Fall in love with your enemy

After all, I couldn't cross that threshold on my own. I was really incompetent.

It was midnight when I woke up. I don’t know the exact time, but it should be quite early. According to the doctor, it was: a miracle! He lost so much blood that he only fainted for a short while, and he still woke up from hunger!

Well, this time I seemed to wake up by shouting to the squirrel and the mandarin fish.

My cousin was not as excited as before when he saw me wake up this time, and his expression was very dull. Maybe I had completely hurt his fragile little heart, so no matter how much he liked me, he could only hide it in his heart, and when I woke up, he could ask questions at will. After a few words, he left, and the ward immediately became empty.

I couldn't sleep, but I still closed my eyes and thought about the recent events over and over again in my mind. I thought that the Fu family had really subverted my understanding. Old Fu would come over to see me every once in a while. I didn't know if everything was okay. It’s all done, so now I’m so idle that I come here ten times in five minutes, either to tuck me in or to check if there’s still water in the cup. I’m very diligent.

For three hours, he came in hundreds of times, but we, father and daughter, surprisingly didn't say a word.

I was pretending to sleep, but I also knew that my poor acting skills couldn't deceive the old man at all. The only possibility was that he didn't know what to say.

Until it was almost dawn, I really couldn't bear it anymore, because it felt so uncomfortable to not dare to move my sleeping position all night!

The old man happened to come in. Seeing that I stopped pretending, he felt a little at a loss. He stood at the door for a long time before he said, "Are you awake? I'll call the doctor."

"The doctor came last night and said I was fine and there was no need to look for me." I cleared my throat and said.

"Then I'll pour some hot water."

"There is a water dispenser next to the bed. Is it necessary to go outside to find hot water?"

"Then I..."

"Dad, are you hiding from me? Am I that scary?"

I sat up and propped myself up on the bed. The old man glanced at me complainingly, but he still came forward to help me. He put the pillow behind me with one hand and supported me with the other. I stared at him with a playful smile.

Brother Zhao once said that if I make a mistake, I will either laugh wildly or cry wildly when facing my parents. I can’t cry anymore, so I will try laughing. After all, as the saying goes: Don’t hit the smiling person with your hand! Although Lao Fu seems to have never hit me in the first place...

Sure enough, what Brother Zhi said was not rough. No, when the old man saw my innocent, lively and cute look, I immediately felt so miserable that I couldn't express my feelings! His mouth was twisted into an inverted V shape. He was pointing at me and grinning, but he couldn't say a word. In the end, he could only poke my forehead with his finger and said: "Damn girl!"

"Are you angry?" I still leaned forward with a playful smile. The old man was hiding from me, so I had to appear in front of him all the time. He lowered his head, so I also bent over and leaned in the direction he was looking at: "Really I’m angry!” Old Fu stood up and wanted to leave, so I was ready to sprint 100 meters at any time!

Well, the 100-meter sprint failed. When the old man saw that I was about to get out of bed, he suddenly felt nervous.

"Hey, little ancestor, please be more honest, okay? Why are you running? The wound doesn't hurt anymore, right? Are you feeling better?"

I twitched my lips and felt that the old man was making a fuss: "It's just an old injury, just take medicine and it will be fine." After all, I couldn't tell the old man about the Third Grandma's plot against me.

"If you take medicine, it will be cured, and you won't faint from blood loss!" Old Fu muttered, full of heartache: "You said you, don't you know if the wound is cracked? Just force it on Keep it there, if Liang Sen doesn’t come back, you’ll be finished, you know!”

"If I tell you, will you protect me?"

"Nonsense! I am only your daughter! Tell me, if something happens to you, how will you let your father live?" The old man scraped the bridge of my nose viciously.

But in my heart: Pull him down, you still have a big kid.

The old man took the lunch box on the table, took out a bowl of steamed eggs from it, took a spoon and shoveled it into pieces for me to eat. I was a little used to that meticulous look.

"Laughing, still smiling..." The old man occasionally looked up at me and couldn't help but say something. When I was eating dinner, he angrily pulled a piece of paper to wipe the scum from the corner of my mouth.

"I'm glad." I leaned back and said relaxedly.

