I didn't feel any pain when I was fighting with the young man before, but now when my sister-in-law slapped me in the face, I felt as if the force of this slap penetrated my skin and hit deep into my soul, causing me to tremble from the pain from the bottom of my heart.
At this moment, I didn't dare to look up at my sister-in-law's expression, nor did I dare to meet her eyes. When I thought of what I said to my sister-in-law before leaving last night, I wanted her to slap me a few more times, at least that way I would feel better.
After my sister-in-law slapped me, she didn't make any other moves. Although I didn't look at her, I could hear her crying. I felt as if my knees were filled with lead, and I knelt down in front of my sister-in-law involuntarily.
"I'm sorry, Long Ge's matter is my responsibility, just kill me."
Lin Yingxue stood behind me without saying a word, but just kept patting my back to comfort me, and my sister-in-law in front of me also kept crying silently without saying a word, as if time had stopped at this moment.
I don’t know how long this situation lasted. I suddenly heard my sister-in-law walking towards the house, and then the door of the dormitory in front of me was closed. It seemed that my sister-in-law had returned to the dormitory.
"Go away, I don't want to see you again."
After my sister-in-law closed the door, she left these words. I didn't hear any sound from the room after that. But her words were like a piece of ice that made me feel cold from head to toe.
I slowly stood up from the ground, without saying anything to Lin Yingxue, and turned back to my dormitory. Lin Yingxue followed me in, and stayed by my side the whole time, as if she was afraid that I would be in danger.
I returned to the dormitory and sat on a stool. I looked up at Lin Yingxue, forced a smile and said, "I'm fine. Don't worry. Let me be alone for a while."
Lin Yingxue ignored what I said, took my towel from the bathroom, wet it, and came over to help me clean the wound on my face. While cleaning, she said, "If you have any grievances, just tell me. Others may not understand you, but I can."
The cold towel stimulated the wound on my face, making my drowsy brain gradually wake up. However, when my brain was clear, all my suppressed emotions were released. At this moment, I really needed to talk to someone.
Looking back, Bai Longfei's current situation has a lot to do with me. He didn't intend to work in the special case team at first, but because I chose to come here, he decided to come with me. Moreover, when we were in the special case team, every time we encountered danger, Bai Longfei turned the tide at the critical moment and saved me from dire straits time and time again. I gradually got used to this dependence, so that in the end I took Bai Longfei's protection of me for granted and never thanked him.
This time Bai Longfei went to find Titan without telling us. I knew in my heart that besides his strong desire to fight Titan, he also wanted to protect me. He wanted to capture Titan and Qiongqi with his own strength to relieve some of the pressure on me. But I could no longer repay him for his good intentions.
I told Lin Yingxue a lot of things that happened in Zhongwei City after I met Bai Longfei. Those scenes seemed to have happened not long ago and kept replaying clearly in my mind.
When I was talking to Lin Yingxue, she was listening silently the whole time. Lin Yingxue should be considered as one of the people in the special case team who knew me relatively early. She also experienced some of the things that happened in Zhongwei City. In addition, she has been following me to carry out missions during this period of time. Naturally, she knows that the relationship between Bai Longfei and I has surpassed that of brothers. It can be seen that she has always been sad for me.
Before I knew it, Lin Yingxue and I had been chatting for five or six hours. It was already afternoon. Lin Yingxue looked very tired, but she still asked me, "Let's go out for dinner. How about I cook some Sichuan food for you?"
Normally, if Lin Yingxue said she would cook for me, it would be something I would love to do. But now I have no appetite at all. I shook my head and said, "Forget it. I have no appetite now. Let's talk about it tomorrow. You haven't slept all night either. Go back and eat something and go to bed early."
After hearing what I said, Lin Yingxue immediately looked at me warily and said, "What are you going to do? Are you planning to send me away and go find Qiongqi alone?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "How can I find him in my current state? No matter what, I will definitely avenge Brother Long! I don't have a definite plan yet. If I just go to find Qiongqi, what's the difference between that and committing suicide? Don't worry, if I have a plan, I will tell you the first time, so you can go back and rest."
