Dad is here

Chapter 72

Mu Fengying sat blankly outside the ICU, looking up at the light on the cold door.

In the past few days, Tao Ying's condition has been recurring. In fact, she has given up all treatment and is only relying on painkillers and nutrient solutions to maintain her life. She can't even eat porridge.

Thinking of the "wedding" that will be held the next day, Mu Fengying was very irritable and couldn't help calling Bai Jin.After waiting for a long time for the speaker, he picked it up with a low voice: "Hello, Manager Mu, what's the matter?"

Mu Fengying knew that it must be inconvenient for him to answer the phone again, so she made a long story short: "Tao Ying went into shock in the morning and is in rescue now, Mr. Bai, can't you come here earlier? I'm really afraid...you know, you Can you come over tonight?"

"..." After a while, his sigh came from the other end of the phone, "I'll try my best, I'll call you later."

After hanging up the phone, Mu Fengying felt very powerless. She had only been in contact with Tao Ying for a few days, probably because of her serious illness. Even though the two had the same name, Mu Fengying did not feel close to her.But a few days ago, a brief conversation between them caused some waves in Mu Fengying's heart.

That day, she had dinner with Tao Ying in her ward, and called Mu Yang. At the end of the conversation, she actually got on the phone with Xu Luofeng.

After finishing the call, Mu Fengying felt a little depressed. She sat on the chair sullenly and flipped through the phone album.

Most of the albums are Mu Xiaotao's photos, as well as Mu Feng Ying's smug selfies. Occasionally, there will be a few photos of Xu Luofeng and Mu Xiaotao.

Mu Fengying stared at the phone without blinking, and found a group of sneak photos of her in the supermarket.In the photo, Xu Luofeng was wearing a black coat, pushing a shopping cart, and Mu Xiaotao was sitting in the cart. In the first photo, he was looking down at a bottle of ketchup in his hand. Mu Xiaotao was standing in the cart, His body looks with him.

Xu Luofeng's eyes were downcast, his expression was calm, and there was a faint smile on his lips, while Xiaotao beside him had an innocent expression.

In the second photo, Mu Xiaotao seemed to have said something to Xu Luofeng, and he just looked at her, with an even bigger smile on his face, and slightly raised his hand.

In the third photo, Xu Luofeng was already rubbing Mu Xiaotao's head, while the little girl turned her face up and made a grimace.

In the fourth photo, Xu Luofeng found out that Mu Fengying was secretly taking pictures. He looked at her, and instead of smiling, he looked at her softly.

In fact, he rarely has such an expression.Mu Fengying thought, probably only when facing Mu Xiaotao, would he put away that cold shell and become a gentle and considerate person.

When she was holding the mobile phone and watching intently, Tao Ying's surprised voice suddenly came from beside her: "Ah, this little girl is so cute, this guy is her father? So young and handsome! Who are they?"

Mu Fengying's face was a little hot, but she finally told the truth: "This is my daughter and her father."

"Are you married?" Tao Ying was surprised, with doubts in her eyes, "How old are you, and you have such an old daughter?"

Mu Fengying smiled awkwardly and said, "I... I'm not married."

Tao Ying was stunned: "Huh?"

"I have never been married." Mu Fengying said, "I am a single mother."

"Then, then her father..." Tao Ying pointed to Mu Fengying's phone screen, "The child is with father now?"

"..." Mu Fengying shook her head, "No, with me. The child's father and I only met a few months ago. He didn't even know he had a daughter before."

Tao Ying finally understood, she laughed happily: "So, you are now with the child's father again?"

Mu Fengying wanted to deny it, but when she thought of denying it, Tao Ying would definitely ask why, and she would inevitably have to explain it. The situation was too complicated, so she bit the bullet and nodded, "Yes."

Tao Ying's eyes suddenly became watery, and with Mu Fengying's consent, she took her mobile phone to look carefully again, looking at Mu Xiaotao and Xu Luofeng in the photo, she said: "I really envy you, Xiao Mu .”

"Ah?" Mu Fengying was puzzled.

