Chapter 15: The Plum Has Arrived
Around 7 p.m., Xu Zhengchun hurried over with a bag of fruit and a thermos bucket.
Wearing a light gray suit in a thick black cashmere coat, a white shirt with a tie with a gold slash pattern on a blue background, and pants of the same color underneath. His beard was cleanly shaven, his black thick-rimmed glasses hung on the bridge of his nose, his lips were resolute and angular and his lips were long, centipede-brown scars on the right side of his face, which spread to the back of his temples. If you don't look at the scar, it looks like there is a hint of ruffian in Sven. If it weren't for the protrusion, the eyeless right eye and the terrible scar, this man must have been a very handsome man when he was young, he had a completely hanger-like figure, as tall as a male model in a shop window.
For the first time, I looked closely at the man in front of me. In fact, I don't think he's ugly at all, but he looks pretty good. This man should have been a soldier when he was young, and he had the toughness and perseverance of a soldier.
"Dad, I like Aunt Yingzi so much, can she be my mother?
Xiao Miao saw Xu Zhengchun walking in, jumped up and ran to him, and took the thermos bucket in his father's hand.
"Huh?"
Xu Zhengchun was first shocked when he heard his daughter say this to him, and then looked at me with a smile.
This- I looked at the two of them with my mouth wide open, and I bought myself for this daring. This dare is negotiable.
"Xiao Miao, whether Aunt Yingzi wants to be your mother or not, she has the final say. Or if you ask her, you've already called her mom when you're very young. β
Xu Zhengchun squatted down, hugged his daughter in his arms, kissed her on the face, and looked at her with a smile.
Little ghost, you helped Dad speak first, it's really my good daughter, we both want to go together.
"Yes! I'll ask Auntie when she can speak. Grandma, grandma, daddy is coming. β
Xiao Miao called Mother Xu softly. My liquid had run out, and I couldn't speak, so Xu's mother was bored and took a nap.
"Mom, let you watch it for me, why are you sleeping. β
Holding fruit in one hand and holding her daughter in the other, she strode in. put down her daughter, gently patted Xu's mother on the shoulder, and then quickly went to the bedside table to put down the fruit.
"You kid, I didn't take a nap until the liquid was done. Yes, it looks more energetic. β
Xu's mother, who was taken aback, glared at her son angrily, then stood up, and reached out to help her son straighten his tie. He looked at his son with a smile and a gentle expression. His mouth was pursed, and there were tears in his eyes.
It's been six years, and I finally see my son alive like a human being, and I finally see my son feel like he's alive. In the past, when I went to see him in the hotel, he either fell asleep in bed or sat alone in the study in a daze. has no will to live, like a walking corpse. Good boy, you're finally alive.
This Xu Zhengchun should be more than 190 tall, and he looks very burly. Although Xu's mother was wearing high heels, it was only to her son's neck. Xu Zhengchun glanced at his mother and patted his mother's hand with a smile. nodded, signaling to Xu's mother that he was fine.
"Let's go back, it's time for Xiao Miao to learn to play chess with Zuzu. β
As he spoke, he stood up and beckoned Xiao Miao to prepare to leave.
"Child, you have a good rest, Auntie is coming to see you tomorrow. β
Mother Xu gently helped me tuck the quilt, and then gently put my hand outside into the quilt.
"Xiao Miao, let's go back."
When Xiao Miao heard that she was going back, she jumped to the bed, lay down on the quilt, and looked at me.
"Aunt Yingzi, when you're well, I'm asking if you want to be my mother, I'll be very well-behaved. Daddy loves you so much. β
As he spoke, he took his grandmother's hand and walked out, not forgetting to wave goodbye to me.
"It'sβgoodbye. β
I watched the old and the young, one after the other, walk out. Gently opened his mouth and said, "Am I selling myself?" How can this kid always remember?
"Are you feeling better?"
Xu Zhengchun sat on the chair next to the bed and asked softly. Take an orange, peel it off, and put it in a small press to squeeze out the juice. Pour into disposable cups. Feed me with a spoonful of small spoons.
"It doesn't hurt that much, thank you. β
I struggled to move. I opened my mouth, but I still couldn't make a sound. Although it still hurts, it doesn't feel so bad. Look at him with a smile as much as you can. Seeing him dressed like this, he couldn't help but open his mouth and laugh again.
