Cuscuta

Xiaoqi and Fifteen worked part-time at an elementary school near the orphanage, cleaned the campus, and saved a small sum of money. They decided to use the money to take a bus to the city. 81 said that Fifteen’s father was imprisoned in the prison there .

Xiaoqi has never been to the urban area. Although Shiwu grew up here, in the past few years, he doesn't know the way at all.They changed cars several times in the cold wind and asked many people before finally arriving at their destination when it was getting dark.

But finally came to the waiting room of the prison. The staff asked Shiwu what the name of the person he wanted to meet was and which sub-district he was in.Fifteen was stunned for a moment.

He only knew the name, and he hadn't heard from 81 that there were sub-districts here before he came.

The staff asked again: "Have you brought your household registration book?" It turns out that without an ID card, you cannot visit the prison.Xiao Qi said at the side: "He is a child who was lost at home. He just found out that his father is here, and he can't produce those proofs. We have traveled for a long time from the orphanage, so you let him meet his father. Well, his father will surely recognize him."

"That's it." The staff looked at Fifteen sympathetically: "Then you can come back at 9:[-] tomorrow morning, and the visiting hours are past now."

Fifteen pulled himself together and nodded vigorously.

At night, they lived in a cheap hotel next to the prison.

Fifteenth was very excited all night, and when he was excited, he couldn't sleep even more.He really wanted to share his current mood with Xiao Qi, but Xiao Qi went to bed early.

What Shiwu didn't know was that even though Xiaoqi went to bed, he didn't fall asleep either. With his eyes closed, he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

The next morning, before 7 o'clock, Fifteen got up.The excitement in his heart had reached a peak, and because he had nothing to do, he seemed a little anxious.

Xiao Qi suggested: "Let's go out and buy some things and bring them to your father."

The two then hurried to the street.

Shiwu wanted to buy a coat. He guessed that the prison was very cold in winter, just like an orphanage. Without warm clothes, it would be very sad.But they didn't have enough money to buy a coat, so Shiwu thought again, just buy a scarf.When passing by the fruit stand, he changed his mind again, thinking that he should buy some food to send.

It was almost nine o'clock in the blink of an eye, so Shiwu had to buy some fruit in a hurry and ran to the prison waiting room.

"what?"

Suspecting that he had heard it wrong, Shiwu couldn't help asking again.

The staff shrugged and said: "I helped you get in touch with the person you were looking for, but he said he has no children at all, little brother, are you looking for the wrong person?"

However, Shiwu thought, 81 should be right.

He tore off the pendant around his neck and said, "Show him this, he will definitely remember it!"

But in fact, now, Fifteen himself is not sure.

The staff went out, leaving Xiaoqi and Shiwu in the waiting room.Xiaoqi said: "There are only two possibilities. One is that no one in your father thought you were his lost child, so he will see you after seeing the pendant. The other is that 81 made the wrong person, and he still won't see you. But no matter what the outcome is, there is nothing to fear."

Fifteen felt a little relieved.

At that time, none of them thought that there was a third possibility.

No, Xiaoqi might have thought about it, but everything happened right in front of them, which caught people off guard.

The staff is back.

In an instant, Shiwu's heart jumped into his throat.

"Come on, I'll take you there."

Very good!Fifteen thought to himself, his father remembered him.

"I'll go too." Xiao Qi said quickly.

Through a glass, Shiwu saw the relative he had dreamed of. It was a middle-aged man with a crew cut. He was very big, but he gave off a feeling of fragility.

After Shiwu sat down, he looked at him carefully, and finally found the shadow of his former father on his face.

"Father..." Fifteen burst into tears: "I—"

Then Xiaoqi knew, and Shiwu found his father.He pursed his lips and took a few steps back silently.

"Hey, keep your voice down!" The middle-aged man stopped fifteen.

"What's wrong dad?"

The middle-aged man looked around, then lowered his voice, and said, "How did you find this place? I can't protect myself now, so you better leave."

Fifteen was stunned, it was different from what he thought.

He murmured: "Father, are you afraid of hurting me?"

The middle-aged man shook his head violently, and the expression on his face became impatient: "Who told you this. If I knew you would come here, I should have thrown you away in the first place. With such a burden, it is not easy to run away." It’s easy to run, if it weren’t for you, how could I have been caught? You kid made me sit in prison for three years, and now you have the nerve to come to see me..."

Fifteen couldn't hear the rest of the words.

His heart sank straight, straight.

The middle-aged man's mouth opened and closed in front of his eyes, and he thought to himself, how could this be his father?How could the person who said such cruel words be his father?

But if not his father, then who?

Who is he?Whose child is he?

——If you know where your home is, why don't you go back?

—Because I was abandoned.

——This is a traditional Chinese medicine called Cuscuta. It also has a name. Do you know what it is?

rootless grass.

Just like this rootless grass, it is floating, but it will never be able to take root.

Shiwu didn't know how he left there. When he woke up, he found himself sitting on the bed in the hotel, while Xiaoqi was squatting halfway in front of him, looking at him worriedly.

"Shall we go back?" Xiao Qi said softly.

Where to go?Fifteen wanted to say, does he still have a home?

Suddenly, Fifteen's heart was filled with anger, and he stood up abruptly.

"You already knew that, didn't you?"

"what?"

"You already knew that I was abandoned by my parents, didn't you? But you watched me hopefully looking for my parents, and you even came with me because you wanted to see my jokes, didn't you?"

"You now..." Xiao Qi took a deep breath and said, "You are getting angry now, and you don't know what you said. You should take a good rest."

But Fifteen ignored it and said that sentence.

"Because you were also abandoned by your parents, so you know very well, don't you? What right do you have to laugh at me?"