"What?"
"Brother, are you telling me now that you can't come? Do you have any sense of contract spirit!?"
Shen Yunian wanted to blame the other party again, but the man didn't want to say more and had already hung up the phone.
"Hello? Hello?"
There was a busy signal on the other side of the phone. Shen Yunian knew that there was no chance and sighed deeply.
Shen Bai Yao, who was on the side, put his mobile phone between the two of them and said excitedly: "Someone here suddenly took an order..." She was not happy for long, and the smile froze on her face.
"He's a college student."
Shen Bai Yao then thought about it, "How about...let him act more mature?"
Shen Yunian felt that this plan was not feasible and shook his head, "Zhao Ning is young, not stupid."
May's hair is ignited with flames, clothing stores on the street have already put out summer clothes, milk tea shops have new ice drinks, and early summer is coming quietly.
The mother and daughter stood in front of the milk tea shop, anxious, as if they were sweating from the heat.
The book continues from the last chapter. I don’t know from which day, the probability of Zhao Ning mentioning his father increased significantly. He even stopped eating or drinking, got angry with his mother, and wanted to see his father.
Later, Shen Yunian brought her favorite porcelain bowl of pineapple and snow, but she couldn't even coax the children to eat a bite.
Before leaving the bedroom, Zhao Ning stopped her and looked sad:
"Sister, do you know? I have never met my father."
At that time, Shen Yunian only thought it was an angry comment.
Later she found out that she was telling the truth.
Some people are born with perfection, some are born with shortcomings... and some people are born with lies.
Weaving a perfect web with imperfections, is it a blessing or a curse?
Then again, if people can live in the illusion of happiness all their lives, wouldn't it be a relief?
It's better than real pain, to be with you forever.
Based on this, Shen Yunian was also inspired by a movie, so he posted an order on a part-time job app. There were requirements for appearance, education and age, and the hourly wage was raised to 200 yuan.
But her requirements are too high. Even if the hourly wage is much higher than the market price, few people take the order.
It was not easy to find one, but the man said that he had something to do today, so he passed them over.
Shen Bai Yao handed the milky green in his hand to the other party, "Okay, let's calm down."
"I really can't tell my sister that her father had a car accident on the way here."
Although this excuse was ridiculous, Shen Yunian felt that it was not impossible. He took a sip of milk green and nodded reluctantly.
"Eh?"
The mother and daughter heard a familiar voice and turned around at the same time, just in time to see Teacher Chen's majestic but kind face.
"Hello, Teacher Chen!"
Chen Hao nodded slightly, hesitated a little, and asked: "I just heard that you were..."
Shen Yunian looked at Teacher Chen carefully. Although the teacher looked very fierce, he was still a good candidate for acting, so he took advantage of it...
"Teacher, are you free now?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Shen Bai Yao interrupted first, and then winked at the person next to him, meaning not to trouble Teacher Chen.
Since the last time we left in the hospital, she knew a little bit about the situation at the teacher's home.
The neighborhood was not far from the hospital, and she noticed that the teacher was holding an incubator in his hand. He was probably visiting his wife. How could she bother him at this moment?
Shen Yunian understood and gave up the idea of asking Teacher Chen for help.
"Goodbye, teacher!"
When the two were about to make up a story with the "Car Accident Theory", Teacher Chen stopped them. They looked hesitant, but still planned to say what they thought.
"If you don't find the right person, I can help."
Seeing that they still wanted to refuse, he added: "My wife has relatives there, and I am temporarily free."
Just like this, mother and daughter found a fake father for Zhao Ning.
……
Zhao Ning from the cake shop over there felt like she was stretching her neck. She still didn't wait for her two sisters to come back. She grabbed her mother's hand and asked anxiously: "Mom, mom, why hasn't dad come yet?"
As a mother, Zhao Wunan also wants to fulfill her little daughter's dream.
She used words to paint a dreamy picture for Zhao Ning.
In that wilderness, Zhao Ning's father was a free-spirited man who kept company with wild animals and protected their homes.
If predators come to invade, he will pick up the gun in his hand to protect this pure land.
As for why "Dad" Shenlong never comes back, of course it's because he has to follow the rare animals all over the place and can't get away easily.
This is a white lie that Zhao Wunan concocted based on almost no reality and did his best.
Her biological father is worse than a beast, and her legal father has never met her. He even went in a few days ago...
