Chapter 19: The Death of My Father
"What are you thinking about, it looks like you must have been evil lately, no, I have to go and get some sleep!" patted his head and drove out all the bad thoughts in it!
Then Meimeida changed her clothes and lay on the soft bed, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, she could only stare wide-eyed and look at the ceiling in a daze.
Time passed minute by minute, but she didn't feel it at all, because at a certain point, she would keep herself in a constant state, and she couldn't feel the flow of time.
Although she didn't feel it, time was still flowing, Xia Yining turned over, jumped out of bed, and came to Xia Yuhang's room.
Usually he rarely goes into her father's room, and he rarely knows about her father's work, but today I take this opportunity to go in and take a look, and I should have encountered something troublesome when I saw him going out early and returning late recently.
Seeing that the door was not closed, but only half-opened, Xia Yining frowned, pushed the door lightly, and opened.
It's just a simple decoration, and then a bed, a wardrobe, a bookshelf and a computer on a desk, bypassing the others, go straight to the bookshelf, and the books on it are all the books she read when she was a child.
Some foreign and domestic classics, there are no other books, but I didn't expect that after such a long time, these books have always been kept by my father, not only kept, but also brand new, just like I just bought them back from the bookstore.
The books arranged are arranged in order, from large to small, from domestic to foreign, neatly arranged, and the only gap is behind "Pilgrim's Progress", where a large piece is vacant, and some are empty.
Xia Yining touched the gap with her hand, there should be a very important book here, it should be several volumes, but it was really missing, she searched in her mind and found that there was no such book.
didn't care, sat at the desk, opened the drawer casually, there was a bank card inside, and there was a note pressed under the bank card, on which was written the password, she knew, it was her mother's birthday.
Just as she was wondering, there was a sharp knock on the door downstairs.
Xia Yining didn't dare to delay, so she quickly went downstairs and opened the door.
A couple of people in black* were there, and she knew these people, these were some of her colleagues in her father's company, two of them were at the front, and they were all older, and she knew that they had played with her as a child, and they were all very nice to her.
"Hey, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Wang, why are you here?" Her father had just left, and they came over, which was really strange, and finally opened the door, made a way for himself, and said, "Come in!"
The two of them looked at each other, their faces showed embarrassment, and the sweat on their foreheads increased, the one surnamed Wang was called Wang Kai, he wanted to open his mouth, but he didn't know how to tell, so he could only secretly pull the person named Zhang Yang with his hands.
Xia Yining seemed to feel something, but she still asked with a smile: "Two uncles, what's wrong, what's the matter?"
"Yi Ning, the factory exploded, and your father happened to be inside...... "Wang Kai finally said, but he didn't make it clear, but just told her metaphorically that the factory exploded in that kind of place, and her father was inside, and the consequences should be conceivable.
Xia Yining didn't seem to react yet, she just waved her hand, scratched her hair, and frowned, but she still smiled strongly, not letting herself show so vulnerability, it was just self-deception: "Uncle Wang, what did you say? The factory exploded? Why did my dad put it inside? Maybe he came out." ”
Zhang Yang shook his head, hugged Xia Yining in his arms, sighed, and said with trembling eyes: "There were twenty people in it at that time, and none of them came out." ”
"You're lying to me, my dad just came back, how can it be...... How can it be like you say......"
The fact is that there was an explosion and the fire brigade arrived, and the fire had been extinguished there, and the whole plant was on fire, and the firefighters couldn't get in through any of the entrances or windows, and the fire hadn't been extinguished.
But there is no doubt that no one can survive in such a fire, and no matter how the firefighters try to extinguish the fire, the fire is still not small, and the sound of the fire stings people's ears.
Caring about it so much, Xia Yining seemed to feel that her heart was no longer beating, * quiet, she came to the scene of the fire, although there were firefighters and police to stop her, but she had to be outside, the fire was blowing in her face, making her feel unprecedented heat.
She was afraid of fire, like a fire that consumed everything in a dream, yes, she was afraid, afraid that this fire would consume everything.
Shaking her head, bitter tears slipped down her face and fell to the ground, if someone hadn't pulled her, I'm afraid she would have rushed in a long time ago.
"No, Dad, no, no, no......" I kept muttering these words in my mouth, feeling dizzy. Her eyelids seemed to become extremely heavy, and her heart seemed to be unable to support her body.
Before I closed my eyes, I saw a sea of fire......
When she opened her eyes again, it was the hospital, she was lying in the hospital, she got up, and saw Wang Kai and Zhang Yang, they lowered their heads and didn't speak. Xia Yining pursed her lips, felt a little uncomfortable in her nose, and said, "Uncle Wang, Uncle Zhang, I, what's wrong......"
"Rest assured, you're fine, it's just...... It's so tiring. ”
"Where's Daddy?"
"Yi Ning, we, we're sorry...... By the time the fire was extinguished, the people inside had already ...... It's become charcoal......" Zhang Yang said as he looked at her emotions, for fear that something would happen to her.
Xia Yuhang has the grace of knowing the two of them, and has been taking them with him, teaching them step by step, they can get to this day, it should be said that in addition to their own efforts, it is Xia Yuhang who gave them this opportunity, so they are not wolf-hearted people, Xia Yining's age is about the same as their child, so they also feel very sorry for this child.
Hearing their words, Xia Yining seemed to have known for a long time, looking ahead with empty eyes, tears flowed down involuntarily, and the sun had slowly fallen.
Wang Kai took out a box and handed it to her: "This was found in your father's office, these things should be left for you." ”
Xia Yining took the box tremblingly.
There is a pocket watch inside, the background of the pocket watch is Xia Yuhang, holding a young and beautiful woman, it should be a foreigner, look carefully, I am indeed a little similar to this woman.
Therefore, this woman is the mother she has never met. I gently touched the photo with my hand, but it was cold, I couldn't touch anything, and I couldn't hold back the tears anymore, and they flowed out.
There was also a yellowed notebook, which she did not open to read, holding the box, and crying in the hospital bed.
Obviously it was fine at noon, he still talked so much to himself, and hugged himself, but now, now it has become, there is nothing.
Having lost her parents, she became a real orphan.
She had just returned to China, she didn't know a single relative, she hadn't heard of any other relative, she didn't know who else she could go to, with the help of Wang Kai and Zhang Yang, the funeral was completed, her eyes were red and swollen, her lips were pale, if any doctor saw her appearance, she would definitely judge that she was a sick person.
After a few days of this incident, she still couldn't believe that it was true, Mu An often went to see her, and every time she was dumbfounded, very haggard, and a little scary in her haggardness.
"Yi Ning, why don't you eat something, I know you feel uncomfortable in your heart, but if your dad can't take care of himself until you don't know how to take care of yourself and torture yourself like this, he won't be happy......" Mu An held a bowl of porridge in front of her and said anxiously.
Although they haven't known each other for a long time, Mu An likes this mixed-race girl very much and thinks that they will definitely become best friends.
Xia Yining shook her head, covered the quilt, and stuffed herself inside.
Father left, no one will care about her, no one will take care of her, this family is the only one left, the more she thinks about it, the more uncomfortable she feels, but she can't let herself not want to.
Mu An couldn't help it, so he finally helped her expose her head and comforted her: "I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you tomorrow, you remember to drink porridge." ”
Because she was under the age of eighteen, she still needed a guardian, but the police couldn't find any of her relatives, and when they asked her, she just shook her head. But not long ago, someone called, saying that he was Xia Yuhang's younger brother and would come over to adopt his daughter.
The reason why she hasn't left yet is that she is waiting for this uncle, who has never heard of her.