When the needle was inserted, Jiaqi started crying again, and I asked the nurse to be a little lighter, and the nurse said, "It's already in." ”

Hanging the saline bottle on the iron shelf, the nurse adjusted the speed at which the saline was lowering, and then said to me, "Look at the point, call me when it's almost gone." ”

I nodded.

Before leaving, the nurse looked at me and then at Jiaqi on the bed, her eyes were a little hesitant, and finally asked me, "Is he your brother?"

Newborns can't tell male and female, so the nurse mistakes Jiaqi for a baby boy.

"No, she's a girl, it's me...... My sister. I lied.

"Oh, it turned out to be a girl...... Then why didn't your parents come?"

"They have something to do with their relatives, and they won't be able to come back until tomorrow......" I once again rounded up my lie. If you tell a lie, you have to perfect it with more lies.

The nurse asked a few casual questions, and then left the ward.

It was just me and Jiaqi in the ward.

Oh no, there's the middle-aged aunt in the other bed and her baby.

Sitting on the edge of Jiaqi's bed, who had just fallen asleep again, my eyes were fixed on the salt water bottle on it, watching the water in the bottle decrease little by little, watching the white water droplets flow down the tube into Jiaqi's arm, I clenched my hands nervously.

Jiaqi, you must be safe.

I prayed nervously in my heart.

Listening to Jiaqi's breathing, my heart was in a mess, but I couldn't do anything but watch and wait.

"Oh, this one looks like the kid has a very bad fever. Tsk tsk. Just when I was staring at Jiaqi anxiously, a middle-aged woman's voice sounded above my head, hearing this somewhat unfamiliar voice, I raised my head in surprise, but saw a kind lady staring at Jiaqi with a distressed face.

From her red twill coat, I recognized this lady as a relative of the baby I had just entered the house, but since she was facing away from me when I entered the house, I didn't see her face at the time, and now I am a little surprised when I see her face.

Because I have an impression of this face, that is, this lady is not a stranger to me.

"Auntie, it's you. I said with some surprise.

I don't know what her name is, but I've been a frequent visitor to her shop for the past three years, and she's the proprietress of the bun shop where I occasionally buy breakfast on my way to school.

When I said this, my aunt still didn't seem to recognize me. That's right, after all, she runs a steamed bun shop, and how many customers come and go every day, and people like me who don't even eat breakfast often are not regular customers of her small shop, so she naturally can't remember me.

"Hey, do you know me, young man?"

"Well, Auntie may not remember me, but I've been to your shop several times before to eat soup dumplings. I explained.

"Oh, that's right. Hehe, I have a bad memory, and I don't remember it all of a sudden, hehe. Auntie smiled kindly,

I'm laughing too.

For a while, I didn't have any topics to talk about with my aunt in the bun shop, and the atmosphere was a little stiff, so I squinted and fell on the baby on the first bed.

"Auntie, that baby...... Is that your child?" I asked, gesturing to the baby in the first bed.

"Oh, no, no, no. This is my brother-in-law's son, and their family is also very busy on weekdays, and they have to go to work, so they don't have time to watch the children, so I will temporarily take care of them for a while. "Auntie doesn't hide anything.

"Oh. How old is he?"

"5 months...... It's been almost 5 months. The child grows up really fast. Auntie sighed, and then she looked at Jiaqi in my hand again, and asked gently, "This child is also yours, right?"

"Hmm...... She's my sister. Just over a month old. "I was a little nervous, even though I had prepared my words.

"It turned out to be a girl. Why didn't your mom and dad come? This child is so sick that he needs to be taken care of by an adult. ”

Asked by the lady of the bun shop, I wanted to move out of the perfunctory doctor's rhetoric.

But just as I was about to speak, I had an idea and came up with a plan that might allow me to gamble.

If I had to juggle my studies and take care of Jiaqi, it would have been absolutely impossible for me to do it with my energy and time alone. I can say that being able to last for a month is already very remarkable.

But if I keep going, I won't be able to do it.

What's more, the school is now in semi-closed management, and it is impossible for me to have the opportunity to go back and forth between school and home at noon every day in the future.

But if I can't do it alone, I maybe...... I can ask someone else.

The idea wasn't actually set at that moment, and it wasn't until the moment I blurted it out that it gradually formed a clear vein in my mind.

Under the question of the lady of the steamed bun shop, I deliberately lowered my head with a sad look on my face. I'm not a professional actor, and I didn't know if my expressions were realistic enough or flawed, but I felt like I did my best at that moment.

