Chapter Eighty-Four: Advent
"Son...... Baby, do you want chili? Shall I add a little bit to you? ”
In the kitchen, the woman seems to be in a hurry, or consciously keeps herself busy.
The water in the pot was still boiling and not boiling, and after she paused, she took out the quick-frozen dumplings in the refrigerator first.
He turned around again and washed the bowl quickly.
Looking left and right, there seemed to be nothing to do, and stopped.
Without turning his head, he turned his back to his child outside the kitchen, tried to use the usual tone, and asked the child in the usual tone.
Then, she didn't hear her own child's answer.
Just thinking about the words of the previous child, her eyes were a little red,
Her hands were wet and watery, she raised her hand and wiped her eyes, and then hurriedly changed into her sleeves.
After taking a deep breath, he turned around and looked out of the kitchen again, the child on the sofa in the living room,
Then I saw the child on the couch, turning his head to look at the closed door of the living room.
"Baby ......"
The woman shouted and walked into the living room,
I just shouted out loud, and I couldn't continue,
When the child slowly turned her head to look at her, she couldn't help but avoid her gaze and didn't dare to look.
She was afraid to see doubts, sadness, and disappointment on the child's face.
"Then I'll add some chili peppers to you."
couldn't help but raise his head, and also looked towards the closed living room door,
As the woman spoke, she turned around almost in a hurry,
After a pause where he had just left the kitchen, he re-entered the kitchen.
The child remained silent, and slowly turned his head again.
He's been looking at it like this, and he's a little tired,
I didn't sleep well last night, I got up early, and my eyes were a little sour.
Straightening up a little more, he lay on the back of the sofa chair, his head resting, but his eyes still staring at the closed door.
“…… Okay, the seasoning is ready for you, the dumplings are cooked, and you can eat it right away. ”
The woman was busy in the kitchen again, but when the seasonings in the bowl were all placed, the quick-frozen dumplings had already gone into the boiling pot.
She's in a busy hiatus again,
And as soon as I was free, I couldn't help but think of all kinds of things.
Her husband, the father of the child, has passed away and was cremated and buried yesterday.
There were still traces of her husband's daily life in the house, and there seemed to be remnants of her husband's breath in the air.
It seemed that in the next second, her husband would come out of the bedroom room yawning, or come back from outside with the key open as the child had hoped.
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But at the same time, her memories, everything about her, is also telling her that she is such a person, who will never come back, and will never be able to appear in front of her and embrace her in her arms.
Thinking like this, she felt a little aggrieved,
His eyes were red and red, and he tried not to let the tears fall.
“…… Alright, alright...... The dumplings are cooked, so sit down and eat them, and sit down at the living room table. ”
“…… Then Mom brings it to the coffee table for you. ”
After turning off the fire and carrying the dumplings, the woman went to the dining table first, and then to the coffee table.
The child didn't answer, didn't look back, as if he didn't know he was hungry, still lying on the back of the sofa chair, looking at the closed living room door.
"Listen to my mother, come over for breakfast first......"
The woman was a little physically and mentally exhausted, but she was still strong in spirit, and whispered to the child.
The child turned his head to look at his mother, and then turned back again.
just pursed his mouth and said in a low voice,
"I'll wait for my dad to be with me."
"Who are you waiting for! Your dad will never come back, you know! ”
The woman's emotions were a little uncontrollable, and her voice couldn't help but rise.
It's like with a tendency to self-destruct when you collapse,
Want the cruelest truth to pierce the chest of the closest throw.
The woman's eyes were red, and tears were in her eyes.
When the child heard this, he looked at his mother in silence, then lowered his head, and the whole person curled up on the sofa, motionless.
"What are you waiting for! Wait for your dad to open the door! Can't you see it...... Your daddy's keys are here......"
The woman pointed to the set of keys on the coffee table, which belonged to her husband.
The child buried his head, just lowered his head even lower, did not make a sound, did not look.
It's like an ostrich that buries its head in the sand.
And the woman's roaring voice couldn't go on.
Her eyes were redder, her mouth open, and she was exhaling.
Every word she said was a kind of torture for herself.
At the same time that these words pierced the child, they also seemed to shatter her hazy extravagant hopes.
Let her face the bloody reality, unwilling to face, just want to escape.
I can't dream anymore.
She cried out in her heart that her husband would come and take care of their children.
But just thinking like this, it naturally occurred that her husband was no longer there, and there was no way to appear at this time.
She felt aggrieved, uncomfortable, and her emotions were constantly collapsing.
"Your dad won't be coming back, you know! Your dad doesn't want us anymore......"
