Chapter 246 We need to think together
"I……"
Tu Yao tilted her head back, opened her mouth, and then closed it again.
This time, Tu Chaoxi had no intention of letting the matter drop, and continued to ask with a cold face:
"Why did you go to Bai Chumeng? Tell me, what have you been doing lately?"
Seeing that she couldn't escape, Tu Yao had no choice but to confess: "I just came to ask if there's anyone behind her who's instigating this..."
"Maybe... asking her that question triggered something in her, and she suddenly became suicidal..."
"I didn't mean to..."
"Is that what you're asking?"
Seeing her increasingly uncertain expression, Tu Chaoxi was furious: "I'm asking you why you're still pursuing this matter! Don't you know it's dangerous? Am I dead?! You have to investigate and do everything!"
"How old are you! Do you think you need to be charging into battle like this?!"
Tu Chaoxi listened to Lin Yue's analysis of whether Tu Yao had regained her memory all night last night, and then took a nap all morning. When her mind was in a mess, she received a call from the detention center.
The already chaotic emotions piled up on the way here, and I was almost delirious with anger.
Tu Yao blinked blankly, "Brother...I..."
"What! What are you going to say! You've only been in Hong Kong for a short time, and there's already been an explosion and a fire. What other dangers do you want to encounter!"
"Tu Xiaomao, you've been hiding this all along..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Chi stepped between the two of them, "Teacher Tu."
Tu Chaoxi snapped out of her daze, glanced at the young man opposite her, and instantly felt a surge of anger.
"You're everywhere! What are you doing bringing my sister here?!"
Xu Chi smiled, looked at the girl who was clearly bewildered by the barrage of questions, and said softly, "Get in the car first, I'll talk to your brother."
Tu Yao subconsciously looked at Tu Chaoxi, and seeing that he didn't object, she obediently followed Lin Yue into the car.
After rolling up the car window, Xu Chi turned around, stared at Tu Chaoxi's pale face, pondered for a few seconds, and then uttered a sentence.
"Teacher Tu, do you think Tu Xiaomao has regained his memory?"
One sentence instantly brought Tu Chaoxi's dizzy head back to reality.
When Lin Yue first told him about it last night, he didn't believe it at first.
However, Tu Yao's unusual behavior in front of the buyers and Lin Yue was undeniable.
Lin Yue has always been quiet and reserved, but that doesn't mean he's not perceptive. Since childhood, he has been the only one who knows whether Tu Yao lied or got into a fight.
Tu Chaoxi understood that Lin Yue's guess might be true.
Tu Chaoxi rubbed her face. "Yes, I am..."
Xu Chi interrupted calmly: "If she really regains her memory and remembers the things she did to hurt you in the past..."
"And then what? Are you going to leave her?"
Tu Chaoxi's expression changed instantly. She glanced behind her; the car windows were tightly shut. She immediately turned around, grabbed his collar, and cursed under her breath:
"What are you saying! Would I hold onto those past issues? That's my sister, my own sister! Do you think I don't know what kind of person my sister really is!"
"So what if she can't remember, or so what if she does remember!"
"Regardless of whether she has done anything wrong or not, she is still my sister!"
As she continued her tirade, Tu Chaoxi suddenly realized what she was doing. She scrutinized the usually intelligent young man before her and hesitated before asking, "...Xu Chi, are you deliberately trying to provoke me?"
Xu Chi remained silent.
Tu Chaoxi became even more agitated: "Are you doing this on purpose?!"
"You did it on purpose!"
Tu Chaoxi was so angry she jumped up and down. "Let me tell you! If you provoke me like this again, you can forget about ever setting foot in my house again!"
Xu Chi suddenly burst into laughter.
"Teacher Tu, so you're actually afraid that after she remembers those things, she might turn back into the Tu Yao she used to be, and that she might... abandon you all again."
"Yeah."
Tu Chaoxi's hand, which was pressing on his collar, froze instantly, her gaze slightly lingering. The next second, she hastily took a step back.
After an unknown amount of time, he looked at the young man in front of him again and scoffed.
"...You really are something else."
"You really are... perceptive."
He thought about it all night long: if Tu Xiaomao regained her memories and became the same as before, would she still want them...?
...In just six months, could they keep her with them?
He was so scared this morning that he didn't even dare to look at Tu Yao's face.
"And now?"
Xu Chi pressed on, "What were you thinking on the way here? What were you thinking after you received the call from the detention center?"
“I…” Tu Chaoxi closed her eyes in pain.
He said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly, "I think she would never abandon us!"
"She won't abandon us!"
