Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Inseparable

I didn't wait a week for a buyer for my small apartment.The agent told me that the previous buyer added another 20,000 yuan, but the latter buyer thought the price was too high and did not want to buy it.The price was much higher than I expected, and I immediately went to sign the contract. After watching the money transfer to the account, my heart is really at ease. At least for a period of time in the future, I can provide my father with the best that I can provide. The weather is getting warmer, everyone is busy at work, only I go to and from the hospital every day, living in my own world, as if separated from the whole society.

I like to talk to my father more and more. I dig out all the old photos at home, point to each photo, and ask my father to tell the story behind it, and listen to him tell me how to tease me to take a hundred-day photo and why my hair was yellow when I was young. , Why are these photos just a few potted flowers, why are those photos just a few rocks, the father and daughter often talk and laugh at the photos for a long time. I often regret it, what have I been doing all these years?I love my parents, but I have never really understood their hearts. It is only now that I know how much my father has a heart that knows how to live, and how gentle and delicate my mother was... But I have never had the chance to Make up for this regret.

But to others, I speak less and less.Song Yi, Lu Licheng, and Malatang often came to see my father. Most of the time I saw them with a faint smile. I had no objection when they came, and I never asked them to stay when they left. The relationship between Malatang and I was eased after a drunken heart-to-heart talk, but she had doubts in her heart, and I had something to hide in my heart, so it was far from returning to the intimacy of the past.But I don't feel uncomfortable, being sick with my father, watching him endure torture, chatting with him, listening to him talk about life, my heart is like a worldly cleansing experience, and I am a little more open-minded.I know that Malatang and I still put each other in the bottom of our hearts and care about each other, that's enough, and let everything else take its course.

As for the entanglement between Song Yi and Lu Licheng, even Song Yi doesn't care about winning or losing, so why should I care? One day, I pushed my father for a walk, and my father played chess with a sick friend. I sat on a stone bench beside me, admiring the spring scenery in the garden and the sunset glow in the sky. Hearing the familiar sound of high-heeled shoes behind me, I didn't look back, just patted the empty seat beside me, and Malatang sat next to me, and I leaned on her shoulder: "It's just in time, I've been looking up at the sunset for a long time, my neck is so tired .”

Malatang smiled: "You are a person who can enjoy it. We are exhausted from fighting outside and have no image. You are here to play the old Du Lingye." "The hospital is a very strange place, where life and death, sorrow and joy, weakness and strength, cruelty and tenderness all come together. I stay in the hospital every day, and sometimes I feel as if I have lived for five hundred years, reading all life, old age, sickness and death. , Love, hate, joy and anger. Today, my father and I went to the baby room to see the baby. The whole room was full of babies. The scene was quite shocking, and there was an inexplicable spiritual epiphany. Next time, I will take you to visit."

"Manman." There was worry in Malatang's voice, "Are you okay? Are you too tired to take care of uncle?" "No! During these days, apart from worrying about my father's illness, other places are indescribably comfortable. It seems that only when I was very young, I felt so free. After going to primary school, I have to study hard to get into key junior high schools, After enrolling in a key junior high school, we must strive to enter a key high school, and after entering a key high school, we must strive to enter a key university, and then graduate and work all the way. It seems that we are always busy! We are so busy that we only have time to go home for dinner on weekends. My father and I have never been like this. Now that we are so close, our father and daughter can now spend three to four hours drinking only two cups of tea, very leisurely!"

Malatang laughed at me: "Aren't you going to work for a few days? Just look like a hermit in mountains and rivers, not for a few days. Seeing that we are all ordinary people in the world, don't you like to associate with us?" I looked at her and said softly, "For others, very likely. For you, never!" Malatang bared his teeth at me, and said half-jokingly: "If I do something, I don't know if you will still say that." "Then tell me and listen." "You should know about the conflict between Lu Licheng and Song Yi." "Ok."

"My father doesn't know why he likes Lu Licheng so much, but hates Song Yi so much. He plays tricks secretly and trips up Song Yi everywhere. Lu Licheng is not a good guy either. He acts good when he gets a bargain, and makes trouble..." Malatang's angry look Embarrassed suddenly, he looked at me. I said, "It's okay! You say what you want, I don't mind." Malatang restrained his tone: "Lu Licheng probably also saw that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to completely defeat Song Yi, so he seized every opportunity to hit Song Yi mercilessly. Don't look at him in front of you. Watching Song Yi talking and laughing, and playing chess with your father, but he is a completely different person in the company, ruthless everywhere. Everyone in the company is pushing the wall, Song Yi's life is very sad, But I didn't show it at all. I didn't know it. I went to find him that day, and I overheard the little girl at the front desk talking about him. That's when I realized that even the young people in the company dared to step on him. Didn't you hear What those little girls said made me want to rush up and slap them..." Malatang's eyes were a little red, and he couldn't continue.