Precisely because the reality is so unbearable, Zhao Wunan must do his best to protect the innocence of his children.
At least don't let her peek into the dark corner of the world prematurely.
"Mom, mom." Zhao Ning saw the middle-aged man following her two sisters outside the glass door, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she shook her mother's arm, "Is that dad?"
Zhao Wunan raised his head, his expression stagnant for a moment, and then he came to his senses.
Isn't that your "daughter's" class teacher?
Chen Chu opened the door and came in. When he saw the parents of the students outside the school, he immediately changed the subject. He became cramped and spoke little, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
"You..."
Hearing the teacher's words be so polite, how does it sound like he is playing the role of an ex-husband who is irresponsible to the family?
"Ahem, cough, cough." Shen Yunian cleared her throat, entered the role first, and gestured wildly with her eyes, "Dad, where is the daughter you have never met before, why don't you say a few words?"
say what?
Due to the disappearance of his daughter a few years ago, Chen Chu has been away from the role of father for a long time. He is temporarily speechless and completely loses the calmness of being a teacher.
Zhao Wunan was still very understanding and resolved the embarrassment in time. He patted his little daughter on the shoulder and smiled, "Look, that's dad."
I don't know if the happiness came too suddenly. Zhao Ning did not show the joy that everyone imagined. His eyes were fixed on the strange man motionlessly, as if there were roots under his feet, and he could not walk.
Shen Bai Yao next to him was a little puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Why did my sister react like this?"
Shen Yunian couldn't figure it out at the moment. She could only attribute it to: "Is Teacher Chen too dark?" Her eyes jumped to the identical fair faces of the mother and daughter, and she wanted to find this fake father. It was true. It violates the laws of genetics.
But now that things have come to this, he can only bite the bullet.
Shen Yunian sweetly smoothed things over: "Dad, did you go to Africa a few days ago? You look bad."
Just watching the gorilla baring its teeth in Africa can make you look as black as your ancestors.
After a complicated inner struggle, Zhao Ning slowly stood up, walked to the man, looked up at him, and asked cautiously:
"Are you really my dad?"
Because of this long-lost "Dad", Chen Chu suddenly felt a dense pain coming over him.
But after the heartache, a warm current surged on the surface of his scar, causing the open wound to slowly heal.
"Yes." Chen Chu, who was not good at words, knelt down and stroked the girl's hair cautiously.
After hearing about the little girl's life experience, he couldn't hide his heartache, hesitated a little, and finally let go, determined to play the role of a good father.
It is also through the little girl in front of me who lacks father's love that she can compensate for the unfinished father's love in her heart.
"Then... let's go out and play, okay?" Zhao Ning rubbed her red eyes and looked at the fake father expectantly.
"Okay."
The two walked out of the cake shop and headed towards the sun.
The light from the top of the clear sky fell on the clothes and turned into silhouettes, one large and one small.
One is the father whose daughter is missing, and the other is the daughter who has no father.
The fragments of sunlight embrace the warmth of the world and spread a soft song that heals the pain.
Even if this is just a clumsy lie, it is enough to replace the infinite tenderness of the stars after walking through the long dark night.
Zhao Ning was in front, jumping over the yellow floor tiles and stepping on the red ones.
"Dad, can you tell me about the animals you have seen?"
Chen Chu was deep in thought. Due to his family situation, although he had never traveled far and wide, as a geography teacher, he could still speak a few words.
From the kangaroos in Australia, to the Bengal tigers in South Asia, to the pink dolphins on the southeastern coast of my country... strange and bizarre puzzles complete the imperfections in the little girl's vision.
——But, it was originally supposed to be a lovely and lovely world.
The remaining three people looked at their backs from behind and exchanged glances with each other, feeling an unspeakable sense of disharmony in their hearts.
Shen Yunian broke the ice first, "There is still some time before the movie starts, so I will walk around here with Bai Yao first."
"Okay, I'll go back to the cake shop to deal with some work matters." Zhao Wunan smiled politely, then turned and left.
On the busy street corner, the mother and daughter were left alone.
The aroma of frying wafted in the air. Shen Yunian took a deep breath, waiting for the aroma of oil to pass through his lungs, and his face was full of enjoyment.
Shen Bai Yao closed his eyes and used his sense of smell to distinguish it carefully. He couldn't smell anything and couldn't help but wonder: "What is this?"
