two trees for forest

"Auntie, help me get the teddy bear at the door."

It was the afternoon at this time, and the students were still in the classroom, so the toy store in front of the school seemed deserted.Lin Jian was going home to get a document, and when he passed by, he saw that huge teddy bear and stopped in his tracks.

A few days ago, I called Lu Ziyu on the phone. He occasionally mentioned that Dongyu seemed to like a teddy bear the night he went to pick up Lin Jian.Lu Ziyu wanted to buy it for him but was rejected.

Lin Jian smiled, remembering that last night when Dongyu handed over the papers for the midterm exam to him, the expression was full of compliments, and the smile on his face softened a little.He thought to himself, as if he had never bought toys for his son, that child was too sensible, if Lu Ziyu hadn't mentioned it, he would never have thought of buying these for Dongyu.

Then take this as the No.1 little surprise for him, right?

"Boy, which one do you want? The biggest one?" The store manager, an old lady who is almost 60 years old, pointed at the one Lin Jian wanted with a pick-up pole, and asked kindly.

"Yes. Ahhh!" Lin Jian didn't finish his sentence, he quickly turned around and covered his mouth, and sneezed several times.He smiled shyly. The past few days have been hot and cold. He had a little cold since he came back from holding his son that night.The design institute has been busy, and this month's salary has not yet come down, so Lin Jian has been procrastinating. "That's the one."

The old man reached out to fetch it, but Lin Jian saw that it was inconvenient for her, so he quickly took it over and fetched it by himself.

The old man didn't argue, he stood by and cared about him: "Young man, be more careful. It seems that you have a serious cold."

"It's okay, just drink more water and it'll be over. I'm in good health." Lin Jian said and took the teddy bear down.

The old man took it, "Do you want to pack it?"

"Ah?" Lin Jian was taken aback for a moment, "This one still needs to be packaged?"

"Is it your first time chasing a girl?" The old man looked at Lin Jian with a teasing smile, "Actually, I just wanted to remind you that it's not a big deal to give a girl this kind of gift, but a more beautiful and delicate one. Look at the side The white rabbit is actually more suitable."

Facing the warm-hearted old aunt, Lin Jian couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not a gift for the girl, my son passed the No.1 exam, and this is a prize for him."

The old man really didn't expect Lin Jian to be so young, and the children are all in school, "You look so young, I thought you were not married." She said as she walked into the store with the teddy bear in her arms, "Then I will give it to you." Wrap it in plastic paper so it won't get dirty when you take it back."

Lin Jian thanked him with a smile, and returned home with a teddy bear that was older than his son. He hid the bear in the closet and rushed to the company with the documents.

When it was time to get off work, Lin Jian hurriedly packed his things, and Wang Jie asked him suspiciously, "Lin Jian, are you in a hurry?"

Lin Jian smiled while tidying up, "No, I'm in a hurry to go back and give my son gifts and prizes."

Wang Jie didn't even know what to say. When Lin Jian was this age, his student and apprentice were either single or in progress. Fortunately, Lin Jian skipped dating and getting married and took a step forward to raising children. "Alright then, go back quickly. Go back and take some medicine, and see how serious your cold is."

When Lin Jian got home, before Dongyu had time to cook, Lin Jian thought he had too much homework at night and didn't ask anything, so he put on an apron and went into the kitchen after washing his hands.Dong Yu dropped the homework he had just taken out and followed Lin Jian into the kitchen.

When Lin Jian heard the footsteps, he boiled the water and washed the vegetables without looking back. He didn't forget to tell him: "Baby wait a little longer, Dad will be ready in a while."

"No... no, I'm not very hungry." Lin Dongyu clutched the corner of his clothes, pretending not to care, and said, "Father, let me tell you something, I... I picked up a hundred yuan on the road today."

Lin Jian paused while washing the vegetables. Lin Dongyu noticed it keenly, and he added another sentence of explanation: "I have been waiting on the road for a long time, but no... no one came to claim it."

Lin Jian stopped what he was doing and turned to look at him: "You picked it up?"

Lin Dongyu staggered his gaze and nodded.

Lin Jian looked at him for a long time, and Dong Yu's palms started to sweat before he spoke again: "Did Dad say that you have to hand in the money you picked up?"

Lin Dongyu opened his mouth, didn't speak, just lowered his head, and his forehead began to sweat.

Lin Jian didn't know why, but felt a nameless fire rising to his head. He stood up abruptly, turned off the fire that was boiling water, grabbed Lin Dongyu by the collar, and carried him into the house.He turned around and opened the cabinet, and grabbed the teddy bear out, "This is the bear that your Uncle Lu said you liked. I passed by at noon and bought it for you with all the money I had on me! I will raise you like any other child in the family." , I don’t need you, you don’t need food, you don’t need clothes, you don’t need you to worry about anything, what are you worse than others?! Except that I don’t have a mother, what do I give you less than others?! Lin Dongyu! You are so worthy of me Do you support you?!"

