substitute

Hearing that the Phantom Troupe was going to gather in Youkexin on September 9st, Beth begged him to take her there, and it didn't matter if he brought one more person, so he agreed.

Beth said that she wanted to spend two more days at Youkexin, and they arrived at their destination on the afternoon of August 8.

When he got off the airship, the sky was gray and there was light rain in the sky. In fact, even the severe wind and rainstorm didn't matter to him, but Beth was just an ordinary person who couldn't read, and he didn't stop her from taking out the A white umbrella full of Lolita atmosphere.

Out of gentlemanly demeanor, even though he didn't like the complicated structure of the umbrella, he still reached out to take it and opened it.

Beth seemed to be in a good mood. She took his arm and said softly, "Xiaker, Youkexin has a physical store of the dress brand I like. Let's go and have a look?"

He answered casually, but he was wondering if he would see her in Youkexin.

Although I know that she should have a good life in Youkexin, and I also know that I will not and should not interfere in her life, but in the final analysis, the beautiful girl who is like an angel when I first met her still lives in the deepest part of my heart. He showed a pure smile.

Beth said that the map shows that after passing the traffic light and turning the corner, you can see the store of the physical store. There are almost all red lights along the way. When I feel a little restless in my heart, I will finally reach the end soon. I also raised my umbrella to see the countdown to the red light.

As a result, when he raised his eyes, he saw the person he had been thinking about for four years.

She didn't open an umbrella, so she stood quietly opposite in a thin white dress. She was still so exquisite and beautiful, but her complexion was not very good, and she looked a little haggard. Her slender figure seemed to be blown down by a stronger wind. generally.

As if she didn't expect to meet his gaze here unexpectedly, she opened her beautiful sea blue eyes wide, and her expression immediately became a little panicked.

But the impact of the chance encounter was only a few seconds, and she looked away, as if she had adjusted her mood, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

When the green light came on, she passed him by like a passerby, leaving only the feeling of her wind-blown hair brushing against his cheek and the delicious fragrance of shampoo in the air.

The contact with the blond hair was fleeting, and he couldn't help but want to turn around as if he was bewitched, but he heard Beth say: "Xiaxia, I fancy a new dress, you can buy it for me later OK?"

As if someone poured a basin of cold water, he subconsciously responded: "Okay."

But he no longer has the courage to look back.

On the night of September 9st, Beth stayed in the temporary base, and he was on standby with Maggie on the hot air balloon as a support staff as originally planned.

Maggie suddenly said, "Why did you bring that burden to Youkexin?"

"She won't make trouble unreasonably and want to get in the way. It doesn't matter if you take her with you."

He has always kept a clear line between public and private, and what he said was not unreasonable. Maggie was silent for a moment, and said, "You installed a positioning system in Linsha's phone back then, so don't tell me you didn't know she was also in Youkexin."

His heart sank slightly, but he kept a smile on his face: "I know."

Upon hearing this, Maggie's eyes immediately glanced over coldly, and her tone was obviously a bit ambiguous: "You have repeatedly denied to me that you have a good impression of Linsha in the past few years, but you think that your clumsy acting skills are deceiving me?" Over my intuition? Whose substitute is that burden? You and I know very well. You know that Linsha is here, but you still insist on bringing that burden. What, what kind of real and fake substitute are you going to play this time? Can't play the game?"

Maggie's words were full of sarcasm. Although she didn't speak out, he knew that she had made it clear that she would stand by Linsa.

"...So I'm so bad in your heart," he couldn't help but smiled wryly, since he had been seen through long ago, there was nothing to hide, "You're right, I've always had feelings for Linsha. Good impression, Beth is also a substitute for Linsa, but why do you think I never let you tell her the truth that Stola was actually killed by a killer? I just hope she can hate me forever, a dirty person like me He didn't deserve her love from the very beginning."

Never thought that he would say such words that put his attitude to the bottom, which made Maggie, who had planned to be full of sarcastic words, suddenly at a loss for words.

Finally, he heard her say: "Xia Ke, if Linsa still loves you, what will you do?"

What if Linsa still loves him?

He was stunned, thinking of the stranger she met on the street a few days ago, he couldn't believe it, and was about to ask, but the members of the group had gathered one after another, so he gave up.

When manipulating the hot air balloon, he couldn't stop thinking about that sentence, until the moment the hot air balloon was hit by the gangster's missile and exploded, his heartbeat also exploded along with the flames, pounding continuously.

Wojin was alone to deal with those flea-like gangsters, and when they had nothing to do, they just sat down and played "bragging".

Another bragging failure, when all the cards were in his hands, Franklin complained: "Xia Ke, you are really not good at lying."