If I get a good beating and get a good father, I'll make a lot of money! But I don’t know why Lao Fu suddenly changed his expression when he heard my words, just like he did in Hongtang last night, feeling unspeakably aggrieved and sad.

There was silence in the air for a long time. The old man turned his back and sighed for a long time. I looked at him quietly. It took a while for the old man to think clearly. He finally turned around and said to me: "Shishi, what happened last night?" Dad doesn’t want to see it again in the future. Dad doesn’t know what rumors you heard outside, but Dad is telling you now that they are all false. Don’t take any actions, as that will not be good for anyone.”

The smile on my face gradually faded. Needless to say, I had a bad premonition. It was clearly telling me that my life as a puppet would never change.

"What do you mean?" I asked without giving up, still holding on to hope.

"Just stop making your own decisions. If you have anything to do, you must discuss it with me. As for Chengcheng, just let it go and don't worry about it anymore." Old Fu's words were extremely cold.

"It's already become such a mess! Dad, do you think I have a way out?" I asked with a cry of reluctance.

"There is no way out and I will help you find it! The old man can't wait for me to take you home! Why do we have to spend time in this place!" Old Fu couldn't help but raise his voice.

But the loudness of the voice can't improve people's momentum. The old man seems to be so confident, but he still doesn't dare to look at me.

"Why do you insist on giving in to the people in the old house! Dad, the Fu family is yours originally. Others are occupying the magpie's nest. They don't have the shame to refuse to accept the offer. Do we still want to give in? Again! They won’t stop even if we retreat!”

"Who occupies the magpie's nest?" The old man finally turned around and stared at me angrily. I was scared. He stepped forward and pinched my shoulders: "Sir, who do you think robbed us? It was you. Uncle? Or your brother-in-law! Aren’t they also the sons of the old man! Don’t think about it anymore. There are not so many conspiracy theories in the world! Even if there are, we can’t see them if we hide far away! Why do we have to go there? Here’s Kaminato!”

Tears rolled down my cheeks. I had never felt so powerless. It turned out that I still could never understand Lao Fu.

"You never understand what I want..." I choked and lowered my head.

"What do you want? Dad can't give it to you!"

The old man let me go, I fell on the pale hospital bed, and he turned his back again.

"What did you want that dad didn't give you? Go to the best school, live in the most expensive house in the city and drive the best car. No matter how difficult it is, dad still squeezes into the Morning Star school board. No matter how many mistakes you make, No teacher dares to lift a finger to scold you, so why are you dissatisfied?"

"But what I want is not money! Dad, it's not that I haven't lived a poor life, so I don't care about that. It doesn't make any difference to me whether I have it or not. I make troubles and get into trouble. It's all just because of my thoughts. I want you to pay more attention to me. As for you, you only know how to throw money away. What can I do? The targets of my grandfather’s will are all thrown at me. What can I do? Brother Zhi is also a victim, isn’t he? You I would rather take the blame myself than tell me the truth!"

"Because I don't want you to get stuck in it! As long as death is not imminent, I never want to involve you!"

"But I'm already on the verge of death!"

The night is no longer lonely because of our roars. What replaces the loneliness is an even sadder coldness.

The old man was getting older. He turned back to look at me, his frown could kill someone.

"What do you know? What can the second and third sons tell you in a few words? What they can tell you is far less than one ten thousandth of what is hidden in this big house. From time to time, you may feel that dad is too cowardly. Dad tells you, It’s not that Dad hasn’t fought for anything, it’s just that he can’t win anything by fighting for it. Dad has made mistakes, and he can’t repay them in this life. The third child pushed you into the river. Do you think Dad didn’t want to pursue the case? You can’t..."

I was confused by what Lao Fu said for a long time, but seeing his extremely sad look, I was suddenly speechless and could only cry.

The old man came over and hugged me, and I leaned in his arms. There was warmth, but it only warmed the outside, not the inside.

"Shishi, stop making trouble and listen to Dad. Be good. Dad will take you home and won't let anyone bully you." The old man calmed down and his tone of voice when he spoke to me returned to his old tone. , plain with a hint of sadness.

In fact, what I ask for is nothing more than fairness, but looking at the situation like this, the old man can't give it to me.

Forget it.

I didn't say anything, and the old man hugged me like that for a while, until the sun rose, and the originally dark ward finally became bright.

