after running with the ball

At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was a light rain in the sky.

Zhuo Yang, who was handing over shifts with his colleagues, received a call from Zhuo's mother. Zhuo's mother told him on the phone not to forget to go to the kindergarten to pick up his daughter Ningning from school.

Zhuo Yang said softly: "Mom, I haven't forgotten."

"Yes, don't forget, Ningning has been looking forward to it for a long time."

Zhuo Yang smiled quietly, and after listening to Zhuo's mother explain a few more words, he hung up the phone.

After 10 minutes of shift time every day, the rest of the work was handed over, and it was Zhuo Yang's off-duty time.

Zhuo Yang is 24 years old this year. He works at Ruihao Hotel, which is about 10 minutes away from home. He has worked as a room attendant for two years, and he was just promoted to the foreman of the room department not long ago.The eight-hour work system is three shifts, which rotate once a week. He only has time to go to the kindergarten to pick up Ningning from school during the morning shift.

Ning Ning, whose name is Zhuo Ning Ning, is his daughter. She is five years old and is in kindergarten.Knowing that he had an early shift this week, before he got up in the morning, Ning Ning ran to his bed, pinched his nose like a little old lady, and told him to pick her up at the gate of the kindergarten today with a serious face.

Thinking of that quirky little girl, Zhuo Yang's heart softened, and he left the hotel with a smile at the end of his eyes.

The kindergarten where Ning Ning attended ends at 04:30 in the afternoon, and it was not time for school to end when Zhuo Yang arrived.There were many cars parked next to the kindergarten, all of them were parents waiting to pick up their children. Zhuo Yang stood by and waited for a while, and then children began to line up and follow the teacher out.

"father!"

It was finally Ning Ning's turn. When the little girl saw Zhuo Yang, she rushed into Zhuo Yang's arms like a small cannonball.

Zhuo Yang squatted on the ground, and was pushed back by her.

Ning Ning hugged Zhuo Yang's neck, kissed him on the face, then blinked a pair of big eyes to look at the bag in Zhuo Yang's hand, and asked sweetly: "Dad, did you bring my little dinosaur raincoat?" ?"

Every morning after Ningning wakes up, she will first check the weather forecast for the day. This morning, she told Zhuo Yang like an adult, that it will rain today, so Zhuo Yang should not forget to bring an umbrella when he goes to work today. When he comes to pick her up after school, And don't forget to bring her little dinosaur raincoat.

Zhuo Yang chuckled, "Dad brought it."

He picked up Ning Ning and walked aside first, then took out a set of yellow dinosaur raincoats for children from his bag, and a pair of small water shoes of the same color.

Ning Ning cheered happily, opened her hands obediently, and asked Zhuo Yang to put on a raincoat for her.

Zhuo Yang is from China, but Ning Ning's facial features have a bit of a foreigner's look.Her skin is fairer than that of ordinary children, her face is round, and she has shoulder-length curly hair.Big eyes with double eyelids, long and curled eyelashes, like a small brush.The eyeballs are light brown with a very light color, and the eye sockets are relatively deep, which looks very deep.

After Zhuo Yang dressed Ning Ning, she shaved her little nose, and Ning Ning raised her head and grinned at Zhuo Yang, then took Zhuo Yang's big hand with her own small hand, and hummed the words she learned during the day in the kindergarten. The children's song, stepping on the water splash on the road, bouncing and walking to the place waiting for the bus.

Ning Ning dressed up like this is too cute, and has attracted the attention of many passers-by along the way.Facing those curious gazes, Ning Ning seems to have gotten used to it.She generously allows passers-by to look at her, and when her eyes meet, she will give the other party a cute smile, and when the other party smiles back at her kindly, her smile will be brighter again.

Ningning's kindergarten is a 10-minute drive from Zhuojia's community. After arriving at the station, there is a zebra crossing.

When Zhuo Yang held Ning Ning's hand and stood on the side of the road waiting for the green light, he suddenly received a call from a colleague asking about an item left in the guest room by a previous guest.

When Zhuo Yang was answering the phone, Ning Ning suddenly heard a cat meowing next to her. She turned her head and saw a little black cat that was soaked by the rain coming out of the grass by the side of the road. Just like the continuous flow of traffic ahead, he kept running towards the road.

Ning Ning shook Zhuo Yang's hand, motioning him to look: "Dad, it's Xiao Hei!"

Zhuo Yang was talking on the phone, and there was always one side to focus on. When he followed Ning Ning's hand and saw the little black cat, what he thought about was what his colleague had just told him.And the little black cat had already run to the side of the road, and it was very likely that it would be run over by the wheels.

Seeing that Zhuo Yang didn't respond, Ning Ning let go of Zhuo Yang's hand in a hurry, and ran towards the kitten.

When Ning Ning let go of her hand, Zhuo Yang's mind finally came to his senses.When he watched Ning Ning only focus on jumping at the little black cat, but didn't see the car approaching in front, his eyes were horrified!

"Ning Ning!" Zhuo Yang flew over, grabbed Ning Ning's raincoat and pulled it towards him, turning his back to resist the car that was about to hit him.

crunch--

The sound of violent friction between the wheels and the ground was in my ears, alarming the passing vehicles and passers-by.Zhuo Yang closed his eyes and hugged Ning Ning tightly. He didn't open his eyes until someone came to ask him, and realized that the car hadn't hit him.

