Chapter 14 Section 13

It was almost evening, and Wang Qiming's car was speeding on the expressway. Wang Qiming drove the car anxiously, flying like an arrow on the highway.It was obvious that he was very anxious. Guo Yan sat beside him, holding a little white dog in her arms.This is their birthday present to Ning Ning. Today, they left the factory early to buy the world famous "Melttes" from as far away as New Jersey, the Chinese call them "Lady Dogs". The little white dog was trembling all over, and hid its head under Guo Yan's armpit in fear. Maybe it's guessing where the new master is going to take it.

"I hope Ningning will not be angry because of our late return." Guo Yan said to herself. "No," Wang Qiming said confidently, "when she sees this puppy, she will definitely jump up for joy." "I hope so." The speedometer of the car had passed 70, Guo Yan reminded Wang Qiming: "Beware of the police!" When the car passed the Holand tunnel, it encountered a traffic jam. Wang Qiming patted the steering wheel anxiously: "What the hell!" He looked at his watch: 10:30. "It's too late," Wang Qiming said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with Ningning's party."

"It's probably about the same. She called and told me that people have been coming since one o'clock in the afternoon." Guo Yan said while stroking the little white dog, "Let's give it a name." "I thought about it a long time ago, call it Jerry." (Jerry) This is when Wang Qiming saw the cartoon on TV and thought of the well-known dog. "Jerry, Jerry, my sister must be so happy to see you." Guo Yan raised the puppy to her face, wanting to kiss it.The little white dog added Guo Yan's face in order to flatter the new owner. "I'm itching to death, little rascal." Guo Yan said with a "giggle" smile. "Ning Ning has a dog, so I don't think she will go out after school." Wang Qiming said.

"I'm afraid she'll make bad friends." "Oh, what a worry." "Americans say, Teenagerisanimalage." "What's the meaning?" "What do you mean? Seventeen or eighteen years old, that's the age of livestock." "Although the words are harsh, they make sense." Guo Yan took it up and said, "Mrs. Zhang's child who is sweating has been involved in the Huaqing Gang." "real?" "That's right." Guo Yan continued, "Last year, this kid was shot three times. He couldn't afford the medical expenses here, so he ran back to Nanjing for treatment. It's been a year, and he still doesn't dare to come back."

"poor child." "Xiumei has a cousin who is also at the same age. Not long after she came here from Taipei, she learned to take drugs. Her father beat her up, and she ran away from home the next day, and her whereabouts are unknown. I am really worried. ." "For whom?" "Ning Ning?" "She won't!" Wang Qiming said with certainty, "What kind of child is Ningning, do you and I still know? She was smart and obedient since she was a child, and never got involved in outside affairs. Right? " "Yes. Ningning, of course I can trust you."

Both Wang Qiming and Guo Yan praised Ning Ning so firmly in order to get rid of their inner insecurities.In fact, they were all a little uneasy inside.Especially Wang Qiming, whenever he heard his daughter's pure New York accent, his heart was half suspended. finally arrived at home. Guo Yan hugged the puppy, got out of the car first, and went straight to the living room. "Happy birthday" she raised the puppy high with both hands. The puppy probably has a fear of heights, and its four little paws are kicking around, very cute. "Mom, my dog." Ning Ning ran over, hugged her, and hugged her tightly. "Huny, Stueady, Lovely" cried.

Wang Qiming walked in, looked at the messy living room, smelled the stale air, and frowned immediately.He went upstairs without saying anything.He wanted to change his suit and relax in a sweatshirt. As soon as he got upstairs, he smelled a strong strange smell. He approached Ningning's bedroom. The door was not fully closed, and the strange smell came from there. He immediately understood what was going on. Son. He didn't change his clothes right away, and went back downstairs, muttering something beside Guo Yan in a low voice.Guo Yan's face also immediately withdrew the smile, and instantly became pale and pale.

