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”I remember one time he boldly asked his mother.” Mom, what do you like about my dad? ”
”You don't understand, your father was like this when he was young. But I like it special. Your dad always gives people a new feeling. ”
”How can it not be fresh? He doesn't show up for a year or so. Who's going to get sick of it? ”
”It was only later that I got married and knew that life was not something that could be lived by mere novelty. Ordinary days are precious, what am I supposed to tell you? ”It's not like you understand …”
Cheng Hanlong thought about it for a long time before realizing that his mom still hadn't come. He put down the bowl and headed for the door. The moment he walked over, he saw a child standing by the door. He looked a little familiar.
”Why did you come here?” Cheng Hanlong asked. At this moment, Cheng Hanlong's mother looked towards a child in shock. The child was standing in the doorway, head bowed. The blood was still seeping out of his knees. Dirty little hands clutched their pockets.
”Go, get that bottle of Cloud South White Medicine inside the house and get some gauze.”
”Mom, why do you care about him? ”He's the one who asked for money when he bumped into me.” Cheng Hanlong said worriedly.
”Whoever he is, is he a child? How could she lose her humanity at such a young age? ”Hurry up and go!” Cheng Hanlong reluctantly went to get it.
”Why did you let him in? How dirty. Mom, aren't you afraid that we'll attract flies? ” Seeing the beggar sitting on the sofa, Cheng Hanlong became even angrier. His mother didn't answer him. The child's legs had been cleaned and a large piece of the skin had been worn off. The pink flesh was revealed. ”A child who had been drugged was gnashing his teeth in pain.
”Does it hurt?” Cheng Hanlong's mother gently massaged, while the child neither spoke nor shook his head.
”My mom is asking you a question! So what if you're a mute? ”
”If you find him displeasing to the eye, just take it off and go eat. Otherwise, go to your room and write your homework. I'll send him back after you apply the medicine.”
”What?” ”Do you still want to send him back for a beggar?”
”Hanlong, look carefully, this kid looks just like your little uncle.” Lili turned her head to point at the child and excitedly said. Cheng Hanlong didn't say anything and walked into his room sulkily. He couldn't say anything else. His little uncle was fucking sick. He had never met his little uncle, who was said to have been lost while his mother was playing with him. I haven't been able to find it. She was only six when she lost it. Later, when his mother saw someone who looked like him, she would turn the matter over in her head and punish herself. But humans also grow up! She was 6 years old when she lost it. Her own son is now 12 years old. Why is he still staring at a 5-6 year old child?
”It should be time to leave, right?” Cheng Hanlong walked out of the bedroom. Before Aunt Cheng came back, he fell onto the sofa. He suddenly remembered that this was where the little beggar sat so he jumped up and down like he had been electrocuted. He sat down on the other sofa with a heavy heart. He didn't know why he was so upset, but he habitually took a piece of gum from his pocket and began to chew it slowly. He often used this method to kill time.
It was late at night when Aunt Cheng returned. She looked very tired. Cheng Hanlong looked at his mother who was changing into slippers at the door, and asked casually: ”Where did you send them to? They had been gone for a long time. Do you still have a fixed place to stay when you ask for food? ”
”The orphanage.” Aunt Cheng said, ”No one cares about such a small child. That old man thought that I was the one who threw the child away and refused to accept anything, so he made me show a bunch of documents. Luckily, there's someone I know.
”Oh!” Cheng Hanlong passed a glass of water to Aunt Cheng. The two of them chatted nonchalantly as the sky outside gradually turned dark. There was not a single star in the gloomy sky. The city began to enter a tranquil atmosphere.