"She's even trying to make it up to us!"
After shouting that sentence, Tu Chaoxi froze on the spot.
Yes... that's what he was most afraid of on his journey.
If Tu Xiaomao had regained his memory long ago and bravely come to Hong Kong, and the first thing he did upon arriving in Hong Kong was to send Bai Chumeng to jail with Cheng Sangsang, and today he chased her to the detention center, it was clear that he was determined to get to the bottom of the matter.
...Is she trying to make amends for the harm she caused back then?
Xu Chi's persistent questioning gradually sorted out the emotions that had been in turmoil for a day and a night.
At first, he was afraid that Tu Yao would abandon them after regaining her memories, but now, he was even more afraid that Tu Yao would start making amends to them without him even realizing it!
...
"make up?"
Xu Chi chuckled softly, "They really are siblings."
One fears that her brother will be burdened with the burden of knowing the truth about the two Tu Yaos, while the other, unaware of the truth, once again ignores the past hurt and is even afraid that his sister will take the initiative to make amends.
He should be thankful; the person Tu Xiaomao protected without hesitation truly deserved it.
But he couldn't help feeling sad.
He looked up again, his gaze lingering on her for a long time: "...Is that all you can think of?"
Tu Chaoxi was taken aback.
Suddenly, the exercise books I brought from the Cheng family and the unique handwriting flashed through my mind.
"What do you mean?"
Xu Chi smiled faintly: "Teacher Tu, don't worry, she has never abandoned you."
"Don't question or doubt her until you've figured everything out."
Xu Chi's eyes were deep and unfathomable, and his voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.
"She has tried her best, she doesn't owe you anything."
After speaking, Xu Chi took a step back and turned to leave.
Wait, what do you want to understand?
Tu Chaoxi instinctively took a step closer and grabbed his collar again.
He stared at the young man in front of him suspiciously: "What do you want me to figure out? What... what do you mean she doesn't owe us anything?"
"What are you still hiding from me?!"
Xu Chi lowered his eyes, concealing all his emotions.
Tu Chaoxi became anxious.
"Speak!"
"elder brother."
Looking back, he saw Tu Yao leaning against the car window, watching him cautiously.
"Don't fight."
Tu Chaoxi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He turned around and let go.
"...Xu Chi, I don't know what you're doing or what you're hiding from me, but if anything happens to her, I won't forgive myself, and I won't forgive you either!"
After saying that, he turned around and quickly got into the car.
As soon as she arrived at the hotel, Tu Chaoxi immediately took out her phone.
Tu Yao stood close to Lin Yue and whispered, "Brother, who did you call?"
Tu Chaoxi didn't even turn her head: "Cheng Sangsang, tell her to quickly prepare the documents for transferring her household registration. We'll leave after the transfer is complete."
He paused for a second and said coldly, "Go in."
Lin Yue nudged her lightly from the side.
Tu Yao lowered her head and went into the bedroom.
I had just sat down when my phone suddenly vibrated.
It's Cheng Sangsang.
"Tu Xiaomao, what's going on? Teacher Tu's tone is so scary. Why is she in such a hurry to transfer her household registration all of a sudden?"
Tu Yao stood up again and couldn't help but open the door a crack. In the living room, Tu Chaoxi turned on the TV, and the screen showed their most familiar variety show.
His expression was tense as he stared intently at her on the screen, as if he were eagerly searching for a way to unlock all the answers and break through his confusion.
Tu Yao wasn't sure if he had guessed something, nor did she dare to guess.
“…Sangsang, I want to ask you something.”
"There's something you're afraid to tell your family, afraid it will upset them, but it seems..."
"It seems like they're sad even if you don't say anything."
She is not a perfect person and has to face the reality that she cannot make a perfect choice that satisfies both sides.
Cheng Sangsang fell silent.
After a while, she said softly:
"Tu Xiaomao, back in Crane Village, Xiaobai and I answered a question for Chairman Xu."
"I think that whether it's family or anything else, the way to handle emotions is generally the same, so I'm telling you the answer I gave to Chairman Xu as well."
"Don't think about it alone, everyone should think about it together."
Tu Yao: "Even if it makes them sad?"
Cheng Sangsang hummed in agreement. "But who can guarantee that they will be happier or sadder in the end?"
Tu Yao remained silent.
“Tu Xiaomao, you are very different from before. I don’t know what you’ve been through, but sometimes I can feel that you’ve become less and less happy since you came to Gangcheng.”
“If I can sense it, your brothers must be able to as well.”
"So what if you're sad? The meaning of family is to share joys and sorrows, and to go through thick and thin together."
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