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The New Year's Eve is over, and there is still nothing to do the next day.

Xin Wan slept late, and didn't get up until after ten o'clock. After breakfast, she took the leash and went to walk the dog.The smell of firecrackers lingered in the air, and there were people visiting for New Year’s greetings on the road. For some reason, Qiuqiu tried to rush towards the child. Xin Wan almost missed the rope, but it still made the child red-eyed. I had to shrink behind my mother.

"I'm sorry," Xin Wan hurriedly apologized and said it several times. After the crowd left, he squatted down and tapped Qiuqiu's head, "What are you doing?"

Qiuqiu licked the back of his hand, rubbed against his knee flatteringly, returned home as usual, but couldn't find the cushion - the cushion had been hidden long ago and put it in the cabinet - so he turned to Going to bite the plastic bag, Xin Wan took a lot of effort to tear it off.

"You're so pissed off," Xin Wan opened its mouth to see if there was any plastic bag left, "Can this be eaten!"

Qiuqiu shook his tail, continued to hop around with his hind legs up, yelled a few times, and went to bite something again.

During the New Year's Eve, Xin Wan had a lot of fantasies about the New Year. He planned to make a hot pot meal, and even thought about buying a bouquet of flowers to make this day a bit of a ceremony, but the first thing in reality was to take the ball for sterilization .This matter was planned a few days ago, and I also consulted the doctor. It is nothing more than not fasting before going.

Qiuqiu is a male dog, it's not yet in heat, it's already very rambunctious, if it does, it's probably out of control.

Xin Wan dug out her salary, reckoning it should be enough.If not enough, he can only open the red envelope.

Before going to the hospital, he specially gave Qiuqiu a bath, but he didn't realize it. He thought he could go out for a run twice during the day, and Sa Huanzi ran fast when he went out.The hospital I chose was a public hospital in the city center. When I came here to treat a hand wound, Xin Wan noticed that there was a pet hospital nearby.

The pet hospital was not closed during the Spring Festival, but obviously there were not many people there. When Xin Wan pushed the door in, she heard a barking dog, which smelled of milk and alcohol. examine.

On the way, Xin Wan quietly asked the nurse: "I read on the Internet that when you send a pet to be neutered, you have to act, otherwise it will hate its owner, so should I also act? How?"

"Where did you read it? I'm not an actor these days, so I can't come here to neuter the dog," the nurse said cheerfully, "No, don't be by your side during the neutering, don't send it in, it doesn't matter if it doesn't look, That way I won't hate you."

Xin Wan suddenly realized, smiled sheepishly, and left while doing the last few checks. Before leaving, she glanced at its balls and sighed.He didn't leave too far, and he was still wandering around the hospital, sitting on a bench in a daze, watching the blue sky.

After waiting for 7 minutes, Xin Wan stood up, guessing that the operation was about halfway through, and was just about to take a detour back to the hospital when she suddenly heard someone calling him.

"Xiao Wan!"

The voice was very familiar, but it felt strange. Xin Wan looked over blankly, and saw the figure of the middle-aged man and the child he was leading. The man approached, looked him up and down, his lips trembling, Called "Xiao Wan".

Xin Wan's mind was blank, but his instincts were faster than his thoughts. He heard his own incredible voice: "Dad?"

This sound has not been called for a long time, and it is very unfamiliar.

Xin Wan couldn't remember when was the last time he yelled, but he only remembered when his parents divorced, probably at the age of seven or eight. He only remembered the endless quarrels, his father's cigarettes, and the sound of his mother smashing dishes.

Xin Wan remembered his mother's evaluation of him: useless, poor and honest, can't beat a fart with a stick, and a turtle bastard.

It is indeed silent. Compared with his mother, his father Xin Xiangdong is not talkative and blunt, but he will hold him aside during quarrels, rub his hair soothingly, and say, "Do your homework well later." , young and ignorant, but also aware of fear, Xin Wan only nodded and said "yes".

He didn't know the timing of the divorce. Xin Wan still remembered the day when Xin Xiangdong left, Dusk drew a long line from his back and stood alone. Before leaving, he stroked his hair. There were many emotions hidden in his eyes, which were unclear. The last sentence was said with a smile, saying: "Mom and Dad are divorced, but Dad still loves you, you know?"

knew.

But this sentence could not be uttered at that time, and there was no chance to say it after many years. He lived at his grandmother's house, and his mother worked outside the home. Xin Xiangdong seldom came back. There was another quarrel, and I couldn't see it at other times.

Seeing it again now, Xin Wan had no other reaction except blankness, trying to see the traces of the past from that face, Xin Xiangdong was getting old, and the hand holding him was full of calluses, and the words were accented: "I found you A long time."

"Why are you here..." Xin Wan hesitated, "Didn't you work in the south?"

"I just came back this year. Your sister is going to school, so she has to be here, so she came back." Xin Xiangdong smiled, the wrinkles on his face were obvious, "I asked many people, but they didn't know where you put it. This time Your sister has caught a cold, I looked at the person here for a long time before I dared to call you, it really is you."

Xin Wan looked down at the little girl, about four or five years old, with dark eyes, and looked up at him timidly.

"Are you free? If you are free, I invite you to eat at KFC over there, let's chat."

Xin Wan shook her head, and pointed to the pet hospital not far away: "I brought the dog to be neutered, and the operation will be done later, so I may not be able to go out to eat." He hesitated, took out his mobile phone, "I'll add Download your WeChat, and we'll chat when you're free, okay?"