"Want to eat?" Shen Yunian smiled slyly, but it gave the other party a bad premonition.
Then, she took her daughter's hand and hurried towards the source of the fragrance, fearing that her delicious food would escape.
"Dang-dang-dang! That's it!"
Shen Yunian was happy, but Shen Baiyao was scared.
When Shen Baiyao saw the name of the stall clearly, he looked horrified and was about to leave, while complaining in his heart:
I don’t know what this person is so happy about? ?
[Maodan Buffet]
"Don't leave~" Shen Yunian scanned the QR code with one hand and held a paper bowl with five eggs in it.
Shen Bai Yao's face turned blue, and he felt that the milk tea he just drank was going to hit his throat. He endured nausea and said, "If you want to go to the hospital, don't hold me back!"
She doesn't eat eggs in the first place, but still eats raw eggs?
This was really more uncomfortable for her than being bitten by a shark.
Shen Yunian dipped the chili noodles in, took a bite, and leaned forward, trying to let the other party see the secret in the egg.
"Oh, please stay away!" Shen Baiyao smiled and pushed.
Shen Yunian also wanted to throw the bitten egg in front of her daughter, but was pushed away mercilessly. She was so happy that her defense was broken:
"Look how scary you are! All I bought are real eggs hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha without you with no eggs."
Shen Bai Yao was a little suspicious and took a step forward...
Shen Yunian acted mischievously and bit open a dead chicken. He held it up to her and said, "Look, this is a raw egg."
After one bite, the curled-up chicken embryo was covered with hair, and the chicken bones on its body were vaguely visible. If you look carefully, the chick's eyes are still open.
It's really... very plump.
"Ahhhh!" Shen Bai Yao felt that his eyes were dirty and he really couldn't understand this person's brain circuit.
“You really don’t want to eat it?”
"Don't eat!"
Shen Yunian chewed and couldn't stop eating, "Don't you want to go to Jinling to go to school?"
"One of Jinling's special delicacies is live beads!! Although live beads and hairy eggs are not the same thing..."
"Hey." She elbowed her daughter, who was drinking milk to nourish her stomach. She put away her joyful smile, and her eyes showed fascination, and her thoughts were already flying into the distance.
"When you are admitted to the university in Jinling, can I take you to eat?"
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The years are flowing down the river, and there is no way back in the distance.
"Who said I was going to Jinling? Can you really make arrangements for me?"
Shen Bai Yao pretended to be angry, but in fact he only had one thought:
Wherever you go, I go.
It would be foolish to change your dreams for anyone else.
Except for one person.
"It's changing so fast. You'd better forget about Lu Wanyue tomorrow." Shen Yu raised his eyebrows at a young age and raised his voice, thinking that it was a child with an unstable mind, who knew what his daughter was thinking.
Shen Bai Yao took a sip of milky green as if nothing had happened, but found that he had bottomed out and his unnatural movements had been revealed.
The girl is not incontinent to tears, but at this moment, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes unconsciously.
She had thousands of things to say, but the people in front of her always acted dumb and didn't give her a chance to express her feelings.
"What's wrong with you..."
When Shen Yunian met his eyes, a stream of clear water slowly flowed out of his deep well-like black pupils.
The swan geese were flying high, their feather tips were filled with thoughts of the world, they flew over the immeasurable chasm and landed in the depths of the desert.
The lonely and cold light shines on the shoulders of the lonely walkers. One of them is silently alone in life, and the other is wandering in the reincarnation of death.
The cicada doesn't know the snowy scene, but people on both sides of life and death meet here.
Unexpectedly, when the moon was full, you changed your appearance and even stood on tiptoe to break the moon disk.
You say this is sweet to make me happy.
I find this bitter because I hate that you went around a few times, with self-righteous good intentions, and refused to complete the moon that could have been perfect.
Just when he walked to the cinema, Shen Baiyao was holding an unknown fire in his heart. He kicked the pebbles on the roadside as if to vent his anger and said angrily: "Go and watch the movie yourself."
Be your pineapple oil princess!
I don't miss you at all.
When Shen Yunian heard this, the sudden lightning emptied her mind and it became blank.
What does this mean?
She was about to ask when she met a fake father-daughter team. Shen Yunian pulled her daughter and subconsciously turned the corner.
"I want that."
Zhao Ning pointed to the claw machine in the cinema. There were several boxes of postcards in the claw machine.
