hard to let go

Chapter 2

Gao Xixi was standing in the corner of the corridor with her schoolbag in her arms, facing her seat. At this time, the classroom was full of people, except her seat, which was empty.She withdrew her gaze, with undisguised disappointment in her eyes, which gradually became moist.

"Gao Xixi, why didn't your mother come?" The girl at the back table was standing beside her. She had beautiful braids, braided from both sides, and then coiled behind her head.Xixi studied for a while, and she knew that Gao Ziqun couldn't braid her hair like this.She has had short hair since kindergarten, and later, when she gained a little autonomy, she protested that she had to have long hair.

Xixi bit her lip, but she didn't want to tell her the truth. She didn't want others to know that she didn't have a mother. "She can't come because she has something to do."

"Then why didn't you call your father?" said the girl.

Xixi's face was gloomy, "He's busy too."

The girl exhaled, "It's so pitiful."

Xixi's heart trembled slightly, and she opened the corner of her mouth, "That's not it." Naturally, she would not let others feel sorry for her.

"Hey, Gao Xixi, come down—" Chen Shaochen stood downstairs with his schoolbag on his back, calling her name.

Xixi seemed to be pardoned, "I'm going down, goodbye." She had never thought that Chen Shaochen was so cute.

Chen Shaochen has just entered the first grade, and he will come to see Xixi whenever he has time, and he doesn't seem very happy to see her, "Uncle didn't come?"

Xixi turned her face away and snorted softly.

"Then let's go out to eat something? I told my mother, and she asked us to wait for her at the cake shop."

Xi hoped to look in the direction of the classroom, and then looked at half of the time.It seemed that her father would not come, her eyes were full of disappointment.

"Let's go." She said listlessly.

Gao Xixi likes to eat cakes and other small desserts on weekdays, but after seeing it today, he has no appetite at all. "Well, two black forests, a cup of milk tea, and a cup of orange juice, what do you want?" Chen Shaochen asked with his head turned.

The clerk looked at the pair of beautiful girls and smiled softly, "Wait a minute."

Xixi took out her wallet, but Chen Shaochen had already handed over the money.She was slightly surprised.

"My uncle said that a man needs to put more money in his pocket." He raised the corner of his mouth and said vibrately.

The corners of Xixi's mouth twitched, there was only a doll, and he was not ashamed to be a man.

The two chose a seat by the window, and Chen Shaochen was carrying the dinner plate, looking decent.Xixi looked out of the window, feeling depressed.

after awhile.

"Chenchen, I saw my mother." Xixi poked the milk tea vigorously with a straw.

"Ah - your mother?" Chen Shaochen couldn't help raising his voice.

"Keep your voice down." Xixi frowned, "A woman came to me two days ago."

"Two days ago?"

"Yes, those few days when you and your mother went on a trip."

"Are you sure she is your mother?" Chen Shaochen said nervously.

Xixi shook her head, "She just said that she is my mother's friend, but I know she is my mother."

"How did you know?"

"You're stupid, I've seen her picture, you forgot, the one in my dad's study?"

Chen Shaochen suddenly realized.

After hearing Gao Ziqun's words, Leng Xi came to the elementary school outside the city. She walked back and forth alone, and finally saw Xixi in the cake shop, and her heart was overjoyed.Just when she was about to go in to find her, the phone remembered her brother's number.

"Sister, where are you?" Leng Liang's voice was full of anxiety. "Dad is in the hospital."

Leng Xi looked in the direction of the child, and she took a deep breath, "I'll be right back." She stared burningly for a few more seconds, and finally turned around and left.

At the end of the parent meeting, Chenxi rushed to the cake shop, where the two children sat quietly, and Xixi was helping Chen Shaochen with his homework.She watched from a distance, feeling sweet and astringent in her heart.She drooped her face slightly, her clean face was exactly the same as that of her friend when she was a child.

After seven years, can Leng Xi and the child be together?

Chen Xi quickly packed up her mind and walked over. "Xixi, Chenchen, pack up and go back."

"Auntie, you can stay at your place tonight, okay?" Xi hoped for her, her eyes flickering slightly.

Chen Xi reached out and stroked her hair, "Call your father and talk to him."

Xixi tilted her head, "I don't want to tell him."

Chen Xi naturally understood what the little girl was thinking, she took out her mobile phone and dialed, and the call was connected after a while.

"Ziqun, Xixi is with me."

Xixi kept her ears pricked up, but she didn't know what she said at the other end.

"We're at the cake shop at the east gate of the school. Well, see you later." Chen Xi answered the phone, "Your father and your teacher are talking alone."

