brave and coward

The next day, Hua Lin and Xue Younian successfully participated in the adoption interview process.

Xue Younian's resume is very beautiful, Hua Lin is also very good, and their intention to adopt a black human baby born with a disability is very "politically correct".

Hua Lin actually murmured in his heart.

It’s quite “politically incorrect” to say it. He was going to be a father at a young age, and he forced himself to look at a bunch of pictures of lively and lovely children. It was hard to accept this reality. He only thought about Chinese baby girls, even Southeast Asian babies They didn't even want it, but Xue Younian insisted on engaging in boundless love...

Xue Younian saw Hua Lin's reluctance, but pretended not to know.

His consideration is very "simple": if there is no sudden crisis hanging over Peter's head, he will definitely choose a child who is more pleasing to Hua Lin; channel".

After passing the interview, there are only some fixed procedures left. It is expected that the two of them will be able to take their children home in three months.This was still too long for Xue Younian, but there was no way to shorten the time, so he had to admit it.

……

The adoption agency suddenly called, saying that a certain form and some copies of the documents submitted by the two were lost, and they were asked to go to the government office next week to make up for it.

Hua Lin was speechless at that time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon on Friday.

Tucao belongs to Tucao, and things have to be done according to what others say.According to Hualin's understanding of the local government office, don't expect people to work overtime on Saturdays and Sundays. Just today, I will leave work on time at 07:30 in ten, and there will be no delay for a second.

Fortunately, this matter is not complicated, even if Xue Younian is not around, it doesn't matter, Hua Lin didn't tell him, and went out alone with his ID.

Hua Lin finished it before people got off work, looked at the time, thinking that today Xue Younian had something to do and didn't go back to eat, it was rare for him to "go into town", let's go to a restaurant.

He was standing on the side of the road, using his mobile phone to check nearby restaurants with good reputation. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of something rolling to his feet. He looked down and saw that it was a commemorative coin. When he looked up again, he saw a yellow man wearing sunglasses. With a stick for the blind and an open wallet in his hand, he stopped hesitantly among the bustling crowd.

After a while, the blind man put away his wallet and was about to leave.

Hua Lin hurriedly picked up the coin and chased after him, because he couldn't confirm the nationality of the other party for a while, so he asked directly in English: "Hello, Mr. Wearing Sunglasses, did you drop something?"

The other party stopped, hesitated for a moment, and replied in English: "Are you asking me?"

Hua Lin said, "Yes."

The other party nodded: "I seem to have dropped a commemorative coin."

Hua Lin said, "That's yours, here it is."

The other party fumbled to accept the coin from Hua Lin, took off his sunglasses, and politely nodded to Hua Lin to thank him.

Hua Lin waved his hand, and was about to say "You're welcome", but saw the other person's eyes first, and couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The other party didn't hear Hua Lin's reply, and didn't care. He put his sunglasses back on and was about to say goodbye to this kind passerby when his phone rang.

Hua Lin came to his senses and was about to speak when he saw the other party taking out his cell phone and smiling "goodbye" to him, subconsciously replied "Bye", but hesitated for a moment, and didn't rush to leave, looking at the other party on the spot Answering the phone - mainly to see the other person's face.

I didn't notice it when I was wearing sunglasses, but it was obvious when I took them off.Although those eyes were dull, it didn't affect the fact that this man looked very similar to Hua Lin.

Hua Lin remembered the handsome foreign guy he met in the cafe not long ago and called him "Peter".

Could this be Peter?Is it such a coincidence?

If this person is not Peter, then am I not the face of the public? !

Hua Lin thought it was a bit amusing, so he looked at this person a few more times, and then heard him speak into the phone in a Chinese voice that is not quite correct, but is quite good in ABC: "Some years , I’m on the street. I just went through some formalities.”

Hua Lin was stunned again.

Xue Younian asked on the phone: "Are you sure when will you move? I'll help you."

Peter smiled: "That's great. I don't have much luggage, and I'm almost packed. You can just drive me for a while. Are you free tonight?"

Xue Younian said: "Today, I have made an appointment with the students and I haven't finished dealing with some matters. If it goes by, it will be too late."

Peter said, "It's okay, I'll wait for you."

Xue Younian hesitated, and said, "Okay. You go to eat first."

Peter said about his current location: "I'll be eating next to you, and I'll sit and wait for you after eating, and call me when you come later."

After finishing the call, Peter walked to the side with his blind cane.

Hua Lin was a little suspicious that he had misheard the person's name just now. He hesitated for a while, followed up a restaurant by accident, found a relatively hidden corner, and peeked while eating.

Let's just assume it's Peter...

Peter looks to be in his early thirties, his appearance is very similar to Hua Lin's, but his skin color is darker than Hua Lin's.He sat by the window, took off his sunglasses and put them on the table.

While waiting for the food to be delivered, he was calm, closed his eyes, and sat there with a gentle expression, as if he was listening to the sounds around him. The blindness did not affect his elegance.

