Zitong's Si Yuchu

Sunday, March 2017, 7

I may not become a very good person.

In this day's diary, Zitong only wrote one sentence, and then drew a big aggrieved expression below.

Early the next morning, the children who had rested for two days all came to the kindergarten holding the hand of their parents. Zi Tong waited at the gate as usual to say hello to everyone.

Si Jinyang started waving at him from a long distance away, "Teacher Tongtong! Teacher Tongtong!"

Zitong stretched out his hand to hold Si Jinyang with a smile, "Good morning, little Jinyang."

"Go in quickly." Si Yuchu rubbed his son's hair, "Daddy will pick you up in the afternoon."

"Goodbye, Dad."

Zitong looked down at his toes. After yesterday's hard work, he felt that it was an impossible goal to become someone who could take care of Si Yuchu, but what should he do?

"Good morning, are you feeling well?" Si Yuchu asked the person in front of him.

Zitong shook his head, not daring to look up at him.

"Then... I'll go back first, and I still have work."

Zitong said sullenly: "Well, goodbye."

Si Yuchu turned around and left puzzled, always feeling that something was wrong, the sudden wilting of a normally energetic person made people feel uncomfortable all over, and...his eyes kept avoiding himself.

Zitong crouched down hugging his knees, only showing half of his face to watch Si Yuchu leave, he tried his best but he really couldn't do it.

He used up all the bag of rice in the kitchen yesterday, and he found that as long as the amount of rice changes, no matter how careful he is, the final result will definitely be a failure.

He can't even do the simplest things well, how can he become an excellent person?

The more Zitong thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and the more sad he became, he didn't even notice the footsteps that stopped in front of him.

"What's wrong? Is it because of what I said yesterday?" Si Yuchu squatted down and looked at him, and asked gently.

Zitong stared at him blankly, then suddenly threw himself into his arms and burst into tears, choked up and said aggrievedly: "What, what should I do...how can the rice...can't be cooked..."

Si Yuchu was stunned for a moment before he realized that the slurred and intermittent words in his mouth turned out to be that the rice couldn't be cooked well.

In the past twenty years, he never thought that in the future, a man would throw himself into his arms and cry so sadly like a wronged child because he couldn't cook the rice well.

He felt a strange feeling in his heart, very confused, a little helpless and a little distressed.

"It's okay, it's okay." Si Yuchu patted him on the back lightly, "If you can't cook it once, cook it a few more times, and it will get better slowly. Don't cry, the children will laugh at you."

Zitong sniffed hard, turned his head to look at the classroom quietly with red eyes, saw that there were really children lying on the window watching, and immediately stopped choking.

"But I, I've cooked it many times." Zitong grabbed Si Yuchu's arm, with tears still hanging from his eyelashes.

"If you want to eat rice, come to my house with Jin Yang, and I'll cook it for you." Si Yuchu took out a tissue to wipe his crying face, "Come in."

"Really? Then can I go at night?" Zi Tong asked eagerly, as if he was afraid that he would go back on his word.

"Really, I'll pick you up that night." Si Yuchu nodded.

"I like you so much!"

Zi Tong tiptoed and kissed Si Yuchu's face, and ran back happily.

Si Yuchu froze for a moment before covering his kissed face, his heartbeat seemed to fluctuate a few times, and an indescribable emotion spread in his body.

He seemed to...began to like this man who looked like a child in such a mess.

04:30 is the children's favorite time. Every day at this time, Zitong will take them to the dance studio to dance, sing and tell stories.

Today Zitong decided to tell you a mermaid story.

"Does anyone want to play the Little Mermaid?"

As soon as Zitong finished asking a white and clean little boy, he ran to his side and asked timidly, "Teacher Tongtong, can I be the Little Mermaid?"

Zi Tong smiled and nodded, "Of course."

Si Jinyang also ran over and said, "Teacher Tong Tong, I want to be a prince!"

"Okay, let's start..."

"Teacher! But the Little Mermaid is a girl!" A little girl said loudly, then pointed at the little boy standing beside Zitong and said domineeringly: "Lizi can't be the Little Mermaid, I should be!"

The little boy named Li Zi blushed, tears immediately filled his eyes, lowered his head and whispered: "Then I, then I'm wrong."

"You're talking nonsense!" Si Jinyang grabbed Lizi and retorted loudly: "The Little Mermaid is very beautiful, Lizi is more beautiful than you, you are not a mermaid!"

The little girl burst into tears when someone said she was not beautiful, "You are the ugly one, you are a wild child!"

Si Jinyang stood on the side with good siblings, as if the deepest secret buried in his heart was suddenly revealed to the public, and shame, anger, and grievance all surged up in an instant.

"I'm not! I'm not!" Si Jinyang clenched his fists and shouted at the little girl.

Seeing Si Jinyang's crying expression, Zitong hugged him distressedly, and walked up to the little girl.

"Jin Yang, say sorry to Anna, you are a little man, you can't make a little girl cry, you understand?" Zi Tong gently wiped away the tears on his face and said softly.

Si Jinyang looked at Zitong, then at the little girl, "I'm sorry."

Zitong rubbed his hair in satisfaction, "Little Jinyang is awesome."

Then he asked the little girl next to him, "Anna, tell the teacher, what do you mean by wild child?"

The little girl looked at him a little scared, "Just, just... a child without a mother."

Zitong stood up and pulled Si Jinyang in front of him, "Our little Jinyang is not a wild child, he has a mother, and I am his mother, do you know?"

The children suddenly started chattering, and a little girl said to Si Jinyang enviously: "I envy you so much, your mother is Teacher Tongtong."

Instead of smiling, Si Jinyang turned around and burst into tears.

Zitong was startled, and hurriedly hugged the child into his arms, "What's wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?"

Si Jinyang hugged Zitong's neck tightly, and asked loudly while choking with sobs: "Why didn't you tell me? You, why did you come to me now... Do you want me anymore?"

"Stop crying, stop crying." Zitong hugged Si Jinyang and comforted him softly, "Why don't you want me, you are my little baby, shall we be together every day from now on?"

Si Jinyang nodded vigorously with a red nose, "Yeah!"

"Then stop crying, okay? Let's go home and find Dad together."

Li Zi, who had been standing by the side, took out a small light blue handkerchief and walked to the two of them, gently wiped Si Jinyang's face, "Don't cry, thank you."

Si Jinyang blinked, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Although my mother asked me to apologize, I still think you are more beautiful than her, Lizi!"

Li Zi laughed happily after hearing this, "You are also prettier than her!"