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The black car drove away from the gate of the manor, and Fang Shiqiu watched his mother leave in a wheelchair.

After her mother and father divorced, they had their own family again. Fang Shiqiu had never met her second husband, but only happened to see her on the phone with her husband.

At that time, the mother talked to her husband in a brisk tone that Fang Shiqiu had never heard before, with a faint smile on her face, and a smile between the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.

She had never looked so relaxed and happy in front of her father, so they eventually separated.

The relationship between the mother and her second husband was very good. After Fang Shiqiu was discharged from the hospital, she was finally able to return to her lover.

She burst into tears when she accompanied her, and she was decisive when she left without looking back.

Fang Shiqiu felt that she must be very tired, tired of taking care of the patients, and tired of facing her unemotional ex-husband.

But he didn't complain, and he didn't blame his mother.

The mother already has a new life and a new lover, so she doesn't need to cry too much for the children who have a normal relationship.

She has done enough for herself, Fang Shiqiu will not expect her to stay by his side all the time.

Only occasionally, he still couldn't help missing her, just like when she and her father just divorced when she was a child.

Fang Shiqiu didn't tell his father how much he missed his mother, nor did he try to contact his mother.

He thought that neither his father nor his mother's lover would want him to disturb his mother's peaceful life.

But soon, Fang Shiqiu received a call from his mother from across the ocean.

She called softly: "Xiaoqiu."

Mother's voice came from father's mobile phone, Fang Shiqiu couldn't hear it clearly, and stuck to the receiver for a long time in a daze.

Did not hear his answer, the mother called a second time.

"Have you eaten well recently?"

Fang Shiqiu touched the hot phone, and replied softly: "Yes."

"That's good." Mother smiled softly.

"At home, you should listen to your father's words carefully, and take medicine and meals on time, do you understand?"

Fang Shiqiu raised his head to look at his father who was sitting by the bed, then lowered his head, silently looking at the remaining needle holes on the back of his hand.

He is very obedient, has always been obedient, no matter how excessive Liang Ming's request is, he has never said a word "no".

Holding the phone, Fang Shiqiu obediently assured his mother.

"I know, I will listen to my father."

He will listen to Liang Ming's words, and he will also listen to his father's words.

Hearing Fang Shiqiu's sensible answer, the smile in the mother's voice became clearer, even with a bit of relief.

"Mom has other things to do. I'll call you in a few days."

Fang Shiqiu said "OK", and his mother gave a few more instructions, and then ended the call amidst his father's voice urging Fang Shiqiu to rest.

"Thank you dad."

Fang Shiqiu returned the phone that ended the call to his father.

The father took the hot mobile phone, looked at Fang Shiqiu's flushed cheeks, stretched out his hand to test the temperature of his forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he didn't have a fever.

Fang Shiqiu felt the palm on his forehead, and leaned forward to rub his father's palm, but his father had a terrible expression on his face that he couldn't understand.

After a long time, Fang Shiqiu heard his father sigh softly.

"It's late, Xiaoqiu go to bed early."

Fang Shiqiu's father was in charge of an entire family group. After returning home, he went back to work with almost no rest, just as busy as Fang Shiqiu remembered.

Father didn't have much free time, but every morning before going out, he would sit in Fang Shiqiu's bedroom for a while, look at his sleeping son, or talk to him, and occasionally he would have breakfast with him before leaving when he was free.

Fang Shiqiu's body has not yet fully recovered, and his father asked someone to invite a new nurse to take care of his daily life together with the housekeeper.

The newly hired nurse was a very young woman, not particularly pretty, but she always showed him a gentle smile.

Fang Shiqiu couldn't guess her age, wanted to say hello to her, but opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

The nurse thoughtfully reported her name to Fang Shiqiu.

"I'm about your age, just call me by my name."

Fang Shiqiu nodded obediently, but the unfamiliar name blew past his ears like the wind. He heard it and forgot it, and he couldn't remember it.

He couldn't call out his name, and looked at the nurse blankly with his mouth open, and she repeated his name in a low voice.

After Fang Shiqiu read out his name completely, a smile of relief and sympathy appeared on the nurse's face.

The room the housekeeper arranged for the nurse was next to Fang Shiqiu's bedroom, but most of the time the nurse stayed in Fang Shiqiu's room to take care of him.

Fang Shiqiu seldom talked with the nurse, and only said "thank you" very softly when the other party handed things over.

