However, Li Si did not ask. After all, if such speculation was inaccurate, it could easily anger others; if it was accurate, it could evoke painful memories.
If you get along well, she will eventually confess to you.
Fortunately, he got his wish.
Xia Li was taken aback, then said with disdain, "Ugh, just how much attention are you paying to me...?"
Li Si smiled, his eyes serious: "I'm very interested."
Xia Li: ...
She glanced away somewhat awkwardly: "Anyway... don't laugh and joke around when you meet my dad, or he might come and take you away tonight!!"
Li Si: "...That's quite frightening."
Xia Li snorted: "It's good that you know how to be afraid."
As she spoke, she looked at Li Si with some confusion: "Don't you want to know how my father died?"
“If you want to talk about it, I’d still be happy to listen,” Li Si said.
The implication is that it's okay if you don't want to talk about it.
If Li Si answers "yes," Xia Li will just chuckle and say, "I won't tell you."
However, the cunning fox was particularly sincere on this topic, which made Xia Li want to confide in him.
"This matter is actually somewhat related to Brother Bei's side..."
"Take your time, I'm listening."
Hearing the gentle laughter in Li Si's voice, Xia Li leaned slightly to the side and rested lightly on his arm.
"My memories of my dad only go back to one morning in the first semester of my second year of junior high school."
"Someone came to our door and told my mom and me that my dad had gotten into a fight and was beaten to death..."
Li Si was stunned; he was somewhat shocked.
I initially thought it was an accident, but it turned out to be...
Surprised, he didn't know how to comfort the girl.
"So be careful!" Xia Li smiled, revealing her sharp canine teeth: "I have the blood of an abuser flowing through my veins."
She wanted to scare the fox.
But just as a herbivorous rabbit can never scare a carnivorous fox, Li Si simply gazed intently at her.
It has no intimidating effect whatsoever.
Xia Li pouted, and continued, somewhat bored:
"Then I always thought my dad died in a fight, and the guy he fought with was initially charged with accidental homicide..."
"Um."
Li Si remained quiet and continued listening.
He couldn't imagine how heartbroken Xia Li must have been; all he could see was Xia Li reminiscing about the past with great ease.
Xia Li suddenly made a turn:
"But that's not actually the case. The lawyer my mother hired insisted it was intentional homicide, and my father's actions were justified in self-defense, not a fight."
"The details... I was just a child at the time, and I didn't understand many things."
"And the final verdict was changed to intentional homicide."
"So both my mom and I are very grateful to that lawyer."
“The lawyer said, ‘Although he’s dead, he’s not completely gone. Your father left behind some things, things that can be brought into the light. Your father did nothing wrong. He didn’t cause trouble or fight. He was a good man. He just had bad luck.’”
Xia Li's eyes shone as she said this, as if expressing her longing for her father: "I believe so."
Li Si chuckled: "I believe it too."
Xia Li retorted, "You've never even met him, what makes you believe him? Be careful he doesn't come looking for you in your dreams in the middle of the night."
Li Si showed no fear. He nodded and said, "Welcome. I was just about to talk to him about his daughter."
Xia Li glared at him, her expression still carrying a hint of complaint:
Why don't you ask what this has to do with Brother Bei?
Li Si wanted to say... "Does your conversation need a straight man?"
"What does this have to do with Brother Bei?" he asked anyway.
…
"The lawyer who represented her family in the lawsuit..."
Looking at his girlfriend, Lu Yibei told her about how he met Xia Li: "It was Ms. Lu Chaoxi, who is my mother."
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