before and after

"I haven't seen Lucas for a long time, I don't know how tall he is now."

"Don't turn your head, it's not easy." Liang Xiao stopped holding the hair dye immediately, "If Lucas says you still have gray hair tomorrow, don't blame me."

Lucas is Xia Yang's son, who is 13 years old this year.

Xia Yang got married when he was almost 30 years old. He met his wife at a party. Claire is Liang Xiao's student, and the two have many topics in common, and they soon got together. Lucas was born two years later. The name was chosen by Ye Ruixin. Ye Ruixin chose this name when Claire was pregnant and found out that it was a boy.

Ye Ruixin likes this word, which has the meaning of light.It reads concisely and powerfully.

"Mr. Liang, what should Lucas call you?"

After Xia Yang went to work in the hospital, he called Liang Xiao a teacher, but he is still called Mr. Ye Ruixin Liang.Although they have become each other's relatives for so many years, Xia Yang can't change his mouth.

It is not special enough for the child to call Mr. Liang "uncle", let alone "granddad".Mr. Liang will definitely be angry.

This was Ye Ruixin's first time holding a child, and she seemed a little at a loss.Ye Ruixin didn't even dare to touch Lucas too much, he was so small.The two feet together are not as big as my own palm, and it looks like it is easy to break.Although the movements of his hands were unnaturally stiff, the joy in Ye Ruixin's eyes was about to overflow.Ye Ruixin looked at Lucas in his arms and said:

"Master Qi! Lucas, I am your Lord Qi. Do you know?"

[Godfather! Lucas, I'm your godfather, do you know that? 】

After that, "Qi Ye" became the first Cantonese sentence that Lucas could speak, and it was also the most standard sentence.

When he was young, Lucas liked to live in the villa in the suburb of Ye Ruixin.I often live here during vacations. The villa has a specially furnished children's room by Mr. Qi, a swimming pool where you can play in the water, and such a large garden where you can play hide-and-seek.

During that time, most of the people who played with Lucas were Liang Xiao.Ye Ruixin is not a person who particularly likes children, and his waist is not good, so it is not convenient to hold Lucas or squat down to play with him for a long time.Every time Liang Xiao hugged Lucas, Ye Ruixin always looked at them with a smile on the sidelines.Occasionally, when he is happy, he will come to tease Lucas and play with him.

When it was time to babble, Lucas suddenly called "unclebaba" to Liang Xiao.This baby-like baba amused the whole family, and Liang Xiao happily asked Lucas to yell a few more times.

Afterwards, Lucas kept calling Liang Xiao like this, unclebaba.Even after entering puberty, Lucas and Liang Xiao are still very close. If there is anything he can't say to Xia Yang, he will tell his uncle, but when he sees Master Qi, Lucas will subconsciously "become good".

Man is an extremely sensitive animal, and he can judge a degree of safety through some minor details. Lucas has always been in awe of Ye Ruixin. Of course he likes Master Qi, but he likes unclebaba even more, so when he was a child, he would be a little jealous when he saw Master Qi was like a child who needed unclebaba to coax him.It wasn't until he grew up that Lucas realized that apart from unclebaba, even dad cared about Lord Qi very much.Compared with himself, Master Qi is more like the center of the whole family.

Although Lucas didn't really understand the reason, but as he grew older Lucas gradually understood the feeling.He began to want to spend more time with Master Qi, even if he was going to a concert with him, or even just in the garden, as if Master Qi was happy, unclebaba would be happy, and dad would also be happy.

"Master Qi! unclebaba!"

The child's voice made the whole room full of life, Ye Ruixin got up and compared the height with Lucas, only half a head short.Touching Lucas' head, Ye Ruixin took out a red red packet from his pocket and gave it to Lucas.

"good luck!"

"Thank you, Master Qi!"

"Happy New Year!" Liang Xiao walked up to Ye Ruixin and gave Lucas a red envelope, "Study hard and improve every day."

"Thank you unclebaba!"

Xia Yang on the side couldn't help laughing, and said:

"Every New Year's Eve can feel the impact of culture."

Hearing what Xia Yang said, Ye Ruixin said: "No matter what kind of culture it is, you don't have a share in the benefits."

"In our place, there is nothing after graduating from college." Liang Xiao echoed.

Thinking of the days when Ye Ruixin gave her lai sees, Xia Yang concluded with a smile:

"That's why Hong Kong people are more generous, even before marriage."

"Lucas, did your dad take away your New Year's money. Said to save it for you?" Liang Xiao asked.

"No."

"Should I take it away?" Claire on the side already spoke Chinese very well, and her sudden question made Lucas quickly seal up the laissez-faire.

"Mum, of course not!"

