"Although I don't care anymore, I still get curious occasionally."
After placing the school uniform in the basin, Zhao Xuanying squeezed out the excess water by twisting both ends and stood up with a sigh.
He grabbed the collar and shook it vigorously.
After folding and putting the clothes on her arms, Zhao Xuanying raised her eyes and looked at Liu Weicheng who was standing aside.
continued.
"I know about my mother. I still have photos of her before her death at home, but about my father...my grandma has never told me."
Under the night, the two of them were not far apart.
In the silent environment, what she said fell into Liu Weicheng's ears word for word.
"When I was young, I was ignorant and kept asking questions. But every time I talked about my dad, my grandma kept silent. Not only did she not make me less curious, but it made me care more."
"Your dad...is still alive?"
"Maybe."
He nodded and then shook it quickly.
Regarding her father, whom she had no memory of at all, Zhao Xuanying could not answer even if Liu Weicheng asked him whether he was dead or not.
The lowered head was raised, and what appeared in front of Liu Weicheng was the same smiling face as before.
Looking up at the house where she lived upstairs, Zhao Xuanying poured out the water in the basin and hugged it with the washboard in her arms.
"It's getting late, and my grandma should be waiting impatiently. We won't talk today. Hehe... I told you a lot today."
"..."
"Good night."
His slender legs moved, and he walked past Liu Weicheng in front of the stall towards the direction of the stairs.
One foot just stepped onto the step.
"I already know about the ink on the clothes."
pause.
After more than ten seconds, Zhao Xuanying slowly turned around and looked at Liu Weicheng, who was watching her go upstairs.
His face was full of doubts.
"What do you know?"
"Ink on clothes."
Lifting his finger and pointing to his shirt, Liu Weicheng gestured and said.
"It wasn't accidentally thrown on it, it was splashed on by another female classmate in the class."
"..."
After hearing Liu Weicheng reveal the truth of the matter, Zhao Xuanying didn't know how to answer for a moment. She stayed in place blankly, looking at the serious expression of the man in front of her that she had never seen before.
After a long time, he asked curiously.
"How did you know……"
"Don't worry about how I know. I'm very happy that you can chat with me today, but... I don't like your behavior of hiding the fact of being bullied."
Liu Weicheng looked at Zhao Xuanying at the stairs.
He had no intention of telling the other party what happened to Shen Yunli tonight. After all, even if he told Zhao Xuanying, there was nothing she could do.
Besides keeping her awake at night.
Looking at Zhao Xuanying who was silent, he looked at the silly girl in front of him.
Liu Weicheng continued.
"Why did you hide it from me? If you had told me directly at that time, I would have vented your anger on you."
"Are you going to hit a woman?"
"..."
Zhao Xuanying's rhetorical question was very sharp and she put the question back to Liu Weicheng.
If Zhao Xuanying was being bullied by a few young high school boys, he would not have so many worries about teaching her a lesson, but in fact the troublemakers were a group of female students of the same age as Zhao Xuanying.
This matter became a little difficult to handle.
Putting aside the issue of beating women, they are just a group of minors. No matter how you look at it, they don't have a good reason to take action.
If things get serious, the only person who will suffer is the adult self.
After all, this is a legal society, and people who rely on impulse to do things...sooner or later will be drowned in the big dye vat of society.
Looking at Zhao Xuanying who asked him such a question, Liu Weicheng responded after being silent for a long time.
"Not all problems need to be solved with force. Do you know what is the biggest difference between humans and animals?"
He raised his hand and tapped his head with his index finger.
"It's wisdom. Keep silent in the face of this situation. What awaits you is not peace but countless troubles."
"..."
Looking at Liu Weicheng who said such words, especially when the other person's face was serious.
Zhao Xuanying seemed to be stunned on the spot, and she smiled after a long time.
"I know, then I'll go back to the room first."
After saying that, he walked towards the stairs.
In Liu Weicheng's sight, the figure of the other party disappeared at the top of the stairs, then appeared in the corridor on the second floor, returned to the door where he lived, opened the door and walked in.
As the door closed, Zhao Xuanying's figure completely disappeared from his eyes.
Liu Weicheng raised his head slightly, and after a long time he picked up the things he packed in his bag and walked towards the stairs.
In my heart, I recall the smile of the other person when I said goodbye.
What's the meaning?
Wasn’t it cool what I just said?
What is she... laughing at?
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Put down the phone.
Lying down on his side.
Not long after she relaxed, Li Shiyi immediately sat up again and picked up the mobile phone that had just been placed on the bedside table.
His eyes were focused on the small screen of his mobile phone, and his fingers quickly pressed out a paragraph. Before sending it, he decided to delete it because he felt it was inappropriate.
Compared to her mother's confusion, the little girl with a small pillow beside her and wide, round eyes didn't have the same worries as her.
After wandering her eyes for a moment, Yunyun looked at her mother holding the mobile phone beside her and asked in a low voice.
"Has Uncle Niu come back?"
"It's Uncle Liu... don't call me wrong again."
After correcting her daughter's wrong name, Li Shiyi looked at the text message on her phone screen that she didn't know how to write and fell into deep thought again.
Li Shiyi loves her daughter very much.
To her now, the most important thing in the world is the little girl lying next to her.
Therefore... after hearing that Yunyun was clamoring for Liu Weicheng to come and play before going to bed, after thinking for a long time, she still wanted to have a good communication with him.
If Liu Weicheng could spend more time with Yunyun in his free time, maybe the child would be more cheerful.
The failed marriage life has brought a lot of shadow to the children.
In Li Shiyi's memory, she hadn't seen her daughter smile so happily for a while.
Especially when staying with Liu Weicheng...
Although the child has been teased to tears by the other party a few times, he will soon continue to play with the other party with a smile on his face.
After taking a shower in the evening, Yunyun kept asking her when Liu Weicheng would come next, which also made Li Shiyi, who had troubled her time and time again, not knowing what to do.
Ever since I asked the other party to come to repair the toilet, I have asked the other party for help more than once.
Wu Yong's visit, participation in parent-child activities...
Even the person involved, Li Shiyi, felt that she had gone too far, but during the conversation with Liu Weicheng, the other party showed no objection at all.
Instead, he helped himself again and again.
without return.
Liu Weicheng's behavior made Li Shiyi feel heartwarming.
And what the other party did unconsciously slowly changed her mind.
Liu Weicheng, who was originally like a younger brother, disappeared in her heart at some point. Now she treats each other as an equal.
Because of this, when faced with her daughter's request, she was so nervous that she didn't know how to speak.
I'm afraid...the recipient of the text message will hate me.
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