Xiao Yunlong was silent for a long time because he didn't know what to say. From Gong Ziyu's crying, he found that his experience was somewhat similar to Gong Ziyu's.
When he was overseas, when he was fifteen years old, his mother died of illness, leaving him alone. At that time, he knew that he still had a home in Jianghai City, but he did not come back, but stayed here.
He was fighting overseas. At that time, he had no mother and his father was not around. Wouldn't he be just as helpless?
How much hardship he endured when he was young, how many fatigues he endured, and how many narrow escapes from death he never mentioned to anyone. Only those who experienced it personally would know the hardships involved.
Although Gong Ziyu is in the city and is not in danger of fighting, she has to rely on herself to survive at such a young age. Isn't it just as difficult? Besides, she is still a girl, and her endurance is inherently inferior.
In a sense, Gong Ziyu's past experiences were probably more difficult and difficult than his own.
"Xiaoyu, don't blame your father, his love for you is unquestionable." Xiao Yunlong took a deep breath and said slowly.
"That's ridiculous. Are you saying this is how he loves me? Then why doesn't he come back? Why is there still no news?" Gong Ziyu asked.
"Because, he can't come back!"
Xiao Yunlong said calmly and word by word.
Gong Ziyu's face was stunned, and her expression froze for a moment. She stood up suddenly, looked at Xiao Yunlong, and asked in a trembling and disbelieving tone: "You, what did you say? You, what did you say?
What do you mean? You can’t come back? Why can’t you come back?”
"Your father unfortunately passed away eight years ago, so he can't come back." Xiao Yunlong looked at Gong Ziyu and said in a deep voice. He then said, "The thing your father cared about the most before he died was you, the one he couldn't let go of the most.
That is you. He told us that he also had a daughter who was very well-behaved and cute. He also said that his daughter had a feather-shaped birthmark on the left side of her neck, so he named her Yu. He told us
, if we meet his daughter in the future, we must take good care of him. He also entrusted us to say sorry on his behalf if we meet his daughter. Because he feels that he has not fulfilled his responsibility as a father."
thump!
Gongzi Yu's body that had just stood up suddenly seemed to have been drained of all her strength. Her body softened and she sat back on the sofa.
Her eyes were blank, her eyes were empty, and her whole body seemed to be drained of energy in an instant. She sat on the sofa, dazed, and her eyes were extremely empty, just because of the belief that had always supported her.
It collapsed at this moment.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu" Xiao Yunlong shouted several times. Seeing Gongziyu's reaction, he was a little worried.
"You, you mean that my father is already gone? He was gone eight years ago?" Gong Ziyu murmured.
Xiao Yunlong nodded heavily and said: "He disappeared eight years ago. He is my big brother, and I respect him very much. Without him, I would not be where I am now. If he hadn't protected me back then, maybe I wouldn't be here either.
There's no way to escape that fate. I'm sorry that we couldn't bring your father back."
"How did my father die? Tell me, why did he die suddenly?" Gong Ziyu shouted uncontrollably.
"Eight years ago, in the Sussosvili Desert in Africa, your father led us to break out of the encirclement, and we were about to find a way out. At that time, your father fell down and could not stand up again." Xiao Yunlong said in a deep voice.
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"Africa? What desert? Why would my father go to that kind of place?" Gong Ziyu asked.
"The Sussosvili Desert in Africa, this desert is also called the Desert of Death. Your father is a mercenary, and he took us on a mission. In the end, in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy behind, he escaped into this desert.
Desert. As a big brother, he leads us to persevere, strengthen our belief in survival, and find a way out in that vast desert.
At that time, we had no food or water, and none of us could hold on any longer. It was your father who still had firm faith and finally succeeded in leading us to find an oasis...but he fell."
Xiao Yunlong spoke slowly, with an unbearable sadness in his tone. Even though it had been many years, every time he thought about it, it still felt like a heavy stone weighing on his heart, making him feel heavy.
stand up.
"How could this happen? How could this happen? Is fate kidding me? Why is it so cruel?" Gongziyu was about to cry, her eyes red and swollen. She said intermittently, "My main purpose in establishing Tianxiang Tower is
In order to find my father, through Tianxianglou I can greatly expand my network of contacts, and do everything possible to find out about my father through various levels of contacts. However, now, you are telling me that my father is dead.
What’s the point of everything I’ve done? What’s the point of everything I’ve been holding on to?”
"Xiaoyu, don't be like this, calm down. People can't be resurrected, and my grief is no less than yours. I understand how you feel now, but people must learn to move forward and look forward. No matter how many vicissitudes they go through, as long as they are alive,
Just live well. This is the best reward for your father and your mother." Xiao Yunlong said.
