"Mason," I whispered his name, "what's wrong with you, didn't I take good care of you when I went to bed last night?" ”

Ah Dong stepped forward and hugged me and the child, "It's not your fault, it's my fault, it's all my fault, it's not your fault, don't be like this, it's okay, it's a small problem, a small problem, it's just a little fever." ”

I handed the child to him, "I fell asleep for a while last night, and then when I woke up, I saw that he had kicked the quilt all open, and I covered him like you do every day, just the thick quilt, and then I got up and saw it and helped him back up as soon as I saw it." ”

I followed behind Ah Dong at a loss.

"He needs to cover a little less in the first half of the night, just cover that thin blanket, and in the second half of the night, he doesn't need to cover that thick quilt, just fold the thin blanket under him and cover it under his umbilicus, which is the most suitable temperature for him."

But how do I know that! My eyes were red, and I felt that I was too incompetent.

Knife face didn't say a word, with every instruction from Adong, we packed up, the three of us went home, the small bed was pushed back to Adong's room, I stood in front of Mason's small bed like an outsider, watching him uncomfortable but powerless. After feeding the child's antipyretic medicine, his condition was obviously much better, and I saw that Adong's bedside drawer was full of children's medicine, all kinds of them, I took them out, and then looked at the label on it, there were almost no domestic ones.

"When did you ----- prepare this for him?"

"I bought it before he was born, basically all of them are Japanese, such as this cold medicine, the effect is very good, the average child has a cold, only one or two pills, it will be cured, and the safety is also high. So don't worry, Mason will be alive again tomorrow morning. ”

He said.

I looked down, not sure what to say to him. Thank? I think it's a bit too much, but don't thank you? I feel a little unthankful, a little white-eyed wolf, and a little conscienceless.

Mason's breathing was steady, which meant that his condition was not progressing further. Ah Dong said that he used a mobile phone flashlight to shine on his throat when he was crying, and it was not red or inflamed.

He said.

It's all him. I could only nod my head frequently, and then the atmosphere between the two of them became awkward. Fortunately, the maid came in and asked if we had anything we particularly wanted to eat for dinner, I shook my head, and Ah Dong said a few side dishes that I liked to eat, and then told the maid to make it lighter.

"You must not have slept last night, did you?"

You're not much better.

I said to myself, but I only nodded at him.

"Go back to sleep for a while, I'll call you if there's something, and I'll call you for dinner." He said, "You're not like me, you can't sleep well, the whole person is wrong, your emotions will be wrong, and then you may be tossed by yourself and catch a cold, I don't want you to catch a cold too." ”

But I don't worry about Mason, even if I don't do anything, I don't want to go back to sleep, and besides, how can I sleep like this?

So I shook my head and said, forget it, besides, I won't be able to sleep until he is stable, tonight

Let me take care of him, and I can't always count on you. You are still young, you have not yet started a family, you will fall in love in the future, you will have a partner, you will have a family, you will have your own children, I will eventually learn to face and deal with all this by myself.

"I don't talk about relationships. ”

He said this in a very low voice.

"Child's words."

Ah Dong smiled, "Why do you say that, I'm a man, I'm not a child, you know." ”

I didn't know how to take his words, so I had to let the silence ferment between me and him again. He got up, kept observing him, and then used it to cool him physically, his movements and voice were gentle, and sometimes Mason writhed his little body uneasily, he would lie down and kiss his little hand or head gently, and then Mason would be quiet.

"Don't kiss his little mouth, and don't kiss his cheek." Ah Dong told me, I laughed, said you're more like a.

"No, like me, I can only be like his father." Adong said.

There was only the sound of three people breathing in the room, and my and Adong's eyes were reluctant to leave Mason's little face for a moment, the two lumps of plateau red on his face had faded, Adong was not in a hurry to feed him, he fed him a lot of water, Adong's diaper change was also neater than mine, I raised my head and said, "Adong, you have to thank me." ”

"How?"

Adong looked at me.

"Oh no, it's your future lover who will thank me."

Adong lowered his eyelids.

"Look at you now, so good, your future lover will definitely not complain that you are an incompetent husband and let her be a single parent. To be honest, when I got married for the first time, Huaihai didn't care about this, he only carried him on his shoulders when he was in a good mood, most of the time he was immersed in his own world, and he felt that raising children seemed to be a woman's business alone, and it had nothing to do with him. Of course, I'm not complaining about him. Many men in China are like this, but I think that if you fall in love with a woman, marry her, and then have children, you will be as thoughtful and considerate as you are now, and the woman who marries you must be very happy. ”

"If I really love her."

Adong still didn't lift his head.

"What's that woman ------ like?" I asked him. "I'd love to see her."

“......”

