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Shen Zhifei bit her lower lip, her fingertips were entangled unconsciously, until she lost blood and turned white, she felt a little hard to say, as if she had turned those wounds out and felt the pain again.

There was a hint of distress in Zhang Yao's eyes, but she didn't stop her. She would bear the pain with Shen Zhifei, but at the moment all she needed was Shen Zhifei's honesty.

Shen Zhifei opened his mouth, but his voice was a little hoarse, "At that time, my mother had been hiding for a long time."

She should have been happier than anyone else, but just because of God's will, or because her family was doomed to doom, she became unlucky.

Shen Zhifei's father, Shen Huai, was also an intellectual. He and her mother, Xu Shulan, were married in free love. They were also a well-known loving couple in the neighborhood at the time.

Shen Zhifei was born in the second year of marriage, but Shen Zhifei's grandmother was a bit patriarchal, so Shen Zhiming was added later. The family is harmonious, the husband and wife are loving, and the children are a pair. It couldn't be more perfect.

Shen Zhifei inherited her parents' high IQ. Even though her parents didn't control her much in terms of learning since she was a child, she learned while playing. With her fairly good concentration, fortunately, she never fell behind in her studies.

When she was in junior high school, Shen Zhifei only knew that her mother went to work in a neighboring city, and she only came home once a month, and her father was also busy with work.

At the beginning of the second year of high school, Shen Huai also managed Shen Zhifei a little more strictly. She didn't see her mother when she went home every weekend. When she returned home in the second month and still didn't see her mother, she asked curiously, "I Where did mom go?"

Shen Huaiyi's face darkened, he didn't speak, and only asked her to memorize the book, the adult's business has nothing to do with her.

Shen Zhifei was pure-minded, and she didn't think too much in front of her parents. Even though she was curious, she didn't ask too much.

Until one weekend after school, Shen Zhifei, who had just walked out of school with Zhang Yao, was surrounded by several people.

Shen Zhifei recognized those people. They were all aunts and uncles he had met when he went to his mother's company. They seemed to be customers or something.

It's just that at this time, instead of the friendly smile they had when they met last time, they all stared at Shen Zhifei as if they were enemies.

After all, she was still a child, and being stared at by a group of tall and burly people, Shen Zhifei couldn't help but feel a little scared, but Zhang Yao was standing behind him, not wanting Zhang Yao to get hurt because of herself, so she simply puffed up her chest and blocked her tightly , boldly said: "Do you have something to do?"

Zhang Yao, who was blocked, tugged at Shen Zhifei's hand, went around and stood beside her, still looking cold, and said the same cold words, "She is underage, I will call the police if I touch her."

The faces of the few people turned ugly, they looked at each other for a while, pointed at Shen Zhifei and said, "Let your mother turn herself in, cheat us so much money and hide!"

Surrounded by many spectators, Shen Zhifei's ears turned red when he was puzzled, not because of embarrassment, but because of anger.

Their voices were not loud, but not too low. Shen Zhifei could hear them clearly, but for a while, he couldn't understand the words.

What is self-surrender?Her mother was just working with her relatives in a neighboring city, so why would she surrender herself?

Zhang Yao sideways pulled Shen Zhifei behind her, and raised her mobile phone. The dial key on the phone screen displayed "110".

She coldly glanced at the men who were a head taller than her, and said with a low air pressure, "Aren't you leaving yet?"

"Little girl!" The leader was dragged away, and they left cursing.

Even though they were angry, they were not the kind of people who were really gangsters, and they really couldn't do anything with these two little girls.

Until the people around him dispersed, Shen Zhifei didn't come back to his senses, and just stood there blankly.

Zhang Yao walked up to her worriedly, leaned over slightly, saw Shen Zhifei's blank eyes, and felt a sudden pain in her heart.

She shook Shen Zhifei's hand, her voice softened a little, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, they're leaving."

Shen Zhifei raised her eyelids, twitched the corners of her lips, and revealed a seemingly harmless smile. She said, "Well, let's go, I'll take you home first."

Zhang Yao shook her head, "I don't trust you."

Shen Zhifei pinched her face and said with a smile, "There is nothing to worry about. I'll take a taxi home in a while. It's fine."

Zhang Yao still insisted on not leaving.

Shen Zhifei had no choice but to hail a taxi in front of her, and then got in, raised his head and said, "Is this okay for the head office? You go home quickly, I see you leave and set off."

Shen Zhifei sat in the taxi and watched Zhang Yao get on the bus. As usual, he watched the bus disappear from sight before letting the driver drive.

Shen Zhifei was a little distracted along the way. When she got off the bus, she almost forgot to pay, but the driver stopped her before she remembered it.

She went home and looked at the house that was no different from usual, as if everything that happened just now was her own imagination.

The father reads the newspaper in the study, the younger brother does his homework in the bedroom, and everything seems to be the same except for the mother who hasn't come home for many days.

Shen Zhifei knocked on the door of the study, "Dad, I have something to tell you."

