Five years later.

In the hall of Rongcheng Airport, the flow of people is moving, and the bright lights are shining down from above, reflecting the shine on the smooth ground.

Tong Qiangqiang dragged his suitcase with one hand, answered the phone with the other, and said to the person on the other end: "Mom, I just got off the plane, and I have to connect with someone, and when I get to the hotel, I will call you back, is it okay?"

"You don't have to talk to people, you don't have to go to the hotel. Yan Jia has already said hello to her little uncle last night, and will go to the airport to pick you up, and after worshipping Yan Xi at noon tomorrow, she will escort you back to Australia throughout the whole process. ”

Yan Jia...... Tong Qiangqiang was stunned for a moment, and frowned: "I came back to Rongcheng with another job." I won't be able to leave tomorrow afternoon. ”

Zhuang Yirou's tone was annoyed: "Are you planning to wander outside for the rest of your life?!"

"No...... It's not ......" Tong Qiangqiang responded a little weakly, "I just haven't completely sorted it out yet......"

Zhuang Yi was silent: "How long do you still need...... For the three years I said before, we are all up to you...... It's been five years now...... No one blames you at all, only yourself and yourself. You're flying around the world non-stop, punishing you or the others around you, have you ever thought about ......it?"

"I'm sorry, Mom......" Tong Qiangqiang took a deep breath, "Okay." I promise you, this time the work of Rongcheng is over, and I will definitely go back to see you and Dad. Just two days, you wait two more days. ”

Zhuang Yirou said happily that Tong Qiangqiang was about to hang up the phone, Zhuang Yirou called her again, as if she was considering something, and then hesitated and asked, "You...... Aren't you going to visit your kids this year?"

Tong Qiangqiang's expression froze suddenly.

Zhuang Yirou seemed to be able to feel the change in her mood over the phone, so she chose to continue: "I went out today, and I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, your father and I haven't been able to hold back for a long time, and we've seen the kid from you." You don't know how well he was raised, a grandfather, grandmother, your father hasn't cried for many years, and he quietly hid in the study to wipe his tears the night after seeing the child. ”

"We didn't forget Yan Xi, we didn't forgive Han Lie, we just felt sorry for the child, the child is innocent. How hard is your heart so that he can abandon him without even looking at him in his life? In the five years that you have been outside, have you really not thought about him for a minute or even a second? Every year when you go to Rongcheng, you really don't have the slightest desire to see him?"

Zhuang Yirou breathed a sigh of relief: "No matter what, your father and I have already accepted our fate." We're old and don't have much to live anymore to care about your feelings. That's your dad's only grandson and me. ”

"Don't tell me anything that doesn't make sense. You can do whatever you like. Tong Qiangqiang's tone was flat, without any ups and downs, "I'll think about returning to Australia." ”

"Why did you just think about it? Didn't you just promise to come back? Hey, hey, Xiaoyin?"

In response to Zhuang Yirou, the phone was hung up.

The first time Tong Qiangqiang hung up the phone, Zhuang Yirou was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses. Liang Dawson helped put the phone down for her, and scolded her slightly: "You shouldn't tell her about our little grandson secretly." Well, now that she's even more reluctant to come back. ”

Zhuang Yirou sighed: "Mother's heart is soft after all. I just hope she doesn't be so cruel to children......"

Immediately, she put on her reading glasses again, stretched out her arm to look at a photo of a little boy in her hand from a distance, and asked Liang Dawson: "Huh, is it the day to video with the little guy again tonight?"

Liang Dawson quickly replied: "No, I said that it would be once a week." Tomorrow will not be until the day. ”

"Really?" Zhuang Yirou's expression was very disappointed, "Or you and Han Lie will talk to you." Twice a week?"

Liang Dawson frowned: "Why didn't you say that you would just take the child to us?"

"I'd like to...... Han Lie will definitely not stop him...... It's you who don't agree......"

"Of course I can't agree. Liang Dawson took the photo from Zhuang Yirou's hand and stuffed the photo back into the album, "After all, we still have to consider Xiaoyin's position." No matter how much you miss your grandson, you have to stop in moderation. ”

***

Zhong Ruzhen received a call from the kindergarten, put down everything and hurried away, the other children had been picked up by their respective parents, only Han Chi was left with his head, the teacher seemed to be talking to him about something, but he ignored it, twisting a pebble on the ground under his feet.