Ning Ning was only interested in teasing the puppy, and didn't pay attention to these changes at all. Mrs. He's daughter Wendy gave them a squinting look, then stood up and said, "Auntie, Uncle, I'm leaving, goodbye." "Thank you, Wendy." Wang Qiming thanked the girl, but he didn't look away, just stared at the ground. "Wendy, you have worked hard," Guo Yan looked at her husband's thoughtful expression, and said enthusiastically to the little girl, "Thank you. Go home and tell your mother to come to work early tomorrow, and there is a batch of goods to rush."

"understood." Wendy agreed and walked out the door. After the guest walked out, the room was extremely quiet, like the sultry air on the eve of a summer rainstorm. Wang Qiming, sitting on the sofa, looked gloomy.He lit a cigarette, lost in thought. Guo Yan also sat down beside him. Of course she knew what kind of storm was about to break out.So she sat beside her husband and signaled him not to lose his temper and not to be too cruel to his daughter. She poked his waist as a reminder. He didn't accept the reminder, but pushed her hand aside. She knew that this conflict was inevitable.She waited nervously.

Ningning was still petting the puppy. The 18-year-old girl, of course, smelled the tension in the air.But she didn't seem to care, humming under her breath. "Ning Ning," he began to ask, trying to inject some calm into his voice, trying to keep his voice from trembling and out of tune, "you, you have learned to smoke!" Ning Ning's body trembled, but she immediately calmed herself down again. "Occasionally." Ningning replied nonchalantly. Not an answer, and this kind of indifference made Wang Qiming a little angry. He raised his voice: "My question is, do you know how to smoke?"