"My mom and dad...... They separated because of a divorce. My mom was kicked out of the house by my dad, and my dad said, this baby girl...... It was a wild seed born to my mother and another man. He didn't want to see the baby again, and he didn't want to see his mother again. ”

At that moment, even I was a little surprised that such a lie could come out of my mouth

Even in retrospect, if I had to go back to the day when I told such a lie, I might not have been able to tell it so tactfully and truthfully.

But that's exactly what I said.

As far as the content is concerned, in fact, the lies I told are not completely improvized, after all, my parents are indeed divorced. Of course, the so-called story of Jiaqi being my mother's illegitimate child was completely made up by me. But if I don't say that, I really don't know how to explain why Jiaqi has a high fever and hasn't been brought to see her yet.

I'm not a good liar, and I hate it myself. But ever since I picked up Jiaqi, I've been telling all kinds of lies and deceiving all kinds of people.

The real world is not a movie or a TV series, let alone a simple thinking like a film from an island country. Movies have a fixed script and most of the time have a fixed protagonist, but in the real world, you can't predict how each of your lies will affect your fate in the future. You can't be the protagonist of the world, maybe you always thought you were the protagonist, but in the end, you were just a trick and became a foil for others.

I often think that if I pick up Jiaqi is also a story that has been woven by someone, I am the male protagonist based on this story alone. However, I don't know my fate, I don't know how Jia Qi and I will end.

Just like when I tell the lie about my parents' divorce to the lady of the bun shop now, I can't guess how the other party will react. In the moment before the results come, I can only wait and see.

After hearing what I said, the face of the lady in the steamed bun shop shrank a little, and I will never forget her expression at that time, the eyebrows were squeezed together, and the wrinkled face was even more furrowed, but there was sympathy and care in her eyes.

"Oh, how can there be such a thing......" The voice of the lady in the steamed bun shop was soft, obviously afraid that the voice would be too loud and hurt my heart. "Your dad is really, and that's too much...... It's still a baby anyway. It's also for the sake of family. Ay. The lady of the steamed bun shop began to lament again and again, and it was obvious that she was really a very kind person.

I also lowered my head, because I was a little weak-hearted, so I was silent for a long time, but the lady of the steamed bun shop seemed to regard my silence as my inner sadness, and she was even more sympathetic.

"Ah, poor boy. The lady of the steamed bun shop looked at me, then at the little Jiaqi on the bed, and finally suddenly said, "Young man, why don't you take your aunt to talk to your father." Auntie go and say a few words to your father, so that he doesn't do foolish things, and it is important to take care of the family. ”

Hearing the words of the lady in the steamed bun shop, I was surprised to change this time. If the lady of the bun shop really sees my father, then I will be in trouble.

"Auntie, no need, my dad...... I've been on a business trip and haven't been back for a few days. "I say this with a sense of loss, because my lies come from real life, so I feel a little sad and desolate when I tell these lies.

"How can this be!" Hearing my words, the lady of the steamed bun shop suddenly stood up, looking indignant, but it frightened me a lot, "Where in the world can there be such a man! If you show me, you have to scold him!"

"Auntie...... Don't worry. Seeing the excited words and deeds of the lady in the steamed bun shop, I knew that I might make a big deal out of it, so I hurriedly stopped her and said, "Auntie, in fact, the situation is not what you think." My dad...... Usually he's pretty good to me, but he's just angry these days, and after a while, maybe he'll figure it out. ”

"Even if you are angry, you can't do this, you look at this child, he is sick like this and no one takes care of him, it's really pitiful!" The lady of the bun shop pointed to Xiao Jiaqi on the bed, her face full of pity.

At that moment, I felt as if I had grasped something in the depths of the heart of the lady at the bun shop.

I felt guilty, but I knew it was an opportunity.

After keeping my head down for a while, I began a fierce ideological struggle in my heart.

"Auntie, I want to ask you for something...... "Biting my lip, I finally spit out such words, hearing my request, the eyes of the lady of the bun shop also fell on my face, "Auntie, my mother was kicked out of the house by my father, and I don't know where to go all of a sudden, and my father is also out of town...... I don't know when they'll reconcile. But my sister had to be taken care of, but I was still studying and couldn't take care of her. So, Auntie, can you please help me...... Take care of my sister for a while...... Of course, I will pay for milk powder, clothes and medical treatment, and I will not ask for your money!"

At that time, when I said these words, I could simply describe them as incoherent and incoherent.

I know it's the biggest request of my life. Although this request is very reluctant for myself. Giving Jiaqi to someone who is almost a stranger, I don't know if that's a good choice. But I really didn't have a choice then. If I were on my own, I would have been at the end of my rope and would never be able to hold on any longer. And there's no way I'm going to find relatives or anything to take care of Jiaqi, so I'm going to be doomed. So, I can only ask this steamed bun shop lady who is not even an acquaintance.

Will she accept my request?