Eyes (Short Family Novel) translated by Zhang Bao

As Dr. Ladydy gently removed the bandage, the hard plastic shell, and the thick cotton yarn with his dexterous and agile fingers, Rylati looked nervous. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Okay, dear, slowly, slowly open your eyes. Relati thought the voice was like that of the famous Indian movie star Amitabh Bashakan.

But she was afraid to open her eyes.

"Doesn't it hurt? Whose face will I see first, will it be my mother's or Salad's? What will happen if I can't see anything? What will happen if the surgery doesn't work? What will happen if the donor's eyes don't fit me? What will happen if the surgeon fails the operation? What if I ......?"

"Nothing to fear, dear. Slowly open your eyes. Again, Dr. Ladyy spoke to her in a soothing, soft tone.

She nodded, her eyes open almost imperceptibly, .......

The eyes slowly opened a very small slit.

"Ah...... ," Rylati cried.

She felt that the light in front of her was too harsh.

"Relax, Relati, relax. Don't rush, take your time. Slowly open your eyes. Dr. Leddy coaxed her with soft words.

After many attempts, Relati finally opened her eyes.

The curtains on the windows were pulled back, and a small, soft lamp illuminated the room. It took several minutes for Rylati to get used to the light in the room.

"Hello, Rylat, I'm your doctor, Leddy. Can you see me?"

Instinctively, she turned her head to look at the voice that spoke, and it sounded like that of Amitab Bashakan.

"You look like a ghost, doctor. Everything is blurry. ”

The surgeon smiled, "Don't worry, it will take a while." After all, you're seeing the world for the first time. Hi, don't cry. This will be bad for your eyes. He gestured to a nurse and asked her to gently wipe away her tears with a surgical swab.

"Mom, where are you?"

"Baby, I'm here. ”

The mother walked into her daughter's blurred vision and picked her up.

The room fell silent, and no one spoke for several minutes.

After a while, the mother said, "Look, who's coming to see you." ”

"Hi, Rylat. ”

"Salad, Salad......"

"Yes, dear, I'm here. Can you see us?"

"Yes, but everything is a blur. You and your mom are beautiful. I want to thank God. ”

Rayla was courted. They were getting ready to go home. She sat face-to-face with Dr. Ladydy in his office.

"I don't know how to thank you, doctor. You restored my sight, gave me light, and gave me the courage to live again. Relati said emotionally.

"Don't say that, dear. I'm doing my part. I am very happy that the surgery was a perfect success. I suggest that you should take precautions. Enjoy life and make your dreams come true. God bless you. ”

As Rylati stood up to leave, she paused again, thought for a moment, and said, "Doctor, can I know which angel gave me the eye?"

"I'm sorry, dear, but the law doesn't allow me to do this. Take care and come back in time for a review. Good bye. ”

The day after being discharged home from the hospital. Relati wanted to ask her mother something, so she shouted, "Mom," and then looked at her mother intently.

"Sarad, take her and sit her down. ”

"Okay, Auntie. ”

Salad sat down next to Rylati on the couch. As her mother stood in front of them, Relati was still staring at her, "Mommy. ”

The mother stood there with no cinnabar mole on her forehead and no flowers on her braids. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she whispered softly, like a whisper.

"Relati, your dad is gone. ”

"Mom, I told you not to ......"

"Listen, Rylat," said the mother firmly and softly, "he came to our house and had a big fight with me, and then died a few days later. ”

Rylati turned her face away noncommittally.

"Your dad, he killed himself. ”

Relati looked at her mother in surprise and exclaimed, "What did you say?"

"Yes, he was in the bathroom of the hotel room and cut his wrist with a razor. ”

Relati looked helplessly at her mother and Sarad alternately with her eyes.

"But Mom, why did he do that?"

He wrote a suicide note exonerating those responsible. After a pause, the mother added, "He said in his suicide note that he wanted to donate his eyes to you." After completing the formalities in front of them, the police notified Dr. Ladydy's hospital to come for the transplant. He wants you and Sarad to marry soon and be happy. He said he loved me and asked me to forgive him for everything he had done to me and us. We hid all of this because we followed Dr. Ladydy's advice because you have to have surgery. ”

The mother stood there stoically, ignoring the tears from her face.

"Mom," Relati couldn't find the words to say.

"Baby, he left you a letter," said the mother, handing her daughter a folded piece of paper.

"Mom, I hate him and never mention him in front of me. Rylati screamed angrily.

"Honey, you can't say that, he's your father. He ...... "The mother rudely interrupted her daughter.

"Daddy...... ," said Rylati weeping, "it was an accident, Mom, and I'm sorry to talk to you like that." In my case, he's dead. ”

"Relati, Relat...... "The mother tried to plead her.

"No, Mom, he's no longer a part of our lives. Remember, he abandoned you and me years ago, why did you let him into our house? Whore...... He deserves to be unlucky! He wants us to accept him, because she drained all his rupees and kicked him out! He only now realizes his fault! This fault, my God, he has sinned, what a sin. His soul will not be saved. He ......"

The mother interrupted her daughter again, "But, he's your father, ...... Relati"

The daughter angrily said to her mother, "Yes, he is a great father who abandoned his blind daughter!"

The quarrel ended in that painful and ironic conclusion.

Then Relati picked up the letter: Relati, my precious daughter,

It's the only way I'll pay you back for everything you've lost,

Those things were taken from you and from your life years ago.

If you can forgive me. God bless you.

I love you, it's always been like this,

Father.

"Daddy ......", reading the letter, Rylati began to cry.