Tao Ying returned the phone to her and said, "I also had a child before. Just half a year before Bai Jin went to J City, when we had the most quarrel, I was pregnant."

Mu Fengying slightly opened her mouth.

Tao Ying's tears rolled down, and she said: "I wanted to have a baby, but Bai Jin said that there is no house, how to raise a child, and then I went to abort it. It was more than four months ago, and the doctor said it was a boy. .”

She was sitting on the edge of the bed, wearing a woolen hat on her head and a woolen shawl on her body, and the baggy clothes were worn on her bony body, leaving nothing.She stretched out her hand and gestured in the air, and said, "If he is still alive, he would be 14 years old by now, and he is in junior high school."

Mu Fengying didn't know what to say, so she reached out and took Tao Ying's hand.Tao Ying raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and laughed again: "I'm fine, now I think it's good to have no children, I'm not in good health, if I really give birth to him, he will have no mother now."

Tao Ying was rescued but could not be sent back to the general ward. Mu Fengying called Bai Jin to report that she was safe. Bai Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's fine, then I won't come here today, and we will still follow the original plan." Plan, I will arrive in Xi'an at noon tomorrow."

Mu Fengying didn't want to talk to him any more, and after hanging up the phone resentfully, the ringtone suddenly rang again. She saw that it was her cousin Zhao Ning's call.

Mu Fengying picked it up: "Brother."

Zhao Ning's voice seemed to be outside, he asked: "Yingying, are you free tonight, come to my brother's house for dinner."

Mu Fengying said: "I'm sorry, brother, I'm very busy tonight, um...you know, I'm here on a business trip, and I'm going to have a wedding tomorrow, so I guess I'll be busy until late tonight."

After Zhao Ning was silent for a while, he said again: "Where are you getting ready at night, brother, can you help me?"

"No, no, really, I can handle it."

Mu Fengying did not tell Zhao Ning the details of her business trip. This matter is really disgraceful. It is even a little bad luck for the Chinese New Year.

"Then...then what time do you go back to the hotel at night?" Zhao Ning said, "Brother treats you to supper!"

Mu Fengying was dumbfounded: "Brother, how about...tomorrow, I'll be free when I'm done with work tomorrow, I'm really busy today, I'm afraid it will be early in the morning when I go back to the hotel."

"Okay." Zhao Ning sighed, "Be careful, brother will call you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Ning looked helplessly at the two people beside him, one big and one small, Xu Luofeng was wearing sunglasses and a coat, and he was holding Mu Xiaotao, who was wearing cotton puffs and a flower hat.

"Yingying is very busy today." Zhao Ning said, "She is going to have a wedding tomorrow. I don't think it's appropriate for you to meet her today. After all, work can't be sloppy."

Xu Luofeng knew that Zhao Ning was right.He nodded: "Okay, then I'll contact her tomorrow. In the evening, Xiaotao and I will stay at Yingying's hotel."

Mu Xiaotao was extremely disappointed, she raised her mouth, she didn't care about her mother's work, she only knew that she hadn't seen her mother for a long, long, long time.

It has been raining and snowing in Xi'an for the past few days, and the temperature has dropped below zero. Xu Luofeng took Mu Xiaotao to the hotel. He had injuries on his face, and it was raining and snowing outside, so he didn't plan to go out. Mu Xiaotao took a nap.

In the evening, Zhao Ning called him and said he would invite him and Xiaotao to dinner.Xu Luofeng thought about it and agreed.

When Xu Luofeng and Mu Xiaotao came to the restaurant, Zhao Ning was already waiting for them in the box, and beside him were his wife Xiao Cao and 5-year-old son Lun Lun.

Xu Luofeng's ability to communicate with strangers is simply negative. Most of the time, he would put on a cold face, and others would retreat in spite of difficulties.But facing Zhao Ning's family, he knew he couldn't do that. They were relatives of Mu Fengying, so he had to give Mu Fengying face.So, he laughed at Zhao Ning and Xiao Cao, and asked Xiao Tao to call someone.

