Old Cannon's Infatuation

Zhang Xuan was studying in the library when he received the Chatterbox call.When she heard the news that her father Zhang Xuejun and younger brother Zhang Xiaobo were beaten, her head buzzed.

Should have thought of it earlier.The day she met Uncle Gong at home, she should have thought about Xiaobo and Xiaofei's affairs, and probably Uncle Gong was going to intervene.

Tan Xiaofei didn't know where he went, and he wasn't with her.Before Zhang Xuan could tell him, she packed up her things and took a taxi to the hospital.

"Severe concussion and minor skull fracture," the doctor said.

Sixth Master looked at Xiaobo lying inside through the glass window of the intensive care unit, "Is he okay for the rest of his life?"

"To put it simply, it was a temporary lack of consciousness caused by external forces. Most patients can recover, and of course the possibility of sequelae is not ruled out."

Hearing footsteps from far to near, Liu Ye turned around and saw his daughter Zhang Xuan running up to him panting, "How is Xiaobo?"

Zhang Xuan only listened to the end of the doctor's explanation.Through the glass window on the side, Zhang Xuan looked at his unconscious younger brother, and his eye circles turned red all of a sudden.

What she was most afraid of was this scene, Xiaobo was hurt because of Xiao Fei.A sense of guilt rose in my heart, as if the happiness in front of me was exchanged for my younger brother's life.

"Why are you here?" Sixth Master still had that calm look on his face, "Did the box tell you?"

"Hmm. What's going on?"

"Sit down for a while." Liu Ye pointed to the bench in the corridor and sat down.

Zhang Xuan didn't say anything, and sat down beside him.

The doctor had already left, and there was no one else in the corridor. It was so quiet that the sound of the instruments in the intensive care unit could be heard.

"You have to stay with Xiao Fei and watch him beat your brother."

The sixth master's deep voice echoed in the space, Zhang Xuan was startled for a moment, and looked back at him.Sixth Master kept staring at Xiaobo in the ward, with complicated emotions in the depths of his eyes.Others may not be able to see it, but Zhang Xuan understands that it is her father's love for his son.

"Xiaofei couldn't do it. He's been with me these days, I know."

Hearing Zhang Xuan's indifferent voice, Liu Ye turned to look at her.The cowardly and silent daughter in his impression was meeting his gaze at this moment, neither humble nor overbearing, but calm and calm.At this moment, Liu Ye suddenly realized that time is really a magical thing. Nine years, just like this, changed a person unconsciously.

"It wasn't Xiao Fei who came forward, but a man in his 40s with a group of people."

"I know who it is." Finally confirmed the previous speculation, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes.

"Who?"

"Xiao Fei's father's secretary, surnamed Gong."

Both were silent.The sunlight outside the window was projected onto the floor in large swaths, reflecting the shadows of the father and daughter separated by a distance.

But the hospital is indeed a special place, which will infinitely magnify every fragile emotion in people's hearts.At least Zhang Xuan never thought that one day, she would sit with her father so peacefully.

"What are you going to do in the future?" Sixth Master asked.

"..."

"A person like Xiao Fei, can he be with you all the time?"

"..."

"Now there's your brother again... If you can't get married in the end, what will you do?"

Zhang Xuan was quite surprised to be able to hear his worry for himself from Liu Ye's hoarse voice.She didn't want to tell her father, but these problems were also her worries.

"...It's okay." I was a little touched in my heart, but Zhang Xuan couldn't change his alienated and indifferent tone for a while.

"Actually, I was always worried about you."

"..."

"Since you left last time, both Xizi and San'er have told me a lot, and so has Bo'er."

"……Um."

"Xuan'er, Dad is sorry for you."

"..."

"It's no wonder that you don't want to go home. My mother is gone, and my father is nothing. If you leave me alone, I won't come back." Looking at his unconscious son and sad daughter, Liu Ye blamed himself, "You left I was only eighteen that year, so I must have suffered a lot outside. I didn’t care about you before, and I didn’t teach you well. Your brother is right, I am not worthy to be your father at all.”

Zhang Xuan hung her head and did not speak, tears fell down in big drops, and the scarf became dizzy.

"Actually, I can see that you really like Xiao Fei, that kid, to be honest, I don't think he's too bad. If there weren't these bad things, I wouldn't care if you want to be with him."

"……Um."

"But now, Xuan'er, I don't have to stop you, I just don't want to see you suffer any more."

"...it's okay."

Seeing her crying quietly, Liu Ye felt a little sad, and wanted to touch her head like she did when she was a child, but he still didn't reach out.Sighing deeply, he continued: "Xuan'er, Dad is getting old, and there are many things that Dad can't handle anymore. How you live in the future depends on you and your brother.

"..."

"This time, at this point, I have to give it to Bo'er. Don't think too much about it. It's not your business. Live your life how you want. If you don't like to see me, then Come and see your brother. I may not have much time to take care of him these days."

"Yeah." Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Be good in the future, take care of yourself, and watch your brother."

