pick a peach essence

Tao Tao didn't sleep all night, she struggled all night.

But in the end she chose the truth.

Tao Tao looked at her haggard face in the mirror due to not sleeping all night, and sighed heavily.

She raised her head, looked at the clock on the wall, and found that there was still half an hour before meeting Xiao Qiong.

So she quickly picked up her bag and walked out of the bedroom quickly.

She and Xiao Qiong made an appointment in a cafe not far from the school.

When Tao Tao arrived, she found that Xiao Qiong was already sitting there.

It's fast enough.

Tao Tao adjusted her expression to make herself not look so nervous, and then she walked over step by step.

Xiao Qiong was slightly taken aback when he saw her.

Why is she so haggard?

Tao Tao ignored Xiao Qiong's strange expression, she walked to the opposite side of the man and sat down.

"Hello, what would you like to drink?"

As soon as Tao Tao sat down, the waiter came over.

"An Americano."

Xiao Qiong blurted out without thinking.

Then he stared at Tao Tao without blinking.

Tao Tao has no way to ignore Xiao Qiong's eyes glued to her body.

"Cappuccino, thank you."

Tao Tao smiled at the waiter, and then said.

"Ok two, please wait a moment."

The waiter went down to serve them coffee.

The two fell into an eerie silence.

Tao Tao looked at Xiao Qiong's face that made her feel very strange, and felt that life is really strange.

When Mingming first met Xiao Qiong, he only felt that he was aloof but a bit awkward. He usually likes to hold grudges, but there are still some gentle men.

But now.

Today's Xiao Qiong only makes herself feel strange.

Tao Tao remembered the bag of medicine that Xiao Qiong held tightly in her hand last time in the library.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?"

Xiao Qiong looked at Tao Tao's thoughts gradually drifting away, frowned and said.

After hearing this, Tao Tao quickly withdrew her thoughts, now is not the time to recall the past.

"I want to know everything."

Tao Tao looked seriously at Xiao Qiong's pupils which showed no waves or even any emotion, and said seriously.

"Oh, all of them?"

Xiao Qiong suddenly sneered.

"Didn't you still believe me last time?"

His fingers tapped the table lightly, hitting Tao Tao's heart with one sound.

Last time……

Tao Tao instantly remembered the last embarrassing scene between the two of them.

"I will choose to believe it or not."

However, this time Tao Tao did not choose to be led away by Xiao Qiong's controlled emotions.

Xiao Qiong actually smiled slightly after hearing this.

Tao Tao stared blankly at Xiao Qiong's smiling face.

"You're still so smart."

At this time, the waiter brought coffee and gently placed it in front of the two of them.

Xiao Qiong straightened up and stirred the coffee on the table.

"Whatever you want to ask, just ask."

Xiao Qiong picked up the cup and took a sip without frowning.

"What's your relationship with Li Huan?"

Tao Tao watched Xiao Qiong's movements motionlessly.

After hearing Tao Tao's question, Xiao Qiong sneered again.

"I thought your first question would be about Jiang Jinchen."

Xiao Qiong put down the cup, leaned on the chair lazily looking at Tao Tao in leisure time.

"I don't ask questions about him."

Tao Tao met Xiao Qiong's gaze without fear.

Xiao Qiong suddenly narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Oh? Really, then you really trust him."

Xiao Qiong quickly restrained his emotions.

"answer me."

Tao Tao knows that Xiao Qiong is very good at controlling others, but this time Tao Tao thinks that she will never follow his wishes again.

"Li Huan is my sister."

After Xiao Qiong finished speaking, she saw Tao Tao's not very surprised expression.

He smiled and continued.

"Half father."

Tao Tao was still taken aback when she heard this sentence.

She guessed that Li Huan and Xiao Qiong might be siblings, but she didn't expect them to be half-brothers.

Xiao Qiong's eyes moved away from Tao Tao's slightly surprised face, and looked out of the window.

"My mother married Li Huan into our family with her."

Xiao Qiong's gaze gradually lost focus, as if he was caught in memory.

"When Xiao Lan and I were very young, my father told us about this incident. He said that when he first saw Li Min, he fell in love with her at first sight, even though she had a daughter who was under two years old at the time. "

"Father quickly married Li Min back home, without even investigating her background. Father only knew that she was an orphan whose parents died when she was young, and was deceived by her previous husband and kicked out."

"That's far from the truth."

When Xiao Qiong said this, he suddenly shook his head regretfully.

"He was deceived by my mother. Li Min is not homeless and his parents died. On the contrary, my grandparents' family is a mysterious big family."

"Mysterious big family?"

From Xiao Qiong's words, Tao Tao sensitively captured the two keywords of mystery.

"Is it related to some anecdotal magic?"

Xiao Qiong heard Tao Tao's question, glanced at her appreciatively, and nodded.

