Dedicated to the silly little white artist

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It is said that people are not as good as heaven, Zheng He finally waited for Mr. Bai to finish his work, and they stepped on the bed. In the darkness, there was a sound of the quilt, and Zheng He asked in a low voice: "What are you doing here?"

Mr. Bai chuckled and said, "Anyway, it's very early..."

"Hey," Zheng He reminded, "I just finished the work today, and my waist is still hurting. Can you let me sleep peacefully?"

Mr. Bai kissed Zheng He's brows, all the way down, and stopped next to Zheng He's lips, the warm breath of the two passed each other, Zheng He was about to open his mouth, suddenly——

"Jingle bell jingle bell!"

The urgent phone call rang, startling both of them.

"It's like this again." Zheng He complained.

Mr. Bai grabbed his cell phone with a gloomy expression, just about to throw it out, he stopped, and said suspiciously: "It's not my phone."

"Hey?" Zheng He murmured, "Then why should someone call me so late? Who is it?" He turned on the screen and twitched the corner of his mouth. It turned out to be Father Zheng.

Zheng He gestured to Mr. Bai to shut up, pressed the call button, and asked, "Hello? Dad, what are you calling me for?"

Dad Zheng looked at the dark windows of his former home in the cold wind, and said, "Ahe, please open the door for Dad, Dad is downstairs."

After hearing this, Zheng He panicked, thinking that the matter between himself and Mr. Bai had been exposed. He hadn't figured out when to tell his family, would he be forced to be honest?Open the window and look down, the downstairs is empty, and no one can be seen.

Zheng He felt relieved and asked, "Dad, where are you now? Is it downstairs at Mom's house?"

Dad Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Dad is going to freeze to death, your mother won't open the door for me, so you can open the door for Dad."

Zheng He replied: "But I'm not at home now. Didn't I tell you that I'm at my classmate's house? What are you doing at Mom's house? Mom will definitely be angry with you if she finds out."

Zheng's father sighed, and said: "I just found out that my watch and credit card were left in it before I left. Your mother avoided me at school. I still have a lot of things that I haven't prepared. Today is just an early break. I just got off work here, so I came here to pack my things."

After hearing this, Zheng He had mixed feelings in his heart. He remembered that when Father Zheng hadn't made any mistakes in this area, he would come home almost every day after nine o'clock. At that time, Mother Zheng was not as busy as she is now, and the dinner table was full of hot dishes. Afterwards, Zheng's father gradually stopped coming home, and Zheng's mother also became used to leaving money on the dinner table, telling Zheng He to go out to eat so as not to treat herself badly.

Have a good day, but why don't parents always make people worry.

Zheng's father was afraid that Zheng He was lying to him, so he was angry and deliberately refused to open the door for him, saying: "Ah He, Dad has been waiting here for more than 20 minutes, just open the door, Dad packed up and left , don’t let your mother find out.”

Zheng He sighed and said, "But Dad, I'm really not at home."

"Then..." Dad Zheng looked at the window and jumped, seeing a faint light inside, he said: "Ah, don't lie to me, I saw you turn on the light, so you can let Dad in. "

Zheng He was full of doubts, could it be that Zheng's mother came back?He said, "Dad, wait a minute. I'll call Mom. I'm not the person there. I'll see if Mom is back."

"Ah, okay." Father Zheng has been staring at his home, and he has already become vigilant.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng He called Zheng's mother. He had a bad idea. Mr. Bai lay beside him and looked at him with his head on his head. Zheng He squeezed his hand tightly, and the call finally got through. , Zheng He hurriedly asked: "Mom, are you at home?"

Zheng's mother's voice was full of exhaustion: "Mom is at school, what's the matter, do you have something to do with Mom?"

Zheng He said quickly: "There may be burglars in our house, come back quickly, I'll call the police!"

Over there, Dad Zheng finally saw clearly that the kitchen light in his home was turned on, and there was a tall man standing inside and turning around, because the refrigerator was right next to the glass, so Dad Zheng could see clearly, that person, he absolutely do not know!

Dad Zheng immediately called 110. Maybe he was the only one at this intersection at night. The man in the kitchen stared at Dad Zheng when he looked out, but Dad Zheng didn’t know it. He nervously explained to the police The address and floor of his home, in order to prevent thieves from finding him, Dad Zheng lowered his head and did not meet his eyes, and his voice was kept very low.

After hanging up the phone, Dad Zheng was afraid that the thief would run away again, so he secretly raised his head, just in time to meet the thief who was staring at him closely.

The thief was very alert, and immediately thought of Father Zheng's phone call, turned around and ran away from the window.