Lucas' actions made the whole family laugh.According to the annual practice, Liang Xiao took Lucas to go shopping, Xia Yang stayed at home to chat with Ye Ruixin, and Claire prepared the family dinner.

New Year's shopping is Lucas' favorite part, but children's yearning for food is much less when they grow up.Seeing Liang Xiao put ice creams into the shopping cart one by one, Lucas said:

"Unclebaba, one is enough."

Liang Xiao glanced at Lucas and said, "You like it too? Then I'll take another one."

"These are for Lord Qi?" Lucas guessed.

"Well. He likes to eat recently, but we can't give him more. We have to hide it when we go back."

"Ice cream can only be in the refrigerator, Master Qi will definitely find it."

Liang Xiao laughed and said, "He won't open the refrigerator by himself."

"What!"

Liang Xiao was already used to the lifestyle with Ye Ruixin, he didn't understand how many exclamation marks this sentence left in Lucas' head.

"Look, what else do you want to eat? Take it yourself."

The shopping cart was quickly filled with various things, and while waiting for the checkout, Lucas asked:

"Unclebaba, how old are you older than Master Qi?"

"I'm the same age as him, we're in the same class. Does he look younger than me?"

When he said this, Liang Xiao thought about Ye Ruixin's appearance.Liang Xiao always felt that Ye Ruixin hadn't changed much these years, he was still the same, as attractive as when he was young.

"Then how old is Qiye older than Dad?"

"Let me think about it." Liang Xiao calculated carefully and said, "15 years old."

"15 years old?" Lucas couldn't believe it. "I always thought that Mr. Qi was only a few years older than Dad. In this way, Mr. Qi is almost 60? He doesn't look that old at all."

"Tell him this sentence when you go back, and he will be happy to hear it."

At home, Xia Yang listened to Ye Ruixin talk about some recent events in the orphanage.Rather than discussing a certain issue, listening to Mr. Liang made him feel more used to it.

"Recently, my right hand is numb and tingling, and occasionally I'm not very flexible." Ye Ruixin's words made Xia Yang a little uneasy, but Ye Ruixin's face showed no worries, "I'm afraid it's a stroke."

"Come for an MRI tomorrow, and I'll help you check to see what's wrong."

"It's unlucky to go to the hospital on New Year's Day, let's finish the New Year."

"Don't delay." Xia Yang's expression became a little serious.

"If I want to procrastinate, I won't ask you today." After drinking the lipstick tea, Ye Ruixin said.

"Does the teacher know?"

Putting down the saucer and cup in his hand, Ye Ruixin shook his head.

"Talk to him when you're doing the checkup."

There is no Chinese New Year holiday in the United States, but it is the custom to go home after watching the New Year's Eve.It was almost one o'clock in the morning when Xia Yang's family left.

"Are you tired? I'll put water on for you to take a bath."

Just as Liang Xiao was about to get up, Ye Ruixin grabbed Liang Xiao's hand, and Ye Ruixin said:

"A dance?"

"it is good."

Liang Xiao put the record of "moonriver" into the record player, and the music sounded. Liang Xiao straightened his collar, walked up to Ye Ruixin and extended his hand to him.

"May I?"

They didn't dance the complicated dance steps of the year, but just swayed slowly to the tune.Liang Xiao looked at Ye Ruixin, his eyes drooped in front of him, then he raised them, staring into his own eyes.The music with the memories of the past rubs Ye Ruixin's appearance at this time with the pictures in his memory.His lover is no longer young, leaving traces of time on his face.But those eyes did not lose their sharpness, they were still heart-pounding.

"Look at what?"

"You look good."

Ye Ruixin nodded knowingly, and said, "I know."

Liang Xiao then laughed.The music was soft and soothing. Ye Ruixin was indeed a little tired, so he rested his head on Liang Xiao's shoulder and closed his eyes.

"Liang Xiao." After a while, Ye Ruixin said suddenly.

"Ok?"

"fine."

Liang Xiao kissed Ye Ruixin's hair and asked:

"Would you like ice cream?"

Still closing her eyes in Liang Xiao's arms, Ye Ruixin said lazily:

"Isn't it finished?"

"I just bought it today. It was too late and I didn't prepare it for you. But today is the Chinese New Year. I can make an exception to coax the children."

Ye Ruixin smiled, raised his head to look at Liang Xiao, and said:

"I'm not Lucas!"

"You are my child."

"I want to eat in bed after taking a shower."

"it is good."

"I want to go to the movies tomorrow."

"it is good."

Ye Ruixin hugged Liang Xiao tightly again, but her smile slowly disappeared in Liang Xiao's invisible embrace.

Liang Xiao, I want to be with you forever...