Lin Dongyu was frightened by Lin Jian and froze in place. He stared blankly at his father.Since he came to this house, he has never seen Lin Jian lose such a temper.He didn't mean it, he really didn't think about it.If it wasn't...if it wasn't...he didn't want to buy a teddy bear!No matter how beautiful and fun the toy is, it is not as important as Dad!Lin Dongyu opened his mouth to speak, but found that something was pressing on his throat, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make a sound.

Lin Jian took a deep breath, looked down at his son who had been raised for more than a year, and suppressed his temper, "Tell me, where did the money come from?"

Lin Dongyu lowered his head and breathed heavily. Lin Jian no longer comforted him, but just watched quietly.After coming here for a while, Lin Dongyu finally recovered his lost voice, "Steal...steal."

"Where did you steal it?"

"At the door, it's... the grandma who sells toys."

Lin Jian suddenly felt weak all over, he stepped back a little and leaned on the table.Lin Dongyu looked at his father who was far away from him in horror, his big eyes filled with tears.Lin Jian just felt exhausted, he was full of disappointment, he didn't know what he was insisting on, was it right to take this child back in the first place, is he a college student who just graduated, can't afford a child's life at all?

"Tell me, what do you want and I won't buy it for you? Why steal it?"

Seeing his father's estranged gaze, Lin Dongyu finally collapsed, he threw himself in front of Lin Jian, and knelt down on the ground with a thud, "I...I don't...I want to buy a teddy bear, I want to buy...papa cold medicine... ...I'll tell you, I've said it, you always say...it's okay, I know, it's...it's because my father wants to support me, I don't...have no money. "

Lin Dongyu knelt on the ground and cried as he said, Lin Jian was shocked. It wasn't that he couldn't think of it, but that when Lin Dongyu said he picked it up, his acting skills were too clumsy, and he was angered by the fact that Lin Dongyu lied to him I clicked it, and didn't think about it at all.

Lin Jian covered his face and forced himself to calm down. He took the landline and called the kid who was going to attend classes at the art institution tonight, changed the class time to Sunday, and then told the person in charge of the institution, because Today was one-on-one, and he had already discussed it with the child. The person in charge didn't say anything, but asked Lin Jian not to forget to go to class and let others complain.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jian knelt down and faced Lin Dongyu, "Then tell me, why did you think of stealing?"

"Because... because..." Lin Dongyu was crying with snot and tears, Lin Jian pulled a piece of paper, wiped it carefully for him, and said, "Don't cry, just talk."

Lin Dongyu didn't dare to cry any more, and held back his tears, "Because my uncle said, I have no money, so I have to... steal, and whoever steals more can have enough food."

Lin Jian frowned, "Which uncle?"

"I haven't met an uncle before the dean's grandmother. He said... he said that he could only eat if he could steal the money, and if he couldn't steal it, he chopped off his leg and asked us to ask for money."

Lin Jian only felt that he couldn't hear anything with a bang in his head. It turned out that before Lin Dongyu was sent to the orphanage, he was controlled by a begging organization, and everyone didn't know it? ! !Lin Jian remembered that noon, when Lin Dongyu didn't get Kyoko because he woke up late, his expression of relief instantly.He covered his face and blushed.

Lin Jian knelt and calmed down for a long time before slowly recovering. Lin Dongyu kept looking at him, for fear of seeing disappointment in Lin Jian's eyes.

The two were relatively silent for a while, Lin Jian picked up his son and stood up, reached out and took a steel ruler for drawing from the table, Lin Dongyu obediently stretched out his hand, Lin Jian pushed his hand back and put it by his side.Stretching out his other hand, he slammed it down with a "snap".Lin Dongyu was stunned, Lin Jian didn't stop, and then he smoked twice, Lin Dongyu cried and hugged Lin Jian, "Dad! Dad! Hit me, it's my fault, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Dad! It's my fault! You hit me! Don't hit yourself!"

Lin Jian pulled Lin Dongyu away and calmly looked at his crying son, "No, it's dad's fault. Dad didn't educate you well. It's wrong to lie and steal money, but dad never educated you seriously. You. So it's Dad who should be punished, not you. If you stand up, I'll give you ten blows, and if you move, I'll give you another blow."

Lin Jian raised the steel ruler again, and slapped it seven times in a row amidst his son's collapsed cries.

In the later years, this punishment became Lin Dongyu's life law, and he will always remember the pain that fell on Lin Jian.Since then, never missed it again.

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