First-Class Lawyer

Chapter 172 Curly Hair

"Actually, it's not because of a certain event. It's even hard to tell which year and which day it is. If you must draw a dividing line..."

The landlord seemed to be recalling seriously. After a while, he said: "After I participated in the project of the research institute, I was so busy that I didn't touch the ground for a while. I was worried that the house was too deserted, which would cause Jacques to think too much."

He smiled: "You know, the little devil will have such an awkward age. My own period was especially long, from ten years old to early twenties, it lasted for more than ten years, so that even a dog would hate it. Worried that Jacques would do the same. So he had some cats and dogs to keep him company, and he loved them very much."

Not only Jacques, but Mervyn Bai also liked those little things very much, and tried his best to raise them well.

So later, when he was influenced by the laboratory of the research institute and began to cast shadows on those small animals, he himself suffered more than anyone else.

He loves them so much that he considers them important family members, but because of that, he has to stay away from them.

Otherwise, he was very afraid that he would consume those relaxed and beautiful feelings in the long-term psychological torture.

"Is he mad at you for sending away the cats and dogs?" Yan Suizhi asked speculatively.

Unexpectedly, the landlord shook his head, "He is indeed unhappy, but he is not angry with me."

At that time, Mervyn Bai was even mentally prepared, thinking that Jacques would have a long fight over this matter, and even created some subtle estrangements with him.It may take many years, until one day he can understand his helplessness, and the estrangement in his teenage years will gradually disappear.

However, Jacques did not make a fuss, which surprised Mervyn Bai at the time.

Although Jacques, who was just in his early tenth year, was sad, he didn't make any noise, but stubbornly believed that Mervyn Bai must have his reasons for doing so.

To a certain extent, he is actually very sensible, or in other words, he has absolute trust in his adoptive father, knowing that the other party will never give away his cherished things easily, there must be a compelling reason.

"But that kid has a strong sense of inquiry." The landlord was a little helpless, "Maybe it is born with excellent talents? This is actually an advantage, and he should never be punished. But I really didn't want him to know the reason at that time .”

The hysterical madness of laboratory animals was never a pleasant subject.Even depressed and depressed.

That is not a suitable picture and scene for an eleven or twelve-year-old child to see.So Mervyn Bai found some other reasons to prevaricate.

"After a few years, I resigned from the research institute." The landlord was a little helpless, "This behavior was also very abrupt to that kid, so it aroused his curiosity even more. But I can't explain it clearly. The rejection was just an intuition without any real evidence. I couldn't even tell what the purpose of the institute was at the time."

So for Jacques' inquiry, Mervyn Bai once again chose to prevaricate.

On the one hand, he didn't want to mention it himself, and on the other hand, he didn't want Jacques to be exposed to those things.

When Jacques Bai was a teenager, he rubbed and asked again and again, while Mervyn Bai gave false reasons again and again.

"Actually, I thought about it later. This is probably the reason for the estrangement." The landlord said, "He gave me absolute trust, but I didn't tell him the truth. I always used all kinds of jokes and fabricated reasons to deal with him, no matter what the reason was. I intended, at least in terms of trust, to let him down."

The landlord thought for a while: "After that, he was not as close to me as before, and he may have reached the real rebellious period? Sometimes he drops a sentence out of the blue, like a soft knife. It makes people vomit blood."

"But I didn't realize it at the time. I thought that the age that the kid would hate had finally arrived, although it was a long time later than I expected. During those six months, we often had conflicts over some small things, which were not intense and not serious. No one was arguing, but they were all very angry. It seemed that they had suddenly changed from a family member who was speculative everywhere, to a roommate who was not suitable anywhere."

When Yan Suizhi heard the description of "same roommate", he was relieved: "It won't be like a tenant, after all, they are father and son."

