Compared with the days of the funeral, Zhou Wenjun was obviously in a lot of energy. With two bags of cooked food in his hand, he laid out the disposable lunch boxes on the dining table while not forgetting to ask Shakai about his preferences.

“…… I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I bought some beef, mandarin fish, and crayfish. You like crawfish, right? ”

The lunch box doesn't need to be opened, and the smell of fresh fragrance comes to the nose and spreads in the living room.

Zhou Nuan put his homework behind him, ran to the edge of the dining table with a cigarette, and looked carefully at the cooked food that Zhou Wenjun bought.

"This one is not spicy, you can eat this later." Zhou Wenjun pointed to a small portion of crayfish to Zhou Nuan, "Wash your hands and come over and eat it while it's hot." He beckoned to Shakai again, "Akai, what are you drinking?" Do you drink beer? ”

Shakai lost the opportunity to say goodbye, and felt that the female ghost had stopped, so he replied, "I'll just drink Coke." My grandfather just got it for me. ”

"Then let's eat it. The gloves are over here. Zhou Wenjun pulled out the chair.

Sha Kai was pushed down by Zhou Nuan's grandmother and grandfather and put on disposable gloves.

"Eat and see how this place tastes. We usually buy it in another house, and the owner of that house went back to his hometown for the New Year and hasn't come back yet. Zhou Wenjun gossiped, and just mentioned the New Year, so he pulled Shakai and said, "How about you go back for the New Year?" Is your dad in good health? Are your feet better? ”

Shakai pinched the crayfish's fingers and pulled the shrimp head off, "Oh...... His feet are much better. I just fell while riding a bicycle before, and I'm fine for a long time. ”

"It's okay." Zhou Wenjun nodded.

"Shakai's father fell on his foot?" Zhou Nuan's grandmother parroted and repeated.

Zhou Wenjun peeled the lobster for Zhou Nuan, "I fell the year before last, and it was almost after the New Year, I fell while riding a bicycle, and I pulled a hole in my calf, and I couldn't walk very steadily." Fortunately, it didn't hurt the bones, it was skin trauma. It's good to raise it. I'm afraid that he will be busy with work, walk around, and not heal his injuries well, and if the wound becomes infected and suppurated, it will also be troublesome. ”

Shakai added: "He took a leave of absence during that time and went to the hospital every day to change his dressing. ”

"That's good."

"It's time to change the dressing."

"What does Shakai's dad do?"

"It used to be deliveries. His company acts as an agent for foreigners, and acts as an agent for foreign things. Things come in from customs, they are pulled to the warehouse first, and then they are sent to supermarkets, shopping malls, and other places. He used to mainly run the customs and their big warehouse, but later when he returned to his hometown, he became a sub-agent. He's in charge of the channels in several cities now, right? ”

It was not Sha Kai who answered, but Zhou Wenjun.

Zhou Wenjun said in detail, "I heard him say that he is now also engaged in live broadcasting, and invited a few anchors to sell goods directly online and send express delivery from large warehouses." If you do it well, you don't have to work so hard to run offline stores everywhere, and you can save a lot of costs. ”

Sha Kai looked at Zhou Wenjun unexpectedly and forgot to answer.

He didn't expect his uncle to know his father so well. He hadn't heard his father mention it before, even if he went home for the New Year this time, he didn't hear his father ask about this matter. Of course, he didn't take the initiative to mention this matter.

Was it when he didn't know that his father and Zhou Wenli often chatted?

As soon as he thought of this, Sha Kai couldn't help but think of his aunt urging his father to remarry during the Chinese New Year. At that time, his father was not interested, he thought that his father was used to being a person after so many years, could he ......

"What kind of live broadcast are you doing now......" Zhou Nuan's grandfather focused on the new things, and asked curiously about the "young people" present.

Shakai was interrupted from his train of thought. He doesn't shop online very often, and he doesn't know much about live streaming, so he can only say a few words in a big way.

Zhou Nuan, a "young man", immediately interjected and tweeted to his grandfather about what a live broadcast is.

