Gao Zhao set off to leave the next day, Fu Qingfeng took him to eat a breakfast and then accompanied him on a boat, with Fu Qingfeng by his side, Gao Zhao didn't have so hard to pass, Fu Qingfeng sent him to the dock, and after he was in better condition, he went back by himself.

Gao Zhao did not go back to work in the city, but took the car and drove to the place where he had not been back for more than ten years.

Although he hadn't been back for a long time, he still didn't need to look at the navigation to drive there.

The orphanage was in a very remote place, and after Gao Zhao passed, he stood at the door for a long time and did not go in.

He has also lived in this place for more than ten years, and in the more than ten years he has been out, he has never wanted to come back, for him, everything here is a memory he wants to erase.

Gao Zhao stood for almost an hour, and could always hear the laughter of children in the yard, so he made up his mind to go in.

Pushing open the door of the compound, there were more than a dozen five or six-year-old children playing outside, seeing him come in, they all stopped, looking at him curiously, he knew that kind of mood, when he was here before, every time he saw someone pushing the door, he would think that someone was going to adopt him, whether he could leave, and he was full of expectations for the people standing here.

Gao Zhao smiled at them, and ran to the courtyard behind him, where the dean usually likes to lie down and bask in the sun.

After entering, more than ten years have passed, and the old dean's habit has not changed, what has changed is that he has really become very old, his beard and hair are gray, and the wrinkles on his face are so heavy that he is almost unrecognizable.

"Academy, Dean. Gao Zhao tried to make himself calmly call out this title that he hadn't called again for more than ten years.

The back of the dean's ear seemed to be more serious, Gao Zhao called him, but he didn't hear it, he didn't react at all, Gao Zhao walked over gently, leaned on the dean's ear after leaving, and called out in a voice: "Dean."

Only then did the old dean react, slowly opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, as if he couldn't remember him anymore, and the old voice asked, "Sir, are you?"

When Gao Zhao met his cloudy eyes, he inexplicably felt the urge to cry, took a breath, pressed back the feeling of sour nose, smiled at him and said, "I am Gao Zhao." ”

The old dean was stunned for a moment, as if he was wondering where he had heard this name, and after thinking for a long time, he looked at him and said, "Xiaozhao, is it the Xiaozhao who is successful in college?"

Gao Zhao wanted to cry even more when he heard this, and the tears almost couldn't be stopped, so he lowered his head upward, and after pouring back the tears, he nodded to the old dean and said, "Yes, it's me." ”

"Why are you back, I haven't seen you for a long time. The old dean wanted to get up from his chair and take a good look at Gao Zhao, but he couldn't stand up several times.

Gao Zhao immediately went over to help him up, and the moment his hand touched the old dean, tears still flowed out, and he became so thin and thin, holding his shoulder with his hand, as if it had directly touched his bones.

"Look at me, I'm useless, I don't have the strength to stand up, I know how long I can live, there are so many children here. The old dean was supported by Gao Zhao, Wei Wei stood up, and the old bony hand touched Gao Zhao's body and said, "It looks so good, it's promising, it's promising." ”

"Thank you, Dean, for giving me the opportunity, the academy was obviously very difficult at that time, but you still sent me to study. Gao Zhao didn't want to control the so-called tears anymore, in front of the dean, he would always be just a child.

The old dean saw him crying, wiped his tears with his hand, and said with a smile: "I think you, you are very stubborn, you never cry, why do you love to cry so much now." ”

Gao Zhao looked at the dean with a smile and said, "I'm old, I can't stand up." ”

"Hehe, I'm still so old, look at me, it's more than ninety, it's not a few years. The dean pointed to the room and said, "Let's go in and sit and talk." ”

"Good. Gao Zhao helped the old courtyard into the room.

It hasn't changed for decades, a bed, two chairs, and a cabinet are all here, but he liked to come here the most when he was a child, because there would be a lot of books here, he didn't like to play with other children, and he liked to come here alone to read books.

The dean also allowed him to come whenever he liked, and he would add some new books to him from time to time, so that he could have endless books throughout his childhood.

Put the dean on the chair and sit down, in the original place, skillfully poured him a cup of tea, and sat opposite him, the old dean picked up the cup and took a sip and asked him: "Why do you have time to come and see me, it's been more than ten years, I thought you forgot about here." ”

It seems that he was righted by the dean, and if he didn't have something to ask the dean, he thought, he would never come back here for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, when he came back this time, he could still see the old dean.

"I'm sorry Dean, it's me who is not good, I should come back to see you more. Gao Zhao said ashamedly.

