"Xiao Li! Have you seen Aunt Chai?" Guan Shipeng stepped forward and asked Ye Li.
"Grandpa is so bad! He doesn't care about mom and only thinks about others! I will never play with Grandpa again!"
Jiang Hao had been hearing his grandmother complain about Guan Shipeng these past two days, so he started to blame him when he saw Guan Shipeng.
"Xiaohao, you can't be so rude to grandpa." Ye Li lowered his head and scolded Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao pouted with a look of dissatisfaction. He pulled his sister directly back to grandma's room and ignored Guan Shipeng.
"Xiaohao and Xiaoli are angry with me? I know I have done some things lacking. Xiaoli, you are not angry with daddy too, are you?" Guan Shipeng looked at the gauze on Ye Li's neck and felt very uncomfortable.
He is now in a difficult situation. Hao Ying is dissatisfied with him, and Ye Li also seems to have some opinions about him.
"Dad, I'm not angry. How is Hao Ying? Is she awake? Where is Aunt Chai? I didn't see her."
"Oh... forget it, since Chai Ruixiang wants to leave, let her go." Guan Shipeng didn't plan to chase her.
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"What happened these days? Dad, do you want to tell me?"
Guan Shipeng suddenly found that Ye Li's tone when talking to him was a little unfamiliar, not as intimate as before.
"Okay, let's go. Let's go inside and talk."
Ye Li opened the door and suddenly found a letter on the floor of his room.
She picked up the envelope and found that it was left for her by Aunt Chai.
"Dad, a letter from Aunt Chai."
“Open it and take a look!”
"Dear Ye Li, Aunt Chai is sorry..."
Ye Li read out the contents of the letter. The whole letter was an apology to Ye Li. The letter was written with true feelings, and one could see that Chai Ruixiang felt extremely guilty and helpless.
In the letter, Chai Ruixiang has clearly stated that she wants to let Hao Ying fend for herself and let her accept legal sanctions, which can also be regarded as an explanation to Ye Li.
"Dad, Aunt Chai put a stack of money in the envelope." When Ye Li took the letter, he found a thick stack of coins in the envelope.
Ye Li took out the money and counted it, and there were actually thousands of yuan.
"Auntie Chai said that this money was given to me as a companion. I cannot take it. Please return it to Auntie Chai. Since Hao Ying has accepted the legal punishment, I have no reason to keep this money."
After finishing speaking, Ye Li put the money back into the envelope and handed it to Guan Shipeng.
Guan Shipeng hesitated for a moment and finally took the money.
"Then I'll send her the money."
"good."
"Xiao Li, Daddy has something else to tell you." After Guan Shipeng put the envelope in his pocket, he motioned for Ye Li to sit down. He wanted to tell Ye Li about what happened between him and his good friend.
"good."
Ye Li sat opposite Guan Shipeng and listened carefully to his father's story.
"At the beginning, Hao Ying's father and I were selected to work on a very important project. Hao Ying's father died to save me while performing the project tasks. I was supposed to complete the operation, but Hao Ying's father saw that I was very tired, so he volunteered to complete the operation. Unexpectedly, the machine malfunctioned during the operation and directly sucked him in..."
Guan Shipeng's voice trembled as he recounted this unknown past, as if the cruel and bloody scene had returned to his mind again.
The huge metal machine sucked his friend in like a monster. Compared to the machine, the human body was as soft as cotton. In just two seconds, the person sucked in was crushed into pieces.
Guan Shipeng took a deep breath and continued, "I rushed over and pressed the stop button, but it was too late. When Hao Ying's father was rescued, his lower body was gone... Before he died, he entrusted Hao Ying and Chai Ruixiang to me and asked me to take good care of them. If I had been the one to operate the machine, I would have been the one sucked in at the scene..."
Guan Shipeng hardly ever told anyone about what happened. Even Hao Ying didn't know how her father died. She only knew that her father died for his country.
Today, Guan Shipeng finally spoke out what was in his mind. He didn't want Ye Li to misunderstand that he was partial to Hao Ying, and he didn't want to see Ye Li being so unfamiliar with him.
Ye Li didn't expect that Hao Ying's father died so tragically. She suddenly understood Guan Shipeng's inner feelings.
The reason why Guan Shipeng has been taking care of Hao Ying and her daughter for more than ten years is not only because of his friend's entrustment, but also because of his guilt.
He felt that if his good friend had not offered to operate the machine for him, Hao Ying's father would not have died heroically, and he should have been the one to die.
"Xiao Li, I'm very sad and in pain now. I don't know what to do to be right. I feel like everything I do is hurting people." Guan Shipeng suddenly lowered his head and covered his face.
"Dad, I don't blame you. My mother-in-law and others don't know what's going on and may have some misunderstandings about you. Don't worry about it, just do what you want to do." After Ye Li finished speaking, he patted his father's shoulder gently, telling him not to feel too much pressure.
"Xiao Li, I know that I am not a qualified father. My only wish is that you can live a happy life. But it is me who has brought you so much pain." Guan Shipeng raised his head and said to Ye Li.
Seeing her father's guilty and sad expression, Ye Li knew that her father still cared about her very much.
"I am living a very happy life now. I have a family, people who like me, and people I care about." Ye Li said with the corners of his mouth rising involuntarily.
"Well, that's good. I may have to go to the hospital a few more times in the next few days. When Hao Ying recovers, she will be taken away by the public security organs. When the police talked to Hao Ying, I vaguely heard her say that she kidnapped you because she wanted to kill you."
"Did she really say that to the police?" Ye Li was quite surprised to hear the news. She did not sense Hao Ying's murderous intent at that time.
If Hao Ying said this to the police, it would not just be a crime of intentional injury, it might also involve attempted murder.
The verdicts between the two are quite different.
"Yes. Otherwise, why would your Aunt Chai be so heartless and leave her alone?"
"Okay, I understand."
"Okay, I won't say anything else. I have to go back to the hospital now. Hao Ying is alone in the hospital, and I still have the obligation to take good care of her. This will be considered as me fulfilling the trust that old Hao gave me." Although Guan Shipeng was very angry about Hao Ying hurting Ye Li, facing the dying wishes of his old friend, he had to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Dad, go ahead. I will explain to my mother-in-law and won't let you feel uncomfortable being caught between us." Ye Li said as he stood up and hugged Guan Shipeng.
"Xiao Li, my good child, I will try my best to make up for what your father owes you in the future." Guan Shipeng hugged Ye Li and then stood up and left the room.
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