"Han Chi!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Han Chi immediately turned his head, and his dim eyes suddenly lit up like a small light bulb: "Big sister!"

Zhong Ruzhen came to pick up Han Chi several times, and the kindergarten teacher recognized her and greeted politely: "Miss Zhong." ”

Zhong Ruzhen didn't bother to respond to the teacher for a while, leaned over in front of Han Chi, patted the ash on his clothes, and raised his face to study his injuries carefully. After confirming that there was nothing else except a faint cut on her chin, she took Han Chi in front of her before asking the teacher, "What about the other child who fought with him?"

"The parents have taken it home. ”

"Why did you let that kid go home first?"

The teacher was stunned for a moment.

Zhong Ruzhen's face was very unkind: "Two children are fighting, but you only leave one of the children to teach a lesson, which means that all the fault lies with our children, and the other party does not need to bear any responsibility?"

The teacher was a little red-faced by Zhong Ruzhen's words, and explained innocently: "Miss Zhong, don't be angry first. I stayed with Han late, not to teach him a lesson about today's fight. I told you on the phone, I was originally contacting Han Chi's father, but his phone didn't get through, so I came to you. I just wanted to talk to you about how the kids are doing in school. ”

Hearing this, Zhong Ruzhen's expression softened, "If you have anything to say, say it." ”

The teacher glanced at Han Chi intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhong Ruzhen understood that it might not be good to talk about some words in front of the child, so he touched Han Chi's head: "You go to the car and wait for me first." ”

Han Chi didn't say anything, silently walked to Zhong Ruzhen's car on the side of the road with his schoolbag on his back, skillfully opened the car door, climbed into the passenger seat, and took out a tablet from his schoolbag to play games.

Zhong Ruzhen turned his head to look at the teacher, crossed his arms and asked, "What's wrong with him lately?"

***

After Zhong Ruzhen finished talking to the teacher, she returned to the car, tilted her head, and saw that Han Chi was having fun on the tablet, she gently patted the back of his head, "Stinky boy, when did you learn to fight?" Fortunately, your dad didn't receive a call on the plane today. Don't worry, I won't tell him about it. Say, how can you thank me?"

"Big sister, I'm almost able to pass the test!" Han Chi grimaced and flattened his mouth, extremely aggrieved.

Zhong Ruzhen started the car and squinted at him: "You still don't worry about your fight?"

Han Chi slowly put the tablet into his schoolbag and asked sullenly, "What did the teacher and you sue me?"

Zhong Ruzhen raised her eyebrows: "No, who said it was a complaint? She praised you, praised you for being sensible and polite at school." ”

"Yes......" Han Chi deserved to be perfunctory, obviously not believing Zhong Ruzhen's words, but he didn't continue to ask, and he didn't know if he was interested, or he knew it.

Zhong Ruzhen raised her delicate eyebrows and asked seriously: "Why are you fighting?

Han Chi didn't seem to hear her words, leaned on the window glass, pointed to the McDonald's dessert shop outside, and twisted his buttocks: "Big sister, I invite you to eat McWhirlwind." ”

Zhong Ruzhen snorted: "Just a whirlwind wants to buy me?"

Having said that, she was already pulling over the steering wheel in her hands.

"Wait for me in the car. After telling him, Zhong Ruzhen threw the car door and walked over to the end of the line.

The line was a bit long, and Han Chi opened the window and counted the eight people in front of Zhong Ruzhen, squirming slowly. Staring at the cone in the other person's hand, he licked his lips greedily, a little frustrated, and decided that out of sight was clear. Looking around boredly, he noticed that across the road, a familiar woman got out of a taxi. Dragged his suitcase into the hotel.

Han Chi blinked his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "Mom......"

***

The person who originally came to pick up the airport called to inform him that something was temporary and kept apologizing. Tong Qiangqiang actually didn't care, anyway, she didn't know the road, so she took a taxi by herself.

