Chapter 1057 The Difference!
"Okay, I'll listen to my son." The old man drank the last sip of medicine in the bowl with a bright smile.
It seems that at this moment, all the bitterness in the mouth has been melted away by the sweetness of pride and flows into the heart.
The man helped the old man lie back on the bed, chatted with him for a few more minutes, told him to have a good rest, and then slowly walked out of the house under Li Luo's gaze.
Xu Xiao was still standing in the corridor, like a statue, not moving at all.
When she saw the man walking out of the house, she just raised her eyes and looked at him silently.
Li Luo followed behind, saying nothing, and also watched quietly.
Under the attention of two pairs of eyes, the man looked at the high-rise buildings in the distance, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
Just then, the phone rang.
The remaining smile on the man's face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by helplessness, unwilling to accept reality.
However, when he picked up the phone and saw that it was a call, he suddenly felt inexplicably relieved.
After pressing the connect button, he responded with a smile and a relaxed tone:
"Hey - who called Dad?"
Without listening to the childish voice coming from the phone, Li Luo could guess the identity of the person on the other end of the phone.
It was the man's child calling.
The anger that had been suppressed by her heavy heart rose up again, burning the girl's chest.
They are both parents and have children!
Why can't we think from other people's perspective? !
Hasn't this bastard ever thought about this?
Have you ever thought about the impact that the unjust death of a good person will have on his family?
How much harm will it cause to his family? !
Will his daughter live in the shadow for the rest of her life? ! !
The right hand, which had already shown signs of loosening, clenched the insect-tooth dagger again.
If what Xu Xiao meant by 'the other side of a person' was this man in front of him who was unable to put himself in other people's shoes and chose to treat others differently.
There’s no need to look at the rest!
However, just when Li Luo was about to open her mouth to question, the man's gentle voice sounded again, interrupting her actions.
"Nannan, do you miss your dad?"
"Didn't Daddy and Nannan make an agreement? I'll take Grandma to Kyoto to see Nannan next month."
"Nannan, please listen to your mother and accept the treatment. This way, Dad can come and meet you as soon as possible."
"What? Nannan didn't cry when she got the injection today? Nannan is awesome!"
"Since Nannan is doing so well, Daddy will try to come to Kyoto earlier, okay?"
"Okay, Nannan is so good. Give the phone to mom. Dad wants to talk to mom for a while."
The man waited for a while, and the smile on his face faded slightly.
The wife on the other end of the phone seemed to have brought bad news. After listening for a while, the smile on the man's face completely disappeared, and turned into fear and panic:
"Didn't the doctor say the situation was under control before? Why did it get worse again?!"
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Haven't you always been by Nannan's side taking care of her?!"
Perhaps he realized that his voice was too loud and might be heard by the elderly in the house.
The man immediately put the phone close to his ear, raised his leg and took two steps towards the stairs, and said in a low voice:
"Don't cry yet! It will be bad if Nannan finds out..."
"What do you mean she's too young to understand these things? Let me tell you, your daughter is very smart!"
"Anyway, you have to do whatever the doctor says and make sure you give Nannan the best treatment plan!"
"Money... Don't worry about the money. I will take care of it!"
"At the beginning of next month, once the case is concluded, I will bring my mother to Kyoto and join you."
"Okay, stop crying, believe me, there will be a way!"
After hanging up the phone, the man's hands randomly touched his body a few times.
Finally he pulled out a crumpled pack of cigarettes.
He tried to pull one out and put it in his mouth, but his hands were shaking.
After taking several deep breaths, he finally pulled out a wrinkled cigarette. He searched his whole body but couldn't find even a single match.
The man looked at the cigarette in his hand, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned down, and his eyes were frighteningly red.
But in the end, she held back her tears, gritted her teeth, put the cigarette back into the cigarette box, and quickly left the tube building.
Xu Xiao's indifferent gaze followed the man's departing back.
Until he completely disappeared from sight, he slowly spoke:
"You must have recognized it a long time ago."
"This man is one of the main culprits in the unjust death of my father."
"He is not an unforgivable devil. He is just like an ordinary person. He has a life, a family, children, and burdens that he cannot let go of."
"So, how do you think I should deal with this now?"
Li Luo pursed his lips tightly, and after a long while he spoke with mixed emotions:
"His experience is indeed worthy of sympathy, but this cannot be an excuse for his mistakes!"
"Yes, that's right." Xu Xiao nodded slightly to show his agreement.
"That's right?" Li Luo was stunned.
She was a little confused when she was suddenly recognized by the other party.
But soon, Xu Xiao continued:
"One's own suffering should not be a reason to hurt others."
"He wanted to gain merit, get a promotion, and earn more money to solve his own difficulties and treat his mother and daughter. I do not support his unjust death of my father."
"Then why do you still forgive him?" Li Luo's eyes showed complexity again and he asked in doubt.
Xu Xiao's eyelids trembled slightly, and a look of disappointment appeared on his normally emotionless face. He sighed deeply:
“Because it’s already happened.”
"What?" Li Luo's expression was a little dull.
"What will happen if we don't forgive him?" Xu Xiao withdrew his gaze from a distance and looked at Li Luo seriously.
Without waiting for the other party to respond, he answered on his own:
"A mother will lose her son, a wife will lose her husband, a child will lose her father, and a family will lose its most important pillar."
"A family is destroyed."
"But he asked for it!" Li Luo looked at Xu Xiao's indifferent appearance, and his heart was inexplicably angry. He spoke faster and said:
"You said that your experience deserves sympathy, but it is not a reason to hurt others!"
"That's right." Xu Xiao nodded again to show his agreement.
Then he changed the subject and asked back:
"what about me?"
"You?" Li Luo felt that he couldn't keep up with the woman's train of thought:
"what happened to you?"
"I now have an experience that deserves sympathy." Xu Xiao said calmly, with a hint of indifference in his gentle eyes that was not human emotion:
"If I repay evil with evil, am I also harming the innocent mother, wife, and child?"
"If I don't forgive, I'll destroy a family..."
"Then what's the difference between me and the man who wrongfully killed my father?"
"You..." Li Luo was speechless, feeling as if there was a large ball of cotton wool stuck in his throat, making his heart feel suffocated.
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