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“What?” I pretended that I wasn’t interested, but for some reason, my heart jumped

“So happened to his dad, and he was arrested by the police And hisin the hospital I heard it was cancer She won’t live long”

I tried to keep my cool

“Why don’t you have any reaction?” Li Er asked me

“What kind of reaction should I have?” I asked her

“You should be happy” Li Er picked up a long firework “You have Xu Yi soyou alanted?”

I grabbed her arm, “What exactly did Bala tell you? Tell me!”

“I also want to know,” she s to pull away

“You have to tell me today”

“And if I don’t?”

“Then I’ll force you to say it!” I tore the firecracker frorasp, and in one swift move, pulled her into ht I wouldn’t do anything to her, then she was very wrong!

Our faces were very close Her body was very soft, and I could very obviously feel her shaking It took allher We were at a stalemate for about a minute I don’t know if it was because she was cold or scared, but her lips started turning purple In the end, she caved and said, “Okay, Zhang Yang, I’ll talk”

I let go of her and released a sigh of relief

She turned toward me and told me, “The day I went to hospital, I only found Bala’s rooot there, she was already in a bad condition The bed was surrounded by people When Bala saw me, her eyes lit up She raised her left hand and told me, ‘Little Ear, come over here’ So I went over Bala’s face was very pale, like a piece of white paper, no color at all She said toI want to say to you’ I bent over and then Bala reached out and grabbed ontome in close Her lips approached my ear, but they weren’t war to me, her arm just dropped down from my shoulder…”

“So what did she say to you?” I couldn’t help and interrupted her

“I don’t know,” she said “I really want to know too”

“Cut the crap!”

“Zhang Yang, I’ to you,” Li Er said “If you don’t believe me, I can show youin my left ear was very bad Often times, especially when I’m anxious, I won’t be able to hear from it But when Bala spoke to me, she spoke to my left ear!”

“She spoke todown her face

I couldn’t stopher Her war me temporarily disoriented

damn it!

I sent Li Er ho It was the street by the noodle shop We were both silent That day, I sent her all the way to her building When I was about to leave, I asked her, “Will you get scolded?”

“Probably,” she said “But I’m not afraid”

“Okay,” I said “If You Ta dares do anything to you, I’ll help you!”

She soodbye I watched as she left After about five steps, Li Er suddenly turned around and brought her hands around her , Happy New Year!”

I returned her greetings But I justany sound

She cocked her head to the side and smiled, then went up

Not long after I returned home, he came back with an empty thermos

I asked hio?”

He said, “The hospital”

“Who did you send the soup to?”

He said, “A friend”

I asked again,” What friend?”

He ignored me and headed to the sink to wash the therrabbed the therround It rolled to the floor, splashi+ng water all around

I screa this to let everyone laugh at you? Will that make you happy?”

He looked atone word at a time, “I did what I should do”

“She doesn’t love you She didn’t even want her own son Such an evil woman, this is her retribution Retribution doesn’t deserve syain, I’o!”

“Yang’er,” he grabbed me “Calm down Sit down and listen to me, okay?”

“I have nothing to say to you!” I pushed hio to the hospital again Otherwise, I’ll never come back to this place Never!”

“There’s no one to take care of her So happened to their family Her son is away, and was embarrassed, so he didn’t come back for the new year,” he explained to me “I can’t just leave her like that No matter what, we once had affections for each other…”

“Enough,” I cut him off “You call that affection?”

“Zhang’er,” he said “There are soical ical o back As she should have”

Shocked, I stared at hi

“Listen toblock in it He told reat beauty here A lot of men chased her or ad His fa So in the beginning, they dated secretly, and on one knew about it One day, she becanant with his child That was Xu Yi This wasn’t so’s mother was furious when she found out She ordered theet rid of the child Xu Ruiyang finally gave in, and brought it up with her, to end their relationshi+p YourNo o to the hospital for an abortion In order to keep her child, she ended up on ht She knelt down and asked me to marry her”

I asked, “And you just agreed?”

“Yes,” he said “I liked her for many years already It was o But we never thought that after the child was born, the Xu family would come to take him They said the child was their family’s and couldn’t be left outside The left 10 thousand dollars, took the child and left My rand situation So she went to the children’s welfare center, brought you back, and we raised you as our own Your grandmother did this on her own We’re not even very clear about it”

“But for her, you payed so much and endured so much And the Xu fauy?”

“Perhaps that’s just the way of life,” he sighed “When you were two years old, Xu Ruiyang’s mother passed away He wanted her to return, and she missed Xu Yi So she made that decision I know that you’ve hated her all these years, but she’s already like this now She doesn’t have o to see her She’s always missed you Actually, you know, these past years, iven us not a small amount of financial aid When there was news of you, she was happy too…”

I asked with a treical parents?”

He said, “I don’t know Actually, after your grandmother passed away, I tried to find your parents before But that year, the welfare center already wasn’t there any’er, you can blaood job, and I didn’t make a lot of money I always made you suffer difficulties But my love for you, it’s real I swear, it’s all real…”

“That’s enough!” I cut him off

He looked at me, despondent His eyes were all bloodshot

I wanted to get up, put onseeet up

The bell rang for 12 o’clock Outside, there was a deafening sound of fireworks They lit up the whole city, illuht I knew but was actually conorant of

Regardless of all else, the new year had come