In the following week, Lin Qingle went to find out the best ophthalmologist in Xicheng and also checked where the best ophthalmology hospital in the country was.
She decided to go to the hospital in Xicheng for a basic checkup first. If the problem couldn't be solved, she would think of a way to go to a better hospital later.
At the same time, she was looking forward to the announcement of the competition results. The first prize of 10,000 yuan might not completely solve his problem, but at least it would allow them to go to the hospital to find out the situation.
Finally, after the evening self-study get out of class on Thursday, Lin Qingle got the news from the physics teacher.
She lived up to expectations and really won the first place!
Lin Qingle was so happy when he got the news that he didn't even bother to go home and ran straight to Xu Tingbai's house.
This was their hope, and she wanted to tell him as soon as possible!
It was almost ten o'clock when evening self-study ended, and by the time she ran to the alley near his house, it was almost half past ten.
This place is relatively remote, and it is inhabited by elderly people. At this time, almost no one is walking outside. Lin Qingle walked along the alley and finally went up to the building where Xu Tingbai lived.
She ran to the eighth floor in one breath, panting. After catching her breath at the door, she raised her hand and wanted to knock on it.
Bang-
Lin Qingle was startled by the sound of something hitting the door. She subconsciously put her ear close to the door and heard muffled sounds of hitting and smashing from inside.
Lin Qingle's mind was confused, and he quickly reached for the hidden spare key and opened the door and went in.
"Xu Tingbai, what are you doing—"
Lin Qingle didn't finish her words because she was so shocked by the scene in her eyes that she was speechless.
With the lights on in the living room, Xu Tingbai was no longer alone.
In front of him stood a middle-aged man, dressed in gray, with messy hair and full of alcohol. At this time, Xu Tingbai was sitting on the floor leaning against the wall, with bruises on the corners of his mouth...
Hearing the sound, Xu Tingbai's face turned pale. He turned to her with panic and anxiety: "What are you doing here!"
He is injured.
Lin Qingle slowly looked at the middle-aged man and suddenly understood something. This man was the one he met at the stairs that day, and he was Xu Tingbai's father.
And now, his father had taken action against him.
What about last time... She still remembered that he was also beaten up and covered in bruises, but he didn't say who did it, so she thought he was bullied by Zhang Yikun or some gangsters outside.
But it turns out that the person who actually bullied him was his father? !
"What are you doing!" Lin Qingle rushed over and immediately protected Xu Tingbai behind him, "You, you are actually hitting him!"
Xu Tingbai had just been kicked in the abdomen and couldn't even stand up at this moment, "Lin Qingle, go!"
"He's your dad, he's your dad, right!" Lin Qingle's tears rolled down her cheeks, tightly grasping the corner of his clothes, "Xu Tingbai, come with me..."
"This isn't Dai Rong. I thought the Yan family would allow their daughter to come here to see you." Xu Hongcheng, Xu Tingbai's father, shook his head and laughed, "Xu Tingbai, do you have any friends?"
Xu Tingbai pushed Lin Qingle to the side and said, "Get out."
Xu Hongcheng burped and said grimly, "Little girl, it's so late, go home quickly."
"He's your son! He can't see! How could you do this to him!" Lin Qingle crawled back and looked at Xu Hongcheng, "Not only did you not take him to see a doctor, you also beat him! You are absolutely insane!"
"What did you say? I didn't take him to see a doctor?" Xu Hongcheng glared. Because he drank too much, his face was blue and red, looking very scary. "You said I didn't take him to see a doctor?! Do you know how much debt I still have to pay? Do you know what kind of life I live every day? How can I save him when he is in such a horrible state? Isn't my life miserable enough? And you still blame me!!"
"But it has nothing to do with him! He got into a car accident because of you!"
Xu Hongcheng narrowed his eyes and leaned down to look at Lin Qingle: "What do you know?! Huh? I gave him life, and I'm still supporting him. Am I wrong?"
The smell of alcohol was strong and Lin Qingle leaned back unconsciously. The man in front of him was drunk and crazy, which made people afraid.
"Lin Qingle, you go first... I will contact you later, don't worry, everything will be fine." Xu Tingbai whispered behind her, suppressed and hurried.
Lin Qingle looked back at his injured face, tears falling uncontrollably: "I won first place... I came here to tell you this today, will you come with me now?"
"I will go with you. I will definitely go with you in the future." Xu Tingbai pushed her hard, "But you have to be obedient and get out now!"
Lin Qingle fell to the floor.
"Who do you want to go with?" Xu Hongcheng bent down, grabbed his collar, and lifted him up from the floor. "Who do you want to go with like this? Are you fucking worthy?"
Xu Tingbai had just fought with him, but because he couldn't see, he was completely at a disadvantage...
His whole body was in pain, but the moment he was pulled up, he was just panicking - Lin Qingle hadn't left yet, she had never seen anything like this, she was scared.
"Let him go!" Lin Qingle couldn't bear to see Xu Tingbai being treated like this, so he immediately got up from the floor and pulled Xu Hongcheng's arm.
Xu Hongcheng was drunk and had lost his rationality. When Lin Qingle tried to interfere with him, he threw Xu Tingbai aside and pulled her over.
"Who are you? Huh? How dare you worry about our family's affairs?"
Lin Qingle seemed so light to Xu Hongcheng. He just mentioned it casually and then he pressed her against the glass door of the balcony.
"Don't touch her!" Xu Tingbai struggled to get up from the ground and tried to stop him. But he couldn't see... He was powerless and could only be kicked away by Xu Hongcheng.
He slammed into the TV!
