Chapter 155: Feeling Like Riding a Roller Coaster

Chapter 155

Li Xiaoya followed for a couple of steps, then suddenly turned back and pointed at Zhou Xiaoshu, saying, "Can you tell the teacher for me later that I left early?"

This way, Zhou Xiaoshu wouldn't forget.

Zhou Xiaoshu nodded firmly upon hearing this, but An Ying beside her showed a slightly puzzled expression.

Why "later"? Why not tell the teacher now herself?

An Ying thought a bit more but couldn't figure it out.

None of them had watched "Exchange Lives," so they didn't recognize who Li Qingqing was.

After all, the target audience for such a show wasn't them, but rather their parents... Only adults have parenting troubles and would watch such things.

They just thought it was great...

"Li Xiaoya left, so can we throw this away now?" They looked at the "exotic food" in front of them, their faces full of eagerness.

"No, Zhou Xiaoshu will tell on us."

"Okay, then what should we do?"

"Let's take it back for my dad to eat."

They reached an agreement on this.

By this time, Li Xiaoya had already followed Li Qingqing slowly out of the lawn area, then walking further and further away...

Li Xiaoya had learned from Sheng Yuxiao how to make emergency calls, and her fingers secretly pressed on her phone, ready to face any danger...

But at this moment, Li Qingqing said with a complex tone, "Let's go in."

Li Xiaoya looked up.

It was a small pavilion.

Open on all sides, hidden among the trees, looking a bit dilapidated.

There was no one inside.

And... if someone shouted here, nearby people could hear it clearly.

Li Xiaoya couldn't help but tilt her head in confusion: "Where are the people?"

Just as she finished speaking, the sound of footsteps on the snow could be heard, crunch, crunch.

"Dad saw it all, and it breaks Dad's heart. That money wasn't what Dad owed them, it was them hoping I'd take the money to invest... You're young, you don't understand what a business venture is, don't know that these things can make or lose money. When they saw they couldn't make money, they came to pressure you, a child..."

"I know what a business venture is," Li Xiaoya interrupted.

Oh right, Li Jiang remembered that in the show, thanks to that young Mr. Sheng, some pharmaceutical company had gifted her 1% of their shares.

Li Jiang coaxed, "Alright, alright, you know, you know."

Li Xiaoya suddenly asked, "How many years did you live in the village?"

"What?" Li Jiang was stunned for a moment.

This question came out of nowhere, but after his momentary shock, Li Jiang continued to play the role of a good father, patiently answering, "Ten or twenty years, I guess. Dad grew up there... Later I left for high school, and only came back when I married your mom."

Li Xiaoya immediately questioned him: "You lived there for so long, didn't you know what kind of people were in the village? Didn't you know what kind of life I would have after you left?"

Li Jiang was instantly at a loss for words.

Li Qingqing was also stunned for a moment.

"I only lived there until I was seven, and I could understand these things. Yet you couldn't understand. Are adults dumber than me?" Li Xiaoya then asked him.

"Of course not..."

Li Xiaoya nodded: "If it's not stupidity, then it's wickedness."

Li Jiang's expression instantly froze.

Li Qingqing, who had just been scolded by Li Jiang earlier, now found the scene quite amusing, even gratifying.

But thinking that Li Xiaoya might really be smarter than her... Li Qingqing suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

"Xiaoya, you're a child, you can't understand the adult world. In the adult world, there are many things we have no choice but to do. I had no choice but to leave the village, no choice but to seek a way out, no choice but to leave you behind..."

"Mm, I know. For children, the sun in the sky and the stone under their feet are equally important. But for adults, many things are different. Adults categorize people and things into first class and second class... I was the lowest class in your heart. So you could abandon me for other things you had no choice about," Li Xiaoya said slowly.

Li Jiang's breath caught.

Although he knew Li Xiaoya was smart, her being this smart still made Li Jiang a bit uncomfortable.

He immediately changed his strategy, his eyes reddening: "Yes, no matter what I say, it's all Dad's fault. Dad shouldn't have left you behind, and Dad knows that you're saying these things because you've been hurt... It's okay, if there's anything else you can't forget, just say it. You can scold me, even hit me..."

Li Xiaoya didn't move.

She tilted her head and looked at him: "I said all these things, are you very upset?"