rejuvenation

The blackout curtains in the room are still drawn, and only a ray of morning light shines through the gap, which is not bright. I haven’t seen Xiao Ke for five years. His cheeks are a little thinner, and there are still some stubbles on his chin, but he is still full of masculinity. Seeing that I was obviously taken aback, my eyes were fixed on me, and finally I couldn't help but approached the bed.

Of course he would be surprised, because I look exactly like Lin Guansheng in his impression when he was a child. I bet he must be thinking, am I really an adopted son?If I had a six-year-old biological son, it would probably offset the guilt he felt about leaving me to get married. For some reason, I felt sore at the thought that he would misunderstand me.

He approached the bed, lowered his head slightly, and looked at my face. He was too tall, 1.8 meters tall, so he gave me a great sense of oppression. He asked softly, "What's your name?"

I opened my mouth, but suddenly felt ashamed to say Xiao Wu's name... What would Lin Guansheng think if his adopted son had his surname?I suddenly felt ashamed of my little thoughts, thinking that it would be too late to make up Lin Wu.

But he thought I didn't understand, so he asked me again in English slowly, but Liu Qiang who was beside him said: "His Chinese name is Xiao Wu, Caotou Xiao, barren Wu, and I have read his storybook. Name, he can speak Chinese."

Xiao Ke's body suddenly shook greatly. I was still annoyed, but he slowly squatted down, stretched out his hands and hugged me gently. I felt his hands trembling slightly. He asked softly, "Your surname is Xiao?" ?”

I held on to the idea of ​​breaking the pot and said nothing, but his face slowly filled with great grief, and finally he hugged me tightly and pressed me into his arms without saying a word.

He had a very strong smell of tobacco, and it took more than 20 hours to fly from the domestic H city to Colombia. He must have been smoking to have such a strong smell of smoke.But I didn't feel disgusted, because his warm embrace was something I had lost for a long time. I curled into his embrace, closed my eyes, and let him hug me even tighter.

Soon he calmed down and spoke to me in a low voice: "Your father...he is just missing. I will try my best to find him. During this period, you should live with me first. I will take good care of you. Don't worry."

Then he asked me some questions, many of which I had asked Liu Qiang before, such as when I set off, where I separated from my father, what happened when I saw my father last, what it was like when the mountain torrents came, and do you remember the location.

I knew very well that he probably still needed to search and rescue, but this was a fruitless search and rescue. I made some half-truths and half-hypotheses, and asked them to minimize the scope of the search and rescue and end the search and rescue as soon as possible.He went out and made a few phone calls, and after a while Liu Qiang was dismissed by him. He probably made some guarantee for my belonging. Liu Qiang came in to say goodbye to me, and asked me to listen to Xiao Ke's words, and then he felt relaxed as if he had put down a burden. out.

Xiao Ke was very considerate to me. He asked someone to bring in the food. He watched me eat while he sat. It was obvious that he really wanted to smoke. Have a meal.

He should have brought a lot of men here, but they all lived outside, and he was the only one who lived in the guest bedroom where Liu Qiang lived before.I saw that people began to call and report to him. He didn't talk much, but his instructions were very consistent. I felt a little guilty when I thought that his poor subordinates were destined to return in vain, but I couldn't help it. I couldn't think of myself. If you tell Xiao Ke that I suddenly reverted to a six-year-old body, I have no choice but to remain silent.

Fortunately, the government's search and rescue has basically ended, and now they are all pacifying the disaster area. Although bodies have been found in various places, more are missing people. Those buried in the mountain torrents will never see the light of day again. He searched for a few days , became more and more silent, and the tone of calling his subordinates became more and more tense, as if they were about to explode at any time.

I noticed that he seldom ate, just watched me eat, occasionally drank some soup by himself and then put it down.He smokes a lot. Although he deliberately walks out of the corridor or faces the window every time, I can smell the strong smell of smoke on him every time he gets close to me.

I watched his face getting more and more ugly, his eyes gradually sunken in, and finally I couldn't help it. This day, while he was out, I found a few leftover potatoes and cucumbers from the refrigerator, and made a hot and sour cold potato shreds and salad green cucumber, then boiled porridge and put it on the table.

When he came back from the outside, his whole body was filled with irritability and his face was dark. He was stunned when he saw me coming out to meet him, and he forced a gentle expression to me: "No news yet... The TV station posted a missing person notice and offered a huge reward, so there should be news—the embassy is also stepping up contact.” He spoke to me like an adult, which made me feel good.

I sighed inwardly, and said to him, "It's hot outside, let's eat something."

He looked at the two small dishes on the table, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he sat down. I served him a bowl of porridge, and he picked up a chopstick of cold potato shreds. Whispered: "Your father taught you, right?"

I don't talk... In fact, I only know these simple side dishes. It is Xiao Ke who can really cook good dishes. I used to suffer from heatstroke. When it was hot in summer, I couldn't eat, so I could only eat light porridge and side dishes , I don’t touch greasy and fish meat at all, sometimes I eat a salted duck egg and porridge for a meal, and I lose weight in summer, and then I catch a cold easily, so he tried his best to make light and appetizing dishes for me to eat, and tried every means to make me eat Eat an extra bowl, he is always so gentle and considerate, and people who have been taught this gentle and considerate will never forget it.

He ate a few mouthfuls, but he couldn't eat anymore, and managed to finish the bowl of porridge, under the long eyelashes, the corners of his eyes were very red, I stood up to pretend for him, he quickly stopped and said: "Xiaowu... No need, I'm not hungry, have you eaten yet? Is the food they sent not to your liking, do you want to cook it yourself? "

I shook my head, and served him a bowl of porridge. Seeing that he didn't speak, he smiled helplessly, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Your father has always been afraid of the heat in the bitter summer, but he just stayed in this tropical place." So many years..." He choked up, stopped talking, lowered his head and forced himself to finish the porridge, then put the bowl away, and went to touch the cigarette case. I held his hand and said, "Smoking is not good."

He was stunned, patted my head, and said in a low voice: "Uncle just wants to clear his head and refresh himself...Since Xiao Wu said so, I won't smoke."

I took the dishes to wash, but he kept looking at me, silent.

After the advertisement was published, he went out more diligently. There were news from various parties every day, and he was busy checking.

I felt deeply guilty when I thought that he would probably have to face many swollen and swollen corpses that were so soaked in water that they couldn't see their faces.

Every day I wait for him to come back, then make him a light side dish, watch him eat it, and then go to bed. In fact, when I think about going back to China, I will probably leave him and be arranged into a family. I cherish the days with him very much, I never thought that I would have such a day to live with him.It seems that becoming a child is not so unbearable, at least if I am still the 26-year-old Lin Guansheng, I will never have such a day.

he is already married.