"Ah!" Lin Man was very surprised. "I've seen some people who have lost children, or whose children have died, either treat their other children very well, or try their best to have another, or even adopt another child and take care of them as their own, saying they are spiritual support."
Lin Man didn't quite understand what those people were thinking. It seemed that having a new child could cover up the pain of losing the previous one. Anyway, her father's idea really surprised her.
Lin Cheng said with some admiration, "The commander is different. He's an exceptionally resilient man. He doesn't need those spiritual supports. To him, yes is yes, and no is no. No one can replace you and Madam Lin."
Lin Man couldn't help but think of what Du Qiu said when he quarreled with his mother. She had been a little vague about it, but at this moment, her memory suddenly became extremely clear.
She remembered Du Qiu saying to her mother, "You're suffering here, raising a child all by yourself. What's the point? If that man died, you'd still remember him like this for the rest of your life. But if he were still alive, what kind of world is this? Every capable man is surrounded by women. What's the point of doing this?"
Her mother kicked her out. Later, her mother fell ill. Lin Man took care of her in a daze. One day, she asked her, "If Dad were still alive, would he really become so bad?"
Mom patted her head and said, "If he's still alive, that's a good thing. Mom will be very happy. As for what he will become, Mom can't guarantee it. That's his business. But Mom doesn't want to live with other uncles, but not for him. Xiaoman, although life is difficult now, Mom has you and you have Mom. We are very happy together, aren't we? But if there is another uncle or aunt in the family, or if we live in someone else's home, many things will become different."
"But they all said that having an uncle would make it easier for my mother."
"Maybe some things will become easier, but some things will become harder. Maybe my body will feel easier, but my heart will feel sad. Mom doesn't like that. Mom just wants to live with Xiaoman."
When he was little, Lin Man said, "I just want to be with my mother. I will grow up quickly and help you. We don't want other uncles."
But now, it was not uncles or aunts, but dad, the real dad, who appeared. Lin Man suddenly had a thought. From now on, it would not just be her mother and her mother would not be the only one. There would be another person between them. She didn't know what would change, and she didn't know if when some things became easier, some things would become more difficult.
She lowered her head, thinking about her own things, and Lin Cheng did not disturb her.
After a long time, Lin Man looked at the communicator: "Why is there still no sound? Can't get through?"
Lin Cheng said, "I don't know what happened today, the response from the base was slow."
"Oh." Lin Man looked at this ordinary room, then looked at Lin Cheng who was sitting half a meter away, and suddenly said, "You are not lying to me, are you?"
Lin Cheng laughed out loud: "If the fact that no one has contacted me over there will arouse your suspicion, then why don't I find someone to pretend to be your father and talk to you to calm you down?"
It seems so. Lin Man continued to wait patiently. After a while, he asked again: "When did you take the photo of me? What did you use to take it?"
Lin Cheng raised his wrist: "Use this."
Watch? Can a watch actually take pictures?
Seeing her curiosity and worried that she might be getting anxious waiting, Lin Cheng intentionally diverted her attention by taking off his watch and teaching her how to use it: "This watch has many functions. Press here, press here again, and you can take a photo."
Lin Man took a picture of him as he had instructed, then found the new photo on the small screen of her watch. It was all made up of lines and looked strange. She fiddled with it for a while, but didn't think it was anything special. She returned the watch to Lin Cheng, who asked, "Are you alone out here? Where's Mrs. Lin?"
"I just came out to look around. My mom is at home."
A girl running out in this world to look around?
"Home? Peace Base?"
Lin Man glanced at him and nodded: "You should know where the Peace Base is, right?"
"Well, I asked Du Chun about it. I never knew there was such a place before. If I can't find you this time, I plan to go there and take a look."
Lin Man became interested: "Then shall we go there later? Do you have a helicopter too?"
"Yes, if you fly there quickly, it only takes about one or two hours."
"So fast!" Lin Man was a little expectant and excited, "It took me more than twenty days to walk all the way here!" It took more than twenty days to walk here, and it would only take one or two hours to go back. It was exciting to think about it. Would her mother be surprised to see her go back so early?
"So why did you go so far?"
"Nanming Base is the closest one. Although the conditions and environment there are pretty good right now, we still need to prepare for a rainy day and find a good base for us. If your base in the north weren't too far away, I would like to compare them one by one. I also want to understand this world better."
Lin Cheng frowned slightly when he heard this: "Don't you have anyone else who can do this?"
Lin Man said, "Didn't Du Chun tell you? He and Zhang Chengtao's group were the first to leave the Peace Base. Everyone who could leave has left. The rest, even those who are able-bodied, are only holding us back."
