Qin Huan squatted down, his gentle and bright eyes looking intently at Su Qianqian, his originally cold face softening.
But he maintained a polite distance from Sisi, saying, "Who told you I was going to become a nun?"
“I saw it!” Susie said. “Beating a wooden fish is something only monks do. You’ve been kneeling there beating a wooden fish for so long. Don’t you want to become a nun?”
Qin Huan looked into Qianqian's beautiful eyes and asked, "Qianqian, don't you want me to become a nun?"
"Of course I don't want that!" Su Xixi answered matter-of-factly, then counted on her fingers and said, "What's so good about becoming a nun? All you do is stay in the temple all day chanting sutras and striking the wooden fish, chanting sutras and striking the wooden fish, you're not allowed to eat meat, you're not allowed to drink alcohol, and oh yes, you're not allowed to get married and have children."
"Striking the wooden fish for a lifetime is utterly meaningless!"
Qin Huan's expression softened unconsciously. Looking into Su Qianqian's deep eyes, he held an emotion Su Qianqian couldn't decipher, but he maintained a polite distance as he spoke:
"Sisi, don't worry, I don't want to become a nun. I just want to do my best to atone for my father's sins."
Looking at Qin Huan's current expression, Su Xixi wondered why she remembered Su Lei's foolish act of cutting blood to repay his father, which he had done like Nezha.
He subconsciously advised, "Qin Huan, actually your dad didn't care about you much when you were little, and you don't owe him that much. Just help him atone for his sins. Don't think about doing something as stupid as Nezha, like cutting off his bones to repay his father and cutting off his flesh to repay his mother!"
Qin Huan chuckled, genuinely wondering how Qianqian's thought process had suddenly jumped to Nezha.
But a warmth still touched her cold heart. "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."
"Yes, only that idiot Su Lei is that stupid!" Su Qianqian retorted fiercely to Su Lei.
Qin Huan sat down on the ground next to Su Xixi. "I only found out that I had a father when I was five years old. The first time I met him, he squatted down in front of me and looked at me for a long time. I was very happy because I was also happy to see Tang Xue."
If Tang Xue is happy, she won't hit me. I thought Dad would come back and I wouldn't be hit anymore.
However, he only stayed one night in the family ancestral hall and left the next day.
When Tang Xue found out he was gone, she beat me severely. She grabbed my head and slammed it against the wall, leaving a huge, bloody hole. I thought I was going to die.
But then my grandparents came and took me away.
That time, when I woke up, I heard my grandmother asking Tang Xue to take me with her, but Tang Xue cried and made a scene, even threatening to commit suicide. My grandmother had no choice but to make Tang Xue write a guarantee promising not to hit me again, and then gave me back to Tang Xue.
From then on, Tang Xue stopped hitting me in places where others could see me.
I also started to be very afraid of my dad coming back, because every time he came back and left, Tang Xue would definitely beat me severely, scold me for being useless, and say that I couldn't keep him.
When I was little, I really thought it was because I was useless that my dad had to leave.
For a period of time, I worked very hard, trying my best to be good at everything. I even listened to Tang Xue and wanted to fight with my eldest uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle for the family property.
I thought that if I became good enough, Dad would come back…
As Qin Huan spoke, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. Su Xixi could hear the deep sobs in his voice.
Susie really wanted to comfort him, but comforting people was far beyond her area of expertise.
She frowned, trying hard to recall how her brothers would comfort them when they pretended to be wronged or sad.
It seems the simplest and most effective way is... to hug your brothers' necks and then kiss them!
Hmm, that's easy!
Su Xixi glanced at Qin Huan, then stepped forward without hesitation, wrapped her arms around his neck, and planted a kiss on his cheek.
Then, as if comforting a big dog, she patted Qin Huan's neck, "Alright, alright, it's okay now. Tang Xue won't hit you anymore. As for your dad, he's in the temple anyway, so we won't see him. Out of sight, out of mind!"
Qin Huan was completely bewildered by Su Xixi's series of actions.
He mechanically turned his head and stared blankly at Su Xixi, who was earnestly trying to persuade him. First, the tips of his ears turned red, and gradually, a blush crept up his entire cheeks.
Su Xixi frowned in confusion as she looked at him. Why did the little mute boy have that expression?
Did he make a mistake in comforting me at some point?
She thought about it seriously again, and realized that Xiao Ruanruan usually did just that, and she always managed to make her brothers very happy.
Is the little mute just too stupid to grasp the subtlety of this comforting technique?
Yes, that must be it. Her inability to comfort the little mute must be the little mute's problem, not hers!
Just as Su Xixi was comforting herself, she heard Qin Huan ask her in a strange voice, "Xixi, why did you suddenly kiss me?"
"I see you're quite sad, so I'll comfort you!" Su Xixi replied honestly.
Qin Huan coughed awkwardly twice, his fist pressed against his lips. "Thank you."
Su Xixi immediately smiled and waved her hand dismissively, "Hey, don't be shy, we're all friends!"
"Have you ever comforted anyone like this before?" Qin Huan's voice carried an indescribable embarrassment.
"Hmm—" Susie shook her head like a rattle-drum, "No, no, I don't usually like such mushy ways of comforting you, it's just that I saw you were so sad just now... that's why..."
Qin Huan breathed a sigh of relief. "Then remember, you can't comfort people like that in the future, especially boys, understand?"
"Of course!" Su Xixi raised her head proudly. "I, Su Xixi, am not the kind of person who would kiss someone casually or take advantage of a young boy!"
Qin Huan: ...
When you kiss another boy, who is actually taking advantage of whom?
Su Xixi reached out her little paw and patted Qin Huan's arm. "Don't be sad. I have to go now. That stingy Su Lei won't let me play with you. I had Xiao Ruan Ruan lure him away before I came to find you."
If he finds out I went to see you when he gets back, he'll definitely be angry again. Bye-bye!
Su Xixi had only taken two steps when Qin Huan couldn't help but call out to her, "Xixi!"
“My father will no longer be in the temple; he will be in prison. He killed my grandfather and almost killed my eldest uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle, and everyone in the Qin family. My father… he is a very… bad person.”
Will you look down on me because of this?
Su Xixi frowned deeply. It was one thing for Su Lei to say such things, but why did the little mute girl say them herself?
She turned around, put her little hands on her hips, and looked at Qin Huan with a fierce expression, saying, "What does it matter to you if your father isn't a good person? It's you who doesn't want your father to be a good person!"
I don't look down on you because your father is a bad person, but I would look down on you for giving up on yourself and not living a good life just because your father is a bad person!
After yelling, Susie stormed off.
Qin Huan stood there stunned for a moment, then his lips curled up and a relieved smile spread across his face.
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