Seeing the resentment in Wei Yong's eyes, a trace of sadness flashed across Bai Heng's eyes.
How could he not remember?
Her mother died early, leaving her and her father alone at a young age. They were bullied by the tribe members and were eventually kicked out of the house.
It was her father who raised her alone with great effort, so that now her father, who is only middle-aged, looks so old.
In fact, Bai Heng’s dream since childhood was not to become an official through the imperial examination, but to become a sculptor.
In addition to reading, she occasionally carves some small things.
But one day, he was discovered by his father who came back from work.
Her father immediately smashed all the small wooden sculptures she had carved and threw them into the brazier.
"Bai Heng, have you forgotten the current situation of my father and me? With your ignorance and incompetence, do you really want us to be laughed at by our tribe?"
"For whom did I work so hard? For whom did I go through so much trouble to send you to a private school? But what about you? How did you do it?"
That day, her father scolded her for a long time, even slapped her, and finally left in anger.
Xiao Baiheng covered his face and looked at the brazier burning the small wooden sculpture, tears coming out of his eyes.
She wanted to tell her father that she liked carving and she didn't think that liking carving was unlearned.
She wanted to tell her father that she had finished all her homework, that her teacher always praised her and even rewarded her with a brush today, which she originally wanted to show to her father.
She thought that the temple fair would be held in two days, so she carved a small wooden sculpture to sell at the temple fair and earn some money. She also hoped to help her father and not let him work so hard.
Xiao Baiheng took out a small wooden stick and sobbed as he took out a wooden figurine from the brazier. The figurine was so burnt black that even its facial features could not be seen.
She wanted to say that tomorrow was her father's birthday, and that this was a little doll of her father that she had been meticulously carving for two weeks ago, just to give him as a birthday present. But now...
Xiao Baiheng sniffed and held back her tears. She took out the charred and broken wooden carvings from the brazier piece by piece. She then found a small piece of cloth and placed all the wooden carvings and carving tools in the cloth.
He went to the tree in the yard, dug a hole, and buried them all.
As the soil piled up, the pit was gradually covered. Xiao Baiheng felt as if something in his heart seemed to be lost at that moment.
From then on, she never touched the wood carving again, and devoted herself to studying day and night. She took the imperial examination as quickly as possible and became an official. This made the clan members look at her and her father differently.
She will always remember that day when, upon learning that she had passed the imperial examination, her father burst into tears and shouted, "Great! From now on, no one will ever see clearly between us father and daughter again."
Bai Heng couldn't tell what she was feeling at the time. She didn't seem as happy as her father.
Later, her father frequently arranged blind dates for her and created various opportunities to introduce her to sons of prominent families.
Bai Heng was not interested, but he did not refuse.
She was not attracted to anyone and just wanted to live her life as usual.
But God let her meet Wei Xuan by chance at the Lantern Festival.
She could not forget the boy's gentle eyes and eyebrows. At that moment, she felt her heart beating violently.
At that moment, she was sure that the boy was the lover she wanted to spend her life with.
So, she resolutely pursued Wei Xuan and rejected all blind dates.
In the Wei family, only the brothers Wei Xuan and Wei Ming support each other. Wei Yong looks down on such a family without support. What's more, Wei Xuan's temperament is sometimes too stubborn and even too opinionated. Wei Yong feels that he has no way to control Wei Xuan, and he dislikes him even more.
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