Tong Qiangqiang has long ceased to be a hotel sleep tester entrusted by all parties, and was officially employed by P.D Group. In five years, she has traveled almost all over the world. It's just that every year around the time of Yan Xi's death day, no matter where she is, she has to come back to Rongcheng, usually come the day before, and leave immediately the day after, without staying for a day.

The summer days in Rongcheng bore, as always, boredom her, and the heat hit her face as soon as she got out of the car. Dragging her suitcase, she quickly walked into the hotel and went to the front desk to checkin. Something went wrong with the system, delaying her for a little more than five minutes. The front desk lady apologized politely, and Tong Qiangqiang took the room card and went to take the elevator.

Han Chi ran into the hotel lobby with his schoolbag on his back, his forehead was covered with sweat from the heat outside, and his little face was even more tanned.

There were many people in the lobby, and he couldn't find that face for a while, his eyes were rolling around, searching around.

Han Chi was still familiar with the hotel, he knew that his family was in this business, and Uncle Mai had taken him around Hyatt Court several times. It should be similar to Hyatt Court. Then the front desk must be able to find someone.

The front desk is where many adults are dragging suitcases in line.

Han Chi immediately recognized the direction and trotted over.

No one cares if a five-year-old boy is cutting in line.

Han Chi quickly ran to the front of the line, tiptoeing, and found that he was not high enough for the platform in front of him.

The lobby manager quickly noticed the lonely little boy, greeted him, squatted in front of him and asked with concern: "Little friend, what do you want to do?"

"Find someone. Han Chi was simple and direct.

When the lobby manager heard this, he asked abruptly, "Are you separated from your family?"

Han Chi immediately nodded.

"What's your name? We're going to help you broadcast and get your mom and dad to come to you. ”

Han Chi's little face was lonely for a while.

Mom won't come to him......

He took the schoolbag off his shoulder, fumbled for a piece of money, and put it in the lobby manager's hand, "Her name is Tong Qiangqiang." Uncle, can you help me look it up?"

The lobby manager was stunned for a moment, and returned the money to Han Chi with a smile: "Uncle will help you check." You don't have to give me money. But you'll have to tell me how to write those three words. ”

Han Chi's expression suddenly became dazed. This is the name he finally overheard, how to write it......

Seeing this, the lobby manager felt that he was a little ridiculous, a five-year-old child could not read many words, where did he know how to write? But fortunately, if he only checked the list of guests who were currently staying at the hotel, he could still barely check it according to the syllables.

However, a few minutes later, the result of the query was that there was no guest with the surname Tong at all.

Han Chi was particularly disappointed.

"Kid, do your mom and dad really live here?" the lobby manager confirmed to him suspiciously, "Why don't I take you to the police uncle." ”

"No need. Thank you, uncle. I'm home. Han Chi thanked him politely, put his schoolbag back on his back, and ran away.

Lobby Manager: "......"

On this side, Zhong Ruzhen was going crazy. She finally came back from the line and bought two microcyclones, only to find that the door in the passenger seat was open, and the villain who was sitting in it was gone.

She looked around, but found no trace, so frightened that she was completely panicked, called Mai Xiuze for help, and after being reminded by Mai Xiuze, she remembered to call the police, and ran back to her car in a panic, ready to go to the police station. found Han Chi standing by the car door and looking around, as if looking for her.

Zhong Ruzhen hurriedly rushed over and hugged Han Chi: "Stinky boy, didn't you say that you should stay in the car and wait for me? Where did you go? How should I explain to your father if you lose it? You want to kill me!"

Han Chi sighed impatiently and brushed away Zhong Ruzhen's embrace: "I'll go to the toilet." Hurry up and open the door, it's hot, it's hot. ”

Han Chi desperately waved his little hand to fan himself. I also learned to stick my tongue out like pork belly.

"You should tell me to go to the toilet before you go!" Zhong Ruzhen was still angry, and struck Han Chi on the head hard.

After the two got back into the car, Han Chi didn't speak again, and he didn't know what he was looking at by himself holding the window.

Zhong Ruzhen glanced at him from time to time, and his eyebrows twisted slightly.

