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"Dad, look what delicious food I've brought you. Liu Xinghao pushed open the door of the ward and saw that his father was holding the head of the bed and trying to get out of bed by himself. His trembling body swayed like a willow tree in the wind, and Liu Xinghao hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm. "Dad, you're asleep, why are you up?"

"Xinghao, help me to the bathroom. My old guy seems to be really out of the question, I didn't expect it to be so hard to get out of bed now. My father deliberately lowered his head when he spoke, trying to hide his blushing old face. Last night, he stubbornly didn't let Liu Xinghao stay here for the night, and he couldn't imagine that he would have such a hard time getting up early in the morning.

After helping his father to the bathroom, Liu Xinghao helped him back to the bed, the old man's face was full of vicissitudes and loneliness, this strong and tough man all his life, he didn't expect that the day of his hero twilight would come after all.

Liu Xinghao naturally saw the loss in his father's eyes, and he quickly changed the topic, wanting his father not to be so uncomfortable anymore.

"Dad, how long has it been since we bought that motorcycle?" asked Liu Xinghao while serving porridge.

"Yo, I'll have to think about your question. Father crossed his fingers and counted carefully. "It's about ten years, eleven years, and I bought it when you were in high school. At that time, your mother didn't let me buy it, and I was angry for a few days. ”

"Hehe, Dad, do you remember? I was beaten by you because of this motorcycle. Liu Xinghao handed the still warm rice porridge to his father, and the father and son couldn't help but remember that year.

"I don't remember that you kid didn't say anything to me at the time, so you rode my motorcycle. You've been out there for a day! I thought I had lost my car, and I've been looking for you all over the world for a day! Do you think I won't beat you up a little rabbit? My father remembered that time, and the past came to his heart, and his eyes involuntarily exuded a crystal glow.

"At that time, I was not in a hurry to go out for an outing, so I had to cut it first and then play. When you came back, you beat me up so badly that I still remember it. Liu Xinghao deliberately pretended to be resentful, but in fact, he had already been relieved in his heart.

"Now that I think about it, you were already a high school student back then, and Dad shouldn't have beaten you. Alas, it's only to blame that I was also in a hurry at that time......" The father looked at his son with a guilty face, for fear that he was still holding a grudge against the incident back then.

"Ha, okay, okay, I don't blame you for a long time. Liu Xinghao picked up a piece of scallion pancake and handed it to his father, "By the way, Dad, what were you doing on Jianguo Road that day?

As soon as he said this, his father suddenly came to his senses, he beckoned to Liu Xinghao and called him to his side, and whispered in his ear: "I followed a person that day!"

"Yo, you're old, and you've learned to stalk, who are you stalking, which old lady?" Liu Xinghao laughed and didn't take his father's words seriously at all.

"What old lady, I'm following the same liars who tricked me last time!" Father's anger burned at the mention of the brutes, and he couldn't bother to whisper. I told me a rough idea of how I was tricked into playing Pai Gow last time and how I got into someone's trap step by step.

"Usually, I and Uncle Wang in the room behind us often go to the chess and card room near our house to play mahjong to kill time. Later, one day, a few people came to the chess and card room to play what pai gow, and those people played it, and shouted five and six one by one, which attracted everyone's attention. Pai Gow is a flop with two eyes, and winning or losing is only in the blink of an eye. The dealer of that day went back to the word, and the loss was a mess. A few of us old men learned to play with both hands, and as a result, each of us won hundreds of dollars! Those people came for several days in a row, and took a few of us old men to play every day, and we were basically able to win a few hundred yuan every day, and we unconsciously fell deeper and deeper. When my father talked about the momentum of winning at that time, his face couldn't help but glow.

Liu Xinghao listened and thought to himself: "This looks like a pit, if you don't put some bait to tease you old men, how can you jump into the pit." ”

The father took a sip of rice porridge, and then said: "There is a fat man in that gang of liars, who looks kind and kind, but his heart is dark! One day, only this fat man in the gang came to the chess and card room, and he and we are already familiar with each other. We all called him Fatty, but we didn't know what his real name was. He said that the brothers went to other places to play big today, and asked us old men if they were going. ”

Liu Xinghao sat beside his father and listened quietly, and said in his heart: "Okay, this is the rhythm of fattening the fish and starting the hook." ”

"At that time, I didn't want to go, but who knew that your Uncle Wang said that he was going, so he went home on the spot and got 10,000 yuan. I thought to myself, we can't lose face, you Uncle Wang dare to go, why don't I dare to go? So I immediately went home and took 20,000 yuan from your mother's back, and went with me. My father's eyes began to darken as he said this.

People are like this, when it comes to things that make them proud, they are naturally refreshed and refreshed, but when it comes to the fact that they have been deceived and deceived, the whole person is listless.

After taking the money, the fat man drove the four old men to the red square community in the east of the city. There is a rental house in this community that they have turned into a casino, the windows inside are blocked by curtains, and there is a smell of black smoke and miasma when you go in, and there are a few tables in the room, surrounded by people, some playing poker, and gambling on dice, and the tables are densely stacked with money!"

"The fat man led us to a small room, where we gambled on pai gow, and the people who played with us before were also here. Since everyone is an acquaintance, there is no more verbosity, and everyone starts to bet and play directly on the table. In the past, we used to press everything to win, but this time we have changed to this place, and we will lose no matter what we press! Your Uncle Wang didn't play for long, and he lost a clean 10,000 yuan. I'm much better than him, I have lost and won, and I played for more than two hours before I lost 20,000 yuan......" The father said here, and glanced at Liu Xinghao embarrassedly, for fear that he would be reprimanded by his son.

"After losing, you will leave, how could you think of borrowing money from them later?" Liu Xinghao couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't I want to turn it over......"