Mr. Dong Guo

"It's okay, my brother has nothing to do these two days, and you can come to play tomorrow." Meng Xiaoyan said to Cheng En, but his peripheral vision drifted towards Guo Qiyu.

Seeing that Guo Qiyu didn't speak, Cheng En knew that he was tacitly acquiescing, so he cheered, hugged Guo Qiyu, kissed him heartily, leaving a circle of saliva, "Daddy is the best!"

"Hurry up and do your homework." Guo Qiyu couldn't hold back his face, and finally smiled, patted the child's little buttocks, and motioned him to go in and do his homework quickly.

Cheng En carried a small schoolbag and ran into the house.

After the child entered the room, the living room suddenly fell silent.

Guo Qiyu rubbed his hands uneasily, unable to say a word for a long time.

Meng Xiaoyan looked around, as if recalling something interesting, "It turns out that Dad is still reluctant."

"What?" Guo Qiyu raised his head, heard clearly but didn't understand.

Meng Xiaoyan had a gentle voice, smiled, and had some speculations, "I thought Dad missed our days in W City very much." He looked around, and then said, "These layouts are very similar, and I feel very at ease."

Guo Qiyu also followed Meng Xiaoyan's eyes and turned around, and found that it seemed to be the case. In the same one bedroom and one living room, in a small suite, even the kitchen and bathroom were in the same location, and even the entrance was similar, and it was also there. There is a small shoe cabinet just above the knee.

"No, I, this..."

Guo Qiyu wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to say it. Such a similar arrangement was subconsciously arranged by himself.

It seems to be very nostalgic.

Hidden in the subconscious, if no one mentions it, he will not find out, and has been living in such a self-deception.

Guo Qiyu slumped his shoulders a little weakly, not knowing how to face a child who had suddenly matured to the point of being unfamiliar.

Seemingly feeling that his words offended Guo Qiyu, Meng Xiaoyan hastily apologized again, "Sorry, Dad, I didn't mean that, I meant..."

Guo Qiyu shook his head and stopped him, "You're not wrong."

Meng Xiaoyan was stunned, and then smiled again after a while, seeming to be gratified and said with a smile: "Really? If that's the case, Dad, I'm really happy."

"What happened back then," Meng Xiaoyan lowered his eyes, and said softly, "I was wrong, childish and selfish, I realized I was wrong..."

"Dad, can you forgive me?" He raised his head and looked at Guo Qiyu who was at a loss, with a little hope.

Guo Qiyu was silent for a long time, he also looked at him, but avoided the young man's expectant gaze, his eyes were attracted by the scar on his forehead.

Guo Qiyu recalled how he had just been dug out from under the ruins of bricks and tiles during the 08 earthquake. His face was covered in blood, and the wound on his forehead was deep and long.

Sensing his gaze, Meng Xiaoyan touched his forehead and said with a smile, "Is it here? It's all right now."

"What, when did you do it?" Guo Qiyu's voice was slightly hoarse.

Meng Xiaoyan took a deep look at him and said, "In the 08 earthquake, I was visiting an elementary school and suffered a little injury."

"A little?" Guo Qiyu bit his lip, so where is "a little injury"?If it wasn't for timely rescue, Meng Xiaoyan's limb would have been amputated long ago.

"Yes," Meng Xiaoyan didn't seem to notice Guo Qiyu's gaffe, and said again, "It's strange to say that I was buried below, and my mind is not very clear. I seem to hear someone calling me all the time."

"Call me 'Xiao Bei'," Meng Xiaoyan said, "Many people, many voices, are calling me..."

"Maybe it's an auditory hallucination," Guo Qiyu concealed, "If you have a strong sense of survival, say, maybe you will have such a hallucination."

"That's right," Meng Xiaoyan seemed to be relieved, "I thought Dad was there too, looking for me, so it wasn't."

Guo Qiyu was speechless.

"It turns out that Dad really wanted to leave when he left, and he never thought about coming to see me later." Meng Xiaoyan smiled, "I thought Dad was reluctant to part with me, but I was wrong."

"Ah? No, that's not the case," Guo Qiyu wanted to argue, and looked at Meng Xiaoyan's eyes without any blame, but lowered his eyes and looked very lonely. He settled down and said, "It's me, I'm there. "

"That means the person who will accompany me later is also my father?" Meng Xiaoyan raised the corner of his mouth as if he wasn't surprised.

Guo Qiyu nodded, "But, how do you know?"

Meng Xiaoyan was in a coma all the time. When he was waiting by his side, he didn't even open his eyes once.

Meng Xiaoyan explained in a warm voice, "I don't know very well, I just feel that someone is with me all the time, and that person makes me feel at ease."

"Yes, is it?" Guo Qiyu was embarrassed, lowered his head but his ears were red again.

Meng Xiaoyan looked at his reddened ears, his eyes darkened, then he turned to other places and said, "Yes, I feel at ease, but when I woke up, my father had already left."

"You came to look for me, but you didn't want to meet me. Even just now, you still wanted to hide it from me and not let me know," Meng Xiaoyan said lightly, "Dad, did you really forgive me?"

Guo Qiyu couldn't answer, and finally he said in a low voice, "You, you are the eldest grandson of the Meng family..."

"But without Dad, I'm nothing." Meng Xiaoyan interrupted him.

Guo Qiyu hesitated to speak, but finally sighed, "I don't blame you for what happened before."

"You're grown up now," he said, "I, I can see that."

Logically speaking, he should feel relieved.

But Guo Qiyu felt an inexplicable bitterness in his mouth when facing this gentle and polite young man in front of him.