This child is sensitive and precocious, usually talks less, and has his own thoughts. At the age of five, you have already learned to hide your emotions from adults, which is really not a good thing.

Han Chi wrinkled his eyebrows and stared at the scenery passing by the window, and vaguely remembered that his grandmother seemed to have said that his mother was also called Liang Yin?

***

It was night, before going to sleep, Tong Qiangqiang swiped WeChat as usual, and couldn't help but stay on Zhong Ruzhen's circle of friends: I almost lost the stinky boy, and I was so scared that I had a heart attack, and sure enough, it was right not to have my own children!

Tong Qiangqiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went to look at Mai Xiuze's circle of friends again, but he didn't see any updates. She couldn't understand the situation just from Zhong Ruzhen's short text.

Her eyes lingered on the word "almost" for a long time, and she finally felt relieved, lay on her back on the bed, clicked into the encrypted album in her mobile phone, and slowly browsed them one by one.

Full of five years of accumulation.

All of them are photos or screenshots of messages about Han Chi posted in Mai Xiuze and Zhong Ruzhen's circle of friends in the past five years.

Tong Qiangqiang is very clear. They did it on purpose to show her.

When she was in the hospital, she left without even finishing the confinement. In the first three months of her departure, she buried herself in her work, leaving no cracks for herself. One night, when I was free, I accidentally flipped through her rarely used circle of friends, and coldly saw a photo of Mai Xiuze and Xiao Hanchi.

At that moment, her fingers froze and couldn't move, and she couldn't take her eyes off at all. When she came back to her senses, she quickly turned off the function of the circle of friends. But for the next whole day, her heart was like a kitten scratching, and the whole person was completely out of state as if she had lost her soul. After finishing work that day, she sat alone in a dark room, like a voyeur, carefully reading the three months of growth of Han Chi who had missed it, and wept bitterly.

She couldn't. She wasn't as decisive as she thought she was.

But what could she do? She had abandoned him. She didn't even have the face to see him. She is even less qualified to be his mother.

She can only carry the sins all over her body, hide in the corner, and use all the information she has snooped on to piece together the life of her distant son.

His birth was the beginning of her atonement......

***

After Han Lie got off the plane and turned on his mobile phone, he first saw the message sent by Mai Xiuze saying "There was a misunderstanding, the child was found", and then turned to the previous one, "Old Han, Han Chi is lost!"

Even so, his eyelids twitched violently.

When he returned home, Han Lie didn't expect Zhong Ruzhen to be there, obviously waiting for him.

"Zenghao's funeral is over?"

Several people know that Han Lie has gone to the United States in the past two days to do things for Zeng Hao.

Brain tumors, treated uninterruptedly, always spread and recur when they think they see the light.

After so many years, Zeng Hao finally went.

Han Lie bowed slightly: "It's over." ”

ended Zeng Hao's funeral, as if ending Zeng Xi's last concern.

"What's wrong with Han Chi today?" Han Lie returned to the topic, his eyes were piercing, "Do you have something to say?"

"It doesn't matter, it's just that the teacher looked for parents today, and I didn't find you, so I chatted with my big sister for a while. ”

"What did you say?"

"It doesn't matter what you say. Don't you know what your son's personality and faults are?" Zhong Ruzhen hooked his lips and listed them one by one, "Too well-behaved, too sensible, too unworrying for adults." ”

Obviously, it should be an advantage that others can't ask for, and she uses three "too" to accentuate her tone, which is her usual mocking style.

Han Lie pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

"But he surprised me today. First he got into a fight with the kindergarten children, and then suddenly disappeared. ”

"Fight?" Han Lie was equally surprised.

"Uh-huh. Zhong Ruzhen spread his hands," he inexplicably threw away the handmade biscuits that the children had brought and shared with everyone. Then there was a fight. It's not bad for the stinky boy to fight, he said that he beat people to the ground and cry with one punch, and the other party is still a little chubby dun half a head taller than him. ”

"Seriously. Han Lie frowned, "You and Mai Xiuze have been staying for a long time, and they can't speak well." ”

"Don't mess me up with him. Zhong Ruzhen pursed his lips, "There's nothing to talk about the fight, that's all, no one knows the reason, you have to ask yourself." As for the disappearance, he said he went to the bathroom, I don't look like it, and there is a good chance that he is lying. Ask for yourself. I'm home. ”

Han Lie walked into the room, and Han Chi was lying on his back on the bed. Holding pork belly at hand. The quilt was kicked to the ground by him, and his white chubby little belly was exposed to the air and fell together, breathing soundly.

