"Fuck..." The man stepped in, the glass door closed with a "bang", Chi Ku took another step back, Tao Huainan heard the man say incredulously, "It's really fucking you!"
His tone made people listen to a very uncomfortable, very unfamiliar voice, Tao Huainan asked Chi Ku: "Who?"
Chi Ku didn't speak, Tao Huainan heard the man swear again, and then said: "I really thought you were dead, how dare you pretend to be a young master here behind my back?"
Tao Huainan frowned, the words he said Chiku died were really harsh, Tao Huainan couldn't help but replied, "Speak well."
"Is this the blind man you serve?" The man looked at Tao Huainan, and then turned his gaze back to Chi Ku.
Chi Ku pushed Tao Huainan behind his back again, and the tattooist who was still working in the hall raised his head and asked, "Who are you?"
"Who am I?" The man shrugged his shoulders and laughed exaggeratedly, "I'm his father!"
Tao Huainan blinked and suddenly understood. Tao Huainan's eyes widened. The memory of his childhood was so deep, he clenched Chi Ku's hand and shouted eagerly, "Brother! Brother—Tao Xiaodong!"
"Hey!" Tao Huainan shouted too urgently, Tao Xiaodong ran out of the kitchen with his food still in his mouth, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Tao Huainan pointed in his direction, pointed to the door and said, "He said it was his father who was late!"
Only then did Tao Xiaodong look towards the door, but he couldn't see clearly because of the backlight. He squinted, then raised an eyebrow.
"You're fucking good, Tao Xiaodong!" The man sneered, in disbelief, "You really took my son away, who are you? What do you think?"
Tao Xiaodong just swallowed the food in his mouth, went to the front desk to wipe his mouth with a piece of paper, and asked him calmly: "Which one is your son? Why don't you call your son here and see if anyone answers you."
"Fart!" Chi Zhide roared angrily, pointing at Tao Xiaodong, "You are abducting a child! Is this your child and you took it away?"
"Then you ask?" Tao Xiaodong looked at the two young ones, "Ask which of them is not from my family? See if anyone is willing to go with you."
"Don't talk to me here, my seed, my blood will be kept everywhere." Chi Zhide came in by himself and sat down on the sofa, lighting a cigarette for himself.
Tao Xiaodong tilted his chin toward Chiku, and said to them, "Go eat, it's none of your business."
Chi Ku frowned, a bit worried and unwilling to leave, and was dragged away by Tao Huainan.
In fact, Tao Xiaodong has been in contact with Grandma Chiku for several years, asking her to call and often send her things. In order to keep the child alive, the old man entrusted the child to Tao Xiaodong. Although Tao Xiaodong essentially raised an extra child, he owed nothing to anyone. But no matter how late he is, he is obedient and worry-free, so that he doesn't have to worry about Tao Huainan all the time, and Tao Xiaodong appreciates it when he thinks well.
Tao Xiaodong just sent some supplements to the old man last month. Seeing that the New Year is coming, he asked his uncle from his hometown to send a lot of things. There is no shortage of meat and food. After all, Chi Zhide was not at home, and there was no one around the old man, so no one took care of these things.
But who knew Chi Zhide would come back this year.
Chi Zhide had been in the south for the past few years, and he was really scared at first, no matter whether it was his own son or not, it would be against the law to beat him to death. But after the first two years, I was not so afraid, and I became a little suspicious, but I was not in a hurry to come back. I started a small business there and became a family again.
This year, it was because I got involved in gambling there and owed debts outside, so I planned to come back and hide.
When I came back and saw that the old man was doing well, I guessed in my heart that the old lady had sold the child and asked her to take the money out.
The old man categorically denied the matter of the child, so Chi Zhide asked where the child was buried, but the old man couldn't tell.
When the incident happened back then, she was panicked, but now she is conscious, and the old lady can't get over it.