I asked, "Are you really fanning?" "No, I can bear it! I don't want others to read Song Yi's jokes, saying that Song Yi found a shrew. However, those little girls were scared enough later." Malatang looked at me hesitantly. I said: "It's okay, you continue to talk." "I didn't do anything at the time. I just went up and told them that I was Song Yi's girlfriend and I was looking for Song Yi. Later, I thought, the cause of everything was my father in the final analysis, so I could only To untie the bell, the person who tied the bell is needed. I took advantage of their company’s and client’s party to go to see Song Yi, deliberately made a lot of intimate gestures in front of everyone, and Song Yi could only introduce to everyone, ‘This is mine. Girlfriend'. Secretly I called my dad's secretary and said I forgot my wallet and asked him to send me some money. When he arrived, everyone knew that I was Xu Zhongjin's daughter, the His face turned faster than turning the pages of a book, and he immediately changed his color towards Song Yi."

I said: "It's nothing!" Mala Tang whispered: "I just wanted to give this group of people a warning, telling them that even if my father doesn't like Song Yi, but his daughter does, the conflict between my father and Song Yi is a conflict among the people, and they had better not mix it And, otherwise, if Song Yi becomes my father's son-in-law one day, their life may not be easy. But when I did this, it was like throwing a big bomb, and the scene was chaotic. Song Yi didn't appreciate it at all. Unhappy. They all came to toast me again. I was in a bad mood, so I drank it all. After I was drunk, just when Lu Licheng was talking, all my dissatisfaction with him rushed to my head. In front of everyone The face of a human being severely damaged him."

