Duckweed

It was late at night, and Aji tiptoed into the door. When he squatted on the ground to untie his shoelaces, the light suddenly flicked on.

"Where have you been?" Wang Bosen looked down at the old man with a condescending smile.

Aji took off his shoes and said in a good voice, "I'm going...to buy something."

Wang Bosen said coldly: "What did you buy?"

Aji said, "It's a big item, and it can only be delivered tomorrow."

Wang Bosen said, "Invoice."

Aggie said, "Ah—their store doesn't issue invoices."

"What kind of store sells bulky items without an invoice? A nightclub?"

Aji smiled a little beggingly, "No, no."

Wang Bosen suddenly grabbed his wrist and pulled him over, and said in a deep voice, "Let me ask where you went again. I'm going to tell you carefully, and you answer me carefully."

Aji didn't dare to shake his hand, but it hurt a lot. He frowned and said pitifully, "I didn't run around, really. I'm going to buy something for your birthday tomorrow."

Wang Bosen was stunned for a moment, and let go of his hand resentfully, "I don't even think about what I used to do. I'm still outside at this late hour. Could it be that I want to go back to my old job, so that people I know won't feel ashamed if I run into it."

Aji felt that this acquaintance was not Aji's acquaintance, but his son's. He felt ashamed to have a father who had been a duck.

Aggie smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. I won't do that again, and even if I would, no one would want me at my age."

Wang Bosen said: "Maybe there is a plan to get cheap." After he finished speaking, he also felt that it was not pleasant, so he had to add another sentence, "Anyway, please pay attention to me in the future, and don't show your face in public."

Aji said with a low eyebrow, "I know. You are a person of status and status now, and I will not let others know about me."

Wang Bosen felt that he didn't mean that, but it sounded like he was complaining, and he didn't bother to explain, and walked away.

Aji's smile finally collapsed when no one was around, and he returned to his room with his shoulders slumped, so lonely.

When I just "retired", I had a dog. When I first picked it up, it was little Huang Dan with only a little baby fat. She was shivering, and she named it "Da Huang".The son started to have a good relationship with the dog, and when he was playing with the dog, he would call him "slutty", and the excited look of the dog with its crooked mouth and slanted eyes was indeed very cheap.Later, it gradually failed, and my son went to school during the day, leaving only Rhubarb to accompany him, and the relationship between one person and one dog became better and better.Maybe it's because he entered adolescence, and his son didn't like him and "Rhubarb" anyway. One day, he threw the book that Rhubarb had chewed on in front of him and said that there are dogs, but he has him, and he has no dogs.

I had no choice but to give away the tall and tall rhubarb that had been raised for several years. When I left, the rhubarb was still ignorant and cheap.Aji cried all night under the covers that night, feeling useless and unable to keep the jumping dog.He secretly made up his mind... never to keep any pets again.

Lying on the bed, Aji thought, Rhubarb would be an old dog if he hadn’t given it away, and he would be an old dog now if he had given it away, but I don’t know if Rhubarb is now in a good family for a long time or has already bleed The Dog Meat Restaurant... I couldn't help but wet my pillow with tears.

The next morning, Aggie was up early as usual, making breakfast and hanging out in the kitchen in her pajamas.Because I was not used to wearing pajama pants when I was young, and now I often feel a bit cold with bare legs, and my feet gradually become cold. I thought I would put on pajama pants next time I got up, but I knew that most Or it will be ignored on purpose.

The son also got up, walked into the kitchen and sat down at the dining table, yawned and said lazily, "Can't I get some of the coffee beans I bought?" His tone was not very harsh.

When Wang Bosen first got up in the morning, his reaction was a bit slow, and his speech was not sharp. After his blood flow speed up, he became an elite person, and this was not the case.So Aji likes him in the morning the most, and feels a little bit back to the world of the two of them in the early years, full of warmth and nostalgia.

Aji said: "Coffee is not very good for health. Only foreigners can bear it. Drink some soy milk in the morning."

Wang Bosen rested his head, still looking a little sleepy, "I bought a whole set of coffee machine, coffee grinder, coffee pot, and high-quality coffee beans. You just leave it unused and waste things. I just want to Even if I ask you to make me some coffee, you won't even do it..." he murmured.

