Chapter 49 Sunrise
Su Mi felt a chill gust of wind around him and shook off the hairs on his body. "You were trying to scare me on purpose, weren't you?"
"You'll know if you go and take a look."
Regardless of whether what he said was true or not, Su Mi couldn't really go and see it.
Considering that this place is close to the cemetery and this land belongs to the Xiao family, according to what Xiao Xuanjin said, this place might be dedicated to enshrining spirits.
"That's not necessary. I believe you."
Su Mi picked up the USB drive, facing Xiao Xuanjin, and shook it in her hand. "I wasn't very pretty when I came up just now, and my clothes were dirty, so I won't show it to you, so that you won't laugh at me."
After saying that, she put the USB drive into her bag.
"Are you different now than before?" Xiao Xuanjin pointed at the mud on her legs.
Su Mi explained, "That's a huge difference. The pixels captured by the surveillance camera definitely can't replicate my real beauty."
Xiao Xuanjin didn't take it seriously, thinking that girls always have weird interests. If he really wanted to see it, he could just check the surveillance camera. She couldn't stop him.
However, he chose to respect her, "Okay, you play here, I'll go out for a while."
After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave.
Su Mi asked anxiously, also afraid that he would not give up and would still watch the surveillance, "Where are you going?"
Xiao Xuanjin turned around and said, "Cemetery."
Su Mi nodded, "Oh."
Xiao Xuanjin opened the door and went out.
Su Mi sat down on the chair, breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt relieved.
The system asks [Host, won’t you follow? ]
Su Mi replied, "My rash arrival has already upset him, and now he hasn't driven me away, which is already a blessing. He needs his own space now, so I have to be sensible."
【Host, what you said makes sense.】
"That's for sure."
Su Mi opened the laptop in front of her and saw that the desktop was quite clean with few software programs. She found a video software and opened it to watch the meaningless short drama.
After watching for a while, someone knocked on the door.
"Enter."
It was the bodyguard who came in with a tray of food. "Miss Su, this is the food prepared for you. Remember to eat it."
After saying that, he put it on the table and left.
Su Mi was indeed hungry now, and he was not lying to Xiao Xuanjin at that time.
After traveling all morning, the food I ate in the morning has been almost digested.
She looked over and saw that it was a standard three-dish and one soup meal. She sat down and ate slowly.
After a while, another servant brought a set of clean women's clothes.
It was a set of white home clothes, and she asked her to change the one she was wearing and she would take care of washing it.
The service was very attentive.
Su Mi also did as she said and took off his clothes and handed them to her.
Xiao Xuanjin left and didn't come back until late at night.
At this time, Su Mi was already tired from playing and fell asleep on the sofa.
As soon as Xiao Xuanjin came in, he saw her sleeping soundly with a milky white pillow as her pillow.
He was only wearing that thin white velvet home clothes, with nothing covering him.
Xiao Xuanjin took out a thin blanket and bent down to cover her with it.
She seemed to sense something, and she muttered in her dream, then turned over and hugged the blanket tightly, as soft as a kitten.
Xiao Xuanjin touched her face, then stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Looking at the dark forest outside, a thick haze gradually gathered in his eyes.
The image began to replay in my mind.
"Your most beloved grandson is just a brat now. What can he achieve?"
"Look at him, he's so timid that he'd be scared silly just by seeing a gun."
"Is this the successor you carefully trained?"
…
"Xiao Jin, it was Grandpa who wrongly trusted him. It's not your fault."
"If I had known this would happen, Grandpa would never have raised a tiger to cause trouble."
"Grandpa can't accompany you on the road ahead, Xiao Jin, take good care of the Xiao family's business and protect your family."
At the end of the memory, he was the only one kneeling there. No matter how he called out for grandpa, no one answered him.
Heart-wrenching cries swept through his mind, harsh and sharp. Xiao Xuanjin slowly squatted down, covered his head, and closed his eyes in pain.
Su Mi was awakened by thirst. When she woke up, it was already early morning. When she turned around, she saw Xiao Xuanjin squatting in front of the glass, his head buried deep in his knees. His back looked lonely and helpless, a look she had never seen before.
She rubbed her eyes, thinking she had seen it wrong.
I heard the system's voice in my mind: "Host, go quickly. His psychological defenses are very low now, and the chances of success are very high."
Su Mi immediately became alert when she heard that, touched the bell in her hand, and then went towards him.
She walked over to him and sat down, imitating his movements.
Then he yawned softly.
Hearing the noise, Xiao Xuanjin indeed raised his head and looked over, but his eyes were very red and bloodshot, as if he had suffered an extremely severe mental blow, or as if he had been crying.
Su Mi suddenly felt that his sin was even greater. When he was so vulnerable, he definitely didn't want to be seen.
She pretended to be drowsy and tried to control her tone to remain calm. "I just had a dream."
Xiao Xuanjin didn't answer.
Su Mi continued, "I dreamed I was flying in the sky, and then a pig suddenly flew next to me. I was wondering how pigs could fly these days. I was about to take out my phone to take a picture, but I was hit by the pig and flew away."
"Hahahahahahaha, don't you think it's funny?" Su Mi laughed out loud, but when he looked over, Xiao Xuanjin didn't react at all.
He looked out the window with empty eyes, and it was unclear whether he heard anything or not.
Su Mi continued, "I remembered something else. People say that dreaming of flying is mostly about growing taller. Do you think this dream means that I will grow taller? But I'm an adult now, how can I still grow taller?"
Xiao Xuanjin still didn't respond.
Su Mi seemed to be talking to herself at this moment. Her voice was light but very bewitching in the night.
"It's so dark outside, but when tomorrow morning breaks, all the darkness and gloom will disappear. I think, perhaps, this is what life is like. No matter how difficult, how low, or how hard the days are, they will eventually pass... When they fade away, one day, when I look back, I will feel that it was just like that."
After saying this, she clearly felt that Xiao Xuanjin's eyes had relaxed a little, and he was no longer as indifferent as before.
Su Mi sighed, "When I was little, I didn't understand why my parents loved watching the sunrise so much. It wasn't until later that I realized that people's moods really do change as the morning sun rises, freeing them from despair and sorrow..."
"I once tried this: I wrote down the things that bothered me at night, and when I woke up the next morning, I looked at them again. My mood seemed to have completely changed. Those things were like paper tigers, with fangs but they would burst if poked."
The two sat quietly, waiting for the rays of light to break through the darkness.
The night was particularly long, until the light suddenly appeared on the horizon.
Su Mi observed that Xiao Xuanjin had calmed down a lot, so she quietly moved over, then reached out and took his hand, interlocking their fingers. "If you don't believe me, look, their fingers fit together perfectly, and what was missing is back again."
She was illuminated by the sunset glow, and warm colors painted her face.
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