The dining table is very lively, not like a table with only Shakai and Zhou Wenli, nor like a table with only Shakai alone. This reminded Shakai of a time when he had dinner with his father.

The topic shifted from live streaming to Shakai.

Zhou Wenjun was more concerned about Sha Kai's work and asked a few questions.

He was a gentle man, and although he asked a lot of questions, he did not annoy people.

When Shakai returned to his hometown for the Chinese New Year, he talked to his father about his work, and he repeated it again and again, and he still talked endlessly.

There aren't many opportunities for him to describe his job in this way. It is naturally impossible to talk about these things with colleagues, and every day when he goes home from work to face Zhou Wenli, he eats silently, not to mention that he has no chance to eat in silence with Zhou Wenli face to face these days. In addition to the pressure, work is also fresh for Shakai. He gathered with his old classmates and old friends during the Chinese New Year, everyone is a new and new society, and they have also entered different industries, each with its own freshness, and the conversation is strong. Usually, the party was all about fun, but that party was enough to chat.

Now that he has the opportunity to talk about work again, Shakai has also been opened to the conversation.

Sha Kai's conversation box opened, and Zhou Wenjun didn't ask questions, but listened patiently.

Zhou Nuan's curiosity was aroused, and he asked a lot of childish questions. Shakai smiled and replied patiently.

While eating and chatting, it took a few people a lot of time to end the meal.

Shakai came back to his senses and realized that the sky outside the window had turned from blue to black.

Zhou Wenjun cleaned up the dining table and said to Sha Kai, "You go wash your hands." I'll cut a sweet orange later. Do you eat oranges? ”

"No hassle. I'm going back early. Shakai got up and wanted to help clean up.

"Go wash your hands. I'll just clean it up. ”

Shakai subconsciously agreed, and was about to turn around, but his feet were nailed to the ground.

He remembered the female ghost again.

I forgot about this stubble when I was eating and chatting, and when I thought about it again, Sha Kai felt a chill in my back.

"The toilet is over there." Zhou Wenjun thought that Sha Kai didn't know the location, so he pointed to him.

Shakai hesitated for a few seconds, then lifted his feet and walked to the bathroom.

The lights in the toilet are on. Just Zhou Nuan washed his hands. The little girl is now in her bedroom. With the bedroom door open, she could be seen sitting at her desk, looking down on her homework.

Shakai glanced at the toilet.

Because the door was open, the wall that had previously been anomalous was obscured by the door panel. The reflection of the door panel is reflected in the mirror.

Shakai stepped into the toilet, and there was a reflection of himself in the mirror.

He didn't dare to look more, lowered his head, and quickly washed his hands. After rubbing his hands under the water a few times, he turned off the faucet and walked out without raising his head.

Back in the brightly lit living room, Shakai's tense body and nerves relaxed.

"Shakai, sit and watch TV for a while, and eat an orange later. I don't have to go to work tomorrow, I don't have to go back so early. Zhou Nuan's grandmother directly handed over the TV remote control.

Sha Kai hurriedly refused, "I'd better go back early, and my mother should go back too." ”

"Then I'll send you." Zhou Wenjun came out of the kitchen.

"No need to send ......," Shakai was about to refuse.

Zhou Wenjun said undoubtedly: "I'm going down to take out the garbage, by the way." You wait for me for a while. With that, he went back to the kitchen and packed up the garbage bag.

Shakai had no choice but to wait at the kitchen door.

Zhou Nuan's grandmother and grandfather shouted into the house and called Zhou Nuan out, "...... Your brother is leaving. Nuan Nuan, you come out to send. ”

Zhou Nuan replied loudly, and after a while, he came out of his room.

Sha Kai's neck stiffened, he didn't dare to look back directly, and waited for Zhou Nuan to run out before he lowered his head and smiled at the little girl.

"Goodbye, brother." Zhou Nuan still remembered Zhou Wenli, "You told your aunt, don't work too hard, rest yourself." ”

Shakai nodded in agreement.