Chen Chu has almost entered the ranks of the elderly. He has never played with these things. He hesitates in place, but the little girl only wants the box of postcards with wild animals painted on them.
He touched Vicissitudes' face and had no choice but to bite the bullet, and in the little girl's expectant eyes, he succeeded once and for all.
Zhao Ning held up the box of wild animal postcards. An object worth a few dollars was of great value in her heart at this moment.
It seemed that through it, she could reach the paradise she expected.
"Thank you, uncle!"
Thanks to the dim lighting in the theater, the little girl's crisp voice made it easy for people to ignore the looming tears in her eyes.
When Chen Chu heard this, his hand holding the joystick trembled slightly. Although he had expected it, he didn't expect his identity to be revealed so quickly.
"I'm young, but I'm not stupid. You look so dark, you must not be my father!" Zhao Ning looked up at this uncle who looked fierce but at a loss at this moment, and smiled brightly at him, "But thank you anyway You!”
Zhao Ning took out the postcard, tried her best to hold back her tears, and forced a smile:
"I recently wrote a poem, so I'll give it to you. But you can only read it when I leave!"
The little girl put the postcard against the wall, but Chen Chu turned his back and really didn't take a peek.
Organizing the sentences was not difficult for her, whose literary skills were superior to those of her peers. Zhao Ning quickly finished writing, turned the side with the gorilla up, and handed it to Chen Chu with both hands.
"Bye bye, uncle!" She waved goodbye to him, and then strode away.
"Wait a minute!" Chen Chu tried to stop her. For safety reasons, how could he let the little girl go alone.
Zhao Ning turned around and made a stop gesture, her eyes filled with sadness.
"I want to go back to find my mother."
After Zhao Ning walked away, Shen Yunian, who was hiding in the dark, received a message from Teacher Chen. The photo was a small poem written by Zhao Ning
[The wind in the dream crossed the fence and danced alone in the lonely wilderness. ]
[The orange hanging on the branch sheds tears in the wind and takes off its coat. ]
[Sour and sweet juice drips in the secret garden. The flower buds that have been sleeping for a long time finally look up. ]
[The torn sunshine reassembled and lived in her eyes. ]
Zhao Ning, who was walking alone on the street, suddenly felt the warmth of the trees. Although her heart was sour, her feet felt much lighter.
Her life has ushered in a new spring and scenery, which is something worth recording.
Of course, Zhao Ning knew that it was her mother and sister who gave her warmth,
It was them who gave themselves the right to have dreams for a short period of time.
At the same time, Shen Bai Yao was lying on the other party's shoulder, also appreciating this little poem. He glanced at the movie poster and suddenly asked an irrelevant question:
"Do you think McDull's father is really a prince?"
Shen Yu young shook his head lightly, "No."
Obviously, it was Mrs. Mai who cooked a bowl of sweet soup for McDull, who had lacked father's love since childhood.
After drinking it, you can temporarily forget that life is plainly bitter.
The childlike tone conceals the cruel reality of his father's absence.
Therefore, mothers are great, shouldering two ends, one end is the mysterious past that is forced to let go, and the other end is the future that alone holds up the entire sky.
Thinking of this, Shen Bai Yao smiled and sighed, thinking that although he was a human being, he had unknowingly become a little piggy.
I also live in an impeccable lie but I don’t want to break away.
Back to reality, it doesn’t matter whether the Pineapple Oil Prince is true or false.
But what she doesn't know is that the Pineapple Oil Princess lurking beside her will always love her.
"Ahem." Shen Baiyao cleared his throat, calling back their wandering minds.
"You stuffed a gift voucher in the doll for me, do you still count it?"
Shen Yu, a young nobleman, often forgets things. His expression was stagnant before he came to his senses and smiled cheerfully:
"Count it, why doesn't it count?"
……
*Easter Egg 1
Zhao Wunan seemed to be handling work, but in fact he couldn't read a word on the document.
After being lost in thought for a long time, she took her phone and clicked on the chat interface of "Zhao Xu", brewing many heartfelt words:
[Since it’s just the two of us talking, I won’t be polite. Although I don't know your name, thank you anyway, thank you very much. ]
[Thank you for fulfilling Ning Ning’s dream, thank you for helping me deal with a problem in my hometown, and thank you even more... for saving Xuxu. ]
[I'm sorry for letting you go to find someone named Sun alone last time. ]
[But I really miss Xuxu, can she come back? ]
After typing the last sentence, Zhao Wunan burst into tears. Tears dripped on the screen, magnifying the word "Xuxu".
