Chapter 1573 (1/2)
”Oh.” Li Xiaoman answered with a small mouth, lowered his head and walked over carefully.
”Xiaoman has really grown up.” Li Qingshu sighed, raised his hand and touched her head, then took off his coat and put it on her.
”Brother.” Xiaoman pulled the corners of his clothes and showed a trace of depression on his small face, ”are you angry?”
Li Qing shook his head: ”no, I haven't seen you for many days. You walk with my brother.”
”Oh.” Xiaoman answered again, glanced at Du Huasheng hiding behind the door, and immediately trotted to keep up with Li Qing and took the latter's hand.
Two people, one big and one small, walked slowly along the garden path in the morning.
Li Qing frowned slightly and thought for a while, trying to find a suitable opening speech. However, his thinking was not smooth. He opened his mouth and finally turned into a sigh.
”Brother, what's the matter with you? You're worried like this?” Xiaoman asked with his head askew. ”Sister Qiuqiu is pregnant again?”
Li Qing suddenly flashed at the corners of his mouth and rolled his eyelids: ”don't make jokes here. You should know what I want to say to you.”
”I know.” Xiaoman suddenly stopped, but he didn't loose his little hand, which made the latter have to stop and turn to look at her.
”Don't worry too much, do you want to teach me to do things at any age? I've heard your adults' arguments countless times.”
”Actually... I'm really a failure as a brother.” Li Qing shook his head. ”I don't know what you like after all these years.”
”This still need to ask? Elder brother, I like you.”
Li Qing suddenly smiled: ”it's different. We're not talking about the same thing.”
He squatted down slowly, grabbed the little girl's soft hands, raised his head and said, ”Xiaoman, if you don't want to go to class, you don't have to go to class. You don't want to do your homework or write. No one will care about you from now on.”
”Brother, what do you mean?” Xiaoman suddenly panicked and shivered back half a step, ”don't you want me? Don't be angry. If you blame me for being naughty, I'll dissolve all my men and stop fooling around in the future... I... I'll go to school, do my homework, don't skip classes and bully my classmates...”
As she spoke, she began to cry, which was really painful.
”Silly girl.” Li Qing wiped her snow-white face and said with a helpless smile, ”you're my sister. Why don't you say no?”
”Then you... Then you said no one would care about me anymore...”
”You misunderstood me. You are my only sister and will not change at any time. Even if you make a big mistake in the future, you will not change.”
”Brother.” Xiaoman cried and rushed into his arms, sobbing and crying, ”you scared me to death...”
Li Qing patted the little girl on the back and calmed her for a while before stabilizing her mood.
Xiaoman's eyes were red, he sobbed from time to time, and his face was wronged.
Li Qing picked up the clothes that fell to the ground, put them on her again, and then pointed to the next chair: ”let's go and sit there for a while. I have something to say to you.”
The two men went to the stone chair on the side of the garden path, and Li Qing sat down on it.
Xiaoman stretched out a small hand and touched it on the stone. It seemed a little cold. When Li Qing didn't pay attention, he suddenly got into the latter's arms and sat on his thigh.
”You are no longer young.” Li Qing said helplessly, but the little girl had succeeded. He couldn't push people down any more, so he had to give up bitterly.
Xiaoman arched in his arms and changed a more comfortable position: ”brother, what are you going to say?”
Li Qing patted the little girl's head with spoiled eyes and whispered, ”do you know what happened in my early years?”
”You know, you were too weak when you were a child, so you were bullied later.” Xiaoman said seriously, ”if you didn't have a brain since childhood, how could you be bullied out of the sea at the age of 17.”
”Ha ha, you understand clearly. It seems that you have made great efforts secretly.” Li Qing flicked on her little brain and immediately said, ”Xiaoman, this is the sadness of growing up in a big family. I have to fight with each other all my life. Over the years, I have made a mistake on you.”
”What's wrong?”
Li Qing looked at her tender white cheek and said slowly, ”I always know that you are different from your peers. Your mind is stronger than many adults. But although I know it clearly, I always measure you with an idea of looking at children. This is a big mistake and irresponsible to you.”
Xiaoman tilted his head and couldn't help but be confused. He asked with milk: ”brother, what are you trying to say?”
”I have just said that from now on, you can do whatever you want and don't do what you don't want. No one cares about you anymore. Xiaoman, I believe you have grown up and you will take responsibility for everything you have done.”
Xiaoman realized in an instant, but he was still a little unbelievable: ”brother, what you said is true?”
”Of course.” Li Qing smiled and nodded
Half an hour later, he got in the car and drove out of canglan manor.
The morning light has appeared on the horizon. Through the window, it hit the steering wheel obliquely.