Chapter 299 - 289 Fate Twists People
The hobby of collecting hairpins was similar to picking up that little girl’s things.
He knew the little girl would chase after him and watch him whenever she had the chance, but he didn’t dare have any interaction with her because he didn’t know if, once his mother found out he was playing with her, it would be her or him who would be "torn apart." If it were him, he wouldn’t be afraid, but sometimes he had dreams where the dog that was beaten to death lay there on the ground, blood flowing, and it was her instead...
How could he dare to pay her any attention?
He only secretly and intentionally left behind some things for her to pick up, just as he would pick up her things as well.
Was it also stemming from the rebellious thrill at the time?
That was all it could be.
But who could have foreseen that twenty years later, she would appear before him again, with that genuine smile of an old friend reuniting, calling him "Xiao Xu."
Such a pure and unguarded smile, it had been a long time since anyone called him "Xiao Xu." Could he say he was captivated at first sight? However, he couldn’t, he couldn’t get close to her, nor could he let her come close, because it was destined to have no outcome, his mother would never agree, not only would she disapprove, she would harm, after all, there was enmity between them over her father’s death...
Rather than letting her get hurt in the end, it was better not to start.
So he treated her badly in various ways, reprimanding, mocking, and behaving erratically, just hoping to drive her as far away from him as possible, yet she foolishly insisted on treating him as a benefactor, wanting to get close to him, even bringing him rice dumplings...