Chapter 66 Dad, Actually Mom Likes You a Lot
Shao Qing parked the car at the foot of the mountain.
Fu Siyan led Fu Siyu up the mountain on foot.
Entering the cemetery, two rows of lush trees line the path, with tall trees and shrubs of varying heights intertwined in unique shapes, much like the guardians of the tomb.
A magnificent monument stands tall in the spacious and solemn square, reaching into the clouds.
Fu Siyan led Fu Siyu to stop in front of the monument and laid a wreath.
The air was still.
It was Fu Siyu's first time here, and she looked around curiously.
Fu Siyan held his small hand and walked towards the cemetery on the hilltop of the cemetery.
Countless modern-day nameless heroes lie buried there.
"Dad, who are we going to see?"
"Let's go see a great hero." Fu Siyan glanced down at him, his eyes heavy.
Fu Siyu asked, "A powerful hero like Iron Man?"
“Iron Man is fictional.” Fu Siyan’s voice was deep and solemn: “But every hero here is real.”
"Oh!" Fu Siyu seemed to understand but not quite, his big eyes still darting around.
Fu Siyan stopped in front of a tombstone.
The tombstones are black, and the tombstones are nameless.
Fu Siyan knelt down and placed the bouquet of flowers he had brought in front of the tombstone.
He wiped the dust off the tombstone with his hand, his dark eyes fixed on it.
The heavy silence seemed to convey a thousand unspoken words.
Fu Siyu stood beside her father, looking at the tombstone and then at her father.
Although he had many questions, he sensed that his father wasn't in a good mood, so he wisely kept quiet.
"Siyu".
Fu Siyan turned around, reached out and touched Fu Siyu's head, his voice gentle and deep, "Kneel down and kowtow."
"good!"
Fu Siyu obediently knelt in front of the tombstone, placed his hands on the ground, and kowtowed properly!
After kowtowing, Fu Siyu looked up at his father, his innocent and adorable face full of naivety.
Fu Siyan helped him up, took his small hand in his large one, and said, "Let's go."
"Dad, doesn't this great hero have a name?"
"He has it."
Fu Siyu looked up at him and asked, "What's your name?"
Fu Siyan did not answer.
The atmosphere was oppressive, and Fu Siyu could sense that her father didn't really like talking about this great hero!
We walked very slowly down the mountain.
The child was very curious and kept asking questions the whole way.
But this time he was smarter; he didn't ask about the great hero, he asked about himself!
"Dad, today is the Lantern Festival! Should we go see Mom?"
Fu Siyan looked down at him and asked, "Do you want to go?"
"I want to!" Fu Siyu said impatiently, "Xiao Chu's mother said that I was too rude to her before, and that she was sad and disappointed in me, which is why she doesn't want to talk to me."
"You did make a mistake before, so it's understandable that she's disappointed and ignoring you."
"I know I was wrong!"
Fu Siyu pouted, "I will change. I will listen to Mom from now on, and I will treat her even better than before! It's just that Mom has moved out, and it's so hard for me to see her now!"
"Dad will take you somewhere else." Fu Siyan glanced at him and said, "I'll take you to see your mother later."
"Great!" Fu Siyu laughed, "Dad, you're the best!"
Fu Siyan looked at Fu Siyu's innocent and happy face and gave a slight smile.
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Half an hour later, at a sanatorium on the outskirts of the northern city.
Fu Siyan led Fu Siyu into the sanatorium.
Inside the single room, an elderly man dressed in a blue striped hospital gown sat blankly by the window, gazing out the window with his head tilted back.
He is over eighty years old, and dementia has made him forget many things, including who he is and where he came from.
The caregiver in charge of looking after the elderly reported the current situation to Fu Siyan.
“His memory has deteriorated more recently. He often doesn’t even recognize me. And whenever it snows, he keeps talking about going to find ‘Hanghang.’ When he gets really upset, we can only try to calm him down.”
Fu Siyan didn't say anything, and led Fu Siyu to the old man.
The old man didn't recognize anyone, but perhaps because he thought Siyu was pretty and cute, he reached out and touched Siyu's head, grinning and chuckling.
