After returning to the hotel to take a shower, Yuezi and James also came back. Yuezi told me that today they investigated the whereabouts of the member named Azhen Yalang Gang, but there was no news at all. They called Azhen's family, but the family also said there was no news.

As for the member named Blue Moon, there was no information at all. Although they found the member's overseas phone number, they could not get through no matter how they called it. It was like the evaporated from the world, and the clues of the member were cut off.

In the end, Yuezi thought that the most likely explanation about Azhen's whereabouts was that he was involved in the God Game and went to other war zones, because according to the current content of the Book of Worlds, the contestant named Gao Tianfeng did talk to the boy named Azhen before he was killed. In this way, we may have to wait until later to contact Azhen.

Things start to become confusing, just like untiing a bunch of threads. When you untire a knot, more knots will be produced, and no matter how you solve them, they will not be completely solved.

In a blink of an eye, it was already late October. Twenty days have passed since the beginning of the Game of God, and the remaining time is only about ten days.

Because it is difficult to find more answers to stay local, on the fourth night, we took the night flight back to our original city and ended the four-day journey.

Home is still the same home, nothing has changed. When I saw the villa that had not changed for decades, I felt like I had been away for a long time, as if I had been away for a long time, as if I had been away for a century.

The first thing I did when I got home was to take out the Book of Worlds hidden in the basement and read the progress bar above. When I saw the 90% displayed on the progress bar, my heart was much more stable. There was still 10%. As long as I completed the remaining 10%, the sense of crisis that had been hanging in my heart could be relieved. There was still ten days left, and in the remaining time, I had to find a way to make Xueqi and Ma Bailong together. Such a progress bar was achieved by many of us who fought hard and didn't know how much we paid. I couldn't let it burn. These days with Ma Bailong, Xueqi's mental state has always been very good. It seems that she came out of the shadow of the kidnapping a while ago. As long as they got closer, even if it was just a little bit, maybe I could succeed.

And the last step I should take was also very clear. All the plans and frameworks I had to make came into my mind incredibly clear.

That is, send Xueqi away.

The day after we returned from another place, it happened to be the day when Xueqi took the English exam. This trip originally had the purpose of relaxing before the exam.

The exam time was on the evening of the 20th American time, that is, on the morning of the 21st in China. Early in the morning, I drove Xueqi out and went to a local examination room temporarily opened by the Media Department of Harvard University to take the exam. What surprised me was that there were only two people taking the exam, one was Ma Bailong and the other was Xueqi. This exam seemed to be specially customized for them.

When I watched Xueqi walk into the examination room, it started to rain. Before the results were released, Xueqi cheered at me with her transcript, I already knew the result.

I will breathe a sigh of relief until Xueqi gradually stopped crying and burst into laughter.

For me, when Xueqi cried at that time, it was as if the sky had fallen, which made me feel at a loss.

In "The Spring Light of Zhu Bajie", when Xiaolongnu cries, it will rain and flood. When Xueqi cries, it will rain for me.

I spent the whole morning waiting in the car, and for some reason I kept thinking about the scenes of Xueqi and I passing by. At the end, I fell asleep in a daze. When I woke up, I looked at the timer in the car and found that it was already past eleven o'clock. I hurriedly wiped my face, but found that Xueqi was standing outside the car window with an umbrella. The drizzle of rain fell down from the umbrella. Xueqi's white skirt and black hair looked hazy under the umbrella.

I pulled down the car window and asked with a smile:

"After the exam? How did you do it?"

Xueqi's complexion said:

"It seems a little harder than I thought... I almost didn't have time... I felt like I couldn't say it."

I opened the car door and said:

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter whether the exam is good or bad. Let's talk about it when you go home. If you don't pass the exam, you will spend money, and I will also support you to study in the United States."

After returning that day, Xueqi was restless, even more nervous than before the exam, because the staff from the admissions unit there said that because there were not many people taking the exam, the results would be announced the next night.

So for a day and a half after the exam, Xueqi kept waiting for the answer at home, restless and couldn't even watch her favorite TV series and anime. In order to relieve her tension, I took her to the mall to buy autumn clothes. I specially chose the clothing area where Tang Mengyan was. When I passed by her clothing store, I saw her taking off her clothes for customers. Only then did I notice that Tang Mengyan's hair had become longer.

After returning home, Xueqi became even more restless. Until 9:30, she suddenly received a call from the admissions office.