"...Dad, stop talking."

Zhang Xuan hadn't called him for many years, and it seemed that it was not as difficult as he had imagined.

On the contrary, Liu Ye was shocked when he heard her call "Dad".The emotions in the eyes are very complicated, regret, relief, emotion, and it is impossible to distinguish between joy and sorrow for a while.

"Sit down for a while, I still have something to do, so let's go first."

Liu Ye stood up while talking, Zhang Xuan nodded without looking at him.I was a little disappointed, but Liu Ye also understood that the estrangement of so many years could not be resolved in ten minutes, so he sighed and left first.

Hearing the footsteps of Master Liu leaving, Zhang Xuan raised his head and looked into the ward.Looking at the tearful self reflected in the glass window, Zhang Xuan suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly.

After all, she still has expectations, she has expectations for her father.After waiting for so many years, finally came her father Zhang Xuejun's apology.But still not happy.She thought, maybe it was because her father said a few heartfelt words to her that she suddenly felt that the road ahead was even darker.

Before, she could tell herself that she would be with Xiao Fei forever.But now, such fantasy was torn away by Dad, and the reality was completely in front of him, with a dilemma and helplessness.

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When Liu Ye rushed to Tan Xiaofei's car modification club, it had already been smashed to pieces by the people brought by Man San'er.Master Liu stopped Men San'er and told the other young people to go back too.The two of them are close friends, so they can't make Men San'er cause any disaster because of his son's matter.

Just then, the phone in the workshop rang.

"There is one thing, it is not yours, you need to return it."

It was like opening the prelude to the finale, and upon hearing such a sentence on the receiver, Liu Ye understood that things were not as simple as he thought.

"Okay, tell me what it is."

"The day your son went back, the girl gave you a bag."

"Money?" Mr. Liu looked around at the smashed-up car modification club, and always felt that someone surnamed Gong was watching them somewhere.

"Besides the money, there are also a few letters. The child was too nervous and didn't pay attention, so he took them away together. If you return one of the letters, just pretend nothing happened."

"..."

"You should know the consequences of handing things over to others. This world is beyond the imagination of ordinary people like you. Don't make trouble for yourself."

Uncle Gong's flat voice conveyed a sense of superiority from a superior. Liu Ye remembered what he said, and only replied, "I have thrown away that bag a long time ago."

"threw?"

Suddenly there was a noise from the receiver, as if it was snatched by someone else.Immediately afterwards, the speaker changed.

"Master Liu, I'm Xiaofei!"

Hearing Xiao Fei's voice, Master Liu was in a delicate mood.This is the man who could be his son-in-law, but also because of him, his own son is lying unconscious in the intensive care unit.

"This matter is not the result I originally wanted, nor is it out of my control."

"Xiao Fei." Uncle Gong interrupted him.

"Master Liu, I know you are a man of rules. If we do something wrong, we will give you an explanation. But you must return this thing to them. You don't understand how dangerous it is. Master Liu, listen to me! "

His eager voice was interrupted, "Come on, you guys, shut him up in his room!"

Without continuing to listen, Liu Ye roughly understood what was going on.After hanging up the phone, Master Liu remained silent, thinking about this matter again in his mind like a movie.He knew that he must have grasped some kind of lifeline, otherwise that Gong would not be so unscrupulous.He really doesn't understand the affairs of the officialdom, but after living such a long life, he can't figure out what's going on.Now that letter is the key, it is much more important than the luxury car that Xiaobo rowed, maybe it can cause a big mess.

"The air is shaking, as if the sky is burning. A storm is coming."

In the gap between countless thoughts, Liu Ye remembered this old movie line.Suddenly he also felt a little relieved, because he found that the person Xuan'er chose seemed to be okay.

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It was already night when Zhang Xuan returned home from the hospital. Zhang Xuan opened the door, and the room was pitch black.Tan Xiaofei was not there, facing the emptiness of the room, she sighed.

After only a few days of being accompanied by someone, she was a little unaccustomed to it.

I called Xiao Fei a few times, but no one answered.Zhang Xuan thought, he probably won't come today.She couldn't tell whether it was loneliness or disappointment, knowing that there would always be such a day, she told herself not to be sad, and cheered up to make something for herself.When she was in the hospital, she was tired from crying, and now she can't shed tears, but her heart is getting more and more sour, and she is about to be overwhelmed.

Throwing away the spoon with a bang, Zhang Xuan leaned against the sink and covered her face.

She suddenly felt that she was a failure, as if she had never been successful in her 27 years of life.The father, who had no extravagance, apologized suddenly, but the younger brother was seriously injured, and the lover who had proposed to her just now disappeared.

That's right, her father Zhang Xuejun's remorse is what she has been thinking about, but now she doesn't want it anymore.It might be unfilial to think like this, but if given a choice, Zhang Xuan would rather return to the state of the previous few days.

Zhang Xuan has long been used to life without her father, but she has had enough of being alone.