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Chu Yi came over early in the morning, put down his breakfast and a bag of clothes he had brought from home, picked up a children's picture book, and sat on the sofa to flip through it.Lin Xiaosong mentioned to him a few times that Lele has a talent for painting, men look at these messy graffiti, they can't really praise the word "talent", but they are addicted to it.

Children's brushwork, tracing and coloring, lack of skill and lack of goodness.He touched the crooked words in the lower right corner, "Baby must improve every day", and his eyes suddenly focused.

The undergraduate teacher used a metaphor to describe angina pectoris to them, "elephant trampling sensation", which is conventionally understood as squeezing pain after the upper or middle part of the sternum. After a few years, the witty medical description has almost lost most of it, but I remember This sentence is wonderful.

Chu Yi felt that he was being trampled under by a heavy elephant at this moment, his chest tightness and shortness of breath, and he couldn't breathe, and the clumsy coloring passed his sight one by one, and the uncomfortable feeling became more and more serious.If the child was still alive, almost seven years old, he would definitely write a line of blessings in his daughter's drawing book like Lin Xiaosong did.

Under the bottomless silence, undercurrents surged, Lin Xiaosong spat out the toothpaste in his mouth, glanced outside, and broke the silence: "What's in that bag?"

"The sportswear given to children by the kindergarten." Chu Yi didn't even lift his head.

Last night, he packed up in a hurry and left it behind. If Chu Yi doesn't come today, he will definitely have to go back to get it.Lin Xiaosong thanked him, and then he noticed that the man was dressed very differently today, sweater sweatpants, a pair of running shoes, casual attire, how much younger he looked, "Are you going today too?"

Chu Yi said "hmm" and had nothing else to say.

After a while, checking the time, Lin Xiaosong went to the room to wait for the child to wake up. The little girl looked at Chu Yi today very unfriendly, and stared angrily. It seemed that she still remembered the matter of locking her out of the door last night. .After washing up, instead of staring at the dining table like a greedy cat like usual, he ran to the man's side and snatched the drawing book from his hand, "You are not allowed to take my things!"

After speaking, he turned to look at Lin Xiaosong, "Father, let him go out and not stay at our house."

Lin Xiaosong's head hurts: "Okay, Uncle Chu didn't do it on purpose yesterday, come and have breakfast."

Lele was wronged and almost cried. Chu Yi looked at her and smiled boredly: "It's not that big, but it's not that bad-tempered. Who did you learn from?"

"Why are you so fierce!" Lelehu pretended to be a tiger, not afraid at all.

Lin Xiaosong went over to pull her away, thinking she was not too young, so he gave her a good training, and only after the training did he allow her to eat.

Chu Yi said that he came over after eating, and went to smoke on the balcony alone. Afraid that the smell of smoke would hit the father and two in the house, he specially opened two windows.The window is facing the small alley in the back street, and the usual yelling comes from here. At this moment, the steamed buns from the bun shop have just come out of the cage, and the strong fragrance of flour is lingering in.

This place is good for retirement.Chu Yi thought.

Lele muttered while eating, and Lin Xiaosong said: "Uncle bought today's breakfast, drive him away, and you won't have breakfast."

Lele pouted: "Then let's not drive him away."

"Spineless, you should not eat him." Lin Xiaosong poked her head with his hand.Yellow-haired girl, she has so many ideas.

"How can I not eat, I will be hungry."

Lin Xiaosong smiled dotingly, went to the kitchen to bring her a cup of hot milk as usual, watched her drink half of the cup, and finished the rest by himself.

The sky is high, the clouds are wide, and the temperature is stable. It is most suitable for a family of three to travel outdoors.The mobile phone is connected to bluetooth, the car speaker is playing blues, and the speed is not fast.

"Take some time to get a driver's license test, and I'll buy you a car." Chu Yi said suddenly.

At that time, Lin Xiaosong watched cartoons with his children with his mobile phone sideways. He was stunned for a while, paused the playback, and said, "I don't have a good sense of direction. I can't tell the difference between east, west, and north at night. Let's save the money."

Chu Yi didn't say anything, and after a while, he turned off the music, "Come home with me tonight." Then he said, "Young girl goes to school tomorrow, and neither of us is free in the afternoon, so my mother has to pick her up."

Lin Xiaosong pinched the palm of his hand, suppressing all dangerous emotions, "If your mother is willing to treat Lele with more snacks, I will thank her."

Chu Yi said softly, "I've already told her, there won't be a second time."

When I drove to the entrance of the kindergarten, the security guard prevented me from entering, so I turned around and found a parking space nearby.When we passed by, almost all the parents had arrived and were waiting on the playground. The dolls were all in orange sportswear, running around like little oranges.

In the era when same-sex marriage was legal, there were several couples among the parents. Lin Xiaosong heard one of the children add the surname in front of each father to distinguish them.

"It's not fun at all." Lele looked at the other children eagerly, unable to break through the psychological barrier, and she became nervous when there were too many people.

The children who were familiar with each other began to greet each other, and greeted each other with "Mao Ning", which seemed to be taught by their teacher.Lele stuck behind her father's buttocks, unwilling to take the initiative to go forward, and thinking about it, she only dared to sneak a few glances.

Lin Xiaosong coaxed her: "Let's Lele also go to say hello to her."

Lele shook like a rattle: "I don't want it."