After eating, Peter paid the bill, got up and went outside the store, and sat on the bench in front of the window to read the Braille book calmly.

After a while, Peter answered the phone and said a few words with a smile.

Hua Lin watched Peter hang up the phone, and suddenly his phone vibrated.He saw that it was Xue Younian.

Xue Younian asked: "Linlin, have you eaten yet?"

Hua Lin said, "I'm eating, how about you?"

Xue Younian said, "I haven't. What do you eat?"

Hua Lin hesitated for 0.1 second and said, "I ordered takeaway, pizza."

Xue Younian said: "Well. I still have something to do here, and I will go back later than expected. Don't wait for me."

Hua Lin said, "Okay."

After finishing the call, Hua Lin stared at Xue Younian's name on the screen of the phone for a while, thinking that he must be suspicious, really inexplicable.

He sighed, raised his head, and was about to ask the waiter to pay the bill when he was startled suddenly, looking at Xue Younian who was standing outside the window and talking with Peter while smiling.

……

Hua Lin didn't follow up hastily at that time, he went back calmly, and didn't mention it to Xue Younian afterwards, but just kept his mind on it, and got Peter's address after a while—it's really called Peter.

On a day when Xue Younian was on a short business trip and Hua Lin had no class, Hua Lin came downstairs to Peter's apartment where he was now thinking. Seeing Peter coming out, it was really a pillow when he was dozing off.

Hua Lin hurriedly followed.

Peter took a walk to the nearby park in the middle of the street, found a bench and sat down, listening to the sounds of nature, and suddenly heard a somewhat familiar British accent: "It's you again? What a coincidence?"

Startled, Peter turned his face away following the sound.

Hua Lin smiled and said, "I picked up a commemorative coin for you on the street that day."

Peter remembered, and also spoke in English: "It's you. It's a coincidence."

Hua Lin sat beside him and said enthusiastically, "I live near here, do you too?"

Peter nodded.

Hualin blinked and asked, "Are you Asian?" He deliberately pretended to speak Chinese as a foreigner, "I've been to Shanghai." He said in Japanese that he had been to Tokyo, and in Korean that he had been to Seoul.

Peter was so amused by him that he couldn't stop laughing, and then said in English: "I am Chinese."

The two chatted like this.

Originally, Hualin was still a little apprehensive, but he didn't expect Peter to be so hearty and enthusiastic. He took the initiative to recognize him as a friend and made an appointment to continue chatting next time.

……

"Linlin? Linlin?"

Hua Lin suddenly saw a hand dangling in front of his eyes, he was startled, and looked up at Xue Younian: "Huh?"

Xue Younian asked with concern: "Why are you absent-minded?"

Hua Lin smiled hurriedly: "I had a nightmare last night, dream, I dreamed of Zhang Bo again." He said hurriedly, "But don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a sudden dream, I didn't think too much about it."

Xue Younian was silent for a while, then sighed, and took him into his arms: "I'm sorry."

Hua Lin instinctively rejected it, but endured it, thought about it, and put on a tone that was no different from usual: "Don't blame yourself again, don't think about it."

In fact, he didn't dream of Zhang Bo either. He was distracted just now because he was recalling every word of Peter carefully.

Over the past month, Hualin tried every means to get acquainted with Peter.He couldn't be too eager, for fear of being noticed by Peter, not to mention he had to avoid the time when he might bump into Xue Younian.

Fortunately, Peter is very outgoing, and he feels that he and Hualin are very congenial, and they started chatting within a few times.

So Hualin found out about Peter and Xue Younian's past.

Facts and logic are there, Hua Lin can't lie to himself.

He was still in junior high school seven years ago, in an embarrassing period of development, and he didn't pay attention to dressing up. His appearance was a bit different from his adult self, not to mention that he was too young at that time, so Xue Younian couldn't have liked him and was a lover at that time. Obsessed?If that's the case, then things aren't any better, each is worse in its own way.

The biggest possibility is that Xue Younian has a special liking for this face, and this face looks like Huashi City after all.

Xue Younian and Huashicheng grew up together.

This is just a conjecture, and it is a very absurd conjecture, so absurd that Hua Lin suspects that he is thinking wildly.

But is it really just random thinking?

Doubts are either absent, and once started, they will continue to flow.

Hua Lin could lie to himself that it was a coincidence, but he really couldn't.

How foolish is it to believe that Xue Younian had "coincidentally" dated two similar faces, yet he is immune to Huashi City?

Hua Lin never thought that such a bloody thing could happen to him, between himself and Xue Younian.

This can't even be described as "dog blood", it's disgusting.

too disgusting.

Hualin hasn't exploded yet, he wants to find more evidence.

He quickly remembered Xue Younian's old passport and the airline's bonus miles.

If it is possible to lie about what Peter said, then the entry and exit records and air ticket records must be true.