half thorns, half joy

"Mom, no matter how purified the external criticism of Dad is now, no matter what other people say, don't we ourselves not know the lives that Dad is carrying? It's human life, so how can we just do it casually?" Pay it off."

"Shut up!" Zhao Suizhi sternly scolded Xiao Zihan almost through his teeth, "What do you mean by saying that you want your father to die?"

Xiao Zihan is not selfless, nor is he a saint, but the more his mother messes around, the more he can't favor his father.

Xiao Zihan looked at Zhao Suizhi, "That's not what I mean, I just want to say, Mom, you just accept the reality and stop having delusions that you shouldn't have. Didn’t you teach me this word when I was young?”

"Pa—" Zhao Suizhi raised his hand and slapped Xiao Zihan across the face.

Xiao Zihan didn't expect his mother to make a sudden move, his face tilted from the beating, and he kept that tilting head motionless.

"Zihan!" Cai Jinyu, who had been paying attention all the time, cried out in surprise when he saw this scene. He ran to Xiao Zihan's side in three steps at a time, and stared at Zhao Suizhi warily.

"I'm fine." Xiao Zihan stretched out his hand and touched the cheek where he was beaten. There was a dreamlike disbelief on his face, and he looked at Zhao Suizhi again after a while.

Zhao Suizhi's lips trembled, and his eyes gradually turned red.

Xiao Zihan and Zhao Suizhi looked at each other, and said: "Mom, you gave birth to me and raised me. If you are unhappy, you can beat me and scold me if you want, but should we wake up? Could it be that Dad is inside, we will Don't live anymore?"

Zhao Suizhi remained silent, clenching her teeth tightly, only the trembling of her jaw and cheeks could be seen, her intense emotional ups and downs being suppressed.

"Mom..." Xiao Zihan called again.

Zhao Suizhi raised her head, took a deep breath, and just when Xiao Zihan thought she was about to say something, she wiped away the tears that were about to fall, and stumbled away.

"Aunt Zhao!"

Seeing that Zhao Suizhi was depressed, Cai Jinyu chased after him, but this time, Zhao Suizhi didn't even give him a look, and walked to the car with empty eyes, and got into the door that the driver had opened in advance.

The driver nodded respectfully to Cai Jinyu, then walked around the car and got into the driver's seat, and started the car.

After watching Zhao Suizhi's car drive away, Cai Jinyu returned to Xiao Zihan's side.

"Zihan, you don't have to worry about the driver." Cai Jinyu patted Xiao Zihan's shoulder lightly, and sighed almost inaudibly, reassuring Xiao Zihan.

Xiao Zihan stared blankly at the direction where Zhao Suizhi's car was leaving. He looked at it for a long time before he said softly, "This is my mother, hitting me for the first time."

As the only child, Xiao Zihan has been doted on since he was a child, especially Zhao Suizhi, who almost dotes on Xiao Zihan, always holding him in the palm of his hand, let alone beating him, he is reluctant to scold him.

Xiao Zihan himself is also competitive. He has been a good student since he was a child, and he is excellent in all aspects. Unlike Cai Jinyu who always causes trouble, Xiao Zihan is like a poplar growing straight. Needs pruning.

But since Xiao Mingyuan's accident, the distance between Zhao Suizhi and Xiao Zihan has become farther and farther, and Xiao Zihan is used to being blamed.

Today... I didn't expect to be beaten.

"Zihan..." Seeing that Xiao Zihan's face was still full of trance, Cai Jinyu called out to Xiao Zihan worriedly.

Xiao Zihan's lips moved, but he didn't say anything.

Cai Jinyu couldn't stand it anymore, squeezed Xiao Zihan's shoulders, and pretended to be relaxed to comfort Xiao Zihan, "Don't think too much, Auntie...she is just too excited, after all, Uncle Xiao is still lying in there, she wants to vent It's also a reasonable thing, she...she's not really angry with you..."

Cai Jinyu himself didn't believe what he said.

But even if he didn't believe it, he still had to go on.

"Zihan, it's not easy for Auntie. She and Uncle Xiao have been married for decades. It's understandable that some things can't be seen clearly. Besides, Auntie is getting older. When you are a child, it is easy to get into a dead end, and it is easy to get confused, so please be careful, don't..."

"No, she knows it in her heart."