Ah Dong pressed his lips to Mason's forehead, "He's much better." ”

He looked up at me, "Hurry up, go to sleep for a while, look at your face, how haggard it is, women can't stay up late." You take care of him during the day, and he is my business at night. I'll wake you up at dinner time, or I'll start sleeping now, I'm afraid you'll wake up in the middle of the night and won't be able to sleep. ”

I yawned a lot, but still refused to leave, so Ah Dong threw the pillow over, let me take a nap in his bed for a while, I was not used to lying down and sleeping in front of him, so I leaned on the head of the bed like that, I didn't expect to fall asleep, and when I woke up again, I saw that Ah Dong was breastfeeding Mason, Mason's spirit was much better, I don't know when, Ah Dong put a thin blanket on me, I reached out and lifted the thin blanket, and then shook my head, got up, look

Glancing at Mason in Adong's arms.

"He's better, isn't he?"

"Rest well, drink plenty of water, don't be careless these two days, it's okay."

"Adong, why do you like children so much?" I asked him. Ah Dong smiled, I think Ah Dong must not have known that I actually woke up once, he was teasing Mason, he shouted softly at Mason, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy......"

I don't know if he's teaching Mason to call him daddy, or if he's just repeating that word unconsciously, because we all know that the average kid will call "daddy" first, and maybe he's just trying to get him used to his context so that he can teach him to speak faster in the future.

That night, everything was smooth for Mason, the next day I wanted to go to work, he stayed to take care of the children, he said he didn't want Mason to toss back and forth at this time, I said it didn't matter if I stayed for a day, the company was on track now, and no one could die if I didn't go for a day.

So both of them stayed at home, and I hesitated to call Kang Sheng, and I wanted to ask him out to explain the matter, but I knew that now was not the best time, but it was not appropriate to say nothing and let him continue to do useless work. It was very difficult for me, and I didn't have any trouble with Kang Sheng, on the contrary, in a sense, I had a good time with him. Near noon, Kang Sheng called, he said that he had called the company, and heard that the secretary said that Mason was sick and that he was coming to visit. I said no, but he said he was already outside the compound.

I looked at Ah Dong and said, "Kang Sheng is outside the community, he knows that Mason is sick and wants to come and have a look." ”

The corners of Adong's mouth twitched, and he didn't say anything, so I let Kang Sheng into the community, and he went all the way unimpeded, fortunately, he didn't exaggerate holding a large bouquet of roses, seeing that he came empty-handed, I first let out a sigh of relief, Adong hugged Mason and shook hands with him, and the two men seemed to have never had any dirty.

This reassures me a lot.

"How's Mason?" Kang Sheng asked.

"It's okay, you don't have to make this trip." Adong back.

"I mean, I'm an idler now anyway, and I can take care of Mason on my behalf."

"No, I don't." Ah Dong's face was gloomy again.

"I volunteered at an orphanage in the United States, so I would take care of the little ones." Kang Sheng emphasized.

"That's not necessary, it's good that he has a family to take care of. No one is as good as family. Not to mention that we are familiar with his temperament and habits. ”

The maid brought out the fruit, and several people sat down, but in fact, there was nothing to say, nothing more than the collision of certain cultural and educational ideas around Mason, at home and abroad. Kang Sheng was very talkative, and Ah Dong, as always, didn't talk much, and in the middle of the conversation, Knife Faced went out with the maid to say that she wanted to buy vegetables, and when she was about to go out, she winked at me, and I called out to God in my heart, knowing that the woman had succeeded in making the scene more complicated. With Adong's sensitivity to this matter and his own wisdom, he would not have been unaware that the intention of the knife face and the servant was to create opportunities for me and Kang Sheng, a single man and woman.

Adong also felt that he should avoid it, not to mention that Mason had already been

Falling asleep in his arms, he said, "I'm going to send him back to his bed." ”

Kang Sheng nodded, and asked if he needed help. But Adong shook his head and rejected him.

So he and I were the only ones left in the living room. I deliberately avoided it, but I thought it was a bit naïve to do that, and everyone knew what was going on, so just talk about it.

But I hesitated, I didn't know where to start, after all, it takes a lot of courage and wisdom to reject people, technical rejections, and I admit that I can't handle the situation at hand.

"Hmm...... When do you plan to return to your home country? ”

I lowered my head, I didn't dare to look into his eyes, Kang Sheng always liked to look me in the eyes when he came back this time, his gaze was so white and hot that I didn't dare to catch his gaze directly. But this encouraged him in a sense, and he felt that this was called oriental desire to welcome and reject, or shyness.

But God knows that at my age, it is difficult to interpret the word "shy" well with body language.

"So," Kang Sheng said, "ilikeyou."

He looked me in the eye, and I didn't expect him to be so direct.

"I don't want to waste my time." He said, "We are not young anymore, Chinese say, life is short, but I hope that after the two of us are together, we can share the pain together, and the pain may be ----- alleviated, and if the sweetness is shared together, people say, it will be double." ”

I stood up, "Kang Sheng, I thank you!" But I'm not ready right now. ”

"I can wait."

(End of chapter)