Late at night, Xue Heng got up and went to the bathroom. He was sleepy and planned to go back to the room, but found that the small light was still on in the living room, and there seemed to be a faint voice.
He blinked in confusion, yawned and walked over.
I saw my dad sitting on the sofa in his pajamas, watching a family theater.
Xue Heng frowned and asked: "Dad?
It’s so late, why haven’t you gone to bed yet?”
The old man didn't raise his head and continued to stare at the TV.
"I drank tea earlier and couldn't sleep."
Xue Heng yawned, sat down and poured a glass of water.
"You used to drink tea every three days, why can't you fall asleep all of a sudden?
Is there any discomfort in your body?"
Xue Zhilan sighed lightly: "I'm getting older, I'm getting older, I can't compare with before.
Most elderly people do not sleep well. I have barely passed the test in the past two years.
It seems that I can’t even drink more tea from now on.”
"I don't dare to drink coffee now either."
Xue Heng rubbed his hair and lay down on the sofa, "It used to be okay to drink every day, but now if I drink too much, I can't sleep easily at night."
Xue Zhilan raised his eyebrows and pointedly said: "You are not young anymore. After you are old enough, you have to start to know how to maintain your health."
"Um."
Xue Heng narrowed his eyes and smiled lowly: "During the meeting the day before yesterday, the young employees turned on the air conditioner to 20 degrees. I happened to be sitting at the wind outlet. After less than ten minutes, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I quickly raised the temperature and changed the direction of the wind.
I kept yelling that it was cold, but the young man next to me kept fanning me and yelled that it was too hot.
If you don’t compare, you don’t know. If you compare, you will be shocked.
I am indeed older."
Xue Zhilan snorted lightly and asked in a low voice: "You know you are old, why are you still so leisurely?
You don’t plan to live like this for the rest of your life, do you?”
Forehead?
Xue Heng rolled his eyes slightly and touched his nose awkwardly.
"Dad... I'm fine now. Let's wait until Xiaohan grows up."
Xue Zhilan sighed and said quietly: "In the eyes of parents, even if the child is a gray-haired old man, he is still their child.
Xiaohan was only a few years old before, and I can understand this when she grows up before thinking about it.
But soon, she will become a junior high school student.
In a few years, she will grow into a graceful young girl.
In your eyes, she will always be your little baby, a child who will never grow up.
Don't use Xiaohan as an excuse, your happiness and her happiness don't conflict, they are parallel to each other."
"Dad, it's too difficult."
Xue Heng frowned and whispered: "No matter who I look for, Xiaohan is still an outsider and a stranger.
The person I'm looking for must be accepted by Xiaohan.
In addition, if the other party cannot accept Xiaohan, then I will never consider it."
Xue Zhilan asked: "Have you never thought about finding someone else over the years?
There are billions of people on the earth, can’t you find someone who is similar?”
"Recently..." Xue Heng hesitated: "Recently I have been dating a professional woman who has business dealings."
Xue Zhilan raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked: "Who?
Be careful!"
What are you talking about in such general terms?
Now that I’ve said it, let’s make it clear. What kind of man is it to be secretive? Xue Heng hehe, hehe laughed awkwardly.
"Dad, don't ask for now.
She and I... just thought that we could talk to each other and had a good conversation, and our families were very similar, so we gave each other a chance to have more contact and see if there was any chance of a deeper relationship.
I haven’t figured out my horoscope yet, so you’d better not ask too many questions.”
"resemblance?"
The old man asked: "The other party is also a single-parent family?
divorced?
Widowed?
Boy or girl?
how old are you?"
Xue Heng knew that his father would definitely get to the bottom of it, so he had no choice but to explain: "Single parents are also divorced.
The other party has a boy who is two years older than Xiaohan and is currently in junior high school."
"Alas..." Xue Zhilan couldn't help sighing again: "Although we share the same disease and seem to have something in common, in fact - our families are complicated and it is difficult to integrate together.
You must be mentally prepared for this."
"I know."
Xue Heng smiled bitterly: "She is also a very rational person, just like I thought.
To her, her son and work are everything to her.
For me, my daughter and family are everything to me.
If two kids can't accept it, or one of them shakes his head, it means it's impossible."
"Does Xiaohan know?"
Xue Zhilan asked.
Xue Heng shook his head: "We have just started. We don't want her to know before we finalize it."
After hearing this, the old father frowned slightly.
"After you decide it, what if the children object?
You're already over forty! The more complicated the situation, the more clearly it should be distinguished bit by bit.
The clearer and more open things are, the easier it is to develop in a good direction."
Xue Heng was stunned for a moment, then smiled vaguely.
"Dad, I...she and I don't seem to have much strong feelings.
Maybe if we keep dating for a while, they will naturally separate."
The old man frowned in confusion and asked: "Where is the other party?
Same as you?
Is this the attitude of ‘it doesn’t matter’?”
"Um."
Xue Heng smiled bitterly: "At our age, we are all people who have been through the wind and waves, and we have long seen through the entanglements and ups and downs of love and hate in the world.
She is calm and rational, and so am I.
We are just trying to see if we can live together, and there are no positive signs yet."
When Xue Zhilan heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"People are like this, why bother trying?
It’s not necessary.”
As far as he said, both of them had an attitude of "it doesn't matter" to "remarriage".
Single-parent families are inherently complex, and it is certainly not easy for two small families to merge into one big family.
If both parties have a firm attitude, work actively, and cooperate with each other, the results may still be unsatisfactory, let alone such a perfunctory attitude! Xue Heng laughed and asked: "How will you know if you have a chance if you don't try?
No matter how slim it is, no matter how impossible it is, just give it a try before saying anything else."
“Not a good attitude!”
Xue Zhilan pointed out the key point directly: "How could there be a chance!"
Forehead?
Xue Heng yawned and stood up.
"Dad, it's almost two o'clock, go to bed early.
You have to help pick up Xiaoyue tomorrow, right?
Don’t be unable to get up tomorrow morning.”
Xue Zhilan raised his chin and said in a deep voice: "Sit down."
The old father gave the order, but his son had no reason to disobey him. Even though he was reluctant, he still sat down.
Xue Zhilan suggested: "Since you have decided to give it a try, you must be honest with everyone - we can not do it for the time being, but Xiaohan must know first."
"this……?"
The son hesitated.
Xue Zhilan said earnestly: "Xiaohan is no longer an ignorant child. Hiding some things from her would be more harmful than telling her directly.
She grew up in a single-parent family and is much more sensitive than other children.
The more you hide it from her, the more likely it will be counterproductive.
Regardless of whether there is a possibility for you and this colleague, you have to let Xiaohan know that you have the intention to reorganize your family.
Even if she couldn't accept this woman, she still had to be mentally prepared.
Without this one, there might be another one tomorrow, sooner or later.”