"What are you going to do when you come back, you don't have to come back, what is there to look at as an old man, your group of children went out, and they didn't come back, I don't blame you, you went out, who wants to come to this kind of place." The old dean said with emotion that he had raised a lot of children in his life, but he was not able to give them complete food and clothing, and it was understandable that the children went out and did not want to come back.

"By the way, Dean, I came back this time to ask you something about me" Gao Zhao took out the silver chain in the bag and handed it to the dean, saying: "Do you remember this dean, I always feel that I have seen it somewhere, and I am confused and have a little impression." ”

The old dean took it, looked at it, sighed and said: "This, when I picked you up, you were wearing the same thing, there was a high character on it, I didn't know what your name was at the time, I saw this brand, so I changed your surname to Gao, and Gao Zhao was also given by me casually later." ”

"And where is my one?" asked Gao Zhao anxiously.

"In fact, the chain has always been hanging on your body, that year, you seemed to be ten years old, you had an illness, at that time the hospital was very difficult, the children could not eat, there was no extra money for him to go to the doctor, but I was afraid that you would die like this, so I took the silver medal on your body and sold it, and sold it for a few dollars, so that your illness was cured. The old dean kept sighing when he remembered that time.

"Then do you remember who you sold it to, could it be this one?" asked Gao Zhao nervously.

The dean took out his reading glasses and looked at them again, shook his head and said, "I don't remember who I sold it to, it seems to be, it doesn't seem to be, it's been too long, I can't remember it in my brain, I can only remember it." ”

Gao Zhao frowned, took the chain from the dean, looked at the merchant above, and thought to himself, if this one was the one he was at that time, then that person was the one who bought the chain, if it wasn't the same one, then, what does that person have to do with him, why is there exactly the same.

"Dean, can you tell us more about the details of the adoption of me?" Gao Zhao asked suddenly.

"At that time, you would never ask about this, too, now that your career is successful, it is normal to want to see your family back" The old dean recalled seriously, but it had been thirty years and so long, and he really didn't remember much.

"That year, the weather was very cold, the children were afraid to go out in the house, I bought daily necessities for the children and came back, I found that you were wrapped in a quilt, put there at the door, and cried there all the time, I carried you into the room, at that time, about a year old, I warmed up and began to smile at Duo, so cute, and then I found that you were wearing a brand of this, thinking that you should be a child of a family with a high surname, so I changed your surname to Gao, and the other children are all with my surname, only you, the surname is Gao。 After the old dean finished speaking, he picked up the tea on the table and drank a few sips.

It turned out that he was here when he was more than a year old, Gao Zhao thought sadly, his biological parents put himself who was more than a year old at the time, outside in the winter, and were not afraid that he would not survive?

"Xiaozhao, don't be discouraged, many things in this world are destined, if you have fate, you will definitely meet again in this life, if you were born without the fate of a family, it is useless to force it" The dean looked at Gao Zhao's depressed appearance, and comforted him like this, he has been the dean of the orphanage for half his life, this kind of thing, he has experienced too much.

Gao Zhao looked at the dean, smiled and said, "Dean, I'm fine, I didn't expect them, but I happened to get this thing recently, so I thought about coming over and asking." ”

"God, if you have the opportunity to meet this brand again, it proves that you will still have the opportunity to meet your family again, by the way, are you staying to eat, I want to add a dish to the kitchen, you know, we are all made by the head here, if you don't let him add an extra portion, you won't have to eat." The old dean stood up and wanted to add a meal to Gao Zhao.

"No, Dean, why don't I take you out to eat, and buy something for the children when I get back." Gao Zhao stopped the dean, the children here may not have enough to eat, how can he rob them again.

"I'm not going out, I haven't been out of this courtyard gate for more than ten years, I can't walk, I can't walk. The dean shook his head and said.

"I'm here by car, I'll take you out for a walk, have a meal and we'll come back together, I want to sleep here tonight. Gao Zhao pulled the dean and said.

He has eaten the dean's meals for more than ten years, and he has never invited the dean to eat a meal, which is really ashamed to think about.

"Okay, I didn't think I would be able to go out here in my lifetime, I thought I was going to be here until I died. The old dean said half-jokingly, but Gao Zhao knew that what he said was sincere.

"How come, I'll come over and take you out for a walk when I'm free in the future, or take you to the city to play. Gao Zhao said with a smile.

"No, it's too far to go, I don't worry about the children here, sometimes I have to go to see them at night before I can sleep, the children here are all hard-working, I hope they will grow up in the future, and they can be as good as you." The old dean said earnestly.

He didn't have a few years left to run the business, and when he died, the kids didn't know what to do.