Zhang Yufeng responded and pushed open the door of the store and came to the electric tricycle parked on the side of the road. He searched through his trouser pockets, took a cigarette from the cigarette bag he had just taken out, and stuffed it into the courier boy's hand.

"It's hard to deliver the courier."

"Little things." The courier boy accepted the kindness, then delivered the picked plastic bag to him, and drove to other places on a tricycle.

Maybe a stranger in the big city to get a limited touch, but every time I think about it, there will still be long-lost tears, besides, this delivery boy has the same personality as someone he knows.

Whether it was in the past or now, Zhang Yufeng thinks so.

He lowered his gaze, and the thick stack of paper in the plastic bag had been mailed to him from Seabreeze Town, a draft of the cooking recipe his father had written before his death.

If there is anything that can make Zhang Yufeng's sleep unstable these days, it is estimated that the only thing is this "waste paper" that looks scribbled.

"Hello?" Zhang Yufeng picked up the call.

"Uncle Zhang, have you received the courier?" The highly recognizable timbre quickly makes it possible to guess that it is Mia's voice.

"Yes."

"Just get it." Mia got the answer, and her mood relaxed, "Everything I can find is there, I hope you can help Uncle Zhang." ”

Zhang Yufeng walked into the restaurant and put the courier on the table:

"Thank you for your hard work, little sister, and I have caused you a lot of trouble."

"Haha, Uncle Zhang, you are too polite, you can tell me if you need anything in the future." Mia's laughter spread through the phone's speaker to the store, "As long as I can do it, I can help." ”

"Okay." Zhang Yufeng said that he couldn't wait to prepare for it.

This is the closest he has come to making "delicious" dishes that he can taste in life, and his father's unfulfilled dream will also come true.

"Ah, there's a call coming in from here, hang up first."

"Uh-huh, bye-bye."

"Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, sparkle ......" The ringtone of the incoming call is getting louder and louder.

……

"Twinkle and twinkle / The sky is full of little stars"

"Hang in the sky and shine brightly / Like many little eyes"

"Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle ......"

In a darkened room, a woman was gently stirring the folds of the quilt, her face full of love for her son.

"Good son, cover the quilt and get ready to sleep."

"No, Mom, I want to hear you sing a little longer." The boy lay peacefully on the bed and replied to her in a soft voice with a coquettish face, "I can't sleep without my mother's voice." ”

"Zhengchen is not afraid, my mother has been here all the time, and she won't go anywhere." The woman patted the quilt gently.

When the child was asleep, she picked up the paper and pen on the bedside table, turned off the light and walked out of the room.

The room fell silent.

Fifteen years later, the First People's Hospital of Qianxia City.

"Ms. Yao, cheer up! Hold on. ”

"Ms. Yao, can you hear me?"

"The patient's current vital signs are very unstable, call the attending doctor quickly!"

Xu Zhengchen stood in front of the door of the ward, and the only thing he could do was to bite his trembling lips and teeth. In the face of emotions like a flood beast, he felt that his hands and feet were becoming weaker and weaker.

"The doctor is here, let them all go!" The nurse who arrived in a hurry pushed away the accumulation of bystanders and followed one of the doctors who accompanied her into the room.

Boom.

Xu Zhengchen collapsed on the cold floor, and the tiredness hit him like seawater, and for a while, the sound of busy footsteps sounded around him again.

The saltiness of tears stuck to his cheeks, mixed with the saliva in his mouth, and the pain came one after another, piercing the deepest part of his soul.

Mom, don't ...... Don't go, don't go!

Don't leave me alone!

Mother!

"Wow!"

Xu Zhengchen woke up from the bed, and while relieving himself, he licked his dry lips, and from time to time he spit out bursts of rough air in his mouth.

Soon, he also realized that he was dreaming, lifted the thin white quilt on his body, and picked up the water cup on the table, drank all the water in the cup, and the hearty feeling suddenly spread all over his body.

Bang

The first thing he did when he walked out of the door was to unscrew the faucet in the kitchen sink, holding up the cold water with his hand and slapping it on his face to make his head clearer.

The tap water in the cooler weather is shivering.

In the evening, the apartment was desolate, and there was no one else but him, and even Lin Jiahan, who had come to visit him before, returned home for some reason.

He was still washing his face in cold water just now, and suddenly tightened the faucet, panting as if he was having trouble breathing.

"Woo......"

"Hmm

"Mom, you promised me that I would recover, didn't you?"

When Xu Zhengchen asked this, his mother was still lying on the bed in the intensive care ward, wearing an oxygen mask from a ventilator in her mouth, and an infusion tube inserted in the back of her hand as always.

