Holding the money that his uncle had forced upon him in his hand, Huang Xiaobei lowered his head, feeling mixed feelings in his heart that were unspeakably bitter.
Have you really not forgotten me? My own mother has forgotten me. How can you, an outsider, remember me?
Huang Xiaobei didn't want to believe it.
Huang Xiaobei has never seen his mother since he was a child. Without maternal love and care, although Huang Xiaobei grew up well and looked no different from a normal person, there was a sense of indifference and distrust deep in his heart.
It's just that the cheerful personality inherited from the family has deeply buried the indifference and distrust.
Seeing Huang Xiaobei clutching the money and lowering his head and refusing to speak, Old Uncle Liu looked ashamed and said with a smile.
"What about that? In fact, when Brother Huang just left, I planned to take you over to live with me, but a big case happened at that time and I really couldn't get away. When I finished my work later, I just listened
There is no news about you studying abroad, nothing like that..."
Old Uncle Liu patted Huang Xiaobei's shoulder, but did not dare to look into Huang Xiaobei's eyes. He forced a smile and said: "Hey, you kid, don't be angry with uncle. Uncle has been really busy these years, so
I don’t have time to contact you, and if I hadn’t been shot in the spine a few years ago, I might still be working as a border police officer.”
Huang Xiaobei was shocked when he heard this, and subconsciously grabbed the uncle's shoulder, "What? The spine was shot? I'll choke you, uncle, are you okay? Wait, why did you go to the border armed police? I heard it before
You said you want to be an armed policeman, but I didn’t hear that you want to be a border policeman!”
The uncle smiled and said, "You were too young to know this at the time. Brother Huang knows it. How about now, why don't you blame me for not contacting you for so long? To be honest, I also want to go back to see you, but
I really can’t get away with it. If someone discovers me in the drug dealer’s lair, I’ll..."
Huang Xiaobei almost fainted from fright.
"Uncle, you have been working as an undercover agent for a long time! Are you crazy? Why don't you go to the border defense if you don't work as a section chief! If you go to the border defense, go to the border defense, and you actually went to the drug dealer's lair to work as an undercover agent.
Undercover? You really don’t know how to write the word death!"
Old Uncle Liu put his hands on his back, his sharp eyes like an eagle were full of tenderness at the moment, and he looked at the white clouds above his head with a smile.
"Is this my uncle's ambition? What's more, I actually wanted to be a soldier back then, but unfortunately, due to some strange combination of circumstances, I didn't get to go. And with my physical fitness, I guess I'm not good enough to be selected into the special forces. Later, I got better.
I worked hard to become a policeman, and then... I always thought that I would not be able to walk around this world in vain, so I applied to become a border armed police officer, and finally..."
At this point, Old Uncle Liu waved his hand boldly, "Forget it, there's nothing to talk about about those nonsense, and I think you can probably guess that he was shot and wounded.
I had no choice but to retire from the border armed police and return to Zhemen City to become the captain of the criminal police brigade."
Uncle Liu patted Huang Xiaobei's shoulder and was speechless, "When the superiors transferred me back, I was wondering if I could run into you, but I always felt it was impossible. Hey, I didn't expect it, but I actually ran into you.
You’re a kid, hey.”
Seeing Uncle Liu's usual free and easy smile, Huang Xiaobei lowered his head.
Although the uncle did not elaborate, Huang Xiaobei knew that in the past ten years or so since his uncle left him in the third grade of elementary school, he probably spent more than half of his time wandering between life and death.
Border armed police, undercover drug den, how could this uncle have time to visit me?
Thinking of this, Huang Xiaobei didn't blame Old Uncle Liu at all, but felt very distressed.
Shot in the spine? Mom, is everything going to be okay? Uncle, you held on well. You said that if you left too, I... what would I do?
"It's not a coincidence today. I have to go back for a meeting later to focus on studying the issue of this brother association. I'm afraid I don't have time to go out to eat with you, but it doesn't matter. Uncle lives here now. I don't know, police force
I was assigned a house. Although it may be a bit far from this hotel, you can still be..."
The uncle glanced at Huang Xiaobei cautiously, and then pretended to be carefree and said: "But we have a family after all. Let's live with the uncle from now on."