The woman yelled at the child, her voice with a crying tone,
Then he forcibly controlled his emotions, grabbed the child, and held the child in his arms.
"Let's eat...... Let's eat first, okay......"
"Let's eat first......
Almost pleading, the woman said to the child.
The child looked at his mother, said no more, and broke free from his mother's arms.
He picked up the spoon in the bowl and held a dumpling, but raised his hand and handed it to his mother.
The woman looked at the child's movements, and her eyes couldn't help but turn redder.
Then he hurriedly turned his head and reached out to grab the set of keys on the coffee table,
"Mom is not hungry, you can eat, I will go down and throw away the garbage at home."
A few words were rambled.
She knew that she had lost her temper just now, and she didn't want her children to see it.
And everything here makes her want to escape, and everything familiar keeps stimulating her.
Tell her clearly that there was a loved one here who was indispensable in her life and had always existed, but now he is gone and will never come back.
Grabbing a bag of garbage, the woman walked to the living room door.
Before the woman was about to open the door to the wall, the child who was eating breakfast raised his head again and turned his head to look.
He just thought that if Dad didn't have the key, he would need Mom to open the door.
The woman paused in front of the door, and finally reached out and unscrewed the doorknob.
Naturally, the outside of the door was empty.
"It's at home, and my mother will come back with her."
The woman lowered her head, unwilling to look into the distance, just afraid to see the empty corridor.
There's also a self-paralyzing heartbeat.
Almost fleeing, the woman left the house and closed the door.
After his mother had left, the child put down the spoon, climbed back into the sofa, leaned back in the chair, and looked quietly at the drawing-room door.
Gradually, he became a little scared.
Daddy isn't there, and neither is Mommy.
He was afraid, and for a long time this door would no longer open from the outside.
Downstairs.
The woman carried the garbage into the trash can, and looked out of the door of the community.
Turn around and go upstairs.
It's just that on the way back, on the edge of the deserted and quiet corridor, I couldn't help but pause for a while.
until I remembered that my child was still in the house,
After wiping his eyes, he hurried upstairs again.
When she reached the door of the house, she stood in front of the door, but she did not reach for the door.
In this place, it is natural to wonder if her husband is standing in this place when he comes home.
On both sides of the door frame, the white mourning joints kept impacting her vision and fragile psychological defense.
pursed his pale lips repeatedly, and barely squeezed out a smile to face the children at home,
The woman took the key and opened the door.
"Baby, you're done eating......"
The woman smiled reluctantly, pulled the door open, and spoke to the child.
but collided head-on with the child's gaze.
The child was lying on the back of the sofa chair, sitting as straight as he could, looking up at this direction.
Some nervous, some anticipation, and then ...... He reverted to his old self and leaned back on the back of the sofa chair, just staring straight behind her.
The woman paused, then backhanded the door back shut.
“…… Have you eaten enough? I see there's quite a bit left in the bowl. ”
As she walked back to the child, the woman spoke.
"I'm full."
The child's eyes didn't roll, still staring at the living room door.
"Sleepy, sleepy......"
"Dash...... ...... ......"
Just when the woman picked up the bowl and was about to clean it up,
Outside the door of the living room, there was a sudden sound of familiar footsteps and some rustling movements.
The woman paused and turned her head to look.
The child, on the other hand, got up from the sofa and ran to the living room door.
The woman was stunned at first, watched the child's movements, and hurriedly followed.
"Who!"
Somewhat nervously, the woman took the child behind her.
The movement outside the house stopped at the woman's shout.
"Is it Daddy...... Is Daddy back? ”
The child asked behind his mother, still with his feet on his feet, outside the house.
The woman turned to look at her child, who was a little nervous and excited.
She was about to say something more to the child when she heard a familiar answer coming from outside the door.
"It's Dad. My precious son is in the house too. ”
It was her husband's voice, and the woman turned her head abruptly to look at the living room door.
A little stunned, then nervous, and at the same time with some extravagant anticipation.
"Daddy...... Daddy......"
Hearing his father's voice, the child was completely excited,
Leaping, he was about to go over and open the door to his father.
It's just that his mother grabbed his clothes tightly and couldn't pass.
The woman pulled the child back a little, and looked at the door in a bit of a daze.
There was a sound of rustling outside the door, and it was a person outside the door who was opening the door with a key.
The woman did not let the child open the door, but she did not stop the people outside from opening the door.
She reluctantly reached out and touched the key that was in her pocket, only to find that the key was gone.
There was some dazedness and extravagance in her eyes.
And just then, the door was opened from the outside.
"Squeak......
With the sound of the door being opened,
A familiar figure, a familiar face appeared in front of the woman.