"Nuan Nuan is sensible, and she knows that she cares about her aunt. You can call your aunt later and tell her yourself. Zhou Nuan's grandmother said repeatedly.

"Then I'll call later. Grandma, you borrow my phone. ”

"You can't play games on your phone."

"I won't."

Shakai listened silently to the conversation between the old and the young.

Zhou Wenjun came out of the kitchen with a garbage bag, "Okay, let's go." ”

The two went out one after the other.

The polite voices of Zhou Nuan and her grandparents came from the room.

Shakai should have turned around and said goodbye over and over again like they did, but he thought of the female ghost he saw when he left last time and what he saw and felt today, so he became a turtle with a shrunken head.

Zhou Wenjun answered: "Okay, okay, let's go." Go in. ”

Shakai took the lead and went downstairs first.

The narrow staircase also does not allow two adult men to walk side by side.

Zhou Wenjun walked behind Sha Kai.

When he arrived downstairs, Shakai opened the anti-theft iron door, walked out of the residential building, and breathed the cold air outside, only to feel a little comfortable.

"Akai, I'm sorry for you to run today." Zhou Wenjun came out after him and said with a smile.

"It's not troublesome." Sha Kai turned his head, the corners of his mouth just habitually raised, and the kind and natural smile froze before it could be unfolded.

The iron door slowly closed behind Zhou Wenjun.

The voice-activated lights in the hallway lit up the house directly across the door. On the side of the gray-brown door panel is a small closed window. According to the structure of this old residential building, it should be a ventilation window in the kitchen. Judging by the window paper, the grease on the window frames, and the exhaust ducts in the corner of the window, it can also be determined that the location is the kitchen.

Obviously it was a place where the light was opaque, but Shakai saw a silhouette on the gray window paper.

The silhouette is like a parabola with an opening downward, with smooth edges, and no human features are visible, as if a person is standing facing or facing away from a window. The smooth curves are the smooth long hair of her shawl.

The silhouette rises slowly, like the man leaning against the window backing away, revealing his shoulders.

The security door closes at this time. The railing of the iron gate obscured the silhouette.

"Akai? What are you looking at? Zhou Wenjun turned his head suspiciously, but he only saw the closed iron door and the sound control light leaking from behind the iron door.

There was no one else in the hallway, and there were no wild cats or dogs.

"Not ......," Shakai replied in a hoarse voice. He cleared his throat and replied again, "No, I didn't see anything." ”

He turned his head and told himself that there was nothing strange about the silhouette. It could be someone cooking in the kitchen on the first floor. The dark shadows are only so clear and dazzling because of the light. It wasn't surprising that he could see the silhouette at a glance. Women with long hair, even less strange. Walking down the street, you can easily meet one or two women with long hair.

Zhou Wenjun looked behind him again, the voice-activated lights were extinguished, and he gave up delving.

He walked out with Shakai, and after walking a few steps, he spoke: "Akai, don't think your mother is troublesome. ”

Sha Kai was still stuck in the silhouette he had just seen, and did not react to Zhou Wenjun's words.

Zhou Wenjun sighed, "My sister...... Your mother has a good heart, but she just does things a little bit carelessly. When you were a child, she patronized me and ignored you and your father...... She is not the kind of person who is powerful and capable, if she wants to do one thing well, she has to work hard, and she can't take care of both. If you want something, you tell her, and she must have done her best to help you do it. If you let her figure it out and do her own work, she will easily think wrong. ”

Shakai came back to his senses, "Uncle, you don't have to worry. I know. ”

He doesn't know what kind of person Zhou Wenli is, he is just used to the days without his mother since he was a child, and he doesn't have expectations for Zhou Wenli, so naturally he won't have any resentment. Zhou Wenli can take the initiative to let him move in, saving him the hard work of working and renting a house in a different place, and taking care of his three meals, he thinks this is enough. Compared to what I thought I used to think that "my mother completely ignored me" and the feeling of fragility, helplessness and grievance when I was a child, the reality is much better. He didn't complain too much about Zhou Wenli's diligent care of his neighbors this time.

