Dad is here

Chapter 62

After having breakfast in the hotel, Mu Fengying went to a bridal shop near the clock tower. She provided the receipt to the clerk, who helped her take out the wedding dress covered in the dust bag.

When Mu Fengying took out the wedding dress for inspection, the clerk chatted with her: "Is this your wedding dress?" Mu Fengying smiled and shook her head: "No, it's a friend's wedding dress of mine."

The clerk nodded: "Let me just say, this wedding dress is so narrow, how thin a person can wear it."

Mu Fengying just laughed, and then she took another bridesmaid dress according to her own size, and left the bridal shop.

On the way to the hospital by taxi, Mu Fengying called Bai Jin.

"Mr. Bai, everything is ready. The church, the pastor, the wedding dress, the wedding car, the photography, and the wedding decorations are all done. Now the only thing I need is a groom."

"I see. Wait a minute. I'll check the calendar." Bai Jin paused and said, "You set the wedding on Thursday afternoon, which is the 11th."

"It's only Monday today." Mu Fengying didn't understand. "Isn't it possible tomorrow? Or the day after tomorrow, why is it delayed until Thursday? Mr. Bai, the Chinese New Year is coming on Saturday, and I want to go back to be with my family."

Bai Jin's tone was full of guilt: "I'm really sorry, Manager Mu, I really can't leave these days. Even on Thursday, I can only take the morning flight there, and then take the evening flight back."

Mu Fengying was dumbfounded: "You can't even stay overnight?"

"Yes."

"But...you..." She considered her words, but still said, "You haven't seen Tao Ying for many years, can't you stay with her for a few more days, even a few more hours! You know, she's running out of time."

"..." Bai Jin was silent for a long time, and finally said, "I'm sorry."

Mu Fengying was so angry that she hung up the phone directly.

She rushed to the hospital with her wedding dress on, took the elevator up to the inpatient department familiarly, and came to a single VIP ward.

The ward faces south and has a small balcony. Many flowers and plants are planted on the balcony. A woman wearing a woolen cap and a cardigan is standing in the sun, watering the flowers with a water bottle.

Hearing Mu Fengying's voice, she turned her head, with a warm smile on her pale face: "Xiao Mu, you came so early."

Mu Fengying put the wedding dress on the table and said, "Sister Tao, I brought your wedding dress, do you want to try it?"

Tao Ying put down the water bottle and walked back to the ward slowly. After washing her hands, she unzipped the dust bag. Looking at the white wedding dress, she gently stroked the skirt with her fingers, shook her head and said, "Don't try!" gone."

She was so thin that she could only vaguely tell from her facial features that she used to have a pretty face. Now, years and illness have destroyed her body. The first time Mu Fengying saw Tao Ying in the ward, she was really scared One jump, even after a few days of contact with her, she still can't accept her almost withered appearance.

However, Mu Fengying admitted that Tao Ying's mentality is still very good.She has been in the hospital for half a year. She is very aware of her condition and knows that her time is numbered, but she is not depressed and hopeless. In the last days, she arranged her affairs in an orderly manner, and rationally asked everyone around her to Feel scared.

Mu Fengying remembered the first time she and Tao Ying met. On that day, she carried her luggage and came to Tao Ying's ward at the address provided by Bai Jin. Tao Ying was surprised to see her and asked, "Who are you? Who told you to come here? What are you here for?"

Mu Fengying felt strange and said, "Mr. Bai Jin entrusted me to come here."

"Bai Jin?" Tao Ying read this person's name, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes, "I haven't contacted him for a long, long time."

Mu Fengying briefly told Tao Ying what happened, and finally she said: "Miss Tao, I did not promise Mr. Bai to host this wedding, but for some reason, I think I'd better come to see you in person to compare Okay. Miss Tao, maybe I'm meddling in my own business, I just want to ask, do you really want to have a wedding with Mr. Bai so much? Even if it's completely fake. "

Tao Ying stayed on the hospital bed the whole time, listening to Mu Fengying's words with a smile on her face. After listening, she laughed even harder, and even her stomach hurt.She pressed her stomach and coughed a few times, still with a weird smile on her face.

