"Passengers traveling from this site to Bordeaux, France, please note: Your flight mu569 has started boarding. Please take your belongings with you, show your boarding pass, and board plane 17 from gate 4. I wish you a good journey.
Enjoyable. Thank you!”
The voice of the airport announcer was clear and soothing, with a hint of urgency. Accompanying this voice was a long beep on the phone, followed by a female voice that made people even more impatient, "I'm sorry, the person you dialed
No one is answering the phone right now, please call again later.”
Xia Mengying pouted, hung up the phone gloomily, and looked at her mother sadly, "We agreed to go to France together today, why hasn't dad come yet?"
From the time the boarding notice was issued at the airport to now, she has called her father seven times, but no one has answered the phone. It is like this every time. She has made an appointment with the family to travel, and he always has various things to do at the last minute.
Things changed this time despite repeated assurances, and they didn't even answer the phone.
"Okay, Mengmeng, don't be angry. Your father must have encountered something important and can't get away."
"I know it's not easy for dad to manage such a big company by himself. There are many things to deal with every day. As a daughter, I have to be considerate of him."
This was not the first time that something like this happened. Before Fang Jingyi opened her mouth, Xia Mengying knew what she was going to say. Every time, she was always more considerate than expected.
It's not that she doesn't know he's busy, nor is she angry that he doesn't have that much time to spend with her, it's just that she doesn't like her father being so unfaithful every time. She's not the kind of unreasonable person.
You shouldn't agree to it, letting her have hope every time, and then giving her disappointing results.
The company is important, but isn't family important? Especially, tomorrow is her first birthday.
He was absent for her 16th birthday, and also for her 18th birthday. Can't he accompany her on such an important birthday? It seems that since she turned 16, her father has been home less often. Even if there are important days, he always comes home.
There will be various urgent matters, and you will leave in a hurry.
"I'm going to the bathroom, you sit here and look at something."
Xia Mengying looked at the bag that Fang Jingyi put on her knee and nodded obediently. She knew that she was not the only one who was angry at her father's broken words. Her mother was also very sad, but she didn't want to show it in front of her.
She felt that her mother was very pitiful. She had sacrificed so much for the Xia family, but because she had not given birth to a boy, she had never been accepted by her grandma, who favored boys over girls. It was true that her father loved her mother very much, but sometimes he was too foolish and filial, even indifferent to right and wrong.
She and her mother have been wronged a lot over the years.
Xia Mengying sat on the chair, flipping through her cell phone in boredom, and called Xia Dahai again out of habit. Was the call ongoing?
Xia Mengying was just thinking about who Xia Dahai was calling when Fang Jingyi's cell phone in her bag suddenly vibrated. The music was not very clear in the noisy airport, but she could feel the vibration on her knees.
Xia Mengying was overjoyed. She hung up the phone and found Fang Jingyi's cell phone. When she saw the caller ID, she picked it up without thinking and called out sweetly, "Dad."
Before she could act coquettishly and complain, the voice over there suddenly interrupted her, "I'm not your father, but soon, I will be your mother."
The sharp and mean female voice made her heart tremble slightly, and there was an inexplicable chill in the soles of her feet. Almost subconsciously, Xia Mengying turned her head and looked in the direction of the bathroom.
"Your father and I are at home now. Today is your brother's 5th birthday. He is playing with his baby son, so he can't go to France to celebrate the birthday of your money-losing daughter. Also, your grandma
My sister and I are here too."
Grandma and sister? Brother, father’s illegitimate son outside?
Five years old? Wasn't she fifteen or sixteen years old at that time? Could it be that her father's temporary troubles in recent years were because of his son?
Xia Mengying's face turned pale when she heard the beep of the phone hanging up. Before the phone could be taken away from her ear, it suddenly vibrated violently. It was a multimedia message. Xia Mengying opened the message without any hesitation. She looked pale.
Her fingertips were shaking so much that she pressed the wrong key several times.
