"Because my dad has a woman he likes. In fact, my dad has been dating a woman for the past period of time, and... we might get married soon. At that time, Qiqi, you will have a mother... So, do you understand Qiqi? If Qiqi is by your dad's side, it will hinder your dad from dating."

My words were like a bolt from the blue to Xueqi. I saw Xueqi standing blankly in place, with the corners of her eyes wet.

Xueqi looked at me blankly, and then said word by word:

"Dad, you're lying to me again."

My emotions also began to get restless: "I don't. Really, Qiqi, my father has a woman he likes, not Sister Yuhui, but another woman."

"Lie." Xueqi still repeated this sentence, "Dad, you are perfunctory. Dad...I don't want to go to the United States anymore."

My mood became more and more irritable, like oil beads rolling on a oil pan.

"Okay, don't believe it, right? Dad brings that new mother back, Qiqi, you go to the United States, okay?"

Xueqi looked at me steadily, as if she couldn't believe that I would ask her back, but in the end she looked at me stubbornly and said:

"OK."

"Okay, Qiqi, then this sentence is decided. Dad brings your girlfriend back and you will go back to the United States." I increased my voice and emphasized this sentence. This was a bet between Xueqi and me.

Xueqi stood in front of the sofa and looked at me. I saw her eyes turn red. Then she turned around and ran towards the hovering stairs. After a while, I heard the sound of the door of the room closing.

Listening to Xueqi's room door closing, a strong sense of resentment and reluctance suddenly surged in my heart.

This is unwillingness to fate.

I know, I don't want Xueqi to leave at all.

I want to be with Qiqi.

Be together forever.

But that's for Xueqi's goodness. Xueqi stays by my side and will only keep encountering dangers and not be happy.

This is a destined thing. Even if I don’t want to, I can only do this.

Listening to the sound of Xueqi running away, I took out my cell phone and dialed Ma Bailong's phone number.

After three rings, the phone went on.

"Uncle Yang?"

"Ma Bailong... Listen to me. From now on, I will give you Xueqi. She is my daughter and the most precious thing in my life. Even if I exchange my life for me, I will beg you. After I arrive in the United States, you must take good care of her... Qiqi is very simple and doesn't understand many things. I am really afraid that she will suffer. She was sick when she was a child. Now she is still very weak and cannot withstand the storms. She will feel uncomfortable eating some cold things and needs someone to take care of her.

Sometimes when I feel bad, I will ask someone to comfort her and tell her jokes... My Yang Jiandong won many times in my life, but this time, I lost, Ma Bailong, you won, you won completely. I rarely ask others for anything, but this time it is really my request forever... If you treat her a little badly, if you make her shed a tear, if you make her lose even a hair! Even if I only have one hand left, I will crawl to find you and cut you into pieces. Do you understand?"

Ma Bailong was shocked by my tone of attacking others, but he soon understood my feelings. After a few seconds of silence, Ma Bailong said:

"Thank you, Uncle Yang...I know what you mean. I will always be nice to Qiqi. Because...I really...love her very much."

The last three words are what I have always hoped to hear from Ma Bailong. After hearing these three words, I was really satisfied. I hung up my phone directly, then lay on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling of the living room, and was stunned.

I don’t know when the confinement period came, and I held a cup of steaming black tea in my hand, and then sat next to me silently without saying anything.

Seeing the confinement period, my nose suddenly became sore. I stretched out my hand and rubbed my slightly moist eyes hard.

"You heard the phone call just now?" I turned my head and rubbed my eyes, not looking at the confinement period.

"Yeah." Yuezi just nodded softly. "Brother, you're crying."

I sniffed hard, and didn't look at the confinement. I just lowered my head, looked at the floor, and asked in a choked voice:

"Don't you think Qiqi and Ma Bailong are worthy? Don't pity me, nor take care of my feelings. I want you to tell the truth. Confinement, I want you to hear the truth."

"Brother," Yuezi stretched out his hand gently, held my wrist, and said in her soft voice like warm water, "I know, it's really hard for you."

Yuezi didn't answer me positively, just continued:

"Brother, do you know? Japan is a very strange country. In this country, almost everyone believes that if a person gets something, he will definitely lose something. So some people say that Japanese culture is cherry blossom culture, just like cherry blossoms, and those beautiful things will wither when they bloom. I think this is the same in life. Everyone will lose something when they get something. The more a person gets, the more he loses. Just like I got a brother, but lost a man who may accompany me for the rest of my life, right?... One day, Qiqi will understand this. She will always know that we are all cherry blossoms, just sooner or later it will wither."

Yuezi did not answer my words, but her words hit the most sensitive part of my heart. I hugged Yuezi, hugged her tightly, and sobbed gently in her arms. Yuezi did not push me away, but just let me hold her. She stroked my hair with her slender fingertips and sighed gently.

With the comfort of the confinement period, I was like a wounded beast, holding her sleeves with both hands tightly, and making uncontrollably sobbing sounds in my throat.

"Confinement... I really... love Qiqi so much... I really... I really want to be with her forever... Be her father, always taking care of her by her side, just like before... I really want to... But... I can't do it! I can't do it!!"

That night, I didn't sleep all night.

In front of that sofa, I thought about a lot of things, about the future, about the world, about Xueqi, and myself.

Maybe I don’t think about the many problems I have in my life as many as that night.

Until noon the next day, I received the second call from the admissions office. This time, it was a call from the confinement period. The content was very simple, that is, Xueqi passed the written test and needed to participate in the interview. Although the interview procedure is simple, I still have to be there myself. So before the end of the month, Xueqi must go to the United States. According to confinement period, she can quickly go through the procedures by traveling to the United States. If you find a faster business institution, it will be done in about two or three days.
Chapter completed!