Mu Fengying was puzzled, and Tao Ying laughed and coughed for a while before she spoke: "I have never, ever, never approached him and said that I want to hold a wedding with him. This is entirely his own imagination, based on The reason for this is probably because I wrote a blog a few years ago, saying that the regret in my life is probably not being able to marry happily before my parents were alive, making them feel uneasy when the two elders leave.”

Such a situation was beyond Mu Fengying's expectation. She stood there in embarrassment, staring blankly at the haggard woman on the hospital bed.

Tao Ying waved to her friendly, let her sit by the hospital bed, and asked, "What's your name?"

Mu Fengying took out a business card and handed it to her, saying, "My name is Mu Fengying."

Tao Ying took the business card, saw the wedding name of Cherry and Mu Fengying's name printed on it, and was delighted: "Oh, your name is the same as mine, they are both Cherry Cherry, and your company name is Cherry wedding, what a coincidence."

Mu Fengying smiled and did not correct her, but her name was Sakura's Sakura.

"My parents call me Yingying, how about you?" Tao Ying said with a smile, "I think I should call you Xiaomu, and you can call me Sister Tao."

"Okay, Sister Tao." Mu Fengying was still thinking about what was going on, but Tao Ying said to herself: "Xiao Mu, you are so young, and you look so beautiful."

She looked at Mu Fengying carefully, and then asked: "How old are you this year? Are you married? There must be many boys chasing a girl like you."

Mu Fengying was surprised by her familiarity, she opened her mouth and didn't answer, Tao Ying seemed to have noticed, and said: "I'm really sorry, no one has come to see me for a long time, I don't bother to talk to the nurses every day, it's rare When I met a young and good-looking girl like you, I changed my words a little bit, don't be surprised."

Mu Fengying shook her head: "No."

Tao Ying didn't care about her alienation at all, she said, "Come on, Xiao Mu, tell Sister Tao what Bai Jin said to you."

Mu Fengying didn't hide anything from Tao Ying, she didn't take money from Bai Jin, and Bai Jin was not her client, so, regarding the story of Tao Ying, Mu Fengying told her exactly what Bai Jin had said. I said it again.

As a result, Tao Ying almost burst out of laughter, laughing so much that the nurses came in to let her inhale oxygen.

After inhaling oxygen for a while, Tao Ying said to Mu Fengying: "I now find that men seem to be more cranky than women. He said that I never fell in love again? What does he know! He just knows shit!"

Mu Fengying: "..."

Tao Ying's version of the story is completely different from Bai Jin's.

After Bai Jin went to City J, he found a factory as a source of goods and rented a stall in a small commodity market.Booth fees and purchase fees cost him and Tao Ying all their savings, but his business was not doing well, so he had to accept the reality of losing money.

The desperate Bai Jin found a job selling cars in a car dealership. He was handsome and had many years of teaching experience, and his eloquence was good. At that time, the quality of life of ordinary people was undergoing great changes, and more and more families bought cars. , Bai Jin made the first pot of gold in his life in a crooked manner.

At this moment, he met a client's daughter, who was a beautiful rich daughter.The young girl fell in love with him, and she pursued him passionately, promising to take him out of the car dealership, live a comfortable life, and even start her own business.

Bai Jin told Tao Ying all this. He even said that Tao Ying would give him another five years. After five years, he would divorce that woman and come back to marry Tao Ying.Tao Ying's response to him was: she never answered his calls and cut off any contact with him.

A few months later, she learned the news of Bai Jin's marriage from her old classmate.

Tao Ying was leaning on the back of the bed, embroidering a piece of cross-stitch in her hand, and said slowly: "Of course I fell in love later, and there were more than one." She wrenched her fingers at Mu Fengying, "The first one is me. My colleague, he has always liked me, and when he saw that Bai Jin and I broke up, he came to chase me. I have been with him for half a year, because our personalities are not compatible, and because he basically knows about me and Bai Jin, so There was still a knot in my heart, so we split up. The second one was a company employee. My relative introduced me to him. He was very nice and I liked it, but his mother thought I was too old. I was 32 at the time. So it was unpleasant for a while, and then I saw that the other party was in pain, so I broke up with him. He visited me a few months ago and cried when he came, so I advised him not to come. People who have wives and children Why do you want to make people misunderstand and be sad? The third one was met when I was traveling. I took his car in Dunhuang and found out that he was from my hometown. We got together when we came back. It won't be long, the other party is a prodigal son and has no intention of getting married, and we will break up slowly."

