Chapter 5: Daddy, you’d better die young
As a result, Bai Yue's health was extremely poor. The medicine Bai Xi prepared and the essence-building liquid obtained by Long Haochen's efforts were of no use. Bai Yue's status was still very poor.
After all, heart disease is difficult to cure.
"Mom, I seem to be able to practice."
Bai Xi tentatively said this sentence with a cheerful voice, observing Bai Yue's reaction.
"Yes, yes, mom, Xixi can also practice."
Long Haochen took Bai Xi's words and emphasized.
And Bai Xi noticed that when they said these words, the sadness between Bai Yue's eyebrows became deeper, and the look of pain and struggle flashed past.
But when facing her children, she never showed these emotions. She tried her best to suppress them and put on a smile.
"This is great. I can have one more person to protect my mother in the future. But Chenchen, why are you so happy? Xixi can practice now, so you can't even listen to her calling you brother."
In order to cover up the pain in his heart, Bai Yue also made a joke about Long Haochen.
"Mom~"
Long Haochen played coquettishly, "This is just the beginning, why do you think I can't beat Xixi! I'm so powerful now!"
"Okay, okay, our Chenchen is the best."
Although the atmosphere at the dinner table was very good, the three people obviously had their own concerns.
And Bai Xi's worries are also Bai Yue's worries.
Judging from Bai Yue's reaction, Bai Xi can almost conclude that Bai Yue doesn't want the brother and sister to embark on the path of cultivation, and is tangled and painful about this matter.
Bai Yue had this reaction last time when Long Haochen brought back the good news that he had passed the knight squire examination.
"Why are we so entangled when we learn how to practice? We are obviously happy for us to practice, but why has this mood diminished?"
Bai Xi couldn't understand, she just felt that Bai Yue's body was full of confusion.
But no matter how many mysteries surround her, this is still her mother.
She will protect this family well and no one will want to break it up.
After the meal, Bai Yue drove the two children to rest and shut herself in the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Bai Xi quietly walked around to the door, and soon heard sighs inside.
Bai Yue's voice was very low. She shut herself in this small space and told her thoughts.
But because the sound was too low, it could only be heard intermittently.
"He has such a talent, how come you can't practice, but mother would rather..."
"But what will you do if you meet that person, especially Xixi..."
"Why do I need to know myself——"
"Xixi! What are you doing outside the kitchen? Oh, you want to hide and scare your mother secretly."
Long Haochen's sudden voice interrupted Bai Yue's words inside, revealing the possible secret.
"Xixi, what did you just hear?"
In front of the child, Bai Yue's face looked a little heavy for the first time.
"Is mom afraid that I will hear something?"
Bai Xi asked instead without answering, looking at Bai Yue seriously with her head raised.
"Mom, we are not children anymore. You should tell us some things."
"We want to know why you are sad every day."
"Can you stop coaxing us? We have really grown up, and we can't deceive the three-year-old children in the past with just a few words."
Speaking of which, the brother and sister were in sync with each other.
Seeing the worried faces of her children, Bai Yue felt even more painful.
She thought that she was not a good mother to let her little child worry about her so much. But in the face of their worries, what she wanted to blurt out was still the same sentence, you are still young.
"Wait a little longer, Xixi, Chenchen."
Bai Yue sighed, knowing that as the child grew older, many things would be hidden, but she couldn't tell her.
So she opened her mouth and used the procrastination technique.
"Mom is not ready yet. Wait a little longer. When you are 18 years old, mom will tell you everything you want to know and everything I know."
"It's too long, Mom, I can only wait five years at most."
Bai Xi immediately started bargaining, "Five years has been a long time. In five years, we will be fourteen years old."
Facing her own child, Bai Yue's heart was so soft that she couldn't compromise.
In the end, the family of three made a five-year agreement.
Bai Yue thought that she had been fooled, but Bai Xi was particularly difficult to fool, so she asked again.
"Mom, can you tell us about Dad? What kind of person is he? Is he still alive?"
As soon as Bai Xi mentioned the word "dad", Long Haochen pulled her and tried to stop her.
Because in their memories, Bai Yue would feel sad whenever he mentioned his father, almost heartbroken. So when they got a little older, they never mentioned their father.
But this time, Bai Yue also shed tears, looking extremely painful, and refused to answer Bai Xi.
Seeing this, Bai Xi felt pain in her heart and regretted asking this.
"Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have asked. I will never ask again."
He quickly threw himself into Bai Yue's arms and apologized to Bai Yue.
But she was scolding her scumbag father in her heart. It was her scumbag father who made her sad.
Judging from Bai Yue's reaction, her scumbag father either died young or abandoned his wife and children, otherwise Bai Yue wouldn't be heartbroken at the mere mention of it.
"Daddy, you'd better die young."
Bai Xi said angrily in his heart that someone on the hilltop not far away sneezed several times.
Bai Yue held the two children and cried bitterly for a long time. She did not blame Bai Xi, but she blamed herself.
"Mom, no matter what happened in the past, it is in the past. You have me and Chenchen with you now, and we will protect you well. Can you forget those days without us?"
"If you are not happy, Chenchen and I are not happy either."
Before meeting Bai Yue, Bai Xi had never enjoyed maternal love, so she cherished Bai Yue as her mother.
"Yes, Mom, since we were little, every time you cry secretly, Xixi also cries and pulls me to cry together."
Long Haochen disagreed with the fact that he cried too. He always thought that he was a young man and that he should not shed tears easily if he wanted to protect the family.
But if he dares not to cry together, Bai Xi will ignore him for three days. Think about it, he might as well cry.
He is just a kid of a few years old and has no shame.
But tears are really useful. Every time he finishes crying, Long Haochen will feel much more relaxed.
"Long Haochen, you actually sued me!"
"I didn't, I just told the truth...ah——"
The brother and sister only used a few words to make Bai Yue burst into laughter and feel more relaxed again.
She thought that in order not to worry them, she shouldn't dwell on the past.
After tonight, Bai Yue was still depressed, but her symptoms were somewhat relieved, and she occasionally smiled sincerely.
Bai Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but also knew that Bai Yue's past must be very painful.
(End of chapter)