[Tuyan] Yimu

#after many years#

"Good morning, Uncle An!"

At ten past seven in the morning, when I opened the door of the master bedroom, the little girl had already washed up and was sitting on the sofa in an orderly manner.

"Why did you get up so early?!" I tried my best to control the urge to yawn.

"I'm used to getting up early and going to bed early at home, and I usually have to go to class."

Oh yes, this is about the age of junior high school.After breakfast quickly, the little girl rushed to wash the dishes with me, which made me dumbfounded. "I am the host and you are the guest, how can I let you do housework?" I said.

"This is an agreement with my father, we must be self-reliant wherever we go." She said seriously.

In the end, I insisted on taking care of the dishes and chopsticks.To be honest, I thought there were other people in the family who would get up so early to make breakfast, and carefully washed the dishes used for breakfast.If I was alone at home, and I didn't get up after twelve o'clock at noon, and throw all the dishes and chopsticks into the sink after eating, it would never happen.

Anyway, now there is a child in the family, and it is the family of the most important person... Anyway, let's be a model of self-care, pretending is fine.

"What's your father like?" It's not easy to smoke in front of the little girl, so I choked out the cigarette I took out habitually, put it in the ashtray and crushed it hard.

"My father is very kind to me. He often tells me stories and helps me with my homework." She said happily, "I know that my mother is actually very kind, but she is too strict with me, as if I am always different from other people's children. ’” She sighed, like an adult with a lot of worries: “I hope they finish their work and come back to pick me up soon.”

"Hmm." I thought to myself that it's impossible for you to like living with me, it's better to leave as soon as possible.I'm not good at dealing with children, and I'm not good at putting on a smile.

"I'm not saying that I don't like living with you, Uncle An!" She saw that I was a little unhappy, and tried to explain, "It's just... I think they are doing very dangerous things, and I'm a little scared."

"You said something very dangerous?" This sentence made me vigilant.Shentu may be doing something very dangerous.Thinking of this, my heart, which had been numb because of this relationship, throbbed.

"Both my father and my mother told me that if something happens, they can no longer be with me. I have to learn to live on my own." She clenched her fists unconsciously, "And after coming to Yanping, they all talked to me alone. I'm saying, it's like... like they knew something terrible was going to happen."

I know that Shen Tu will not say these words for no reason.Although it sounds inexplicable sometimes, there must be a reason for him.

What the hell are you—what are you doing?

I have no idea what he is doing now.Ever since I lost contact with him, the only chance to get news about him was when I was drinking with Fat Brother Zhang, and he was only doing small business all the time, why was he suddenly involved in such an unclear matter?

I have a bad feeling that it won't be that simple behind the scenes.However, I'm at a loss.

I felt restless and had to find a new cigarette, even though the oracle was still sitting next to me.

Ever since I met him, I've been used to going through life and death with him.Except for the time when he disappeared from Egypt, almost all of us went on missions together. Even if it wasn’t the same mission, we would arrange other teammates. He probably never went to any tomb alone.

For a while, I felt that our destiny was linked together. I couldn't do without him, and he couldn't do without me.I don't feel that way anymore, but it makes me uneasy that he's going on an adventure by himself again.

There was no me in his life, no me in his adventures, and something didn't feel right to me.There was something wrong with all of this, I disappeared too cleanly, as if I shouldn't have disappeared so completely, it was like a fragment was missing in his life, and that fragment was me.

There is no basis at all, the more I think about it, the more confused I am, and in the end I don't know what I am thinking. "Don't worry, they'll be fine with Shentu here. Why don't I continue telling yesterday's story?" I managed to raise my spirits and said.

The little girl also put away her worried expression and tried her best to show a smile when she nodded.

#after many years#

I don't know how long the oracle will stay here with me, but I need to prepare some necessary daily necessities and clothes.It is impossible to have clothes suitable for a 15-year-old girl in my house. After all, there are no feminine products in my house.

When I was shopping in the mall, the shopping guide girls all looked at me pitifully with the eyes of "a single father who doesn't understand anything and a sensible daughter going shopping", and I stared back one by one.I was mainly responsible for swiping cards and carrying shopping bags, and I followed the little girl to chat with her: "Is the style your dad likes to wear now still black and white?"

"Well, I usually wear the right one," she said while sifting through the clothes. "Actually, Dad seldom goes shopping with us, and he doesn't often buy clothes. Sometimes I will find that he changed my clothes with a swipe. A suit I've never seen before."

She gestured to her upper body with a college-style shirt, asked me if I looked good, and added casually: "I found that Uncle An really likes to ask about my father."

I hurriedly changed the subject, talking about the beauty of the dress in her hand.When the shopping guide was packing it with a smile, she wiped off her sweat secretly, and finally fooled it.

"Are you and my dad very good friends?" When she walked out of the gate of the mall, she turned her head and asked me, "I just had a problem buying clothes, so don't tell me."

I thought about this ghost, but she never forgot about it. "It's okay, we used to work together a lot." I said with a smile, "He told you about the power of Yu Lei."

"I mentioned some." She put her hands behind her back and walked briskly, "He also mentioned Uncle Zhang, Uncle Wang, and Uncle Jiang, but he never said your name."

"Really." I would find it strange if he said it. It would be more normal if he didn't say it. I thought, "When he comes back to pick you up, ask him why he didn't tell you my name." Look at him How to make up a reason, I said, I showed a devilish smile.

"Okay, I want to tell Dad that Uncle An is a very nice person, please come to my house to play." The little girl swept away the haze of the day before yesterday, her voice was very cheerful, she had no idea how explosive her speech was.I really imagined, if I really went to visit Shentu's small store, which row of shelves I would start smashing to express my extreme displeasure in recent days.

Well, start with the most expensive ones, cash registers or air conditioners.

The little girl's chat brought me back to my thoughts full of primitive violence.She said tactfully that she didn't intend to offend me, and then said: "I never thought that Uncle, you live alone."

"I'm used to it. How free it is to be alone. No one cares about what you want to do. For example, you can eat all the snacks you buy, and there is no one to snatch them."

"It seems so. But won't it be boring after a long time?"

"No." I don't know how many times I have answered this question. The answer to the question has become a fixed pattern in my mind, and I don't even think about whether it is true.

"That's right, with characters like my parents, if I'm not at home, the two of them can stop talking at all, and they will feel bored from time to time." She sighed, "But their characters are more traditional and old-fashioned, and they don't enjoy it like Uncle An Life. I think they must have gotten used to it."

Tradition?Is Shen Tu really like this now?In terms of enjoying life, that guy was no worse than me before, it might as well be that he made me less nerdy.

We've all had our lives going out to the movies on Valentine's Day, anyway.Looking at the situation now, one is single and lonely, and the other is married and boring, I suddenly feel very balanced.

This is a lose-lose, a tie.