Chapter 509: Chapter 510: Protecting You for a Lifetime
But they had unexpectedly already met.
Out of the billions of people in the world.
Why would Xia Ye choose Gu Qichen at first glance?
Xia Yangyang always felt this was destined.
Destined for them, the father and son, to meet.
“Mom, what’s wrong? Are you sick?”
After Xia Ye finished speaking, he placed his little hand on Xia Yangyang’s forehead.
Xia Yangyang managed to force a smile: “I’m fine, it’s good that you’re back.”
Everyone ate dinner together.
Not long after, Xia Ye began to sleep.
After placing Xia Ye in bed, Xia Yangyang went to Gao Huizhi’s study.
These years, Gao Huizhi had been living in China.
Most of his time was spent gardening and occasionally running a noodle shop to pass the time.
After Xia Yangyang came to the United States.
She did not often interact with him in her daily life.
But the old man loved children and was particularly fond of Xia Ye.
So, every year, Xia Yangyang would let Xia Ye go back to China to be with Master Gao for a while.
Xia Yangyang stopped at the door of the study.
The study door was ajar.
Xia Yangyang symbolically knocked a few times.
Master Gao was practicing his calligraphy.
When he looked up, he saw Xia Yangyang standing at the door.
“Girl, do you need something?”
Xia Yangyang walked in: “Godfather, there’s something I want to ask you.”
Master Gao put down his brush, “Just tell me directly, why are you being polite with me?”
Xia Yangyang got straight to the point, “I want you to take Xia Ye back to China and let her stay with you there for a while.”
Master Gao responded, “I’d be more than happy to, but tell me, are you in some kind of trouble?”
When it came to Xia Yangyang’s private life.
Master Gao never interfered.
Even though he took her away back then, he never questioned her about her affairs.
Although Xia Yangyang acknowledged him as her godfather.
It was hard to imagine him being the ruler of the Night Empire.
Because Master Gao never let any aspect of that world seep into her life.
Their ordinary meetings were like those with any other elder.
This was the first time he asked about her situation.
Xia Yangyang shook her head, “Godfather, I can handle my own affairs.”
Gao Huizhi nodded, “A lot of things, especially matters of the heart, can only be resolved by oneself. No matter what decision you make, don’t regret it once you set forth. If there’s anything you can’t solve, come find me. I’ve always said I would protect you and Xiao Ye’s wellbeing in this lifetime.”
Xia Yangyang’s eyes welled up with tears.
Her godfather had treated her like his own daughter.
The lack of a father’s love from all these years seemed to be compensated at once by him.
Xia Yangyang couldn’t even imagine.
What would her life be like without her godfather?
Xia Ye was taken away by Gao Huizhi.
Xia Yangyang finally felt a little relieved.
Her intention was to prevent any further contact between Gu Qichen and Xia Ye.
Gu Qichen was in the United States, even in Manhattan.
Xia Yangyang felt uneasy.
Occasionally standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of her apartment, looking at the brilliant city lights.
Xia Yangyang always remembered Gu Qichen’s face in the dusk of that evening.
He hadn’t changed at all.
Xia Yangyang didn’t know how many days Gu Qichen would stay in the United States.
But the city was so vast.
Xia Yangyang never ran into Gu Qichen again.
Xia Yangyang treated meeting Gu Qichen as just a minor episode.
Like a stone thrown into the water, creating ripples, but eventually everything returns to calm.
They were two straight paths moving in different directions.
Even if their paths crossed occasionally, they returned to their own trajectories in an instant.