But after thinking about it, she deleted the last sentence.
*Easter Egg 2
Chen Chu stood alone in the theater, facing the claw machine, with a majestic black face that deterred tourists. The manager tried to persuade him, but he was embarrassed after all.
Suddenly the phone rang. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, he hesitated for a moment and picked it up.
"Hello, are you Mr. Chen?"
"We suspected that we found Ms. Chen Jing in the xx mountainous area. Is it convenient for you these days?"
The connection between Sun Haoran and the missing female college student was obvious. The police followed this line and accidentally discovered a human trafficking gang in the mountainous area.
The gang was so rampant that it spanned dozens of prefectures and cities and committed crimes for more than ten years before they were finally caught.
After putting down the phone, the lights behind Chen Chu suddenly turned on.
By the time he reacted, his dark face had been washed a bit white by tears of varying shades.
Although life is hard, you have to grit your teeth and carry on.
Just like today's sudden good news, his persistence finally paid off.
*Easter Egg 3
After the mother and daughter finished watching the movie, night fell over the sky, and the street lights were lit up, making the land and water red.
Shen Bai Yao wiped the little pearl with a tissue and couldn't stop sobbing.
McDull is obviously a fairy tale for adults, why is it always said to be a fairy tale for children?
"Don't cry, don't cry."
Shen Yunian pointed to the stinky tofu stall on the roadside and patiently coaxed: "Can I take you to eat there?"
As he was talking, the familiar crisp scent of lemon soap mixed with the smoke of barbecue fireworks, which seemed out of place, but extremely comforting.
"Ah..."
The first thing Shao Yu saw was Shen Yunian. He was about to say hello when he noticed Shen Bai Yao next to him and stopped his mouth in time.
"Why are you here?"
Shen Yunian saw him carrying a schoolbag. He must have just returned from self-study.
"I just want to take a walk and relax." Shao Yu said with dodge in his eyes.
He wouldn't say that he accidentally learned that she was going to watch a movie, and then "accidentally" wandered onto this street.
Not to mention...
I miss you.
"By the way..." He noticed that Bai Yao behind his aunt was missing. He held his breath and stared into her eyes motionlessly, and boldly spoke out his appeal:
"The college entrance examination will be in less than a month, I..."
"Don't worry." Shen Yunian wanted to pat the boy's shoulder to comfort him, but thinking about the boy's thoughts, he withdrew his hand and looked at each other openly, "I will take the test for every subject you take." .”
"Even after I took the last subject, I would send flowers."
What others have, you will have.
At that moment, everyone passing by turned invisible. Shao Yu's eyes were like clear springs, but deeper than deep pools.
Reluctant to let go of every inch of the person in his eyes, every move, for fear of not being able to make up for the ten years he had missed with her, he just wanted to dedicate all the youth he had passed by her.
"Here are the flowers!" Shen Bai Yao left briefly to buy a bouquet of lilies. When she saw the two of them standing "intimately", she stood in front of them without hesitation, like a gourd kid opening a mountain, splitting it in half. .
I don't know if it was Shao Yu's illusion, but he seemed to see a little... hostility in the girl's eyes.
Shen Bai Yao took another step forward, wishing to squeeze Shao Yu out of the country, and then give the lily in his hand to Shen Yunian:
"For you."
Lily is a pale yellow exotic sunshine, as fresh and free as its name. Even in the dark, it still blooms with infinite vitality.
"It's not my birthday, what flowers should I give you?" Shen Yunian was surprised, but accepted it anyway.
Shen Bai Yao smiled and said nothing, letting her guess.
It’s the second Sunday in May every year. Guess what day it is?
(End of chapter)
The author said: I feel that I am very suitable for writing children's literature (forcing the truth), so I wrote these two short poems (there is no antithesis, the logic is wrong, and the rhetoric is piled up). I hope everyone likes it~
The image of pineapple oil in this chapter refers to the dream that mothers create for their children~
In fact, I wanted to use another movie "Frankie, My Love" with a similar theme to introduce the story, but since McDull was included, this plot was not included. This movie is also very exciting, and I recommend it to everyone!
The finale of the next chapter, thank you for your continued support