"Really?" Xiao Di tilted his head, puzzled, "Obviously a chivalrous man always has a smile on his face, and he seems to be a difficult person to see through."

Franklin said: "The smile is just his mask. After getting along for a long time, you will find that he is surprisingly easy to understand."

Xiao Di nodded thoughtfully.

Until Yin Beast and the others attacked, they were a little tired of playing, so they went to Fei Tan and the others to watch the battle together.

He endured and endured, and still asked Maggie: "You just said that Linsa still loves me..."

"It's just that, it's a hypothetical question." Maggie didn't even look at him. "I'd be really sorry if it makes you have any expectations that you shouldn't have. After all, you're surprisingly easy to understand."

"..."

Hold.

Wojin, who was buried with leeches, was taken away by a chain hand who appeared out of nowhere. Fortunately, Maggie left a mind line on him to track him, and on the way he picked up a few blind beasts , In order not to startle the snake, they killed a few underworld guys before saving Wojin, changed into suits and went to hide Wojin's place.

Wo Jin obviously made the chain hand mad, and even ignored the leeches on his body and wanted to find someone to take revenge. Fortunately, he reminded him, but he was begged to help find the location of the chain hand.

After all, he had a good relationship with Wo Jin, so he agreed.

He knew that Linsa had the ability to heal thoughts, which would save Wojin a lot of time for drinking beer, and he was hesitating whether to go to her, so he heard Wojin say: "By the way, isn't Yili's sister also in friendship?" Ke Xin? I don’t know if she has wine at home, so let’s go find her? I know you must want to see her too!”

"I……"

Wo Jin urged: "Okay, okay, take a look at your locator, where is she?"

"..."

In the past four years, he never thought that he would pry the door of her house at two o'clock in the morning, and felt inexplicably ashamed.

When holding her attacking wrist, she could obviously feel the power of thought. She has become a lot stronger, and it is also a good thing that she has the ability to protect herself.

Her attitude is completely different from four years ago. In the past, the way she looked at him was always full of love, admiration and dependence, but now it is full of indifference and alienation.

This is what he wanted, but he was very uncomfortable in the bottom of his heart.

From meeting to forcing her to go out with her to help Wojin buy wine, she kept a pretty face the whole time, like a hedgehog full of thorns, who didn't give him a good look at all.

I talked to her a few times when I came out, and I didn't know where I offended her. I saw her throw a can of beer into the shopping basket as if she lost her temper. Considering that Wojin really hates this brand of beer, He took out the wine under her nose.

"Wojin doesn't like this brand of beer."

"I like!"

When she said this, she pouted her lips involuntarily, and her angry look seemed to be throwing a fit at him, so he couldn't help but said, "You never drank beer before."

"You also said it was in the past," she sneered, "Thanks to you, my drinking capacity is no longer what it used to be."

For a moment, I was speechless.

He no longer disobeyed her, and followed her wishes with a can of Jinbuxi's beer, but from the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of her red eyes when she turned around.

"..."

Suppressing the sourness in his heart, he pretended not to see anything, and continued to hold cans of beer.

She walked out of the convenience store a few steps later, and saw her being entangled by a drunkard. He knew that with her current strength, it would be more than enough to get rid of a drunkard uncle. Before she knew the symptoms of vomiting, she couldn't help but stepped forward and pulled her behind her.

The result was that he was vomited all over.

To be honest, it was really disgusting, but fortunately she was not affected, and besides, this suit was not his clothes in the first place, so he wouldn't feel bad if it got dirty.

She pointed at the drunkard, hesitant to speak: "He..."

He knew what she was thinking, did he think that a bastard like him who did all kinds of crimes would let him go if he was vomited all over?But the problem is, he also knows her very well, she is so kind, if he really attacked a stranger for no reason, she would be very angry.

He really didn't want to see her red eyes again.

Back at her home, after Wo Jin left with the map, she immediately issued an order to evict the guest, and she really didn't want to stay with him for a second longer.

She was as cold as she was treating a stranger the whole day, but he couldn't feel the slightest hatred from her. Is it really like Maggie's unpredictable joke before, does she still love him? ?

He had already reached the door, and even touched the doorknob, but he still turned around and asked her.

Seeing her more and more flustered expression, he was almost certain of this guess. Unexpectedly, the figure of a child who suddenly appeared on the second floor overturned all his theories to the ground.

"Mother."

That's what the blond boy called her.

All the doubts were answered in an instant, why she specifically asked Wo Jin not to wander around the house, why she didn't have the slightest hatred towards him, she simply formed a relationship with another man who loved her New family, that's why I don't care about the past, right?

He felt ridiculous, angry, and felt that she had betrayed him, but then he thought about how he had the right to say that she had betrayed him. It was obvious that he had been rejecting her love from the very beginning.

