chronic silence

As soon as Wei Nuo got out of the car, he received a call from the school teacher. He apologized repeatedly and ran to the teacher's office.

"Teacher Wong."

"Wei Minglei's parents are here, sit down." Teacher Wang wore glasses, with a serious expression and a gentle tone.

Wei Nuo saw that in addition to Shitou and his classmates standing aside as punishment, another parent had also arrived.Wei Nuo noticed the redness and swelling on the faces of the two children, so he believed what the teacher said on the phone just now, "Wei Minglei got into a fight."

"Two parents, the situation was explained on the phone just now. Wei Minglei made the move first, and asked the reason, but the child refused to tell."

"Beat people first, what else is there to say? Look at how you beat our child. Oh, this arm is torn. Students like this should be disciplined!" Hearing her mother tell herself Backing up, the students next to me felt even more aggrieved, as if pain was coming from the place where they were beaten again. Within a few seconds, tears came out again.

"Shitou, why did you fight?" Wei Nuo asked as he pulled Shitou to his side, checked carefully, and found that there was no serious injury except for slight redness and swelling.

The child glanced at We Nuo, his lips twitched, holding back the feeling of grievance, but he didn't speak.

"Why, can't even Dad know?" Weinuo asked, stroking his head.

Shi Shi just took a step back in resistance, suddenly became frightened, and moved a little closer to We Nuo, still shaking his head.

"That's it. No matter how I ask, he refuses to say. Wei Minglei is not like this. I'm wondering if something happened at home, or there are other reasons."

"Don't cry, don't cry, come here and hug me too."

The teacher's words reminded Wei Nuo that it's not that he didn't know what his classmates were talking about behind their backs. He didn't care about it before, and Stone didn't care either.In the past, Wei Nuo was almost certain, but now Wei Nuo is not sure, he squatted down, raised his head to the stone and said, "Is that the reason?"

Although it moved very slightly, Wei Nuo saw the stone nodding.He understood in his heart, and said to the teacher, "Mr. Wang, I understand. I will communicate with you after I bring the child back."

"That's okay, but the problem still needs to be solved."

"Yes, my child will be beaten in vain if you bring it back to communicate with him? Is this how you solve the problem? No wonder the child is taught like this, he must be disciplined."

Weinuo bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I apologize to you on behalf of the child, and to your child."

The other party probably didn't expect Wei Nuo to be so serious, and didn't know what to say for a while, but heard the child say at the top of his voice: "No, I want him to apologize personally, otherwise he just didn't..." The child was halfway through speaking, and was caught. His mother squeezed hard on the back, and immediately shut up.

Shi Shi's small fist was tightly clenched, but the next moment it was wrapped by a big hand, "Shi Shi, apologize first, we'll talk about it when we go home."

The little fist still didn't let go immediately, and it slowly relaxed under the rubbing of the big palm, and said in a neither humble nor overbearing voice: "I'm sorry."

"Is this the end?"

"No, no, this is my mobile phone number. When the time comes for the child's medical bills, you can contact me and pay as much as you want." Seeing the woman's reluctance, Wei Nuo probably wanted money.

"That's about the same." The woman whispered, as if she would be extremely satisfied if it was solved like this from the beginning.

"Shitou, we're going home, see you again, teacher." Weinuo left the number to the other party, and took Shitou away.

"Goodbye, Teacher Wang." Shitou's voice was very soft, regardless of whether the teacher really heard it, he followed Wei Nuo and went out.

"Then Mr. Wang, we're leaving too—it's so late, really, I have to go home and cook."

"We are all classmates. If there is a problem, explain the problem. If there is a conflict, resolve it. When you can't solve it, you should ask the teacher for help instead of talking with your fist. After you go home, both of you will hand in a self-criticism."

Weino nodded.

When the other child heard that he was going to write a self-criticism, he looked like he was facing a big enemy, and cried again with a "wow".I only heard the woman yelling: "Why are you crying? You know how to cry. What's the use of you?" But she turned her head and promised the teacher with a smile, "Mr. Wang, I will definitely supervise our children and take this This guarantee is well written."

Wei Nuo laughed inwardly, but he didn't need to care about this kind of thing. What was important to him was that he and Shitou had to have a heart-to-heart conversation, a father-son conversation that belonged to them.

"Why, aren't you happy?" Wei Nuo asked while driving the car.

"Father, concentrate on driving."

"I know you've been wronged, so why don't you go home and make shrimp for you to eat?" Wei Nuo decided to use food first to open Shishi's chatterbox.

"Okay." Shitou just responded, and the excitement in the past could not be heard at all in his voice.

Wei Nuo likes to chat with Shi Shi at the dining table, and there is no such rule as "you can't talk when you eat" in this family.On the one hand, Wei Nuo has to work, Shi Shi has to go to school, and has no other time. On the other hand, it is out of selfishness, because it always makes Wei Nuo feel that he is a father, and imagines that he was also taught by his parents and relatives at the dinner table. Yes, it feels like home.

