That night, Xiao Ran squeezed into my bed, I originally wanted to go to Qin Li's place to find a stay, but who knew that his small single bed was only enough for one person to sleep, and it was really impossible to settle, plus Xiao Ran didn't want to be alone with Brother Scumbag, so I had to sleep with Xiao Ran all night.

This night's sleep was very unsteady, staying up until more than two o'clock in the second half of the night, only to be a little sleepy, Xiao Ran in his arms slept very soundly, as if he hadn't slept steadily for a long time, even breathing drove the slight ups and downs of the body, messy long hair covered most of the cheeks, long eyelashes covered the eyelids, and pouted his mouth from time to time, looking very cute.

What a poor child, I sighed, took my phone and glanced at the date, tomorrow is New Year's Day, lying on the cold bed, reminded me of Xue Xinyan in a foreign country, I clicked on WeChat, found Xue Xinyan's avatar, and typed in it: Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, when will you come back? I miss you very much.

Putting down the phone, I got up and got out of bed lightly, for fear of waking up Xiao Ran, I put on my coat, helped Xiao Ran cover the quilt tightly, picked up the phone and came to the yard.

In the middle of the night, a cool breeze blew in my face, and I could not help shivering, the sky was dark, and there was no moonlight, or a few stars were dimly shining, and the courtyard was pitch black, and the whole city was asleep, without the noise and noise of the day.

I wrapped my coat tightly, lit a cigarette, and sat down on a bench and smoked slowly.

At this time, the mobile phone screen lit up, I picked it up to check, it was Xue Xinyan who sent a voice message, I clicked it open to my ear and listened.

"Her condition is basically stable now, and she can be discharged from the hospital at any time, but she and that professor invite me all day long, I don't know how long it will take, how are you doing, and are you still out of the stall?"

I spit out a puff of cigarette and pressed the voice button to reply: "It's out of the stall, thanks to Zhang Xueyao's help, all the clothes I have backlog have been dumped." ”

Putting down my phone, feeling thirsty, I walked to the bucket, scooped a scoop of water with a scoop of water and took a few sips, the cold liquid slid through my esophagus, leaving me refreshed and refreshed.

At this time, the mobile phone rang a series of prompts, I hurriedly walked to the long table, and saw Xue Xinyan send me a video call, I clicked on the answer, and after a while, Xue Xinyan's beautiful and delicate cheeks appeared on the screen.

In the picture, she has fair skin, delicate facial features, and a light makeup, which is more and more graceful and charming.

Her surroundings were unusually noisy, with pedestrians coming and going, and from time to time you could hear the sound of merchants' promotional announcements, although they were all spoken in English, but it was certain that she was in the mall.

"You're in the mall?"

I stared at the screen with a surprised expression.

"Yes, I stay in the hospital every day to accompany her, and it's rare to have time to go shopping, why haven't you slept yet? It must have been two o'clock in the middle of the night, right? ”

She brushed her bangs, held the phone in one hand, leaned forward, wore a small white shirt on her upper body, and a silver necklace around her neck, which was shining and shining in the light.

"I can't sleep, I have to tell you something."

I flicked my cigarette ash and sat down as if I had something important to announce.

After Xue Xinyan heard this, there was a trace of doubt on her face, she pursed her lips, did not speak, and asked me to continue.

"I picked up a girl, I think..."

"You want to adopt her?"

Before she finished speaking, Xue Xinyan guessed what I was going to say next, I was a little speechless, and bowed slightly: "That's right, I want to adopt her." ”

"Aren't you a good person doing much? You're not married yet, and you're going to adopt this child, have you ever thought about my feelings? ”

There was extreme displeasure in her tone, her face flushed, and a sad glimmer flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"You listen to me, this girl is an orphan, she was abandoned by her parents when she was very young, and then an old grandfather adopted her, life is very hard, by picking up garbage to live, yesterday I came back from the stall, saw her squatting in the corner of the yard, looking very pitiful, I couldn't bear it, so I brought her back."

I took two puffs of cigarette hard, the smoke poured into my lungs, choking me for a while, I hurriedly extinguished the cigarette, and observed Xue Xinyan's expression.

"Xiao Tao, in fact, I am not qualified to stop doing good deeds, but have you considered your own situation?"

She let out a long sigh, her gorgeous thin lips opened and closed slightly, as if a thousand words poured into her mouth, and she swallowed them back alive.

"What's wrong with my situation? I'm doing well now, although your mother took back the house, but I never thought of relying on her to buy a car and a house, now I have no worries about food and clothing, and I still have a lot of income every day, although I can't compare to your mother's wealth, but it's more than enough to feed a girl, I thought you would support me. ”

I'm a little emotional, I've known Xue Xinyan for so many years, I've never blushed with her, and she always supports me as always, obedient like a cat, but for this matter, she seems to have 10,000 reasons to disagree.

"I'm supporting you, but you also have to be clear about what's going on, do you know how much it costs to support a child? From elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university entrance examination, or going abroad for further study, these are all costly, not to mention..."