"Yes." (Yes.) She simply admitted. "Is it marijuana?" he pressed. "I...dont know." (I...don't know.) "Who taught you this?" "Someone." (Some people.) "Which people?" "You must know?" Ning Ning asked her father calmly. "It's not important." Wang Qiming admitted, "The important thing is, why do you want to learn this?" "Eoreun!" (Fun!) She uttered these two words lightly, stood up, flicked Ponytail's loose hair, and walked towards Lou's own bedroom. "stop!" She did not stop. "stop!" "I want go to bed!" (I want to go to bed!) she said. "no!" "I'm going to sleep! You have no right to stop me!" Ning Ning turned her head and looked at her father with hatred. "I have rights, I am your father!" "Papa has no rights, this is a free country!" Ning Ning also roared loudly.Her voice, usually so sweet, was now thin and unbearable. The father and daughter confronted each other like this. The soot fell to the ground, but Wang Qiming didn't notice it either. Guo Yan walked up to her daughter, and patiently persuaded her: "Ning Ning, if you have something to say, please tell Dad, don't be like this. Dad and I are all for your own good, you know?" Ning Ning did not answer. Guo Yan's eyes were a little red: "Father and mother worked hard to earn money, for what, isn't it just for you? We brought you here from Beijing for why you have a good life and good conditions , Okay... the future. You can, you don’t go astray. As long as, as long as you can be happy, even if Mom is exhausted, she is willing." As she spoke, she wept sadly. "For me, for me," Ningning said viciously, "you kept saying it was for me, what did you do for me? What did you do?" After hearing this, Wang Qiming felt too wronged.He slapped the table, stood up, and raised his voice: "What a heartless thing! Not for you, for whom, you say!" "Who know." (Who knows?) It said. Ning Ning tilted her head, and said lightly again. Wang Qiming is really not used to his daughter's understatement, really not used to her gesture, and even afraid of her New York accent. "I hope you show some respect. From now on, I won't let you speak English at home. I can't get used to it, I can't stand it!" he yelled. "I used to be forced to speak English, but now you bother me to speak English, what exactly do you want me to say?" Ning Ningjin spoke Chinese, showing a bit of toughness. "I want you to speak human language!" He patted the table again. "Get up!" Guo Yan felt that his words were beginning to irritate people.She wanted to stop her husband, stop her daughter, stop this volcanic conflict. But what can she do? She had nothing to do but shed tears, helplessly watching her husband get angry, and helplessly watching her daughter despise and hate her husband.Now, she is like a pedestrian standing at the foot of a mountain, watching an out-of-control car fall down the cliff, helpless. "You should tell the truth and speak humanly! At least to your parents!" When Wang Qiming was angry, he trembled slightly. "Okay, I said, I said." Ning Ning threw the puppy to the ground and started talking.Like an iceberg melting, like a reservoir opening, all the words accumulated in my heart were flushed out at once. "From the age of eleven to the age of sixteen, what did you do to me during the five long years? Do you know how many times I cried and why I cried? You also know what I think about every day? You don't know No, you don't know anything." "To be honest, at that time, I missed you very much. During the New Year and the Spring Festival, I missed you very much. I know that you sent me a lot of money, a lot of money, but I don't need money. What I need is Love, I need my father's strong and broad chest, and I need my mother's warm chest. Have you ever given it to me? Can you give it to me? The more she spoke, the more excited she became, her voice changed. "Dad, Mom, I'm not a good boy. I'm different from what you imagined. From now on, please don't place too much hope on me. I...I...you don't understand me!" "Ning Ning, then you can tell us so that we can understand!" Guo Yan begged her daughter a little bit.She seemed to have an ominous premonition that her daughter might say something she least wanted to hear, a tragedy. "Speak, speak!" Wang Qiming suppressed the anger in his heart and said. "Okay, if that's the case, I'll tell you." Ning Ning fell into deep thought.She didn't say anything for a while, and she looked much older than her actual age, looking like a young man. "I can't get your love, my heart is as cold as winter. When I was 16 years old, that is, the year before I came to the United States, in order to listen to your words and enter the United States, I went to an English cram school I don't want to learn English, but for you, to make you feel satisfied, I went to that English cram school. "There is a boy named Liu Xiong in my class. He is very handsome and loves me very much; I like him too. We study English together, go to restaurants together, and...go to...his home... …and then, later, I got pregnant." "what?" Wang Qiming's eyeballs were about to fall out immediately. "Ning Ning!" Guo Yan's cry was completely heartbreaking.She reached out and grabbed her husband by the shoulders. "What are you shouting!" Ningning hated her parents' surprise at her pregnancy a few years ago. "Now that you know, you are anxious and shouted, but where were you at that time? Where were you?" Ningning asked her parents in turn. Wang Qiming and Guo Bing were speechless when they heard such questions, and lowered their heads. Ning Ning wiped away her tears and continued: "On the abortion table, I hurt, I hurt! I called you, I shouted loudly, Mom! Mom! Where are you? Dad, Dad, why don't you Come pick me up! At that time, how much I need you, how I would like you to pat my head with your hands, even if it is to scold me!" Guo Yan cried even more sadly, and the veins on Wang Qiming's forehead suddenly bulged. "Well, where's the bad boy?" he pressed. Trembling, Ning Ning lit a cigarette, and sucked the cigarette into her mouth in big gulps. This time, Wang Qiming did not immediately stop him. "Tell me, where is he?" "He was a hooligan. Later, he was arrested by the Public Security Bureau because of other girls." Ning Ning said all this lightly and plainly, as if she was talking about a stranger who had nothing to do with her. Wang Qiming couldn't bear such a gesture, he wanted to rush up and