I responded quickly, but Xiao Siya became sore on the other end of the phone: "Oh! You screamed so affectionately."
"Envy or jealousy?"
"I'm quite envious," Xiao Siya suddenly said seriously, "But Chen Feng, you still didn't tell An Lan about your illness?"
"She...already knows."
"Did you tell her?"
"No, I suddenly fainted two days ago and vomited blood. Then I was sent to the hospital. She naturally knew about it."
"You should have told her a long time ago. Stop hiding this kind of thing. Your situation must be getting worse and worse now. You should eat and drink. Don't keep it to yourself!"
I laughed and said, "Can you stop rhyming like that? It makes me feel like I'm about to die."
"Okay, okay, go and eat quickly, otherwise An Lan will be angry later."
I responded and we ended the call.
When I came to the dining table, I looked at the dinner An Lan had specially cooked for me, including crucian carp and tofu soup, stir-fried yellow beef, and stir-fried baby cabbage.
"Who are you talking to and laughing so happily on the phone?" An Lan helped me put the rice in front of me and asked me.
"Xiao Siya, you called me husband just now, but she heard you and she said something bitter to me."
An Lan smiled and said, "Does she like anyone?"
"I really haven't heard her say that, but someone likes her, and the person who likes her is a woman."
"Ah?!" An Lan looked at me in surprise.
"Anal, you know, right?"
An Lan was even more surprised and said: "You mean Anal likes Xiao Siya?"
"Well, she told me personally, and Xiao Siya also knew it."
"No, isn't it? Then they..."
"Xiao Siya doesn't like women, she just knows."
An Lan was suddenly stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Actually, I have encountered this kind of situation before."
"Ah!?" This time it was my turn to be surprised, "Wha... when?"
"I didn't know you at that time. I was still in school in London, a school girl."
"Isn't it? Then...then you have nothing to do, right?"
An Lan glanced at me and said, "What could it be? But she really bothered me during that time, and later I simply changed schools."
"is it beautiful?"
An Lan rolled her eyes at me again and said: "I have forgotten what you are doing so much. This is too nonsense. At first she came to me and said she wanted to learn Chinese from me... I was kind enough to teach her, and she was also kind.
It was very nice, he always invited me to dinner, went to the movies, and bought me gifts and so on... But then gradually I realized something was wrong."
"You continue." I became more and more interested, and I don't know why.
"She was too close, not to mention that I didn't know her very well at that time! She would hold my hand every time we went shopping, and she would wipe my mouth when we ate together... Do you think this is okay?"
"It's a big problem."
"That's right, so I felt something was wrong later on. I didn't expect that she confessed her love to me directly and said she wanted to be with me... It's so disgusting!"
"Haha..." I laughed and said, "It's a bit disgusting. I don't know what people with this kind of homosexuality think."
An Lan shrugged and said, "Forget it, let's not discuss it if we can't understand it, and just enjoy your meal!"
After eating quietly for a while, I suddenly remembered something.
Taking advantage of the fact that Yangyang was sleeping and An Lan and I were the only two people here, I said to her: "An Lan, I want to tell you something."
"What's up?"
"I know you don't want to hear these words, but don't rush to refute them, okay?"
She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face, as if she had realized something, and immediately frowned.
"After I leave, if the rest of your life is still so long, just find another man to live with. Everything will be fine."
"Just eat, why are you talking about this?" Her expression suddenly changed.
"I know you don't like to hear what I say, but you must listen to what I say. I don't want you to live alone with two children. That would be too tiring."
“Not tired at all.”
"What I mean is that I'm tired. Find someone! ... Find someone who likes you and likes children. Can I ask you to do it?"
Her face became more and more ugly, and then she said to me: "If I don't look for you, if you leave, I will live alone with my two children."
"Why can't you listen?"
"I know what you mean, but I... can never find someone like you again. Even if that person likes me, but I don't like him, what's the use?"
"Then find one you like too." I said persistently.
"Impossible, don't say this again, or I'll fall out."
"Hey!" I sighed, not knowing what to say.
An Lan said to me: "Then let me ask you this! Did your father pass away when you were very young?"
"yes."
"Then did your mother marry again later?"
"without."
"That's right, why should I find another one?"
"But you are still young!"
"I'm already thirty-one, and even if I were twenty-one, I wouldn't look for someone else... It's not wrong to love only one person for the rest of my life."
I felt indescribably moved, and my nose felt sore again.
I grabbed her hand, put it to my mouth and kissed it.
At this time, the door of the house was suddenly opened, and Aunt Wang came back from school with Xiaoman.
I quickly put down An Lan's hand, and Xiaoman ran towards me as soon as he entered the room: "Dad, are you back?"
"Well, Xiaoman misses daddy, right?" I picked her up and sat on my lap.
"I think I want to sleep with daddy tonight."
"OK!"
"Okay Xiaoman, get off daddy quickly. Dad is eating. Go wash your hands quickly."
"Um."
Xiaoman went to wash his hands, and Aunt Wang also came over and greeted me: "Boss Chen, are you back? Are you okay?"
I smiled and replied: "It's okay, Aunt Wang, you have worked hard these past two days."
"It's okay as long as you're fine. I was scared to death that day."
"I just fainted suddenly due to low blood sugar. It's okay."
"Well, it's okay."
Aunt Wang went to the kitchen and was busy making dinner again. Because there were An Lan and Li Ruixue, they didn't eat with me. After all, the dishes I ate only had salt and a small amount of oil.
And this night was the most sound sleep I had had in a long time. On my left was Xiaoman and on my right was An Lan.
In the evening, I told Xiaoman another story, the story of "The Old Man and the Sea".
In my story, she fell asleep in my arms.
I don’t know how long I can tell her stories, I just know that in the last moment of my life, I will always be with her.
The next morning, An Lan and I both stayed in bed and refused to get up. This was due to the change in the weather.
Last night, I obviously saw the vast sea of stars and clear sky, but at this time it started to rain outside the window, and the wind blowing in from the window also carried the smell of winter.
The heat in the quilt gradually dissipated as we woke up, and I would entangle my legs with An Lan's legs.
At this time, she was looking at some wedding photos with her iPad.