's feet... In just one night, he seemed to have aged for decades.
For many years, she had never been in such close contact with her father, and had never stared at him so closely.
Father is a very complicated term for her. Every time she mentions this word, she has mixed feelings in her heart, always longing for this indifferent name to become full of warmth.
From the time I can remember, this longing has been deeply hidden in my heart. Only by occasionally looking at the photo of the father and their mother and daughter can the dried longing be nourished and fresh.
When people are vulnerable, they always like to reminisce. They habitually keep those beautiful memories in their hearts over and over again. Holding the memories in the palm of your hand is more precious than the happiness in reality.
Dai Yuxiao stared at his father's haggard face and compared it with the photos in his hands. One was old and haggard, the other was young and handsome. It had been eighteen years, and the years were like flying knives, and the daggers made people grow old.
Her father was really extremely old, and his instantaneous aging was inextricably linked to her.
Dai Yuxiao looked at the photo in his hand, and his eyes became illusive. His mother walked towards them with a bright smile. His father was still high-spirited, holding her young daughter in his arms, and held her mother's hand tenderly.
Wearing the floral dress that her father had just bought from abroad, she giggled happily in his broad arms and coquettishly opened her arms to ask her mother to hold her.
Just as her mother was about to pick her up, she felt the warmth of her hands. The sky suddenly turned dark. She stood alone in the wilderness. There were no traces of her parents anywhere. All she could see was boundless darkness.
"Dad! Mom!" She screamed helplessly, and her childish shouts echoed in the wilderness, but no one answered.
She could only walk aimlessly in the wilderness helplessly and alone. A dark cloud passed over her head. She saw the shadow left by the dark cloud on the ground. When she looked up, she saw a huge owl.
The owl's green eyes were full of darkness. She leaned down in fear, picked up some dead grass and threw it towards it.
The withered grass floated lightly into the air, and then fell lightly. The owl blinked at her contemptuously, reached out with its sharp claws, grabbed the clothes on her back, and flew up into the dark sky.
"Help, help! Dad! Mom!" She screamed in fear, screaming, lonely, helpless, and desperate.
Drowsily, she felt a pair of big hands stroking her hair. Those warm hands woke her up from the absurd nightmare.
She rubbed her sleepy and swollen eyes, and her father Dai Zhengde was smiling at her. His smile was still so haggard, which made her feel a sudden pain in her heart.
"Dad, are you awake? I fell asleep just now..." There was an indentation on Dai Yuxiao's cheek. He put the photo next to his head in his sleep, and the indentation was caused by his cheek touching the edge of the photo.
"Yuxiao, have you been staying here all this time? Aren't you tired?" Her father's big hands gently stroked her hair, his eyes full of care and love.
"I'm not tired, Dad, I'm not tired!" As long as I can get my father's long-lost love, what does it matter if I'm a little tired? Dai Yuxiao shook her head decisively and gave her father a relaxed and cheerful smile.
"Yuxiao, I have made you suffer all these years... I'm sorry for your mother... I'm even more sorry for you..." As his father said this, tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and his voice couldn't stop trembling slightly.
"Dad, don't say that. It's all Auntie's fault, and you were deceived... Neither mom nor I will blame you..." Dai Yuxiao couldn't help herself, her eyes filled with tears.
She controlled her emotions and did not want her father to have too many emotional fluctuations. The doctor said that he had just undergone brain surgery and being emotional would have very serious consequences.
"Yu Xiao, Dad really owes you too much... Dad is sorry for you..." The father choked out, and the tears flowed down the sides of his cheeks and seeped into the gauze.
"Dad, don't say that...I feel very happy now, very happy, really!" Dai Yuxiao playfully made a face at his father, exaggeratedly raised the corners of his lips with his fingers, and gave his father a big smile.
Dai Zhengde's eyes were a little dazed and his voice was weak: "Yu Xiao, just now, I dreamed of your mother. She came to pick me up and reunite with her..."
Dai Yuxiao saw that he was tired and started to murmur, so he quickly stuffed his big hands into the quilt and comforted him: "Dad, please take a rest for a while. The operation has just been completed, so you can't talk too much..."
Dai Zhengde fell into a deep sleep, his face looked much better, and his breathing was even and steady.
Half a month later, Dai Zhengde was recovering well. Dai Yuxiao and Mu Lengrui helped him into a wheelchair and pushed him out of the ward to breathe fresh air in the hospital.
In the corridor, the handsome Mu Lengrui was pushing a wheelchair, and the innocent and lovely Dai Yuxiao followed beside him in tacit understanding.
Dai Zhengde looked at his daughter, then at Mu Lengrui who was pushing him, with a knowing smile on his face.
"I can be served by Master Mu. I don't know how many people in the world have this honor..." Dai Zhengde said jokingly.
"It's a pity that a certain young lady doesn't take it seriously at all. She doesn't take it seriously no matter how much Master Mu does for her..." Mu Lengrui's teasing tone made Dai Yuxiao feel a little embarrassed, and her eyes
Floating into the distance, not responding to his words.
When I walked into the courtyard, I saw a man and a woman walking slowly towards me. Not far behind them, there was a wheelchair parked in the greenery on the roadside.
The woman wore a black tights that outlined her beautiful figure. She lowered her head, her long black hair covering half of her face, and supported the man patiently.
