Kongmu Che brushed his face with his hands and sighed.
"Four years have passed, and I think enough is enough."
"In the past four years, I have thought about many things and tried to think about problems from your perspective."
"Although I can't figure it out, I'm definitely trying."
"Four years." Kongmu Te's voice was trembling, "I have been silently paying attention to everything related to you. When those unscrupulous guys on Qidao wanted to get a share of the pie, I also sent
People go in and cause trouble."
"Luther is busy outside, and I often send people to keep an eye on him and provide him with help when necessary."
"I didn't know how to love you in the past, and maybe I still don't know now...but I'm trying."
Mai put down the tea cup in her hand, looked at her reflection in the tea, and smiled.
She smoothed her hanging hair and said in a calm tone: "I know, but we can't go back to the past."
Kongmu Che was shocked by these words that seemed to announce the end of everything. He couldn't wait to stand up and said loudly: "Is my concern for you in the past four years all fake?"
"What else do I have to do to make you understand my love for you..."
"You are about to become the mother of a child. Sooner or later you will understand how I feel. Why do you always reject me? Are you really..."
Mai tapped the table, suppressing the sound of Toru Kōmu's voice about to rise.
Mai's eyes were like a pool of water, calm and gentle.
She looked at Kongmu Te: "I just want to tell you that I have grown up."
The dazed Kong Muche opened his mouth slightly. For a long time, he seemed to have understood the meaning behind this sentence. There was a strong bitter taste in his mouth, and the sadness in his heart also surged up.
When children grow up, they have their own way.
Mai has already walked her own path.
On this road there is Qidao, her friends, her elves, and Luther who loves her the most.
For Mai, all attachment to the Soragi family ended in the summer when the Suzuran Tournament ended.
It was also that summer, when the two separated, that the name Kongaki Mai had already disappeared.
For a long time, Kong Mu Teru hoped to get more than just Mai's recognition of himself and to restore the relationship between father and daughter.
He also longed to let Mai understand that in fact, although what he did was unacceptable to Mai, it was also out of a father's love for his children, and it was not because Mai said he didn't know how to be a father.
This seems to have become an obsession of Kongmu Che.
"When I was very young, I was always sick. At that time, you were afraid that I would be lonely. No matter how busy you were, you would always read stories to me in front of my bed at night."
"I still remember that I often woke up at night. As soon as I woke up, you would rush to my room in a panic, hold me and coax me, hoping that I could feel a sense of security."
"At that time, I felt that my father was a hero. As long as he was around, I wouldn't be afraid."
Mai lowered her head so that Kongmu Teru couldn't see the expression on her face.
"But when I grew up a little and got better, you became the person I was most afraid of."
"You didn't give me a sense of security, but you were like those nightmares that woke me up, making me feel scared again and again."
Kong Muche covered his face and sighed feebly.
"That's all in the past, why bother mentioning it again."
Mai did not stop, but continued.
"I like elves, and I hope there can be more elves in my home, but you never stopped my request, and drove away all the elves near my home."
"I told you that I wanted to be an excellent breeder, but you directly denied my ability and concluded that I couldn't do it."
"In those years, you opposed whatever I wanted to do, so that I always wondered if I was a useless person who couldn't do anything well."
"It wasn't until I left your side and came into contact with the outside world for the first time that I discovered that I am actually not a useless person. Someone really needs me. Everything I do will be recognized and praised by him."
"He would never undermine my self-confidence and tell me, 'You can't do it.' Instead, he would tell me that I should try it boldly, but if it doesn't work, he would be the one to tell me the truth."
Kong Muche covered his face and said with a trembling voice: "That's enough."
"You don't understand why I have been afraid of contacting you and talking to you. Let me tell you."
"Because I never have the courage in front of you!"
"Every time I see you, I think of what you said to me. I always doubt everything I have and feel that it is just a gift I received because I was too lucky."
"So I continue to improve myself, work hard to learn all kinds of things, and tap all my potential."
Mai took out the documents she had prepared and placed them on the table.
"This is a breeder's certificate, not a junior level. I passed the intermediate level exam last year."
"This is a badge. I picked it up when the people from Qidao and I went out. Although there are only a few of them, I won them all with my own strength!"
"I have tried my best to build and develop Qidao, and I have tried my best to seize every opportunity."
"When I saw you following me in investing in the properties I bought, and following my investment moves to enter and exit the market, I was really happy."
With tears in her eyes, Mai stared at the somewhat depressed Kong Mu Tetsu.
There was no hatred or anger in her eyes. Instead, she seemed to be relieved and extremely soft.
"Dad, I am finally qualified to sit with you as an equal."
"I have worked hard for a long time on this day, you know?" Mai said, "I'm afraid that the love you say is only for me who succeeds, and I don't deserve it if I fail, so I waited until now to meet you."
"I'm really no worse than others, it's just that you always want to control me in your own way, so you want to keep hitting me and make me obey your mercy."
Mai, who has grown up in the shadow of Somu Toru since she was a child, will always recall those days when she was constantly denied even if she leaves his side.
Although Luther gave her the most important spiritual support, she still couldn't help but want to prove herself to her father.
The only thing Mai wanted to see was to sting Kongmu Teru so hard and make him at a loss when facing her.
Because she had been in such pain before.
At that time, she was unable to resist her father and could only endure it silently.
Only when Kongmu Tetsu truly understands her original sadness, the feeling that she had hoped for her loved ones but was hurt again and again, really falls on him, can Mai allow herself to forgive Kongmu Tetsu.
"Now, do you still think that I have to rely on you to live a wonderful life?"
"Enough!"
Kong Muche shouted loudly, and then seemed to realize his gaffe, and covered his face with his hands again in dejection, and kept mumbling in a low voice.