beat up this unworthy daughter.However, the deep guilt infected him again, so that he didn't have the courage to walk up to his daughter and beat her, and he didn't even dare to look up at her. "When we arrived in the United States," Ning Ning continued, "you only know about factories, business, and making money all day long, and you just want to lock me at home all day long, so that you can get what you want. I can't be your burden , and can look after your home. You can act as a rich man outside, and you can show off in front of everyone how well-behaved your daughter is.Think about it, isn't this not too selfish? " She was crying so sadly, every sound seemed to come from the depths of her internal organs, she couldn't help crying, because of the constant trembling of her arms, even the ponytail pine on top of her head was also trembling non-stop. The cigarette ash in her hand was also shaken off a long knot, and fell on the milky white carpet. She rubbed it vigorously with her foot, forming a black spot.The spots looked so dazzling on the spotless, white carpet.I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for the rest of my life. She took another big puff of cigarette: "I, I am also human, I also want to have my share of life, I also want to have my friends, and my world. Could it be that for your achievements, the sacrifices I made Isn’t that enough? Don’t tell me, let me continue to make sacrifices for you in the United States? For your status, for your face, I’m like that dog, locked at home every day, begging for three full meals? No, Dad, Mom, I can't do it, and I don't want to do it!" She finished.She felt that she had poured out all that needed to be poured out of her heart.This made me feel a certain amount of relief. She picked up the puppy and went upstairs to her bedroom.Her loose ponytail hair trembled behind her head, like a cluster of black flames. Ning Ning left, and the living room seemed unusually empty. "poor child……" Guo Yan said something, and cried "Wow". Wang Qiming held his head in his hands, not knowing what to say.After a while, he sighed. Ning Ning returned to the bedroom and threw herself on the bed. In order not to cry too loudly, she buried her head deeply in the pillow. She was crying, under the pillow, her cry was "whoosh".She was shaking all over. After crying for a while, she pushed away the wet pillow, turned over, and lay on her back, staring straight at the ceiling. Two lines of clear tears welled up from her eyes and hung on her cheeks. Nowadays? Today is your birthday?My birthday.she thinks. The eye circles have been turned into two black balls by those high-end cosmetics, and they look like a shriveled skeleton. She lit her cigarette again, remembering how rough James had been to her this afternoon.Recalling everything that happened when I was sixteen.She pitied herself for her own misfortune, and for the misfortune she had suffered. She didn't want to stab her parents with some words, she knew how much their hearts hurt after she said them.When she saw the astonishment and sadness of her father and mother, she also felt sympathy and pity for them in her heart, but she didn't know what kind of state of mind it was. A revenger's pleasure. Why was I born in this family?Why am I so different from other kids?Is there really a life, and my life is so bitter?she was thinking. When I was in China, although everyone envied me, saying that I was lucky, had an American father and mother, spent dollars and used foreign goods, why did I always have a feeling, a feeling of being abandoned. She asked herself like this, pouring out all her grievances in her memories... Of course they would not know that in the cold winter and heavy snow, I came to Xiangshan alone, riding a bicycle.Xiangshan, Xiangshan in winter, Xiangshan in heavy snow, there is no one, no one, only the trees all over the mountain and me. I climbed to the top of the mountain and fell a few somersaults countless times.I was on the top of the mountain, amidst the howling north wind, crying, crying, crying! How afraid I am that someone will see me crying like a fool on the top of Fragrant Hills. How I wish my parents would come here suddenly from faraway America and hear my cry! dad!Mother! It is the special things you gave me, the dollars you gave me, which caused me countless troubles. On the street, like a piece of fat, I attracted those greedy young men like Russian wolves. I don't know if they're after me or my pocketbook. In the theater and on the dance floor, I became a flower with incomparable fragrance.Flowers attract countless bees and butterflies, and I can't tell whether these butterflies are flying around for me or because I have you -- my parents in the United States. You, the dollars you sent, made me unable to judge, and made me lose the normal ability to distinguish between beauty and ugliness. I was stuck in a quagmire, unable to extricate myself. Now, you are desperately asking me to study, and you don’t even think about it. Since I was in junior high school, I have never been able to listen to classes and do my homework with peace of mind.Every time I received a letter, I was urged to study English hard. Too much Chinese is useless. You have comforted me over and over again, saying that you are coming to America soon.Soon, soon, maybe tomorrow, or next week.Do you think I can study with peace of mind?In the past few years, to be honest, my heart has long been scattered, and I have a headache when I read the book. You often give me trouble, a certain master’s degree opens a restaurant, and a certain doctor’s degree irons sweaters. If you study too much, you can’t make a lot of money;The day is also tight belt. Learn to do business, you think I am too young and inexperienced, I will definitely be deceived, just want to do something, and you say I am stupid, that I am stupid. How should I live, what is my way out? Ning Ning thought, it's not that I don't adapt to the United States, but that you don't adapt to me.No, I'm going out, I'm going to work and earn my share of money to support myself, and I'll negotiate with them tomorrow. Soon, Ning Ning fell asleep with her clothes on and fell asleep. At this time, Wang Qiming and Guo Yan were lying on the bed, thinking about their own thoughts. After much deliberation, they did not find the answer.It was a long night and they couldn't sleep.