Xiao Cao was very surprised to see Xu Luofeng wearing sunglasses when he entered the box, and he was even more suspicious when he saw the bruises on his face.Xu Luofeng had no choice but to explain the same way he did when he faced Zhao Ning in the afternoon: "A few days ago... I accidentally fell."

Xiao Cao chuckled and stopped asking.

On the contrary, Zhao Ning greeted Xu Luofeng enthusiastically, he was naturally bold, and seeing Mu Xiaotao at this time was even more affectionate.

"Xiao Tao, come on, I just saw my uncle this afternoon, have you forgotten?" Zhao Ning picked up Mu Xiaotao and brought her to see Xiao Cao and Lun Lun, "This is your aunt, this is your little cousin Lun Lun. Lun Lun , This is the younger sister Xiaotao that Dad told you about, your Aunt Yingying’s daughter, it’s the first time you see her. When Dad first met Xiaotao, she was just born, she was very, very small.”

Xu Luofeng was a little curious: "Mr. Zhao was there when Xiaotao was born?"

"Hey, don't call me Mr. Zhao, Xiao Xu, it's really strange, how old am I than you, just follow Yingying and call me brother." Zhao Ning smiled and twisted the flesh of Mu Xiaotao in his arms. Dudu's face, said, "Xiaotao was born prematurely at that time, more than a month early, I was really worried, so I flew to J City to see Yingying."

Xu Luofeng: "..."

Seeing that Xu Luofeng didn't speak, Zhao Ning thought that he didn't like to talk about this topic, so he immediately greeted him and ordered food. After the food was served, several people started to eat.

Zhao Ning ordered some Xi'an specialties, as well as some snacks and pasta.Mu Xiaotao's eyes lit up when the oily and fragrant mutton skewers were served.

"Father..." She pointed at the meat skewers, and she was a little embarrassed because she was afraid of being born, her eyes were rolling, and her saliva was about to flow down.Xu Luofeng wanted to laugh when he saw it, so he helped her get a bunch of mutton skewers, cooled it down and handed it to her, watched her eat carefully, lest she mess with a stick, and helped her wipe the corners of her mouth with a wet towel.

After Mu Xiaotao finished eating a bunch, she still couldn't get enough of it, she licked her lips and asked her father for another bunch, Xu Luofeng just dealt with her to eat, and she hardly ate much.

Zhao Ning has been watching the interaction between the father and daughter, he felt relieved, and said: "You are back, you are going to be with Yingying, Yingying is finally struggling, Xiao Xu, looking at you Brother is so happy to be so close to Xiaotao! Come, come, drink!"

What they drank was white wine, Xu Luofeng was not used to it, and after two small cups, he was already a little dizzy.

When the meal was halfway through, Mu Xiaotao and Lun Lun were already very familiar with the game. The two children were about the same age, and they were very lively. They played around in the box, having a great time.

Zhao Ning handed Xu Luofeng a cigarette, Xu Luofeng took it, and said, "Brother, go outside and smoke, I have something to ask you."

Zhao Ning nodded, and walked out of the box with Xu Luofeng. There was a smoking area in the corner of the corridor, and they stood there and lit a cigarette.

"What do you want to ask?" Zhao Ning asked.

Xu Luofeng pondered for a while, and said, "Can you tell me about what happened when Yingying gave birth to Xiaotao?"

Zhao Ning stared: "You don't know?"

Xu Luofeng shook his head slowly: "I don't know."

Zhao Ning stared at him for a long time, then sighed after a while, and said, "Xiao Xu, it's a long story."

After dinner, Xu Luofeng took Mu Xiaotao back to the hotel room. He drank too much and his head was already hurting from being beaten by You Xinyang, but now he was even more dizzy.He tried his best to help Mu Xiaotao take a bath and brush her teeth, and finally carried her to the bed.

Mu Xiaotao had a good nap at noon. She was very excited to be in a strange environment at this time, and couldn't fall asleep no matter what.Xu Luofeng lay there lazily, but the little guy raised his head to look around from time to time, and sometimes climbed up on him to tug on his ears and talk to him.

