A good night's sleep.

When I woke up the next day, when I opened the curtains and felt the bright morning light outside the window, I finally realized.

Dad is really gone.

When I started to gradually stop missing my father, he really left me.

When a new person comes into your life, you will gradually forget the person who has left a deep mark on your heart, whether you want it or not.

This is true for my mother, Aunt Bao Juan, and my father...... One day, they will move farther and farther away from me until they are completely out of my memory.

It's like last night when it was driven away by the morning light.

One day, my life will be like this curtain, and a new day will be opened.

And what about Jiaqi? Will she leave me?

Will I lose her and forget her one day?

A whole new day.

When I got up and walked out of the bedroom, Jiaqi was still asleep with her eyes closed, and instead of waking her up, I put on my coat and quietly closed the door.

As I walked downstairs, I saw Ma Yike mopping the floor of the hall with a mop.

Ma Yike is dressed very plainly today, her short black hair is tied up at the back of her head, and she is wearing a yellow gown, although it is not a famous brand, but with her delicate appearance, it looks very simple and refreshing, which makes people feel fresh.

"Yo, you got up so early. I smiled when I saw Ma Yike who was cleaning.

Hearing my words, Ma Yike came back to his senses, looked up at me and smiled slightly, and said, "It's not too early." It's past 7 o'clock. ”

I smiled and walked down the stairs.

"Actually, there are not many people at home, and there is nothing to clean the hall or anything. I smiled, "By the way, Jiaqi is still asleep in the room on the third floor, I am busy going to work and I can't disturb her, you can comfort her later." ”

"Ah...... Oh. Ma Yike listened carefully to my words word for word.

"If I see her crying when I come back, I'll have to deduct your wages. "I looked at the clean hall, the smooth marble floor glistening like a mirror in the reflection of the morning light cast from outside. Retracting my gaze, I jokingly said something to Ma Yike, but when I saw Ma Yike's expression, I immediately became a little nervous.

"I'm talking about it. ”

"Huh. Hehe. Ma Yike smiled awkwardly and lowered his head.

"That's it...... Oh, by the way, you keep this money, it's money for groceries and daily consumption at home," I thought about it, took out 1,000 yuan from my jacket pocket, walked to Ma Yike, and put it on the table next to her. "Including some daily necessities at home, Jiaqi's toys, snacks, etc., you don't have to be too tight, just buy what you think of or what she wants, if the money is not enough, just come to me for reimbursement." ”

"Ah, these ......" Ma Yike looked at me with a little blank look at me casually putting 1,000 yuan on the table, and finally was stunned for a while, seeing that I nodded to her, she reluctantly accepted, and nodded a little embarrassedly: "Okay...... Good. ”

"Well, that's it, I'll go to work first, and Jiaqi will trouble you first. After looking around the hall for another week, I felt that there was nothing more to explain for the time being, so I prepared to leave.

"Wait, Yang...... Oh no, Xiaodong, aren't you going to have some breakfast? I just made some chazuke...... Why don't you eat a little bit first?"

Hearing Ma Yike's words, I immediately felt warm in my heart, and there was an indescribable emotion in my heart. Ever since my dad died, no one seemed to have made me breakfast again. I don't have any habit of eating breakfast, and since Jiaqi wakes up late, my breakfast used to be basically a mixed meal of breakfast and lunch.

The word breakfast, I suddenly felt so far away.

"No, I'm not in the habit of eating breakfast. You can feed Jiaqi later. ”

After thinking about it for a while, I still rejected Ma Yike, and seeing Ma Yike's disappointed expression, I didn't say anything, and after leaving the key to the house on the table, I was going to leave officially.

"I haven't equipped the key to the house yet, you use this string first, tomorrow is a weekend, I will go and match one. In the future, you can just use what I deserve. I commanded Maik, then turned and walked out the door.

"Ah, please be careful on the road. Hearing my gushing commands, Ma Yike didn't have a chance to interject and say anything more, so he could only go out behind my back and have a good ride.

I just walked out the door. It's just that the moment I went out, I felt eyes behind me again, and when I turned around, I saw Ma Yike standing at the door of the hall looking at me, his expression stunned. Seeing me, she hurriedly freed her hand that was not holding the mop, and waved at me with a smile:

"Have a safe journey!"

I smiled, feeling indescribable satisfaction in my heart, as if I had eaten a full-seat breakfast, and walked out of the house with my head held high.

This time, I went to work by bicycle, because if I took a taxi back and forth every day, then I would have to spend 6 or 700 yuan a month as an intern for an authentic salary of 900 yuan a month.

On the way to the pharmaceutical factory, looking at the cars passing by at a fast pace, I thought, it's almost time for me to buy a car.

In fact, I have long had the idea of buying a car, but the problem is that I haven't taken the driver's license yet, and I didn't have time to take the driver's license test because I have to take care of Jiaqi every day, but now Ma Yike is here to be my maid, and I have the time to take the driver's license. At that time, I decided to wait until I had time at work to get my driver's license and then buy a car. Although my father's Ford sedan is still with my uncle, after all, it has been used by my cousin for three years, and it has become a second-hand product, and now that the times are advancing, new brands of sedans are constantly coming out, and I have to buy a car that can keep up with the trend of the times. I still have a lot of money, and it's still okay to buy a more high-end car.