My head got bigger: "What do you mean by 'severely broken'?" "I..." Malatang's eyes were full of guilt, "I scolded him for chasing me, scolded him for wanting to eat swan meat, and scolded him for flattering my dad, wagging his tail like a pug, begging my dad Huanxin, he has no skills at all. He also said that he was sinister and vicious. He said he liked me for a while, and then hooked up with my good friend, Huaxin Daluo... I can’t remember. I was drunk at the time, and I only remember the big banquet with hundreds of people at the end There was no sound in the living room. Lu Licheng stood on the stage, staring at me expressionlessly, while Song Yi covered my mouth and forcibly carried me out of the hall." "Mala Tang, you..." Malatang immediately said: "I'm drunk! Those words were unintentional." She looked at my face and said cautiously, "You just said 'to me, never!'" A day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world.I thought that Lu Licheng had already won, but Malatang suddenly made a surprise move, and the situation between the two sides immediately reversed. I smiled wryly: "Ma La Tang, you are really a tiger father without a dog girl! In terms of qualifications, Lu Licheng is considered a front-runner in Beijing's financial circle. Although he needs your father, your father also needs him. At most, it can be regarded as a gangster, where does one party insist on begging the other party? Even your father would not dare to let him lose such a big person, you are really fierce." Malatang said sadly: "I don't want to either. I never want to admit that I am Xu Zhongjin's daughter, but I can't watch Song Yi suffer from my father's dumbness. I won't drink anymore, and accidents will happen when I drink. Don't you mad at me!" Lu Licheng and Song Yi came side by side, turned their eyes slightly on me and Malatang, and walked towards my father, standing on the left and right sides of my father, watching my father play chess.Malatang still didn't notice them, but just hugged my arm and begged: "I know I was wrong, after all, you and Lu Licheng are together now, no matter how much I hate him, I should not care about it for your sake, but I really Drunk, full of nonsense..." There was a burst of laughter from the chess table, and Malatang looked back to see Song Yi and Lu Licheng, even more listless, as if he wanted to get into the hole immediately.I forced her to walk over, but she didn't dare to look at Lu Licheng, she immediately shrank to Song Yi's side, and I could only stand by Lu Licheng's side. The four of them had nothing to do, so they all concentrated on watching Dad play chess, chatting about Dad's chess moves in a low voice.In fact, the main reason is that I am not good at chess and I like to express opinions. Malatang is also a talkative person. When two people disagree, Malatang will ask Song Yi for help and drag Song Yi into the water. The old man who played chess with his father said with a smile: "You are so lucky! Look at the two pairs of children behind you, you really have to wake up from a dream! They are all filial sons before the bed for a long time. I think you have someone to accompany you every day. Look, what a blessing! You see, my son and daughter-in-law come here only once every two or three days, and they have to leave before their buttocks are hot.” The frequency of the three of them coming to the hospital was so high that they were misunderstood as father's relatives.Dad didn't explain, just turned his head and looked at us.I felt sore, and quickly took Lu Licheng's arm. Dad's eyes stayed on me and Lu Licheng for a while, smiled, and went to play chess again. After Dad finished playing chess, Malatang grabbed Song Yi and left immediately. Lu Licheng and I took Dad back to the ward and put him to sleep.By the time we came out, we had already climbed the telegraph poles, and after dusk, couples were rolling on the roadside. I offered to cross the road too, but Lu Licheng didn't object, so the two of us slipped up in circles, thinking for a long time, but we didn't know how to speak.It seems inappropriate to comfort him not to be sad, ask him if he still minds, or ask whether the consequences are serious. When he was thinking hard, he opened his mouth and said lightly: "If you have a chance, look at what wine is good. Maybe you will get drunk with me in a few days." It took me a while to react before I remembered the bet I made with him: "What do you mean? Are you leaving Beijing?" He smiled, very calm and breezy: "It's okay to leave, maybe there are better scenery elsewhere." I didn't know what to say, I could only look at him silently.He sat on the flower bed, took out a cigarette, lit it, and said with a smile: "People say that when you are disappointed in the casino, you are proud when you are in love. I am a loser in the casino." The night and the cigarette made his figure cloaked in loneliness. I sat beside him and said softly: "You should smoke less in the future!" He looked at me with a smile and didn't say a word. After a while, he said: "I'm waiting for my girlfriend to say this." I couldn't say anything, so I could only sit silently. Said: "Go back!" When we got in the car, we both remained silent. He turned on the stereo, and an English song wafted out. After listening to it for a while, he suddenly turned the volume up to the maximum. The beautiful baritone roared in the small compartment, agitating the eardrums and shaking the soul. Had to listen. ... If I climbed the highest mountain just to hold you. If I said that I would love you every single night. Would you ever let me down? ... If I swam the longest river just to call your name. If I said the way, I feel for you would never change Would you ever fool around? Well I'm sorry if it sounds kinda bad just that. Worried I'm so worried that you let me down. Because I love you, love you, I love you... love you... love you... I followed the song and asked softly, if I climbed the highest mountain just to hug you tightly; if I told you that I love you deeply every night, would you still reject me?If I swam the longest river just to call your name, if I told you that my feelings for you would never change, would you be with me once in a while? I can climb the highest mountain, and I am willing to swim the longest river, but how can I cross the boundary between life and death?To break the curse of death?No matter what I do, I can't compare Xu Qiu's already eternal beauty. After the singing ended, Lu Licheng turned down the stereo. He seemed to be moved by the singing, and he didn't speak again. I thank him for his silence at this time, allowing me to hide my wound in a corner. When I got out of the car, I asked him, "What's the name of this song?" He was silent for a moment, staring straight into my eyes: "Because..." After