Dad is here

Chapter 73

The alarm bell rang on time at 7 o'clock, and Mu Fengying stayed in bed for a while and forced herself to get up.She opened the curtains wide, and the room was suddenly bright.

She squinted her eyes and looked out of the window. The snow didn't stop, flakes of snowflakes were flying in the air, and the whole city turned into a white world.Mu Fengying was a little bit regretful in her heart. Those who were in charge of the wedding celebration were most afraid of the wedding being in a rainy and snowy day. She once hoped that all this would end in a sunny afternoon, which would also make the whole event less cloudy.But looking at it now, even God seems to think that this matter is not worthy of a sunny day, so he simply gave back to Bai Jin with heavy snow that lasted for several days.

However, Mu Fengying was still a little excited when she thought that everything would come to an end on this day. She was eager to return to her heart, and tried her best to put those messy emotions behind her.

After breakfast, she went out and rushed to the hospital where Tao Ying was with her cosmetic case.She was a little confused, Tao Ying was very weak these days, the weather was bad, the doctor didn't allow her to go out at all, and Mu Fengying didn't know if her body could bear this wedding.

This year's New Year's Day coincided with Valentine's Day, and the price of roses in flower shops skyrocketed. The flowers used for the wedding were brought by Mu Fengying and Xiao Cai, a colleague from Xi'an, to the market the night before in the wind and snow.On the way to the hospital, Xiao Cai called Mu Fengying and said that the flowers on the wedding car were already being arranged, and the decorations in the church would be finished at noon. Xiao Cai asked, "When will the groom arrive?"

Mu Fengying rubbed her temples and said, "It's about noon. I called him just now and he turned off the phone. He must be on the plane."

When they arrived at the hospital, Tao Ying was no longer in the ICU, and the nurse told Mu Fengying that she returned to her single ward at her own request.

Tao Ying's ward was decorated very warmly by her, with a photo of her and her parents on the cabinet, green plants on the balcony, cross stitch on the wall, and a few plush dolls on the bed.Tao Ying told Mu Fengying that she had already sold the house of herself and her parents, and she would leave in this ward in the future, so she hoped that this place could feel like home.

When Mu Fengying came to the ward, she found that there was a gentle man in his 30s in the ward.Tao Ying was lying on the bed and had already woken up. She waved to Mu Fengying and said weakly, "Xiao Mu, let me introduce you. This is my cousin Tao Yuan. He has been abroad. He came back this year for the New Year. Let me know." It was only after I called that I found out that I was sick, so I came here to see me."

"Ah, hello." Mu Fengying nodded to Tao Yuan.

Tao Yuan also said politely, "Hello, Miss Mu."

Tao Ying smiled and said, "Tao Yuan isn't married yet. In this case, there will be no shortage of best men, and there will be people who will lead me into the church."

Mu Fengying suddenly felt a little sad. On this day, she was a bridesmaid and she was also doing makeup. She put the makeup box on the table and said, "Sister Tao, do you want to take a bath? I will help you put on makeup after washing." gone."

"Okay." Tao Ying said, and then asked, "When will Bai Jin arrive?"

"Hurry up." Mu Fengying whispered.

Tao Ying was supported by the nurse and sat up. She took a mirror on the bedside table to look at her face. Her hair was very sparse, her complexion was sallow, skinny, and even her eyes were cloudy.She stroked her cheek, sighed, and said, "It's good for him to see me now."

While Tao Ying was taking a bath, Mu Fengying received another call from Zhao Ning. Zhao Ning called her to have dinner together. Mu Fengying said, "Come over when I'm done. Just give me the address."

Zhao Ning said, "I'm going out this afternoon. It's snowing heavily today. Where are you? I'll pick you up."

During this period of time, due to the Spring Festival travel and snow, the roads were very congested during the day, and it was difficult to take a taxi. Mu Fengying agreed after thinking about it, and told Zhao Ning the address of the church.

After talking on the phone, she began to organize the wedding dress, wig, accessories and leather shoes that Tao Ying would use later, and finally saw the diamond ring in the jewelry box.

This diamond ring was bought by Mu Fengying, and Bai Jin asked her to buy it according to Tao Ying's instructions, and Mu Fengying bought the simplest style on her own initiative.

She has observed countless weddings, and every wedding will have a link of exchanging rings. Mu Fengying has always felt that the bride at this moment is the most beautiful.When the groom slowly puts the ring on the bride's left ring finger, their future lives will be closely linked.

