Pretending to be cute

Returning to the home where I have lived for nine years, no one can empathize with the feelings of this period except Xiao Ling himself.

She is 19 years old this year and has lived in Limi and her small nest for seven years, went abroad to study for three years, and lived in the same home for nine years—that is, the old house now.

It is said that family is like life, and Xiao Ling's life seems to be divided by these three "family".Reading is transformation and struggle, returning to the nest of seven years is going to the present and future of You Li Mi, and this lonely old house is buried in the past with family and memories.

It should have been buried.

But she was wrong.

Walking on every brick, it seems that I can think of the gentle exhortations of my relatives yesterday.The bricks are like this, not to mention the intact furniture, they are like mirrors, which faithfully reflect the past, and then break into pieces, any piece can scratch Xiao Ling's heart.

It turned out that she had been stuck here all along.

After escaping for nearly ten years, she is still trapped here. Those wounds have not healed at all, but have been silently filled with pus for a long time, rotting alive.

Xiao Ling lowered his head and gently stroked his right wrist, wanting to draw warmth from this red rope connecting the sun, even if it was only a little bit.

"Lingling, you have changed a lot... You must have suffered a lot in these years." The white-haired woman beside her stretched out her hand, lovingly wanting to touch the girl's head, but before touching it, she silently withdrew it .

Xiao Ling seemed to feel this strangeness and timidity, pressed the woman's slightly rough hand, put it on his head, and said softly: "Compared with me, Aunt Yu may have suffered more, right? Back then, the family nurse I can't help you, someone should have made it difficult for you, your hands are not as smooth as before, you..."

Yu Qing looked at Xiao Ling. Although the girl was not very old, her facial features already had the shadows of her parents. Her eyebrows resembled Xiao Ling's father, Xiao Fengkai, with appropriate shades and righteousness; her eyes were exactly the same as her mother Xu Mingqing's, full of eyes. Aura.

Even when she glanced at it just now, she would be dazed, thinking that it was back to the time when the Xiao family was happy and harmonious more than ten years ago, the hostess was busy with her in the kitchen for dinner, and later, the host after get off work would bring the youngest son home.

It's just that this is impossible after all.

"No, I'm just an aunt who cleans and cooks in the Xiao family. I have no power, no power, and nothing. What can they do to embarrass me?" Yu Qing didn't say those sad words about recalling the past, but comforted her The girl who is calm on the surface but is in great pain, "It's you, it's really not easy for you to take on these heavy responsibilities at a young age and protect everything at home."

"Protect?"

Thinking of the dark days in Du's family, Xiao Ling's eyes dimmed, and he laughed at himself: "Aunt Yu, stop joking. I was only nine years old when the family accident happened. No matter how talented I am, I can't take care of family affairs. Not to mention protecting everything. What protection should I use, and what should I rely on?"

Yu Qing opened his eyes wide and said in surprise: "But if it wasn't for you, how could this old house be safe and sound? Could it be... is it the Du family? Du Qingnan and Wan Hong should have been helping you all the time, right?"

Du Qingnan and Wan Hong?

Xiao Ling stopped looking at the familiar things around him for the time being, and sneered, his eyes bloodshot: "Aunt Yu, it can't be the Du family, because that couple is simply a villain who takes advantage of others' danger. They help me, but they are greedy The Xiao family's property, and supporting me, is because of this that the money can be taken away in a fair manner, this is what I heard with my own ears!"

"What?!" Yu Qing lost his voice.

Xiao Ling's father, Xiao Fengkai, was a single child and had no brothers or sisters. His parents left early, and he couldn't recognize the names of the remaining distant relatives.As for Xiao Ling's mother, Xu Mingqing, who grew up in an orphanage, had no father, mother, or possessions.

In the early years, the two entered the same insurance company as an intern, and later fell in love with each other for a long time and got married directly.There is no shame in insurance work and it won't last long. Xiao Fengkai and Xu Mingqing gritted their teeth, resigned and started from scratch, and together they founded Mingxiao Company.

A small company with no reputation and no background, once encountered a big crisis, and was almost unable to survive several times and went bankrupt. In the most difficult time for the couple, they ate only pickles and steamed buns.

The emperor paid off. After working hard for most of their lives, the couple finally saw an opportunity to make a fortune, and thus became a legend in the shopping malls of C City.It started with the first good thing, and soon ushered in the second good thing - Xu Mingqing was pregnant with Xiao Xun and Xiao Ling.

The business is going well, the marriage is happy, and they have two such lovely daughters and sons. Everyone thinks that Xiao Fengkai and Xu Mingqing will have the best of hardships, including the two of them themselves.Unexpectedly, God was short-sighted, and a catastrophe took the lives of three people, only the youngest daughter who was at home survived.

It is impossible for a child under the age of ten to inherit. The huge Xiao family property is equivalent to a free gift. For a while, Mingxiao's shareholders, Xiao Fengkai's distant relatives, and others are eager to covet this piece of cake.

As for how to be greedy, this orphan girl under ten years old is the best starting point.

"My mother had no friends since she was a child, and she was too honest with others, so she was deceived by Wan Hong and Du Qingnan, mistakenly thinking that they were good people, and let me recognize them as godfather and godmother. After that accident, they thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. , I deliberately forbear it and let other people bully me first."

Xiao Ling held back tears, staring at this strange yet familiar place, the hatred accumulated for many years rose from the rotten corner little by little.

She couldn't forget that ten years ago, those grown-ups came here uninvited one by one, sighing loudly and striking at the same time, regardless of whether the bones of the three members of the family were still cold.

