"Then thank you first, haha! When you go to Beijing again, I will also treat you well!"
Tie Jun said polite words out of habit, but unexpectedly, Yelena's face dimmed suddenly, and she looked into the distance and sighed.
"What's wrong? Didn't you come to see Liuba right after the performance? You've never been to the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Summer Palace! Didn't you say you wanted to climb the Great Wall of China?"
"I really want to, really want to, really, really want to..."
Yelena used all the words she knew how to use. Apparently climbing the Great Wall was once her dream.
"You want to say but?"
Tie Jun answered with a smile, Yelena stared at Tie Jun blankly for a few seconds, and then smiled.
"Jun, you are very smart. I want to say, but, I may never have the chance to go to Beijing again. Haha, let's not talk about this. Let's go, it's time to go back."
Yelena pulled off the sportswear that was placed on the bench and put it on. Tie Jun didn't ask any further questions. It might be another scar that would make Yelena sad.
The two jogged side by side, attracting the attention of countless little girls. The Chinese man seemed to really make the Soviet girls' hearts flutter, and Tie Jun's idea seemed a bit cynical.
"Look, is that Yelena?"
"How is it possible? Why is she here?"
"That's right, if it was really her, someone would have gone to find her long ago..."
After running out of the playground, three girls were whispering behind them. Tie Jun faintly heard a few words and glanced sideways at Yelena, who gave a rather forced smile.
"You must be famous in your country!"
"No, to them, I am an old man and a has-been dancer!"
"Oh, grandma, how old are you this year?"
Tie Jun smiled to lighten the mood, and sure enough, Yelena immediately smiled, "Grandma is 22 this year, grandson, how old are you?" "Grandma is 3 years old!" Tie Jun winked.
On the lawn, a bald baby who had just learned to run stumbled over, his face wet with tears, "Mom..." As he started to speak, he tripped and fell onto the grass.
Tie Jun and Yelena rushed over at the same time and helped the baby up. The silhouette of a woman appeared behind the big tree, as if she was pressing her legs. She should be the baby's mother.
"Hey, little cutie, mommy doesn't care about us and makes us eat grass!"
Yelena took out the blade of grass from the baby's mouth and shouted at the big tree. The baby looked at her cutely with big eyes, "Mom!" and grabbed her open sportswear with her little hands.
"Oh my god, why did you run there?"
The woman behind the big tree paused for a moment, then looked over and saw Tie Jun and the three of them, and ran over.
"Are you her mother?"
Yelena hugged the baby and raised her head to ask the woman. Tie Jun wondered, this was obviously a student, how could she have a child?
"No, her mother is dead. This is the treasure of our class. It's my turn to be the mother today. Thank you. I was a little distracted just now!"
The girl reached out to hug the baby, and the baby fell down on its calves. Her little hands pulled Yelena's sweater hard. Yelena was in pain, and the baby's right hand was grabbing the flesh.
"Hey, this kid is like this. He calls mommy when he sees a beautiful girl. Don't be angry!"
The girl was very clever. She scratched the baby's armpits with her hands. The baby giggled and his little body was moved into the girl's arms.
"What about his father?"
The three of them stood up together, and Yelena continued to ask.
"Killed by his mother, her mother committed suicide!"
Tie Jun and Yelina shuddered at the same time. The girl hugged Yelena lovingly and turned to look at Yelena's baby, smiling bitterly.
After a brief chat, I found out that the child's mother was the girl's teacher, and the father was a skinhead who didn't recognize his child at all.
Three months ago, the child's father jumped out of the window after being drunk to commit an act of sexual immorality. The child's mother slit his throat with a fruit knife, and then she slit her own wrist.
Yelena looked at Tie Jun with red eyes. Tie Jun understood. Fortunately, he had the habit of carrying money with him. Although it was not much, he gave it all to Yelena.
Yelena glanced at Tie Jun gratefully, put the money into the girl's hand, and said: "It's not much money, take it first. What's the name of the child?"
"Thank you, his name is Ivan!"
The girl hesitated for a moment, maybe because she saw that Yelena was sincere or because she had little money, so she nodded and accepted.
Tie Jun knew that this name contained the meaning of God's love.
Yelena held the baby and played for a while, and then the two of them continued to run back. The baby seemed to only call mother, and kept shouting behind her with her little hands open.
After running out of the school gate, Yelena whispered: "I am very similar to him!"
"He is a boy!"
Tie Jun thought of the baby's chubby face and looked at Yelena with a smile.
"I'm talking about destiny!"
"destiny?"
"Yes! My mother is also a dance teacher, because my father left school and lived on the shores of Lake Baikal.
When I was eight years old, my father got drunk and beat my mother. My mother dragged me away and my father chased me with an ax. I fell into the lake and drowned.
The next year, my mother fell into the lake while fishing for fish, and Liuba’s father said that it was my father who pulled my mother into the lake.”
As they were about to enter the manor, Yelena stopped and the two of them walked forward slowly. Seeing that she was silent, Tie Jun did not dare to ask.
"It was Liuba's parents who adopted me. At that time, I felt very happy. Their family was very kind to me. The three of us were like clovers, together every day!"
"Three? Isn't Lyuba an only daughter?"
"We have a brother named Seryozha. When he was in college, there was a fire. He was killed by a log while trying to save the lame grandma who was in charge of the dormitory!"
Tie Jun was in a daze. Is it so miserable? Is life so unpleasant this morning?
Entering the manor, Daqing and Jianguo were washing the car, and Dasha was walking the dog. Two big Soviet reds appeared out of nowhere. When they saw Tie Jun and the others, they rushed over.
Yelena screamed, turned around and jumped on Tie Jun. Tie Jun was also furious, knowing that biting dogs don't bark, so these two things won't bark.
"Stand firm!"
Dasha yelled loudly, and the two dogs stopped suddenly and slid in front of Tiejun. The bigger dog sniffed Yelena's butt with its nose. Yelena screamed again and rode on Tiejun's shoulder.
"Tie Tou, wood, those are your Uncle Tie and Aunt Tie! Don't mess around!"
What kind of fun?
Uncle Tie, what the hell is Auntie Tie?
"Dasha, don't teach blindly, pay attention to the international impact!"
Tie Jun pulled his neck and shouted. Yelena didn't understand these Chinese terms, so she just hugged Tie Jun's head tightly.
These two dogs are quite interesting. The big one is definitely Tietou. He circles around and sniffs the two of them. The little one is like a piece of wood. He stands there and stares at them. They are very silly and obedient.
"Brother, come on, Soviet beauties are very straightforward. They don't have to work as hard as in our country. If it works, it will be fine. If it doesn't, no one will be delayed!"
"Oh, please let these two uncles go back first!"
"Turn back and walk together!"
The two dogs turned around together and walked back with neat dog steps. Dasha was quite good at controlling the dogs and controlled them in a completely militaristic manner. They laughed together at the excitement.
"Can you come down now?"
"Jun, you are so kind!"
Yelena jumped down very lightly, like a little swan, without any panic at all, and skipped towards Liuba who covered her mouth and smiled.