In the photo, her father is lying on the ground and being used as a horse for a five-year-old boy to ride. The child is holding a toy whip in his hand. To his right, there are two women standing, their eyebrows somewhat similar.
, they look like mother and daughter at first glance. The young girl is her best friend---Xia Xiaoxue!
She is actually her father's daughter. No wonder her surname is Xia. She and Xia Xiaoxue have the same interests and hobbies, and they always have a lot to talk about together. She has always felt that they are destined to be together, but it turns out that they are destined to be together.
On the other side, her grandma was standing, with her body half bent. On her familiar face was a strange smile that she had never seen before. Yes, it was strange. She had always disliked her for not being a boy, and felt that her mother was unlucky because she had not passed her first birthday.
She was so angry that she went back to her hometown alone.
When her mother gave birth to her, she almost had dystocia due to an accidental hemorrhage. Fortunately, the mother and daughter were safe, but she could not get pregnant again. The grandmother in the countryside got the news out of nowhere, and suddenly came to S city and made a big fuss demanding that her father and mother
Divorce, but her father never agreed, so she went back angrily. Every time her father called her, she would mention the divorce and sneer at her and her mother. When she was fifteen years old, she suddenly moved from the countryside.
Divorced, until now.
She had always found it strange why she, who was so good, suddenly moved from the countryside to S city. Now she finally knew the reason. It turned out to be her precious grandson.
Xia Mengying wanted to deceive herself that all this was fake, but the furniture displayed around her, and even the servants standing next to her, everything was familiar to the eye.
Xia Mengying felt as if something sharp was tearing apart her heart and her past life. Xia Xiaoxue was right, her happy life was just an illusory dream, but
She didn't know that the reality was so cruel and bloody that it was hard to accept.
Xia Mengying's eyes were sore, and she bit her lip tightly to prevent the cold tears from flowing out of her eyes and hitting her pale face, but her heart was shrinking and she was terribly uncomfortable.
"Mengmeng."
The gentle voice caught Xia Mengying off guard. She was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. There was only one thought in her mind: she couldn't let her mother know about this.
Fang Jingyi was a very popular star when she was young. She quit the entertainment industry at the peak of her career. She withstood all doubts from the outside world and pressure from all parties to marry Xia Dahai, a poor boy. After that, she took care of her husband and raised her children at home.
Fang Jingyi owes a lot to Dahai's Tengyue Group for becoming one of the top five real estate developers in S City.
Xia Mengying often sees her mother secretly watching the TV series and movies she filmed in the past. She knows that she still likes acting. In fact, some people have been asking her to come back at high prices, but she has refused.
She loves her father very much, and because of love, she has endured her father’s sarcastic remarks for so many years, and even asked her to bear it together. But in fact, she is a very fragile woman. After being ridiculed and scolded by her grandma, she would often hug her and cry.
In turn, she had to be comforted, because because of Fang Jingyi's relationship, Xia Mengying was much more sensible and stronger than children from families with the same conditions.
Xia Mengying wanted to delete the MMS on her phone, but it was too late now. She knew that her face looked ugly. When she realized that Fang Jingyi had come to her side, she suddenly stood up and stuffed Fang Jingyi's bag into her arms.
He said hurriedly, "Mom, my good friend suddenly had a car accident. She is in the hospital now. I want to see her. You go to France first. Dad and I will fly there together in the evening."
She said that she would protect her mother. Even if she wanted to let her know about this, it would never be in such a completely unprepared situation.
"Is it Xiaoxue? Mom is going with you."
Xia Mengying's face looks so ugly now, how can Fang Jingyi feel relieved.
"No, there's nothing wrong now, but she is my best friend after all. I just need to go see her."
"Don't worry, I'm an adult now and can take care of myself."
Xia Mengying twitched her lips, her smile could no longer be stiff. She couldn't help but push Fang Jingyi to the ticket gate, took out her passport and ticket from her bag, looked at Fang Jingyi's back, made sure she went in, and then turned around
.
The pain in my heart was rolling, and the tears I had been forced to restrain finally couldn't hold back anymore, and they overflowed.