Zhou Wenjun smiled, "That's good." You've grown up and worked. Have you gotten a girlfriend? ”

"Nope."

"Didn't talk about it in college?"

"I talked about one, she went back to her hometown to take the civil service exam, and we separated."

"Oh. It's like falling in love in college. People are like that. Far away, the relationship fades. Your aunt had a good friend when she was studying, she was together from kindergarten to high school, and she was hospitalized in a car accident for so long, and that friend came to see her every weekend. But when I was in high school, I changed schools and went to other places, and in the first two years, I often wrote letters and chatted online, and then I slowly cut off contact. She has always regretted it. She often told me that people should keep in touch often, move around often, and communicate more...... At that time, she also grinded for a long time before I made up my mind to find your father. Zhou Wenjun said with emotion.

Sha Kai looked at Zhou Wenjun in astonishment, "You found my father?" It's still my aunt and aunt......"

"yes. She inquired everywhere, found the phone address of your father's original head office, and went there to ask someone. The phone number I had at that time was wrong, it was your dad's new phone number that she found. Zhou Wenjun said, "She accompanied me several times, when you had just been admitted to university. ”

Shakai's expression changed, "That's it...... You're the one who found my dad......"

"I didn't dare to go to your father, and I didn't dare to look for you. I don't even dare to say this to your mother. I also heard that you found this place when you were looking for a job, so I told her. She was so happy that she cried. Zhou Wenjun paused for a moment before continuing, "At that time, it was your mother who was wrong, and I was sorry for your father and son. Your father chose to divorce and move back to his hometown at that time, and it was right. It's our family's fault. ”

He said this apologetically, just as he had said to Shakai's father two years earlier. It's just that at that time, he was accompanied by his wife, and now, he said to Shakai alone.

Zhou Wenjun remembered how pleased his wife was when he first proposed to let Sha Kai move to his sister's house, and imagined with him how the family would get along well in the future. Unfortunately, before Shakai could move in, his wife died.

Zhou Wenjun exhaled in frustration.

Unlike Zhou Wenjun's loss, Sha Kai's mood is very delicate.

"I can't say you're wrong." He hung his head, "It's just that then, she chose to save you." You're in the hospital waiting for life-saving money. ”

Speaking of "life-saving money", there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone. His father's relatives often spoke in this tone about the events of those days.

It is not wrong to say that it is "life-saving money". It's just that Zhou Wenli's measurement of Zhou Wenjun's life back then was obviously beyond the cognition of contemporaries and all relatives and friends. At that time, the money for special needs outpatient clinics and expert consultations was far beyond the family's ability to afford. And when it comes to the therapeutic effect, in the words of Shakai's aunts and uncles, it is, "So-and-so spent 30,000 yuan, isn't it also cured?" As far as her younger brother Jin Gui is concerned, she has to spend three million to cure. ”。

Zhou Wenjun heard that Sha Kai's tone was wrong, but he was at a loss, and was silent for a while, and could only say weakly: "It's our family who is sorry for you and your father." ”

Shakai didn't answer again.

The two continued to walk along the community road, walking through the layers of light reflected on the ground by street lamps.

"The trash can arrived. You should go back early. Shakai glanced at the trash can and said casually, "I'll go back too." Good bye. ”

Without waiting for Zhou Wenjun to answer, he walked past the trash can and walked towards the gate of the community.

From afar, I could hear Zhou Wenjun saying in the back, "Go back and rest early." Shakai did not respond.

He walked past a few more street lamps, turned a corner, and saw the gate of the complex.

There is a person standing at the gate of the complex. The woman in the long-haired white dress stood barefoot on the edge of the community guard room with her head bowed, her hair covering her face. The light bulb nailed to the wall of the guard's room illuminated her jet-black hair and blindingly white dress.

Shakai paused for a moment, then continued to move forward without squinting.

He passed by the woman and felt her face lift slightly.

Sha Kai didn't move his eyes for a moment, and said in a low voice: "That's it for me, my mother, and my uncle. Don't dwell on it. Reincarnate early. ”

After saying that, he quickened his pace and walked out of the community.