River Breeze Night Sparrow

Chapter 106 Marguerite Grier

This year's winter was cold and windy, and it rained continuously, but there was no sign of warming up.The heating in the house never stopped, as if it was another world in a cruel world.

Before the annual leave is over, Su Xiaoya will be picked up by someone sent by Ling Chuan.

Lin Qiu watched Su Xiaoya packed her luggage, put on her scarf, and was fully armed, sitting on the sofa quietly waiting for the car to arrive.

"Have you really made up your mind?"

Su Xiaoya nodded, and pointed out the advantages one, two, and three with her fingers: "The Ling family is very good. There are many people who serve and protect me. I will not worry about food and clothing in the future. I can get what I want. You don't care about my pocket money!"

She made a grimace, and said: "What's more, it is also necessary to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors. Maybe, I will be called Ling Xiaoya in the future. Ling Xiaoya, yes, it sounds nice."

Lin Qiu sat on the single sofa, his eyes drooped on the thick book, but he couldn't read a single word.

Su Xiaoya was about to move out, she did not hide her joy in her words, judging from her state, Ling Chuan seemed to treat her fairly well, no matter how cold-blooded he was, he seemed to still have a bit of love for the child.However, with Ling Chuan's character, Xiaoya would never be allowed to "enter" the house, and it was impossible to change her surname.

Perhaps, Su Xiaoya's departure was just Ling Chuan's usual trick - taking away everything around him, watching him numb to the pain step by step, like a lonely boat in the deep sea, lonely for the rest of his life.

Looking at Su Xiaoya's face as pure as porcelain, Lin Qiu couldn't help feeling another dull pain in her heart.

But Su Xiaoya is almost an adult, and she can already make decisions for herself.The fact is indeed what she said, she can get a better life in Ling's, at least she doesn't have to accompany him to be this caged bird... Or, even if it is also a caged bird, it is still in a bigger cage, and there is always a chance to fly out .

In any case, Ling Yun is dead, and Su Xiaoya is his only flesh and blood. No matter how cruel Ling Chuan is, he will not harm his brother's orphan.No matter how bad it is, the master of the Ling family still has a few years to live, and Su Xiaoya is good at eloquent words, so it is not a big problem to get his protection, which at least has some checks and balances for Ling Chuan.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiu's heart settled three points.

Over there, Su Xiaoya was still talking about how many hotels under the Ling family in Jingdong City, and she would live in different ways in the future. She patted her head and said, "By the way, Ruxi is going to have a resort soon. At that time, I will go to the hot spring every day..."

A car drove into the yard and honked its horn twice.Su Xiaoya stopped silent immediately, looked at the luggage, exhaled softly, stood up and prepared to go out.

Lin Qiu quietly closed the book, raised her eyes, and called her softly, "Take care."

Su Xiaoya immediately turned around, blinked her eyes and asked: "...will you miss me?" But soon she restrained the pitiful temptation on her face, stuck out her tongue with a smile: "I will miss you every day... Strange!"

Lin Qiu was still neither angry nor laughing at her pretended mischievousness, but just looked at her with a softer tone than usual. "No matter where you go, what your last name is, what you do...this is your home." He paused, "And I will always be your uncle, I promise."

Su Xiaoya was taken aback for a moment, then smiled a little shyly, and nodded.

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In a flash, it is already spring and March.

After Su Xiaoya was picked up, she didn't contact Lin Qiu again.The last bit of freshness about Su Ting also disappeared in his world, leaving only old things still acting as a dreamer again and again.

Lin Qiu always thought that one day he would dream of Su Ting scolding him and asking him why he let Su Xiaoya go, but he never did.He rarely dreamed, only once dreamed of Su Ting when he was a child, the little girl smiled purely, thanking him for making Su Xiaoya a good child.

Wang Shiran hadn't seen Lin Qiu for a long time, and thought he would never see him again. Even when he was sitting in the counseling room, Wang Shiran felt very strange, even though they had known each other for several years.

"How are you feeling recently?" Wang Shiran greeted politely.

"It's much better." Lin Qiu nodded.

Wang Shiran was somewhat surprised by Lin Qiu's sudden arrival.He tentatively asked: "It's still because of her, can't I sleep well?"

Lin Qiu shook his head. "Sleep well recently, no nightmares."

"Then why come here again?"

Lin Qiu looked at Wang Shiran with gentle kindness in his eyes, which was rarely seen in this room.

"I've thought a lot during this time. The person who knows me best in this world may be you. So I can only talk to you about these things."

Wang Shiran looked at the dignified man sitting quietly in front of him, and suddenly felt a lot of sympathy in his heart. "Okay. So what do you want to talk about?"

"Su Ting." He said lightly.

This woman is almost the center of all topics of communication between them.It was also after her death that Ling Chuan arranged for Lin Qiu to come to Wang Shiran's psychological clinic for psychological consultation.

In Wang Shiran's cognition, if it is necessary to divide the camps, Su Ting is actually Ling Chuan's spy on Lin Qiu.She died, and the responsibility fell on him.

