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(Small Theater) Jigsaw Puzzle ~ Moon
During your student years, there are always endless classes and endless homework to fill your youth. But even so, you'll always find time to do the things you want to do without being too ostentatious. A girl's thoughts are always hidden deep in her heart and never spoken out loud.
My pen pal has been showing up a lot lately. Really, a lot. Not just to school, but even after school. He's always been extra attentive to me, giving me little gifts and such. It's rude not to reciprocate, so I can't just take something for nothing. I have to give something special, something original, something thoughtful. Yes, it has to be thoughtful.
Lin Lei looked at the text message on his phone: "Sanshi, I have a gift for you. Go pick it up at the store near your home. I've left it there."
Lin Sanshi received a hand-assembled 1,000-piece constellation puzzle. It took a long time to put together, taking up a lot of homework time. At the time, I didn't know what the meaning was, nor did I know that the time we would later spend on the issue of "we" would be enough to put together many, many puzzles.
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"Yueyue is back, but Damei didn't come upstairs. Didn't she go to pick you up?" asked Father Lan who was sitting on the bed.
"By the way, Lan Damei, you are a fake brother who doesn't care about me. It seems that what you said about being picked up is true. I have to sever the relationship between you and me, and we will have nothing to do with each other from now on." Qi Yue always made up her mind secretly.
"My classmate sent me back. Dad, it's so late. Mom must have gone to bed. You should go and rest too."
"Okay, then you should go to bed early. I'll ask your mom to make you something you want to eat tomorrow."
Qi Yue opened her eyes wide and asked, "How about wontons? Thin skin and big fillings?"
Father Lan replied with a doting look on his face: "Well, my daughter is really greedy."
Dudu
WeChat message from Lan Damei: "Sister, are you home yet? I went downstairs to look for you as soon as I received your message. You left, why didn't you wait for me?"
Qi Yue replied: "No need to say more, come and apologize tomorrow."
Dudu
When the cell phone rang, Qi Yue thought it was Lan Damei again and was about to attack her verbally, but unexpectedly, it was him, the annual him.
"Happy New Year, my friend!"
"Xiao Ziyi, Happy New Year!"
After hearing the door close, Lin Lei secretly walked to the door of Lan's house and touched the door that he didn't even know if he would have a chance to enter. He imagined what he should do if he could get in. He wondered if he would be very nervous. He probably would be so nervous that he would kneel down and call out to his parents.
Listening to the conversation between the Lan family's father and daughter, he said quietly: "Okay, let's eat the thin-skinned and big-filled ones. I'll accompany you."
Lin Lei shook his head, dispelling these wild thoughts, and turned to walk out of the building. Walking alone on this strange yet familiar road, he had a sad face and a lot of thoughts in his mind. "If I hadn't unplugged the Wi-Fi downstairs in the hotel earlier, would I have had the chance to take her home this time? Fortunately, the signal downstairs was as bad as before, otherwise, there really would be no chance. Maybe I really shouldn't have done it this time, but I just wanted to stay with her for a while longer, even for a few minutes, really, even if it was only a few minutes. Sometimes, never seeing each other again is just a matter of turning around. It's been five years since we last met, and only I know the details of these five years."
"Yueyue, you must come to see me tomorrow. Perhaps, this is the last time I will be brave, and this is our last chance. For me, for us, can you be brave just once? Don't run away this time. Don't let me miss you again. Don't let me go so long without seeing you or hearing from you. I really don't know if we will have a future together. Just this once, for me and for you, let me be selfish. See you tomorrow."
Early the next morning.
Qi Yue, who was still lying in bed, saw through the window screen that the golden sunlight filled the entire bedroom, making the already pink bed look extremely warm. In such an atmosphere, who would want to get up?
Qi Yue sat up and stretched. "It smells so good! These wontons my mom makes are so delicious! I never get tired of eating them."
Mother Lan came in and heard Qiyue mumbling to herself. She looked at her daughter, who was still sitting with her eyes closed, struggling. "You're just good at talking, but you're just greedy. Yueyue, Chinese New Year is tomorrow. Go shopping with your dad this afternoon and get ready early."
Qi Yue said as she was getting ready to get up: "I can't this afternoon. I have an appointment with my classmates, and we're going to sing karaoke together tonight."
"You said you were coming home for the New Year, and you finally came back to stay for a few days. Why are you so busy that you can't even spend time with me and your dad?"
Qi Yue knelt on the bed and said, "Oh, Mom, I haven't seen my classmates for a long time, so I took the opportunity to get together during the New Year. When I'm not having a party during the holidays, I usually stay with you and Dad."
Mother Lan looked at her daughter who knew nothing about it and said sternly, "Not this time. Stay home and accompany me and your father this year."
Seeing her mother so determined, Qi Yue couldn't help but feel puzzled. Her mother, who usually always urged her to go out, was acting so strangely this time, leaving her completely baffled. With a quick glance, she came up with a plan.
Qi Yue also pretended to be firm and said, "Humph, Dad will let me go. I'll let Dad talk to you."
As he spoke, he got out of bed and walked out of the room to get help.
"Your dad is out buying you your favorite fried cakes. Wait until he comes back and let him tell you. I wonder how long he can keep telling you."
When Qi Yue heard Lan's mother's tone was wrong, she said anxiously, "Mom, what are you doing? I'm just going to a class reunion. Why are you saying this? What are you talking about? When will it end?"
Lan's mother stood up angrily, took out a piece of paper from the bedroom and handed it to Qi Yue.