"How did you find me?" As if he didn't want to talk about it anymore, Guo Qiyu changed the subject.

"I saw the news report."

Ever since Meng Xiaoyan woke up, he was convinced that Guo Qiyu was in City C. After he fully recovered, it had been a long time, but he still found the volunteer association at the time of the earthquake. After a lot of trouble, he asked Guo Qiyu the address of.

But when he looked for it, it was an empty facade.

Guo Qiyu was one of the earliest residents in the demolition area, but no one knew where he moved to.

"I have been paying attention to the news of City C." There are also weather, policies...

These seemed to have become his subconscious behavior overnight, as long as he thought that the person might be in C City, he couldn't help wanting to know everything about C City.

Guo Qiyu thought for a long time before finally reacting, "Did you see our upstairs neighbor... the news?"

Meng Xiaoyan nodded.

How would you describe his mood at that time?

He booked a plane ticket almost immediately, flew to City C, got off the plane, but felt timid, he hesitated and bought a plane ticket back, without even leaving the airport.

……

"Dad, I heard the pot go off."

After a long silence, Meng Xiaoyan reminded him that the pot was still stewed with lotus root and pork ribs.

"Then sit down first, I'll go and have a look." Guo Qiyu hurried to the kitchen, such a hasty movement felt like a sigh of relief.

Meng Xiaoyan walked over and knocked on the bedroom door.

"Please come in!" Cheng En's voice was clear and bright, different from his own gloom at the beginning, Cheng En's optimism and liveliness were like the sun, illuminating the lives of the father and son.

"Brother?" Cheng En held the pen and turned around with bright eyes.

"Well, Cheng En goes to the living room to write, brighter."

"Okay!" Cheng En began to take the trouble to pack the small schoolbag again.

When Guo Qiyu came back from the kitchen, he found that Meng Xiaoyan was teaching Cheng En to do his homework. Although it was just a simple addition, the two of them still kept their mouths tightly together, making them look like real brothers.

After lunch, Cheng En did his homework for a while before finishing it all.

"Dad, I don't want to watch TV anymore." Cheng En said suddenly when Guo Qiyu was about to turn on the TV for him.

"Then what do you want to do?" Guo Qiyu asked.

"I want to go out and play."

"Where to go?"

"Playground!"

Cheng En said cheerfully, looked at Guo Qiyu's face, and hugged his thigh again, "Dad, is the playground okay?"

Guo Qiyu glanced at Meng Xiaoyan, and it turned out that this was what the two of them were talking about when they were doing the dishes.

"No."

"why?"

"Today is too late!"

It's already afternoon now, how long can we go to play now, Guo Qiyu didn't want to refuse directly.

Cheng En glanced at Meng Xiaoyan, with a bit of cunning in his eyes, "It's too late today, so let's go early tomorrow!"

Guo Qiyu was taken aback, thinking it was Meng Xiaoyan who taught him.

He remembered that Meng Xiaoyan used to hate Cheng En very much, but now he treats him so well, like a brother, maybe he has really matured.

He felt a little inexplicable and helpless, so he nodded and compromised.

"But let's say it first, I won't accompany you to sit there." Guo Qiyu said.

In fact, Cheng En is not tall enough, and there are not many facilities for him to sit on, but when children go to the playground, they are all there to pay for the fare, but they feel lively and fresh.

"It's okay, I'll sit with Cheng En."

Cheng En cheered, let go of Guo Qiyu's thigh in an instant, and threw himself into Meng Xiaoyan's arms.

At night, Meng Xiaoyan did not stay overnight.

Guo Qiyu didn't keep him, and he didn't open his mouth either.

It was Cheng En who was reluctant to part with him, and his poor little eyes turned several times between the two of them, and finally felt that Guo Qiyu could no longer compromise on this matter, so he said pitifully, "Goodbye, brother."

"Goodbye Cheng En, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, okay?" Meng Xiaoyan patted his head.

Ask both him and Guo Qiyu.

"Okay!" Cheng En responded cheerfully.

Guo Qiyu didn't speak, presumably he acquiesced.

Meng Xiaoyan stood up and looked at Guo Qiyu, "Good night, Dad."

"Ah."

……

The next day, Guo Qiyu really didn't want to play anything, and finally he was begged to get on a "high-altitude equipment" that traveled around the entire playground. Slow down.

This kind of recreational facility is purely for sightseeing, and because his brother and father are by his side, Cheng En had a great time playing, looking around and shaking his calves happily.

Even though Guo Qiyu didn't get to play much, after visiting most of the amusement park with their two energetic children and young people, he still felt that he was going to be exhausted.

He sat on the chair, watching Meng Xiaoyan not far away patiently teaching Cheng En to shoot balloons with a toy gun.

After a while, the two happily walked over with a huge plush toy in their arms.

Guo Qiyu felt powerless for a while, "How much did it cost?!"

Meng Xiaoyan rubbed his nose and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Practice a few more times, and you'll be fine if you find the knack of marksmanship."

The implied meaning of this kind of non-questioned answer is that a lot of money was spent.

"..."

Cheng En was extremely excited, he was still very excited for the first half of the way home.

But soon after getting into the car, Guo Qiyu hugged him, the child closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Tired?" Meng Xiaoyan asked while driving.

"Well," Guo Qiyu responded, "He hasn't come out to play like this for a long time."

After a while, Meng Xiaoyan said, "Dad, I'm on the plane tonight."

"You should go back too."

Meng Xiaoyan tightened his grip on the steering wheel, looked in the rearview mirror at the man with his head down and couldn't see his expression clearly, and suddenly felt a little reconciled.

"Dad, I'm getting engaged."

The author has something to say: I, have to be more careful