The last time I saw her, her condition had improved a lot, and her face was flushed. Her head was shaved due to chemotherapy, and she was wearing a cute hat.
When she saw me, she immediately called me "Uncle Chen." We only met once, but she still remembered me.
I looked at her and smiled, walked to the bed and asked her, "Yanyan, are you feeling better?"
"Well, I'm much better, Uncle Chen."
I don’t know if it’s because I became a father, but now whenever I see a child about the same age as Xiaoman, I really want to get close to him.
I reached out and touched her little face and said with a smile: "Take good care of yourself. When you are completely recovered, uncle will take you to play with my uncle's daughter."
"okay."
She had just been discharged from the hospital and was still very weak, so I didn't continue to talk to her.
I went to the living room outside with Xiao Kun again, and he poured me a glass of water, and then sat down next to me a little awkwardly.
The two grown men were silent to each other, suddenly feeling awkward.
Finally, I broke the awkwardness by speaking first and asked him, "Do you own this house, or do you rent it?"
In fact, I just have nothing to say. I know the result without asking this question.
But Xiao Kun gave me a different answer. He said to me: "It's not mine, nor is it rented. It belongs to a friend of mine. He is in jail, so I will live in the house first."
"Let you live for free?"
"Well, this friend is quite good. We have been playing together since childhood. In the past two years, we committed some crimes and were sentenced."
"Then your friend is quite good. How many years was he sentenced to?"
"Originally it was the death penalty, but later it was changed to life imprisonment."
I was shocked: "The death penalty is a serious crime!"
Xiao Kun nodded and said in a deep voice: "He killed someone, but the person he killed also deserves to die. It's just that he was too impulsive."
"What's going on?"
Although it had nothing to do with me, there was no topic to talk about, so we started chatting casually.
Xiao Kun suddenly fell silent, as if he didn't want to tell me.
I had no choice but to say: "It's okay, if it's not convenient to say, then I won't say anything."
Xiao Kun sighed and said: "The man he killed was the man his wife was messing with outside. My friend actually had a good personality and was honest, but he was deceived by his wife and only had this house left.
...Including the man his wife was looking for outside, who beat him in front of his wife, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and killed him."
I finally understood why Xiao Kun was silent, but after listening to what he said, I felt very moved.
I am a person who has experienced it. At that time, I wanted to kill Wang Hao, but I did not do it after all.
Because I am not alone. My mother was still alive at that time, and she only had me as her son.
If I act impulsively, maybe I will become a hero in people's mouth.
Then what?
Who will take care of my mother?
In my silence, Xiao Kun said again: "Chen Feng, I know that my sister hurt you deeply, and she deserves to die."
"I can say she deserves to die, but you can't. No matter what, she is your sister, your biological sister."
Xiao Kun lowered his head and fell into silence. I said to him again: "Okay, these things have passed for so many years, so we won't talk about it anymore. I am relieved now."
Xiao Kun nodded, then stood up from the sofa and said, "Then you sit down for a while and I'll cook."
"Can you cook?" I asked doubtfully, because I remembered that he couldn't even cook noodles.
Xiao Kun nodded and smiled: "I just learned it, it may not taste good, don't mind."
"It's okay, you go ahead and I'll go talk to your daughter."
Xiao Kun nodded and walked to the kitchen, and I also came to the bedroom.
After seeing me come in, she took the initiative to call me: "Uncle Chen."
I smiled and nodded, came to the bed and sat down, and said, "Yanyan, are you in kindergarten yet?"
She shook her head, pursed her lips and said, "No, dad was going to send me to kindergarten, but I got sick."
"So now that you are well, do you want to go to kindergarten?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Then take a good rest. When you are completely recovered, your father will send you to kindergarten." I said while helping her pull the quilt.
She asked me again: "Uncle Chen, what is your relationship with my father?"
"Uh..." I pondered for a moment and then said, "Your father and I are friends."
"Then why haven't I seen uncle before?"
I became speechless again, and after a moment of silence I said, "Because my uncle has been working out of town and has only come back not long ago."
"oh."
I smiled again and said, "Yanyan, how is your father treating you?"
"Okay, dad is the best dad in the world." She said without hesitation.
In fact, from this moment on, I knew that Xiao Kun had really changed. If he was not good at all, his daughter would not think so highly of him.
In my silence, she said to me again: "But Dad is too tired. I don't want Dad to work so hard."
"Everything will be fine. Your task now is to take good care of your body. When your body fully recovers, your father will send you to kindergarten."
"Well, I will be obedient."
My nose is sore. After becoming a father, I can no longer listen to these words.
After continuing to chat with her for a while, I came to the living room again and looked at Xiao Kun, who was a little clumsy in the kitchen.
Although his movements seemed clumsy, he was doing them very carefully.
I had nothing to do, so I went to the kitchen to help him.
"Do you need me to do anything?"
"No, no, no, I can do it, just go and sit down." Xiao Kun said to me quickly.
"It's okay. It's boring for you to let me sit outside alone. I'll help you with the dishes."
So the two grown men got busy in the kitchen. We still had nothing to talk about and just kept busy working.
I know Xiao Kun is still a little embarrassed to face me, so he doesn't know what to say to me.
In order to break this stiffness, I took the initiative to say to him: "I just went to chat with your daughter for a while. Do you know your position in your daughter's heart? She said you are the best father in the world."
Xiao Kun smiled from the bottom of his heart, his face filled with happiness and said: "Since I had her, I feel that my life has been complete, and she is the only one left in my world."
I also have this mentality, so I can understand what Xiao Kun said.
I also smiled and said, "She said she didn't want you to work so hard. Do you have any ideas about finding another woman to live with, so that you can help take care of her?"
Xiao Kun was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't have these thoughts now, and no woman is willing to follow me like this."
"What if we meet."
Xiao Kun smiled bitterly and said, "Let's talk about it later. Anyway, I'm not thinking about it now."
I smiled and asked him again: "What were you doing at the construction site before?"
"Just do some small jobs, help others with odd jobs and so on."
"Have you ever thought about doing some technical work?"
"I have thought about it, of course I have, but others think I am too old and are unwilling to teach me. I am also stupid and can never learn."
After being silent for a while, I said again: "When your daughter recovers, you can come to me."
Xiao Kun naturally understood what I meant. He quickly shook his head and said: "Chen Feng, this is impossible. You have already helped me so much. I can't let you..."
I interrupted him directly and said, "Okay, don't talk about this. I'm just providing you with a platform. How you develop is entirely up to you. If you can't do it well, I can't help it."
Xiao Kun looked at me a little embarrassed, but finally nodded and said "Thank you."