a pause, he said slowly but clearly and forcefully, "I love you." "Because I love you?" I smiled wistfully, "Very apt name. Goodbye!" He had already entered the building, but he was still sitting in the car, maintaining the posture just now.I waved to him and walked into the elevator. The eldest sister was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, watching TV and eating the meal I left for her. When she saw me, she immediately turned off the TV: "Something has happened! Even the partner of the firm's Greater China region called from Hong Kong today. I gossip about Lu Licheng. You can hardly imagine how exciting the gossip news is. It is said that Lu Licheng and Song Yi are not only rivals at work, but also two men competing for a woman. Battlefield!" The elder sister was so excited, I sat down next to her listlessly: "What did they say?" "I heard that Mr. Xu likes Lu Licheng, but his daughter likes Song Yi. In the end, the princess of the Xu family made a big fuss in Beijing and insulted Lu Licheng in front of countless people. Lu Licheng dared not say a word." The eldest sister sighed, "Lu Licheng is really ashamed this time. A man lives to save face, I don't know how he feels now." "He's fine. He didn't speak at the time, and it wasn't because he didn't dare to say anything, but as a man, there was no need to scold a drunk woman." "What? Have you seen him?" The eldest sister leaned over to me, looking like she wanted to knock my head open and gossip, I was depressed: "Boss, you are an intellectual woman with a successful career anyway, why do you behave like a street aunt?" The eldest sister didn't care, and said plausibly: "Don't talk about me, everyone is now extremely concerned about the development of this matter. Didn't I hear that even my big boss called me from Hong Kong to hint that I was concerned? She next time Ask me, what report do I get? If I let her know that Xu Zhongjin's daughter's good friend lives in the same room with me, but I don't say anything, she will either doubt my ability or my loyalty to her." "I don't know more than you. Malatang is drunk and scolded Lu Licheng. She doesn't know what she scolded. How can I go and ask Lu Licheng: 'Hey, I heard that Xu Lianshuang scolded you, is it true? What did you scold? 'Am I impatient to live? If you want to know, just invite the big guys who attended the banquet that night and have an interview with them! Full of official authority, when it comes to gossip, she is no worse than a street aunt." The eldest sister actually propped her chin in thought, and seemed to think that my suggestion was very feasible. I rolled my eyes and went to the kitchen to make soup for myself. The eldest sister asked me with a smile: "Is it true that Lu Licheng is chasing Xu Lianshuang?" "Well, I chased you before, but I don't know now. But..." I stared at the eldest sister, "You are not allowed to tell anyone about this, or I will break up with you!" The eldest sister opened her mouth and said in surprise: "It's true? I thought the rumors outside were exaggerated. I heard that Mr. Xu was so angry that he almost lifted the table. Is it true?" "fake!" The elder sister immediately came to my side: "What do you know?" I took a sip of the soup and said slowly: "Sister, where is your brilliance and martial arts? Malatang openly stated that she was Song Yi's girlfriend, and her father must be very angry if she demolished her father's platform, but that Who is it? Xu Zhongjin! There are more than 1.7 million people under his direct control! Such a person would be so angry that he would flip the table? We only care about two or three thousand partners who would not do such a thing.” "Oh! That's right!" The eldest sister nodded, "I don't know whether it was Mr. Xu who drove Song Yi out of China in the end, or Xu Lianshuang who made Lu Licheng completely desperate." I stood up and went to the kitchen to put a bowl: "I'm going to sleep." "Don't go yet!" The eldest sister grabbed me, but there was nothing to say for a long time, so I could only sit down again, "What do you want to say?" The eldest sister asked: "What is your role in their triangle relationship?" My heart was suffocated and I couldn't speak. "Su Man, you have to weigh yourself. Our business is not in the entertainment industry. The more scandals and gossips, the more successful we are. We are the ones who manage and supervise money for our clients. What clients want is a calm, low-key, and reliable person. Image, not a person who makes news all day long. That's why Lu Licheng's career is very dangerous now. Of course, Song Yi doesn't necessarily have a good time. Xu Lianshuang doesn't understand anything. She makes such a fuss, and it's not just Lu Licheng who is ruined. But they are men after all, and no one knows how deep the water behind Lu Licheng is, Song Yi can go back to the United States at worst, Xu Lianshuang is a princess, let alone worry about the future, but you..." The elder sister's expression was very serious, "You are just an ordinary person, you can't afford to accompany them! You have no capital!" "I see." The eldest sister let go of me: "Don't blame me for speaking badly." I said, "I'm not a child anymore. I can tell clearly which words are caring and which are just nice." The eldest sister smiled: "Go take a bath! Put the bowl there, I'll wash it together after eating." "Ok." The days passed by slowly and quickly, and my father's body gradually became thinner and his appetite became smaller and smaller. Lu Licheng, Song Yi and Malatang all saw the changes in their father.Not to mention Lu Licheng and Song Yi, even Malatang stopped talking about the outside world right and wrong in front of me. She didn't know where to read many jokes. When she came to see me every day, she told me and my father one, and we laughed so hard. Dad's daily activity time is gradually shortened, and his body is getting tired more and more easily. When talking to me, he often falls asleep while talking. I don't want to ask the doctor, I just hold my hope and watch over my father every day.Even if he is asleep, I don't want to leave. I've now developed a new hobby of sitting next to my dad and tidying up while he's asleep.I bought a very beautiful large photo album, arranged all the old photos of my father and mother in chronological order, and wrote the story of each photo next to it.The end of April is my father's birthday. I want to make a birthday present for my father after sorting out everything. Now that I have sorted out my birth, I put my 100-day photo under the group photo of my father and mother, and write: I sort out the photos, just like sorting out the time between me and my parents for more than 20 years.The photos have faded and time has gone far, but those loves are always by my side, forever!