1990, a prison in Northwest China.
Gu Tingkai stood up, looked at the bright sun above his head, reached out to grab the towel hanging around his neck, wiped the sweat from his forehead, his dark face was full of vicissitudes of life. He had been serving his sentence here for thirteen years and no longer looked like the noble young man in Beijing.
He sighed, lowered his head and continued to weed in the cotton field. It was already May and the weather in the Northwest was getting hot, but these prisoners had to go to the fields to work.
After work in the afternoon, he returned to the cell and washed himself. No matter how tired he was, he could not lie down on the bed. He could only lie on the bed when sleeping at night. Normally, he could only sit on the small stool beside the bed.
I have been here for thirteen years. According to my sentence, I will be released soon. It would be a lie to say that I have no thoughts about the future. Every prisoner here wants to get out quickly and live a free life. Of course, Gu Tingkai is the same.
Looking at the door slowly closing behind him, Gu Tingkai, holding the letter of introduction, felt a little lost. He didn't know where to go. Should he go back to Beijing? But if he went back to Beijing, would he still have his home there? He didn't know, but after thinking it over, it seemed that for the time being, he could only go to Beijing first and make plans once he got there.
After taking a bus for a day and a night to the station, he took a train again and finally returned to Beijing after three days and three nights. After serving thirteen years in prison, he was dumbfounded when he looked at the skyscrapers in the city. Beijing was very different from the one he left. He didn't recognize many streets. After a long time of searching, he slowly followed his memories and returned to the small courtyard where he lived. However, there were other people living in the courtyard this time. He went to the second brother Gu Tingyan's house again, but there were also other people living there.
Just when Gu Tingkai was at a loss and helpless, Gu Xueyuan appeared. Looking at his nephew, Gu Tingkai was extremely happy.
"Xueyuan, it's you. That's great! Uncle San almost couldn't find you. Did you know that Uncle San is back?"
Gu Xueyuan said calmly, "Well, I've called them. They said you were coming to Jing City today. I thought you might find your way here, so I came to see you. I didn't expect to actually meet you. Let's go. I'll take you there and settle you down first. In a few days, I'll send you to Shu. My dad and grandpa are both there now."
Gu Tingkai looked at Gu Xueyuan's indifferent expression. Having been in prison for more than ten years, he had already learned to read people's expressions, so he didn't say anything. Instead, he chose to follow Gu Xueyuan in silence.
Finally, under Gu Xueyuan's arrangement, he lived in a guesthouse. When he slept on the bed at night, Gu Tingkai felt much better. He had just been released from prison and had nothing on him except the money and train tickets given to him when he was released. If he really couldn't find his second brother and nephew, he might really have to live on the streets.
His mood improved and he slept soundly. He had a dream. His life in the dream was very different from this life. In the dream, he picked up his daughter when he went to An County that year. The daughter followed him back to Jing City very obediently. Through his arrangement, he let her go to the south to join the team in place of that bitch Gu Yulan. However, he had not yet fulfilled his promise, and the child finally died tragically in the labor farm in the south.
When he woke up from the dream, Gu Tingkai was confused. Although the ending of his life in the dream was not good, his early life was relatively smooth. But he did the same thing in this life, so why was he sent to prison so early? Another thing was that he had never seen his daughter in this life, not even once, but why could he see her so clearly in his dream? These things were what he couldn't understand.
Now that I think about it, all the variables appear on my daughter. Things have changed since I went to An County to pick her up to take her to Beijing, so that all the developments have changed. Could it be that she had a dream before and knew the direction of future events, so she went to the countryside early to avoid my visit.
The next day, after getting up, Gu Tingkai found out where Sun Yuqi worked from Gu Xueyuan. He walked all the way there, but was stopped by the security guard at the school gate. He had no choice but to wait outside the school.
When he felt someone looking at him, he turned around and found that it was his daughter, Sun Yuqi. She looked very similar to the daughter in his dream. This made him certain that this daughter must have had a dream like him and foresaw what was going to happen next, so she dodged in advance. He was speechless facing her. He had asked people to kill her many times. Although he didn't succeed, he had tried after all. Success or failure was not the key. The key was that he had sent people to kill his own daughter.
So she looked at Sun Yuqi and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, I just came to see you. I have never seen you in my life. I just wanted to see if you look different from what I saw in my dream."
After saying this, Gu Tingkai left quickly. He felt guilty and didn't know what to say to her. However, with his status, nothing he said seemed right. Not long after returning, Gu Tingkai followed Gu Xueyuan out of Beijing and went to Shu. He lived there for more than ten years. In Shu, he sent his father away. He had resentment and hatred for his father, but what could he do? After all, he was his father.
The next time he returned to Beijing was when he was in poor health. Sun Yuqi came to the hospital ward, and Gu Tingkai talked to her about his past dreams. However, she neither said yes nor no. However, when she left, she said that she would never come to see him again. She was also afraid that he would ask for support in the name of his biological father. Gu Tingkai did not feel sad or heartbroken, but was very calm.
In the autumn of 2005, Gu Tingkai closed his eyes forever. Just before he closed his eyes, the events of his dream reappeared before his eyes, flashing before his eyes like a movie scene. He just smiled. Whether it was from his past life or not, it no longer mattered. Even if it was, he hadn't been a good father in either life, hadn't he? He truly hoped that if there was an afterlife, he would definitely be a good father.
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