"Why are you dressed like this?"
I watched him open his mouth, looked at him dressed like this, and thought he was going to a banquet if I didn't know what he was going to.
"I usually wear it like this. β
Xu Zhengchun embarrassedly pushed down his glasses and looked at me.
Fool, I just want you to see how good I am so you don't care so much about my face.
"Can you see your glasses? Do you not see with your left eye? Do I know you? Why did you say that your daughter used to call me a mother?"
I opened my mouth and made a very small sound, which felt like I was exhaling and talking to him, and he was not annoyed, he approached me and listened carefully to me.
"The glasses can see when they have electricity. β
He gently took my hand and looked at me with a smile. The light in the pupil of his left eye is scattered, and it does not form an image. Even though he wears glasses, he can see his eyes by paying attention.
"I told you, you've known me for many, many years. Don't talk just yet, get some rest. β
As he spoke, he reached out and helped me straighten up the broken hair on my forehead. I felt his fingers tremble as he brushed my cheeks. He could feel it, he wanted to touch it, but in the end he endured it, his fingers clenched into fists, and gently withdrew.
He's forbearing!
"Didididi!" Xu Zhengchun's mobile phone sounded, is the ringtone the same all over the world?
"Your sister's, she's supposed to be here. Hey!"
Xu Zhengchun quickly connected the phone.
"Hello, I'm at the entrance of the hospital, how do I get there?"
Meizi stood at the gate of the hospital, looking around, not knowing how to walk.
"Wait at the gate, I'll look for you. What color clothes you wear. β
Xu Zhengchun let go of my hand and stood up.
"Black booties, long white down jacket, short hair. I was standing at the entrance of the hospital's inpatient department. β
Meizi carefully told Xu Zhengchun what clothes he was wearing and where he was.
"Wait, don't wander around. β
Then he smiled and looked at me.
"When she arrived, I went to pick her up. β
As he spoke, he leaned close to me, gently lifted me up, put on my clothes, and kissed me lightly on the forehead.
Dear, dear. I can speak, I'm going to kill you.
I glared and pouted, looking like I wanted to kill him.
"Hahaha, when you're ready, I'll clean it up for you. Andy, come in. β
The door opened, and the thin man stood in the doorway again. This man can't just stand at the door and wait all the time.
"This pomegranate, squeezed into juice, must not have a little impurity in it. β
He grabbed a pomegranate from the table and threw it to the skinny man. I grabbed my phone and went out.
"Hey, Brother Chunβ"
Andy hugged the pomegranate, didn't know what to do, looked at Xu Zhengchun who turned to leave, and turned his head to look at me again. I went out with the pomegranate in my arms, and I was the only one left in the room.
I straightened up and watched them walk out. Then I looked boredly at the ginkgo tree outside the window, and the few remaining leaves fell down with the wind.
How I feel like that falling ginkgo leaf, lonely and drifting.
"Sister".
As I looked out at the leaves, I was startled by the sound of the plums. Turned her head in surprise and looked at Meizi with a tired face.
"It's here, it's hard work. β
I opened my mouth and stretched out my hand to beckon her to sit down. Looking at the exhaustion of Meizi's dusty face, my heart was very painful.
But I couldn't say anything to her, although I had a thousand words in my heart to find someone to say, but I still couldn't open my mouth to my relatives. Xu Zhengchun walked in with a box of mineral water, opened the box and handed a bottle of water to Meizi.
"Thank you for taking care of my sister. β
Meizi took the water handed by Xu Zhengchun and thanked him, and when she looked up, she saw Xu Zhengchun's face, her eyes widened in fright, with a frightened expression, and the whole person froze on the chair.
Oh my god, this is too scary, how can it be such a big scar, this eye is clearly invisible. I was in a hurry to find my sister just now, and I didn't pay attention to what this man looked like, why was it so scary.
"Plums. β
I realized Umeko's rudeness and immediately shook Umeko's hand to remind her.
"Thank you. β
Meizi realized her faux pas and immediately got down and thanked him.
"It's fine. β
Xu Zhengchun didn't go out, but opened a bottle of water and stood in front of the window looking out of the window and drank.