Qi Yue was at a loss for words after seeing this. She felt as if all her years of studying had been in vain. She knew every word, but when they were put together, it felt as if she couldn't recognize any of them. Only the word "cancer" seemed to have magnified several times before her eyes. In that moment, Qi Yue completely forgot that tears are meant for sadness. It was just an ordinary piece of A4 paper with words on it, as ordinary as it could be.
Qi Yue looked at her mother blankly, like a helpless child.
Her mother hugged Qiyue distressedly. Realizing she might have been too hasty, she said softly, "We checked three months ago, and all the indicators showed a negative outlook. Your father told us not to tell you."
Qiyue was afraid her mother would worry, so she held back her tears. When she was very young, she had seen her father's medical report at home, which had a shadow written on it. At that time, Qiyue didn't know what the paper meant, and didn't pay much attention to it.
Similarly, because there were no obvious symptoms, her family did not take it seriously. They just told her to take care of her health. This was like giving Qiyue a shot of prevention early on.
But what is unexpected is that some things you can't imagine will actually happen, and they will happen in reality.
Father Lan happily held up the things he bought, changed his shoes and went into the house, saying happily: "I'm back, fresh and hot from the pot, eat it while it's hot."
After hearing this, Lan's mother turned and walked into the bedroom to tidy up the unmade bed.
Qi Yue looked at her father, grinned, and said, "Old Lan, sure, I love to eat, but I love you more."
But no one understands better than Qi Yue how heartbreaking this smile is and how bitter these words are.
Father Lan didn't expect his daughter to confess to him so early in the morning. He was a little overwhelmed and put down his things. Then he turned to the kitchen to get a plate to put the food on, like a shy big boy.
After breakfast, as usual, Lan's mother was busy in the kitchen. Lan's father had to take medicine, so when he saw his daughter come into the house, he quietly walked into the kitchen and carefully took out a bottle. If you didn't know, you would think there was a thief in the house.
Seeing Lan's father like this, Mother Lan felt distressed and heartbroken. She said sternly, "Don't take the medicine secretly. I've told you everything. Your daughter knows everything. I've told your daughter everything."
Father Lan looked at Mother Lan in shock. He hadn't expected her to tell her everything, despite the fact that they had previously agreed not to let her know. He couldn't imagine how she would react, and he was even more terrified of the sadness and devastation she would experience knowing she might lose her father. He had only been out for an hour, and things had gone drastically different from their original plan. He was worried and panicked. Father Lan was at a loss for what to do. He was angry at Mother Lan for not following his plan, yet also worried that his daughter wouldn't be able to accept it. He really didn't know what to do.
Seeing this scene, Qi Yue cried out to her father in a coquettish manner: "Dad, I want to go out this afternoon. Your wife won't let me go out. Please tell me quickly."
Father Lan was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't expected his daughter to say anything else. He hurriedly said, "Oh, yes, yes, Dad will tell you, Dad will tell you."
He was afraid that if he answered too late, his daughter would be unhappy. At this time, even if his daughter was a little unhappy, Father Lan would feel heartbroken.
Qi Yue said to Lan's mother, "Look, Dad told me to go. Long live Dad. There is only one good dad in the world. A daughter with a dad is content with everything."
After saying that, she turned and went into the room, looked at the ceiling, and then pretended to look for clothes in the closet. In fact, she didn't want to let the tears fall.
At this moment, Father Lan looked at his daughter with relief, as she was not upset because of his concealment.
Mother Lan looked at her father's daughter-slave behavior, and her daughter's usual behavior to take care of her father's mood. She smiled helplessly and tenderly with tears in her eyes and said, "Go, go. You two are here to irritate me. Each one is more irritating than the other."
When Qi Yue saw her father carefully taking the medicine, a tear shed from her left eye. People say that when the pain is extreme, only the left eye will shed tears because the heart is on the left side.
"Since I can remember, my father has always been omnipotent. At the same time, he is strict. Maybe because I am a daughter, there are many rules for me. I am not allowed to come home late, I am not allowed to have too close contact with the opposite sex, I am not allowed to be uneducated, I am not allowed to do evil things, and I am not allowed to say anything I don't want to say. But my father seems to be warm-hearted. He was worried when I was sick. My father, who did not believe in ghosts and gods, would still ask for help for me to go to a good high school and leave home to work for my study. Father's love is silent, but it is sonorous and powerful. The years leave no trace, but it is full of wrinkles. Everyone says that I am like a child and never grow up. I Lan Qiyue, why do I have to grow up? As long as Dad is around, I'll always be a child, but I'd forgotten that Dad, too, will grow old. As humans, we'll experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, but I never imagined this day would arrive so quickly. Or, to put it another way, it's so fast, so fast. I'm truly unprepared, but that's just how life is; you never know when you'll be fully prepared. What can I do? It seems like there's nothing I can do. Smile, cover up the sadness with a smile, and reassure Dad. Perhaps, that's the only thing I can do right now. Isn't it true that as long as I feel good, all my ailments will disappear?
Standing by the window, I gazed at the streetscape. Workers hurried by, finishing their last shift; adults pulled children, carrying large and small bags, clearly shopping for New Year's gifts; sanitation workers busily cleaned the streets. There were plenty of parked cars, but in the county town, walking was the only way to truly experience the local flavor.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the new year is about to begin. Winter goes and spring comes, all things revive, and life continues in an endless cycle.
The New Year is approaching.
The Clivia at home is growing really well.
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