Su Zhengyan looked at his daughter's pale and stubborn little face. The anger and heartache in his heart intertwined and rolled like two torrents, and finally turned into a heavy sigh.
"Wanwan."
Su Zhengyan's voice softened, with a hint of helplessness and fatigue, "Why are you doing this?"
Su Wan ignored her father's sigh. She slowly raised her eyes. In those eyes that were exactly the same as Su Zhengyan's, there were no tears or anger at this moment, only a dead calm.
This kind of calmness frightened Su Zhengyan more than any intense emotion.
"Dad, I want to ask you something."
"Why"
Su Zhengyan frowned, "Why?"
"Why is it always Lu Shiyan?"
Su Wan's eyes were fixed on her father's, not giving Su Zhengyan any chance to dodge. "Before the end of the world, you didn't like Lu Shiyan. After the end of the world, you disliked him even more. Tell me, why?"
This question, like a huge rock thrown into a deep pool, instantly broke the dignity that Su Zhengyan had deliberately maintained.
Su Zhengyan's expression suddenly changed, and an unnatural panic appeared on his usually calm face. Su Zhengyan subconsciously avoided Su Wan's sight.
"What's the point of saying this now?"
Su Zhengyan retorted harshly, with a hint of forced dignity in his voice, "Just remember, that man will only bring you disaster! I am your father, I will never harm you!"
"Are you protecting me or controlling me?"
Su Wan took a step forward. Her voice was not loud, but every word was clear. "You described Lu Shiyan as a reckless man who only knew how to use brute force, but you know better than anyone that Lu Shiyan is not like that. You portrayed Lu Shiyan as a bastard who would hurt me, but the person who kidnapped and imprisoned me was you, Yan Shaoyou!"
"presumptuous!"
Su Zhengyan was completely enraged by his daughter's words. He slammed his palm on the dining table. The huge force made the delicate tableware jingle. Several crystal glasses even rolled to the ground, making crisp shattering sounds.
"I'm taking you home!"
"Look at you now. For a man, you even contradict your own father! You were not like this before!"
"What was I like before?"
Su Wan pulled the corners of her mouth sarcastically, and that smile was uglier than crying. "Tell me the truth. You hate Lu Shiyan so much that you even use the power of the entire base to drive Lu Shiyan away. Why is it? Is it... related to Lu Shiyan's parents?"
"Su Wan!"
Su Zhengyan almost roared, his tall body trembling slightly with anger, and for the first time, his hawk-like eyes revealed a trace of panic and anger that Su Wan had never seen before.
Su Zhengyan stared at Su Wan, his chest heaving violently, his lips moving for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word.
Su Zhengyan's tough attitude, Su Zhengyan's deliberate avoidance, and Su Zhengyan's inappropriate reaction at this moment.
Everything confirmed Su Wan's guess.
The root of Su Zhengyan's hatred for Lu Shiyan does not lie with Lu Shiyan himself, but comes from the earlier grudges between their fathers.
This realization was like a flash of lightning, instantly tearing apart the last shred of fantasy in Su Wan's heart.
"That's enough."
Su Zhengyan seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He slowly turned around, with his back to Su Wan, and said in a hoarse and tired voice, "This matter ends here, and you are not allowed to mention it again."
Su Zhengyan's back looked particularly desolate under the warm light, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.
"From today on, you can rest assured and take care of your baby here. The base has everything, and I will give you the best. As for what's happening outside, you don't have to worry about a word, and don't even have to know a word."
Su Zhengyan's words were an order and also a final ultimatum.
After he finished speaking, Su Zhengyan didn't even look at Su Wan. He took heavy steps, opened the door and walked out, as if he was running away from the question that he couldn't face.
The door was closed again, and this time, Su Wan heard the clear sound of the door being locked from outside.
Click.
That was the sound of the metal lock core clicking, cold and decisive.
Su Wan was wrong.
Su Wan thought that her father was just deceived by Yan Shaoyou, and that as long as she explained it clearly, Su Zhengyan would change his mind.
Only now did Su Wan understand that this was not a misunderstanding at all.
This is an insurmountable gap that has existed since the beginning.
Begging and explaining simply won't work here.
Su Wan was completely imprisoned.
"Master...Master..."
A thin voice sounded softly in Su Wan's mind. The voice was as tender as a newborn baby, yet it also revealed an indescribable agility.
Su Wan was startled and looked around subconsciously. The huge restaurant was empty except for her. The heavy footsteps of her father when he left just now had already dissipated deep in the corridor.
"Who? Who's talking?"
Su Wan's voice seemed particularly abrupt in the empty room. Her heartbeat began to accelerate, and an inexplicable sense of tension crept into her heart.
"Master, it's me, Hongdou."
The voice sounded again, and this time Su Wan heard it clearly - the voice did not come from the outside world, but echoed directly in the depths of her consciousness, as if something was talking to her soul.
The little spirit rat that had fallen into a deep coma ever since it swallowed the mutant crystal core in Black Wind Village actually woke up at this most desperate moment!
"Hongdou?" Su Wan's voice trembled with disbelief, and tears of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Su Wan hurriedly summoned Hongdou from the space, and the small white figure instantly appeared in her palm.
Compared with before, Hongdou has undergone obvious changes - its hair is whiter like jade, and has a pearl-like luster under the light. Its ruby-like eyes are more lively and bright, and there is a faint white halo around its body, as soft and mysterious as moonlight.
"Master, Hongdou misses you so much." The little guy's voice echoed in Su Wan's heart. The pure attachment and joy made Su Wan's eyes red in an instant.
Hongdou jumped lightly onto Su Wan's shoulder and stroked Su Wan's cheek with her little paws, her movements as gentle as a feather brushing against her face.
"Hongdou, why are you talking?"
Hongdou rubbed against Su Wan's shoulder, and its small body gave off a stronger warmth. It tilted its head, and its ruby-like eyes sparkled with wisdom.
"Hongdou ate that awful purple stone, and then slept for a very long time." Hongdou's voice was a little aggrieved, "The stone was so bitter that Hongdou almost vomited it out. But Hongdou wanted to help the master, so she gritted her teeth and swallowed it."
Su Wan felt warm in her heart, remembering the time when Hongdou swallowed the dark purple crystal core that exuded an evil aura without hesitation.
"Then Hongdou had many strange dreams." Hongdou continued, gesturing with her little paws in the air, "In the dream, there were many glowing lines, and many voices talking in Hongdou's head. Hongdou didn't understand any of them, but slowly, Hongdou could understand and speak!"
Su Wan's eyes flashed with understanding. The purified spiritual crystal core not only did not harm Hongdou, but it made it evolve unexpectedly.
The spiritual crystal core is related to consciousness and mental power. Hongdou can speak and even communicate with her directly through mind, which must be due to the influence of the crystal core energy.
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