Chapter 3: The Return (3)
I didn't show much surprise, I just quietly picked up Lin Xiaoding and walked forward. Su Haoyang couldn't say anything, but I knew the thousand words in his eyes. He pulled a cigarette case out of his pocket, lit one, took a few puffs, and tossed the cigarette butt into the trash bin next to him.
As the car drove through the bustling city, I looked out the window and the sky was filled with snowflakes, just like the one I often see in my dreams. I haven't seen this city for a long time, everything that was once familiar has changed, and although I am through the thick glass, I can still clearly feel the strong rustic atmosphere and a sense of loss that I have not seen for a long time.
No one spoke in the car, so I sat in the passenger seat with Xiaoding in my arms. From the rearview mirror of the car, I could find that Su Haoyang had been frowning, and looked at Xiao Ding from time to time to be silent. I wanted to find something to break this awkward situation, but I was at a loss for words.
"Doesn't he know yet?" Su Haoyang said coldly.
"Huh?" I snorted, "What do you say?" I don't understand. ”
He didn't respond, as if he was waiting for me to speak, and I saw that Xiao Ding was concentrating on my phone, so I honestly shook my head, "I don't want him to know." ”
As soon as the words fell, I felt the body shake violently, and then there was a piercing sound of sudden braking. Haoyang parked the car on the side of the road, and finally couldn't bear to say, "Lin Xing, do you know what you're doing?" You're a mom now, and you think you're an ignorant girl? ”
I have never seen Su Haoyang get so angry, and only the slight trembling sound of the engine was left in the silence around him, "When is it, you are still so willful, have you grown up?" ”
I bit my lip tightly, Su Haoyang's words hit down like a storm, and my tears finally burst out of the corners of my eyes, "Then what do you say I should do?" Shouldn't I find him and tell him 'I gave birth to your child, I hid it from you for four years, and now the child grows up and wants a father, please accept us'? Are you asking me to do this? ”
Su Haoyang calmed down a little, lowered his head and thought about it, "I didn't mean that, I ......"
"I know what you mean, but I also know exactly what I'm doing."
Ding grabbed my sleeve tightly, he was obviously frightened by the argument just now.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you." Hao Yang shook his head in annoyance, "But if you treat me as a friend, can you tell me why he didn't go with you back then?" ”
Why? How do I know why? If I knew, would I be stupid to gamble with four years of youth? I had guessed countless possibilities, but each of them seemed like a fantasy, so I simply said, "Maybe he had a car accident on the way here?" Belch...... Or maybe the night before his departure, he suddenly found out that he had some terminal illness? ”
Haoyang's eyebrows furrowed again, obviously dissatisfied with my attitude. I didn't care about it, and continued to say thoughtlessly: "It's not impossible to suddenly hook up with another woman." Well, it must be like that. After speaking, he deliberately made an expression of sudden realization.
I dare to say that Su Haoyang will definitely want to strangle me at this time, but I underestimated his measure, and he just smiled like a gentleman at my provocation, "Okay, maybe it's really like you said." ”
I cast a "approving" look at him, "You can teach." ”
His eyes were dark, and I saw my own incomprehensibility in his pupils. I didn't dare to look him in the eye anymore, so I avoided it.
The traffic was not congested early in the morning, and half an hour later, I arrived at the Changping community where my brother lived. My brother hasn't changed places for a few years, and I found the familiar courtyard with a familiar car. Haoyang kept calling along the way, it turned out that he had an important board meeting to hold early in the morning, so I didn't bother him anymore, and got out of the car to let him go when I got to the gate of the community.
Xiao Ding has not been in high spirits since he got off the plane, and he is wilting at this time. I held his little hand tightly and walked eagerly towards the elevator entrance of my brother's house, looking at the changing numbers on the elevator, my heart beat faster and faster, and the joy of reunion after a long absence was three points sad and seven points of fear for a person who was floating outside.
When the door opened, my brother looked at me and smiled, he was dark and fat, and time left a merciless mark on his face. I had red circles in my eyes, and I stood there stunned with my suitcase in my hand, and I was about to say something, but I was so caught off guard that all my excitement suddenly turned into sourness.
"Coming back?" My brother took my luggage, as if I had just been away from home for a while, a simple greeting that made me feel extremely warm.
"Brother......" my voice choked.
"Come in first, your sister-in-law is still waiting." He picked up Lin Xiaoding and gently put the other hand on my shoulder, but my strong pretense finally collapsed and cried in his arms.
My sister-in-law has lost a lot of weight, and I heard my brother say that she had a serious illness the year before last, and her body has been very weak. She was in the kitchen when I entered, her hands covered in sticky batter. My sister-in-law is a very steady person, she doesn't talk much but is sincere to people, she didn't know what I left back then, and now she wasn't too surprised to see me, she just hugged me gently, "Don't say anything, eat well first, and get some sleep." ”
I nodded.