"No, you don't understand at all. If I could do it all over again, I would rather not go to Tianxiang Tower that night, and I would rather not meet you. Eight years ago, I took looking for my father as a belief and a belief to support my survival.
Dream. But your appearance shattered my dream into pieces. I can't find my father these years, but at least I still have a thought, a hope, and a hope. But
What now? Nothing is gone, nothing is gone..."
Gong Ziyu murmured, her eyes were empty and her face was lifeless. She seemed to have lost her soul. It was a look that was filled with despair and had no nostalgia for life.
"Xiaoyu!"
Xiao Yunlong shouted violently. He stood up and held the young master's weak shoulders with both hands. He shouted: "Wake up, wake up! Your father is dead, but what's inside your body is
Isn’t it that half of your father’s blood is flowing? For him and your mother, shouldn’t you live well? You are the only blood they have left in the world. Only by living well is the best for them.
Only in return can they rest under the Nine Springs!"
"I just don't understand, why me? Why did I encounter such a fate? When I was a teenage girl, I looked at other people with their parents, and I could only look at it with envy.
At that time, I would shout in my heart, Dad, where are you? Don’t you want Xiaoyu? Do you know that what I was most afraid of at that time was the parent-teacher meeting, because...because there will always be only me, my parents
I will never be there...wuwuwu." Having said this, Gongziyu could no longer control her emotions, and she lay on Xiao Yunlong's shoulder and burst into tears.
Xiao Yunlong was silent in his heart, not knowing how to comfort him, so he could only let Gong Ziyu lie on his shoulder and cry.
Maybe after crying hard, you can regain the firm belief in your heart.
Maybe after crying bitterly, you can see the beautiful rainbow in your life.
Gong Ziyu didn't know how long she cried before her emotions gradually calmed down, and the tears flowing from her eyes had already soaked the clothes on Xiao Yunlong's shoulders.
"Destiny is a shameless bitch. If you choose to give in, you will be ravaged by her. Only by rising up and resisting can you control your own destiny and suppress this bitch like fate! Me too.
I lost my beloved mother when I was young. My life was dark at that time. Later I met your father, and he brought me into a mercenary group. He took care of me like a big brother and gave me
Room to grow. At that time, the thing he told us the most was his daughter." Xiao Yunlong said slowly.
Gong Ziyu wiped the tears on her face. She opened a satchel on the sofa and took out a photo frame. Inside the photo frame was a photo of a family of three. In the photo, the man was holding a little girl, and next to him was a gentle-looking woman.
He snuggled next to her, showing a peaceful and happy smile.
Xiao Yunlong could recognize it at a glance. The man in the photo was the big brother back then.
"This is a photo of my parents and me when I was ten years old. My father held me at that time. I wish he could hold me again, but this wish is destined to never come true." Gong Ziyu spoke softly, she
Her expression gradually returned to calm, and she had accepted the fact that her father had passed away long ago.
Xiao Yunlong sighed softly and said: "To me, your father is the big brother I respect the most. No matter what you need my help with in the future, I will try my best to help."
Gong Ziyu suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Yunlong, and she said: "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true." Xiao Yunlong nodded and said.
"Okay. I'm going to find my father. Even if he's gone, I still want to find his bones! You said my father died in that desert of death, right? Then was he buried in the desert?
In that desert?" Gong Ziyu asked.
"Yes, we buried your father in the desert in front of the oasis." Xiao Yunlong said.
"Then I just want you to promise me one thing. Take me to find my father. I want to find his bones, let his soul return to his hometown, and bury him with my mother." Gong Ziyu looked at Xiao Yunlong with a sincere tone.
said.
Xiao Yunlong's face was startled. In that dangerous and vast desert of death, how easy was it to find the burial place?
Eight years have passed, and Xiao Yunlong has forgotten the direction when he crossed the desert. It is almost an impossible task to find the oasis in the vast desert.
But when he looked at Gong Ziyu's hopeful eyes, how could he refuse?
Xiao Yunlong took a deep breath and said slowly: "Then you also promise me one thing. Live well and don't do stupid things."
Gong Ziyu nodded and said, "I promise you, even if it's not for myself, I will live well for my parents."
"Okay!" Xiao Yunlong nodded and said firmly.
Gong Ziyu suddenly burst into laughter. She looked at Xiao Yunlong and said, "Suddenly I feel that you are not so annoying anymore."
Xiao Yunlong's face was startled, and he felt astonished and confused.