The well-dressed car owner bent slightly and asked him nervously, "Sir, are you all right?"

Zhuo Yang was covered in cold sweat, he shook his head, and lowered his head to check Ning Ning, "Ning Ning, have you been hit?"

Ning Ning was frightened, her big eyes were filled with fear, she looked at Zhuo Yang blankly, as if she didn't know what Zhuo Yang was asking.She was still holding on to one of the little black cat's hind paws, and the little black cat was probably frightened, so it didn't scratch anyone after being caught like this, it just meowed helplessly in Ning Ning's hand with.

Zhuo Yang checked Ning Ning's whole body before he felt relieved, and then he said to the car owner a little embarrassedly: "You braked in time, we were not hit, I'm really sorry."

Hearing this, the owner of the car breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Zhuo Yang was covered in mud and water, he took out his wallet and took out a few hundred dollars, and handed it to Zhuo Yang along with a business card, "There is my contact information on it. If you feel uncomfortable, go to the hospital for an examination, and you can call me."

Zhuo Yang didn't ask for money, but only took the business card and said, "Okay, I'm sorry."

Zhuo Yang was still in shock when he stood up, and he forgot to take pictures of the water droplets on his body. He hugged Ning Ning, including the cat and the cat, then raised his head, his eyes moved slightly to the side, unexpectedly meeting the person sitting in the back seat of the car. , the eyes of the man who was looking this way met.

Zhuo Yang's hand holding Ning Ning suddenly tightened, as if the blood was flowing backwards all over his body, and his face gradually turned pale.

The man is very young, about 24 to [-] years old, leaning on the seat, tilting his head slightly, his indifferent eyes swept across Ning Ning's body through the rain curtain, and then fell on Zhuo Yang's pale face, after a few seconds of fixation, Then take it back indifferently.

The owner returned to the car, restarted the car and merged into the traffic flow, the man's profile slowly disappeared behind the slowly rising window.

Zhuo Yang stared at the passing traffic in a daze, until Ning Ning touched his face with her small hand, and then he regained his senses.

"dad……"

Ning Ning called him in a low voice, she was frightened and had recovered now, knowing that she might have made a mistake just now.

Zhuo Yang looked at Ning Ning, feeling a flash of fear in his heart. If the driver hadn't braked in time just now, he couldn't imagine what Ning Ning is like now.But when he saw Ning Ning's expression of fear and guilt knowing that he was wrong, his heart softened.

When the green light came out, Zhuo Yang walked onto the zebra crossing with Ning Ning in his arms, and after he passed, he said to Ning Ning with a straight face: "You almost never saw your father, grandma and aunt again just now. "

Ningning nodded in a daze and fear. She knew that terrible things would happen after being hit by a car, but those things were only in her imagination and hearing, and those rumors that sound scary are far worse than never seeing them again The matter of parents, grandma and aunt is terrible.

While walking, Zhuo Yang was giving Ning Ning safety education, and he was also reflecting on his lack of vigilance.When she got home, Zhuo's mother saw that the two were covered in mud and water, and after knowing what had happened, she was terrified.

While changing her granddaughter's clothes, Zhuo's mother tapped her forehead, pretending to be fierce: "Did you forget the safety song that grandma taught you?"

Ning Ning hugged Zhuo's mother's neck coquettishly, "Grandma, I haven't forgotten. I'll sing it to you, traffic lights, blink, blink to see clearly; stop at red lights, go at green lights, wait for yellow lights." wait……"

Zhuo's mother also had nothing to do with this big-hearted little girl, so she could only tell her face to face.

Ning Ning listened, and suddenly stretched out her small hand to touch Zhuo's mother's right leg, and asked concerned: "Grandma, does your leg hurt today?"

Zhuo's mother's right leg is empty below the knee. Seven years ago, she was involved in a car accident and her right leg was amputated at the knee. Now, her leg hurts every time it rains.

Zhuo's mother held her granddaughter's little hand, and said with a comfortable smile, "It doesn't hurt today, thank you Ningning for your concern."

After hearing this, Ningning was relieved, and continued to tell her in a dignified manner: "Although it doesn't hurt, you can't miss today's massage. After dinner, Ningning will help you massage."

The table mother smiled and said: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard!" Ning Ning waved her hand, like a little adult, with an expression of why her family is so alienated.

While the grandparents and grandson were talking, Zhuo Yang had already changed his clothes and went to the kitchen to bring out the dinner prepared by Zhuo's mother.

After eating, Ning Ning was taken by Zhuo's mother to take a bath, watched TV for a while, and then went back to her room to sleep.Zhuo Yang sat on the desk in the room, opened the book he usually read, but felt irritable and couldn't read it. He flipped through two pages and went back to bed to sleep.

That night Zhuo Yang had a dream all night.

The scenes in the dream kept changing and changing. At the beginning, he was sitting on the hospital bed on a rainy afternoon in summer, and beside him was Xi Chen, who was looking out the window with his chin propped up, and his face was still immature.Then the scene changed, he was walking in the corridor of the teaching building where the autumn wind was blowing, he passed by a certain class window with a book in his hand, his eyes pretended to glance over inadvertently, and saw Xi Chen leaning on his desk and looking out the window.

The last thing that appeared in the dream was the dimly lit hotel room, with the image of him being pressed under Xi Chen repeatedly contradicting him.