Slow-Witted - Chapter 59

[Chapter 58]

As Mr. Liu expected, Fu Jia and Lele got along happily, and there were no problems for three days.

The couple packed their luggage with peace of mind and were ready to go on a trip.

Fu Jia deliberately asked for half a day off, first sent Lele to the kindergarten, then rushed to Teacher Liu’s house, went up and down three times, carried all the luggage of the couple into his own car, and drove them to the airport.

“Fu Jia, will it delay your work?” Teacher Liu asked worriedly.

“No delay.” Fu Jia said, “I seldom ask for leave, and occasionally I ask for half a day to be fine.” The

summer heat was severe, and Fu Jia climbed three stairs in a row in order to help them carry their luggage, and his forehead sweated a lot. . Teacher Liu looked distressed, and went to the store to buy a box of ice cream after arriving at the airport, and while showing it to Fu Jia, said: “Don’t go back in a hurry, first eat something cold to relieve the heat.”

Fu Jia took the box of ice cream , smiled: “You take me for Lele.”

Teacher Liu squeezed the tissue in his hand, and wanted to wipe his sweat with his own hands. She often thinks that if she met Fu Jia when he was a child, she would definitely adopt him. If Fu Jia was really her son, she wouldn’t want to care about him like she is now, but it’s because of affection.

“In my eyes, you and Lele are the same.” Teacher Liu handed him the tissue, “You have to take good care of yourself and Lele during the week I’m out, you know?”

She actually had no position against Fu Jia say this. In the past seven years, she has given Fu Jia very little help, and Fu Jia has always taken care of herself.

Fu Jia nodded in response.

Teacher Liu was reluctant to say goodbye to him, and went to check in with her husband.

After more than ten hours of flying, she arrived at her destination. A good friend came to the airport to pick her and her husband up. The three hadn’t seen each other for many years, but they were still as close as they were many years ago, and chatted enthusiastically in the car.

“Ms. Liu, you and Lao Tang have brought too many things, how can you two old guys move?” the friend asked jokingly.

Teacher Tang answered before Teacher Liu: “Isn’t it because you haven’t returned to China for so many years and haven’t tasted the taste of hometown, so I brought it for you and your daughter and son-in-law.”

Teacher Liu also said: “Don’t be polite to me, it is My student drove us to the airport, and he moved all the things.”

“What student?” My friend laughed, “There are not many students with such a conscience now, but you are also a teacher with a conscience, and some students treat you sincerely It’s not surprising.”

Teacher Tang glanced at Teacher Liu and said, “What kind of conscience, she has been partial to this one for so many years, and it’s because he has a good relationship with Qi An.”

Teacher Liu gave her husband a sharp look and explained to her friend : “Don’t listen to his nonsense, even if there is no Qi An, I only prefer this one. Speaking of which, do you still remember Qi An? He is Qi Bing’s son.”

“I remember.” The friend said, “Qi Bing How could I not remember my child. When I was in China, he was still a baby. Qi Bing took him out to play once, but I never saw her again. If she was back then…”

Once a person gets old , it is easy to plunge headlong into the memory, the shock and anger at the beginning have now become regret and regret.

The three fell silent at the same time, and did not mention Qi Bing again.

A few seconds later, the friend took the initiative to change the subject: “You must have never thought that even if you didn’t tell me about Qi An, I would still tell you about him. Although I haven’t seen him in these years, I know that his family is a What, didn’t my daughter graduate with a Ph.D. a few years ago? Now she works in his company.”

“What?” Teacher Liu sat up straight and asked anxiously, “Are you serious?” My

friend was caught by her eagerness. She laughed: “Of course it’s true. Why are you so surprised? Haven’t you contacted him all these years? You were the dean of his high school back then, and you would show it off to us from time to time.”

Teacher Liu hesitated for a moment, Shaking his head: “We lost contact seven years ago, how is he doing now, is everything okay?”