Xin Xiangdong was a little embarrassed: "I don't know how to use WeChat, why don't you give me your mobile phone number."

"Okay." Xin Wan replied.Xin Xiangdong's mobile phone was a bit stuck, and it took a long time to enter the password to enter the page. After the number was saved, he looked up at him again, and his lips whispered, "Then I won't delay your time, you are busy, wait Let's talk in a few days, I'll be free in a few days. I'll take your sister away first."

Xin Wan just said "um", and waited for the person to leave before looking down at her hands, tightening them, releasing them, and repeating these two actions. There were dry pine cones that fell off the ground, and they rolled when the wind blew. , There is nothing in front of me, like a dream, not real.

He took a deep breath before walking towards the pet hospital.

After Qiuqiu was sterilized, wearing an Elizabethan collar around her neck, she looked sluggish, lying on the bed without moving her paws, and Xin Wan couldn't quite listen to what the nurse said, so she just nodded.In the afternoon, she also stayed at the pet hospital and gave Qiuqiu nutrition cream. The indwelling needle had to wait until the next day to remove it by itself. After taking the medicine, Xin Wan carried it home and kept stroking the dog's fur.

The original plan of hot pot and flowers could no longer be realized. Xin Wan cooked quick-frozen dumplings again, but only ate five or six. She went to hug the ball again to observe its reaction—except that she was not very interested, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. other reactions.

Song Heng's video call came late tonight, and Xin Wan didn't want to answer it. He guessed that he couldn't laugh, but he couldn't bear to hang up. When he answered, he took a few deep breaths, and then he picked it up, but he still laughed , and patted the ball to show him. Song Heng was wearing a denim jacket and looked like a college student. He said, "It doesn't look very happy."

"After all, there is no ball," Xin Wan sighed, "the ball is gone, how can it be happy?"

"how about you."

Xin Wan was stunned for a moment: "Me?" She thought, my balls are still there, why ask this?

Song Heng asked: "Unhappy?"

"No," Xin Wan subconsciously denied, but her nasal cavity felt sour, and she couldn't pretend to be happy, so she simply stopped laughing, pointed at Elizabeth's circle, and whispered, "Can I talk to you later? If I talk to you today If not, I'm afraid I'll lie to you, I don't want to tell you lies. "

Song Heng didn't speak for a long time, just looked at his hair and said, "Okay."

The decision to see Xin Xiangdong was on the third day.

The matter after Qiuqiu's sterilization was settled, and only then did he send a text message.The agreed meeting place was KFC on the basement level of People's Square - Xin Xiangdong seemed very keen on this.It wasn't time for dinner, it was early ten o'clock, but Xin Xiangdong was already waiting there. There were a lot of food ordered on the table, all of which were children's favorites. This time, he didn't bring his little daughter.

Xin Wan still felt uncomfortable, so she called "Dad" in a low voice, and the pronunciation always felt strange, so she sat down.

"Hey, I ordered something to eat. You can eat it if you're hungry." Xin Xiangdong pushed the milk tea over, "Xiao Ruo likes to drink this. You should all like it at your age, right?"

Xin Wan was not keen on fast food restaurants like KFC, but he took it anyway. The plastic straw made a slight sound when it stuck in. He stirred it a few times, but no one spoke for a while. The atmosphere was awkward and stalemate, and only the English songs in the store remained. Xin Xiangdong squeezed ketchup for him again, and said, "When I saw you last time, you were still a sophomore in high school, and you've grown so tall in a blink of an eye."

It was time to deal with grandma's funeral, Xin Wan still pinched the straw and stirred: "It didn't grow much."

"You are now..." Xin Wan considered the words, but still couldn't find a suitable and polite description, so she continued, "Are you married again? Your daughter looks very good."

"Hey, it's been a few years ago. The child's mother met on the construction site and doesn't know many words, but she is quite patient in educating the child. She also came to West Bay with me, and she may live here in the future. "Xin Xiangdong hesitated for a while, and said, "Actually, your sister is still young, and she is not yet old enough to go to school. I came here because I heard that your mother died, and no one cleaned it up, and no one took care of you. As a husband and wife, we will come."

Xin Wan didn't know much about his mother's death. He was still in the correctional facility at that time and was completely isolated from the outside world. After slowly recovering his memory, he didn't try to find out, and even deliberately avoided it.

Xin Wan asked in a low voice, "How did she die?"

"He died of uremia. According to the hospital, it was chronic nephritis before, but it got worse later, and he has been doing dialysis. The blood pressure was too high that day, the blood vessel burst, and the person was gone." Xin Xiangdong pushed the tomato sauce to him. , "You eat French fries, I heard from Xiao Ruo that dipping this is delicious - in fact, your mother has the money to treat it, and if she doesn't, she can't take the money with her when she dies."

His heart was sore and painful, as if a hand was clenched, making him unable to breathe.Xin Wan wanted to say no, no, her money was spent, spent on him, let him study art in high school, paid his tuition in college, and later used it to pay the high monthly fees of the correctional center , used to treat her son's homosexual disease.

"I read the news, your incident is quite big, and there are many newspapers." Xin Xiangdong carefully observed his expression, and said in a light tone, "I know that your mother sent you to the correctional institution, yes Your mother is so impulsive—"

"She's not impulsive," Xin Wan interrupted abruptly, staring at him closely, her voice raised unconsciously, "She just hates me and just wants to kill me!"

The author has something to say: The next update is on Thursday.