While We Nuo was preparing dinner, Shitou finished his homework and even wrote the self-criticism.The father and son sat facing each other, and there was a sense of frankness in it.Wei Nuo slowly peeled the prawns, peeled one and put one on a stone plate.

"Did another classmate say that you don't have a mother anymore?" Seeing him eating one, Wei Nuo asked.

"He said you don't want me anymore, so I... just hit him, just one punch." Shito stretched out his hand to the next shrimp, waiting for We Nuo's reaction, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Eat." We Nuo continued to peel, head off, back open, cramps, tail twist, all in one go.He is so proficient, so proficient that he can no longer use his eyes to see, or even use his head to think about what should be the next step.Perhaps he was too proficient for Shitou, to be precise, he was too used to it.I am used to letting Shito live the life of a single parent who did not have it in the past, does not have it now, and may not have a mother in the future.She thought she was honest with him and told him her adopted status, but she didn't dare to show her true self in front of him.Thinking of this, Wei Nuo re-examined the decision of "□□", it must have been wrong from the beginning.

"I'm sorry. Daddy wants to apologize to you too."

"Ah?" Obviously Shitou felt that the apology came out of nowhere, he had never received an apology from We Nuo, not only him, but also his classmates never had one.For a moment, this first time made Stone feel like No.1—he soon realized that Wei Nuo was probably apologizing to himself for the business trip, "It's okay, that's work... ah."

"That's right, I'm sorry." Shitou reminded himself, not only to apologize for the concealed things, but also to confuse work with love when he went to H City.Wei Nuo felt the need to apologize again.

"Dad, do you often apologize?" Shito asked suddenly.

"When I was the same age as you? Not much." There was no longer enough room for Shi Shi's small dish, so Wei Nuo just threw the shrimp into the dipping sauce.

"Do you also write a self-criticism?"

"I also write a self-criticism, it's not the same."

"For what?" Apparently in Shitou's heart, his tall and stalwart father had also written a self-criticism for something, which aroused his great interest.

"fight."

"Fight?" Stone was surprised.

"That's it."

"What about grandparents? How did you punish you? Is it the same as now?"

Shi Shi seems to be particularly concerned about We Nuo's family relationship.Regarding his grandparents, his impression is very vague, but he clearly remembers that he met them once.They were never mentioned again after that, not even once.

"They beat me up." Thinking of his childhood, Wei Nuo didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Shi Shi suddenly reached out his hand while half standing, wanting to touch We Nuo's head, but his hand was covered with spices.

Wei Nuo moved his head closer and rubbed back and forth under the stone's hand like a child.The slightly stiff hair tickled a little, Shitou laughed, "Okay, okay, I forgive you."

It was only at this moment that Wei Nuo realized how happy this long-lost smile was. "Ah~" Wei Nuo directly took one from the dipping material, and threw it into the stone's mouth.

"Score!" Stone yelled.

At this moment, Wei Nuo realized that, compared to Chen Yaoyu, stones are everything to him.

So he decided to take the stone with him at least once today to do something he likes, Wei Nuo suggested: "How about we go to the pet store if we are full?"

"I'm full!" Stone heard the word "pet", and reflexively ate the remaining shrimp in one bite, "Go!"

"Don't choke." After Wei Nuo finished speaking, Shi Shi was already washing his hands on tiptoe. "You want to go so much, have you held back for a long time?"

"I just went there a few days ago. Did you go to the one last time? That little husky is so cute, I want to go!"

"Which one was last time?" Wei Nuo hardly remembered the last time he went to the pet store, but he was sure that Shishi had never had physical contact with huskies, "When did you sneak around by yourself?" I don't know. Jue Wei Nuo was already standing behind the stone.

"Sister Yue'er took me there when you were on a business trip. Aren't we going there today?" Shitou turned around and stared blankly.

"You and... we won't go to Sister Yueer's place today, it's too late, next time." Wei Nuo didn't expect that during the two days of his business trip, Ma Yueer would bring a stone to the pet shop. "Sister Yue'er has been working hard to take care of you these past few days. If you have the opportunity, go and thank her together."

Since Ma Yue'er doesn't want to see him, then go over and apologize to him, that's Wei Nuo's plan.

Cleaned up neatly, the father and son were ready to go out.

The moment the door was opened, Wei Nuo was stunned. "mom?"

"I didn't expect to come here so late at first, and I was still hesitating whether to call you first." Wei Nuo hadn't heard her voice for a long time, and couldn't see her expression clearly with the backlight, but her figure and familiarity Feelings don't lie.

Shi Shi walked up to We Nuo and said, "Grandma, it's cold outside, come in and say."

"You, you, good boy, grandma will go in right now." Her voice was choked up, and she remembered seeing this child once, and even forgot his name.It's not that her memory is bad, Wei Nuo has been away from home for five years, and she hasn't seen her child for five years, she remembers everything.

"Mom, his name is Wei Minglei, Shitou." After Wei Nuo finished speaking, Shitou took grandma's hand in a sensible way, and led her into the room together.