In fact, Chi Zhide had been making trouble at home for a while, and the old man couldn't fool him, so he simply stopped talking and didn't ask any questions.
Chi Zhide guessed that what was on Tao Xiaodong's head was the things Tao Xiaodong had sent. The old man lived his life carefully, and he was not willing to throw away anything. He kept the cartons for sale, and also kept the packaging bags, all of which had the sender and address on them.
It's not hard to guess.
Chi Zhide didn't ask for anything when he came here this time, just for one purpose, to take his son back.
It was impossible for Tao Xiaodong to let him take it, but he didn't take the initiative to ask for conditions.
Chi Zhide was playing tricks in the store, which was not easy for Tao Xiaodong. There were so many people in the store, a group of tattooers, it was enough to bluff people.
Chi Zhide didn't dare to make too much noise, but he didn't leave. He stood at the door of the store and said that Tao Xiaodong had abducted the child. Later, he even reported to the police, and the police killed Tao Xiaodong and abducted his son, separating father and son for so many years.
Whether this matter is big or small, since one party has reported it to the police, it is impossible for the police not to deal with it. Pulled all of them back, and made notes according to the process of inquiry. Chiku didn't panic at all, he remembered clearly what happened when he was a child, he told a lot about his father beating him, and said that the records of that time should be found in the hospital in his hometown, and he also showed the police some old scars on his head and body .
The police just go through a process in this kind of lawsuit, and they can't stop it. What's more, they have seen too much, and it is not uncommon for the original parents to play tricks on the adoptive family.
Tao Huainan was left in the store and waited for a long time. Brother and Chiku didn't come back until it was dark, Tao Huainan heard his brother's voice, and asked repeatedly: "Where's Chiku? Has Chiku come back?"
Chi Ku said: "Here."
Tao Huainan touched it by himself, holding Chiku's hand: "Did he hit you? Is there something wrong?"
Chi Ku squeezed his hand and said "it's okay".
Brother Huang was away during the day, and he just came back not long ago. Ask Tao Xiaodong: "How much does he want?"
"I didn't mention it, I'm going to have a baby now." Tao Xiaodong tossed about all day, and all the clients during the day changed their time, and said to Da Huang, "It won't stop these days."
"Then what's the matter?" Brother Huang lowered his voice, not wanting the two children to hear, "Shall I find someone?"
"Don't." Tao Xiaodong laughed, "Let's break up with him slowly, don't engage in violence."
Tao Huainan was overwhelmed with worry, his brows were furrowed all the time, and he didn't separate from Jiku for a moment.
When he was a child, Chiku's father left a deep mark on Tao Huainan's heart, the yelling and cursing in the middle of the night, the sound of the brick being smashed on the door, and the strong smell of blood on the van.
It was all Chiku's blood, Chiku was only so young at the time, and he bled so much that he was drawn out.
Thinking about this, Tao Huainan couldn't help being afraid, Chi patted his back and said, "It's okay."
"I'm so scared," Tao Huainan grabbed Chi Ku with one hand and clasped the sofa with the other, "He won't take you away, will he?"
"Take it away." Chi Ku said calmly, "There is nothing to be afraid of."
Tao Huainan immediately began to shake his head, his eyes turned red in an instant, and he grabbed Chi Ku: "That's not okay, why do you say that, I won't let you go, what should I do if you leave?"
Just thinking about it made me cry, Tao Huainan didn't know what to do: "Don't go, you go back and he beats you..."
"He can't hit me now." Chi Ku pinched his face, "I can run fast now."
Tao Huainan slapped his hand away, but was reluctant to let go, and after he slapped him, he clenched his hand, pinching Chi Ku's fingertips.
Fortunately, it's winter vacation now, otherwise Tao Xiaodong would be really worried, afraid that Chi Zhide would go to school to make trouble. It's much easier to deal with the holidays now, every day Tao Xiaodong takes them wherever he goes, Chi Zhide doesn't have the ability to really do anything with Tao Xiaodong, he doesn't dare.
