"Dad!" Xu Zhixin walked out from behind the wheelchair and knelt in front of Xu Yuzhen, "I'm sorry..."
Bai Lu was inexplicably touched. Jun Jing grabbed his wife's shoulders and pulled her into his arms so that Bai Lu could hide her head in his arms.
His wife doesn't like to cry, but even if she really cries, she doesn't want others to see it.
Bai Lu couldn't solve the injuries of Xu Zhixin and Bai Zhuo.
Even skin replacement is useless for large-area burns, and although his burned legs can be replaced with mechanical legs later, they still cannot be used like normal people.
"You haven't let me down, you've let your daughter down!" Xu Yuzhen squatted down and hugged Xu Zhixin, and both father and daughter burst into tears.
Bai Zhuo looked at Bai Lu, with longing for the child in his eyes, but more of it was approval.
He and Xu Zhixin discussed their return for a long time. Originally, they planned to never show up again in their lifetime and hide away to study the archaeological relics.
The phone was received more than 20 days ago. Xu Zhixin really wanted to call Xu Yuzhen, but he didn't have the courage.
She didn't want her father to see her like this.
At the time, it was said that he had faked his death, but before that, no one had expected the fire to be so intense.
It wasn't until the fire started that she and Bai Zhuo discovered there was something flammable! So they couldn't evacuate immediately. She was disfigured, and Bai Zhuo broke his leg trying to save her...
Another reason why they have not dared to come back is that until now, they have not found out who put the accelerant in it!
Mr. Song watched the family gathered together, and just asked Bai Lu to visit her the next day, and then left early.
Xu Zhixin personally recounted what happened that year.
Bai Lu sat on a stool, and Jun Jing stood beside her, leaning against her. "So Mom's saying that the people who knew you were going to evacuate wanted to burn you to death?"
Bai Lu raised her head to look at Jun Jing. How come the dog man calling her mom is more accommodating than her?
Jun Jing stroked his wife's hair.
Xu Zhixin saw the little gesture and realized how much his son-in-law doted on his daughter.
"Yes, and the organization later investigated this person, but they couldn't find him. This is one of the reasons why we haven't returned all these years. In short, the things involved are so complicated that sometimes Bai Zhuo and I don't know what went wrong."
Xu Zhixin said, and looked at Bai Lu again, "You have suffered a lot over the years. If I knew that you were replaced, I would..."
"Lulu, I'm sorry about you being switched. It's all Dad's fault, not your mom's. I was too kind to Bai Zhu back then, which is why he did this. Your mom and I knew about you sending him to a mental hospital. You did the right thing, and it's better than what we did."
Bai Zhuo spoke his first words since entering the house. The man's voice was very steady, but one could tell it was very hoarse. He must have injured his throat in the fire that year, and it never fully recovered. It had grown back, so his voice would be like this from then on...
"That's true." Bai Lu said without a hint of modesty. "So, who knew about your plan to fake your own death? Was Cheng Shouming among them?"
Xu Zhixin was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "He doesn't know."
"Does Ye Jianling know?" Bai Lu asked again.
"I know," Bai Zhuo said, "but he probably didn't know it was Xu Zhixin and me at the time, because several of the people who faked their deaths were related to that batch of information."
"Then why do you think Cheng Shouming didn't know? He was able to publish the article written by my second uncle, so why wouldn't he do this?"
Xu Zhixin lowered his head and looked at Bai Zhuo.
The two seemed to be hiding something.
Bai Lu suddenly found this ridiculous. "So, it's not that we haven't found the person who set the flammable material, but that you found him now, so you came back, but you don't want to tell us who that person is? Do you want to protect him?"
"No, Lulu, this matter has passed. Your dad and I..."
"It's in the past." Bai Lu said, curling the corners of her lips. "You and Grandpa probably still have a lot to say. Jun Jing and I have to go back to my parents, so we can't accompany you."
Bai Lu stood up and took Jun Jing's hand and left.
Something gripped Xu Zhixin's heart.
From beginning to end, Bai Lu never called her "Mom", but she said she was going to her parents' place...
As she watched Bai Lu and Jun Jing leave, she felt her legs go weak and she leaned back slightly.
"Zhi Xin!" Bai Zhuo helped her up and sighed as he looked at Bai Lu's departing figure. "You should have told her about this. You shouldn't have thought of hiding it from her. With her abilities, she'll know sooner or later. I won't have any relationship with Bai Zhu and the others anymore. They deserved it no matter what they did."
"It's not like that, it's not what you think, it's because..." Xu Zhixin was about to say it, but his face looked very bad and he immediately shut up.
Everyone in the room noticed something was wrong.
Xu Yuzhen was even more perceptive. "At the beginning, I kept the things I knew a secret. She is more responsible and capable than you were back then, and more powerful than you think. I'm afraid that my granddaughter, even the Bai and Xu families combined, may not be able to match her abilities and intelligence."
Xu Yuzhen paused for a moment, the usual shrewdness in her eyes turning cloudy. "As her mother, it's been almost a year since she came back, and none of you have shown up. You have your own reasons, but you never considered that she is your daughter and I am your father. She clearly knew from outsiders that you were still alive, and she was very calm at that time. But what was hidden beneath this calmness? Why did she investigate the Bai family's affairs, the Xu family's affairs, and vindicate the Xu family?
In fact, everything she's doing now isn't just for China, it's revenge for what you and Bai Zhuo went through! The way she's doing it is something none of us can do!
But you, you are still hiding it, do you not trust her, or do you not trust all of us!"
Xu Yuzhen was a little disappointed.
Once, I was so proud to have such a daughter, but now I am so disappointed.
When he led the Xu family, he was actually resisting all the injustices, in order to protect everyone, to avoid the spotlight, and to prevent the secrets of the family of the husband chosen by his daughter from being discovered.
He felt that his daughter stood in the position of the country, and she was full of loyalty to the country, so he, an old father, would bring the whole family to accompany her and hide the things she wanted to hide! Although Xu Yuzhen didn't know everything at the time, he felt that what his daughter did was right!
But now, she is still hiding the secret!
At least, they are family! No matter how dangerous the situation is, at this point, whether it is Huaxia, the current base, the brothers of his daughter at home, or even his granddaughter alone!
Everyone can bear a bigger secret!
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