Chapter 58: "Little Friend"
With these doubts, early the next morning, I woke up at four o'clock in the morning and couldn't sleep again. After hesitating for a long time, Anxin still went out to take a taxi and went straight to the Zizhu Garden Community.
"Leave the rest to me."
I changed into my equipment, opened the GoPro device I was carrying, and walked into Dongdong's room with peace of mind and care.
Anxin found Dongdong's diary, and she knew that the answers to all her questions should be inside. The combination lock of the diary is very simple, and it can be easily opened after a few attempts. Although I was a little impatient, Anxin still took pictures and recorded every page of the diary according to the process before I read the contents of the diary.
The title page has a large line: "Ultraman and his little friend"
There is a painting underneath the words, but strangely, Anxin can see that the tall Ultraman is the image of Dongdong, and the child next to Ultraman is the image of a girl.
Anxin felt a little weird and continued to watch the next content.
"March 18th.
Ultraman wants to eat cheese, the child has a bad temper, and quarrels with the sister of the cake shop, Ultraman criticizes the child:
Be polite. ”
"March 19th.
When the uncle came, the children quarreled with the uncle, and Ultraman drove the uncle away, telling the children:
Don't play tricks with the bad guys. ”
Dongdong's handwriting is not very regular, and the font is crooked, but Anxin can feel that Dongdong is trying to write well.
It took more than three hours, and it wasn't until more than six o'clock in the morning, when the window was completely bright, that Anxin finished reading Dongdong's diary. In fact, there are not many, there are only more than 30 pages in total, and the text on each page is pitiful, and the daily diary is almost all expressed in one or two sentences.
But Anxin has watched it many times, many times......
Anxin was a little moved, and even a little distressed. She finally understood what the picture on the title page meant.
Dongdong is only seven years old, but in fact, his mind is much more mature than that of children of the same age, and he knows that this is because of illness. In this splendid and enthusiastic age, the young Dongdong was exposed to the topic of death prematurely. Although he didn't understand what death meant, he could always hear the terrible word from doctors, nurses, strangers in the ward, and even his uncle and grandmother.
In Dongdong's heart, death is a terrible monster, it is even more difficult to deal with than Godzilla, and the only person who can defeat the monster is Ultraman.
But these are just appearances, after reading Dongdong's diary, Anxin can strongly feel that the Ultraman in Dongdong's eyes, its ultimate mission is to protect the "children" around him.
And the "little friend" of the woman in the picture is actually Liu Hong.
You can think that it has been Liu Hong who has been guarding her son Dongdong all these years. But at this moment, Anxin suddenly realized that from Dongdong's perspective, he has actually been guarding his mother who is as fragile as a "child".
In the middle of the night, Dongdong saw his mother in a daze and crying in the dark more than once. In fact, at that time, Dongdong had already woken up, but he didn't speak, and he was secretly determined to drive away the monster that hurt his mother.
Even though he was only seven years old, Dongdong could feel what those monsters were.
Sometimes, they are a test document; Sometimes, it will be a few words of advice from doctors; Sometimes, it's just a stranger's glance...... Liu Hong is such a fragile woman, so fragile that she can only resist all the dangers close to Dongdong by resisting.
Therefore, she would quarrel fiercely with her stepmother Wang Xiuzhi, and even break the water glass. will also fight with his brother Liu Qing and be hysterical. Sometimes, just because the family members of the patients next to the hospital bed mentioned the word death, she would violently kick people out.
Dongdong is fighting against the disease, and in fact, he has been helping Liu Hong to fight against the demons. He wants his mother's world to be full of smiles, sunshine and joy.
Therefore, even if Liu Hong's work was very busy at the beginning, Dongdong would pull him to make handmade flower pots and plant wheat, garlic seedlings and mung bean sprouts. He wanted his mother to be like him, to experience the twelve lessons of life blooming.
Therefore, even though he is seven years old, Dongdong still sleeps with Liu Hong every day, and he doesn't want his mother to wake up without anyone every time she wakes up in the dark.
