night fades

He was eight years old back then, and although he had long been used to the fact that his mother didn't live with him, he was still young and hadn't seen his mother for a long time, so he couldn't help but want to go and see her.

Every time he asked where his mother was, his father always showed a trace of helplessness on his vicissitudes of life, and then told him with a wry smile that his mother was too busy to come and see him.At that time, Zhou Ning'an matured a lot earlier than children of the same age. He probably understood that crying is useless since he was a child, so he was a little grateful to hear his father's answer, thinking that his mother didn't have time, so he Why don't you just go and see your mother?

At only eight years old, he is already familiar with how to sneak past the driver waiting at the door and sneak to the intersection to take a taxi to his mother's residence.

That time, he knocked on the door for a long time but only a nanny came to answer the door. Zhou Ning'an was terrified. He thought it was because he came too often and annoyed his mother, so he simply moved away so that he couldn't find it.

Fortunately, after asking, knowing that her mother just went to the hospital to see a friend, Zhou Ningan felt relieved, begged her aunt not to tell his mother that he had been there, and then sneaked to the hospital before the driver arrived.

After several inquiries, I found the ward where the man was. The nurse had just left with the cart, and the door was still half open. He didn't go in right away, but stood at the door and looked at it. He saw something that he couldn't imagine in his life. scenario.

His mother was holding a child in her arms, holding a lollipop with a gentle expression and coaxing the child to smile. There was a man lying on the bed. He couldn't see his face clearly from this angle, but he could only hear his gentle voice saying : "I'm sorry to trouble you, I didn't want you to know, but I made a special trip."

"It's nothing. It doesn't matter if you fall ill. Who cares about the children. It's also pitiful. I haven't had a mother since I was a child."

"Didn't you come to see him often? I didn't expect that you really like children." The man's voice was very gentle, and his eyes were also gentle when he wanted to look at them.But his mother smiled when she heard it, and said coquettishly: "Xiaoye never cries when she lets me hold her. I like children who love to laugh."

So it was like this, Zhou Ning'an thought, so it was not enough for him not to cry, he also had to learn to laugh.

Before the words fell, the child suddenly laughed, "giggling" very happily, and said a little unclearly: "Auntie Xiangxiang."

These words made the two adults laugh out loud, but Zhou Ning'an silently thought that it was true that he didn't laugh too much. Who would like a child who always has a straight face?

He looked at the three people in the ward, and felt that the people there were more like a family. He wanted to leave just like that, but when he thought about the next time he would see his mother again, he didn't know when it would be. Besides, he never Having seen such a gentle and kind mother, she wanted to leave, but she was really reluctant.

Gathering up his courage, he desperately forced a smile that a child should have on his face. He knocked on the door and asked in a low voice, "Can I come in?"

The voice inside stopped abruptly, Zhou Ning'an walked into the ward on tiptoe, carefully looked at the people inside, and asked tentatively, "Mom?"

He saw his mother's movement of holding the child was stiff for a moment. She looked at him and didn't agree immediately. The man on the bed coughed and asked, "Xiao Rou, is your son coming to see you?"

She looked gloomy for a moment, glanced at him, and answered after a long time: "Yes, why are you here?"

Realizing that she was asking him, Zhou Ning'an forced herself to laugh, and tried her best to say in the most childlike voice: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Mom."

"Has it been that long?" The woman put the baby in her arms on the chair uncomfortably, "How did you find it today? Are you following your driver?"

"Today... today is... school is over early, and the driver hasn't arrived yet, so I..." Today is his birthday.

"Running around again? Let your dad know it's time to worry again." She frowned slightly, and Zhou Ning'an's heart sank. was sent back.

"I didn't run around, I miss you very much." Zhou Ning'an defended himself a little aggrieved, but he still didn't understand why his coming to see his mother was counted as running around.

"You..." She glared at him, and before she could speak, she heard the man on the hospital bed softly persuaded: "Okay, don't scold the child, it's a coincidence that he came, today is Xiaoye's birthday, just in time Have a piece of cake together before leaving."

His mother swallowed her words back, smiled again, went to fetch the cake, cut the cake by the side of the hospital bed, and handed a piece to the man first.The man patted her hand calmly, waved and smiled at Zhou Ning'an, "It's the first time I saw you, I didn't prepare anything, come and eat a piece of cake."

Zhou Ning'an looked carefully and saw that his mother's expression had softened a bit, so she got up and went to pick up the cake.He took a small bite with a fork and put it into his mouth, and said to himself, at least he had cake to eat, thanks to this kid.It's just that it was much easier for this man to persuade his mother than his own father and him combined.

He forked the cake a little depressed, and didn't want to put it in his mouth. He forked a piece of cake in a mess and sat with his head down. He heard his mother go out and make a phone call, which should be to inform someone to pick him up.

He sighed softly, but suddenly felt something very soft touch his hand, and looked down, it turned out that the child walked past at some point, tilting his head and staring at him fiercely, yes He looked at him without embarrassment at all, showing a very sweet smile: "Brother, happy birthday."

"It's your birthday," Zhou Ning'an also pursed his lips and smiled at him, talking to Lin Ye, who was only three years younger than him but looked much more immature, in a childish tone, "Do you think it's good to celebrate your birthday?"

"Hello, hello, hello everyone is really good!" Lin Ye seemed to have watched too much TV, and suddenly said such a sentence, which made everyone present, including Zhou Ning'an, laugh. Everyone laughed, shook their heads proudly and said it again, with a more exaggerated tone than last time.

Zhou Ning'an burst into tears, forgetting the jealousy just now. How could someone not like a child like Lin Ye.On the contrary, he is a little envious of such a kid who loves to laugh, is so lively, and is so worthy of liking.

Seeing him laughing, Lin Ye ran to his father's side, tiptoed up to his father's ear and whispered something, the man smiled, and whispered into his ear cooperatively, both of them Deliberately not letting him hear.

Zhou Ning'an's smile froze on his face, and before he could get sour, he saw Lin Ye pick something from the bedside table, ran over and handed it to him, with a look of begging for praise on his face, and a pair of bright eyes Looking at him intently, the dimples were suppressed, and the little face was bright and brilliant.

Seeing Zhou Ning'an's delay in answering, Lin Ye's smile was a little shaken: "Don't you like this taste? Lychee flavor, it's delicious."

Zhou Ning'an quickly took it over, and said slowly: "It's your birthday, and I didn't prepare a gift for you, so how can I ask for your candy?"

Lin Ye replied without any hesitation: "Take my candy, you are my friend, come and play with me in the future!"

Zhou Ning'an stared at him blankly for a while, nodded slowly, and solemnly agreed: "Okay, I will."

It was the first time in his life that someone took the initiative to get close to him. He was caught off guard by Lin Ye's lollipop, and he had his first friend in his short life.