“I don’t know the details. He is a high-level executive in the company. My daughter has only worked for a few years, but my daughter said that he works very rigorously and conscientiously. He works overtime like a desperate person, which makes her have to work overtime every day.”

Teacher Liu said a little Trance.

In the past seven years, she actually contacted Lu Qi’an once, only once. It was also the year when Lele came to her. The principal and vice principal of No. 6 Middle School were dismissed one after another, and the leadership was replaced by a new team. Only she was unscathed and was elected as the principal by the school. She thought she was not capable enough, so she shirked and refused to be the one. That night, she received a call from a stranger.

It was Lu Qi’an calling.

She held the phone in disbelief and excitedly asked him about his situation these years, but Lu Qi’an just asked her: “Why don’t you want to be the principal?”

Teacher Liu was shocked, and did not expect him to be involved in the changes in No. 6 Middle School. She explained to Lu Qi’an why she didn’t want to be the principal, but Lu Qi’an didn’t force her.

At the end of the phone call, Lu Qi’an suddenly fell silent for a while, and asked softly, “Is Fu Jia okay?”

If Mr. Liu hadn’t listened intently to his voice, he might have missed this sentence. Lu Qi’an’s tone was too light, more like a sigh than a question.

At that moment, Mr. Liu’s eyes were red, he choked with sobs, covered the receiver with his hand, and put away the phone.

What else does she not understand?

Lu Qi’an has been treating Fu Jia in a unique way.

Even she, an outsider, gradually understood.

“I haven’t contacted you for seven years…” My friend sighed, “Maybe he is abroad, busy with study and work, so he doesn’t have time to contact you. His father is strict, and Qi Bing was the same back then, too strict. But you Don’t be sad, he should be in touch with you soon, my daughter told me last month that Qi An has returned to China, and she has returned to China to settle down, and all her work has been transferred back to China.”

Teacher Liu opened her eyes wide, in a daze looking at his friend.

Teacher Tang saw that something was wrong with her and asked, “Why are you in a daze?”

Teacher Liu looked at her husband, a little at a loss. For seven years, she had been looking forward to Lu Qi’an’s return, thinking of asking him how he was doing these years. But when this moment really came, the first thing that came to her mind was Fu Jia.

Trembling, she took out her mobile phone and said, “I… I didn’t even know that he came back. I want to call Fu Jia, but, I…”

Teacher Tang held her hand and said, “You Calm down, we have just arrived at the destination, and it will not be too late to call him after we settle down.”

Teacher Liu stubbornly pushed his hand away and dialed Fu Jia’s number.

It was already evening in China, Fu Jia answered the phone and listened to her asking him what happened recently. At first, Fu Jia thought she was worried about Lele, and kept assuring her that she would take good care of Lele. Teacher Liu still hesitated to say something, but couldn’t say it.

After talking on the phone for more than ten minutes, Teacher Liu didn’t say anything clearly, and hung up in a daze.

Fu Jia put down the phone and frowned slightly.

“Finished?” Seeing him end the call, his colleague Gao Xing came over with two cups of coffee, “Let’s go to the balcony to chat for a while.”

“What happened?” Fu Jia asked.

Gao Xing smiled, and said, “Don’t worry, don’t worry about it, just a little personal matter.”

Fu Jia took the coffee inexplicably, and walked up to the balcony with him.

“Looking at your circle of friends, have you been helping your teacher with children recently?” Gao Xing asked.

“Yes.” Fu Jia nodded. He posted a photo of Lele having breakfast at his house in Moments. Teacher Liu liked it very much and urged him to post it several times a day.

“Recently, my wife has been urging me to take the children out to play, scolding me for not taking the children with me. Let’s take the children to the park this weekend. Let’s take it easy when my daughter is with me.”

Fu Jia looked at him with a frown, feeling that he His invitation was weird, but there was nothing unreasonable about it.

