Chapter 8: The Divided Ino and Ilan 3
"Mom, Mom... Dad..." I shouted loudly as I entered the house . I had to take advantage of this moment and ask Dad to rescue Ino and the others no matter what.
"Shh... keep your voice down, your dad just went to bed." Mom tiptoed over and covered my mouth. "Girl, don't you usually avoid your dad like the plague? You dare to be so loud coming home so late, aren't you afraid that your dad will send you abroad?"
"Why did Dad go to bed so early?" I asked unhappily.
This poker-faced dad, I usually don’t want to see him, but he is always busy in the study until midnight. He will notice when I make a phone call in the room. Today he went to bed before 10 o’clock?
I must go to see the sunrise tomorrow. The sun will definitely rise from the west!
"I don't know either. He may be too busy with business recently. He looks listless and pale every day. When I asked him if he was sick, he said he was fine." Mom said seriously.
I can only roll my eyes.
"By the way, what do you want to talk to your dad about? Are you going to have another quarrel? Xiao Qian, everything your dad does is to protect you. He really loves you!" Mom pulled me aside and tried to persuade me worriedly. The last time my dad brought me back from my uncle, he said he wanted to send me abroad, and my mom was so scared that she cried.
"I didn't, I just... I just wanted to see him! I missed him!" I said pretending to be indifferent.
It’s better not to let mom know too much, lest she takes these things as after-dinner gossip without knowing the importance of them, which might cause trouble!
"Really?" Mom looked at me doubtfully, as if she couldn't accept my sudden change at all.
"Of course, I'll go see him!" After saying that, I ran to my father's bedroom.
Maybe Dad calculated that I would come to find him, so he pretended to be asleep on purpose!
I pushed open the door of the master bedroom, and the dim light in the room made me frown unconsciously. It seemed that my father was really asleep.
"Xiao Qian..."
My father's weak voice reached my ears.
I went over to take a look out of curiosity, only to discover that my father was actually sweating.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" I immediately squatted down and anxiously wiped the cold sweat from my father's ears.
Oh my god! Dad seems to have a fever!
"Xiao Qian, don't be afraid. Dad won't let you get hurt." Dad was still drowsy, but he uttered firm words.
"Dad, are you okay? Dad, wake up and look at me!" I pushed my dad with heartache, trying to wake him up.
I have never seen a father so fragile, and I found that I was afraid to see my father look lifeless.
"Xiao Qian, Dad will protect you, he will definitely protect you." Dad whispered softly, frowning as if he was having a horrible nightmare.
"Okay, Xiao Qian, don't disturb Dad's sleep. When he wakes up tomorrow, I'll tell him you're looking for him." Mom helped me up so that I wouldn't disturb Dad's rest.
"Mom, Dad has a fever!" I looked at my father who was still sleeping restlessly on the bed worriedly, and said to my mother anxiously.
"Mom will take care of him. Go wash up and go to bed, you have classes tomorrow!" Mom said, as if she was in a hurry to push me out of the bedroom.
"Okay!" Standing at the door, I looked at my father on the bed worriedly, but my mother was right, my father needed to rest.
I lay in bed tossing and turning.
Although my father has always been a very old-fashioned and serious person, when I saw him sleeping so weakly, I felt pain and reluctance, as well as a little guilt. I always felt that my father's sudden change must have something to do with me.
My cell phone suddenly rang. I looked at the caller ID and it was my uncle.
Could it be that uncle has found a way to lift the seal?
"Uncle!" I answered the phone immediately.
"Xiao Qian, I finally found out the reason why your magic was sealed." There was a hint of excitement in the uncle's tone.
"Really?" I was overjoyed. I knew there was always a way out!
"Yes! It was really your old man who sealed your magic, and he used blood."
"Blood?"
What is this? Why do I have a bad feeling in my heart?
"Yes. This method can only be performed by the closest relatives. I guess your father didn't want you to be in danger because of your possession of black magic, so he used his own blood to seal the magic in you when you were just born. This method is very easy, and only a drop of the caster's blood is enough, but the caster will also lose all his magic. It seems that your old man has made a lot of efforts to protect you. However, in order to lift the seal, you need more than half of the caster's blood, enough to cover your entire body. If you insist on lifting the seal, I'm afraid your father's life will be in danger."
"What?" I was suddenly a little flustered.
If more than half of the blood is gone, then my father’s life will definitely be in danger due to excessive blood loss!
"Uncle, please think about whether there is any other way!" Although I really want to save Ino and the others, I can't gamble with my father's life!
"That's all I know. I can't help you with the rest." After saying that, my uncle hung up the phone.
Hearing the beeping sound from the other end of the phone, I suddenly wanted to cry.
Why does God want to bully me like this? First, the question of who should go and who should stay between Ino and Yilan has troubled me for a long time, and now even my father is involved. What should I do?
If I lift the seal, my dad's life will be in danger; if I don't lift the seal, Ino and the others will disappear. What should I choose?
I have to admit that although I always say that I don't like my poker-faced dad, I actually love him in my heart. I now know that what my mom said is true. My dad has really made a lot of efforts and sacrifices to protect me and let me grow up without worries. Not only am I not grateful, I always feel that my dad only cares about business. I am really too unfilial.
However, Ino and the others are getting weaker and weaker, and the photo album has been confiscated by my father. If the seal on me is not lifted, they will really turn back into portraits and never get out again.
"Ah!" I shouted irritably, and even the bright moon sleeping peacefully in the sky seemed to be woken up by me.
Humph! If I can't sleep, you guys can't sleep either!
What should I do? Dad, Ino, Yilan, what should I do to prevent any of them from being in danger?