Lin Xiaosong looked at Chu Yi, feeling helpless and distressed. She didn't give away any of the snowflake cakes she made last time, and hid them all in her schoolbag. No wonder she had no friends, and she was afraid of normal communication.

Chu Yi put one hand in his pocket, without further ado, he stepped forward to pick her up and held her in his arms.Lele kicked her legs and struggled, her little face was flushed, afraid of being surrounded by people, she didn't dare to yell, but it was obvious that her eyes were moist.

"What are you doing!" Lin Xiaosong looked anxiously from the side.

Chu Yi lowered his head to look at the little girl, and said in a calm voice, "Wait, I'll be honest in a while."

"Father, tell him to let me down." Lele said in a crying voice.

Chu Yi said: "If you want me to let you go, just follow your father's advice and go say hello to him."

"I know, I know, you put me down."

The soles of her feet landed on the ground, Lele rubbed her eyes and moaned, Chu Yi waved his hand, pretending to scare her, and finally agreed to go.Lin Xiaosong was not without worry, and encouraged him: "Don't be afraid, just follow what Dad usually taught you."

"Yeah." Lele walked towards a kid in their class. When she arrived, she turned her head and looked at Lin Xiaosong several times. She held the little boy's hand and said, "My name is Lin Lele. I'm five years old this year. I want to play with you."

"Your girl is quite good at teasing." Chu Yi said seriously.

Lin Xiaosong rolled his eyes at him: "Don't scare her into a shadow."

Chu Yi said: "You have to be soft and hard on the child, this girl is still obedient, but if she encounters the disobedient one, she will have to beat her up."

Lin Xiaosong said: "Then I can't bear it. I feel sorry for my child wherever he goes."

"The benevolence of a woman." Chu Yi put down a sentence, walked to the playground and sat around.

Lele ran back after saying hello, feeling much happier, and secretly told her father: "Dad, I like him."

Lin Xiaosong unscrewed the small kettle and handed it to the girl, "Then let's be good and say hello to others."

Lele Gulu took a sip and bared a row of teeth: "I have to say hello to him every day."

"That's the best, he must like you too."

Lele was shy, licked her mouth and mumbled, "I don't want him to like me."

Chu Yi looked at the big and the small from afar, stared quietly for a while, took out the phone to adjust the angle, and clicked one.

The sports meeting started with the children exercising with the teacher. Although they had rehearsed in advance, their movements were still uneven. Lele was in the middle, swinging his arms and kicking his legs, obviously a few beats slower than others.

Lin Xiaosong was still watching happily, not aware of any clumsiness in his daughter, and kept recording videos with his mobile phone.Another matriarch was also recording and asked him, "Which one belongs to your family?"

"The one in the middle of the second row with two braids."

"My family is a boy, here, the tallest one in the back."

Chu Yi stood behind him at some point and was also watching. The matriarch came up to him again and asked the same question.Chu Yi frowned and pointed at Lele, "The one with the two braids."

Lin Xiaosong heard him and glanced at him.

The matriarch "oh" for a while, and suddenly realized: "You two belong to the same family."

Lin Xiaosong said yes.

After the opening exercise, there was a series of parent-child interaction sessions, the "three-legged" game, Chu Yi was forced by Lin Xiaosong to tie Lele together on the grounds of his long legs.

Lele disliked her, but because of her father's majesty, she had to be tied to this bad uncle.

Chu Yi thought, the last time he did such a boring thing was probably in elementary school.

In this round, Chu Yi and his group ran the fastest and won a Barbie doll, Lele was holding it, and they clasped their hands together to look around.

In the evening, the sun was shining slightly, and the sports meeting was over. The family of three went to Maoye Tiandi for dinner.Lele returned home happily, and changed her view of men. In the morning, she still disliked him so much, but now she said "Uncle is so amazing", and she talked sweetly for a long time.

He didn't go home directly, but went to the rented house first. Lin Xiaosong meant that there were still some things to pack over there.

"Thank you today, it's the first time she has taken the initiative to talk to someone." Lin Xiaosong felt a sense of satisfaction after all the hard work, and even specially dug out the photos taken today, pointing to the men one by one, and showing off the girls in the circle of friends Parents deserve it.

Chu Yi looked over these, with deep eyes: "Do you have a picture of that child?"

Lin Xiaosong suddenly turned his face away, holding his breath, not wanting others to see the ferocity on his face. No matter how many years this happened, it was just a thorn stuck in his throat. It would have been better if it had been done back then. There are no emotions that were put into practice later.

"No." Lin Xiaosong withdrew his hand and continued to fold the clothes, "When will the house be renovated?"

Chu Yi pursed his lips: "I'll contact the decoration company as soon as possible."

Lin Xiaosong said "Thank you" again, the man was tired of hearing it, and went to smoke on the balcony, Lele put down the toy, ran over and tugged at his pants, raised his head, "Uncle, I'm not mad at you anymore."

Chu Yi pinched his cigarette, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Hey, go to the room to play with Dad."

The little girl ran away obediently.

Chu Yi lit his cigarette again and bit his lips.Outside the window, the night sky reveals a boundless blue, extending into the distance.

The phone in my pocket rang.

Chu Yi took it out and glanced at it. It was an unfamiliar number from the Northeast. He ignored it and hung up.In less than half a minute, the number called again.

"Hello."

There was a long silence over there, tentatively, and said hesitantly: "It's called Chu Yi, I, I am Xiaosong's mother, and Guan Xiaofeng wants this number, so don't take offense."