For the first time, Xu Tingbai had such a strong desire that he could see it himself!
"He seems to be quite responsive to you, huh? You two have been going back and forth, it seems like you have seen each other quite a few times." Xu Hongcheng quickly opened the balcony door and threw Lin Qingle out.
The wind from the balcony blew in, Xu Hongcheng turned around and wanted to continue to deal with Xu Tingbai.
But just as he took a step, something suddenly hit him on the back of the head. He paused and turned to look at the girl who was casually picking up some scrap wood in the corner of the balcony.
The girl's eyes were as sharp as a torch, and she showed no intention of retreating at all.
He already had a splitting headache, and now it was even worse. Xu Hongcheng was so angry that he turned around and rushed over, easily throwing the wood in Lin Qingle's hand away and pinching him to the railing.
"Hit me, you dare to hit me! Who do you think you are!" Xu Hongcheng's eyes were red, and he was talking nonsense in a trance, "This is all your fault, you know, it has nothing to do with me! It was you who insisted on touching that place! It was you who caused the company to go bankrupt! Now you say commit suicide and die, you don't want to take care of this mess?! Hahahaha, then what do you want me to do! Huh? You don't want your son either! Okay! I don't want him either!"
Lin Qingle was held down, unable to move. Finally, she managed to grab his little finger and twist it hard!
"Ah—" Xu Hongcheng let go in pain, and Lin Qingle took the opportunity to slip aside.
Seeing that she dared to run away, Xu Hongcheng chased after her fiercely. Lin Qingle was petite, so she squatted down to avoid him...
The drunk and angry alcoholic rushed forward. He rushed forward so fiercely that he stretched his hand forward in a trance and his upper body was outside the railing.
Even so, he did not hold back, as if the building outside was not a tall building, as if there was something he hated outside...
Lin Qingle squatted on the ground to protect herself. She was not grabbed by him again, nor was she strangled by him again... She was fine here, watching a black figure cross the not-so-high railing, and hearing the wind outside the balcony whistling past her ears.
Nothing is left.
Only a muffled sound was heard.
"Lin Qingle!" Xu Tingbai came out from inside. He couldn't stand up, so he just stretched out his hand through the glass door to feel her direction.
Lin Qingle glanced at him, as if he had noticed something, and slowly stood up.
Eighth floor, more than twenty meters high.
The wind was still howling, and she glanced outside, only to see a dark figure in the darkness at the very bottom.
"Where are you? How are you!"
"I'm here." Lin Qingle widened his eyes and held the hand he extended.
Xu Tingbai grabbed her and pulled her over, "Did he hurt you?!"
"Xu Tingbai..." Lin Qingle shook his head stiffly, "He, he fell down."
Lin Qingle couldn't help shaking when she said this. Her voice was very soft, full of disbelief and extreme panic.
Xu Tingbai was shocked. He had just heard the crash outside, and he had not expected this to happen when he had come out with difficulty. He held her hand tightly, "What?"
Lin Qingle's breathing became rapid: "I said, he fell down, your father fell down! He, he just rushed over to grab me... but I hid, I don't know what happened, he suddenly... No, it wasn't me, I didn't push him."
Lin Qingle was completely confused. How could he fall? She didn't push him... Was she careless in her confusion
Lin Qingle stared at Xu Tingbai closely, fearing that he would lose control of his emotions.
He was his father after all, he was sure—
"Don't speak loudly." Xu Tingbai suddenly lowered his voice.
Lin Qingle immediately pursed his lips.
Xu Tingbai: "Lin Qingle, listen to me, he just jumped off the balcony, right?"
"No, because he wanted to catch me, and he accidentally..."
"He jumped down." Xu Tingbai interrupted her, speaking word by word, "Tell me, he jumped down by himself."
Lin Qingle didn't understand and looked at him helplessly.
"Well, you don't have to tell me, because you don't know. You don't know anything."
Xu Tingbai did not have any of the emotions she expected. In fact, he was suddenly very calm.
He held her hand and said seriously, "Did you bring anything to my house today?"
Lin Qingle: "I, I'm carrying a school bag, on the floor."
"Well, then put on your backpack and look on the floor to see if there's anything of yours left there. Look carefully and take everything you have."
"… "
"There's a table towel on the dining table. Take it and wipe every place you touched tonight."
"… What."
"Just listen to me and do it." Xu Tingbai said, "I will take care of the rest."
"Xu Tingbai..."
"Hurry up, wipe it, grab your things and leave. You haven't been to my place tonight, you know."
Lin Qingle: "But your father—"
"I know, he jumped down by himself!" Xu Tingbai gritted his teeth, "He drank too much and lost control of his emotions, so he jumped down."
Lin Qingle looked at him and instantly understood his intention. She lowered her head and suppressed her tears.
Xu Tingbai couldn't bear to hear her cry, and his heart was broken. He touched her head and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, you didn't do anything wrong, it's his own fault."
…
In the end, Lin Qingle listened to him and erased all traces of his visit to his house tonight.
She gathered her things and stood in the doorway, watching him.
"Let's go, go back quickly, do you remember what I just said?"
Lin Qingle: "Well... But what should you do? You are injured. You have to go to the hospital."
"Someone will come tomorrow." Xu Tingbai whispered, "Just pretend you know nothing. Don't call me in the next two days. I will contact you later."
"But I..."
"Don't you want me to see you?" Xu Tingbai smiled, "I really want to see you now too. Once this matter is settled, I'll listen to you and we'll go to the hospital."
"You promise?"
"Yes, I promise."
The author has something to say: There is light only after a big turn.