Because the other party was in English, I directly forwarded the phone to Xueqi. After talking, Xueqi let out a long sigh, then looked at me, as if he was hesitating, and stood still while still.

"How is it?" I asked Xueqi tentatively.

"Dad...I..." Xueqi lowered her head, not daring to look at me, as if she was afraid of hurting me, "I passed the exam."

Bang.

The moment Xueqi said this, I suddenly felt something breaking in my heart.

It was not until I sat back on the sofa that I understood what it sounded like.

It turned out that it was the sound of the kite string that had been pulling the little kite in my heart breaking.

At this moment, the string broke and the kite was finally no longer bound by me and flew away.

The moment when Xueqi and I parted finally arrived.

"Oh, I've really passed the exam? Hehe, I have the strength. I said, you can definitely pass the exam, right?" I smiled proudly, "I told you not to worry so much all day long. Now, it's all for nothing, right?"

But I didn't see a trace of smile on Xueqi's face.

"Dad..." Xue Qi looked like she didn't know what to say to be good.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It feels... so suddenly." Xueqi said with a little difficulty, "I'm going to go so far..."

"Isn't it good to go to the United States? Don't you want to go?" I deliberately relaxed my tone.

"I don't know..." Xue Qi pursed her lips, "I originally wanted to go... But now I've really passed the exam, but I feel like I don't know what to do..."

"Why? Are you afraid that the place is too unfamiliar?" I asked, "Qiqi, you have such a good English level. You will be able to adapt to it quickly when you go abroad. When you come back, you will become half a foreign girl. Maybe you will speak English and your tone will change, and your father will not understand what you say. Haha."

After I said this, Xueqi's expression became more complicated. She shook her head and said:

"I won't become that way...but I'm just worried about you, Dad."

I smiled: "Dad, what are you worried about?"

Xueqi looked at me seriously and said:

"But if I go to the United States... after the confinement sister and the others leave, aren't you alone? When you think of your father, you are empty and dark when you come home in the future, and you are the only one... I'm a little scared."

Xueqi sat next to me, put her hands on her thighs, and lowered her head. This was the first time I saw her thinking about problems so seriously and worrying about her future. At this moment, I really felt that Xueqi had grown up. She was really no longer the little girl I had to worry about in everything and was holding on with one hand. She actually started to worry about me in turn.

"Oh, what's there to be afraid of? Dad can't take care of himself? Haha." I laughed and tried to make the atmosphere gentler.

"But if I go to the United States to study for college, it will take at least four years, and... If I continue to study for graduate school in the future, it may take another three years, which is seven years... seven years. I went to the United States at once, and it is difficult for my family to come back a few times... Then Dad, don't you always have to be alone at home? When I come back... I'm afraid that Dad, you'll change your appearance, maybe I won't recognize you, and you may have wrinkles on your face... When I think about this, I suddenly feel a little scared..."

Xueqi's voice was a little choked, and she said with difficulty:

"When I was a child, no matter where I went, I would travel or other places. Dad, you always went with me. Dad, you took me to Hainan to see the sea, to Xinjiang to ride horses, and to Harbin to see ice sculptures... At that time, you accompanied me in every place. Now I have to go so far away, and I don't know what to do..."

Xueqi recalled the past when she was sick, and I took her to travel all over China. At that time, Xueqi was seriously ill. I even thought that Xueqi had less time left, so I planned to realize Xueqi's wish, which was to go and see the outside world. So during that time, I took her around the country, went to cities after cities, saw the scenery of one different place after another, and saw all kinds of people. I owe Xueqi, so I want to return it to her.

"Dad, every time I go out to another place, you will go with me. I'm a little unaccustomed to the feeling of your absence..." Xueqi's voice became lower and lower.

I smiled and patted Xueqi's head and said:

"I will get used to it slowly. At most, I'm a little uncomfortable at the beginning. After a while, you will get used to living in the United States. Moreover, isn't Ma Bailong going with you? He is a very good boy, capable and responsible, and he also likes you very much. I'll feel relieved with him. Isn't this great?"

Xueqi still had a tense face and looked worried:

"But what do you do, Dad? What if I go to the United States? Who will wash clothes at home? What should you do at home? Are you busy alone when cleaning? Who will dig you earwax? There are many things... There are many things. If I don't help Dad, will you really do it alone?"

I laughed:

"Qiqi, why do you think of me as a father? I am not a child. When you are still slapping your mouth, your father raised you alone. Can't you take good care of yourself?"