Seeing Mu Fengying's stunned expression, Tao Ying laughed: "I didn't look for it later, because my parents were sick, and I was the only child, so I had to go back to take care of them, and the time passed. Wait. My parents have both left, and I found out that I am 37. In the next few years, I just followed the fate, walked around, my parents saved a lot of money for me, and I also had a good job. So the past few years have passed by, I didn’t feel bitter at all, and it was quite colorful. The only regret is that I was not in good health and couldn’t live for a few more years. But now I am alone, unencumbered Hang up, go to accompany my parents after leaving, I don't feel so scared anymore."

She really didn't look like a dying person. Although her face was skinny, there was a soft and shining light in her eyes.

Mu Fengying asked, "Where are your relatives?"

"They scrambled to take care of me, for my inheritance after death. Later, I did a notarization and donated all my property to the orphanage after my death, and they never came again." Tao Ying seemed to be telling a joke about someone else's family, " Xiao Mu, don't believe Bai Jin's words, don't believe men's casual oaths, they are stupid and selfish, in this world, apart from parents, women can only rely on themselves."

Mu Fengying felt that she was a fool for coming all the way to Xi'an. She thought that after seeing Tao Ying, she would experience an unforgettable, sad and sad love story, but it turned out to be so absurd!

She asked anxiously: "Sister Tao, then... there is no need for a wedding, right? If that's the case, I'll go back."

Unexpectedly, Tao Ying stared, raised her eyebrows, and showed a meaningful smile at the corner of her mouth: "Why don't you do it, Bai Jin is so enthusiastic, why don't I give him face. Besides, I really haven't seen him for many years." I met him, and this meeting means marrying him, oh, how interesting you say this!"

Mu Fengying couldn't understand Bai Jin's thoughts, let alone Tao Ying's thoughts, but she really didn't want to go back and face Xu Luofeng, so she just stayed in Xi'an, rationalized her thoughts, and thought about what she should do in the future. what to do.

She lived in the hotel, and in the first few days, as the middleman between Bai Jin and Tao Ying, she was very busy with their weird "wedding".Bai Jin said that everything about the wedding was completely decided by Tao Ying, and Tao Ying agreed unceremoniously, and asked Mu Fengying to hold the wedding in the church.

She is a devout Christian, and Mu Fengying took her baptism certificate to several churches in Xi'an, and finally chose a magnificent church as the wedding venue.

When she paid, the person in charge of the church asked her for a copy of the couple's marriage certificate. Mu Fengying lied and said that she didn't bring it, and the other party's management was not strict, so she let her pass.

After confirming the church, Mu Fengying began to make meticulous preparations. She contacted a local wedding company in Xi'an, ordered the wedding car, wedding decoration, flowers and photography, and went to the bridal shop to order Tao Ying's wedding dress.

On Sunday, Mu Fengying was free. She stayed in the hospital with Tao Ying in the sun for a while. Tao Ying wanted to take a nap, so she persuaded Mu Fengying to go back to the hotel to rest.

Mu Fengying said goodbye, but she didn't go back to the hotel. Standing on the street, she was wrapped in a down jacket and stared blankly for a while, then waved and stopped a taxi, saying that she was going to Dacha City (a place name in downtown Xi'an) , non-city).

When the car arrived at the destination, Mu Fengying got out of the car and turned into the North Lane of Xuanfeng Bridge. After walking for a while, she got lost and had no choice but to call her cousin Zhao Ning.

Zhao Ningda Mu Feng Ying is 7 years old. He is the grandson of Mu Yang's aunt. He once studied in university in J City.When Zhao Ning was in J City, he would go to Mu Fengying's house to play on weekends, and he got along very well with this distant cousin.

Mu Fengying asked Zhao Ning: "Brother, I am in Dacha City. Do you remember that the house you rented for me was in the east lanes of the North Lane of Xuanfeng Bridge? There is Dongyi Lane, East Second Lane. Daoxiang, Dongsandaoxiang, I asked, they have eleven alleys!"

"Then how do I remember!" Zhao Ning was very surprised, "You finished your work? Why did you go there?"