He had very few teeth left, and his face was covered in wrinkles when he smiled. Despite the meticulous care he received from the nursing home staff, the aging and decay brought on by time were something that no life could resist.
Fu Siyu resisted somewhat. He dodged the old man's hand and hid behind Fu Siyan, frowning as he asked, "Dad, I don't know him. Who is he?"
Fu Siyan touched the head of his hair, looked at the old man who only knew how to stare at Fu Siyu and grin foolishly, his eyes dark and he was speechless.
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It was already 2:30 pm when I left the sanatorium.
Fu Siyu couldn't wait to go find Shen Qingshu.
"Dad, should we go straight to find Mom?"
Fu Siyan leaned back in his chair, raised his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows. "Hmm."
"Yay!" Fu Siyu said, "Today is the Lantern Festival, and I haven't bought a lantern yet! Dad, can you take me to buy one first? I want to help Mom pick out the prettiest lantern!"
Fu Siyan patted his head. "Okay."
…
There is a large lantern market on the banks of Lijiang River in Beicheng. It sells not only lanterns, but also various prayer lanterns and Kongming lanterns.
Lijiang is destined to be bustling with activity tonight.
When choosing lanterns, Fu Siyu also picked one out for Zhou Yuchu.
He handed the lantern meant for Zhou Yuchu to Fu Siyan.
"Dad, this lantern is for Xiao Chu's mom, but we need to put it in the car first so Mom can't see it. Otherwise, she'll be angry if she finds out I bought one for Xiao Chu's mom too!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Siyan paused, "Why do you say that?"
"That's exactly right!"
Fu Siyu said, "Before Xiao Chu's mother came back, my mother never got angry with me. Xiao Chu's mother said that my mother might not like her, so she told me to mention her less in front of my mother in the future."
“Your mother wouldn’t do that,” Fu Siyan said, taking the lantern.
"Yes!" Fu Siyu said with great certainty, "Xiao Chu's mother said that girls are just prone to jealousy, and jealousy makes them angry! But jealousy is a sign of loving someone, so Mom still loves me!"
At this point, Fu Siyu suddenly tilted her head and looked at Fu Siyan, "Mom gets jealous and angry because Xiao Chu's mom is close to me, so does she feel the same way about Dad?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Siyan paused, "Why do you ask that?"
"Even before Xiao Chu's mother returned to China, Mom and Dad clearly had a very good relationship! I saw you two secretly kissing several times!"
Fu Siyan: "..."
Discussing this kind of topic with a five-year-old child always feels a bit strange.
Fu Siyan frowned and coughed lightly, "Your mother and I are husband and wife, that's normal."
"Oh!" Fu Siyu covered his mouth, his little expression mischievous.
"But Dad, you probably don't know this, but every time you're away on a business trip, Mom secretly stares at your picture and stares blankly! I asked Mom if she missed Dad, and she always said no, but she blushed! Our teacher said that when girls blush, it means they're shy!"
"Dad, has Mom ever blushed in front of you?"
Fu Siyan paused, then subconsciously began to recall.
Shen Qingshu has very fair skin and does blush easily, especially when he's aroused beneath her...
Fu Siyan frowned suddenly, surprised by his inappropriate recollection!
"dad!"
Fu Siyan snapped out of his daze and looked into his son's innocent and childlike eyes.
"Dad, I feel like Mom used to lie a bit. When you were away on business for a long time, she would secretly miss you, but she would never admit it! Mom probably likes you a lot, so now that you're getting along well with Xiao Chu's mom, she's bound to be jealous and angry!"
Fu Siyan raised his dark eyebrows slightly, his eyes deep and unfathomable, as if he were pondering Fu Siyu's words.
"Dad! Actually, Mom was really good to us before!"
Fu Siyu pouted, "I actually miss the old days a little... but if Xiao Chu's mom knew I felt this way, she would definitely be sad. Sigh! Being a kid is so hard!"
Fu Siyan rubbed his head. "Then don't let your Xiao Chu's mother know."
"I know!" Fu Siyu said, "Xiao Chu's mother is not in good health, and she cries easily. I can't bear to see her cry!"
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