"He's here?" Xixi was surprised for a moment.

Chen Xi nodded, "Silly girl."

"He clearly said he had something to do."

Chen Shaochen waved his hand, "You don't understand, men like duplicity."

Chen Xi frowned.

"Mom, am I using this idiom correctly?"

"Your uncle taught you again?" Chen Xi was helpless, she finally understood the reason why Chen Zhanbei didn't let Song Qingyang have close contact with his son.

Gao Ziqun came over soon. He was wearing a black suit, and he looked a little serious, making it difficult to talk to him easily.Is he here to sign the contract?Xixi slandered.

But in fact, the joy in her heart has spread to the corners of her face, this girl is really easy to satisfy, "Dad, did our teacher say anything?"

Gao Ziqun met her eyes, slightly dazed, and suddenly remembered the pair of eyes he saw not long ago.

"Dad—" Cixi tugged at his arm.

Gao Ziqun frowned indiscriminately, "Naturally, I praise you. However, your teacher said that you always read comic books in class? If you do this again, I will throw away those comic books when you go back."

"I won't delay my studies." Xixi promised.

"You are not allowed to watch it in class." Gao Ziqun reiterated.Xixi pouted the corner of her mouth, her youngest daughter showed her coquettishness.

Chen Xi watched the interaction between the father and daughter, and felt a little pity in her heart.Can't help but think of the previous phone call.If the child did not get along with his father, it was understandable for Leng Xi to take the child away, but the current situation did not seem to be very good for her.

When going back, Xixi fell asleep in the car.Maybe today's incident made her very happy, and she giggled a few times when she fell asleep.Hearing her laughter, Gao Ziqun's eyes froze slightly.

When they got home, Gao Ziqun carried his daughter back. Xixi woke up as soon as she got home. She hugged Gao Ziqun's neck in a daze, "Dad, I just had a dream——"

Gao Ziqun carefully put her on the sofa, smoothed her hair gently, "Oh—" his voice raised slightly, "What dream?"

Xixi smacked the corner of her mouth, "I told you not to be angry." She looked straight at him.

Gao Ziqun was silent for a moment, "Okay, tell me."

"I dreamed about my mother." Xixi raised her eyebrows, and her eyes instantly became clearer.

Gao Ziqun paused when he heard that, his eyes were still as calm as water, "Okay, go take a shower, rest early, and have class tomorrow." He didn't say anything more.

Xixi was a little disappointed, but she didn't say anything after all.In the dream just now, someone had been gently holding her hand and braiding her beautiful hair. When she finally saw her face clearly, she realized that it was the woman who came to her that day.

Mom - she whispered softly in her dream.

Silent night.

When Gao Ziqun drove to the east of the city, even he was surprised.There are very few pedestrians on the road.The car parked on the side of the road, looking at the row of bungalows ahead.Since Leng's father's investment failed seven years ago, the Leng's family has moved here, and they have lived here for seven years.The plan for this area has been released, and it will be rebuilt into a commercial area in the future.Naturally, the demolition of these bungalows is imminent.

In the dark night, he saw a familiar figure gradually coming from behind under the faint yellow street lamp.She lowered her head slightly, and was carrying a large package in her hand, which looked very heavy. She had changed hands several times during this journey.

Gao Ziqun's eyes remained calm, he squinted slightly, his eyes slipped from her face to her hands.

Chen Xi walked unhurriedly, and when she passed by the car, she unconsciously looked to the right.

When the car window was rolled down and that handsome face was revealed, the astonishment on her face was undisguised for a moment.

Gao Ziqun opened the car door neatly and got out.

The two looked at each other silently.

"Mr. Gao, it's so late, you're here for a walk?" Leng Xiqiang calmed down, she pursed her lips and said lightly.The voice was the same as it was many years ago, pleasant but a bit cold.

Gao Ziqun looked at her indifferently, "Why come back now?"

Leng Xi's heart tightened, and then he curled the corners of his mouth, "Mr. Gao, you are joking, this is my home, so I will naturally come back."

Gao Ziqun looked at her with a thoughtful smile, "You hate me?"

She breathed out secretly, "Hate?" She repeated it softly, "No, I don't hate. I hate you and I have to leave a place for you in my heart." In the past seven years, she has been constantly learning to let go.

"Really?" Gao Ziqun said lightly.

"Mr. Gao, I only want my daughter." She said this question again.

Gao Ziqun looked at her coldly, "Didn't you already sell her to me?"

Leng Xi's throat seemed to be strangled by something in an instant, dry as if it had been burned.

(End of this chapter)