"Yes, the ancestors of the Li family have mastered a kind of hypnotism for generations. The practitioner can easily break into people's thoughts and completely hypnotize them."

Tao Tao was not too surprised when she heard it, she had thought of this before.

Xiao Qiong took a sip of coffee and continued.

"I don't know what the mother's purpose is, and I don't know whose child Li Huan is. The two of them were so mysterious at the time."

"One year after the two of them got married, I gave birth to me, and another year later, Xiao Lan was born."

"As far back as I can remember, my father was rarely home. And my mother didn't seem to care too much, she just stayed in her room every day."

"Then she doesn't care about you?"

Tao Tao suddenly feels sorry for the Xiao Qiong brothers and sisters.

"Yes, don't care."

Xiao Qiong nodded expressionlessly, showing no emotion.

"At that time, my sister and I were the only ones who depended on each other. Everyone in the family, except me and my sister, I could no longer feel a living body of flesh and blood."

Tao Tao frowned when she heard that.

"It seems that everyone has been programmed to perform tasks according to the program every day without the slightest emotion."

"Xiao Lan and I grew up like this."

"Then... how does your mother treat Li Huan?"

Tao Tao felt that Li Huan was so similar to her mother, so his mother should give her more affection.

"the same."

Xiao Qiong shook his head lightly.

"She treats all her children equally."

"Li Huan was not the same as me and Xiao Lan when I was a child."

"She has a very smart mind and knows how to please adults at a young age. And she always has a maturity that her peers don't have."

"But she's been kind to us."

Xiao Qiong paused slightly when he said this.

"She did take care of us for a while, but since she was 15 years old, she left home and lived alone at the school and rarely came back."

"Xiao Lan and I usually don't hear any news about her. It's the same at home. My mother still doesn't like to go out. Xiao Lan and I go to our respective schools during the day, playing the roles of the rich boy and the rich lady. At night, we also take off our clothes. Putting off the camouflage on their bodies, hugging each other to keep warm."

Tao Tao sighed softly when she heard this.

It turned out that the seemingly strong Xiao Qiong also had such a miserable childhood.

"The ring on her finger..."

Tao Tao suddenly remembered that this time she found the question Xiao Qiong wanted to ask the most.

"You noticed."

Xiao Qiong took another sip of coffee from his cup.

"That ring was handed down from the ancestors of the Li family. I don't know the details. I just know that this ring seems to be able to swallow people's will and..."

Xiao Qiong stopped suddenly when he said this.

"And what?"

Tao Tao frowned and looked at Xiao Qiong who hesitated to speak.

"It's nothing. There are two rings in total. They must be worn by mother and daughter together. The one in Li Huan's hand is very similar to that of his mother, but the pattern is different."

Tao Tao felt that Xiao Qiong cleverly avoided the questions she had just asked.

Is it possible to modify the memory?
Tao Tao looked at Xiao Qiong's eyes that seemed to be dodging, and confirmed her thoughts in her heart.

Her memory was probably modified by Li Huan.

But... since it was a modification, why did it all disappear suddenly?

Tao Tao thought that Xiao Qiong would not tell herself this question.

"The cheongsams they wear are also handed down from their ancestors?"

Tao Tao suddenly remembered what Jiang Jinchen told him before, the cheongsam that seemed to have a history of hundreds of years.

"Yes."

Xiao Qiong thought for a while after hearing this, and nodded.

Tao Tao looked into Xiao Qiong's eyes and suddenly asked a question.

"When did you know that Li Huan has this ability?"

Tao Tao stared closely at Xiao Qiong's eyes, not wanting to miss any of his expressions.

Xiao Qiong suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled, then said without hesitation.

"13 years ago."

Tao Tao trembled imperceptibly.

She looked at Xiao Qiong's dark pupils, and felt that she was almost sunk in them.

He actually said it quickly.

Tao Tao lowered her head and glanced at the cold coffee in front of her, thinking how he could remember so clearly.

"last question."

Tao Tao raised her head and looked at Xiao Qiong with a strange expression.

"You said."

Xiao Qiong inadvertently glanced at Tao Tao's unmoved cup of coffee.

"Have we met before?"

Xiao Qiong seemed to have already thought that she would ask this question.

He raised the corners of his mouth and made a strange smile, staring intently at Tao Tao's serious face.

"I have seen."

really……

Tao Tao seemed to understand all of this at once.

"Thank you."

Tao Tao already knew what she wanted to know, she didn't want to spend any more time with Xiao Qiong, so she thanked Xiao Qiong, got up and left.

Just when Tao Tao was about to leave, she heard Xiao Qiong say something inexplicably behind her.

"You haven't had a sip of your coffee yet."

Tao Tao turned around and looked at Xiao Qiong and smiled, then said.

"I don't like coffee."

Because she didn't want to add this inexplicable bitterness to her beautiful life.