Hibiscus walked into the study, and a burst of rich sandalwood came to her nose, and her father sat on an intricately carved chair with his back to her, his back straight, just as he remembered when he was a child."
Father."
Xia Hibiscus called him softly.Xia Zhiqing didn't turn to look at her, his hands were on the table, and his fingertips were constantly grinding on the table."
Xia Xia."
He spoke slowly, "You're over sixteen years old, aren't you" Xia Jin turned his eyes to look at Xia Zhiqing, and the light in his eyes slowly began to collapse, "Yes, father." ”The sound is smooth.Xia Zhiqing sighed almost inaudibly, and the hand hidden under the table began to tremble, "Then do you know what happened today sixteen years ago" Xia Jian didn't speak, but his smile began to collapse, as easily as a tsunami swept away the sand."
Sixteen years ago today, you were thrown off a cliff, and I saved you."
The air in the room suddenly fell silent, and even the sound of breathing disappeared, Xia Zhiqing wanted to turn around, but he was stopped by him halfway through.Xia Jin still stared at Xia Zhiqing silently, looking at him on the surface but his arms were trembling gently but she didn't know it, she knew very well what she should say now to show the disbelief in her heart, if she was too calm and showed a look that she already knew, wouldn't it be too sorry for her father's painstaking arrangement But at this moment, she couldn't say a word.What should I say begging him not to push her away alone, do you say that you are willing to die with them, she can't say it, looking at Xia Zhiqing's white hair, she can't speak.Looking at Xia Ming's smile, she couldn't say it.Because, they are so hopeful that she can live, and they will not hesitate to tell such a cruel life experience to force her to live.It's not that she hasn't doubted her identity, everyone has special abilities, but she doesn't.However, every time she asked this question, her father would always smile and touch her head, telling her that it was because she had a serious illness when she was a child that she had lost the ability to explore dreams.And she is convinced of this.As soon as she thought of this, she picked up the teacup on the desk and threw it down, aggrieved, sad, desperate, resentful, as the cup exploded in her heart, the sound of the porcelain tile breaking was too harsh, the broken white pottery revealed the hideous edge, the candle flame was reflected on it, and it began to writhe violently for no reason.This sound shattered Xia Hibiscus's world, and the mountains and rivers were gone, the warblers were gone, and the sunlight was gone, leaving only the hollow gray of her eyes, and the buzzing seemed to sound in her ears, and thousands of them shouted in her ears together.So noisy, so loud.But she could still hear her father's voice, resounding in the hooves of thousands of horses, bringing the bitter cold of winter ice and snow.He said, "Now that you have grown up, and you are not from my clan, it is not good to stay here, you can leave" This is a dirty alley, the smell of rot wafts everywhere, and at the exit of the alley, there is a busy street, a lively night market, brightly dressed girls and boys, and the tempting smell of rice in the restaurant wafts out, swaying, wafting into this cold and dark alley."
Hmm."
A groan of extreme pain sounded in the depths of the alley, a black shadow squirmed hard in the corner of the wall, the bony body was clumped together, smelling the smell of rice, the curled man seemed to be in good spirits, extremely difficult, and staggered up from the ground.The skinny hand, the nails were full of dirt, and such a hand, on the black wall, actually lined the wall a little whiter."
Gollum."
