“I thought that even though there were many regrets in this life, there were still things worth being happy about. Time heals everything and everything will be fine. Later, I received another letter from my hometown, saying that Fang Qing had given birth to a son for me. It also said that she had suffered a lot during the pregnancy and the child was born prematurely. I was worried. Later he said that fortunately the child was healthy, and my heart settled down again.
They asked me what I would name the baby. I didn't sleep all night and I thought about it for a long time. As soon as I open my eyes, the morning light breaks and blessings come to my heart. I quickly picked up the pen and wrote back, just call Chen, Chen, which represents a new beginning. We all need to forget the misfortunes of the past and embrace a new beginning. 』
"This year, I have been working and earning some money, so I took annual leave and went home early. I had always dreaded going back to that home, but over the past year I began to look forward to it. I desperately want to see my son, and I desperately want to give him the love that I had always expected but never received.
This year Fang Qing finally didn't wait at the foot of the mountain because she didn't know I had returned early. I didn’t tell anyone and went home alone, carrying my bag. I met Fang Qing and also met...my brother...'
Behind it are a bunch of closely-spaced dots and some random strokes.
These are not words at all, more like the writer venting his emotions.
It wasn't until they turned to the next page that they saw the text again.
It’s a pity that I don’t know him.
Fu Huaiyi frowned and looked up at Director Huang.
Yi Yunshuo was holding the paper and complaining, "What is this? How come the back of the page is so ugly?"
Director Huang picked up the medical record on the table and knocked it on Yi Yunshuo's head. "You are talking nonsense, kid. I wrote this."
Yi Yunshuo's mouth twitched. "What did you write? What kind of handwriting is this?"
"Authentic prescription body."
Yi Yunshuo: “…”
"He couldn't write any more at this point, so I added it for him."
"So what did you write?"
Director Huang read out, "My illness must not have been cured. I must have been hallucinating at that time. No, my brother treated me the best. He said that I was his only real brother. We looked so similar and we both had the last name Wang. He was the only one in the family who treated me like a human being. He would not treat me like that, and Fang Qing would not treat me like that either."
"What hallucination?" Yi Yunshuo asked.
Director Huang rolled his eyes at him and continued reading.
"I ran away. I hid behind the house for a long time, and kept telling myself that I must be hallucinating because of my illness. That moment, I actually convinced my brain. After calming myself down, I went back to the village entrance. This time I made a lot of noise, and I shouted hello to the neighbors along the way. When I got home, Fang Qing ran out to pick me up, holding the child.
She held Chenchen in her arms and showed him to me, saying that this was our child. I had dreamed countless times about how I would hug Chenchen and how I would be nice to him after I saw him. For this reason, I, who am not good at expressing myself, made a special trip to ask a friend. My friend has a sister and I asked him how to hold a baby. "
At this point, Fu Huaiyi suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.
Wang Jianjun, who usually doesn't talk much, found him and asked him how to hold the baby.
He just thinks he is mentally ill. He has no children, so how can he know?
But he also said that he had a younger sister. When asked how he held his sister, he thought carefully and recalled what his aunt taught him about holding a baby.
He originally wanted to respond casually, but Wang Jianjun took out a notebook and actually wrote it down seriously.
At that time, Fu Huaiyi felt that Wang Jianjun seemed to have really changed and was about to become a normal person.
However, the good times did not last long. After he returned home for the New Year, he returned to his old ways.
No, he was even quieter than before, and he never mentioned his son again.
Director Huang continued reading, "I didn't reach out to pick up the child in the end. They said the child was born prematurely, but when I saw him, he was white and chubby, exactly like Jianguo when he was a child, and didn't look like a premature baby. I began to doubt whether he was my child. I didn't dare to hold him until I found out."
Yi Yunshuo pushed Fu Huaiyi's arm and mouthed something to him.
Fu Huaiyi pushed his hand away and whispered, "Don't interrupt."
Director Huang continued, "I watched the light in Fang Qing's eyes dim again. A moment later, Wang Jianguo came out and asked me if I didn't like Chenchen. I just told them that I didn't know how to hold a baby and was worried that he would fall."
"My stepmother said that I have always been a cold-hearted person, and it's no wonder that I don't hold my child."
"Fang Qing has long been accustomed to my indifference. She said nothing and only tried to please me carefully. When no one was around, she complained to me. Unlike before when she only cried silently, this time she complained a lot. She talked about how difficult life was here, how her parents-in-law were arguing, and how the bachelors in the village occasionally wanted to take advantage of her."
"I watched her lie indifferently and still said nothing. So I began to observe them, everyone in this family. My father was still the same, and my stepmother treated my son well, which was abnormal. Wang Jianguo was also good to him, changing his diapers skillfully, as if he did it often. When he saw me looking at him, he just smiled at me and said he was used to it, and that since his brother was not at home, he had to do this job.
Haha, you are really my good brother. I sneered, you've done a lot for me, right? He didn't hear it, he just smiled and said that it was what he should do. Then he said that his family had found a wife for him, and if nothing went wrong he would get married after the new year. If he continues to take care of his sister-in-law at that time, the new daughter-in-law will have objections, so he will not be able to take care of Fang Qing anymore.
At that time, I thought that the new daughter-in-law was so pitiful. I was afraid that his stepmother was in a hurry to find him a wife because she was worried that the truth would be exposed. Otherwise, why is he in such a hurry to get married when he is only eighteen years old? At that time, I had only one thought: I couldn't let Fang Qing stay here, I had to let her leave. "
"She had the same idea. She said she wanted to follow me to South City. Oh, how could I take her to South City? I didn't want to take her there, so I went to the town near Jiang Ting and asked about a house. It only cost a little over a thousand yuan. I saved a few hundred yuan, Jiang Ting lent me a few hundred yuan, and we borrowed the rest from friends.
We are not rich, just a few dozen or a hundred yuan, it was Jiang Ting who asked for it on my behalf. Fu Huaiyi borrowed the most from me, he lent me three hundred. After borrowing enough money, I bought the house and arranged for Fang Qing to live in it with the child. "
"But whether the child is mine or not has become a thorn in my heart. If I ask them, they will definitely deny it. Fang Qing never went to the hospital from pregnancy to birth, so it is impossible to verify it through the hospital. So, I started asking around to see if there is any way to find out whether he is my child or not."
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