Curse Love Game

Xu Qiubai calmed himself down and gestured to her, indicating that he would not disturb her and they could chat slowly.

"I didn't say anything... I just asked you to get these two..."

"Was there anyone else around when you met?"

"No..."

"What are you yelling about?! Is there one or not?"

Zhong Xiaomian was completely stunned by her mother's sudden scolding on the other end of the phone. After a long while, she spoke:

"We were walking and chatting after dinner, and at most people were passing by from a distance, and they definitely couldn't hear us talking at that distance...

Mom...what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell..."

However, mother Ge Zhi completely ignored her daughter's concern and continued to ask questions one after another.

"How is your dad? Is he in good spirits? Has he lost weight? Does he eat a lot?"

"He's always been like that..."

"Where is the "always"?! Have you forgotten what it's like when we're together as a family?!"

"But... that was ten years ago... many memories have faded..."

"What on earth are you thinking about all day long?! I don't know this and I don't remember that!"

"Why... don't you ask him these questions yourself..."

Zhong Xiaomian was in a very depressed mood at the moment.

"If I could ask, would I ask you?!"

The person on the other end of the line raised his voice again.

"How could I raise a daughter as ignorant as you!!"

A burst of mournful voices finally broke through Zhong Xiaomian's psychological defenses.

These days, people keep saying similar things to me.

I'm useless, I can't change anything...

Her tears couldn't help but overflow.

Xu Qiubai frowned.

In what Zhong Xiaomian just said, her mother Ge Zhi should not be portrayed like this.

Ge Zhi did not stop just because she heard Zhong Xiaomian crying.

"I put the things in the box under the bed in the side room. When you get them, take a photo of them for me. No, taking a photo is not enough. Make a copy of the illustrated book and send it to me! It must be printed in color!"

After I reminded him several times, the other party hung up the phone.

Xu Qiubai walked over immediately and hugged Zhong Xiaomian, who looked extremely fragile.

"It's okay, senior sister. As a middle-aged woman, there will always be a period of abnormality. Don't take it to heart. It will be fine after a while."

Zhong Xiaomian bit her lips tremblingly. She didn't seem to be comforted, but felt more and more aggrieved.

“Well, since you’re busy at work, I’ll make copies for you and then deliver them to you.

You see, your mother was obsessed with looks when she was young. I think my face is at least 50% similar to your father's. She would never lose her temper with me."

Zhong Xiaomian still didn't say anything and refused to let her tears burst out, which made Xu Qiubai anxious.

"No matter what time it is, I will definitely not get angry. If you encounter this kind of grievance, you can come to me to vent. I will always be able to smile at you!"

Xu Qiubai made two faces at her.

Zhong Xiaomian finally reacted. She buried her face in Xu Qiubai's chest, letting her tears wet Xu Qiubai's underwear.

Xu Qiubai breathed a sigh of relief and touched her braided hair:

"You can cry as much as you want. I won't wash the clothes. I'll just put them in the dormitory for you to smell every morning when you wake up."

"You...you are sick...how can you comfort others like this..."

The voice still had a lot of crying tones coming from the chest area.

"Treat the symptoms with the right medicine. Use the lower head to defeat the lower head!"

……

It has to be said that Xu Qiubai really understands Zhong Xiaomian and knows what to say to make her happy.

Soon, Zhong Xiaomian regained her composure.

"Mom wasn't like this before...Even when we just got divorced, she never took her anger out on me like this."

"That's really strange."

Xu Qiubai pulled his hair, totally confused.

"Could it be that your dad has a new girlfriend? And your mom got mad."

Zhong Xiaomian glared at Xu Qiubai in dissatisfaction.

"Then how else can we explain it?"

Zhong Xiaomian was silent.

Logically speaking, Xu Qiubai was not talking nonsense.

"Let me find something first."

Not long after, Zhong Xiaomian found the two things her father had specifically requested.

Postcards are old antiques. Who still uses them these days? They were only used as greeting cards in the days when the Internet was not well developed.

It was well preserved, packed in a box, and about half of it was used.

"Who did he use this thing for before?"

Xu Qiubai still insisted on his previous idea, trying to find out if he could find out a white moonlight lover or something.

"They were all sent to his academic friends. I often read his writings when I was a child."

"Yeah."

Xu Qiubai flipped through the biology illustration book again.

This thing looks a bit advanced, it's actually in Latin!

As we all know, Latin is a "dead" language with extremely limited usage and will not change anymore.

The grammar is fixed and not prone to change, making it suitable for scientific term definitions that require high precision and stability.

Xu Qiubai couldn't understand a single word, so it was basically impossible for him to find any clues from it.

"Why did your mom say that she couldn't ask your dad? Can't she even send a message or make a phone call?"

"Maybe she thinks dad won't come back? I don't know."

"So what was the reason that caused the relationship to suddenly break down?"

Zhong Xiaomian hesitated for a moment, but still told Xu Qiubai more.

“Actually it wasn’t sudden… I just didn’t understand it when I was little. Later I heard many versions of the story, and they all said that this incident had a lot to do with my grandfather, and that he had been targeting my father for a long time.

One version of the story says that grandpa was always finding fault, which affected dad's work and caused him to make a big mistake in a very important project.

In his mind, scientific research is one of the most important things in life. Finally, my father couldn't stand it anymore and filed for divorce.

Mom and grandpa had a big fight, so grandpa was hospitalized."

"this..."

What a lose-lose situation.

But according to this version, overall, his father is the biggest victim. The old man has been suspicious for more than ten years just because of a groundless sentence "I don't know what he's trying to do", and has hurt the three members of the family. It is really a bit hard to understand.

But this old man has passed away for many years, so it is difficult to comment on him.

"Can I ask an off-topic question?"

"what?"

"How did you get involved with that research institute? Just because you're Hana Chih-Hui's junior, you can't be allowed to live in the institute's dormitory complex, right? Besides, you're in the nursing department, so you can't be considered a direct junior, right?"

Last time, Zhong Xiaomian didn't explain this issue too clearly, she just said that she and Hua Zhihuo had a good personal relationship.

"..."

Zhong Xiaomian fell silent again, and Xu Qiubai knew that he had hit the nail on the head again.

"If I tell you this, you will know everything about me..."

Zhong Xiaomian’s eyes seemed to be saying - it’s not fair.

"Whatever you want to ask, I will tell you everything I know."

Xu Qiubai understood what Zhong Xiaomian meant in one second.

"In order to be credible, I can measure various indicators for you on the spot!"

Xu Qiubai raised his palm upwards.

"you shut up!!"

Zhong Xiaomian understood it immediately again, and a blush flashed across her pretty face.

He put away the little thoughts in his heart and gave Xu Qiubai a very high level of trust.

"After leaving the National Research Institute, Dad joined Sister Huo Huo's family's business and continued his research there.

My several transfers to higher education were all to top schools in Jianghu... all arranged by Sister Huohuo's family...

I only knew this after I met Sister Huo Huo in college...

They took care of almost every aspect of my life. Although Sister Huohuo had a cold and arrogant temper, she definitely treated me differently from other employees' children.

The institute is like a home to me..."

"That's no wonder."

Now Xu Qiubai finally sorted out his thoughts.