"But... Dad, you're older, too. I'm really a little scared. I'm going to the United States for so many years. If one day I come home, Dad, you suddenly have white hair on your head and wrinkled eyes, just like an old man, what would happen..." Xueqi's voice began to get a little out of tune, "Dad, I don't want to see you like that..."

I said with a wry smile:

"Qiqi, being a human being is like this. Everyone will grow old, and so will dad. Even if you are at home, won't dad get older?"

Xueqi sniffed hard, and her voice was a little choked:

"But that's different... If I were at home, I wouldn't feel it. If I went so far away for so long, it would feel like time would suddenly get faster... Dad, why do people have to grow up? I hate it a little. I always feel that as soon as people grow up, there are more and more annoying things..."

I patted Xueqi on the back, handed Xueqi a tissue, sighed and said:

"Qiqi, everyone is like this. People will never grow up. When they were young, Dad, I, like Qiqi, were very simple. I felt that my life would be so simple, but that simplicity, like a flower, will disperse when the wind blows a little. After that, Dad also went to elementary school, middle school, and high school like others. In fact, Dad didn't understand why people must study, why must they attend classes, and must do their homework. Maybe others are doing that, so Dad doesn't understand why people must study, why must they attend classes, and must do their homework. Maybe others are doing that, so Dad

Dad should follow it. After graduation, I went to society and came into contact with many people. Some helped my father when he was in trouble, some encouraged me when I couldn’t walk, and some talked bad things about my father behind my back. Every time I encountered something bad, my father always wondered, why do people have to grow up? If people never grow up, how good is it to live a simple life forever. Later, Dad understood, because this is life, and life will not come from your temperament, which is something that everyone must experience."

"But I hate this..." Xueqi bit her lip, her tone like a little girl acting cute. "I don't want to see my father getting older... Dad, I won't be able to work here all the time? I'm really a little scared... I'm afraid that when I come back, I might not even recognize him."

"But isn't America Qiqi what you always want to go to? Qiqi, Dad is old and no longer young anymore. It's impossible for you to accompany you to the end. In the past ten years, we have been together, but like two travelers who go to different places, there is always an intersection, and they want to separate. Now, it's time for us to walk on the road between us. Qiqi, do you understand that?"

Xueqi raised her head, looked at me, and whispered: "Dad...I always feel that you have been deliberately trying to match me with Ma Bailong recently... It seems like you are leaving and going to a very far place..."

My heart trembled slightly and I said with a bitter smile:

"Isn't Ma Bailong good?"

Xueqi lowered her head, played with her little fingers, and said:

"Ma Bailong is very good... But he is not a father, you... If you had known that Ma Bailong was with me, you would have been angry, but now, you suddenly feel like you have become a different person. It's so strange... Dad, are you holding back your anger?"

"What do I have to endure?" I smiled.

Xueqi's expression was really serious. Her eyes stared at me and said:

"Really, I think you're really holding back something, dad... You'll smile at me now, but I always feel like you're very deliberate... Dad, that day I heard you tell your sister Confinement that Sister Yuhui already has a boyfriend... Then what should you do in the future?"

I was shocked. I never expected Xueqi to know about this and hurriedly said:

"You don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Does Qiqi think you can't find a girlfriend with your father's personality charm?"

"But over the years, dad, have you been very good to Sister Yuhui..."

"Okay, Qiqi, stop talking! Go to bed early, I've passed the exam anyway..."

"Dad!" Xueqi's voice suddenly became louder, and even I was unexpected. I looked at Xueqi in a daze, a little surprised, "Dad, don't hide it from me anymore, okay? I know you must have something to hide from me! You were not like this in the past! You used to see me and Ma Bailong, you would definitely break your phone! If you knew I was going to shoot an advertisement, you would definitely call and turn off all the agents! Also, if you used to know that you knew that other boys wrote love letters to me, you would definitely tear them all down! That would be like you! What's wrong with you now?"

Xueqi's words hit me like a thunder. I didn't expect Xueqi to suddenly say such words. I felt like the sea was turning over and rivers, and a irritable feeling surged in my chest.

I stared at Xueqi tightly, as if I had never known her. Xueqi also looked at me quietly, waiting for my answer. I knew that if I didn't give her an answer that satisfies her, she would not leave with confidence.

I rolled up my fingers slightly and took a deep breath, allowing the cold air to fill my lungs.

I looked at Xueqi and said word by word:
To be continued...