Four years later

On my twenty-eighth birthday, Du Yuan and I planned to spend a simple time at home, and in the afternoon, Du Yuan and I went back to the house we rented four years ago, where other people were already inhabited.

After standing outside the house for a while, we went to the riverside again, I haven't been here with Du Yuan for a long time, it seems that since two years, my career has improved, and Du Yuan's tutoring class is also on the right track, and the riverside has never been here again.

Brother Yuan also went to the United States completely two years ago, and he sold all his assets, and it was then that I learned that the coffee shop was only a very small shop in his hands.

And that coffee shop has now become my legacy, and I have opened more than a dozen chain stores, and my original intention is the same as those literary and artistic youths, to open a coffee shop, not to make money, but to have that kind of illusory feeling.

The business philosophy of coffee is the same as my original intention, but it has become a chain industry, and I think Brother Yuan will be happy for me if he knows the news.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, I received a call from an unexpected person, Sister Xiang, who had not been in contact for several years, was very curious, but because Du Yuan was next to me, I didn't answer immediately.

Du Yuan saw my movements: "Take it, it's nothing, I believe you." ”

I called Sister Xiang back: "Hey, Sister Xiang, is there something wrong?"

Sister Xiang's hurried voice came from the mobile phone: "Li Da, you hurry up and book a ticket now, listen to me, come over quickly, but you will regret it." ”

I wondered, "Sister Xiang, can you explain clearly?"

Sister Xiang's tone was unquestionable: "Immediately, book a ticket to Chengdu, Tang Xi wants to see you." ”

After saying that, Sister Xiang hung up the phone, I had no clue and wanted to ask again, but Tang Xi and I didn't seem to have the need to meet again.

I quickly forgot about it, and looked at the river with Du Yuan, the vehicles constantly passing on the Yangtze River Bridge in the distance, the boats on the river, and the familiar feeling in my long-lost memory.

The phone in my pocket rang again, it was a strange call, and I hung up.

Du Yuan looked at me: "Who?"

"Unknown number. ”

As soon as I finished speaking, the phone rang again, and I looked at the number and hung up again.

Just when I thought the number was not going to call, my phone rang a third time.

I was annoyed and wanted to turn it off, but after thinking about it again, I switched it on.

"Li Da, I have to look for you as a last resort, and we will meet at the South Railway Station later. ”

I had in my head to identify the owner of the voice, and after thinking about it for a while, I still couldn't remember.

"Who are you?"

The voice instantly said angrily: "The old lady is Xu Qing." ”

I searched in my mind about Xu Qing, the woman who picked up my body outside the bar four years ago.

"What's the matter?"

"Lend me some money. ”

I was a little puzzled, as soon as this woman opened her mouth, she asked me to borrow money: "How much?"

"Eight hundred thousand. ”

I continued: "It's really windy for you to be Lao Tzu's money, it's 800,000 yuan when you open your mouth, and why should I lend it to you." ”

Xu Qing's tone softened: "Li Da, please, I really have no choice." ”

I asked, "What's going on?"

Xu Qing began to spit out.

"You don't say why, no matter if I borrow money, how can I trust you. ”

Xu Qing hesitated for a long time: "My son is sick and needs money urgently." ”

I was a little apprehensive: "Your son is sick, why are you looking for me if you don't look for your husband." ”

Xu Qing was silent at first, and then burst into anger: "That's also your son." ”

My brain didn't react: "Fart, once it happens, it only came to me now, how do I know if it's someone else's, and now come and rely on me." ”

Xu Qing cried, and I heard a sobbing voice on the other end of the phone: "Please, Yanyan is our son, you come to the children's hospital, you can do a paternity test." ”

I hung up, and I had to go to the hospital anyway, because I wasn't sure if what Xu Qing said was true.

I pulled Du Yuan to get up: "There is something to do, send you back first, I'll deal with it later." ”

Du Yuan nodded, and didn't ask me what the matter was, it had been like this for the past few years, she just asked too much about me.

After sending Du Yuan back to the house where we live now, I just went downstairs when I received another phone call.

It was Ziming's, I didn't wait for him to speak after I connected: "Ziming, I have something to do now, will you call me later." ”

Ziming interrupted what I was about to say: "You buy a ticket to Chengdu right now, it's too late to be late." ”

"What's wrong?"

"No wonder Li Xiang will find me here, Tang Xi is in the hospital now, and he is dying. ”

My mind exploded in an instant: "What's going on?"

"Is it important to ask about this now? You hurry over and maybe we'll see each other again, don't ink. ”

Ziming hung up the phone, I know that he and Li Xiang are still in contact occasionally, so what Ziming said should be true.

On one side is Tang Xi, and on the other side is Xu Qing. I'm a little entangled, I can't be sure what Xu Qing said, and Tang Xi can't lie to me, Ziming called.

In the midst of the entanglement, I chose to go to the children's hospital first, I don't know if Xu Qing lied to me or not, and I can't be sure, but I can't afford to gamble.

When I arrived at the door of the hospital, I called Xu Qing: "Hey, I've arrived at the door, you come and pick me up." ”

Xu Qing didn't speak, just hung up the phone, two minutes later, I saw her, her appearance didn't change much, but there were more complicated emotions in her eyes, emotions that I couldn't understand.

Xu Qing came over and grabbed my hand directly, like grasping the last straw.

"Where's the people, take me to see it. ”

Xu Qing turned around and took me to the inpatient department of the hospital, and when I arrived at the ward, I saw a little boy lying on the bed, and I could be sure at a glance that it was my son, an instinct of blood relations.

I went to the bed and looked at him, his face was five or six points similar to mine, and he should have been three years old since that time.

I turned to look at Xu Qing: "What's the matter?"

Xu Qing didn't let go of his hand from entering the ward, and grabbed me tightly: "Does your family have a history of genetic disease, and Yanyan's liver is a little problematic." ”

I instantly thought of my second uncle, my grandmother, who all died of liver disease, and my father also had hepatitis.

I nodded.

Xu Qingxiang suddenly found the answer: "Yanyan's liver has a problem, and the doctor said that it should be a family genetic disease, and the treatment will require at least 800,000 yuan for surgery." ”

The answer has been determined in my mind, Yanyan is the child of me and Xu Qing, and there is no doubt about it.

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This is a chapter about interspersed four years later