Parents always think that their children are still young, and they don't take the initiative to tell their children many things, and children can only rely on the few words in the usual conversations of adults to piece together a fact that they don't know if it is true.

Shen Huai also took off his glasses, folded the newspapers and put them on the desk, then turned to look at Shen Zhifei, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Someone blocked me at school today." Shen Zhifei said without any emotion, as if the person surrounded was not her.

Shen Huai also thought that her classmates were blocking her, but now that she is standing here well, it proves that there is no big conflict.So he didn't answer and waited for her next words.

Shen Zhifei said, "My mother's client."

Shen Huai also clenched his hands on his thighs suddenly, he stood up, walked in front of Shen Zhifei in two or three steps, pulled her to check her back and forth, and said, "I didn't do anything to you, did I?"

Shen Zhifei pushed his hand away and shook his head: "No, Dad, what happened to my mother?"

Shen Huai also let out a long sigh, and there was a slight hunchback on his straight back.

That night, Shen Zhifei and Shen Huaiyi chatted late in the study.

Xu Shulan is quite enthusiastic. Many friends and relatives ask her for help, and she will not refuse. This time, she helped a friend's nephew manage the company, but there was a problem with the capital chain. The nephew was not available, so she was directly arrested.

The problem was that Xu Shulan was not on guard against him. Many documents were stamped with her private seal, that is to say, from a legal perspective, one-fifth of the company's accounts came from her name.

Before that, Xu Shulan had been hiding in hiding for half a year.

Shen Zhifei thought that this kind of thing was the same as the previous ones, her father's connections were enough to settle it, and her father was still the superman with great powers in her heart.

So she went to and from school as usual, and the family affairs did not seem to affect her, and her grades were not bad, but the plan to come out with her girlfriend seemed to have to be arranged separately.

Until the college entrance examination is over.

Shen Zhifei sniffed, her eye circles and cheeks were a little red, she looked at Zhang Yao, tears fell uncontrollably, "She was sentenced to nine years."

Zhang Yao raised her hand and gently wiped Shen Zhifei's tears with her fingertips, "It's not her fault, it's just that she believed in the wrong person."

Shen Zhifei choked: "I know."

She has always known that her parents are warm-hearted and kind people, but she is just very upset about why good people never get rewarded.

Her mother was imprisoned for helping others. Her father used to spend all his savings to help the second uncle solve the difficulties when he was in trouble, but he failed to get a penny from the second uncle when he died.

"My dad has been running around during that time, looking for connections." Shen Zhifei continued.

Shen Zhifei filled out the voluntary form in the ward, because Shen Huai was also ill and was caught off guard.

When she received the cancer diagnosis certificate, Shen Zhifei couldn't believe for a long time that her father, who had been healthy and strong since childhood, would have this disease.

In the advanced stage, we can only try our best to prolong life, but there is no cure.

Shen Zhifei turned his back to the hospital bed, holding a borrowed laptop, and solemnly filled in the G major in the form of his first choice.

At the beginning of September, Shen Zhifei went to the hospital with a thermos and placed it carefully on the bedside. Looking at her father sleeping peacefully on the bed, she felt a sore nose and turned her head away.

He was already so thin that he was out of human shape. It seemed that only a skeleton was left in his whole body, and his eyesight had also declined severely. He could almost only see light, and everything in front of him was blurred.

"Xiao Fei is here." Shen Huai also didn't open his eyes, but the corners of his mouth raised first, he stretched out his hand from under the quilt with some difficulty, the veins on the back of his hand were stretched high, and the tape that retained the needle was attached.

Shen Zhifei wiped his eyes, sat on the edge of the bed, and held Shen Huaiyi's hand, which was cold and painful.With red eyes, she said, "Dad, let's have some porridge. I cooked it myself."

"Is it September [-]st today?" Shen Huai also opened his eyes, looking at the ceiling blankly, "Xiao Fei, is the tuition enough?"

"Enough." Shen Zhifei smiled, "Go to school after I take care of you."

"Xiao Fei, Dad will tell you." Shen Huaiyi spoke very slowly, he would stop for a while after he said a word, he said: "Our passbook is in the bedside cabinet in the bedroom between me and your mother... .”

A drop of water fell on the quilt, and Shen Zhifei tremblingly pressed the back of her father's hand gently on her forehead. She was a little scared, but caring about her father's emotions, she dared to suppress herself, and said with a slight cry: "Dad, Qian That's enough, you don't have to tell me that."

Shen Zhifei almost used a begging tone, hoping that his father would stop talking.

It seemed that if he didn't say these things, her father would be able to live for a long time, long enough for her to grow up slowly, long enough for her to never have to worry about livelihood.

The family's savings have been used a lot in order to make connections, and the rest has long been spent on medical treatment, and the money in the passbook can only be used to support hospital expenses.

Shen Zhifei was already at the end of his rope.

She left the hospital, crying loudly in a deserted corner.

Occasionally, people passing by would look sideways, but it was just a glance, and there would be no unnecessary actions. There are so many sad people in this city, and Shen Zhifei is not a special case.