"Yes." The landlord said, "I think so when I'm calm, but it's not pleasant to have such thoughts pop up from time to time when I'm angry. He just entered college at that time and didn't go home often. I heard by chance that he His biological parents have been quietly looking for him, showing guilt and kindness to him, and trying to reconcile with him. To be honest, I usually have a lot of confidence, and when I quarrel, I feel that I still lack a little blood foundation."

"Later, in the second half of his freshman year, I came back from vacation one time, and I accidentally saw one of his folders..."

When he said this, he still frowned.It seems that after so many years, when I think back to that moment, I still can't be calm.

"I knew what those diagrams and data were at a glance. They were all things I came into contact with in the research institute back then! At first I thought he was fat, and he had the ability to secretly dig up my old background. After a few more careful glances, Only then did I discover that there are many differences in the details of those research data. How should I put it...very immature. At first glance, it seems that a person with extremely high talent but very little experience has fiddled with it himself."

The landlord sighed, "I was stupefied at the time. Compared to sneaking up on me, I was more afraid of him doing his own research. It's hard for you to imagine the consequences of his talent if he really goes the wrong way. That was probably the worst argument I ever had with him, and it was the last."

Mervyn Bai didn't expect that this would be the result of his prevarication again and again.Jacques not only did not give up, but also explored it himself.

During that quarrel, Jacques deleted all those materials in front of Mervyn Bai and smashed them forever.Then I packed my things and went back to school, never to come back.

"I originally thought that the quarrel was the same as before, except that the temper tantrum lasted longer. Maybe when the next vacation, he would appear at the door without saying a word, carrying luggage and a backpack across his shoulders. It didn't take long. , I heard that he went to live with his biological parents temporarily."

The landlord was silent for a while, and then said: "At first I was very angry, very angry, and felt like I spent 20 years raising a white-eyed wolf. I was so angry that my liver hurt. That's when I told Lin Yuan not to mention it in front of me. That kid can’t say a word. For a while, I comforted myself—that kid was very thoughtful, maybe he misunderstood some angry words, so he was deliberately angry at me. I thought about pulling my face down and taking the initiative to talk to him. But unfortunately, I was being followed by the Manson Brothers."

At that time, Mervyn Bai suddenly felt that Jacques returned to his biological family, and it was not a bad thing to be estranged from him, at least he would not be implicated.

Therefore, in those years, Mervyn Bai did not act less, pushing his adopted son further and further away from his original intention.

The original deep ditch cracked into a moat bit by bit, and as time passed, it could no longer be closed.

"I was very worried at one point. If he didn't stop the research, he would follow in my footsteps and be involved in those messy things." The landlord said, "Fortunately..."

Hearing these words, Yan Suizhi's eyes moved, then lowered quickly, fiddled with the mint leaves on the dinner plate.

He originally wanted to remind the landlord a few words about seeing Jacques Bai at the rest station.But now he suddenly changed his mind and swallowed those probing questions.

The landlord didn't notice his expression, he was lost in thought for a moment, and said: "Fortunately, he got into the Ivy League after graduation. This is probably the only thing that deserves my comfort."

He suddenly remembered an afternoon many, many years ago.

He does root carving in the yard, and the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study on the second floor are bright and clean.When he was exercising his muscles and bones, he occasionally raised his eyes, and saw Jacques leaning back in the chair, plugging in his earphones, and in front of him were piles of electronic materials.

It was Jacques' last short vacation at secondary school, and he would soon be entering university.

At that time, Mervyn Bai looked at the figure behind the window, and suddenly realized that Jacques seemed to have not asked those questions about the laboratory and resignation for a long time.

That brat who always has a strong desire to explore and chatters has unknowingly grown into a different look, a lot more mature and restrained.

So much so that sometimes Mervyn Bai couldn't tell what he was thinking.

Growth should be gratifying, but at that moment, Mervyn Bai suddenly had a feeling...

It seemed that this kid whom he had watched growing up would one day get farther and farther away from him and become more and more unfamiliar, and maybe one day, he would never go home again.