Chapter 2: Betrayal?
"Dad, I'm back. With a creaking sound, an old wooden door was pushed open.
Shi Lei's slightly pale face appeared in this clean basement, and the whole person looked much more energetic, but there were red circles under his eyes, and there were still some memories.
The basement is tightly divided into two small rooms, the larger of which has a slightly cluttered wooden bed.
On the bed lay a dark-skinned, wrinkled, emaciated figure, the marks of the scars carved into him by the years.
His name is Shi Shan, Shi Lei's own father, and he twisted his head with difficulty at the moment, and the corners of his mouth opened crookedly.
"Stone, why did you come back so early today, doesn't the company work overtime?"
Shi Lei smiled, "Dad, the boss knows about your situation, and recently specially allowed me to come back early every day." “
"Oh" Shi Shan blinked, "What about Yu Xin, I haven't seen her since I was discharged from the hospital and moved here, is she very busy?"
"She's very busy, she's been on a business trip lately, and I haven't had time to tell her about your situation. “
"It's okay not to tell her, it saves her from worrying. When she comes back, hurry up, you two hurry up and set a date to get married, don't be delayed by me. “
Shi Lei sat down, opened the lunch box in his hand, and said, "Dad, what do you say, you don't care about these things, let's eat something first, this is the noodles I bought for you from a noodle restaurant far away, hurry up and eat it, I'll help you wipe your body later." “
Ishiyama clearly saw the red circle in his son's eyes, only thinking that he was sad because of himself, sighed deeply, and swallowed the noodles handed over to his mouth without any taste in his heart.
When Shi Lei fed his father, he carefully wiped his whole body clean, and an hour and a half had passed.
"Knock, knock, knock" A slight knock on the door kept ringing.
Shi Lei frowned suspiciously, slowly put the stone mountain away, and walked over to open the door.
"Yuxin" he exclaimed unconsciously, stunned.
And Yu Xin smelled the faint smell that came out of the house, mixed with all kinds of smells and smells, and unconsciously covered her nose, and then reacted and hurriedly put it down.
"Lin Tongdu told me, is he okay uncle?"
Shi Lei shook his head, "He has nothing to do with you anymore, so don't worry about it." “
At this time, a slight cry came out of the house, "Yuxin, is that you?"
"Uncle is me," Yu Xin hurriedly responded.
But Shi Lei didn't have any intention of letting go, she could only push away hard before walking in.
A voice sounded in his ears at the same time, "Don't tell the old man about the two of us, please." “
Put the things in his hand on the table, walked into the small bedroom quickly, and saw the scene in front of him, and his eyes were still a little red, and he couldn't stop crying.
"Uncle, how are you?
The corners of Shi Shan's crooked mouth smiled reluctantly, "Yuxin, uncle just had a stroke, and he can't die, it depends on the two of you getting married." “
Yu Xin sat on the edge of the bed, tears flowed even harder, her lips trembled and she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything.
Shi Lei walked to the side of the bed and handed over the tissue, "Yuxin, don't cry, my dad doesn't want to see others shed tears in front of him, he will be even more uncomfortable." “
Yu Xin hurriedly wiped away her tears and said in a choked voice, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I didn't know that something so big happened to you, and he didn't tell me about the stone." “
Shi Shan glanced at his son thoughtfully and sighed heavily.
"Yuxin, my dad just finished eating and needs to rest, let's go out and talk. “
Shi Lei said and walked out the door.
Yu Xin glanced at Shi Shan, stood up and went out.
The two of them walked on a narrow road that was a little cluttered outside, surrounded by dense houses, which are the most famous migrant workers in the city, just because the prices are very cheap.
Yu Xin looked at the tired and strong face beside her, and felt extremely distressed in her heart, "Stone, uncle, why didn't you tell me earlier." “
"I also know what kind of situation your family is, what kind of people your parents are, and I only have one relative now, that is my father, and now it's like this, is it useful to tell you, it's just to add to your troubles. Shi Lei didn't stop and spoke.
Yu Xin stood still, her eyes widened, and she said with a little anger, "Then you don't need to give up our relationship, I have the ability to bear it with you." “
"But I'm not qualified to let you wait for me, we've been graduating for two or three years. I'm 25, you're a year older than me, and I still have a few years to go. My dad is like this again, and I don't have the energy to deal with your parents, and I don't have the energy to continue. “
Shi Lei also stopped, and the pain on his face was no less than hers.
A firmness rose on Yu Xin's face, "Well, it's your business to give up." It's my business that I don't give up, and you can't control it. Lin Tong has officially refused, and I will not meet him in the future. “
"You" Shi Lei looked at the determined girl in front of him in a daze, and a great luck rose in his heart.