Aji occasionally echoed twice, and the atmosphere was almost warm.

After breakfast, Wang Bosen also finished washing up, and he was ready to go out again with a tigerish face. Aji sent him out and told him, "Come back early today to celebrate your birthday."

Wang Bosen hesitated and said, "I'll try my best."

After his son left, Aji was still thinking about what it meant to try his best. He couldn't come back?

Later, I slowly figured out that there must be friends, colleagues or even confidante out there who held birthday parties for him, and that was the circle he never let him get in touch with.But Aji can understand his son's mood very well. It is indeed a shame to have a father like him. No wonder his son's psychology is shadowed.

Aji changed his mind and began to look forward to various events at night.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Wang Bosen finished his birthday party and drove home.It would be a lie to say there were no expectations.Every year, the old man would light a candle for him to blow. Although it was very boring, it would be empty without it.There is also a birthday gift, although it may not be what he wants most, but... Wang Bosen decided to at least be nice to his adoptive father tonight and not lose his temper.

After locking the car, he looked up to see the warm light coming from the window of his house, just like the feeling of an old man, Wang Bosen couldn't help but stop and look up for a long time, his heart became softer.

He knew that something was wrong with him, and he shouldn't have. Over the years, he had kept a monster in his heart. When facing the old man, the monster couldn't help but always make troubles, instructing him to spit out some hurtful words, some of which were not from him at all. Intentionally.

When he didn't need to face to face, he kept thinking about the old man in his heart, wanting to be kind to him, thinking about how he could talk to him calmly and even affectionately.

As the night darkened, he sighed, and with the restlessness and hunger in his heart and some forbearance and cowardice, he went to the home he wanted to go back to but didn't want to go back to.

When he got home, it was still the same old routine. His adoptive father, Aji, made him a table of delicious food, shouted around his son, and then brought out a cream cake in a vulgar way, with a big round face on it. The card head character or something looks crooked, with explosive curly hair, two devil horns, and a hairstyle made of shit on it.

Wang Bosen's forehead twitched faintly, "What is painted on this?"

"Huh? Can't you see it? The clerk in the cake shop recommended this one to me, saying that young people like you all like it, whether it's beaming or something."

The corners of Wang Bosen's mouth had already started to twitch, trying to control himself not to say anything unfilial.

"You..." He thought about his words, "Can't you be a little tricky? You do this every year, can't you see that I have grown up?"

Aji chuckled, "Of course I know you have grown up, so I prepared other birthday presents." He ran to turn off the lights, and began to sing birthday songs in the dark.

Wang Bosen secretly and greedily stared at the old man's smirking face under the faint light of the birthday cake, feeling a sense of powerlessness.Foolish old man, it is impossible for you to give me the gift I want most.

He wasn't interested in that mysterious birthday present.

Aji urged him to make a wish and blow out the candles, and Wang Bosen did not hesitate to blow them out.

Aji stopped him, "You have to make a wish. It's a rare birthday today, maybe it will be very spiritual."

Wang Bosen said: "The promise is over." He blew it off, as if he wanted to end this silly ceremony early.

Aji took his hand and went to his bedroom, saying: "Son, the gift I gave you is in the bedroom, go and see if you like it. If you don't like it, give Dad a face, don't lose your temper in person."

Wang Bosen's heart softened when he heard him say that, "It doesn't matter what you give, as long as it's what you want."

Aji pushed open the door of the bedroom, and then turned on the light with a snap, "Dangdang! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" He waved his hand, and there was a big living man standing beside Wang Bosen's bed, holding a colored cannon in his hand, and slammed it on. Confetti was flying all over the room.

For a moment, Wang Bosen thought that a thief had entered the house, but he never expected that there would be a third person in the house besides their father and son.

However, in the next moment, seeing Aji's smile like offering a treasure, he reacted, Nima!This is your birthday present!

Seeing his petrified reaction, Aji smiled unconfidently, and said apologetically: "Son, didn't you agree to be polite even if you don't like it? You see, he specially invited him back from the best nightclub For your birthday..."