Father Zheng was startled, and his head was in a daze for a while. Then, he finally came back to his senses and unlocked his bicycle with the key. But it was too dark, and his hands were a little stiff from the cold. Insert the key into the keyhole, and suddenly, a tall, thin man rushed out from the opposite corridor. Father Zheng raised his head, and even with a single glance, he knew that the man in front of him was the thief just now, and his lips immediately turned pale in fright. He watched the thief take out a dagger from his bosom and stab him at him. Dad Zheng was quick-witted and pushed the bicycle in his hand towards him!

The thief was caught off guard and was crushed to the ground by the bicycle. Dad Zheng didn't dare to turn his head, and shouted: "Help, someone has a knife!" and ran towards the road ahead.

Zheng He hung up the phone over there, and Mr. Bai on the side said, "Have thieves entered your house?"

Zheng He nodded, and hurriedly said, "My father is still inside, and I'm worried that he might encounter some accident."

Mr. Bai said: "I have already greeted the police station, get up, I will send you to have a look."

Zheng He was surprised: "When?"

Mr. Bai rubbed Zheng He's head.Did he think he didn't send someone to watch by his house?But this time I didn't expect to go to Zheng He's house... He said, "Just when you were on the phone, okay, don't ask so many questions, isn't your father still downstairs?"

Zheng He nodded: "Well, my mother should come soon... Hey Mr. Bai, do you think that thief will hurt my father! He is downstairs!"

Mr. Bai thought for a while and said, "Probably... no."

"Hoo hoo..." Dad Zheng ran quickly in the dark. He seemed to have always positioned himself as the young man in college who didn't feel tired after climbing the stairs seven times a day. Question, but in fact, when he ran fast for a while, his dry throat seemed ready to vomit at any moment, and the nausea made him want to stop involuntarily.

This neighborhood is very old. Dad Zheng remembered that there seemed to be a night market next to it, and there were many people in it. He saw the lights over there from a distance, looked back at the thief who was very close to him, and shouted: "Help Ah! Help! Someone is going to kill me!"

It seems that a few people on that street heard the shouting, and several heads leaned over to look at the alley, but it was too dark inside, and they were standing in a place where the neon lights gathered, so they couldn't see clearly what was going on here. .

Seeing that someone found out, Father Zheng quickened his pace and shouted louder: "Help! Someone is trying to kill me with a knife! He is a thief! Help!!"

He saw someone running towards this direction, and Dad Zheng was just relieved when suddenly, he heard the sound of fast footsteps behind him, he just turned sideways to see where the thief behind him ran, a knife, inserted on his shoulders...

"Ah!!" Dad Zheng screamed. He raised his head and looked at the people at the alley over there for help, but found sadly that the young man who had just ran over ran back again, and the young man who had just leaned his head to look this way People also stepped aside one after another.

"Why, how come..." Dad Zheng felt his heart go cold. He had taught all his life and devoted himself to school and education, but in the end, he lost his family and career. , Are you going to die in this kind of place?

The thief's hand was holding the knife stabbed on the shoulder, as if he wanted to penetrate it and then stab the important part. Just when Father Zheng's heart was ashamed, one person quickly controlled the thief's head, while the other The man kicked the thief away, blindfolded Dad Zheng, and poked the needle hole into Dad Zheng's arm with the hand that had prepared the medicine. Watching Dad Zheng gradually fell asleep, he gave the people in the darkness next to him He gestured to them to send Father Zheng to the hospital quickly.

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Mother Zheng and Zheng He saw Father Zheng in the hospital. The nurse stopped them both and said, "Just after the anesthesia, please don't bother him. Go to the doctor after he wakes up."

Mother Zheng sat on the chair, looked at Father Zheng on the hospital bed, sighed, and said: "This old man, something happened to our house, God can't see it, so punish him for me."

Zheng He looked at Zheng's mother and asked, "Mom, do you hate Dad that much?"

Zheng's mother said: "I can't talk about whether I hate it or not. I have been with him for so many years, and that little relationship has become a family relationship. But he was sorry for me first. Even if he didn't plan to divorce me at that time, I can't stand him either."

Zheng He sat on the plastic chair next to him, and Mr. Bai was listening to the incident described by the bodyguard next to him at the corner. He looked at his subordinate with dissatisfaction and said, "So you just let him get stabbed. ? Do you want to have your wages deducted?"

The bodyguards were all over 1.9 meters tall, and Mr. Bai, who was 1.8 meters tall, stood in front of them, training these big men to bow their heads.

Regarding Father Zheng's injury, both Mother Zheng and Zheng He felt a little bit self-inflicted. There was some sadness, but more of it was helplessness and a feeling of "as expected". Zheng He poked his head out and saw Mr. Bai was training People, he knew on the way here that these bodyguards saved Dad Zheng, walked over and pulled Mr. Bai's arm, and said: "Forget it, they have done their duty, and the thief should be blamed... that's right , have you caught the thief?"

Mr. Bai nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will give you an explanation."

Zheng He hugged Mr. Bai's waist and buried his face in his chest.