"I'm off today." Mu Fengying smiled slightly, "I haven't been to Xi'an since then, and I miss that old lady. Her surname seems to be Wang. I want to visit her."

Zhao Ning knew what Mu Fengying was thinking, recalled it, and said, "It's probably near East Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth. There is a snack bar at the entrance, and the building is dark yellow."

Mu Fengying thanked her and started looking for it slowly.After 10 minutes, she found it.

It was a very simple three-storey building, which quietly stayed in the alley, with mottled walls and dirty glass, it seemed that it hadn't changed at all in the past few years.

However, at the entrance of the small building, the old lady Wang who has been smiling and basking in the sun, and her native dog named Dawang are missing.

Mu Fengying stood upstairs and looked up. The window on the second floor was pasted with a big red happy letter, which seemed to be a wedding room for the couple.At this moment, a middle-aged woman came downstairs carrying garbage, she inadvertently glanced at Mu Fengying, and was taken aback for a moment.

Mu Fengying also saw her, and seeing the woman looking at her quietly, she laughed and said, "Auntie."

"..." The woman opened her mouth, but she couldn't say Mu Fengying's name.

In fact, Mu Fengying couldn't pronounce her name, so she pointed to the upstairs and said, "I rented your house before, and I lived on the second floor."

"Oh! Oh! Yes! It's been several years." The woman patted her head with a smile, "Little sister, why are you here?"

"I'm in Xi'an on a business trip, and I want to see Grandma Wang."

"Look at my mother? Sigh..." The woman was a little surprised, and then sighed, "She passed away, the year before last, and she has been gone for two years."

Mu Fengying stared at her blankly, and suddenly became very sad in her heart.

If Grandma Wang didn't exist, maybe she wouldn't be what she is now.

Mu Fengying stood in front of the small building. The woman had already entered the building. The sounds of pedestrians and vehicles came from a distance. Mu Fengying looked around, and her thoughts seemed to return to five years ago.

March 2005, 3 was Mu Fengying's 21th birthday.

It was a Monday. On the previous Saturday and Sunday, Mu Fengying originally wanted to stay in the rented house and spend the weekend with Xu Luofeng. She was in love with him, and she wished to be together every second, but Mu Yang couldn't help it. So I called her a lot and told her to go home on weekends.

Mu Fengying had no choice but Xu Luofeng sent her back to Jialan Mingju. After arriving home, Mu Fengying found out that Mu Yang called her back impatiently, just wanting to celebrate her birthday earlier.

"Father!" Mu Fengying said angrily, "It's fine if I come back for dinner on Sunday night, why do you insist on telling me to come back on Friday! I... I'm very busy!"

Mu Yang blew his beard and stared: "What can you be busy with, little girl? Is there an exam recently? Is there any major homework? Are there any school activities to participate in? Last time I called your dormitory, Xiao Deng said that she is not busy with her studies recently. , I don’t even know what you’re up to! You’re not in the dormitory all day long, and you’re all on your cell phone. Your girl’s family is too outrageous! Say it yourself! How long has it been since you came back for the weekend? Last week! Last week! You thought you were studying in Beijing? You were local! Local!"

Mu Fengying was trained to be a little shorter by Mu Yang, and she couldn't refute at all. Seeing her guilty look, Mu Yang suddenly had a thought in his mind: "Yingying, are you in a relationship?"

"No." Mu Fengying waved her hands again and again.

Mu Yang stretched out his hand to poke her forehead: "You are 20 years old, and if you really want to fall in love, your father will not strongly object, but your father must meet the boy at school, and a father who is not qualified will not agree!"

Mu Fengying asked curiously: "Father, what is the qualification standard?"

"Hmm..." Mu Yang rubbed his chin for a while and said, "Healthy, kind-hearted, strong sense of responsibility, cheerful personality, the family doesn't need to be rich, the key is to have a harmonious atmosphere, you don't need to be top-notch in your studies, just be self-motivated. The most important thing is to be nice to you! Oh, and don't be too handsome, Dad, I hate the little boy in my life."

After finishing speaking, Mu Fengying completely gave up the idea of ​​letting Mu Yang come to see Xu Luofeng.

