Dad was frighteningly quiet when he drank, quieter than everyone was asleep at night, quieter than an empty school hallway.

It's as terrifying as when you fell into the bottom of a swimming pool when you were a child and couldn't hear the slightest sound, the whole world couldn't hear his shouts, and he couldn't make any shouts, and even if the screams were louder, the adults didn't seem to hear them at all.

That's it, as soon as Dad drank, the whole world drove Zhou Ming crazy.

He screamed, in the middle of the night, in the early morning, in the afternoon, at all times, and screamed with all his might, but he felt that it was not enough, not loud enough, not enough to reach his father's ears.

until his throat was hoarse, he couldn't scream, and he fell asleep.

The neighbor complained to the neighborhood committee, and the neighborhood committee came to persuade Zhou Tong to drink less, think about it, although Dai Lan doesn't take care of you two anymore, but you are a father, you can't take care of the children.

Once, Zhou Tong was drunk for two days and two nights, Zhou Ming shouted when he was scared, and slept when he was tired, and as a result, he ate up the only peanuts at home and the old ** beef sauce in the refrigerator, and barely survived the first day, and on the second day, Zhou Ming didn't eat all day, and when Zhou Tong woke up from drunkenness on Sunday afternoon, he found that his son was groggy and hungry with no strength at all, so he quickly staggered downstairs and bought a roast duck, a barbecued pork, five white steamed buns and a cold mixed vegetable plus a bottle of cheap liquor.

Zhou Ming sat on a bench in front of the convenience store, hungry but didn't want to go home.

It was hard to escape, and this time he wanted to try again and maybe find his mother.

Mom would take him to Lawson at the intersection of Hengyuan Road every time to buy snacks, and he would buy a lot of them every time, maybe it was a place that Mom was familiar with.

Zhou Ming held such hopes, kept walking forward, sat on the bench at the door of Lawson for an unknown amount of time, the night slowly fell, he counted the guests who walked into the convenience store until 198 people, fragrant bento and hot seaweed rice balls, sweet hot chocolate, these are Zhou Ming's favorite food, if his mother is there, he will buy him a lot, and let him eat slowly at home, but Dad always eats all his food as soon as he drinks, he is a big brown bear who will rob other people's food.

Zhou Ming hugged his knees, in mid-December, the moon appeared earlier, and the night came earlier.

Zhou Ming went from being full of confidence to despair.

Mom won't be here today, Mom will be here today, Mom won't be here today.

No, no, I won't come, my mother will definitely know that I am waiting for her here, and my mother didn't find him the first time when she was a child playing hide and seek.

Mom will always know where Zhou Ming is.

Mom, Mommy.

It wasn't until he counted another 160 people that Zhou Ming cried, he had endured it for a long, long time, because his mother said that boys can't always cry when they grow up.

In the end, with cold and hunger, Zhou Ming fell asleep on the bench, and when he woke up, he saw Zhou Tong standing in front of him.

"How did you get out of the hospital? Do you know how worried I am? Quick, come back with me, I've looked for it many times along the road, but I didn't think that you would hide behind this flower bed and say, what do you want to eat, Dad bought it for you. ”

Zhou Ming nodded, wiped away his tears, and followed Zhou Tong into the convenience store.

"Onigiri, what else?" Zhou Tong asked, while asking, calculating whether the balance in his mobile phone was enough to get one more bottle of Jiang Xiaobai for himself, and it was best to take two bottles.

In the end, Zhou Tong, who bought rice balls, hot chocolate and two bottles of Jiang Xiaobai, brought Zhou Ming home.

Zhou Ming was sleepy and tired after eating rice balls and drinking hot chocolate, he didn't go to school for a day, it was bad enough, he still had homework to complete, but it didn't matter, and no one cared about his grades anyway.

The teacher said to invite parents to come to school, and he told Zhou Tong, who always agreed gently, and then there was no more.

Zhou Ming hugged the big brown bear, one of the big brown bear's ears had exposed a dark brown coarse cloth, and the plush on it was all bald.

Once Dai Lan also complained that this big brown bear really cheated money, why did it start to lose its hair, and it fell back neatly.

Since my mother said it, every time my mother came to pick up Zhou Ming and go out, Zhou Ming hid the big brown bear in the quilt.

Don't be seen by your mother, don't do anything that upsets your mother, and the secret of the big brown bear, the big brown bear always knows when her mother will come.

It's much easier than asking Dad.

"Hey, Xiao Neng, come and hug." Zhou Ming bit the bear and said, "Good night, Xiao Neng." ”

After waiting silently in his heart for three seconds, Zhou Ming said to himself again: "Good night, my little brown bear baby, good night my little sweetheart, good night my little honey, good night my little star, good night my Xiao Ming, the cutest baby in the world of good night." ”

On Wednesday 12.20, the smell of Christmas was getting stronger, and thick white clouds were squeezing over the city, as if a heavy snow was brewing for Christmas.

When he was about to arrive at the hospital, Mu Chun received a call from Zhang Wenwen, due to the time difference, Zhang Wenwen looked like he had just come out of the gym or swimming pool, and he looked energetic.

Mu Chun teased: "Yes, Dr. Zhang is still suitable for the water and soil of North America." ”

"What's this called, I'm a super patriotic doctor."

"Ah, I believe, so do I."

The two exchanged three words, and Zhang Wenwen suddenly said with a little frustration: "Spring, I may not be able to come back for Christmas." ”

"Entangled by a girlfriend?" Mu Chun asked.

"What girlfriend? How can any woman entangle me Zhang Wenwen, except for Mu Da Beauty, there is no other, no more. ”

Zhang Wenwen's pretended humor made Mu Chun a little worried, firstly, the "Mental Health Annual Meeting" was imminent, and secondly, there was always a year-end work on the Zhinan side that he wanted to come back to complete in person, and it was impossible to extend the vacation for no reason.

What important thing happened to Zhang Wenwen?

"I have a lot of things to come back to discuss with Professor Chu and Mu Chun, we have a lot to do tomorrow, but in five hours I will rush to Malaysia once to investigate an incredible thing."

"Incredible?"

Although Mu Chun asked this on the phone, he also vaguely felt that Zhang Wenwen would not directly tell him what was being investigated on the phone, which made Mu Chun more worried.

Although Zhang Wenwen is too smart, he is also free and uninhibited.

"Don't get involved in legal issues, such as illegal surgeries."

Mu Chun tried to say.

Zhang Wenwen, who had always had a hearty smile, suddenly became silent. Mu Chun's worries intensified.