It's the weekend.
It was the day Su Luo had agreed to take his daughter to meet Ozawa Nami, but he didn't get up early because they had agreed to have dinner together.
Su Luo, who had been sleeping for so long, felt even more tired.
I got out of bed in a daze, pushed open the bedroom door, and went straight to the bathroom.
My hand had just touched the doorknob when my daughter called out to me.
"Dad, stop right there."
Su Luo turned around blankly and looked at Su Jiani, who was holding a comic book on the sofa, and asked.
"What's wrong?"
Su Jianni tossed the comic book onto the coffee table and beckoned to Su Luo with a serious expression.
"come over!"
Despite being full of doubts, Su Luo obediently walked up to Su Jiani.
Su Jianni stared at the faint bluish-purple finger marks on Su Luo's neck, her eyes welling up with tears, but she restrained herself and said...
Who did this?
"?!!"
Su Luo immediately raised her hand to cover the bruise, laughing and trying to cover it up, "I, I was careless..."
Su Jianni was so angry at Su Luo that she instantly went berserk and grabbed a cushion next to her and threw it at him.
"You're still lying to me! Who bullied you? Tell me the truth!"
Su Luo was already used to Su Jiani's pillow attacks, and easily caught the pillow that was thrown at him, saying awkwardly.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore, Nini, please, please don't get agitated."
Su Jiani's little head was already buzzing, and she glared at him with red eyes.
"How could I not be agitated? If I were being bullied, would you just stand by and do nothing? Who on earth is it?!"
Damn it, which bastard bullied Su Luo? I'll make him pay!
What kind of skill is it to bully honest people? If you're so capable, come at her!
Su Luo said helplessly, "Nini, don't ask anymore, it's really not what you think..."
He couldn't say it was Song Lingshan. It was only with great difficulty that Su Jianni had no hostility towards Song Lingshan. If he told her that it was Song Lingshan who pinched him, she would definitely hold a grudge again.
Moreover, given Su Jianni's temperament, she will probably go directly to Song Lingshan's company to cause trouble.
Su Jianni hadn't cried in a long time, but looking at Su Luo's restrained and cautious appearance, tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably, and she shouted angrily at him for being so weak.
"Su Luo! Are you a coward?"
"Why do you always let others bully you? Can't you fight back? I don't believe that if you were ruthless enough to risk your life and fight back, they would still keep bothering you! Are you stupid? You idiot!"
Su Luo paused for a few seconds, then nodded with a wry smile and cooperated.
"Yes, I'm a loser."
He had already told Nami that he was a loser, so what's wrong with being a loser again?
Why didn't he dare to risk his life to rebel against Song Lingshan?
Why?
He has been insecure and timid since childhood, and he will never learn to fight back unless he is pushed to the brink.
But is that really the case?
He didn't think so, because he already had a weakness: he had promised his brother that he would take good care of Su Jiani as she grew up.
"ah!!!"
Su Jiani screamed in frustration.
After a moment, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
She jumped off the sofa, angrily pulled out the medicine box from under the coffee table, and found some pain relief ointment.
He made Su Luo sit on the sofa, squatted down in front of him, and roughly scooped a dollop of ointment from a jar with his fingers, then evenly applied it to the bruises on Su Luo's neck.
The cool ointment felt nice and refreshing on my skin.
Su Luo looked at Su Jiani's contradictory appearance—she was furious but awkwardly applying medicine to him—and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.
To be honest, Su Jiani's temper is really nothing like her deceased brother's.
Her brother is very gentle and has a good temper; he must have taken after her mother.
Thinking of Su Jiani's mother, Su Luo's heart tightened slightly.
Having been on the run for twelve years, life must have been tough.
Will she really come back one day and reunite with Su Jiani?
If Su Jiani knew why her mother abandoned her, and heard that her mother had killed her maternal grandparents and uncle, how would she feel facing her mother?
Su Jianni noticed Su Luo's unusual behavior and assumed he was recalling the scene of being bullied. She gently massaged the side of his neck with her fingertips, trying to make Su Luo feel better.
Su Luo felt the warmth of Su Jiani's fingertips and the coolness of the ointment, and squinted his eyes in comfort.
After a while, Su Jianni withdrew her hand, wiped it with a tissue, put the ointment back in the medicine box, looked up at Su Luo and said softly.
"Actually, I know why you didn't fight back. You're not a coward. I was just too angry and said things without thinking. I apologize to you. I'm sorry."
She was very clear about many things. She knew what she meant to Su Luo, and she also knew her place in Su Luo's heart.
Su Luo panicked immediately, "No, no need, I'm not angry with you, really."
Although Su Jiani's words were a bit harsh, they were only because she cared about him, so he didn't pay any attention to them.
Su Jiani ignored him and continued speaking.
“I know you don’t want to offend others because you’re afraid that if something happens to you, I’ll have no one to take care of me.”
Su Luo stared wide-eyed in disbelief. So Su Jianni knew all this.
Su Jiani's moist eyelashes trembled slightly. She took a deep breath and said earnestly.
“I know you and my dad have an agreement that you will raise me, but I want you to hear my thoughts. I'm not a child anymore.”
Su Luo nodded. "Go ahead, I'm listening."
Su Jianni pursed her lips and said firmly.
“I don’t want to be a burden to you. I don’t want you to be bullied because of me and not dare to fight back, living a life of fear and grievance. If you insist on that, then I would rather go to an orphanage right now!”
To live in agony or to die a quick death?
Unlike Su Luo, she will unwaveringly choose the latter.
Because she doesn't believe in going to hell after death, she thinks people only go to heaven after death. She believes that the human world is often hell, and if you're not afraid of living, why be afraid of dying?
"..."
Su Luo suddenly fell silent. He couldn't give an answer. He would never abandon Su Jianni and would do his best to prevent her from suffering any harm because of him.
Sometimes it doesn't matter if you feel a little wronged, as long as Su Jiani can grow up safely and happily.
Seeing that Su Luo remained silent, Su Jianni had already guessed what Su Luo was thinking, and there was no need to ask any further.
It seems that Su Luo will definitely choose to continue to endure for her sake, just like he is now.
Then she had to find another way.
Damn it, this is so annoying, what should she do?
Su Luo broke the silence first, standing up and saying, "Are you hungry? I'll go cook."
Su Jianni grabbed Su Luo's wrist and stopped her, saying, "I'll go, you get some rest!"
He then strode quickly toward the kitchen.
Take the live fish out of the basin on the balcony and put it on the cutting board to gut the grass carp!
The knife skills were incredibly sharp; the fish's gall bladder wasn't even broken.
He plucked the bright red entrails from the fish's belly with his bare hands and casually tossed them into the trash can at his feet without batting an eye.
After completing this process, I felt much better.
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