She hesitated for a moment and adjusted her sitting position, but her clear eyes kept staring at the phone screen, and there was a sense of déjà vu that she wanted to wear.

"What's more?"

I felt numb all over my body and a chill down my spine.

"What's more, she is not your biological child, even if you do everything benevolent and righteous, and are widely praised, but sooner or later she will go away and fly away, and in the end you won't get anything, not even a little return, have you thought about this?"

She said a lot in one breath, but none of them were heard, and the more I listened, the more angry I became, and I knew that I shouldn't have told her about it.

"Don't talk about it."

I roared and trembled, remembering that I had never been with her.

Xue Xinyan's eyes widened, she was stunned, her mouth was wide open, and her face was incredulous and panicked.

I instantly regretted it, but I still couldn't give in to this matter, and continued: "Xinyan, for so many years, you know me best, although I can't call myself a kind person, but I can be sure that I am a good person, I can't see death without help, although she is not related to me, but fate arranged her to my side, and I have the responsibility to take care of her." ”

I leaned my phone against a soy sauce bottle, rubbed my hands, tightened the zipper of my coat, and looked at her face a little pale, I knew that what I said today was a bit heavy, but I had to say it again.

I paused and whispered: "Although we are nominally a couple, but three hundred and sixty-five days a year, the time together can be calculated with ten fingers, although your mother admits it, but she still has some scruples in her heart, she has never believed me, I can see it, but I Wang Tao is worthy of doing things, just like our feelings, heaven and earth can be learned, the second half of our lives is the two of us living together, and whether we live happily or not has nothing to do with others, I hope you can support me, just like before, okay?" ”

A black wild cat climbed up the wall and meowed, its steps were very light, and in the dark night, like a lonely ghost, it wandered around, and had no fixed place.

"I'm sorry."

Her face was gloomy and her expression was a little ugly.

"Xiao Tao, I have never argued with you because of one thing, but I will never agree with what you told me today, I know that you are a very persistent person, but you can't be overly enthusiastic, although I was also adopted by you to go home, but I know that you have been very tired over the years, I can't bear to see you worry about being tired every day, listen to me once, at least listen to me once in this matter."

The corners of her eyes were moist, and she sobbed softly, and I was worried about it for a while.

At this time, Xiao Ran walked out of the basement, she was sleepy-eyed, half-squinted, saw me sitting on the bench, hurriedly came over and grabbed the corner of my clothes, and murmured, "I'm thirsty." ”

I hurriedly flipped the screen of my phone to the table, got up and walked to the cupboard, took a cup, poured the cold white water from the quick-boiling pot into the cup and handed it to her.

She took the glass, raised her head, and drank the full glass of water, after drinking it she sighed twice, rubbed her eyes, and raised her head, with a hint of doubt on her face.

"What's wrong?"

I crouched down and patted her on the head, my eyes full of pampering.

"You, why don't you sleep yet, what are you doing in the yard?"

"I'm not sleepy yet, come to the yard to smoke a cigarette, you go back to sleep first, it's cold outside."

"I'm scared of that scumbag uncle, he snores so loudly."

She blinked her big beautiful eyes, and her face was full of poignant.

I smiled bitterly, took her little hand, and comforted her, "Xiao Ran, do you like to live with your uncle?" You have also seen that my uncle is a poor man, he can't afford to buy a house, he can't afford a car, so he lives in such a place where he doesn't see the light of day, and every day his uncle has to get up early to come out of the stall, and he can't come back very late, and he can't play with you, even so, are you willing to stay? ”

I sneezed and wrapped my coat tightly, and I stood up, took her hand and walked to the bench, where I sat down slowly.

"Uncle, I used to pick up garbage with my grandfather to eat, and I barely survived, I like it here, don't send me to an orphanage, and don't drive me away."

Her eyes were filled with tears, which slipped down uncontrollably, dripping onto the back of my hand, and I could feel a hint of damp temperature.

I picked up my phone to check and found that since Xue Xinyan didn't hang up the video call, it seemed that the conversation between me and Xiao Ran was heard by her, she looked flat in the video, biting her lower lip tightly, and after a while, she said lightly: "Her name is Xiao Ran, right?" ”

"Yes."

Xiao Ran sat down next to me and yawned, and I pulled a piece of paper from the tissue box to help her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Let's go to sleep first, Uncle will go back immediately."

She stared at her phone's screen for a moment, then slowly climbed off the bench and headed towards the basement.

I lit a cigarette and looked at the basement of the black hole, feeling mixed feelings and unusually sour.

"You like this little girl very much, I can see it."

Xue Xinyan said to herself, I was in a trance, and my eyes shifted to the mobile phone screen.

"You have to think about it, don't be rash, if you really want to adopt her, you will be responsible for her in the future."

I didn't say anything, I took a soft puff of cigarette, a gust of wind drifted by, blowing up the fireworks in my hand, red, like the brightest light in the dark, even if it was a flash in the pan, but the most beautiful moment seemed to have been fixed in my memory, lingering, making me yearn for it, and making me melancholy in my heart.