Such thoughts filled my brain before I arrived at the pharmaceutical factory, and it was not until I walked into the workshop that Manager Tang's sad face appeared in front of me that I retracted those thoughts that seemed a little distant now.

That day I was still an intern in Sanxin Pharmaceutical Factory, but I thought that Ma Yike would take care of Jiaqi at home, but I was relieved a lot, after a morning of hard work, I finally let me stay up until the lunch break, this time I did not go home for lunch, but ate in the factory canteen. At noon, I called Ma Yike to ask about Jiaqi and her, Ma Yike told me that Jiaqi was fine, she took Jiaqi out for a walk, Jiaqi had a lot of fun, but in the morning I asked me several times where I went, but in the end Ma Yike comforted me successfully, and forgot about me for the time being.

On the phone, Ma Yike told me that she had already bought the meal, and wanted to wait for me to go back to eat together, Ma Yike's positivity made me a little shocked and a little embarrassed, but in the end I still told her that I only had an hour's rest at noon, and it was too time-consuming to come home, so I would not go back to eat lunch in the future, but I would go back for dinner as usual.

Ma Yike said with some understanding, I know.

I said it's good to know, then I'll hang up the phone, please take care of and educate Jiaqi.

But I didn't expect that when I was about to hang up the phone, Ma Yike suddenly asked me:

"That's right...... I'd like to ask why Kiki is ...... Will you be called Papa?"

This question made me stunned.

Fortunately, I had anticipated this question for a long time, and I had already thought of what to do before Ma Yike arrived.

"Ah, this," I forced a smile into the phone, "because Kiki's father and I had passed away, and Kiki was young and didn't know anything at the time, so I told Kiki that I was his papa...... Hehe, don't tell Kiki. She doesn't understand anything. ”

"This ......" Ma Yike heard my answer, a little unsure of how to answer. "Okay, I got it...... But she'll find out someday......, right? She calls you Daddy?"

"Let's talk about it when she's older. I replied, "Don't tell her the truth, I know in my heart that I'll tell her myself, but not now." I lowered my voice and said to Ma Yi Ke in a somewhat warning tone.

"Okay...... I know. "As soon as I emphasized this, Ma Yike resigned herself and didn't say anything, after all, no matter what, she was just a maid who came to my house, and she was not qualified to meddle in my family's affairs, and she knew that she shouldn't ask more about some things.

"Well, okay, that's it. With that, I hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

At that time, I asked myself, how many lies did I tell to others?

How many people have I concealed for the sake of Jiaqi, and how many have I deceived?

I don't remember anymore.

But what I do know is that as long as I am with Jiaqi for a day, my lies will continue endlessly.

Until one day, the truth is completely exposed, and then that day, maybe Jiaqi and I will really be separated.

Will there be a day?

After lunch, I started another afternoon of internship, and I still got off work at 5 o'clock in the evening, and when I got home, I saw Ma Yike taking Jiaqi to play with Xiaobai on the steps of the villa.

I bought this poodle a few months ago, and when I bought it, I came back with the idea of using it as a pet and housekeeper, only to find out later that both ideas were unrealistic.

When a pet, Xiaobai is very restless, often barking and running around to defecate everywhere, often dyeing the white hair on his body to black and gray, as a housekeeper, Xiaobai is not only small, lazy, but also very timid, when he sees a stranger, he does not dare to move - in fact, even forget it, sometimes it will even forget that my master took the initiative to run up and rub the stranger's feet, it is simply ungrateful, see the stranger.

Seeing me coming back, Ma Yike immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Ah, you're back, I've already cooked dinner, and it will be good soon." ”

Hearing Ma Yike's words, I felt a burst of heat all over my body, and my whole body felt very uncomfortable as if I had been tickled.

"Ah, that's a real bother. "I was pleasantly surprised, I didn't expect Ma Yike to be so thoughtful, it really surprised me.

Ma Yike's face flushed slightly, and he said, "These are all things I should do...... Actually, you don't have to thank me so much, and I spend all my money. ”

"Huh. Well, then we'...... Let's go eat first. "I used to be more autistic, and although I have now integrated into society, I still don't have much experience communicating with girls.

"Hmm. Ma Yike said, nodding.

I looked at Jiaqi, who was looking at me with her mouth open.

"Papa!, where have you been...... Huh?" asked Jiaqi, looking at me steadily.

"Papa went to work today, and the work is very busy and busy, so I can't play with Jiaqi anymore. I patted Jiaqi's little brain, took her little hand, and walked down the hall.

"Oh......" Jiaqi showed an expression that seemed to understand, but there was no trace of joy on her little face, just opened her O-shaped mouth and followed me into the living room.

"Kiki, what did you play with Papa today?"

"I ...... I'm playing with Sister Coco~" When I sat at the table, I asked Jiaqi about her activities for the day, and Jiaqi happily told me that she had a lot of fun with "Sister Coco" today.

"What did Kiki play with her sister?"

"Hmm...... Playing with clapping, and ......" The child's mind is simple, and Jiaqi, who was a little sulky because I didn't stay with her for a day, was changed the topic by me in a few words, and immediately became interested, and talked about her own experience of the day with great interest.