So......
Things are far from being as simple as Anxin imagined.
She suddenly discovered that the two professional books on home improvement were actually Dongdong reading, and he didn't know many words, so he could only read them with a reading pen. Dongdong couldn't understand it at all, but fortunately he understood one of them: perspective.
The first view of the homeowner when he enters the door, the first view when he walks through the hallway, the first view when he sits on the couch and watches TV......
The first view of the ...... when cooking
The first view of a book and makeup......
Or even the first view of opening the balcony door......
Without exception, in these extremely special places, a smiling Ultraman is specially placed in Dongdong City.
Do you believe in light?
The peace of mind at this moment is completely believed, and she believes that Ultraman has an infinite light of life in him.
With these discoveries, Anxin rearranged the materials and photographed the image of Ultraman in each special place.
Until more than eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Anxin had finished tidying up Dongdong's bedroom and carefully recorded his findings.
At noon, I went to the hotel with peace of mind.
The door was not closed, it was pushed open, and Liu Hong was sitting on the bay window eating instant noodles at this moment. Her eyes were red, and she had obviously not slept in a long time. There were also some signs of redness and swelling in the corners of the eyes and cheeks, which was obviously caused by tears.
"This is Dongdong's favorite instant noodles, and I suddenly want to try it again......"
Liu Hong pretended to be calm and smiled bitterly, but the smile stiffened on her face, and her eyes, which had been crying, were suddenly full of tears.
Compared with her stepmother and brother, Liu Hong seemed to trust Anxin in front of her more, and couldn't help hugging Anxin's shoulders and crying bitterly.
After Liu Hong's mood stabilized, Anxin smiled and pointed to the instant noodles and said, "Is there anything else?" I'd love to try it too. ”
It's a very ordinary instant noodle, and the taste is not special, but in Liu Hong's eyes, this is one of the few ways she communicates with her son.
Anxin brought an Ultraman model, she didn't specifically explain it, took it out and put it in the most obvious position next to the TV.
The room was very dark, and Anxin knew that this was a process that many people who had lost their loved ones would go through, especially Liu Hong, a mother who suddenly lost her son, for a considerable period of time, it was difficult for her to get out of that haze.
Liu Hong's mobile phone rang many times, but she didn't answer it, as if she hadn't heard it at all.
Looking at the words "Secretary Chen" on the screen, Anxin knew that this was an employee of Liu Hong's company, and he should have contacted Liu Hong many times.
Anxin didn't pay attention to it, seeing that Liu Hong on the bay window fell back into a sluggish state, quietly pushed the door and walked out of the room, and closed the door smoothly.
Unfortunately, as soon as An An walked out of the hotel, he met Wang Xiumei and Liu Qing's mother and son.
The two had seen Anxin, and they also knew that Liu Hong had entrusted Anxin to do the work of sorting out the relics. After greeting the two, Anxin was about to leave when Liu Qing suddenly blocked Anxin's way.
In Anxin's heart, she is a little resistant to Liu Qing's mother and son, although she is a stepmother, but it is the first time she has seen a woman who is so indifferent to her grandson.
"Miss An, can we have a meal together? I have something to say to you. Wang Xiumei suddenly looked at Anxin.
Anxin wanted to refuse: "I'm sorry, I still have ......"
was suddenly interrupted by Wang Xiumei: "Just a few words, you can leave at any time if you want." ”
Anxin softened, and suddenly felt that the woman standing in front of him was not as strong as Liu Hong said.
After hesitating for a moment, Anxin still followed the two to the restaurant next to them, the three of them ordered some simple meals, and before they started eating, Wang Xiumei gave her son a look, Liu Qing then excused herself to leave, and she and Anxin were left in the private room.
"Weird, how come I'm not as snarky as you think, right?" Wang Xiumei smiled, and her eyes were stunned when she said a word.
It was as if I had watched the fire, and I had to be shocked.