Chapter 41: Selfishness

Someone shouted, saying I was a human trafficker and wanted to call the police.

"Ah Ke, it was my father who was wrong before, don't you be angry with your father, okay?" I didn't pay attention to these people, I only cared about Chen Ke.

"Arrest traffickers. "Someone shouted and kicked me.

"Don't fight, don't fight, he's not a trafficker, he's someone I know. At this time, Xu Heng walked over.

He glanced at me, didn't talk to me much, and then stretched out his hand to lead Chen Ke: "Let's go, let's go back, your mother has cooked a meal at home." ”

Chen Ke left, didn't look at me more, and got on the Volvo parked next to me.

The car left in the rain, out of my sight.

My heart is like this weather, cold and stinging, I have been staring at the Volvo in the distance for a long time, and my heart is constantly looking forward to it, the car stops, the car is about to stop, Chen Ke will walk down, and then throw himself into my arms.

But no, nothing.

The car left, and Chen Ke did not appear again.

"Are you Chen Ke's father?" a young woman walked up to me.

The woman doesn't look very old, in her 20s, she looks thoughtful, not exquisite, but very clean, very durable, and has a bookish smell on her body, which is very affinity.

Chen Ke just called her Teacher Liu, and the woman should be a teacher at Chen Ke's school.

"I'm his dad. I nodded.

"We haven't eaten yet, so let's find a place to sit and talk. The woman said, "I'm Chen Ke's teacher, Liu Shuang." ”

I was a little surprised, how could Liu Shuang want to eat with me, thinking about chatting.

Do you want to ask for a red envelope? Such a thought rose in my heart, but I quickly pressed it again, Liu Shuang didn't look like that kind of person.

As if seeing my doubts, Liu Shuang smiled, with two small dimples on the side of his mouth, which gave people a very warm feeling: "Chen Ke's state is a little wrong these days, I am trying to find his parents, since you are here, it is no better." ”

"Good. As soon as I heard that it was Chen Ke's business, I immediately nodded, and then looked around, "Where are you sitting?"

"I'm familiar here, you come with me. Liu Shuang held up an umbrella and took the initiative to block the rain for me.

The two of us went into a steamed restaurant.

"What do you like to eat?" Liu Shuang asked me.

"Feel free to do it. "How can I be in the mood to eat at this time, I just want to quickly learn about Chen Ke's situation from her.

Liu Shuang seemed to understand my intentions, and didn't ask me again, she ordered three dishes by herself, asked for two bowls of rice, walked to the corner of the store, and sat face to face with me.

"Chen Ke is a good boy and very obedient. Liu Shuang said, "The grades are also very good, she can rank in the top three in the class, she is very good in every exam, and the teachers like her very much." ”

I nodded, and I was very happy to hear people praise Chen Ke, and said with a smile: "She has always been very obedient, and she has never worried me about anything." ”

But Chen Ke's recent situation is a little wrong, especially a few days ago, after she arrived at school, she sat in her position, without saying a word, and the teacher asked her to answer questions, she was always silent, and she was not even willing to speak, nor did she want to play with her classmates. Liu Shuang said.

She looked at me, and I knew she was waiting for my explanation.

The scene at the school gate just now has already shown that something happened between me and Chen Ke, and these things are the reason for Chen Ke's recent abnormal behavior.

"I divorced her mother, Chen Ke had been with me before, and I sent her to her mother a few days ago. I said, "She has become abnormal in the past few days, it should have something to do with this, maybe she hasn't adapted to it for a while." ”

"It's just that she didn't get used to it? I'm afraid she doesn't want to go to her mother's. Liu Shuang asked.

"She's still young, she doesn't understand, there are many things, it's not a question of whether she wants to, and I don't want to, but there is no way, I don't have the ability to give her a good life and give him good conditions. "I have a lot of helplessness in my words, maybe because Liu Shuang and I don't know each other, I don't reject these words at all, "Her mother is better than me and can provide her with a better life." ”

"You're being selfish like that. Liu Shuang was silent for a while, then looked at me, "Do you still think that you are doing this for her good?

I glanced up at Liu Shuang, she actually understood me so well and understood my thoughts.

"In your heart, you sent her to her mother with better conditions for Chen Ke's good, she doesn't understand you, but do you understand her? She may not want to go to her mother's, she just wants to follow you. Liu Shuang said.

"I can't take care of her, I can't provide her with a better life, she will only suffer if she follows me. "I don't want to see Chen Ke starving again, and I don't want her to stand on a bench and roll up her sleeves to wash dishes in cold water." ”

Liu Shuang was silent for a while, and his tone became calmer: "Once for donation, the school issued an order for each student to donate at least ten yuan. ”

"I know this, Chen Ke told me. I answered, "At that time, the family didn't even have the money to buy rice, so I picked up a piece of money from the corner under the bed and gave it to Chen Ke for her to take to school." ”

"You say that I am so poor that I can't even take out ten yuan, how can I take good care of her? How can I give her a happy life?"

Liu Shuang didn't comment on my words, but said: "When Chen Ke handed me a dollar, I asked her why she only had one dollar, and she said that as long as she has a good heart, even a dime is a good deed, and there is no difference between one dollar and ten yuan." ”

"I said that, I told her. I said in a low voice, "Isn't she embarrassed that everyone else has made ten dollars?"

"I guess this must have been said by the parent, and she said it with great pride and a very firm tone. Liu Shuang said, "Chen Ke admires you very much." ”

"I just couldn't come up with that much money, so I just said something to her. "I blinked my eyes vigorously, lowered my head, and felt a little blocked in my nose, as if I had a cold.

But she took it seriously, and argued with me, she had always been very well-behaved at school, and never argued too much with the teacher, but for this, she argued with me. Liu Shuang said, "And what you said also makes sense, as long as you have a good heart, whether it is a dime, a dollar or ten yuan, it is a good deed." ”

Liu Shuang touched his pocket, took out a dollar coin and put it in front of me.

I looked up at him, puzzled.

"This is the dollar that Chen Ke gave me that day, I exchanged it for my own dollar, I think this coin should belong to you. Liu Shuang said.

I held the coin as if I were holding Chen Ke.

"Aren't you going to talk to Chen Ke, take her to your side. Liu Shuang asked me.

I took out the homework book and handed it to Liu Shuang carefully: "Please give this to Chen Ke and tell him that Dad will always love her." ”

"That's it? You don't plan to do something? Chen Ke's recent form has been very bad, and I'm worried that there will be accidents if this goes on for a long time. Liu Shuang said.

I sighed and shook my head, "No, although what you said makes a lot of sense. I also understand that Chen Ke really wants to be with me, but I still can't let her suffer with me. After a long time, she will slowly get used to it, and it will trouble you during this time, help me keep an eye on her, if there is any situation and trouble you call me immediately, I will rush over. ”

"Why are you so stubborn, since you understand what you gave, what you think is the best is not necessarily the best in Chen Ke's eyes, not what she wants the most, so why do you still do this?" Liu Shuang seemed to be a little angry.

"I don't know, but I just don't want to see Chen Ke washing dishes in cold water on such a cold day, only a bowl of cabbage for dinner, no one to send her to school, let alone pick her up, and no one to change her broken schoolbag. I said.

There are some things that we know are doing right, but often many people don't choose the right way.

There aren't many things that can have the best of both worlds.

asked for Liu Shuang's phone number, and when I had to pay after eating, Liu Shuang blocked my hand: "Don't want you to pay, I'll do it myself." ”

"Remember to give that book to Chen Ke, there is money in it, she has saved it for a long time, be careful to hold it steady, don't leak it. I shouted at Liu Shuang's departing back.