Of course, Xia Zhi didn't want Qiao Xiang to go to jail.
She held Qiao Xiang's hand tightly, took a deep breath, and then said, "Qiao Xiang, I didn't sleep last night. I saw your suicide note, and I also saw you and Xiao Xingchen chatting on the rooftop. Qiao Xiang, I don't know what I should say now so that you will listen, but I know that I am also responsible for you growing up like this. When I look at Xiao Xingchen, it's as if I see you at that time."
Xia Zhi held Qiao Xiang's hand and had a serious heart-to-heart talk with her.
"Qiao Xiang, I don't know how you were doing when you were Xiao Xingchen's age. But I can imagine that your situation is probably not much better than Xiao Xingchen's now."
Xia Jing herself had never given birth to a child. How could a woman who had never been pregnant for ten months understand the blood connection between a mother and her child?
Although it was the Xia family and Xia Jing who caused all this, for Xia Zhi, if her mother could be with Qiao Xiang when she was young and instill in her the correct values of life, perhaps many things would have been completely different.
"I know life is hard for you right now, but it's already happened. What can be changed? Suicide or escape won't solve any problems."
"Qiao Xiang, cheer up. In your situation, the best-case scenario is that you go to a mental hospital and stay there for a while, then you can be released on medical parole. Of course, the worst-case scenario is that you go to jail. Qiao Xiang, you're not even afraid of death, so how could you be afraid of jail?"
Qiao Xiang listened to Xia Zhi's words in silence.
In her mind, she couldn't help but think back to her childhood.
Were you happy at that time?
Not very happy.
Xia Zhi doesn't love her, nor does he love Qiao Xiang. Xia Zhi likes to play cards secretly. It's okay if he wins, but he will beat them if he loses.
However, at that time, Qiao Xiang was a little smart and could read people's faces, so it was Qiao Yu who suffered the most beatings.
Later, Qiao Xiang found out that Xia Jing was not her biological mother, and she understood that Xia Jing did not like her and her sisters.
For a long time, she thought Xia Jing didn't like her because she was a girl.
"Don't you feel ashamed that I'm going to jail?" Qiao Xiang asked.
Xia Zhi shook his head.
"Won't."
Xia Zhi held Qiao Xiang's hand tightly, and her hot tears fell on their clasped hands.
The heat was so intense that it made Qiao Xiang's tears tinged with a hint of bitterness.
"Qiao Xiang, I just want you to be alive. Look, I went through such a difficult time back then, but I managed to get through it. I can do it, and as my daughter, you can do it too."
Qiao Xiang's expression froze. Just as she was about to say something, Xia Zhi continued, "At that time, Xia Tian's father beat me every day. I really hated him so much that I wanted to kill him myself. But I didn't dare. At that time, I had Xia Tian and Xiao Zhao. If I really killed someone, I would be shot, and then there would be no one to take care of these two children."
Xia Zhi still feels sad when he thinks about what happened back then.
"Qiao Xiang, you may not know that my life began to change after I met Linlang. If I hadn't met Linlang, and I died, Xiao Zhao and Xia Tian wouldn't have the life they have now. Look how close they are to Linlang. Qiao Xiang, I don't know what to say. I'm older than you and don't know as much as you do, but I just want to tell you that as long as you're alive, you can see a better life."
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