Wei Nuo was about to make tea. He knew it might be a long night. Shi Shi actively ran over and rushed to carry it. When he put it down in a hurry, he touched his earlobe with both hands and stomped on the spot, "Hot, hot!"

"Just let We Nuo... your father come, what if it burns." She said so, but she still drank the tea brought by her grandson very happily.The next moment she suddenly realized that the child was not Wei Nuo's own, and the memory of his father driving We Nuo and the child out of the house was presented before her eyes, and her expression became complicated again.

Weinuo knelt down and told Shitou, "Go to the room to sleep first. Dad and grandma haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have a lot to say."

Shitou nodded, half understanding.

Seeing Shi Shi close the door, Wei Nuo sat down and asked in a low voice, "Is Dad okay?"

Mother Wei understood it as soon as she heard it, and immediately said, "No, your father is in good health, isn't it."

Wei Nuo let out a long breath, not because of Dad's health, "Mom, come to see me, does Dad know?" We Nuo can only guess that she came here alone.

"He doesn't know, oh", the disposable paper cup was squeezed a little deformed, and the tea was almost overflowing, "I mean, he mentioned to me a few days ago, asking what you mean, but somehow, your The number doesn't work. I think you probably got a new number."

So she found it here.Wei Nuo thought to himself, "I was on a business trip two days ago, and my phone was broken."

"Well, it's okay, it's all trivial, your dad... I just came here to ask, Wei Yan is getting married, do you want to go back?"

"Wei Yan? You're getting married." Wei Nuo didn't realize it for a while, yes, Wei Yan.My uncle's child, whose parents passed away unexpectedly five years ago, asked his parents to take care of him before he left. He was only three years younger than him.Wei Nuo remembered that after he came out, the most serious sentence his father said was, "I really wish Wei Yan was my real son." The feeling was a little subtle, and Wei Nuo was very hurt at the time.He doesn't hate Wei Yan, after all, it has nothing to do with Wei Yan, but Dad seems to have transferred all his love and expectations for him to this person named Wei Yan, as if it happened in a flash, which makes Wei Nuo love him again. Can't get up.

"I found them the year before last, and their relationship was quite stable. Your father's wishes have been taken care of this year, so he can drink the wedding wine early."

"Dad, he..." Dad doesn't want to drink wedding wine, but he just wants to hold a grandson. He met the year before last, and the time is set for this year... Most of them are married with children. "When will the child be born?" Wei Nuo asked, and later His voice softened, "At least it's more useful than me."

Mother Wei knew that between father and son, the child became a fishbone that couldn't be swallowed.The more careful he is not to hurt Wei Nuo's heart, the more sensitive and slender Wei Nuo becomes.Even though he deliberately concealed the news of Wei Yan's wife's pregnancy, Wei Nuo still guessed it.

"Don't say that, your dad misses you very much too." Mother Wei tried to comfort her.

"I know." Weinuo replied as if he really knew.Holding back the tears, his eyes were flushed, and the moment the tears burst, Wei Nuo pulled himself together, patted his face, and told himself to be strong and sober.But what could he know?After five years of indifference, what could he know?

"It's your father's idea. After your uncle and aunt left, Wei Yan is your father's half son, so he is your younger brother. When he gets married, you have to come forward as an older brother. Do you think it makes sense, Wei Yan?" promise."

Wei Nuo lowered his head and didn't answer right away. He clearly felt his lips trembling, and his nose was sore. He sniffed hard, "When will the wedding be held?"

"Two weeks later." Mother Wei's eyes lit up, "Are you agreeing? I'll call your dad!"

"Wait, I'm going to take the stone with me."

Wei's mother suddenly raised her head, looked at him in disbelief, put down the phone in her hand, "No, you know your father's temper, when relatives and friends ask, where to put his face? Have you ever thought about it?" Is there any benefit in it, you say that, are you trying to anger me and make it difficult for me to do it?"

"Mom, you know I've been living with the stone all these years, it's impossible to leave him alone at home."

"If you bring that child, won't the guests look at it and ask questions? How will you answer that he is your adopted child? And then? What will others think? You have to say that you are sick Or do you mean that you don't like women? Isn't this still a sick end? "

"I'm not sick!" Wei Nuo suddenly yelled.The grievances of the past few years have been constantly pressed deep in my heart, and one day it will explode.

"Why are you so stupid." Wei's mother actually started to cry, just like the day five years ago, she couldn't cry.

Wei Nuo knew that she also came with Dad's intention, and Dad certainly wouldn't allow him to bring the stone with him.Since there is no result, there is no point in wasting time. "Mom, it's getting late, I'll drive you back, stop at the gate of the community, I won't go in."

"No need, mom will go by herself." Wei's mother casually wiped the water marks on her face, and rushed out with her bag.

Watching her go out, two seconds later, Wei Nuo's shoulders collapsed, his whole body swayed, and he suddenly sat on the ground, crying desperately.

The door of Shishi's room opened, trotted and hugged Wei Nuo who was sitting on the ground, and patted his head.