At about five o'clock, the old man answered the phone and left in a hurry. His face looked very ugly, but he was still like that. He didn't say anything to me, and I couldn't ask any questions, so I had to let him go. But I didn't have to be disappointed. , because Liang Sen could still ask about the things he didn’t tell me and then tell me.

At eight o'clock, Liang Sen came in a hurry, and started with a fierce blow: "Miss, Liu Zonglan is dead."

"What?!" I froze. It took me a long time to react and then asked, "How did you die?"

"Didn't we send her to a nursing home before?"

"Yes, did the nursing home cure her to death?!"

"No, we didn't want her to live so comfortably at that time, so I moved her to a place in the rainforest in the southwest. It was hot and humid, and there were a lot of mosquitoes. But unexpectedly, an accident happened, and venomous snakes entered the nursing home. Liu Zonglan was poisoned to death."

"That's because the nursing home is not properly protected. It has nothing to do with us, right?"

"That's the strange thing. There are so many people in the whole nursing home, and there are three people in the same room as Liu Zonglan, but Liu Zonglan is the only one who died..."

At this point, I understood something. This was someone using Liu Zonglan's life to accuse me of being "cruel". After all, I was the one who sent her away in the first place.

"The Liu family's parents have gone to make trouble, and the third wife has also found someone to express her condolences as Liu Zonglan's stepmother. Miss, if the third wife is here for us..."

"What if, she must be here for us." I angrily hammered the table beside the bed, which made a creaking sound. I thought for a while: "If you don't bite anyone, just bite Liu Zonglan. Is there something on her?"

"Yes, she uses a special perfume all year round, which attracts snakes and insects. Everyone in the old house can prove it, but... this cannot be used as evidence of our innocence. Although the sanatorium is located in the southwest, it has very strict defenses. It has never been used before. There has never been such a thing as a snake entering. If the third wife really wants to pursue the case, we will be blamed." Liang Sen's face was solemn, but it was rare to see him in such a difficult situation.

It seems that the call Lao Fu received this morning was about this matter. He left in a hurry, probably because he wanted to send someone to the scene to check the situation. If I call someone over again, I'm afraid it will only disrupt his plan. Well, I should avoid suspicion regarding Liu Zonglan.

"Just stay put for now. We just pretend we don't know about this." I said softly.

Liang Sen was startled and thought I had a fever and was not clear-headed. He touched my forehead and said, "Miss, this is coming for us. Why don't we prepare in advance?"

I turned on Liang Sen with some disgust: "You are stupid. It seems to outsiders that we don't pay attention to Liu Zonglan. How could we know the news of Liu Zonglan's death so quickly? So far, no one has come to tell us specially. If we tell us, we won't be updated." Does it arouse suspicion?"

Liang Sen seemed to have suddenly woken up, and muttered: "Oh——"

"If Third Grandma came to ask us, we would just ask, Third Grandma has so many things to do every day, how could she know about things thousands of miles away so quickly? Also, Liu Zonglan was originally just an unknown gardener in the family, when did he become a She adopted her adopted daughter? What does she think that the evil man who killed Yu Ting, the wife-to-be, can become the adopted daughter of the third grandma?" I chuckled lightly, sitting back and waiting to watch the show.

But I really didn’t expect that the “good show” would come so quickly.

Before Liang Sen and I finished talking, Shao Qin appeared at the door. He nodded slightly to me and said, "Miss, the master, please come over."

Did Lao Fu resolve the matter so quickly? Or do you need me to prove it? He knew that I was still sick, so he would not let me out of the ward easily. Liang Sen saw my confusion and asked for me: "Mr. Shao, what did the boss ask the young lady to do?"

"It's not a big deal. The boss said it was just a family sitting together to have a meal." Shao Qin's face was calm, without any fluctuation.

"A family, including the second wife and the third wife?" I sneered.

It’s another dinner party, and it seems that I guessed it, it’s not that simple.

Shao Qin smiled slightly, as if what I said was ridiculous: "Miss, don't think too much, it's just a few words together, there are outsiders here, it's not good if Miss doesn't go."

"Outsiders?" I frowned.

"Yes." Shao Qin nodded and made an invitation gesture to me: "Someone from the Gao family is here."

"The Gao family?!" I was shocked.