Her husband, as usual, came back from the house, with a smile on his face and exhaustion from work.
There was a terror in the woman's eyes.
The hand seems to be out of strength, and he can no longer hold the struggling child.
The child's face was delighted and excited, and he shouted and threw himself at his father.
"Daddy...... Daddy......"
"Oh, why is my precious son at home, isn't it time for class today? Skipping school? ”
"No...... Mom helped me take a leave of absence...... Daddy, why did you come back! ”
The child pounced, and his father grabbed him and grabbed him.
The child was happy at first, and then his eyes turned red with grievance, and tears rolled in his eyes.
"Oooh oh...... Isn't Dad on a business trip for a few days? What's the matter, my baby son misses me? ”
"Thought! I really want to think about it! ”
"My baby son doesn't miss his dad that much on weekdays...... Looks like I really wanted to. Haha, Dad felt it too, so didn't he come back quickly? ”
The man picked up the child, stood up himself, and talked to the child.
The woman was still stunned, standing aside, looking at this familiar and seemingly distant scene.
She didn't know if she was crazy, and if it was just herself, she would rather keep going crazy like this.
But she still has a child.
There was a bit of confusion in her eyes.
“…… Do you listen to your mother at home? ”
"Yes!"
"Really? I just heard it, you seem to be off your mother, right? Well? ”
"I don't have ......"
Coaxing the child, the man closed the door and walked towards the woman.
Put the child down again.
"I'm back."
The man smiled and spoke out to his wife.
The woman looked at her husband, her eyes flickered again, then she lowered her head and answered in a low voice,
"Hmm."
"I'm going to take a shower and change my clothes...... I caught the earliest bus back, and I was still a little sleepy. ”
"Have you eaten breakfast? The soup for the dumplings in the pot hasn't been poured yet, so I'll give you some noodles. ”
"Good...... What's left in this bowl? I'll eat this first. ”
The two of them said these things as they normally would.
"Mom...... I'm going to eat it too! ”
"What? Now know you're hungry? ”
The child stood up, raised his head and shouted,
The woman finally came back to her senses from her trance, and a smile appeared on her face,
"Okay, I'll cook you a little more, I'll be angry if I can't finish it this time."
"This stinky boy is rushing to toss people and waste food, so I'll give him a beating first."
The man over there took a bite of the dumplings left over from the child just now, raised his head and said.
The boy grinned and stood beside him, and then leaned over to his father.
"Daddy...... Where have you been on a business trip this time? ”
"Well, it's not in our province, it's far away...... But Daddy will bring you a gift when he comes back, look! ”
The man figured out a mecha from the bag he was carrying.
The child was pleasantly surprised by the sparkle in his eyes, and took it and fiddled with it, only to look at his father again from time to time, and ask him this and that.
The woman looked at the father and son here, showed some more smiles on her face, and then went into the kitchen to work while talking a little.
It seems from the moment the man steps into the house.
The woman and the child forgot what had happened before.
It seems that the man just went a little way away, and then finally rushed back.
……
And this scene, at this moment, is also appearing in various different places.
"Dad? Father! Where are you going? I didn't see you! ”
"I'm going to put water in the field, what are you doing in a hurry...... Have you eaten breakfast, I'll cook you a little if you haven't eaten it. ”
“…… Mother. You're back...... Mom, I'm hungry. ”
"You're a kid, you're hungry, you're hungry, what are you crying about......"
It's just that the people around them are all unconscious, and the people around them don't seem to notice the abnormality.
……
"...... 'lies don't exist'. These are the clues to deal with the lie. ”
"As for the timing of the coming of the 'God of Lies and Deception'......"
On the banks of the Wang'an River, Jing Chen was telling Lao Chen and Yinhu about some of the information he had obtained by peeking into the future.
Just talking, Jing Chen slowly stopped,
He had an inexplicable feeling, as if at this moment, at this moment, the whole world had changed.
He looked up at the sky, then at the surroundings.
The blood eagle on his shoulder also stopped moving at this moment, and followed Jing Chen's line of sight and looked at the sky.
And next to him, the spokesperson of fate, Old Man Hong originally gave a person who was guiding fate,
At this time, he suddenly stopped talking and looked into the distance.
Lao Chen and Yinhu looked at the sudden appearance of this mysterious and powerful man, and the appearance of the fate believer next to him,
I also noticed that something was happening, but their super high inspiration had a strong sense of trepidation.
It's like a great calamity, a calamity strikes.
But I couldn't find the source, just some speculation.
“…… Now is the time. ”
Jing Chen had some enlightenment in his heart, and connected the previous sentence to the second half of the sentence.