Whenever he looked at the busy back of the nurse, he would unconsciously think of the mute girl who was trapped in the snow mountain with him.

The nurse called Fang Shiqiu "Mr. Fang" at first, and later called him "Xiaoqiu" with his family. Hearing the familiar tone of the other party, Fang Shiqiu suddenly wanted to know what the dumb girl would call herself now if she could speak.

Probably also call him Xiaoqiu.

But unlike the able-bodied nurses, the dumb girl never had the chance to speak.

Her situation was even more difficult than his.

Liang Ming would not pay her to take care of herself, would drag and beat her like an animal, would force her to kneel on the ground without dignity, a woman who could not use words to beg forgiveness from her perpetrator could only endure everything in silence.

Every time Fang Shiqiu saw the mute girl in the room, her body always had fresh wounds that could not heal.

Fang Shiqiu didn't know where the mute girl went after being rescued from the snow-capped mountain, and whether she had received proper treatment, had she also left the hospital and lived a normal life?

But he had already left the hospital, and he didn't know the whereabouts of the mute girl, and had nowhere to ask, so he could only leave her behind again.

The memory of being imprisoned in the snow-capped mountains gradually became blurred with time, like a nightmare that suddenly woke up, without cause or end, and ended abruptly amidst the noise.

Fang Shiqiu returned to his long-lost hometown and met the long-lost summer.

The heat wave in early summer was blocked by the glass, and the air conditioner running day and night blew away the heat in the room. Fang Shiqiu was sitting at the desk in long-sleeved pajamas, unpacking the box sent by the housekeeper.

The afternoon sun crossed the carved glass and fell on Fang Shiqiu's hand, the slightly hot light climbed up his fingers and got into the cushioned box.

The younger sister who had met in a hurry before sent a beige plush bear, which was not too big or small, and when held in her arms, she could just rest her head on the bear's shoulder.

Fang Shiqiu hugged the little bear, buried his face in the soft neck of the little bear, and rubbed his delicate and fluffy features against his cheeks, and there was a faint smell of lavender and sunshine between the fabric and cotton.

He sniffed the good smell of the little bear, and lay down on the small table to open the second box.

The exquisite gift box is wrapped with light green washi paper and light pink ribbon, and there is a delicate bow on the top. It is said that it is a gift from a friend sent by my cousin who is studying abroad.

Fang Shiqiu carefully opened the package, and saw the round object in the center of the box.

A light green wind chime, a vermilion dragonfly about to fly is drawn on the transparent crystal glass, a thin transparent thread passes through the wind chime from top to bottom, and a piece of wishing paper is tied at the bottom.

He turned over the wishing paper, and saw the four words written on the paper - peace and health.

"What a beautiful wind chime." The nurse said, "Do you want to hang it up?"

Fang Shiqiu touched the dragonfly on the wind chime, hugged the little bear and nodded gently.

The dragonfly wind chime was soon hung under the eaves of the terrace. The slightly hot summer wind blew the wishing paper under the wind chime, and the glass tube tied on the rope touched the wind chime. The door blows into the bedroom.

Fang Shiqiu sat on the edge of the bed and turned his head slightly, just in time to see the dragonfly flying in mid-air on the glass.

The nurse hung up the wind chimes, and before entering the house, he glanced at the garden under the terrace and saw the grass that was warmed by the sun.

"The weather is fine today, Xiaoqiu, do you want to go down for a walk?"

Fang Shiqiu turned his head and slowly folded his arms to hug the little bear in his arms.

The wind chimes under the eaves jingled with the wind, and the bedroom where no one spoke fell into a long silence.

Fang Shiqiu didn't think there was anything wrong with staying in the bedroom.

There is a lot of space in the bedroom for free activities. There are many books and paintings drawn before on the bookshelf. He doesn’t need to leave the room. He can see the beautiful garden while sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, instead of staring at the white snow scene outside the window all the time.

When night fell, as long as he opened the window, the wind with the fragrance of flowers would float in from the window and fall on his quilt and pillow.

In the past, it was difficult to see the father who would come to see him every day before going out. In the evening, the mother would call and talk to him. Even the younger siblings who were not close before would occasionally send some things brought back from outside. .

The nurse always stayed where he could see and was with him all the time, never leaving him alone in the ward.

Fang Shiqiu felt that it was good to stay in the room, and there was no need to go out at all.