He has been saying things against his will, saying that she is a substitute for Eliza, that he wants her to hate him, that he is no longer in her life, but when that day really comes, he finds that the least The one Gan Xin couldn't let go of the most was himself.

People often regret it when they lose it.

When I passed by her and wanted to see the husband who owned her, I suddenly thought of a possibility. This child looks like 3 or 4 years old. If it can be related to the day when he took her first night...

The flame of hope was extinguished by the child before it was ignited. He said that he would be exactly three years old after his birthday, but if it was his son, he should be exactly four years old this year.

That's right, at this juncture, he was still expecting some miracle to happen.

Linsha looked wary that he would attack the child, and she had the charm and temperament of a mature woman. He suddenly found that the innocent girl who had always been in his eyes had grown up, and only he himself Still clinging to the past and standing still.

It's time to let go of everything.

When he gently closed the door of Linsha's house, he looked at the endless night and thought so.

This was not the only thing that hit him hard. The next morning, at the appointed time, Wo Jin never showed up. He has always been the most punctual member of the team. If he misses the appointment, it means that he may It was killed by chain hands.

He was a little out of shape all day, and even Kuroro asked him questions in a daze. In the afternoon, he really didn't want to stay in this cloudy base any longer, so he used the excuse to go out for a walk.

Beth originally wanted to be with him, but was ordered to stay where she was by a look from him, and stayed in the base wisely.

The sun was quiet, and he sat in a circular square, watching waves of people feeding the pigeons come and go, and in the end he was left alone.

Eliza is gone, Linsha can't come back, and now even Wojin is leaving him. Sure enough, people born on Meteor Street must have been abandoned by the gods from the very beginning.

"Excuse me..." The corner of his clothes was carefully pulled, he lowered his head, and met a pair of clean and clear emerald green eyes, "Excuse me, are you my father?"

It was a very beautiful little girl, about three years old, with long blond curly hair, wearing a blue princess dress, holding a piece of lollipop in her hand, blinking her big flickering eyes, looking forward to looking at him.

In all fairness, this child looks somewhat similar to him, but how could he have such a daughter who was born in the sun?

He smiled and stretched out his hand to touch her head: "No, you've got the wrong person."

He asked himself that his tone was kind and gentle enough, but it made her cry instantly. He was a little at a loss, and smiled wryly, "Oh, why are you crying? I don't know, I thought I bullied you."

"But Xiao Ke has never seen her father," the little girl was sobbing and choking, she was very cute, "I finally met an uncle who looks like my father's photo, but, but it's not Xiao Ke's father, oh Woooo..."

He didn't know how to comfort her, so he had to hold her on his lap and sit down, and said, "Is your name Xiao Ke? Has your father never come back?"

She said aggrievedly: "Well, Ma Ma has always said that Dad is too busy working outside so he won't come back, but brother knows, and Xiao Ke also knows that Dad probably won't come back again. Xiao Ke doesn't like Ma Ma cried, so I only ask about my father when I really want to, but, but Xiao Ke, I really want my father."

He is in a very bad mood now, but for some reason he can’t leave this little thing alone, thinking about it, pointing to the pigeons not far away, and asking: "Do you like pigeons? Or, uncle will take you to Feed the pigeons?"

"……it is good."

After buying a bag of grains for the pigeons, he looked at the little one who was submerged in the group of pigeons, and said, "Xiao Ke, why are you alone in the square? Where's your mother?"

"Ma Ma is at work, Xiao Ke and her brother came out with Aunt Madeleine and Brother Nora, but Xiao Ke got lost accidentally and didn't know the way back, so she wanted to wait here for Ma Ma to come Find me."

Why does this little guy feel a little heartless?I heard that abduction and trafficking groups are rampant now, and she is so pretty, aren't you afraid of criminals abducting her?

Fortunately, he met a group of robbers like him... who are not interested in children.

"What about uncle?" She turned around suddenly, sprinkled a handful of miscellaneous grains at his feet, watched a bunch of pigeons swarming past, and giggled, "Why is uncle here alone?"

He smiled and said, "Uncle just came out to relax."

The little boy nodded thoughtfully.

The miscellaneous grains were fed, the pigeons flew away, and the time for parting finally came. Seeing that he was about to leave, Xiao BuDian tugged at the hem of his clothes, with a perplexed expression on his face.

"Is there anything else you want?" he asked.

"That, that, can you touch Xiao Ke's head, and say to Xiao Ke, 'Daddy is back'... just one, one."

Her expression was a little uneasy, but also looking forward to it, which gave him the illusion that he saw Linsa in the past.

"..."

He bent down, reached out to touch her little head, and said softly, "Dad is back."

If he and Linsa really had a daughter, it would definitely be as pure and beautiful as this child.

What if...

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