The night was already deep, but Lian Yingtong was completely sleepless. She was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with her eyes open. She could not see anything, but she still refused to give up. It was not until cold tears rolled down the corners of her eyes that she blinked.
Blink.
It has been ten years. In the ten years since her father died, she has been with this man.
At first, she regarded him as an uncle and respected him as an elder. However, this uncle was too warm. Even her father and mother had never given her the warmth. She could feel it clearly from Huo Dongxuan.
.
She was blind due to illness when she was a child, so she was inevitably withdrawn. In order to prevent her from being irritated, she hired a special teacher to take classes at home.
Later, I discovered that she was very interested in traditional Chinese medicine, so I invited professors from the most famous medical schools in China to teach...
I was afraid that she would be lonely, so I would go home to stay with her every night no matter how late it was, and tell her stories...
Whatever she wanted, he would pick it for her even if it was the stars in the sky. But what happened now? He suddenly became fierce towards her.
Thinking of this, she felt more and more aggrieved, and her tears began to fall. Was he already annoying her?
"Squeak--" Just as she was thinking, the door was suddenly pushed open gently. She couldn't see anyone, but she could hear sounds, which were clearly familiar footsteps. She had been waiting for them every night for the past ten years.
The voice of anticipation.
She was stunned for a moment, then closed her eyes and said, "Don't come in, I'm asleep."
With an angry tone, Huo Dongzhen originally just wanted to see if she was hiding from crying, but now he was amused by her. He didn't go in or go out as she asked. He just stood at the door and laughed.
"So I'm already asleep, shall I... leave?" he asked tentatively. Seeing that the girl on the bed made no movement, he raised his eyebrows and cautiously entered the door, but even closed the door.
But he didn't move forward, he just stood there without saying a word, even trying to control his breathing.
He knew Lian Yingtong's temperament and was sure that she would not really drive him away, so he stood there and waited quietly.
Sure enough, when she heard the door closing, Lian Yingtong immediately sat up from the bed and ran towards the door without even bothering to put on her shoes.
Fortunately, she was familiar with the furnishings in the house, so she didn't worry about bumping into them, and everything was clear all the way to the door.
She kept shouting at the door: "Huo Dongzhen, come back!"
But there was no answer for a long time, the surroundings were quiet, and there was no sound at all in the huge villa, as if everything had stopped.
Such silence made her feel more and more panicked. She couldn't see anything. She could only stand on the other side and kept mumbling: "Huo Dongzhen, where are you?"
The darkness that normal people can't understand is forever boundless, but she becomes more and more uneasy after she can't hear his voice. She clearly knows that he is nearby, but she can't see it at all.
That helplessness seemed to foreshadow something or remind her of something, but she didn't know.
All she knew was that she wanted him by her side.
"Tongtong, I'm here."
It seemed that only then did he realize that the joke had gone too far. Huo Dongzhen called out with a complicated expression. Looking at her thin but stubborn back, he sighed incomprehensibly.
However, before the tone could be settled, a figure rushed up to him. Lian Yingtong leaned tightly in his arms and kept murmuring: "Huo Dongchen, Huo Dongchen, don't let me go. Dad is gone.
Mom is gone too, what should I do if you don’t even want me?"
what to do?
There was a time when he went out for a month because of something. During that period, she hardly had a good night's sleep or a peaceful meal, and her heart was always empty until he came home.
For a moment, she finally calmed down.
At that moment she swore that she would stay by his side for the rest of her life and never go anywhere, not anywhere!
"Silly girl..." He sighed almost undetectably, and even he himself couldn't tell what the emotion was.
He was clearly affected by her helplessness and anxiety, but he suddenly didn't know what to do with her.
In the end, there was only a low sigh: "You are my Tongtong, and I am your uncle. How could I not want you?"
The voice was very low, and she didn't know if she understood it clearly, but she only knew that every word he said through gritted teeth, clearly spilled from the tip of his tongue, and reached his ears, as if he was reminding him something.
That night, Lian Yingtong slept in Huo Dongzhen's arms. When he woke up, his figure was gone. A maid from the villa had prepared breakfast. When he went downstairs, he was surprised to find that Cen Zhiqiao was waiting for him.
into the living room.
Lian Yingtong couldn't help but be a little surprised. She didn't know how to spend her time when Huo Dongzhen was away, but Cen Zhiqiao just came.
"Sister Qiaoqiao, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"
After asking with concern, he sat down next to Cen Zhiqiao, put his hand on her slightly bulging belly, and smiled sweetly.
Cen Zhiqiao just shook his head: "It's much better, so I want to express my gratitude to you. Thank you for enlightening me, otherwise I would have been wrong again." At this point, he chuckled at himself: "I am really useless when I think about it.
Although he is much older than you, he can't even control his emotions."
Even Yingtong smiled, "What does it matter? It's better to be like a child all your life, and don't be like me. Because you can't see it, you are extra sensitive."
These words seemed to come from emotion. Cen Zhiqiao couldn't help but look at her again, but he didn't know how to answer the words. He was afraid of saying too much and irritating her, so he could only sit there, thinking about what to say.
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At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.
[I haven’t slept well for two weeks in a row, and I’m really sleepy. That’s all I have today, everyone, I’ll make up for it on the weekend~]