"Father, father..." Mu Xiaotao called Xu Luofeng, the poor man could hardly keep his eyes open, so he could only force himself to answer: "Huh?"

"I didn't watch today's cartoon." Mu Xiaotao suddenly thought of this, her tone was very upset, "Princess Jasmine is about to finish, today she, she will meet Prince Clover."

"Oh..." Xu Luofeng said sullenly, "Dad will buy you a DVD when you get home."

"Prince Clover is so handsome." Mu Xiaotao blinked her eyes and muttered to herself, Gu Lu turned over to look at Xu Luofeng's face.

He turned off most of the lights, leaving only one lamp by the bedside. The light was dim, and his scarred face looked a little hideous.Especially the blue left eye, although the swelling has subsided a little, it is still terrible.

Mu Xiaotao boldly stretched out his hand to poke Xu Luofeng's left eyelid. Xu Luofeng suddenly felt pain and his body trembled. He opened his eyes and glared at Mu Xiaotao: "Xiaotao, Dad will hurt."

Mu Xiaotao pursed her mouth and withdrew her small hand, and suddenly said, "Dad, you're so ugly, will Mom dislike you when she sees you?"

Xu Luofeng: "..."

He pinched Mu Xiaotao's face, and said in a serious tone, "Xiaotao thinks Dad is ugly?"

Mu Xiaotao frowned at him, thought for a while, and said, "You used to be handsome, but now you're not handsome anymore."

"Then what should I do?" Xu Luofeng said, "If Mom doesn't like Dad anymore, what will Xiaotao do?"

He suddenly remembered a question that was often asked to him a long time ago: "Luo Feng, if your father and mother divorce, who will you be with?"

When Xu Pingchuan and Luo Yuqun quarreled, he said: "Luo Feng is my son! He is the seed of my Xu family! Don't even think about taking him away in your dreams!"

Not to be outdone, Luo Yuqun shouted: "Luo Feng is a piece of meat that fell out of my stomach! He is my son! I won't let him call other women his mother!"

Xu Luofeng didn't know what was wrong with him, so he suddenly asked Mu Xiaotao: "Xiaotao, dad asked you, if dad and mom can't be together, who would you like to live with?"

He originally thought that Mu Xiaotao would not be able to answer this question, but unexpectedly, she answered without thinking: "With mom."

Xu Luofeng fell silent, and Mu Xiaotao looked at him cautiously, feeling that her father seemed unhappy.She stretched out her fingers to touch Xu Luofeng's browbones where the Band-Aid was stuck, and said with a very light gesture, "Dad, will you get better?"

Xu Luofeng nodded: "Well, it will be fine."

"Will you still be handsome?"

Xu Luofeng smiled: "Yes."

"Dad, are you in pain?" Seeing Xu Luofeng's slightly frowned eyebrows, Mu Xiaotao leaned over, kissed his left eyelid, and licked it, her voice was soft, "Dad, mom Mine, it doesn't hurt to lick it."

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Mu Xiaotao finally fell asleep.

Before going to sleep, she closed her eyes, holding Xu Luofeng's hand and muttering.

"Dad, I miss Mom so much."

"I want to be with my parents."

"Dad, you quickly become handsome..."

Xu Luofeng was full of wine, snuggled up to Xiaotao, and soon fell asleep.While falling asleep, he was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the mobile phone.He sat up reflexively, and seeing Mu Xiaotao beside him also moved, he quickly reached out to pat her, and pressed the call button without looking at the screen.

"Who?"

He was sleepy, dizzy, and worried about waking Mu Xiaotao up, so his tone was unavoidably harsh.

There was silence on the phone for a while, and then a crisp but slightly tired female voice rang out: "It's me."

"Sakura Sakura?"

Xu Luofeng woke up in an instant. He got out of bed, walked to the window and lifted the curtains to look out. The night was deep, and through the glass, the city of Xi'an in the heavy snow had a quiet beauty. Because the Chinese New Year was approaching, there were fewer vehicles on the road. many.