The way I look really scares her, what should I do?, the hand at my side clenched into a fist.
"How did you make yourself like this, it's not worth it! My stupid sister, you scared me to death. β
Meizi hugged me and cried on the quilt.
"Okay! I'm fine. You've been driving for three days, so you must be tired. β
I patted Meizi on the back and opened my mouth to say softly.
"It's okay to drive, but your phone hasn't been working, and I'm anxious, I'm afraid something will happen to you. What are you going to do, how I'm sorry Dad. β
Meizi held my hand, gently raised her hand, and put it on her face to touch it, which is the action of our two sisters since childhood. I patted her on the back and told her not to cry.
"Can I not be in a hurry? I'm just this one sister. There is no information for a day and a night, if something is good, will I have a good conscience in this life?"
Meizi wiped the tears from her face, looked at me, pouted, and the tears flowed out uncontrollably.
"Okay, I'm fine. It's good to rest for two days, don't I have someone to take care of me all the time? β
I said I turned my head to look at Xu Zhengchun, who was standing by the window drinking water, he turned his back to us and did not turn around.
"You two talk well, I'll go and wait outside, and call me if there's something." β
Xu Zhengchun finished drinking a bottle of water, turned around and threw the empty bottle into the trash can next to him, glanced at me, then turned around and put his hand in his trouser pocket and walked out.
"Who is this man? How do you know him? Don't you notice that his face is scary? Aren't you afraid? Such a big scar and he is blind in his right eye. I feel that this person is very murderous, not like a good person. Let me tell you, he doesn't have a circle of friends, you say that people in this era have no circle of friends, what kind of person is he?"
Faced with a bunch of questions from Meizi, I didn't know how to answer. I took Meizi's hand and wrote it in her palm. I really can't make a sound, and I don't want Meizi to worry so much.
"Maybe he didn't want to show you and blocked you. His name is Xu Zhengchun, and he is the one who saved me and then sent me to the hospital, where he has been taking care of me for a day and a night. He's not a bad guy. β
I don't know how to talk to Meizi because I can't figure it out, and I originally planned to jump on the riverside. But he was guarded by this night fishing man all night and didn't jump. How do I open my mouth? What's more, he always said that I knew him, and he gave me a very familiar feeling. How do I talk to Meizi about this?
"Do you have anything to do with him? Look at him who cares about you like that. And the look he looks at you doesn't look like an ordinary friend, and his look tells me that he loves you. β
Meizi threw another question at me. Why are there so many twists and turns in this plum's mind? How do I know this, I still have a bunch of mush in my head.
I shook my head.
"You are not allowed to marry a foreigner, you must go to G City with me, I don't allow you to go away alone, no matter what your mother does to you, you still have me, and Dad, I understand your hardships. β
Meizi took my hand, not wanting to let go, her eyes were expectant, heartache, and reluctance. There is also a trace of unwillingness, unwilling to let Xiao Pingnan go like this.
"I promise you, when I'm well, I'll go back to City G with you and start over. Okay?"
I nodded, smiled and assured Meizi that I would go back and start over.
Half an hour. Xu Zhengchun gently pushed the door in.
"You haven't eaten yet, I just haven't eaten either, I'll take you to eat something, I'll arrange for someone to guard your sister, it's okay." β
Xu Zhengchun happened to think of a place with me, Meizi had been on the road for three days, and there must have been no good food.
"I just went back and asked me to boil some chicken soup in the kitchen, serve some for you, you can drink it yourself, can you do it?"
Xu Zhengchun asked gently, then opened the thermos bucket and filled a small bowl of soup.
"Hmm. β
I nodded, not speaking.
"You can only eat liquid food now, but you have to eat, and tomorrow you should be better. β
As he spoke, he gently put the soup on the bedside table, then opened the dining table on the side of the bed, gently put the soup on the table, and then poured out the pomegranate juice sent by Andy and put it on the table together.
I stood up, looked at me with a smile, and said
"So you can drink soup if you want, you can drink juice if you want. β
Then he turned his head and walked out with Meizi.
"Sister, we'll be back soon. β
Meizi didn't forget to look back at me when she left. I'm afraid that when I come back, the person will be gone again.