"Du Chun said there are still more than a thousand people left there."
"Not that many. Some things happened, some people died, some escaped, and there aren't many left."
The two of them continued to ask and answer questions. After a long while, the communicator finally rang. A voice that didn't look particularly young, but was resonant, deep, and tinged with anxiety, came through: "Lin Cheng."
Lin Cheng hurriedly said, "Sir, it's me."
"Where is she? Have you found her?"
Lin Cheng looked at Lin Man and said, "I found her. She is right next to me now. I asked her and she is indeed my wife..."
"Hurry, hurry, let her talk to me."
The despised Lin Cheng handed the thing holding the talking object to Lin Man and nodded to her. Lin Man was a little nervous, but she quickly suppressed it. She hesitated for a moment and took it in her hand, but didn't know what to say.
The man's voice on the other side was unfamiliar, and she didn't know how to greet him.
Saying "Hello, I'm Lin Man" or "Hello, are you really my dad?" Lin Man felt strange.
It was the other side who spoke first, and the deep voice became a little cautious, as if worried about scaring something: "Lin Man? Xiao Man? Can I call you that?"
"Yes, sure. I'm Lin Man, hello..."
"Good child, I am your father. I am late. I am sorry for you and your mother."
Lin Man couldn't help but complain, "You haven't even seen me in person, but you're convinced I'm your daughter? What if I'm an imposter? What if I'm actually my mother's adopted daughter? What if Lin Cheng has the wrong person?"
And you're late, aren't you? You haven't even arrived yet.
Lin Man suddenly realized that she was still in the mood to complain, and was not disturbed at all by the "Dad" from the opposite side. She couldn't help feeling complicated. The father whom she occasionally disappointed and resented, and the father whom she often looked forward to and yearned for, when they actually appeared, she really, no longer felt anything.
She felt a little sad when she heard the man on the other side ask with concern: "How have you been these years? Where's your mother?"
Are you doing well? Of course not, but Lin Man didn't intend to talk about that. Whether to talk about it or not, and how to talk about it, all depended on his mother. She was the one who was most qualified to talk to this man about it.
Lin Man said: "Anyway, it's fine now. As for the past, let my mother tell you."
"What about your mother?"
"My mother is not here now. I have to go find her first. I will listen to her for the rest of the matter."
Lin Cheng was a little surprised by Lin Man's indifference, but it was normal when she thought about it. She had never seen her father in her life, and now someone suddenly appeared and said to be her father. Moreover, this person was thousands of miles away, and they could only communicate through voice. It would be really difficult to accept, right?
"Okay, okay, Dad has some things to do. I'll come find you guys when I'm done. Three days, at the latest."
"Oh, okay." Lin Man thought about it and seemed to have nothing else to say. He returned the microphone to Lin Cheng and turned to leave.
Lin Cheng looked at her back: "Sir."
"Lin Cheng," Lin Zhongrong's voice regained its restrained dignity, "I can't get away for the time being. Please take good care of Xiaoman and ensure the safety of mother and daughter."
Lin Cheng heard something: "What happened at the base?"
"It's not about the base." Lin Zhongrong was silent for a moment, then said solemnly, "A huge underground cave was discovered in Dongshou Mountain. There are traces of a large number of zombies inside, and they are all relatively new."
"What?!"
"It's still difficult to determine the situation right now. Don't tell the mother and daughter about this for now. I'll try to find time to go south in the next two days. We'll keep in touch anytime."
Lin Cheng said calmly: "Yes, I understand."
…
Lin Man came to the large terrace outside, looked at the sky with faint stars, and slowly exhaled.
Guan Guan suddenly said, "You don't seem very happy that you found your father."
"No, I'm quite happy. Maybe I haven't adapted yet." Lin Man said in a daze, "I suddenly miss my mother." She wanted to know her mother's reaction to this.
Speaking of her mother, she hesitated for a moment and still didn't tell her that her mother was paralyzed. She knew that her mother looked gentle, but she was a very strong person at heart, otherwise she would not have gritted her teeth and raised her alone. She didn't necessarily want her husband, who hadn't seen her for more than ten years, to have the impression that her mother was paralyzed in bed for many years before he even saw her.
Anyway, if it were Lin Man herself, she wouldn't want others to have that kind of impression of her.
But then, there's no reason for her to have a healing psychic.
She looked at the gauze on her arm, covered it with her right hand, and tried again. If it still didn't work, she would have to ask Lin Cheng to help find a healer with special abilities before going back.
Thinking this in her heart, she didn't actually hold out too much hope, but not long after, she exclaimed in surprise.
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