However, Su Ting's death dealt a great blow to Lin Qiu. It is said that her almost "unforgivable death" made Lin Qiu numb, so Wang Shiran didn't need to press Lin Qiu too hard.His task is not to create pain for Lin Qiu, Lin Qiu is already suffering enough, all he needs to do is record it.

Wang Shiran also wondered why Ling Chuan would want to monitor such a slender and gentle man, who has no prominent background to use, and has never committed any evil deeds that need to be punished. He even has an excessively gentle temper. What about such a person?

Later, he suddenly understood that there was actually only one possibility, and that was that Lin Qiu had Ling Chuan's handle.And how sensitive and subtle this handle is, no matter how much he thinks about it, he can't figure it out.

Lin Qiu knew that Wang Shiran had already grasped the general situation, so he didn't hide it.After so many psychological consultations, Wang Shiran also knew clearly about the affairs between him and Su Ting.If you want to sum it up in one sentence, it is that Su Ting is Lin Qiu's biggest nightmare.

Almost every psychological consultation Lin Qiu was very painful, and she was very embarrassed when she left.However, since last year, Lin Qiu's condition has improved, and now he can take the initiative to mention it, which surprised Wang Shiran somewhat.

"What do you want to talk about this time?"

"I dreamed of her again. But, not a nightmare."

He knew how much Su Ting had influenced Lin Qiu, and any fragment of her had become a demon in Lin Qiu's dream.Wang Shiran pondered: "In this case, it is a good thing for your mental state."

Lin Qiu nodded. "Well. I think dreams will end one day. Dreams will be shattered and nightmares will end. I always have nightmares about her, but in recent dreams, she is very real, very close to the most essential her. Now I realize that maybe the villain in the dream is not her, but me who has not taken any action. After thinking about this, the nightmare about her may finally be over.

"Although we may not be friends, I can only share with you about the disappearance of her nightmare."

The quiet man on the opposite side was always like a fountain in the dark night, Wang Shiran looked at him and said nothing.

"But you don't have to worry. Nightmares can go away, but regrets never will. I won't stay in regret forever, but it will forever be branded on me like a tattoo, and it will never go away. So, this time I There is another reason for coming."

Lin Qiu's words were serious, but his eyes did not fluctuate.Only then did Wang Shiran realize that he was not just a pool of quiet spring water, but a bottomless sea, which suddenly made people feel a little flustered.

Lin Qiu said calmly, "Please tell him, he can rest assured. I am in pain, and I am still in pain. As long as I exist, it will continue, because the root of my pain is not Su Ting, it's me."

Cowardly, indifferent self.

After Lin Qiu left, Wang Shiran made a routine phone call to report the situation.

"Is that all he said?"

"Yes, Mr. Ling."

The corners of Ling Chuan's lips twitched slightly: "He is indeed still so interesting."

"Okay, I see. You don't have to stare at him anymore. If you are prescribed psychotropic drugs, let me know."

He hung up the phone and looked at the photo frame on the table.

The background of both photos is the same messy construction site, and the central figure is a thin teenager who is moving bricks.One is the back view in the middle ground, revealing the boy's strenuous effort and stubbornness; the other is the artificially enlarged profile, so that the small mole at the end of his left eyebrow is clearly visible, like a rock in a stream in the gurgling sweat .

At that time, Lin Qiu was less than 20 years old, and suddenly passed out due to acute appendicitis.Su Ting, who squandered himself to nothing, begged everywhere to get the surgery fee.After Lin Qiu woke up, Ling Chuan sent someone there, and after a few words, Lin Qiu believed that Su Ting's money was not clean.

It was too easy to provoke these two people. Ling Chuan was extremely happy to see the two who were like sisters and brothers silently dedicating to each other, and then misunderstood and hurt each other later.

However, what is even more interesting is that after being discharged from the hospital, Lin Qiu was going to the construction site with his unhealed body. He insisted on working in this way and returned the 2000 yuan to Su Ting.

It's not that Lin Qiu didn't have savings, the money he got was hardly touched.But Lin Qiu stubbornly wants to prove with his own sweat that he wants to be an upright person, no matter how hard and tiring he is, both he and Su Ting can live upright.

It was from this incident that Ling Chuan began to have a different attitude towards Lin Qiu.He wants to control Lin Qiu's activities, not just to make Lin Qiu shut up about what happened to Ah Huang back then.After so many years, he is no longer the silly young master who was besieged on all sides, and the story of Ah Huang has long been over.

Now, he is only interested in Lin Qiu.He saw the strength in Lin Qiu, the strength to stick to the "principle" even if he tortured himself.He began to wonder how far Lin Qiu could persist, and for how long?

Ling Chuan began to observe Lin Qiu's attitudes and actions in various difficulties, and even made things difficult for him deliberately, playing the manipulator of fate who mocked him, and never tired of it.It was also Lin Qiu who inspired him, made him have a strong interest in human nature, and started his observation plan...

But among so many people, only Lin Qiu had never let him down. It wasn't until after Su Ting's death that Lin Qiu gradually became depressed, which made him temporarily divert his attention.Now, the person who surprised him in the past seems to be back.

Lin Qiu, how much strength do you have?I'm really curious.

Ling Chuan looked at Jiang's investigation materials sent by his assistant on the desktop, and lightly pressed his fingertips on the table.