That night, my video conversation with Xue Xinyan broke up unhappily, I had scruples, knowing that she would choose to ridicule me because of this matter, and I felt that I was in a dilemma.

Xue Xinyan and I have had a relationship foundation for so many years, and they will not be easily broken because of this matter, but what I do is indeed very selfish, reckless, blind, and radical, if I choose to let Xiao Ran stay, then Xue Xinyan will definitely have palpitations in the future, or deliberately alienate me, this is the ending I don't like to see the most.

Although Xiao Ran has only been at home for a day, and she has not known much about her, she can know from her oral account that she has suffered hardships that ordinary people can hardly bear before, which is nothing more than a lingering haze in her young heart, if she takes the liberty of driving her out and handing her over to the police station or orphanage, it will have a drastic impact on her healthy growth in the future.

People are emotional animals, it is inevitable that there will be compassion, I can't bear to send her away, leave her Xinyan over there and can't say clearly, listen to the old man, when they lived in the countryside in the early years, they often pick up an orphan in the field, the doll in the swaddling clothes crying, as if they don't want to come to this hustle and bustle of the red dust, the old man said, the family is nothing more than to add a pair of chopsticks, everyone can feed her with one bite less, save a life is better than create a seven-level floating slaughter, although there is no blood kinship, but ignore it, The guilt in your heart will follow you like a shadow, and you will live in regret for the rest of your life.

That night I didn't sleep all night, sitting in the yard and smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, the morning dew wet the tabletop, looking down, a drop of crystal clear water droplets lying on it, I picked up a chopstick and pressed it on the dew, the top of the chopsticks with water droplets, it was crumbling, very clear, I put the dew on the corner of my eyes, a cool touch moistened the dry eyes, I blinked, it seemed that the night's sleepiness was washed away by this drop of divine water.

I picked up my phone and looked at the time, at 5:20 in the morning, the scumbag should be about to wake up, I extinguished the cigarette in my hand and walked back to the basement.

Seeing Xiao Ran sleeping sweating profusely, the quilt had been kicked under the bed, his mouth was half open, his cheeks were covered with scattered bangs, his breathing was gentle, his thin body was gently undulating, and he slept unusually sweetly.

I smiled helplessly, walked over and picked up the quilt and put it on her back on.

touched the clothes at the head of the bed, sat on the chair and dressed squirtingly, trying to be as light as possible, afraid of waking up Xiao Ran and Brother Scum, but Brother Scumbag still woke up, he took a deep breath, pursed his mouth again, lifted the quilt, slowly sat up, took the cigarette case at the head of the bed, lit one and handed it to me, I waved my hand.

"What are you going to do? Adopt her? ”

Brother Scumbag took a puff of cigarette and said thoughtfully.

I didn't speak, I was putting my head down and tying my shoelaces, as if to avoid the question.

"You have to think clearly, what are your current conditions, besides, you and Xinyan are not married yet, just adopt a girl, do you think she will agree? Even if she would agree, would the old witch agree? The relationship between you and the old witch has finally eased somewhat, and if you get into a stalemate because of this matter, it will be more than worth the loss. ”

I kept my head down and fiddled with the laces, and there was a dead button that was hard to unfasten, and I frowned, feeling a little irritable.

Brother Scumbag spat out a cigarette, squinted his eyes and continued: "If nothing else, after the two of them return to China, your and Xinyan's wedding will be held soon, you can't always live for others, your own marriage is the most important thing, I know you have a good heart, but you also have to see the fire, at this cusp moment, you take the liberty of adopting a girl, not only the old witch, but also I will feel incredible." ”

Brother Scumbag draped his coat over his shoulders and sat cross-legged, looking very much like an old man over half a hundred years old.

"I'm so bitter to persuade you to be for your own good, don't go out of the stall today, send the girl away, this matter is not something you can decide alone, let alone be rash, even if your parents are here, it is estimated that they will persuade you to let go."

"What can I do?"

I stood up with a hula, my cheeks flushed, and I roared in a low voice, and Brother Scumbag's body shrank unconsciously, and half of the cigarette in my hand almost fell to the ground.

I looked down at the deadly buttoned shoelace again, and I was even more distraught and unable to calm down.

"Send it to the orphanage? She is only 9 years old, she could have had a full childhood, accompanied by her parents, and lived a normal life, did she have a choice? She also wants to sit in the classroom and recite ancient poems, she also wants to be around her parents on the weekend, laughing and laughing to her heart's content, she also wants to have a few children playing together, she also wants a doll puppet she likes, she also wants to fly kites, roller skate, eat ice cream in the park, she also wants to ride the merry-go-round, pirate ship, roller coaster in the amusement park, she can laugh and laugh to her heart's content, no sorrow, not afraid of starvation, but..."

My whole body trembled, my emotions were out of control, tears welled up in my eyes, and my hands were clenched tightly as if I could hold on to that unfair fate.

"But she didn't have any of these, what a simple little dream."

I sobbed, covered my eyes with one hand, and turned and ran out of the basement without the laces being tied or not.

"Hey, you're back."

Brother Scum shouted behind me, panicking instantly.

