Flight of the Bumblebee

The horrible overtime week has finally passed, and He Qi has finally ushered in a more relaxed working day.

These days Xing Yan has become extremely active. Although he was very hardworking at home before, how can I put it - He Qi sat in the room with his chin on his back and looked at his back, feeling that the scene in front of him was a bit unreal. To be honest, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes, trying to make sure that what he saw was not a hallucination.

Xing Yan was putting a carp thicker than his arm into the hot oil pan, and the hot oil splashed. He dodged left and right, screaming from time to time. The rising white oily smoke was all over the head.He Shi couldn't stand it anymore, so he said, "Are you sure you want to make braised fish for me? Are you sure your skills have reached a certain level, and you can cook braised fish?"

He turned his head, there were still little red spots on his face that were splashed by hot oil, and he said excitedly: "I have read the recipe, and it turns out that cooking is so simple. I thought it wrong before. Let me just say this Let’s braise the fish, just fry both sides, add all the seasonings and water into the pot, and stew for a while.”

He Qi straightened his back suddenly, and asked him with some concern: "Did you throw this fish in without processing it?" Imagine braised fish with the smell of internal organs, He Qi almost vomited after smelling the smell.

He quickly explained: "No, no, I bought the fish from the supermarket, and the people in the supermarket handled it for me. After I bought it, I washed it and put it in the pot."

"The tomato scrambled eggs you made a few days ago were delicious, why don't you keep making them?"

Xing Yan scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "I can't... always let you eat tomato scrambled eggs..."

There was a burning smell coming from the frying pan at the back, and He Qi reminded him nervously: "The back...the back...is burnt! The fish is burnt!"

When Xing Yan heard that he turned around, he hurriedly opened the lid of the pot, picked up the spatula and wanted to turn the fish over, but he couldn't turn it over, and when he was in a state of desperation, He Qi retreated silently, did not choose the usual place, and He sat in front of the top step of the stairs and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

There was a squeak from inside, as if Xing Yan had just poured half a basin of water into the pot.

He came back early today, the sun had just set, and the night was about to rise.There is no light in the corridor, and things can barely be seen.He Qi lit a cigarette, and the weak yellow light flickered on and off along with the lingering smoke.He wasn't a smoker, and there wasn't even an ashtray in the rental.He Qi would only smoke one in silence when he misses the smell of cigarettes. Xing Yan probably doesn't even know he can smoke until now.

After he finished smoking, he stayed on the steps for a while, and an intriguing smell began to radiate from the room.It's time to go back and save the world.Just as he was about to stand up, a childish voice came from below, and the voice-activated lights in the corridor were turned on.

He Qi probed down and found that Niu Niu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was jumping up and down the steps of his house, shouting the slogan "one two one".This was the first time He Qi saw her since the accident happened in her family. At first glance, she felt that she hadn't changed much from before.

But when she raised her head, she glanced at him blankly, then lowered her head as if he didn't exist, and went to play her own game.He Qi suddenly felt that she hadn't changed.On the contrary, her father's abandonment has left an indelible shadow on her young heart.No matter what the future experiences, this shadow will hover over her head like a dark cloud that cannot be dispelled, accompanying her like a ghost.Until one day, she met someone or something so good that she could let go of all the misfortunes in the past.But before that day comes, how much suffering and pain will be experienced to forget all of this, which is unimaginable anyway.

He couldn't help wondering if fate had been too harsh on the girl.

He Qi greeted her: "Hello! Niuniu~ Do you still recognize me?"

Niuniu stopped her movements, raised her head and said to him nonchalantly: "I don't know, huh!" She also made a face for him, bowed her head and went to play.

He Qi: "Why don't you know me? Didn't I buy you ice cream last time?"

Niuniu's movements stopped, she thought she was going to refute that Xing Yan bought it for her, but she just asked sullenly: "Where's Brother Ayan?"

Do you call my uncle Ayan brother?The corner of He Qi's mouth twitched.Don't look at that face that looks young, it's okay to be your father at any age, maybe even older than your mother, silly boy.

"What do you want him for?" He Qi asked suspiciously.

"Hmph!" Niu Niu turned her face aside when she heard that he didn't answer, and said with aggrieved voice, "He said he wanted to play with me."

"Did he say that?"

"He said so."

"He's cooking dinner for me," He Qi said.

"Then you have to tell him when the cooking is over, I'm waiting for him to play with glass balls." Niuniu raised her head to look at him, and said to him in a childlike voice.

"Hmm..." He Qi pondered for a while, and asked her, "When did he make an appointment with you?"

"Yesterday at noon."

He Qi couldn't figure it out, "Then why didn't you play yesterday?" He remembered that he worked overtime yesterday and didn't come back so early, Xing Yan should have a lot of time.

Niu Niu whispered, "Mom hasn't come back..."

"What did you say?" He Qi didn't hear it just now.

"I said last night that my mother came back very late, and I can't go out!" Niuniu amplified her voice and repeated what she had just said.

Looking at her angry look, He Qi remembered what Xing Yan said a few days ago about her mother going to work and locking her at home alone.At the same time, what surprised him even more was - "Is Xing Yan accompanying you these days?"

Always looking up and talking, the little girl felt her neck was tired.She walked up the steps by herself, sat down in the middle of the corridor, and said a little aggrieved: "Mom is not at home, only Brother Ayan will come to talk to me and tell me not to be afraid. But I am really scared alone, Mom away from home all day..."

"..." He Qi doesn't know what to say now, this little girl is really distressing, before he told Xing Yan to keep a distance from their family, but now in retrospect, he just wants to slap himself hard .Xing Yan didn't say anything after he came back, probably because he was concerned about his attitude, thinking that he didn't like this little girl, and of course he wouldn't care about her family's affairs. It's nothing to do with the passers-by who hang themselves high.

