family of doctors

Early in the morning on the first day of junior high school, Shao Changgeng left the house on the pretext that he had an appointment with his classmates.

Since you are going to see Shao Rong, you must bring some gifts.What kind of toys would a four-year-old boy like?When Shao Changgeng passed by a toy store, he stopped by to take a look around, and chose a white bear among the various gifts.The little bear looked extremely cute, and it felt good to the touch. It was so soft that he couldn't help but think of Shao Rong wearing a big white sweater in London back then.

After buying the little bear, he felt it wasn't enough, so he picked up a box of building blocks, and then went out satisfied, and took a taxi to Anfei's place.Along the way, I have been thinking about what Shao Rong's child has become now. After all, I haven't seen him for two years, and the child's changes should be quite big.

She was fully prepared psychologically, but when she actually saw Shao Rong, Shao Changgeng was still taken aback.

Shao Rong didn't throw himself into his arms, instead... he didn't recognize him.

The child opened the door, poked his head out, stared at him curiously with wide eyes, and after looking up and down twice, he asked, "Who are you?"

For some reason, such an unfamiliar meeting scene made Shao Changgeng feel a little bit lost.

The cute child who used to throw himself into his arms as soon as he met, now he can't recognize him anymore.Sure enough, he is just a child with limited IQ and memory. The "father" he has been thinking about may not be Shao Changgeng, but the most intimate concept to the child.

Seeing how cute he looked at him curiously with wide eyes, Shao Changgeng couldn't help but leaned down and pinched his face lightly, and said with a smile, "Guess."

"Hmm." Shao Rong tilted his head and considered for a long time before he said uncertainly, "Is... is it Dad?"

Shao Changgeng nodded, "It's really smart."

Shao Rong immediately cheered up, quickly opened the door, trotted and stretched out his small hand into Shao Changgeng's arms, "Father!"

Shao Changgeng took him into his arms, walked into the house, and asked in a low voice, "Did you miss me?"

Shao Rong nodded obediently, his movements were like chickens pecking at rice, and his voice was full of grievances, "I think." Then he added, "I miss Dad so much."

"En." Shao Changgeng smiled again, and the little disappointment just now disappeared instantly.Perhaps, he didn't hate children as much as he imagined, especially the child Shao Rong.

At this moment, hearing him keep saying that he misses you, I actually feel a strange sense of satisfaction in my heart.

Anfei was watching TV in the living room, when she saw Shao Changgeng coming in, she quickly stood up and poured coffee for him, "Why are you here so early?"

Shao Changgeng said: "Anyway, I'm idle, come and have a look."

In fact, he was not idle. In order to see this child, he turned down several appointments.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll make breakfast."

The current time is only 08:30 in the morning.

Shao Changgeng nodded, "Just do whatever you want, it doesn't need to be too troublesome."

"Yes, I know." An Fei turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Shao Rong was still in the living room, looking at Shao Changgeng eagerly.

Shao Changgeng smiled and said, "By the way, I brought a present for Xiaorong."

After speaking, he took out the little bear he brought and stuffed it into Shao Rong's arms.Only then did I realize that the bear was half a head taller than Shao Rong. Shao Rong hugged the bear and buried his face in the bear's chest. It was not like he was hugging a bear, but it was like a bear hugging him.

From Shao Changgeng's point of view, the white bear blocked little Shao Rong's whole body, and little Shao Rong could hardly stand still while holding such a big baby bear.

——Is it too big to buy again?

The last time I bought clothes for him, I bought a large sack, but this time I bought him a bear, which was actually one size bigger.Sure enough, Shao Changgeng was completely inexperienced in buying things for children.However, the picture of Shao Rong hugging the bear very hard is quite funny, his small face is almost so overwhelmed by the big bear that he can't breathe.

Fortunately, Shao Rong didn't mind that Xiong was too big. Instead, he was very happy to receive his father's gift. He poked his head out from Xiong's shoulder and said with a smile, "Thank you, Dad!"

Shao Changgeng smiled slightly and waved, "Come here."

Shao Rong put the bear on the sofa beside him, ran over obediently and stood at attention in front of Shao Changgeng, "Dad?"

"There are other gifts for you." Shao Changgeng opened the building block box and handed it to him, "Do you like it?"

Shao Rong took the box with both hands, looked at the colorful building blocks of different shapes inside, and rolled his eyes happily, "I like this! Thank you, Dad!"

Shao Changgeng smiled and patted his head, "Well, be good."

"By the way, has Dad eaten yet? I made dumplings and put them in the refrigerator for Dad."

Shao Changgeng was a little surprised, "You wrapped it yourself?"

Shao Rong nodded desperately, "Yeah!"

Then he ran to the kitchen and quickly brought a plate over.

"Give it to Dad." Shao Rong was very considerate, and handed the chopsticks to Shao Changgeng.

"..." Shao Changgeng was speechless.

It is said to be dumplings, but in fact it is just dumpling wrappers and dumpling fillings kneaded into a strangely shaped ball of dough.