Han Lie sat on the edge of the bed and helped him cover the quilt.

His face shape, eyebrows and eyes were inherited from him, and the older he gets, the more his nose and mouth resemble Tong Qiangqiang.

Seeing that his chin was attached to a band-aid, Han Lie's fingers touched it gently, and Han Chi's long black eyelashes moved, and he actually woke up.

"Dad. He lazily rubbed his sleepy eyes and even yawned.

"Sorry to wake you up, go back to sleep, I'll help you put the gifts in the toy room. In addition to fixed birthdays and holidays, Han Lie would bring gifts to Han Chi every time he went out.

Han Chi's bedroom was divided into a small room dedicated to his toys from childhood to adulthood.

"It's a bumblebee!" Han Chi saw the contents through the box, his voice was a little surprised, and he quickly sat up and stretched out his hand to Han Lie.

Han Lie had just gotten up, and when he saw this, he sat back on the edge of the bed and gave him the gift.

As soon as Han Chi woke up, he woke up a piece of pork belly. It seemed to be sensitively aware that Han Chi had a new love, and arched its body into Han Chi's arms. Han Chi smoothed the hair on the pork belly's head, "You are my best friend." Always be best friends. ”

The pork belly seemed to understand, rubbing his head and licking his palm. Obediently nestled in his arms.

Seeing Han Chi grinning happily, Han Lie's dark eyes rippled.

I have the impression that he doesn't like to deal with other children very much, and he is not like other children in the community, who will run the door. He prefers to spend time with pork belly, and many times he can play all day long hiding in the toy room. In addition to the pork belly, the only ones he can treat more enthusiastically seem to be Mai Xiuze and Zhong Ruzhen.

As for the treatment of his father, there is a faint sense of awe.

Fortunately, Han Lie could also feel Han Chi's dependence on him. It's just a five-year-old kid after all.

Of course, this dependence is different from the little girl's attachment to her father. It's more like him and Han Chi, who are slowly groping with each other. Would love to get closer, but be very careful. Han Lie became a father for the first time, and he didn't have any experience getting along with his own father when he was a child, so he didn't quite understand whether all fathers and sons got along like this.

Han Chi had already removed the box, fiddling with the various deformations of the bumblebee, and a smile was lightly hooked on his lips.

Han Lie pondered for a moment, and tentatively knocked on the side: "What have you done in the two days that I have been away?"

"I got into a fight with someone at school today. ”

Unexpectedly, Han Chi confessed so leniently and neatly, Han Lie was very stunned, and soon he regained his expression, and then his words naturally asked, "Why are you fighting?"

"I hate that he always shows off his mom. ”

Han Lie was stunned again.

Han Chi only started preschool at the age of three when he found that the other children were accompanied by their parents and asked him where his mother had gone. Han Lie had actually prepared the answer to this question a long time ago, but when Han Chi really asked it at that time, Han Lie found that he couldn't make it up at all, and he hadn't answered him until now.

And Han Chi never asked again. After a long time, Han Lie thought that he didn't care about this matter anymore.

I never thought that today he would suddenly mention the word "mother" again.

Stunned, Han Chi raised his head and looked at him with eyes like black glass beads: "Can I ask you a question?"

Han Lie nodded with a pleasant face: "What do you want to ask?"

Han Chi was a little nervous when he heard this. Suddenly, he crawled out of bed rubbing his short legs. took Han Lie's hand and walked to the door of the toy room, pointed to the toys in the room, looked up at him with a bumblebee, and said very seriously: "I don't want any of these." You can also buy it at all in the future. Will you take me to my mother tomorrow?"

Han Lie's back suddenly stiffened.

Han Chi seemed to think that Han Lie was unhappy, and said weakly: "I saw my mother today......"

