"Qiqi ......"

In the haze, I opened my eyes and called out Xueqi's name.

The room was silent, only the white sunlight shone in through the window and fell to the ground, making it look so dazzling.

It's like a light from heaven.

It's a sunny day again......

I reached out and rubbed my eyes, and when I rubbed my eyes, I saw my own hand, and I was stunned.

Is this my hand......

What I saw was a pair of rough, thin, wrinkled, completely dehydrated veterans.

It's like a tree branch.

How did my hands get so old......

That's right......

What time is it?

Where am I?

I looked at my hands, my brain confused.

Suddenly, I remembered.

yes, how did I forget.

Xue Qidu has been gone for 50 years......

When she was 15 years old, Xueqi left home, and I searched for many, many years but couldn't find it.

I laughed self-deprecatingly.

It's been 50 years. I forgot about it.

My memory is really getting worse and worse.

Half a year ago, I was diagnosed with liver cancer, and the doctor said that I would not live for half a year.

I calmly accepted this fact.

Yes, I don't live long before I die......

In this life, I have been brilliant, legendary, lost, and thrilling.

It's so exciting.

However, I still have one last wish in my heart.

That is the innocent little girl who ran away from home and has never been heard from since, every day for 50 years.

I've been looking for it for a lifetime, I've thought about it for a lifetime, and I've missed it for a lifetime......

But until the twilight was about to go, the little angel still didn't come back.

Unexpectedly, today, I dreamed of her again.

I remembered what happened back then.

It is said that when people are old, they will remember the people in their lives before they die.

Hehe, this is probably a return to the light.

As my memory became clearer, I finally remembered my life and suddenly felt how heavy my body became......

What's wrong with my body...... Why can't I move......

I felt that all my organs were declining in an instant......

I also felt that the life force in my body was passing quickly.

Then, I understood.

Time's up.

I'm going to die.

I realized.

The vision gradually became blurred, and I don't know when, the sound of doctors and nurses in first aid, the sound of chaotic footsteps, the sound of electrocardiograms, and the shouts of relatives came to my ears......

I really can't do it anymore......

The line of sight seemed to be shrouded in fog......

In the haze, I saw familiar faces, including my father's face, my grandparents' kind face, my uncle's family, Mr. Chen's, Wang Fatzi's, and even Yuezi, Ma Yike, and Tang Mengyan......

Hehe, they've all come to see me......

The people who walked by in my life were all around me at the bedside, calling my name, and I could vaguely see tears running down their faces.

All the people were there for me and accompanied me to the end of my life.

Except for that cute little girl I've missed all my life.

Until the end of her life, she still did not return to me......

Tears rolled down my old cheeks.

I slowly closed my eyes, this is the biggest regret of my life......

As my hearing faded, I couldn't hear the voices of the people around me anymore, and I couldn't see their voices and smiles clearly......

It's all coming to an end.

I know.

The eyelids are getting heavier......

Just as the eyes are closed

“papa！”

A soft call came from my ears.

What a familiar sound.

It's the voice I've been looking for all my life!

Hearing that voice, I used the last bit of strength in my body to open my eyes vigorously.

Then, the line of sight was clear.

Xueqi.

Xue Qi was standing at the door of the ward.

Crying and looking at me.

She hasn't changed at all.

Snow white dress, black eyes and long hair.

She is still so beautiful, so innocent, so cute, exactly the same as when she left 50 years ago.

“papa。 Xue Qi called softly, looking at me with dark eyes, and walked towards me step by step.

Xue Qi is back.

It's been 50 years.

She's finally back.

When I was about to die.

Just like it was back then.

She also called me papa......

Looking at Xue Qi who was walking towards me step by step, I smiled and closed my eyes contentedly, ending my legendary life.

Finally, there are no regrets......

……

What you see above is a weird nightmare I had in the hospital that day after I had a fever of 41 degrees.

Because that nightmare was so impressive, when I was idle and bored, I studied confinement and wrote it down in the form of a diary, in order to show it to myself or commemorate that unforgettable past.

And the story after waking up from the dream is like this:

"Qiqi!"

When I felt sweating profusely and opened my eyes in the harsh sunlight, the nightmare still lingered in my mind.

That incredibly realistic nightmare.

I dreamed that Xueqi ran away from home when she was 15 years old, and I dreamed that I searched for a long, long time, and searched for 50 years, but I didn't find her.

Until the end of my life, when I looked at the wrinkled veteran in my dream, Xueqi still did not come back. In my dream, I missed it all my life, but I still didn't wait for Xueqi to return. It wasn't until the moment when I was dying in my twilight years in the dream that the Xue Qi who came back appeared in my eyes, and the Xue Qi in the dream was still called me Papa in the dream. Then, in the dream, I closed my eyes with a smile and ended my legendary life.

It was a dream that was so real that I couldn't tell whether it was a reality or a dream.

Even when I opened my eyes, I immediately reached out to see if there were any wrinkles on them.