Mu Fengying remembered that she had a wedding. Before exchanging rings, the groom said to the bride: "I love you, and I am willing to be ordained for you for life."

Not to mention whether these words were too nasty and hypocritical, at least at that moment, Mu Fengying saw the tears flickering in the bride's eyes.

She carefully looked at the ring that belonged to Tao Ying, and thought, when Bai Jin put it on Tao Ying's finger, it would not be romantic or beautiful at all.Mu Fengying knew that under the watchful eye of God, this sacred ceremony would only be completely reduced to a farce.

Xu Luofeng took Mu Xiaotao to the restaurant for breakfast and it was already 9:[-] in the morning. After hanging up Zhao Ning's phone call, he felt very happy.

But Mu Xiaotao was in a very, very bad mood.She didn't want to stay in the hotel anymore, so she pestered Xu Luofeng to act like a baby, saying that she wanted to find her mother, but Xu Luofeng coaxed her a few words and couldn't persuade her, so she simply cried hard.She ended up sulking alone in the corner of her hotel room, shielding herself with floor-to-ceiling curtains.Xu Luofeng went over to pull her, but she twisted her body and shook off his hand.

Xu Luofeng was very helpless, and told her that her mother was at work and that she would be able to see her in the afternoon.Mu Xiaotao didn't believe it at all, and said loudly, "You lied!"

"Father didn't lie to you." Xu Luofeng simply sat on the ground and hid behind the curtain with Mu Xiaotao. He pointed out the window and said, "Look, it's snowing so hard."

Mu Xiaotao pouted her little mouth high and angrily stopped ignoring him. Xu Luofeng reached out to rub her head, and her little hand hit him cracklingly, accidentally hitting Xu Luofeng's nose.

"Oh..." he let out a low cry, not sure if it was real pain or just pretending, he covered his face tightly with both hands, Mu Xiaotao looked at him in a panic: "Dad..."

Xu Luofeng rubbed his nose, seeing Mu Xiaotao looking at him with tears in his eyes, his heart almost melted.He hugged Mu Xiaotao, let her sit on his lap, and asked, "Does Xiaotao want to go out?"

"Yeah." Mu Xiaotao nodded again and again, "You said you took me to find my mother, and I want my mother!"

Xu Luofeng thought for a while and said, "How about this, Dad will take you to a place in the morning, and in the afternoon, let's go find Mom, shall we?"

Mu Xiaotao's eyes widened: "You promise!"

Xu Luofeng smiled: "I promise."

He took Mu Xiaotao and went out, bought an umbrella at the convenience store in front of the hotel, and boarded a taxi with his daughter in his arms.

According to the address Zhao Ning gave him, the car arrived in Dacha City, Xu Luofeng picked up Mu Xiaotao and walked into the alley.

It was raining and snowing, and the chill was overwhelming. He hugged Mu Xiaotao tightly, using his own body temperature to keep her warm.The cold wind made people's cheeks hurt, and Mu Xiaotao tightly wrapped her neck around his neck, pressing her small face into Xu Luofeng's shoulder, obediently not making a sound.

Xu Luofeng managed to find the small dark yellow three-story building. The roof, eaves and window sills of the small building had long been covered with snow, making it look more lonely and quiet in the depths of the alley.

Xu Luofeng's trousers and back were already wet from the rain and snow.He hid under the eaves, put Mu Xiaotao down, hesitated for a while, and knocked on the door.

A middle-aged woman opened the door, looking at Xu Luofeng who was wearing sunglasses and covered with scars, she was very vigilant, and then looked down at Mu Xiaotao who was beside him with a confused expression, her expression eased a little.

"Who are you looking for?" she asked.

Xu Luofeng said: "I'm looking for an old lady Wang."

The woman froze for a moment and said, "Looking for my mother? She has been dead for two years."

Xu Luofeng frowned, with disappointment in his eyes.

The middle-aged woman said strangely: "What's going on these days, people are always looking for my mother, and a girl came to look for her a few days ago, she was a former tenant of our place."

Xu Luofeng knew that it was Mu Fengying, and he didn't find the person he was looking for, so he decided to leave, but just as he was about to speak, Mu Xiaotao pulled his trouser leg and said, "Dad, I want to be nice!"

Xu Luofeng was speechless. He looked around and asked the middle-aged woman where there was a public restroom nearby. The woman looked at Mu Xiaotao's flushed face and the snowflakes behind them, and said, "The public restroom is far away. Come in."