Mu Fengying responded, and asked again: "Are you asleep? Did it disturb you?"

"No, no." After Xu Luofeng finished answering, he asked carefully, "It's snowing heavily, where are you?"

Mu Fengying was taken aback: "How do you know it's snowing in Xi'an?"

Xu Luofeng replied calmly: "I watched the weather behind the news broadcast."

"Oh... I just got back to the hotel, so tired." Mu Fengying sighed, "Luo Feng, the wedding is going to be held tomorrow, but today... I feel really bad. I... I feel like I'm just I'm getting nervous, why did I agree to do such a thing. This thing is wrong both emotionally and rationally, I... I regret it, what should I do? I don't want to do it!"

Xu Luofeng stood in front of the window, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, and listening to Mu Fengying's illogical words, he comforted her patiently: "Yingying, don't worry, tell me slowly, what happened?"

Mu Fengying said depressedly: "I have told you about Bai Jin and Tao Ying."

"Ah."

"later……"

She told Xu Luofeng everything about meeting Tao Ying after she came to Xi'an, one by one, Tao Ying's serious illness, Bai Jin's seemingly caring but perfunctory attitude, and Bai Jin's whimsical "wishful thinking" ", Tao Ying inexplicably "pushed the boat along the water", and finally talked about Bai Jin's family.

"He has a wife and a son, both of whom are in elementary school." Mu Fengying's emotions have fallen to the bottom, "Luo Feng, I think I'm too bad. How can I be worthy of Bai Jin's wife and children if I do this? To do such a nasty thing, I didn't stop it, but actually helped, I... I'm afraid of being struck by lightning!"

Xu Luofeng said: "Yingying, calm down first, and listen to me."

Mu Fengying sniffed and said, "Say it."

"No one is wrong in this matter, including you. The only one who is wrong is Bai Jin."

Mu Fengying interrupted: "Why am I not wrong..."

Xu Luofeng's voice was gentle: "With or without you, Bai Jin will do this. He doesn't need to go through you, but through other people. This is not murder and arson. He only needs to give money, and some people are willing to do it. You just... …It just happened to happen, so you really don’t have to blame yourself.”

Mu Fengying still finds it hard to accept: "But..."

"Besides, Tao Ying is going to die soon, isn't it?" Xu Luofeng said, "At this time, we, as outsiders, can't judge anything. No matter how bad Bai Jin is, Tao Ying really wants to be with him. We have nothing to say about a wedding. Who can ignore the wish of a dying person? Yingying, the matter has come to this point, and it has nothing to do with you. Tomorrow, after you finish the wedding, put this Forget about it, and don't be bothered by them. What happened to Bai Jin and Tao Ying is what they did, and it has nothing to do with us."

Mu Fengying repeated in a daze: "It has nothing to do with us?"

"That's right, it has nothing to do with us." Xu Luofeng's voice was as low as a glass of wine in the thick night, and Mu Fengying felt that she was almost drunk because, he said, "Yingying, I won't be like Bai Jin of."

Mu Fengying was a little confused about the situation, opened her mouth, suddenly woke up, and said, "What are you talking about! It's late, I, I'm going to sleep."

"Well, go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow." Xu Luofeng stood casually, with his back gently leaning against the wall. He looked out the window and laughed, "Good night, Yingying."

Both of them hung up the phone. Xu Luofeng walked back to the bed and glanced at Mu Xiaotao. She turned over and slept soundly.He also got into bed, lowered his head and kissed Xiao Tao's cheek, closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a while.

At this time, in a big bed room in the same building and on the same floor as them, only three rooms away, Mu Fengying was pulling her hair angrily: "Call you cheap! What are you calling for?"

After venting, she rushed into the bathroom, washed her face with cold water, raised her head to face herself in the mirror, and said through gritted teeth, "Mu Fengying, wake up! I beg you to wake up, please!" Stop dreaming!"

Then, she raised her head again, and covered her face dejectedly: "Oh, but! Why was he so gentle just now, isn't he always talking in a weird way!!"

(End of this chapter)