Chapter 5: Strict Father and Kind Mother, Prodigal Son
"No. Dad, where are you and my mother living now? I want to see you." Ye Fan sighed slightly and said earnestly.
"What the hell! When have you ever come home and not come to ask for money?" My father snorted angrily, "Don't think I don't know that your mother secretly gave you my salary for this month. It's only been a few days.
You just bet it all?!"
"No, really not. Dad, I will never gamble again." Ye Fan said very apologetically: "I plan to go out and find a job, and I want to discuss it with you."
"Looking for a job?" Father's tone softened slightly, "In that case, then come over!"
At this time, my mother's voice rang on the other end of the phone.
"Old man, did my son call? Answer me quickly!"
"What are you picking up? Lie down and don't catch a cold."
Ye Fan was startled and asked quickly: "What's wrong with my mother?"
However, my father only complained about my mother and hung up the phone.
"Hey, Dad, wait a minute, you haven't told me your address yet... Damn it!"
Ye Fan was so anxious that he didn't even bother calling to ask, so he quickly woke up Yiyi.
Yiyi is very sensible. When she heard that she was going to see her sick grandma, she quickly got dressed.
Ye Fan picked up the fruit and took Yiyi out.
After walking for a few minutes, Yiyi looked at the big apples in the plastic bag and became very greedy. Ye Fan quickly found a place to wash out one and handed it to Yiyi's hand.
"Thank you, Dad!" Yiyi smiled sweetly, holding the apple and started to chew it.
Ye Fan's family used to be quite wealthy and owned three commercial houses in Binhai City. Now his parents sold them all in order to pay off his debts.
After that, the two used their retirement funds to rent a 40-square-meter house near a pharmaceutical factory.
Before arriving at his parents' house, Ye Fan thought about it for a long time and called Dong Yuejun to inquire about his parents' situation.
Dong Yuejun thought he had lost his head after drinking again, so he scolded him angrily.
In the process, more or less the current situation of Ye Fan's parents was revealed.
Ye Fan said nothing and let Dong Yuejun scold him. He finally thanked him and hung up the phone.
At this moment, Ye Fan's face was so gloomy that water dripped from his face.
He hates Ye Fan in this world, hates him for not fighting, hates him for bringing harm to his parents!
Originally, his father worked as a teacher in a school because Ye Fan in this world owed huge gambling debts. The creditors brought trouble to the school, causing him to retire early, and no school dared to hire him again.
However, my father did not take care of himself at home, but worked as a security guard at a nearby pharmaceutical factory, earning a meager living allowance every month.
My mother also retired a few years ago and I don’t know what she is doing now. Dong Yuejun did not mention it.
In any case, my parents' peaceful old age was completely ruined!
"Papa, what's wrong with you?" Yiyi looked at Ye Fan's gloomy expression, her eyes full of fear, "Papa, your expression is so scary, Yiyi is afraid..."
"Yiyi is not afraid." Ye Fan took a deep breath, picked up Yiyi, and said with a forced smile: "Let's go see grandparents!"
"Yeah." Yiyi shrank into Ye Fan's arms anxiously.
The house where my parents live is in a community that has been in disrepair for a long time, and various facilities still retain the color of the last century.
There are only four buildings in the community, each with only six floors. The walls of the outer buildings have long since peeled off, exposing the dark gray cement inside.
Ye Fan took Yiyi to a dilapidated wooden door and knocked lightly.
Soon, the door was opened, and Ye Fan's father, Ye Zhonghua, stood at the door.
"Grandpa!" Yiyi leaned in Ye Fan's arms and smiled sweetly at Ye Zhonghua.
"Be good!" Ye Zhonghua said with a smile on his face, he took Yiyi from Ye Fan, and then said to Ye Fan expressionlessly: "Don't stand at the door, come in!"
"Um."
Ye Fan held back his tears, nodded and walked into the room.
The Ye Zhonghua of this world already has white hair and a very old face.
Ye Fan put the fruit on the small coffee table in the living room and looked around: "Dad, where is my mother?"
"Your mother is lying on the bed." Ye Zhonghua stood at the door of the room holding Yiyi and said to the inside: "My son bought some fruit to see you."
The tone of his words was very different from the previous phone call.
"Yiyi is here too! Come on, come here and give grandma a kiss." My mother's voice suddenly rose, obviously very happy.
Ye Zhonghua put Yiyi down, and Yiyi immediately jumped in, shouting sweetly: "Grandma!"
Ye Fan stood in the living room, feeling as if a five-flavor bottle had been knocked over.
"What are you doing standing there!" Ye Zhonghua turned to look at Ye Fan, and his tone became stiff again.
"oh."
Ye Fan quickly walked into the room and saw his mother weakly leaning on the bed.
Although her hair was neatly combed, her face was very pale.
"Mom..." The corners of Ye Fan's mouth trembled violently, and this "Mom" seemed to use up all his strength.
"Xiaofan, come here quickly! I heard your father say that you plan to find a job, is it true?" My mother was beaming.
Ye Fan walked slowly to his mother, looked down at his legs covered by the quilt, and asked tremblingly: "Mom... what's wrong with you?"