"How did you see that?" Han Lie was stunned again, "What do you recognize what your mother looks like?"

Regarding Tong Qiangqiang, none of the people around him should have revealed information to him. Since there is no way to give it to his mother, he simply does not give him any fantasies. This is a tacit agreement reached by everyone.

Han Chi held back a small face: "Grandma showed me a picture of my mother......"

Han Lie couldn't help but smile helplessly. At the beginning, it was Zhuang Yirou who hated him the most, and now because he misses his little grandson, it is Zhuang Yirou who breaks the original regulations.

Han Chi quickly glanced at Han Lie's expression, shrugged his head, and said, "I know everything...... I heard you all while you were drunk and sleeping...... It's because you did something wrong that Mom won't come back. Shall I go and apologize to my mother together tomorrow? The teacher said that if you do something wrong, you can be forgiven if you have the courage to admit it and bear your mistakes. ”

Han Chi's little hand grabbed Han Lie's fingers and shook his arm gently, his eyes full of anticipation and pleading.

***

After coaxing Han Chi to fall back to sleep, Han Lie sat alone in the living room all night.

He didn't refuse Han Chi's request, and there was no way to refuse his rare request, he gave up an entire room of toys and decided to tell the truth.

It's been five years, and Han Lie has been waiting for Tong Qiangqiang's reluctance and can't help it.

But Liang Dawson and Zhuang Yirou couldn't hold on, she was still ruthless and cruel.

He knew that she would come back to Rongcheng at this time of year.

So at this time of every year, he doesn't go out and stays at home with Han Chi.

However, every year's hope is one disappointment after another.

He could bear her cruelty to him, but he couldn't stand the pleading and pitiful gaze of the child......

Cigarette after cigarette, when the sky was bright, Han Lie dialed Mai Xiuze's phone: "Help me check which hotel she lives in now." ”

Mai Xiuze was woken up in his sleep, and he was still in a daze, but when he heard this, his half-squinted eyes immediately opened, and he understood who she was referring to in Han Lie's words without asking. Surprised: Are you determined to break the rules?

***

When the sky was bright, Tong Qiangqiang was completely awake.

Or to be more precise, she barely slept that night.

Get up early to wash, put on makeup, change into a beautiful dress, and wear a jade pendant. Because the time was earlier than the agreement with his uncle, Tong Qiangqiang did not ask the room service to deliver food to the room, and chose to go down to the restaurant downstairs to have breakfast in person, which was counted as killing time.

Next to the dining table where she was sitting, it happened that a family of three was eating.

The little girl is about four years old, and her mother is feeding her. But like a curious baby, she shook her two tentacle-like pigtails and looked around. When she met Tong Qiangqiang's gaze, the little girl smiled happily, revealing her white baby teeth.

Tong Qiangqiang also curled the corners of his lips at the little girl, and what came to his mind was that the album contained a photo of Han Chi, about two or three years old, Zhong Ruzhen gave him a photo of him wearing a skirt and a fake braid to pretend to be a girl. Han Chi didn't seem to be aware that he was being spoofed by his eldest sister at that time, and his expression at the moment of the freeze-frame camera was still confused, with dark eyes open, his mouth slightly open, and a sparkling liquid hanging under his nostrils.

As soon as I think about it, my mind tends to continue to drift away. Tong Qiangqiang hurriedly stopped, saw that the time was almost up, then took one last sip of water, got up and walked out of the restaurant, and walked back to the hotel lobby.

The mobile phone in the bag vibrated just like that, and it was the driver sent by her uncle to pick her up.

Tong Qiangqiang picked up the phone while speeding up his pace, and was about to tell the other party that he would walk to the door soon.

Within the line of sight ahead, two figures, one large and one small, came into view.

Tong Qiangqiang froze suddenly, his hand loosened, and the mobile phone slipped from his palm and fell to the ground.

Tong Qiangqiang didn't have the heart to pick it up at all, and watched the villain let go of the adult's hand, walked in front of her in small steps, and looked up at her.

This little face that she had looked through in the photos day and night seemed to be full of nervousness.

Nervously asked: Are you a mother?

Tong Qiangqiang covered his mouth and burst into tears for a moment.

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