After hearing what I said, Lin Yingxue's expression eased a little. She stood there hesitating for a long time, as if she wanted to say something to me, but in the end she held back. She just told me not to be sad and to rest early and get enough rest, then she left my dormitory.
After Lin Yingxue left the dormitory, I did not rest, but went to the bathroom to wash my face, then sat on the stool with my eyes closed, waiting for another person to appear.
The reason why I sent Lin Yingxue away was because I found something new in my room. After seeing this thing, I knew that someone must be coming to see me, and I had already guessed who that person was, so now I just waited quietly, without any waves in my heart.
About half an hour later, I felt that there seemed to be someone standing at the door of my dormitory. I guess he was afraid that Lin Yingxue would hear him knocking on the door, so he didn't say anything. When I found out, I quietly went forward and opened the door of the dormitory. I immediately saw my father, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, standing at the door and looking at me with a smile.
"Come in and talk." When I saw that the person outside was my dad, I felt no ripples in my heart, because the extra thing in my room was a lunch box. That lunch box was the lunch box my mother often used to send me lunch when I was in school. And I just opened it and saw that there was a box of cold food inside. It should have been made by my mother. Although I miss the food my mother cooked very much, I really don’t have the appetite to eat it now.
When my dad came in, he found a stool and sat down. He took out a cigarette and threw it to me. He lit one for himself, took a deep breath, and said, "Did the old man tell you everything?"
"How did you come?"
Seeing my dad coming to see me, I didn't feel happy at all, but full of hatred! What happened to me was more or less absolutely related to my dad. Although he still looked at me with his usual kind and slightly majestic eyes, in my opinion, he had completely changed, and even took root in my heart as a demon.
"Alas, I've heard about your story. When Bai Longfei was little, I often took him out to play. But who would have thought that he would be able to do this?"
"Don't interrupt me. Tell me why you came here this time. Don't you have any responsibility for Brother Long's affairs?"
I interrupted my dad directly and said mercilessly. My dad seemed to know that I was in a bad mood and did not blame me. He just said calmly: "You should know the relationship between that old man and you. This time I came here to give you two choices. I will not interfere with your choice, but I care about your choice very much because it affects my future actions."
His words clearly showed his relationship with the Organization of God. I was not surprised at all and said calmly, "What choice?"
"Choose whether or not you want to follow me and do something big!"
After my father said this, he didn't say anything else. He just stared at me calmly, waiting for my answer.
I also stared at his eyes without avoiding his gaze. From his eyes, I seemed to see an indescribable hostility. This hostility was not murderous, but a kind of hostility that came from the heart, as if it was the aura of a king in his bones.
"Why do you want me to follow you? Since that old man is my grandfather, why has he been confronting you for these twenty years? What happened between you two back then? And who is Qiongqi?"
I waited for a long time but my dad didn't say anything, so I couldn't help but ask first. My dad looked at me calmly and said, "I can't tell you any of these questions you asked. If you choose to follow me, I will tell you everything. If you don't plan to follow me, then telling you will only put you in greater danger."
As he spoke, my dad put out the cigarette in his hand and continued, "Don't worry, I'm not as cruel as that old man. After all, you are my biological son. No matter what you choose, I will respect your decision. If you don't plan to follow me, I won't force you, but I will test you. As long as you meet the standards of my test, then I will treat everything that happened today as if it never happened."
"What test? Haven't you tested me enough? Even an evil organization like the God Organization is related to you. Do you think I still need to believe you?" I said with a self-deprecating smile.
"I remember I told you the same thing before. Justice and evil in a broad sense don't mean anything. Where in the world is there absolute justice and absolute evil? There are only the judgments of all individuals. For example, the God Organization, do you think that the God Organization is absolutely evil? Then why is it the God Organization and not you who stand up to stop the Joker Group from coming to our country to provoke? Why is it the God Organization and not you who ultimately helps those who are at a dead end? After going through so many things, don't you understand this truth?"