The cold wind of the early morning blew dry the tears on my face, the air was cold, I sighed deeply, strolled through the street, a family opened early, the proprietress wore an off-white apron on her chest, moved a long table to the door, and put the finished soy milk fritters buns on it.

The table was steaming hot, and the faint fragrance rushed to my face, and I swallowed my saliva and froze there.

"Young man, let's eat breakfast, it's just out of the pot, it's very hot."

The proprietress had a warm smile on her face, and when she saw that I was speechless, she lowered her head and continued to work.

"Uh, bring me six buns."

"Okay."

The proprietress took a white plastic bag, lifted the cotton cloth covering the buns, and put six buns into the bag with chopsticks.

"Uh, three more, uh, no, six more."

I rubbed my hands, thinking that there were more Qin Yan and Xiao Ran in the yard now, and the number of buns would definitely increase.

The proprietress took six more buns in.

"Would you like porridge and pickles?"

"No thanks."

After scanning the code to pay, I walked back with my bun, and when I almost arrived at the courtyard, a tall and straight figure stood in the corner of the courtyard, as if waiting for me.

He has his hands in his pockets, his face is cold, he is wearing a linen-colored windbreaker, a light blue tie around his neck, a pair of shiny black leather shoes, and a back hair, this person is Du Chenyu, who I haven't seen for a long time, I don't know why, every time he appears, he will give people an invisible sense of oppression, which makes me feel very unhappy.

His face was expressionless, still in the same unsmiling style, but from his bloodshot eyes, it could be seen that he must have been physically and mentally exhausted recently, unable to sleep at night, probably after working all night, the tired face was engraved on his face unconcealably.

I walked up to him with my bun in my hand.

"Brother Du, I haven't seen you for a long time, what kind of wind blew you here?"

I smiled faintly, not knowing what to say.

"Today is New Year's Day, come and see you."

I patted my head, thinking that today is the New Year's Eve, if he doesn't say anything, I forgot to go out of the clouds, but he changed his normal behavior and said that he came to visit me, which made me a little flattered, he returned to China for so long, and I didn't see him make any big moves, let alone because of New Year's Day, he suddenly came to say hello, there must be something to say.

I said nervously, "Happy New Year's Day, uh, is there something wrong?" ”

"That's right."

He replied decisively, his expression still grim, and he stood there motionless, his tall body obscuring the scene behind him, like an immortal bronze statue, which made me extremely nervous.

"What, what's the matter?"

I asked him tentatively, and it was clear that he had done nothing wrong, but he was as uncomfortable as being a thief.

"I heard you adopted a girl?"

I opened my mouth, my face full of shock, how did he know about this, it was impossible for Xue Xinyan to tell him, could it be that he sent someone to follow me and investigate me?

"How do you know? Are you stalking me? ”

"You don't care about this, while Madame hasn't returned to China yet, please handle this matter, you know how to do it."

He rubbed his nose with his hand, and his eyes were determined, as if he were telling his employees to go to work, which made me extremely unhappy.

"Du Chenyu, in vain I highly praise you, I didn't expect you to still have a hard to move temperament, you like to do those sneaky and shady things, I made it clear before, I, Wang Tao, hate the kind of people who can't say things clearly and have to do everything they can in secret."

After Du Chenyu heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, and after a sneer, he said lightly: "You'd better be aware of current affairs, Madame has a good change for you now, don't affect her attitude towards you because of these trivial things." ”

I clenched the plastic bag in my hand, due to emotion, my wrist kept trembling, the plastic bag rattled, Du Chenyu glanced at me, patted my shoulder again, and softly comforted: "I'm for your good, don't be beaten by chickens and eggs, empty-handed, then the gain outweighs the loss." ”

I took a quick step back and whispered: "I, Wang Tao, have the right to decide how I live, unlike you, who was destined to be a puppet without freedom from birth, I will watch my own affairs, don't bother you to worry about it, and if you dare to touch a single hair of her, then don't blame me Wang Tao threw away the old feelings and turned his face and didn't admit it." ”

"You're such a selfish person, hehe."

Du Chenyu sneered, he took out a cigar from his jacket pocket, put it to his nose and sniffed it gently, there was a faint sense of leisure and comfort on his delicate and handsome cheeks, and he didn't seem to look at me at all.

"In the eyes of people like you, what I do is selfish, but I think what you do is even worse than pigs and dogs, which is despisable."

The more he behaved as plain as water, the more annoyed I became, as if I had done something wrong.

I calmed down my excitement and continued: "You can go to Madame to sue me, or you can slander me, but I, Wang Tao, am a fair and honest person with a clear conscience, even if she opposes it in every way, I will not let go." ”

"Really?"

Du Chenyu put away his smile, put the cigar in his pocket, took a step forward, stared at me and said, "Even if you break up with Xinyan, do you think what you insist on is right?" ”

When I heard the word Xinyan, I just felt that the world was spinning, and those memories of the past rushed into my brain like a flood of beasts, making it impossible for me to stay calm.

I grabbed him by the collar and gritted my teeth and said, "Xinyan won't leave me because of this matter, and you don't want to beat her idea." ”

Du Chenyu frowned, pushed me away hard, dusted off his clothes, and said coldly: "Wang Tao, do you know why some people are doomed to failure? ”

He glanced at me and continued, "It's just that he doesn't know how to choose. ”