"Beep...... Beep ......"

A physiological monitor is placed on the side of the room, and a regular electronic sound is constantly coming out of the machine.

The gray sunlight poured on the smooth and visible floor surface, and the good soundproofing in the room was frighteningly quiet, Xu Zhengchen sat on the edge of the bed in this ward, staring at his mother's face with solemn eyes.

He hopes that his mother will be able to recover and be discharged from the hospital now, and that she will no longer have to worry about her patients all day long.

He hopes that his mother can see him grow up and find a decent job so that she can one day get ahead.

He also hoped that it would be better if his mother had continued to hold on to her dreams, so that her mother would not have met the wrong person, would not have given birth to him at the wrong time, and would not have lived a life of hard work.

But it was just such a hope, as early as the moment when the critical illness notice was issued, all of them came to naught.

Beep.

Beep.

So far, the lines on the ECG are still undulating, and many signs are still within the normal range.

"Morning ......"

The middle-aged woman opened her eyebrows in pain, and there was no sound in the name she was thinking about, and others seemed to have just made a lip shape.

"Mom, are you awake? Ah, that, do you want some water? Xu Zhengchen, who had recovered his spirits, grinned the corners of his mouth and showed a stiff smile, but other than that, he didn't know what else to say.

His mother had just undergone an operation, and her body was naturally extremely tired, and the doctor's original words were that the patient's condition after the operation was not optimistic, and his life could be in danger at any time, so it seemed a little unusual to be awake now.

The woman's eyes were deep and dull.

"Mom still has some time, and I want to have a good chat with you at the end......"

"Mom, don't say stupid things, when your condition improves, I will go through the discharge procedures and take you home." Xu Zhengchen held back his rolling tears, not wanting his mother to see himself like this before leaving.

"Zheng Chen, the physical illness is not serious, my mother knows it in her heart, and the doctor said it at the beginning...... If you continue to heal, you will end up with both people and money, and you will not listen to persuasion like this......"

"How can I ......" Xu Zhengchen slowed down his speech, and the cry that he deliberately concealed seemed to be completely exploding in the next second.

"Mom only hopes that you can study hard, start a family, and live happily ever after...... In the future, don't be so picky eaters, eat less fast food instant noodles, and eat more fruits and vegetables, otherwise your body will not be able to stand it......"

"I listen to you, change ......"

"Make friends with the people around you...... If you really can't do it, it's good to have one or two sincere ones, remember, find a girl who is willing to accompany you...... Ahem......"

"Mom, don't talk about it."

The woman said word by word: "Remember to be kind to the people around you, be gentle, learn to take responsibility, and must, you must not give up your dreams......"

This sentence shook Xu Zhengchen, and also shook herself.

"Mom, don't say it, I heard it, I heard it......" Xu Zhengchen tightly hugged her thin hand.

"Mom really wants to be with you and watch you grow up...... Grow up ......"

There were salty tears in the woman's eyes, and he was so mature and steady, so tall and majestic, he would definitely be able to become a responsible man in the future.

If I'm gone, will this kid really take good care of himself......

Will he feel guilty about me for the rest of his life......

Is it okay to study and work......

Ah, that's so unsettling......

"Mom, don't talk about it! It's going to be fine......" Xu Zhengchen wiped away the tears that kept swirling.

"...... Grandiose"

Beep –

Suddenly, a slender sound came from not far from the hospital bed, and the electrocardiogram changed from an undulating folded line to a nearly horizontal straight line.

"Mom?" Just over halfway through the sound of the instrument, Xu Zhengchen felt that his heart was skipping a beat.

"Mom, are you alright? Mom, open your eyes and look at me. Mother! Mother! ”

"Mom-"

Xu Zhengchen opened his eyes suddenly, and the sound of rapid breathing came into his ears, and the scene that he could see just now disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Now I am afraid that all that is left is the dizziness in my head, and the confusion that arises from the bottom of my heart.

Is it another dream......

It turned out to be a dream, no wonder my mother was able to say goodbye to me......

There was a sense of déjà vu......

Above my head, the dim white ceiling was still so familiar, and everything was the same as usual, except for ......

Xu Zhengchen raised his upper body, and the towel on his forehead fell to the surface of the thin quilt.

He took a cursory look around the room and found that Su Yuxi was sleeping on the edge of the bed, his small and delicate face covered with tiredness.

The room was cleaned up and tidy, and there was a basin of cool hot water at the foot of the bed, if I guessed correctly, Su Yuxi should have quietly entered the room at night.

"What a fool...... his heart couldn't help but feel a hint of comfort.