Xiao Zihan suddenly made a sound, Cai Jinyu was taken aback for a moment, unable to react, "Huh?"

"My mother, she is not confused. She knows that the problem lies with my father, and she also knows the severity of my father's crimes. She knows everything."

Cai Jinyu was puzzled, "Then why did she insist on blaming you? Why did she insist on asking you to find a way to get Uncle Xiao out?"

"I don't know... I just saw her like that before I understood..." Xiao Zihan rubbed his red cheeks with his fingertips, "Perhaps, she is just avoiding and making excuses. In this way, she can feel at ease .”

Although Xiao Zihan explained, Cai Jinyu was still confused and didn't understand, but he saw that Xiao Zihan looked very bad, so he didn't ask further questions, only frowning, and remained silent.

Xiao Zihan continued: "I thought my mother didn't have such deep affection for my father. Anyway, my father also betrayed her, how could she..."

Xiao Zihan couldn't even understand it, and Cai Jinyu couldn't understand it even more.Cai Jinyu thought for a while, and asked from a different angle: "Speaking of which, your father's illegitimate son is Xiao Yu. He hasn't been doing much lately, right?"

"No, I didn't pay close attention to him any more."

"That man is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but he should be more honest when he goes to prison."

After hearing Cai Jinyu's words, Xiao Zihan somehow felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what it was, so he could only suppress the indescribable doubt in his heart.

Cai Jinyu and Xiao Zihan fell silent together, when a breeze blew over, Cai Jinyu stood sideways in front of Xiao Zihan, and said to Xiao Zihan: "This is the wind outlet, it is not good for your health, let's go back first, and think about it when we go back."

"Well, good." After such a toss, Xiao Zihan was also tired.His body hasn't recovered, so logically speaking, he can't get out of the hospital. It's already the limit to get out, and he has experienced emotional ups and downs. At this moment, his physical strength is almost exhausted.

Cai Jinyu pushed Xiao Zihan's wheelchair down the small slope next to the steps, walked to Xiao Zihan's car, and helped Xiao Zihan into the car with the nurse driver who had been waiting there.

"Go and drive my car." Cai Jinyu threw the car keys to the driver, opened the door and got into the driver's seat.

Xiao Zihan was placed in the back row. After fastening his seat belt, the nurse carefully supported him.

Cai Jinyu turned her head and glanced at Xiao Zihan, seeing that Xiao Zihan was fine, as soon as she stepped on the accelerator, the car slid out smoothly.

Considering Xiao Zihan's body, Cai Jinyu didn't dare to drive the car too fast, he drove as smoothly as possible, thinking of the previous text message, glanced at the rearview mirror, and said to Xiao Zihan: "By the way, you are in the ward with auntie When it was time, Tang Xuan contacted me and asked me what was going on here."

Xiao Zihan, who was drowsy at first, immediately regained his energy when he heard this sentence, "How did you come back?"

"Ah, I haven't replied yet." Cai Jinyu went to ask the police when he saw the text message. Everything that happened after that made him extremely nervous, and he had long forgotten Tang Xuan's text message. "But let's go back later. You can talk to her after you go back. It's not too late."

Cai Jinyu was talking, when he looked up, he saw Xiao Zihan in the rearview mirror took out his mobile phone, typing with his fingers on the screen.

It seems that in Xiao Zihan's heart, it is really a short while away.

After Cai Jinyu sent Xiao Zihan back to the hospital ward safely, the doctor came to check Xiao Zihan's body, and put on an IV for Xiao Zihan.

"This trip has really worked hard for you." Tang Xuan thanked Cai Jinyu embarrassedly.

"I'm fine, but it's him. I've been tormented enough." Cai Jinyu looked at Xiao Zihan and shook his head, sighing, "I've finally regained my spirit, today's trip is almost exhausted."

Tang Xuan showed a helpless look, "There's nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, he's sitting in a wheelchair and the wound on his leg hasn't been torn."

"Hey……"

Xiao Zihan had a drip and fell asleep in a daze.

Cai Jinyu sat beside Tang Xuan's bed for a while, then got up to leave.

"Is this going?"

"Yeah." Cai Jinyu nodded, "Originally, I had some things to do, but I came here when I encountered this unexpected situation. Now that this place has stabilized, I will continue to do my business."

Hearing what Cai Jinyu said, Tang Xuan hurriedly said, "It's not too late, then you should go."

"Okay, let's go."