The man looked like he was just recovering from a serious illness. He was wearing a large hospital gown. His legs and feet looked very clumsy. With the support of the woman, he almost moved forward little by little. Every step he took was very hard and he was staggering like a child.
Toddler.
"Xin Qing, Xin Qing, can I really go? Can I really go?" Although the man walked very slowly, he was very happy. He did not feel at all how embarrassing it was to walk so slowly and so hard.
matter.
"Jingyi, come on, look at how much progress you have made today. Yesterday you only took two steps, and today you have taken more than ten steps..." The woman did not dislike it at all, and even praised him very appreciatively.
When Dai Yuxiao heard the conversation between the two people, his heart trembled. He controlled his excitement and slowly walked towards the two people.
Mu Lengrui pushed Dai Zhengde, not knowing what new signs she had found, and looked along where she walked.
Dai Yuxiao walked up to the two people and looked at them carefully. Yes, they were the two people she had always cared about.
The sight of a man and a woman was originally limited to the range of their toes, but they saw the figure of a young woman standing around the toes, and they stood still. They both raised their heads at the same time.
Dai Yuxiao stepped forward excitedly. If the woman hadn't been present, she would probably have held the man's big hand and felt his unique strength and warmth.
Her voice trembled, and the hand she originally stretched out drew an arc in front of her chest, fell on her temples, and unnaturally raised her hair: "Brother Dongfang, Sister Xin Qing, it's great to see you...Brother Dongfang,
Congratulations, you can finally walk again..."
Dongfang Jing was surprised for a moment, and the still warm smile appeared on his face, which made Dai Yuxiao no stranger at all, making her feel that he was still the elder brother Dongfang who loved her before.
"Yu Xiao, it's all thanks to your sister Xin Qing... She has been taking care of me, otherwise I would not have recovered so quickly... The doctors said that it is a miracle that I can stand up and walk..." Dongfang Jingyi shook Xin Qing's hand hard.
Qing's hand.,
Xin Qing smiled a little shyly. It was sweet to be praised by her beloved man, which made her feel that the air in the courtyard was filled with a sweet fragrance.
"Sister Xin Qing, thank you for taking care of Brother Dongfang. If Brother Dongfang cannot stand up, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life..." Dai Yuxiao looked at Xin Qing gratefully, with tears in his eyes.
"Yu Xiao, it's time for you to change your mind. We have already obtained the marriage certificate. When I am almost recovered, we will hold a grand wedding!" Dongfang Jing told Dai Yuxiao the good news.
"Really? That's great. Sister Xin Qing, no, sister-in-law, I congratulate you. Although we are not related by blood, you will still be my relatives from now on, and you will be my closest eldest brother and sister-in-law!" Dai Yuxiao was overjoyed.
, the two lovers finally got married, which made her very happy.
Mu Lengrui looked here from a distance. He could clearly see who the man and the woman were. He never came over. He thought there was no need to come over.
The three of them were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious. If he walked over, or he would become a disruptive factor in the harmonious atmosphere, then he might as well just wait and watch from a distance.
"Yu Xiao, it's time for your elder brother's physical therapy. We have to rush back. Whenever you are free, come and see your elder brother Dongfang, so that he won't miss you all the time..." Xin Qing gave Dongfang Jingyi a charming look.
, saying that her man missed another woman, she was not jealous at all, but was encouraging.
"Brother Dongfang, if I come to see you again, you won't drive me away again, right?" Dai Yuxiao asked pretending to be scared, her eyes twinkling with stars, her expression charming and charming.
"If you can't bring your fiancé here, then I will probably drive you away..." Dongfang Jing's face was serious, but his eyes were full of smiles. His eyes fell on the person pushing the wheelchair in the distance.
On Mu Lengrui.
Dai Yuxiao followed his gaze and looked over, her cheeks flushed: "Brother Dongfang, he is not my fiancé..."
"That's right, don't be so shy...Are you worried that your eldest brother Dongfang will be dissatisfied with him?" Xin Qing joked.
"Sister-in-law, it's really not...he is not my fiancé..." Dai Yuxiao lowered his head shyly, not knowing how to explain.
She really didn't know how to explain to outsiders that the relationship between her and Mu Lengrui was very delicate. If we call it ordinary friends, the relationship between the two people has long gone beyond the boundaries of ordinary friends.
Speaking of lovers? Mu Lengrui only said that she was his woman. He also said words like wife during times of crisis in the town, but he never formally asked her to be his girlfriend or wife.
For Dai Yuxiao, if he lacks the process of requesting, it means that he is not justified and does not have full sincerity.
When she was ashamed, there was a man in her sight. She thought it was Mu Lengrui who came over to help her clarify his identity. She was secretly worried. This Mu Lengrui had the nerve to approach him after he had harmed Brother Dongfang like this.
say?
It was rare for Dongfang Jingyi and Xin Qing to see Mu Lengrui be so calm. It would be strange if it were anyone else who would not regard Master Mu as their sworn enemy and fight to the death with him.
She was hesitating, not knowing how to ease this awkward atmosphere and relationship, when Mu Lengrui came over to make trouble at this time, she really didn't know how to end it.
A cold voice came to my ears: "Yu Xiao is right, she is not Mu Lengrui's fiancée at all, she will be my fiancée in the future! You don't have to doubt it anymore!"