Looking at the pieces of dough in front of him, under Shao Rong's expectant eyes, Shao Changgeng had no choice but to maintain a calm expression, picked up a piece of "dumpling" and put it in his mouth.

"..." The taste inside is still good, after all, An Fei made the stuffing.It's just that the dumpling skin is not cooked, and you can smell the raw flour when you bite into it.

Shao Rong stared at Shao Changgeng eagerly, "Father, is it delicious?"

"……good to eat."

"Then eat a few more!"

"..."

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From the Spring Festival of that year, Shao Changgeng seemed to acquiesce in Shao Rong calling him "father", and would always send some gifts to Shao Rong during the New Year's festival, all kinds of toys, clothes, and things suitable for children story book.Every time Shao Rong received a gift, he was very happy, and would always call him to thank him immediately. Over time, Shao Changgeng even got used to such a simple father-son relationship.

Once, before he found out that he didn't love women, he also thought about having his own home and having a cute child who could listen to him and call him daddy. Shao Rong can be said to have fulfilled a dream in his heart. Finding out that there is such a titular "son" is actually not bad.

Of course, he believes that he has also fulfilled Shao Rong's dream of the concept of "father".

Take what you need, that's all.

This seemingly close father-son relationship lasted for two years.

Later, every time he reminisces, Shao Rong always feels that the happiest time in his childhood was this. During the two years from the age of four to six, 730 days and 520 hours, he was carefree, He is happy and simple.

Mom will cook delicious meals for him every day, and dad will call him or send him many interesting gifts every once in a while.He simply thought that they all loved him and that he was the happiest child in the world.

If possible, he would rather never grow up.

After my sixth birthday, many things happened one after another.

Anfei found cancer cell metastasis during a physical examination at the hospital. The extensive metastasis made her unable to undergo surgery again and could only undergo chemotherapy.Because of the side effects of the medicine, after a few courses of treatment, Anfei quickly lost weight, his face gradually became pale, his hair became less and less, and his whole body seemed to suddenly look ten years older.

Shao Rong saw her combing her hair in front of the mirror several times. Large pieces of black hair would fall off with the comb, as if she could comb all the scalp. The shocking black hair made Shao Rong very scared, but seeing her mother's pale face , but he dared not ask why.

On December [-]th, in winter, it snowed heavily.

Shao Rong's window was not closed properly, and he woke up from the cold in the middle of the night. He curled up under the quilt and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, so he had to step on his slippers and run to the next bedroom to find his mother.

When he opened the door, he saw his mother lying quietly on the bed. He imagined that he wanted to get under the quilt to sleep with his mother as usual, but when he lifted the quilt, he found that his mother's body was very stiff and cold.

Not the softness and warmth I remembered, but the frightening stiffness and coldness.

Shao Rong was terrified, and quickly grabbed An Fei's hand and called her: "Mom..."

Anfei didn't respond at all.

Shao Rong rushed over and hugged her tightly, "Mom, don't sleep, wake up quickly..."

"Mother……"

"Don't ignore me, I'm so scared..."

"Mother……"

"Mom, wake up..."

"Mother……"

No matter how hard he shook Anfei's hand, Anfei never responded.

Shao Rong sat by the bed blankly, looking at his mother's pale face, he thought, this must be the worst nightmare he has ever had in his life.

That night, Shao Rong sat by Anfei's bed for the whole night.

He stubbornly thought that he would always wake up from the nightmare at dawn, and as long as he woke up, his mother would smile at him gently as usual, touch his head and say, "Whatever Xiaorong likes to eat, mother will make it for you. "Then go to the kitchen and make him his favorite fried eggs and milk.

As long as you wake up from the dream, everything will become the same as before.

He sat on the edge of the bed, buried his head deeply in his knees, and listened to the ticking of the clock on the wall, listening to the sound of his own heartbeat clearly coming from the room as quiet as a tomb.

The east was gradually turning pale, and the sunlight poured into the room through the panes, onto An Fei's pale face.

It was dawn, but the nightmare was still going on.

Anfei, never woke up again.

It wasn't until the alarm clock rang in the morning that Shao Rong thought of calling his father for help. He hurriedly found the mobile phone from his mother's bag and dialed Shao Changgeng's number, but there was always a beeping busy tone.

Shao Rong thought, Dad must be very busy so he doesn't answer his phone, and he will definitely answer when he finishes his work.With this belief, I stubbornly dialed again and again, but never dialed.

Later, the nanny who came to clean the room at nine o'clock found the child sitting by the bed talking on the phone and his mother who had died long ago.

On the bed lay the dead body of a woman who had already been frozen and frozen. The child sat on the edge of the bed with tears on his face, but he did not cry out. He just lowered his head and stubbornly dialed a series of phone numbers. Dirty screen, can't even see whose name is displayed on it.

But he dialed that string of numbers very skillfully, obviously he had already remembered it in his heart.

【Episode [-]: Father and Son】