Ye Minghan’s question made Liu Manzhi stunned. Did Ruirui have a serious illness when she was a child... ?
"Why do you ask?" She looked at him puzzledly.
Ye Minghan did not hide anything and said softly, "I think you have not forgotten that Chi Rui lived in my house when he was a child, right?"
"Yes, I remember." Liu Manzhi nodded, "When she was four or five years old."
Thinking of this, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes.
How could she forget such a profound memory?
She remembered that year, she was going through a divorce lawsuit with Chi Zhaoli and she really couldn't spare the energy to take care of her daughter. So, at the initiative of her best friend An Xin, she sent her young daughter to live in her home and didn't go to pick her up until half a year later.
If it weren't for this experience, she wouldn't have bothered An Xin again when her daughter returned to Xuancheng because of academic issues.
"But Chi Rui completely forgot about it."
Ye Minghan pursed his lips tightly and frowned deeply. "Although it is possible that you are too young to remember, I still want to confirm with you."
Liu Manzhi was stunned. "She completely forgot?"
"Yes." Ye Minghan's expression was a little gloomy. It can be seen that this incident dealt him a big blow.
"So I wonder if it's because she had an accident when she was a child..."
Liu Manzhi's eyes flickered.
She had some idea of what "accident" he was referring to, but this was the first time she had heard that her daughter might have lost her childhood memories.
She couldn't help but recall the time when she brought Ruirui to South City after her divorce, and when Chi Zhaoli came to visit her for the first time and was called "Uncle" by her daughter.
Because Chi Zhaoli mentioned this matter from time to time over the years and complained to her a lot, she was deeply impressed.
Could this be because my daughter has lost her memory?
"Rui Rui is in good health now."
After thinking for a while, Liu Manzhi said, "It's just that part of my childhood memory is missing. Is it important?"
If her daughter really had lost her childhood memories of her father, she would feel relieved...
Ye Minghan paused. From Liu Manzhi's expression, he could clearly sense that something might have really happened to Chi Rui when he was a child.
"Aunt Liu, this is very important to me."
He stared at Liu Manzhi, his eyes full of sincerity, "Can you please tell me?"
Liu Manzhi frowned and looked at Ye Minghan's sincere eyes. She hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
In fact, she didn't really want to recall it, as it was a very painful thing for a mother, but given the current relationship between the two children, she felt that perhaps there was nothing wrong in telling Ye Minghan.
"Yes, Ruirui did suffer a serious illness when she was a child..." Liu Manzhi fell into memories.
***
"Mom, when will we be back?"
Xiao Chi Rui leaned on the car window, watching the manor where she had lived for half a year getting farther and farther away until it disappeared from her sight. She turned around and asked the woman next to her.
The little girl's eyes were slightly red and swollen from crying.
Liu Manzhi stroked her soft hair and said, "You just saw mom and you're already thinking about leaving?"
"No." Little Chi Rui shook her head and hugged her mother's arms and said coquettishly, "Mom, come stay too. Aunt's house is so big. Mom can sleep in my room."
Anyway, she can sleep with Brother Han.
Liu Manzhi couldn't help but laugh, "After all, it's not our home."
"Then let's ask Dad to buy the house next door to Auntie, so we can be neighbors, right?"
The little girl's tone was full of innocence and longing, and she didn't notice that her mother's expression darkened.
"Rui Rui, Mom has something to tell you..." Liu Manzhi said hesitantly.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Chi Rui looked at her.
Looking at her daughter's cute and innocent appearance, Liu Manzhi bit her lip, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
"Rui Rui, we are leaving Xuancheng tonight." She chose to use a more tactful approach.
"Leave? Where to?"
"Go to my mother's hometown. It's beautiful there, with mountains and water. You will definitely like it there."
Looking at her expression, Xiao Chi Rui seemed to have noticed something, and she asked cautiously: "Then will we come back in the future?"
Liu Manzhi paused, she looked at the streets passing by outside the window, and said with a bit of sadness: "Maybe I won't come back."
If possible, she didn't want to set foot on this land again.
Xiao Chi Rui blinked, feeling a little sad. "Then I will never see Auntie and Brother Han again, right?"
"They will come to see you..."
"Really? Will Brother Han and Auntie really come to see me..."
Liu Manzhi sighed, hugged her daughter who was crying again, and stroked her hair with a hint of sadness between her brows.
How should she tell her daughter that she and Chi Zhaoli are divorced?
Until she returned to her residence, Liu Manzhi was unable to bring up the matter of divorce.
But when she opened the door and entered the house, she saw an uninvited guest.
"dad!"
Seeing the man sitting on the sofa, little Chi Rui's depressed mood was finally comforted, and she ran towards Chi Zhaoli happily.
The young Chi Zhaoli is an out-and-out rich and noble young man. He is handsome and has a gentle and kind personality.
In little Chi Rui's heart, she actually likes her father a little more than Liu Manzhi who likes to control her more.