Tao Huainan has been so frightened that he has lost weight these days. He is afraid that Chiku will be taken away. He can't eat anymore, and he doesn't drink milk. The first thing he does when he opens his eyes in the morning is to touch Chiku next to him. Rubbing his arms carefully, he panicked if he couldn't touch it.
Chi Ku went to the toilet, Tao Huainan felt it was empty, sat up and called Chi Ku.
He didn't listen to the response for a long time, his heart was thumping with fright, and he left the room barefoot.
Tao Xiaodong was cooking porridge in the kitchen, saw him coming out, and asked, "Are you awake?"
Tao Huainan asked, "What about the delay?"
"Let's go to the toilet." Tao Xiaodong didn't pay much attention.
Tao Huainan went to the toilet by himself, Chi Ku was washing his hair, Tao Huainan groped someone and stuck it on his back.
Chi Ku bent over and glanced back, then kicked the slippers to him: "I have no memory."
"I thought you were gone." Tao Huainan breathed a sigh of relief, "Why didn't you answer me when I called you?"
"I didn't hear." Chi Ku continued to wash his hair.
"You can't hear me." Tao Huainan muttered.
Chi Kuo moved his waist, asked him to get up, and said to him: "Don't wake up early in the morning and worry about nothing."
Tao Huainan curled his lips, lost all emotion, turned around and went out while stepping on Chiku's slippers.
After grinding for more than half a month, it seemed that the Chinese New Year was coming, and Chi Zhide couldn't keep grinding. Sitting in Tao Xiaodong's store, I want to chat with him.
Tao Xiaodong just waited for him to chat, led him to the lounge, and let him talk.
Chi Zhide said: "The child is not yours, you can't keep it if you insist, and you can't win the lawsuit."
Tao Xiaodong nodded: "So?"
"Or I will take away my son, and I will keep it for the elderly in the future."
Tao Xiaodong didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.
"If you don't give me one million, this son will be yours. I don't care whether the surname Chi or Tao is alive or dead from now on, and I will never come to you again."
"One million." Tao Xiaodong laughed, "You really dare to ask for it."
"I don't dare." Chi Zhide looked at the room and said with a sneer, "You support such a big store, you are not short of money, you all have money to do this."
Tao Xiaodong ignored him and was silent for about a minute. When he spoke again, he said, "Normally, I wouldn't talk to you, and I wouldn't give you a penny. I'm willing to raise a child. The old lady begged me to come here, but I'm not willing to turn this into a sale."
"But I'm too lazy to mess with you. My brother is worried every day that you will cause trouble, and I'm so annoyed." Tao Xiaodong stared at him, and said calmly, "One hundred thousand, you can hold it if you take it, and pull it down if you don't take it."
Chi Zhide choked and stood up: "Tao Xiaodong, are you playing with me? My son is worth 100,000 with you?"
"not worth."
The door was unscrewed from the outside, Chi Kuo took his words, looked at him and said: "I am worthless, if you want to take me away, you can take it, if you want any money, I will be eighteen in a few years .”
"Shut up for me!" Chi Zhide glared at him, Chiku has changed a lot from before, but he can still be seen as a member of the Chi family at a glance, Chi Zhide scolded twice, and then said, "I didn't talk to you part!"
Tao Xiaodong also said to Chi Ku: "You go out first, Xiao Chi."
"Brother, don't give him money." Chi Ku was very calm, and said to Tao Xiaodong, "If you give it this time, there will be another time. No one in our family will give money."
Tao Huainan didn't sleep well, he woke up as soon as Chi Ku left, and walked over by himself from the sofa, didn't hear anything from the front, only heard what Chi Ku said: "It's no big deal to go back."
Tao Huainan paused, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he blinked his invisible eyes, and then patted Chiku on the back with great strength, making a dull sound through the sweater.