She stayed at home for three days and two nights, and it seemed like years.On Sunday night, Mu Yang personally cooks Mu Feng Ying's favorite dishes. Mu Feng Ying sneaks into the kitchen, steals a piece of braised chicken wings, and casually says, "It's not sweet enough. It would be great if I made Coca-Cola chicken wings."

Mu Yang said unhappily: "Just talk but don't do anything. When will you cook a meal for Dad?"

Mu Fengying said triumphantly, "Just do it! If you do it, buy me a laptop!"

The computer in her bedroom is a desktop, and it is very inconvenient to move home during the winter and summer vacations. She has been arguing to buy a laptop. When Mu Yang scratched her nose, Mu Fengying yelled: "Dad, your hands are so oily!"

Mu Yang chuckled and said, "Go to your room and see what's under the pillow."

Mu Fengying was very excited when she heard that, Sa Huan'er ran back to the room and threw away the pillow to see that it was a silver-gray laptop.

"Dad, I love you so much!" She ran back to the kitchen, hugged Mu Yang's neck and kissed him on the face, "How do you know I like this one!"

"I'm your father!" Mu Yang still had a straight face, but he laughed after a while, "Study hard, learn English well, and Dad will send you out to study."

Mu Fengying pouted, "Who said I'm going out."

After eating with her parents, blowing out candles and eating cake, Mu Fengying was ready to go back to school.It was already 6:[-] in the evening, and Mu Yang said he would drive her off, but Mu Fengying insisted on refusing and insisted on taking the bus by herself.

Mu Yang was puzzled: "You never dared to take the night bus back to school alone before!"

Mu Fengying spoke righteously: "Father, you taught me not to be so delicate!"

She carried a new notebook bag and went out. When walking in the community, she walked evenly, not afraid of her parents peeping upstairs. As soon as she left the gate of the community, she ran happily. At the corner, Xu Luofeng's car had stopped in there.

Mu Fengying sat in the passenger seat, leaned over and hugged Xu Luofeng, she buried her face in his chest, after a while, he lifted her cheek with his fingers, and kissed her hard.

When his breathing became disordered, Mu Fengying scratched his back, and she murmured: "Luo Feng, Luo Feng, I miss you so much!"

Xu Luofeng didn't answer, but just lowered his head and kissed her intently.

The next day was Monday, Mu Fengying invited her roommates to eat at the food court at noon, and in the evening she and Xu Luofeng went back to the rental house, Xu Luofeng asked her if she wanted to eat outside, Mu Fengying shook her head and said: "No, make it at home Let's eat."

She likes to call this rental house "home", and likes to wear an apron to cook in this small house for her favorite man.

On this day, and a few days ago, Mu Fengying did not mention her birthday to Xu Luofeng.Subconsciously, she felt that he didn't like these things.Although he celebrates his birthday every year, his brothers tricked him into organizing it. Xu Luofeng thought it would be nice to have a meal with a group of people on his birthday, otherwise he really didn't know how to spend the day.

Mu Fengying felt that she had celebrated her birthday. At home, with her parents, she ate a big meal, cut the cake, and took presents. There was no need to do these steps again with Xu Luofeng.What's more, she felt that being able to be with Xu Luofeng on her birthday was already the most perfect gift.

She made dinner briefly, and while washing the dishes, Xu Luofeng walked into the kitchen.

Standing beside her, he suddenly took out a box and handed it to her: "It's for you."

Mu Fengying's hands were full of foam, and she looked at the box stupidly. Seeing that she didn't answer, Xu Luofeng opened the lid of the box and took out a pink crystal bracelet.

Mu Fengying remained silent all this time. Xu Luofeng lowered his head and tied the bracelet on her wrist. The crystal clear bracelet became even more shiny when it touched water and soap. Xu Luofeng raised his head and unexpectedly found that Mu Fengying's eyes were red up.

"Why are you crying?" He rubbed her head, "When I went to the mall on Saturday, I saw this and bought it by the way."

Mu Fengying looked at him anxiously: "You went to the mall on Saturday? Why didn't you call me? What did you go shopping for?"

"I just... just wander around." Xu Luofeng twitched the corners of his mouth and coughed, "It seems to be your birthday these few days."

"En." Mu Fengying nodded shyly.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Happy birthday, Yingying."

(End of this chapter)