There is heating in the house and it is very warm.Xu Luofeng took off Mu Xiaotao's woolen hat and scarf, took off her little down jacket, and led her to the bathroom.

After helping Mu Xiaotao to use the toilet to wipe her buttocks, Xu Luofeng washed her hands again.These days, he's gotten used to doing this, and he won't be in such a rush as he was the first few times.

Xu Luofeng thanked the middle-aged woman and wanted to take Mu Xiaotao away, but the little girl was attracted by a little yellow dog in the house. She ran over and squatted on the ground to play with the puppy. The puppy barked and shook at her Mu Xiaotao laughed, and turned to Xu Luofeng and said, "Dad, there is a puppy!"

"Well, be careful." After Xu Luofeng finished speaking, he looked at the house. The furniture was very old, decorated in the style of many years ago, and there were signs of water seepage in the corners.

The middle-aged woman saw that Mu Xiaotao was cute and liked puppies, so she didn't urge them to leave.She had already rented out a few rooms in this house, and there were quite a lot of people in the family, so she was not afraid, so she asked Xu Luofeng openly: "Do you want to rent a house?"

"No, no rent." Xu Luofeng shook his head.

"What's the matter with your face?" She was quite gossip.

Xu Luofeng had already said it very slipperily: "I accidentally fell a few days ago."

"Hehehe... It's really strange that you can still fall like this in wrestling." The woman asked again, "Then you came to see my mother, what's the matter?"

Xu Luofeng said: "The girl who came to see Mrs. Wang a few days ago is... my wife. I know that she lived here for a few months. Mrs. Wang took good care of her, so my daughter and I wanted to visit her. Mrs. Wang."

The middle-aged woman thought about Xu Luofeng's words carefully, then turned around and went to the kitchen to pour them two cups of hot water, she suddenly slapped her head: "Oh! I remembered! It was the one who rented a house on the second floor, and then his stomach got worse and worse. Big girl! Is that her?"

Xu Luofeng's chest felt a little congested, he nodded: "Yes, it's her."

"It really is her! But I can't even remember her name." The middle-aged woman glanced at Mu Xiaotao, who was playing with the puppy, and asked in surprise, "Is this the girl's daughter?"

Xu Luofeng nodded: "Yes."

"Yo! You are so old! Are you her father? Is that girl's husband?" The middle-aged woman laughed, "Alas... It has been many years, my mother has been gone for two years. She is alive From time to time, I would still chatter, saying that the girl didn’t know what happened after she came home. If my mother knew that the girl had given birth to such a cute little girl, she would be so happy, she likes children the most.”

The tenant of the room on the second floor withdrew before the Chinese New Year.The middle-aged woman took Xu Luofeng and Mu Xiaotao upstairs, and said she wanted to show him the room where Mu Fengying used to live.

Opening the door, a smell of mothballs came out.Mu Xiaotao covered her nose, but Xu Luofeng stood motionless at the door.

This is a very small room, 10 square meters in size, simple, cramped, dilapidated, without a bathroom.

There was very simple old furniture, wrinkled wallpaper, discolored floors and crumbling lamps.

The only appliance was a battered air conditioner on the wall.

This room is completely incomparable to Mu Fengying's home in Jialan Famous House back then, not even the house that Xu Luofeng rented outside Z University, and even the student dormitory in Z University!

Xu Luofeng couldn't imagine that at that time, Mu Fengying was pregnant, but left her hometown and came to this city alone, and lived in such a small house for more than three months.

She defected to Zhao Ning, but she didn't tell Zhao Ning about her pregnancy. She just said that she took a semester off and wanted to go out to relax, and begged Zhao Ning not to tell her parents, otherwise, she would go to a Couldn't find her place either.

Zhao Ning is a careless man. At that time, his son was not yet one year old and needed to be taken care of. After renting a house for Mu Fengying, he didn't care much about her. He usually called her at most, but he never found out. The fact that Mu Fengying is pregnant.

The first person to find out was Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang took the local dog Dawang to bask in the sun every day at the door of the house, and Mu Fengying was bored staying in the room, so she sometimes came down to get some air.

An old lady, a young girl, and a dog have become a fixed scene in front of this house every day.Until one day, Mrs. Wang asked Mu Fengying: "Little sister, are you happy?"

Mu Fengying turned pale with shock.She wore loose clothing every day, thinking that no one would notice.

She ate poorly, couldn't keep up with nutrition, and had morning sickness to some extent, so she was still very thin after more than four months of pregnancy.