However, today, the usually kind and amiable father did not bend down to hug her.
Although he was moved for a moment when he saw her, when Liu Manzhi approached him, he became indifferent again.
"Why are you here?" Liu Manzhi said with a cold face.
"This is my house, why can't I come?" Chi Zhaoli frowned and glanced at Liu Manzhi's packed luggage. "Are you really going to take your daughter to South City?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Liu Manzhi pulled Xiao Chi Rui to her side.
Chi Zhaoli gritted his teeth and said, "Don't forget, even if you win the custody, Rui Rui is still my daughter!"
"Oh, so you still remember it."
“Liu Manzhi!” Chi Zhaoli’s face was very ugly. “Do you have to be so sarcastic? If you had been a little bit more womanly, we wouldn’t have come to this point today!”
Liu Manzhi almost couldn't help but quarrel with him, but considering her daughter was present, she had to hold back.
"Okay, I've always been like this. If you like someone feminine, go find someone named Lan."
"How many times have I told you that Meijing and I are not what you think! She was severely beaten by her ex-husband and has no relatives or friends, so she had no choice but to come to me for help. Why did you have to viciously drive them away?"
The two had argued about this issue many times, and Liu Manzhi didn't want to waste time with him anymore.
"Whether you take them in or not is no longer my business."
Liu Manzhi said coldly, "This house will not officially belong to you until tomorrow. Please leave my house."
The two divorced and the house was awarded to her.
Since she was going back to South City, she simply sold the house to completely put her mind to it. However, after many twists and turns, it was finally bought back by Chi Zhaoli.
But she didn't care. Anyway, tonight, she and her daughter would leave this place of trouble forever.
"Dad...Mom..."
Little Chi Rui was protected by Liu Manzhi. She was a little scared when she saw the two adults quarreling.
"What do you mean..." Why didn't she understand?
"What's the meaning?"
Chi Zhaoli was already furious with Liu Manzhi. He had been troubled by the divorce these days, so when faced with his daughter's question, he said without thinking, "What I mean is that I am divorced from your mother, and I don't want you anymore!"
"Chi Zhaoli, what nonsense are you talking to your daughter?!" Liu Manzhi, who had been very cold just now, finally changed her expression at this moment.
Seeing Liu Manzhi’s furious expression, Chi Zhaoli seemed to have finally grasped her weakness, and the anger that had been suppressed in his heart was suddenly vented.
Although he felt a little pain in his heart when he saw his daughter's face turn pale instantly, the pain was no match for the pleasure of finally suppressing Liu Manzhi.
"That's right, Liu Manzhi, it was me, Chi Zhaoli, who didn't want you! You will definitely be the one who regrets it in the future!"
He finished speaking angrily when his cell phone suddenly vibrated.
He took the call and left without looking back. A gentle female voice could be vaguely heard on the phone.
Liu Manzhi stood there, staring at her ex-husband's leaving back. After a long time, she closed her eyes, and two lines of tears slid down her cheeks.
She must have been blind to fall in love with such a man...
After a long while, she wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and suppressed all the emotions surging in her heart.
She still had a daughter to take care of and a lot of other things to do, and she couldn't waste her life on that bastard anymore.
When she thought of her daughter, she hurriedly remembered to explain to her, but when she lowered her head, her daughter was nowhere to be found.
"Rui Rui...Rui Rui!" She screamed.
Little Chi Rui ran out of the house behind her father.
She couldn't believe it. How could her beloved father not want her and her mother anymore? He must have lied to her. They just had a fight and would make up soon...
She wants to ask her father for clarification...
With her short legs, she naturally couldn't run faster than Chi Zhaoli.
When she arrived at the door of her house, she saw a man walking to a car from afar. She was about to shout at him, but she saw the car door open and a mother and daughter got out of the car.
"Dad~ hug~"
Seeing Chi Zhaoli, the little girl in her mother's arms immediately opened her arms and smiled at him, asking for a hug.
Chi Zhaoli's expression relaxed. He held the little girl in his arms and got into the car with the woman.
Xiao Chi Rui's face turned pale as she stared blankly at their car driving away, but she did not try to stop it.
After a while, Liu Manzhi ran out of the house like a madman.
Seeing her daughter standing safely at the door, she felt relieved and rushed over to hug her.
The little girl stayed in her arms, looking up at her blankly, with big tears falling from her eyes.
"Mom, it seems like Dad really doesn't want us anymore..."
Liu Manzhi will always remember her daughter's desperate and painful expression at that time, which is also the reason why she will never forgive Chi Zhaoli.
That night, she took her daughter and flew back to her hometown in South City.
The daughter didn't make any noise or noise along the way, but she no longer smiled. She looked dazed and didn't respond when she was talked to. Then when she wasn't paying attention, she hid aside and secretly shed tears.
She felt distressed, but was helpless. However, what made her most desperate was that her daughter had a high fever on the night they arrived in South City...
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