He thought of Lele’s kindergarten holiday on weekends, and he didn’t know how to take him all day, so he agreed.

Gao Xing smiled and rolled his eyes, and said, “Then I will thank you first.”

At nine o’clock on the weekend morning, Fu Jia and Gao Xing’s family made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the park. Contrary to Gao Xing’s description, his wife is gentle and kind, not someone who would scold her husband angrily, and he himself is not as good at raising children as he said, and is skilled in taking care of his daughter, even more skilled than his wife.

Puzzled in his heart, Fu Jia knelt down and said to Lele, “Say hello to my sister.”

Gao Xing’s daughter was still a baby who couldn’t speak, lying in the stroller and spitting bubbles.

Lele lay on the side of the stroller, stared curiously at her chubby face, and said hello to her.

Before entering the park, Gao Xing’s wife went to a nearby store to buy a lot of snacks, she gave Lele a rainbow cotton candy, and said with a smile: “The children who come to the park will buy cotton candy, do you want Lele? ”

Beautiful rainbow cotton candy, the first convenience store at the exit of the subway station is selling it.

Fu Jia remembered.

Lele’s eyes lit up, and she looked up at Fu Jia. Fu Jia smiled and said, “Take it, thank you, Auntie.”

Lele took the cotton candy and said, “Thank you, Auntie!”

Gao Xing’s wife touched his head and praised him for being polite.

A group of five people walked into the park. Fu Jia saw that a shop by the roadside was selling balloons with cartoon designs, so she bought two, one for Lele, and one tied to Gao Xing’s daughter’s stroller as a gift of cotton candy.

Gao Xing pushed the stroller, and his wife followed closely beside him, holding a parasol in one hand and holding his arm in the other. They are a closely linked family, even their shadows are superimposed.

Fu Jia lowered her head and saw that Lele’s white and tender face was flushed from the sun, her brow was sweating, and her soft hair was sticking to her forehead. Knowing that he hadn’t thought about it, he let Gao Xing’s family go first, and he went back to the store where he bought the balloons before, and bought a sun hat for Lele.

After putting on the sun hat, Fu Jia led Lele to rest under the shade of a tree, hoping to wait for the redness on his face to fade before going to Gao Xing.

Lele was sitting on a wooden chair dangling her feet, holding the balloon in her left hand and the cotton candy in her right hand, devoting herself to eating. The marshmallows are too big, even for adults, and it is even harder for children to eat. The candy sticks to his mouth, he stretches out his hand to wipe it off, he opens it with his left hand, the balloon runs away, he wants to pull it off, he opens it with his right hand, the marshmallow falls off.

Lele: …

he pouted his mouth, ready to cry. I looked up to pull the balloon hanging on the branch, but if I couldn’t touch it, I squatted down, trying to pick up the marshmallow.

Fu Jia stopped him, patted him on the back and coaxed him: “Lele doesn’t pick it up, it’s fine if you drop it, uncle will buy you another one, the balloon should be back, uncle, try it, okay?”

Lele He let out a hum, and tried not to cry.

Fu Jia stood up, looked up at the string hanging from the balloon hanging on the tree, tiptoed, and reached for it.

The sun shines through the lush branches and leaves, casting mottled shadows on his face.

There has never been a more dizzying moment in my life than this.

One hand stretched higher than Fu Jia, lightly holding the string of the balloon, and pulled the balloon down.

The man was standing behind Fu Jia, very close, but not close enough. The aura of the two blended together for a moment, and dissipated like smoke in the next moment.

Lu Qi’an took the balloon down, handed it to Lele, and asked, “Is this yours?”

His voice was cold, Lele was a little afraid of him, lowered his head slightly, and timidly stretched out his hand to take the balloon, not daring to say thank you .

Lu Qi’an turned around and looked at Fu Jia. Compared with looking at a four-year-old child, his eyes on Fu Jia are much softer.

In fact, he wanted to give the balloon to Fu Jia.

[End of This Chapter]