I was relieved when I saw that my hand was still so strong and smooth with a sling needle still in it.

It turned out to be a dream......

I thought to myself.

Because I'm worried about Xueqi and have a high fever, I have such a dream.

When I came to my senses, I remembered the scene last night when I was all over the street looking for Xue Qi, who had run away from home.

It's a dream......

I moved my hands, but the tingling sensation from all over my body still made me feel uncomfortable.

I struggled to get up from the bed, let out a heavy breath, and then tried to grab my bedside phone.

But when I turned to get my phone on the bedside table, I was stunned.

“papa。 ”

Xue Qi actually sat on the edge of my bed, with red eyes, and called me papa.

Qiqi?

Fake, right?

"Qiqi?!" The sudden surprise made me almost jump out of bed.

It's really Xueqi.

He has long black hair, dark and bright eyes, a snow-white neck, and a slightly pale face.

It's Xueqi that I'm familiar with.

After a night away from home, Xue Qi looked very haggard and pale, and her black and silky hair became so messy.

"Papa......" Xue Qi looked at me with her head down and some guilt, while I grabbed her little hand and pulled her towards me. Xue Qi didn't resist, but was a little overwhelmed.

At this move, I realized that my head was still dizzy, and my whole body was sore and painful.

I grabbed Xueqi's hand and stared at her.

Xueqi's hands are so warm, touching Xueqi's little hands, I firmly believe that I am not dreaming.

"Qiqi, where did you go last night?" I calmed my voice and looked into Xueqi's eyes.

Xue Qi didn't dare to look up at me.

After lowering her eyebrows for a while, Xue Qi gradually raised her head, looked at my chin, and said slowly: "...... on the bus"

Xue Qi finally told me where she was last night. It turned out that after running away from home yesterday, Xueqi got on a bus, most of the night, she sat on the bus alone, went around the city again and again, in the middle of the night, when the bus hand finished work, she went to the station to sleep for a while, and then she was woken up at dawn, that person was actually Yuhui. It turned out that Yuhui came to my neighborhood and checked the bus number plate near my house, according to the time difference between Xueqi leaving home and I catching up, as well as the bus route and time point, it was inferred that Xueqi may have taken the bus that happened to pass by nearby at that time, and Xueqi may have spent the night at the station, so Yuhui went to the station early in the morning to find Xueqi, and finally found Xueqi there, and told her about my illness.

Knowing that I was sick and hospitalized, Xueqi was worried about my condition, so she took a car with Yuhui to see me.

That's pretty much how it happened.

Xue Qi was not in a car accident, nor was she kidnapped by strange people, let alone killed.

She returned safely.

"You disobedient crazy girl!" I grabbed Xue Qi's little hand and scolded her in a trembling voice, but the tears couldn't stop flowing.

I looked at Xue Qi's face, but I saw the red mark on the left side of her face.

It's the handprint I left when I hit her yesterday.

Seeing the handprints on Xue Qi's face, my heart shook.

I don't know if it was the reappearance of history, or if I was called by something called fate, I unconsciously stretched out my hand and gently touched the red marks on Xueqi's face.

“…… Does it still hurt?"

I looked at Xue Qi deeply, looked at her tearful eyes, and asked.

Does it still hurt......

Many years ago, there was also a man who lay in the place where I am now, smiling and saying the same thing to me.

The warm words are like the warm sun in winter.

I can't hear it anymore, though.

But that voice was etched in my head.

And at this moment, that sentence came out of my mouth subconsciously.

Hearing my words, Xue Qiwa cried out, threw herself into my arms, grabbed the sheet on my chest and cried non-stop.

"It doesn't hurt, papa...... It doesn't hurt......" Xue Qi cried and replied to me in a muffled voice.

I was also in tears.

"It's good if it doesn't hurt...... It's good to be back...... It's good to be back!" I hugged Xueqi tightly and said in words that I couldn't hear clearly, with indescribable joy in my heart.

"When you're back, don't go back. Don't ever leave Papa again, okay?"

Xue Qi looked at me with tears in her eyes, a big smile blooming on her face.

She nodded slightly.

"Hmmm......"

The dream in my head still lingers. But what could I ask for more than the scene in that nightmare?

The worst ending has appeared in my heart, compared to me, at this moment, am I extremely happy?

At least, I didn't wait until I was dying 50 years later. At least, what I feared most didn't happen.

That's enough.

That's really enough.

Xueqi and I hugged and cried for a while, which can be described as unseemly.

I don't know how long it took for me to let go of Xue Qi, who looked at me with red eyes, wiping tears, and big watery eyes.

Still dizzy, I straightened Xue Qi's somewhat disheveled hair, slowly moved my eyes away from her clear pupils, and then turned my gaze and gently swept every corner of the ward.

The bright sunlight shone into the ward, and the whole world melted white like snow.

Wake up from a dream, who remembers the story of last night?