Wang Bosen's chest began to rise and fall, and he glared at Aji viciously. His father was so frightened that he took a step back, woohoo, the son is too fierce.

Wang Bosen pointed, "What is this?"

Aji shrank, "Yes, it's Han Xu."

"What does he have to do with gifts?!"

"He, he is the gift." Aji swallowed.

Wang Bosen clenched his fists, "What do you mean?!"

Aji lowered his head, "I, you have grown up..."

"so?!"

"I, I know that you have been on a dating website, and you met older men. I, Dad will not object to you..."

Wang Bosen's hands trembled, not only his hands, but his whole body began to tremble, being discovered, that secret, the secret that he didn't want the old man in front of him to discover, was stripped naked, in such an ugly form.The beast in my heart began to gnaw away violently and broke free from the chain, and finally turned into a beast...

When Han Xu reported to Xiao Sang the next day, he was sorry to say that the business was not done.Xiao Sang asked the reason.Han Xu talked about what happened the night before.

It seems that Aji's son is not satisfied with him, but he didn't say anything in particular, he just settled the bill for Han Xu very politely, and then invited him out of his house, saying that he appreciated the gift, but he was an idiot dad Got it wrong, I don't need this.

Han Xu said: "I'm sorry Xiao Sang, I didn't do my job well, and I want to get the money back. Aji is your senior, and I can't take advantage of it."

Xiao Sang was thoughtful after hearing this, and said that he would contact Aji again about this matter, and talk about it when he got money.

A few days later, Han Xu found an opportunity to mention this matter to Xiao Sang again. Xiao Sang sighed, and after a while, Fang said, "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Ajit... There are some things at home that I can't take care of these days." .”

Han Xu saw that his face was different, and asked tentatively: "Is Aji all right? Is it because of the gift that made their father and son unhappy?"

Xiao Sang waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with you. This is their housework..." He rested his forehead and sighed, and suddenly changed the subject, "You are also the one who raises your son, so you must pay attention to your child's education, and teach them to respect you no matter what. Elder, otherwise, if you teach me a white-eyed wolf, the future of people like us will be bleak."

Han Xu thinks about his son being so obedient and obedient, it's hard to imagine how unfilial he will look like 20 years later, not to mention whether the child can live to such a large age is unknown, how can he be willing to over-educate.

I thought to myself, since I have entered this business and become this kind of person, I don’t need to think about my children and grandchildren when I grow old.Even if there is light in his life, it can only slightly shine on his feet and walk not far away.

You can see the inside from the glass window, and there are two middle-aged men sitting opposite, one of whom seems to be crying while covering his face.

Xiao Sang listened silently to Aji's snotty narration of his misfortune.

"What should I do?" Aji asked Xiao Sang for help with eyes red from crying.

Xiao Sang said categorically: "It goes without saying, if I were you, I would have already entrusted that little white-eyed wolf to bully me. Call the police, or find someone to abolish him."

Aji was so frightened that he forgot to cry, "No, don't go too far, right?"

Xiao Sang snorted, "You pulled him up with shit and piss, wouldn't it be even more excessive for him to do such a thing."

Aji lowered his head, "But, but..."

Xiao Sang sighed, "But you're not me, so of course you wouldn't do that."

Aggie muttered, "What the hell am I going to do?"

Xiao Sang said: "Maybe if you can't afford to mess with him, you can hide and run away."

Aji whispered: "I can't find my ID card or anything..."

"He withheld your ID?!" Xiao Sang mourned his misfortune and angered him, "He made it clear that he wanted to eat you to death, so you are willing to be manipulated by a white-eyed wolf like this?"

"But, but... I, I also thought about running away, and then I thought about the life of the next person... I don't have a career, I don't have many friends, I'm getting older, and I'll be lonelier by myself... That child... Say, say that you will accompany me..." His voice became lower and lower, and he became less confident, as if he had a guilty conscience.

Xiao Sang pressed his brows and rubbed, "Since this is the case, why do you ask me to discuss it? After all, you still treat him as a family member, and this is your housework. You have already figured out the way forward. Life is short, and I There is no better suggestion."