"Yuxin, after a while, I will go to the provincial capital with my dad, where there is better medical care, a better rehabilitation center, and I will continue to deliver food there, so that I will have more time to take care of his elderly, don't be stubborn, okay." “
Yu Xin shook her head without hesitation, "Then I will also resign and go with you, my uncle also needs me to take care of it." “
"Don't. Shi Lei glared, "If you do this, your parents will kill me, please Yuxin." “
Looking at his pleading eyes, Yu Xin was also silent, and she knew what the character of her parents was. If we do, we might cause some bigger trouble.
"Then I'll wait here for you to come back, and if you dare not come back, I'll go out and find you everything. “
Looking at such a strong, daring to love and hate girl, Shi Lei suddenly felt that his misery was also another kind of fairness from God to meet such a beautiful her.
I couldn't help it, stepped forward, hugged her tightly in my arms, and whispered in my ear, "Yuxin, if you meet someone better than me, think about it, I can't afford to repay your love." “
Yu Xin heard that Shi Lei still had such an attitude, and pushed him away a little irrationally.
"Stone, I said I would wait for you, if you don't come back to me, I will wait for you for the rest of my life, I don't want you to arrange my life for me. “
After speaking, he took a deep look at Shi Lei and turned to leave.
"I'll go first, and I'll say sorry to my uncle on my behalf. “
Shi Lei didn't know whether it was happiness or bitterness, and looked at the disappearing shadow in front of him silently, for a long, long time.
Shi Shan never fell asleep in the bedroom, constantly sighing and thinking about something.
With a "squeak", the wooden door of the basement was opened.
"Is the stone yours?"
Shi Lei hurriedly walked to the bedroom, with a smile on his face, "Dad, why did you wake up, did I wake you up." “
Shi Shan shook his head slightly, "I can't sleep, Yuxin, is she gone?"
Seeing his son nodded, he said dejectedly, "Stone, send me to a sanatorium casually, I don't want to delay you and Yuxin." “
"Dad, what do you say. I'm going to take you to the provincial city for treatment and rehabilitation, and I'll take care of Yuxin's affairs." “
"Then you tell me the truth, is there something going on between you and Yuxin. Although your father and I are like this now, our brains are not stupid. “
Shi Lei was silent for a moment, and then said, "Dad, Yuxin and I, don't worry about it, everything depends on the will of God." The most important thing for you now is to recover quickly, if one day, I can slowly take care of myself, and I will have the energy to think about other things. “
After saying that, he began to clean up the house, and by the way, he put on a new adult diaper for his father.
"Dad, you have a good rest at home, I have to go to work. “
The words fell, and the man had disappeared into the basement.
Shi Shan looked at the wall above his head soberly, and hated himself extremely much for the way he was now, even if he committed suicide, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.
"Just like the stone said, I quickly recover, and I can take care of myself, so that I won't delay him. But it's easier said than done."
A deep sigh echoed in the damp and cramped bedroom.
The lights are on, and the night is not shining. Cars are like flowing water, beside the streets. It is drizzling, and I don't know where the road ahead.
Shi Lei took out the last takeaway wet and held it in his arms so as not to get wet by the rain. Walked briskly to a small supermarket next to the street.
"Hello, the takeout you ordered has arrived. “
On the supermarket counter, a sleepy-eyed uncle stretched his waist and took the takeaway, "Little brother, thank you, it's raining and bothering you to send it over, drink some hot water." “
As he spoke, he picked up a thermos on the counter.
It's still summer, but it's almost autumn. It was still raining at nine o'clock in the evening, and the temperature was cool.
Although Shi Lei shivered, his heart warmed up, and he hurriedly refused in his hand.
"Uncle, thank you so much, don't bother, there is still something at home, I still have to rush back, take out and eat it while it's hot." “
As he spoke, he wiped the rain from his face, turned around and came out.
The drizzle began to fall before it was dark, and there was no intention of stopping until now.
Shi Lei was already soaking wet, and he didn't care about the poncho on his body at the moment, he rode an electric car and disappeared into the rain at night in the blink of an eye.
"Dad, I'm back. “
Shi Shan raised his eyelids and looked at his son who walked in wet, with a distressed look in his eyes.
"Is it raining outside? Why don't you come back in the car? “
Shi Lei didn't care about taking off his clothes, and kept wringing them out in his hands, and the sparse splash of water fell and fell into the basin on the ground.
"Dad, if I take a car, won't the electric car have to be placed in the company? Besides, it costs money to get in a car. “
"Hey" Shi Shan sighed deeply, "I knew I wouldn't have let you sell the car, but now it's good, the house is gone, the car is gone, but I just saved my cripple, and I can't do anything." “
"Dad, what stupid things are you talking about, those are just things outside the body, you can earn them back after they are gone, you are my own father, and you are the only relative in this world. If anything happens to you, I'm an orphan. I'll go boil some hot water, take a shower, and I'll let you have some supper later. “
With that, the person had disappeared in the doorway, and a trivial voice came from the bathroom.