Huang Xiaobei lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Seeing that Huang Xiaobei didn't refuse, the uncle breathed a sigh of relief. He took out his phone and said, "Come on, little bastard, give me your phone number. By the way, you can also add us on WeChat. I'll be done in a few days.
Uncle invites you to go home and eat..."
The uncle's words stopped abruptly because he saw Huang Xiaobei take out the Nokia that Miss Yiyi gave to him.
Old Uncle Liu stared blankly at the Nokia in Huang Xiaobei's hand. Soon, tears welled up from his eagle-like eyes. The uncle turned his back and took a choked breath to prevent Huang Xiaobei from seeing the corners of his eyes.
of tears.
His fists were clenched for a moment, and the uncle wiped away his tears randomly.
"What's the matter, what's the matter! I can still use a smartphone, why is this kid, oh, a child without a father and a mother. If I had known, I should have been cruel and taken him over.
There is no need to live as miserable as we are now!"
After wiping away his tears, the uncle turned around with a smile and said, "The wind is too strong, so why don't we leave your phone number for next time? Oh, uncle still has work, so I will come see you tomorrow."
Huang Xiaobei took back his phone with some embarrassment. He always felt that his uncle had misunderstood something.
That uncle, even though I have no parents or mother, the bullshit college didn't cheat me very much. Although I have been working every day in the college these past few years, I don't have to worry about food and drink. Besides, my phone...
.This is more of a misunderstanding. I used to have a mobile phone, but it was taken away by an evil girl, so I can only use this for the time being.
Uncle, please don’t think that I am the kind of international student who works hard and lives alone in a foreign country, and would rather starve to death than to study hard!
Uncle, you must not think about it there. Damn, uncle, I told you not to think about it! Why are you still looking at me with that kind of happy and distressed look? I am really not the same as that kind of person.
We can’t fight together!
"Well, uncle is still busy, so I'll leave now and come back to see you tomorrow. Don't be reluctant to spend money. Use the money to buy more food and drink for yourself. If uncle has money, he will definitely be able to support you until you graduate from college."
After giving these instructions, the uncle smiled at Huang Xiaobei, waved his hand, and left slowly.
Watching the uncle leaving, watching the uncle walk into the corner on the far side, pause, and then wave to him to let him go back.
Huang Xiaobei felt lost, not knowing what to say to his uncle, so he simply waved his hand.
The uncle left.
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With his head lowered, looking at the money in his hand, and thinking about what his uncle had just said, Huang Xiaobei stood there, paused for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly.
"Home? Do you have a home again?"
"Haha, I really want to visit that strange home. It seems nice there, right? It would be nice to stay in that home and live with my uncle for the rest of my life."
Huang Xiaobei raised his head and looked up at the bright morning sun. The scorching light stung his eyes and made him blind for a moment. Huang Xiaobei blinked, and with the help of the sun, the crystal light flowed out at will.
“Pretty good.”
Huang Xiaobei smiled and wiped his face, clutched the money, and turned back to the hotel.
Let's call you uncle.
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What Huang Xiaobei didn't know was that during the time he was talking to Old Uncle Liu, there was a big, bright, watery eye on the top floor of the hotel that had been silently watching everything below.
What Huang Xiaobei didn't expect was that Uncle Liu, who had already left, sneaked back after he entered the hotel.
After turning the corner of the hotel, Old Uncle Liu, who was supposed to leave, sneaked back, lay down behind the corner, stretched his head, and reluctantly watched Huang Xiaobei's back as he walked back to the hotel.
Looking at the back of the young man not far away, he looked at his steps that were exactly the same as when he was a child.
As he watched, the uncle's plain face was filled with a smile.
That kind of smile is very familiar. When Master Dao looks at Miss Yiyi again, he has this kind of smile on his face.
"Oh, I've grown so big in the blink of an eye. It's great. I just don't know if he's still angry with me. I guess he's not angry anymore, right? He doesn't seem to be such a narrow-minded child."
At this point, Old Uncle Liu had a very troubled and unhappy expression on his face. He touched his chin and muttered in a low voice: But this boy is so handsome and tall now, how can he tell others that he is my son when he goes out in the future?"
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Ten years ago, the uncle held Huang Xiaobei's hand and walked on the street. When passers-by saw how cute the young Huang Xiaobei was, they would smile and praise, "This child is so good-looking."
Whenever this happens, the uncle will raise his head proudly and say, "That's my son." (To be continued)