If he is really such a person, why does it hurt to see her sensible and wronged?

He Qi walked down the steps and sat down beside her.At first, Niu Niu wanted to stand up and leave, but he stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, uncle will talk to you later." He even started calling himself uncle, which was a big sacrifice.

Niuniu probably hesitated for a while, but when she thought that he was brother Ayan's friend after all, she finally sat down beside him reluctantly.

"Tell me, how did brother Ayan accompany you?" He Qi asked softly.

"I won't tell you." Niu Niu hugged her knee, she said so deliberately.

"Tell me, and I'll ask him to buy you ice cream."

"Why did you ask Brother Ayan to go, I want you to go by yourself!" She didn't expect that she was quite sensible when she was young, and she knew that no one could bully her good friend, especially this person in front of her. Not a good person.

He Qi had no choice but to compromise: "I'll go as long as I go, and I'll buy you a lot cuter later."

Hearing "so cute", the little girl didn't show obvious excitement, and her face was still faint.At the age when she was the most irresistible to sweets, she was not happy to eat ice cream, so she was worried that she would lose her smile from now on.

Sitting next to him, Niuniu put her chin on her knees, and suddenly said: "Mom will prepare meals every morning, put them on a plate, and then put them on the table, so that Niuniu can eat by herself when she is hungry. If Niuniu doesn't eat, mother will come back would be very angry."

"Is your mother home now?"

Niuniu nodded and continued: "The lights during the day are not working, and the lights will be turned on when mom comes back at night." Probably because she was afraid that she would accidentally touch the electrical appliances when she was alone at home, so she pulled the main switch.Why do you think so.

"The toilet is dark, and I am scared every time I go to the toilet." She continued.

"I was playing marbles on the floor of the living room. There was no one in the room, and I was very scared. Brother Ayan would come down at this time and tell me not to be afraid, he was outside."

The little girl's voice began to be tinged with crying, she wiped away her tears silently, and said: "Brother Ayan would talk to me a lot outside, and even told me to sleep on the sofa when I was sleepy. But every time I woke up From now on, there is still no one at home, and I am very scared. Every time I feel scared, I just need to call out from below, and brother Ayan will run down, and I am not so scared anymore."

"If your mother comes back late that night and the lights in the house cannot be turned on, what will you do?" He Qi asked her.

"My mum would come back first, feed me, shower, put me to bed, and then rush out. She would turn on all the lights in the house so I wouldn't be so scared in bed .”

"Will you have no problem at home alone? Why is your mother so relieved to let you stay at home alone? What if something happens?" He Qi asked in a gentle tone.

Niuniu covered her mouth on her knees and said sullenly, "I'm not a child. My mother said something was dangerous. Just remember what my mother said and don't touch it."

Why can't I see the little girl in front of me as the same person as the one who played with sand downstairs every day and painted her face into a little cat? An adult has to fall and shed a layer of skin before he can climb when he encounters a major accident. Get up and start anew.An innocent child, when encountering such a thing, probably can only force himself to grow up instantly in a short period of time.

But she is only five or six years old!

He Qi looked at her, tears were about to flow down.

But the little girl smiled and said: "Mom found a job nearby today, so she will have a lot of time to spend with me in the future. Mom said that Niuniu is working hard, and she has to work hard to support the two of us!"

"I used to hate my mother very much. She always quarreled with others and sometimes scolded me. But only my mother would give me presents, hug me and say good night to me every night. She also bought me an electronic piano, For this, she herself was scolded for a long time."

He Qi secretly turned to wipe his eyes, then turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "You have a good mother."

Niuniu said: "My mother is the best mother in the world."

He Qi noticed that in her previous sentence, she deliberately did not mention the two people who abandoned her mother and daughter.People who used to be family, even after living under the same roof for a long time, are now an untouchable sore spot.Who says kids don't know anything?

"A Yan also said that he wants to teach me how to play the piano."

Hearing this sentence, He Qi was surprised: "Did he say he can play the piano?"

Niuniu nodded, "He said he is very good at playing the piano."

"When did he tell you?"

"The day before yesterday."

He Qi asked suspiciously, "Could he be lying to you?"

The little girl stood up from the steps all of a sudden, blushing, and shouted at him angrily: "Ah Yan never lied! You are a liar! You are a villain! I won't play with you anymore !” After saying that, he ran off.

At this moment, the door of her house opened suddenly, and just as her mother poked her head out when she heard the sound, Niuniu threw herself into her arms, hugging her waist and refusing to let go.When He Qi saw it, he quickly patted his butt off the ground and stood up, feeling as uneasy as when he bullied his classmates and met his parents when he was a child. He stood there and greeted the woman restrainedly.The woman's complexion was not very good, but she nodded politely to him as a greeting.

The moment the anti-theft door closed, how could he still hear the woman's gentle voice: "What's wrong? Who made you angry again?" After the wooden door inside was also closed, he couldn't hear it anymore.

It's time to go back, I don't know if Xing Yan's dinner is ready.Recalling the carp that died under his hands, He Qidun felt that his appetite was not very good tonight, and he had to take two stomach medicines before meals, otherwise he would really die.

Before he reached the stairs, a backlit figure blocked his sight.Xing Yan, who was holding a spatula and wearing an apron, came over. Seeing him, both of them were taken aback.

Xing Yan said: "I was just going to find you."

He Qi said, "What a coincidence, I just want to go back."

Xing Yan put down the spatula he was holding, "Dinner is ready."

He Qi walked up the steps and replied:

"Hey--"