"Ah, this is the only child of the Xiao family, right? It's a pity that such a thing happened." One of Ming Xiao's shareholders shook his head, with a look of sadness in his heart, and he put it down after changing hands. The IOUs that came out carried away the landscape paintings in the exhibition.

"I heard that because I was too young, I didn't take it to work and stayed at home. Who would have thought that Xu Mingqing, Xiao Fengkai and their eldest son would encounter a plane crash. Tsk, no, there is only a lonely little girl left Baby, if you can't do it, let me take care of it." The aunt who kept calling herself Xiao Ling wiped her tears, told the facts that everyone knew, fully expressed her sadness and sympathy, and then walked along with a few antiques.

"Isn't the Xiao family very powerful, and there are no other relatives? It's a pity that there is only this girl left..." Another shareholder shrugged and threw another IOU in front of the little girl who didn't move at all.

"Who knows."

The valuables in the home were quickly emptied, leaving only an empty home and an orphan girl with nowhere to go.Listening to people outside the door arguing about the whereabouts of this old house, Xiao Ling realized for the first time that the world is cold.

At the time of despair, her godfather and godmother appeared.At that time, she thought they were the heroes who dragged her out of the mud, but she didn't know that there was a price to be paid for summoning heroes. They took what her parents left her, turned around and pushed her into the abyss.

Yu Qing knew that Xiao Ling had suffered a lot these years, but she never thought that Xiao Ling suffered much more than she imagined. Although Xiao Ling had already mentioned it as much as possible, she had lived for so many years anyway. Can you not understand the sadness in it?

"Lingling, I'm sorry, if Auntie took you away back then, she wouldn't..."

Xiao Ling shook his head, his voice hoarse: "Aunt Yu, this has nothing to do with you. You loved me very much when you were young and were very kind to me, I remember. Moreover, in order to protect me, you were pushed by them and broke into bones... …I appreciate you, really, I appreciate you, it's just that I haven't been able to reach you for so many years."

"After the fracture, my daughter took me back to my hometown to recuperate. She cried and begged me to leave things alone. I couldn't do anything about her. That's why I... I'm really sorry, I'm sorry." Yu Qing blamed himself.

Xiao Ling shook her head fiercely, thinking of her situation, Yu Qing couldn't help crying.Xiao Ling secretly kept her gratitude, and didn't want to talk about the past anymore, so she asked the question she was most concerned about: "Aunt Yu, what happened to this old house?"

Yu Qing said: "I used to think that it was you, or Du Qingnan and Wan Hong who helped you stabilize this old house. But according to what you just said, this house should already be in the hands of Du Qingnan and Wan Hong."

Xiao Ling nodded, drinking with red eyes: "Two days ago, I met Du Pianyan, the daughter of Du Qingnan and Wan Hong. She said that the Xiao family's property was not in the hands of her parents, how could I believe it? She thought I was The little fool back then, sent a heart to him, and didn't know he was cheated until he was trampled to pieces?"

Yu Qing patted Xiao Ling's back to comfort her silently. The little girl who used to be well-behaved is now so extreme, she feels very distressed.When Xiao Ling's mood stabilized, Yu Qing frowned and said, "Even if they want to lie to you, it's not right."

"What's wrong? They want to divert hatred!" Xiao Ling snorted coldly, and briefly talked about himself and Li Mi.

"Li Mi? Auntie is just an old aunt who sweeps the floor. She doesn't know this boss or that boss. But as long as she treats you well, she is a good person."

Xiao Ling praised Li Mi very much, and hummed: "Then Aunt Yu, why are you here at the old house?"

Yu Qing replied: "It's a long story. As soon as my fracture healed, I wanted to go back to City C to see you. My daughter couldn't stop me, so she had to let me back. Before I left, she told me that I was cured. The cost is paid by others."

"Who?"

"I don't know. According to my daughter, that person sent a text message. The content was probably to thank me for protecting you before, so the money was fully borne by that side, and then they sent a sum of money without any explanation, without leaving a name. .”

Xiao Ling asked urgently: "Did the aunt's daughter call to ask?"

Yu Qing said: "My daughter called, and I called, but they couldn't get through. I don't know if the other party guessed our thoughts, or they didn't use that number. We called several times, but we couldn't get through."

Xiao Ling was stunned, and murmured: "In my situation at the time, it was fine if no one stepped on it. How could there be good people willing to take care of me and give me money..."

As he said this, he thought of a possibility in his heart.After being injured for a hundred days, Yu Qing needed at least a few months to recuperate, and after a few months, he was taken away by Li Mi.If Li Mi asked someone to inquire about the Xiao family, Yu Qing was injured and hospitalized for her, naturally Li Mi's ears would not be escaped.

Sister Li...

This can explain why Yu Qing didn't know Li Mi, even when he heard Li Mi's name just now, there was nothing unusual.

Xiao Ling's heart warmed up, and he heard Yu Qing say again: "I remembered something, which may help you find this person. After I returned to the old house, I couldn't find you. People know where you have been. I have to come here occasionally to see if I can run into you."

"On the day I came for the third time, someone said they wanted to hire me, and said they needed a person to clean and tidy the place for a certain amount of money, and asked me if I would like it. I agreed, and the person gave me a key. "

Xiao Ling raised a smile: "Is she a very beautiful woman?"

But Yu Qing waved her hands again and again: "A beautiful woman? No, no, no, that's a man, tall and strong, and looks very fierce. If he is not polite and sincere, I would not dare to talk to him."

man?Xiao Ling frowned.