Liu Changqing's right foot shook unconsciously. After looking around, he returned to the cup of tea that had just been poured on the coffee table in front of him.
After being stunned for a while, he reached out his hand and picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Following the up and down rhythm of his throat, Liu Changqing took a long breath, put the cup in his hand back on the coffee table, and pinched out the tea leaves he had just drank from the corner of his mouth.
He hooked his foot over the trash can placed aside and flicked the tea leaves into it with his fingers.
Then he took out his mobile phone with his other hand and looked at the time on it, his expression became a little anxious.
He turned his head and looked at the closed door of the bathroom and shouted.
"Xia Zhi, are you okay in the toilet?"
"It's still a little bit... Well, give me a little time!"
Hearing the sound of his daughter exerting herself, Liu Changqing felt a little helpless.
Today is the time for Liu Xiazhi to participate in the competition.
Liu Changqing picked up An Yuanyao early in the morning. When everything was ready and the family was preparing to set off, something unexpected happened.
Liu Xiazhi suddenly covered her stomach, her face looked very ugly, and then she rushed into the bathroom.
Then Liu Changqing chose to stay and asked Liu Zhiyue to help carry the things and take a taxi with An Yuanyao. Looking at the time on his phone, Liu Changqing realized that twenty minutes had passed.
Normally, my daughter should have finished the battle long ago, but it seems that the weight accumulated today is different from usual, so the time is unexpectedly longer.
The clock hanging on the TV made a ticking sound from the second hand. Because the clock was broken, the time was not accurate.
Liu Changqing frowned slightly, and he realized that if he continued to delay, it might really be too late.
Thinking of something, Liu Changqing stood up from the sofa and strode towards the bathroom until he stood at the door.
Through the frosted glass on the door, Liu Changqing could vaguely see the figure of someone inside.
He raised his hand, patted the door gently, and said. Mobile::
"Did you have a bad stomach? Why did it take you so long?"
"Almost...almost, there's still a little bit to go."
Liu Xiazhi's voice came from the bathroom, which made Liu Changqing, who was standing outside the door, feel that something was not right.
It always feels like... my daughter doesn't look like she's going to the toilet.
He raised his hand and patted it twice more, then stretched out his hand to hold the toilet door handle and pressed it down, but the feedback he got was that the door was locked from the inside.
"Xia Zhi, what are you doing in there? Aren't you on the toilet?"
"I...I'm working hard, dad, don't talk to me!"
Liu Xiazhi's voice reached Liu Changqing's ears outside the door.
After all, it was his daughter, and Liu Changqing could tell something was wrong as soon as he heard it.
After thinking for a moment, he let go of the hand holding the doorknob with a slightly serious expression, turned around and walked towards his room, opened the door to the room, came to the bedside table, opened the drawer and took out all the items in the house.
spare key.
Then he quickly returned to the bathroom, inserted the key and turned it twice. With two clicks, the door lock was unlocked.
"Dad, wait a minute!"
Before he had time to pull out the key, Liu Changqing opened the door and walked in. His daughter's words did not stop him.
When he pushed open the bathroom door, Liu Changqing's expression instantly became dazed.
I saw Liu Xiazhi squatting in front of the toilet, facing the direction of the toilet, turning his head and looking at Liu Changqing with a shocked face as he opened the door.
My daughter did not go to the toilet, but instead behaved very strangely.
Letting go of his hand, Liu Changqing gently pushed the door and opened the bathroom door completely. He walked forward with some confusion and slowly came to Liu Xiazhi.
He knelt down and looked into his daughter's wide eyes.
He stretched out his hands, first twisted his daughter's body towards him, and then cupped his daughter's entire face.
With a little force, my daughter's beautiful little face was squeezed out of shape and looked a little funny.
He asked pretending to be stern.
"What are you doing hiding in the toilet?"
"I...I didn't..."
Responding to his father in this way, when Liu Xiazhi said these words, his eyes subconsciously looked to the side, not daring to look directly at Liu Changqing in front of him.
Obviously, this is a sign of lying.
My daughter is actually a very innocent child. In terms of personality, she has no scheming and all her emotions can be expressed on her face.
This also leads to her feeling guilty every time she lies.
That's the case at this moment.
Liu Changqing didn't understand. He didn't know why his daughter would hide in the bathroom, but considering today's situation and the time she spent alone in the bathroom for more than 20 minutes...
There seems to be an answer already.
"Don't you want to go to the competition?"
"I don't……"
"To be honest, I don't want to hear you lie."
Liu Changqing responded like this, lifting the hand holding his daughter's face a little harder, lowering his head slightly, and touching his daughter's forehead with his own.
Close your eyes and speak softly.
"My Xia Zhi is not a child who likes to lie. Tell dad why you don't want to participate."
"dad……"
Liu Xiazhi opened her mouth and called softly.
His eyes looked at his father who was very close at hand, and... the unnoticeable eye guano in the corners of his eyes.
After being stunned for a moment, he reached out his hand to help his father erase it.
Feeling his daughter's move, Liu Changqing let go of his hand, widened the distance between the two, raised his arm and rubbed his eyes with his fingers.
Oops, I didn't wipe my face thoroughly after washing.
"It's not that I don't want to participate..."
Liu Xiazhi lowered his head slightly, looking at the floor tiles in front of him, his eyes a little lost.
"I'm just afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?"
"The first few times I participated, although I was in the top ten every time, every time... my mother seemed unhappy..."
Liu Xiazhi's voice reached Liu Changqing's ears, which made his expression become a little solemn, and his eyes stared at his daughter who was squatting next to the toilet, feeling depressed.
There seemed to be nowhere to place her small hands, and Liu Xiazhi kept picking at her fingers, as if this could divert her attention.
"I'm afraid that if I don't perform well this time, Dad... you will also be unhappy..."
With his eyes lowered, Liu Xiazhi seemed to have shrunk into a ball, and her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.
"I'm afraid dad won't like me..."
"..."
What he wanted to ask just now, after his daughter finished speaking these few words, Liu Changqing couldn't say anything.
He did not expect that his daughter would choose to escape because of this.
Liu Changqing stared blankly at his daughter squatting by the toilet in front of him for a while, then seemed to be relieved, stepped forward to help the squatting daughter up, and then held her in his arms.
stood up.
He smiled and looked at his daughter who was picked up by him.
He spoke his mind.
"Silly girl...how could I not like you? As long as you perform well, no matter what ranking you get this time, there will be no change in the fact that dad likes you."
Stretch out your index finger, make it look like a hook, and gently hook your daughter's little nose. : :
"Don't be afraid, daddy... will always be by your side and watching over you."