The sound in her stomach kept coming, and hunger forced her to walk out of the alley with staggering steps.Leaving that cold and damp place, the air outside instantly woke her up, but as soon as she woke up, she was even more hungry.She couldn't remember how many days she hadn't eaten, and she needed food.She walked down the street like a walking corpse, and everyone who approached her pinched their noses or fanned the air in front of them with their hands, and then separated themselves from her with great disgust.She bowed her head, she was used to it.She was brought up by beggars since she was a child, and when the old beggar was still there, she was not as miserable as she is now, and the old beggar always had a way to get food from various places.But not long ago the old beggar had been beaten to death with a stick, and when she arrived, she found him lying on the ground covered in blood, surrounded by people, grinning with sympathy or contempt.That day the old beggar said it was her birthday, so he got her meat.So he went to steal, but he was so old that he was caught by someone else before he could run far after being discovered, and he couldn't support it after a few blows.When she ran over to help him up, he was still holding a roast chicken in his hand, and the roast chicken was covered in blood.She turned around and saw four men with sticks standing behind her, her eyes widened and she stared at them, and she saw blood on the sticks.Probably because her eyes were too helpless and dazed, they couldn't stand it, and one of the men said angrily, "Little beggar, what do you see is the retribution of that old man for stealing things." ”She doesn't remember what he said later, except that they threw her a few copper plates, and then someone threw her money one after another.Then she pounced like crazy and bit the man's leg, her mouth was full of blood, she didn't know how hard she bitten, only that the man had been screaming, and then hit her hard with a stick.Later, she was knocked on the head, and she passed out.She had been groggy ever since, her wounds still aching, and she sighed and pulled herself out of her memory.She saw a vendor on her left bringing out a basket of steamed buns, all of which were snow-white and steaming, and she felt her stomach screaming even more cheerfully.She walked over and looked at the vendor with a blank eye, but before she could speak, the vendor said with disgust, "Little Hanako, get out of the way, don't get in the way of your business." ”After saying that, I was going to push her.She dodged and avoided it, and grabbed a few steamed buns with great speed, and then ran away.The wind whistled in her ears, and with every step she took, there was a piercing pain from the wound on her body, but she gritted her teeth and didn't let herself stop.She kept telling herself that she couldn't fall, that she couldn't stop, or she would be beaten to death with a stick.I don't know how long she ran, until she felt that she was going to run until she lost her breath, she hesitated to stop, and it was okay to keep going, but when she stopped, she found that she had run to a remote place, and there was no one around.As soon as she sat down, she began to pant heavily, and quickly took out the steamed buns in her arms and began to swallow them in large gulps, and the crumbs of the steamed buns continued to fall from her mouth, and she hurriedly lay down and licked the steamed bun crumbs on the ground little by little.Not knowing where the next meal would be, she couldn't waste a single bit of food.But when she finished licking and looked up, she saw a huge mouth in front of her, constantly snorting and panting, and there was still a lot of saliva hanging in her mouth.Is it a wild dog, or a wild dog staring at the steamed bun in her hand with hungry eyes.She got up in terror and tried to run, but the dog pounced on her viciously and bit her calf.She was in pain and scared, and her tears couldn't stop falling.But the steamed bun in her hand was grabbed by her.The dog saw that she refused to let go, so he desperately pushed her back, and the rough stones cut through her body, hooking the flesh, she couldn't bear it, and she had no strength, and as soon as her hand loosened the steamed bun, she rolled behind her.The dog bit the steamed bun and began to swallow it in large pieces, and when it was finished, she didn't even get up, and the dog sniffed at her again, making a nose of the smell, and determined that she was not delicious, so he barked at her twice and left.Her face was buried in the mound, her legs were full of heart-rending pain, her mouth was full of mud, her eyes were humiliated and resentful, if she was given a chance to stand up, then she must be better than anyone else, more indifferent than anyone else, crueler than anyone else, she wanted her to be a knife and a man for fish and meat, she wanted her life to be her own life.There was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, very slowly, but a few breaths came to her eyes, and she felt the horse's breath spraying on her, and immediately someone came down, and the sound of landing was crisp.She barely looked up, and then she saw a scene that she would never forget.The full moon, mixed with silver light, hung high in the air, made the background of the person, the soft moonlight rendered her in red clothes extraordinarily bright and fierce, the eyes were weak and three thousand, and the drops were all unreachable brilliance, if the deep sea was scattered with pearls all over the ground, the horizontal eyebrows were flying, and the corners of the eyes were gently and gently hooked, extending the bewitching and murderous eyebrows, and the most contradictory and harmonious makeup was drawn with a deep black charcoal.The man's lips were slightly hooked, a smile she had never seen before, not pity, not disgust, not sarcasm, not evasion.It's a smile that is as natural as a friend you've known for a long time.Then, with a slight opening of her red lips, she said, "Stand up." ”What she didn't know at this moment was that these three words supported her brilliant and legendary life in the future.------ off-topic------ Lord Xia Jin is handsome, do you like it?