After Mrs. Wang asked Mu Fengying a few words, the young girl hugged her knees and cried.Mrs. Wang didn't know what she was thinking at the time, and she didn't tell her children about it. She began to take care of Mu Fengying's diet, and cooked dishes by herself every day. Here, lie to children that they eat by themselves.

These simple but heartfelt meals all entered Mu Fengying's stomach.

She stayed alone in Xi'an, the city where she spent her summer vacation when she was a child. She didn't go anywhere, but stayed in the rented house all day long, playing DVDs on her laptop.

She was often in a daze, and sometimes cried. When she was with Mrs. Wang, she would cry on her knees, while Dawang lay obediently at her feet, licking her hands friendly.

These things were all told by Mrs. Wang to her children after she left.

In January 2006, half a month before the Chinese New Year, Zhao Ning finally remembered to come and see Mu Fengying.

Mu Fengying usually lives in seclusion, and no one in the small building except Mrs. Wang found out that she was pregnant, but Zhao Ning came after her. At this time, Mu Fengying was already pregnant for more than five months, and she had gained weight , Zhao Ning was suspicious at the first sight of her.

He had the experience of his wife being pregnant, and seeing Mu Fengying's ecstasy, he forcibly held back and didn't ask any questions, and called Mu Yang as soon as he got home.

Xu Luofeng stood at the door of the small building, holding Mu Xiaotao with his left arm and holding an umbrella with his right hand.

The middle-aged woman stood beside him, pointed to a corner a few meters away, and said, "Here, that's right there. When the girl's parents found her, they met there. I happened to be talking to my neighbor at the door that day. , saw all of them, and only then did I know that the girl was pregnant."

At that time, Mu Fengying had just returned from a walk outside. At dusk, she walked to the corner with her stomach outstretched and her back supported, and she stopped suddenly.

Five or six meters away in front of her stood Mu Yang and Feng Yunxiu.

Mu Fengying was desperate at that time, she didn't want to leave or stay, Mu Yang strode up to her, his face was ashen, and he raised his arms high.

Mu Fengying's whole body was stiff, she closed her eyes, retracted her neck and turned sideways, covering her stomach with both hands.

The expected slap did not come down for a long time, she maintained this posture for a long time, and finally had the courage to look back at her father.

Mu Yang's hand was still raised in the air, but his fingers had already clenched into fists, and his face was covered with tears. A tough man under 50 just stood in the middle of the alley, crying like a child .

Mu Fengying also cried, she was shaking like a leaf in the wind, Feng Yunxiu walked over slowly, gently hugged Mu Fengying into her arms, and said: "Okay, don't cry, my idiot Yingying, Mom and Dad are here to pick you up."

Before Xu Luofeng left, the middle-aged woman asked him curiously: "Where were you back then?"

Xu Luofeng froze on the spot holding Mu Xiaotao.

Back then, he was in Los Angeles, empty in mind and empty in body, with his first girlfriend.

He and Lu Yunfan shared a high-end apartment, where they could spend as much as they wanted.He continued with his studies, thinking little about the past and looking too far into the future.

Only in the dead of night, he would wake up suddenly from his dream, and reach out to the side to fish it, it was cold and empty, he would get up to smoke a cigarette, indulge himself and miss the girl he used to be.

When he came to Los Angeles, he didn't bring anything else about her, only the horn comb.

One day, he went to the bathroom and couldn't find the comb again.

He asked Lu Yunfan, and Lu Yunfan said, "Oh, that comb was cracked, so I threw it away."

Seeing Xu Luofeng standing there in a daze, Lu Yunfan asked: "Why, is this comb... very important?"

"No." Xu Luofeng turned around, "It's just an ordinary comb."

"Father, it's so cold!" Mu Xiaotao's voice recalled Xu Luofeng's thoughts.He stood in the alley and looked back. Among the flying snowflakes, the small dark yellow building stood quietly.

He imagined that girl walking in this alley like he is now, with her belly protruding high, walking very slowly, and finally reached the destination, but there was no warm person or thing to greet her .

She could only go back to that simple and even dirty room, and spend that hopeless but hopeful day in silence, day after day.

"Father!" Seeing that Xu Luofeng was always in a daze, Mu Xiaotao was very dissatisfied. She pulled his collar and said anxiously, "You promised to take me to find my mother! I want to find my mother!"

Xu Luofeng looked at her, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go find mom now."

(End of this chapter)