The spring sun is very warm, and it is very comfortable to shine on pedestrians.
The flowers and plants in the green belt are flourishing, and under the blue sky, the street view of flowers and willows is pleasing to the eye.
But Ms. Xiao's mood was completely opposite to today's weather, melancholy and gloomy, her eyes fixed on the daughter she was holding.
"Yaoyao, look, how nice the weather is today." Her heart was sad, but the young woman's face did not show a trace, she spoke to her daughter gently with a kind smile, "The subway station will be here soon, Mom will take you to the zoo to see pandas by car, are you happy?"
The girl she was holding was about eight years old, wearing a cute denim suspender skirt, her hair was carefully braided into two braids, her head and round-toed leather shoes were decorated with bright yellow daisies, which matched the Zhang Yuxue's cute little face can definitely be called exquisite and beautiful.
But at this time, the little girl did not respond to her mother's inquiry, and even her facial expression did not change. Her eyes were looking straight ahead, and there was no interaction other than the habit of walking forward because she was being held by her hands.
It was as if she didn't hear her mother's voice at all.
But in fact, Ms. Xiao knew that her daughter Yaoyao heard it. Yaoyao's body is very healthy, especially after she returned to the family and took 12 minutes of care to take care of her, she never got sick again.
But so what
Physical illnesses are easy to cure, but mental illnesses are difficult to cure.
Thinking that her daughter has changed from a little angel who can dance and laugh to what she is now, in the past year, Ms. Xiao was heartbroken.
Once again, there was no response. Ms. Xiao just pursed her lips, suppressed the bitterness in her eyes, and continued to talk to her daughter: "Yaoyao doesn't like zoos, so she ignores her mother? Then let's go to the botanical garden, shall we? I told my parents that you like the botanical garden in spring the most, because there is a small daisy flowerbed that you like, you talk to your mother now, and your mother will take you there, okay?"
There was no answer, no eye contact, the little girl just stopped as her mother stopped, and there was no other response.
"Yaoyao still doesn't speak? Then mother will treat you as if you don't want to go, or continue with the original plan to see giant pandas?" Ms. Xiao took the child's hand and continued to walk slowly, "The weather is so good today, as soon as I can see A lot of animals. Not only giant pandas, but also lions, monkeys, ostriches, beautiful peacocks... Yaoyao, you haven't been there for a long time, haven't you?"
Today, I am still singing a one-man show, but there are some things that I do year after year, and I actually get used to it after a long time. So Ms. Xiao continued to talk to her daughter.
"What animal do Yaoyao like to see the most? We will be the first to see it when we arrive at the zoo. Let mother guess, is it a giant panda? Or a big tiger? Otherwise... Yaoyao!?"
Before the words were finished, the little hand that was being held by her obediently suddenly broke free, always walking around like a quiet baby's daughter and running forward.
After a brief panic, Ms. Xiao immediately caught up.
Later, I saw my daughter push the door and break into a shop.
A little girl who was not accompanied by an adult suddenly broke into the teahouse, went straight to the window area without sterilizing her shoes or putting on a shoe, and screamed loudly at the window while pulling on the glass wall, instantly alarming everyone in the teahouse.
what's the situation
The little girl's series of movements were so fast and sudden that Song Xinmin, who was closest, couldn't react.
"Meow! Huang Meow!" She was still slapping the glass partition vigorously, with a high voice and a loud slap, which directly scared all the cats in the window basking in the sun.
"Little girl, you can't do this..." Song Xinmin immediately walked over to stop him, and when he was about to approach the little girl, the door bell rang again.
"Yaoyao!" It was Ms. Xiao who came in a hurry.
A few minutes later, Yaoyao was held in her mother's arms and sat face to face with the manager in a corner of the teahouse.
"Sorry, boss, my Yaoyao has caused you trouble, and I didn't know she broke in suddenly today." Holding her daughter, Ms. Xiao kept apologizing and greeting.
And Yaoyao, who was being held obediently, stared straight at the orange cat in Manager Lin's arms. The little girl was silent, staring at the cat with a blank expression, so Lin Lan couldn't help raising her hand to cover it slightly. Keep a gentleman's eye.
For cats, especially when they were a stray in the early days, looking them in the eye meant a date. Although the gentleman probably won't stretch his claws because of her training, in the face of a child who is obviously not very normal, Manager Lin thinks it's better to take precautions.
Yaoyao was very dissatisfied with her actions. The little girl's expressionless face showed signs of crying. She reached out and wanted to cross the table to grab the gentleman: "Huang Miao! Mine! Give it back to me!"
If her mother had not known that her daughter would be in trouble, and hugged her firmly in advance, the gentleman might have been caught in a piece of skin.
"Wow—" Yaoyao didn't achieve her goal, her cries burst out, her words and deeds were very arrogant, and Lin Lan felt that if her mother hadn't held her, the child might immediately roll in place.
"Yaoyao, don't do this! That's not your Huang Miao, it's someone else's!" Ms. Xiao took a lot of effort to finally reassure her daughter.
The child's cries attracted Wang Jiayi and Song Xinmin in the teahouse to approach them unconsciously. It was fortunate that there were no guests this afternoon, otherwise they might have been scared away.
But even so, these two waiters who were actually graduates from prestigious universities were both frowning and staring at the little girl.
"This... madam, your child's behavior... seems to be autistic?" the eldest lady said at this time.
Song Xinmin didn't say anything, but he also showed approval.
Calling people should not, not responding to the line of sight, not communicating with others, only focusing on self, still a child... In their cognition, it is very consistent with autism, which is the manifestation of childhood autism.
"No! My daughter is not autistic!" Ms. Xiao's shoulders trembled, and she almost retorted by holding her daughter in her arms, "Yaoyao is not an autistic child, she was just temporarily stimulated and closed herself!"
It was obviously a rebuttal, but the mother still burst into tears.
"My child was fine until the age of six... It's all my fault, it's all my fault that my father and I were always busy with business and neglected to take care of her, which made Yaoyao become like this... "
Maybe she was eager to explain that Yaoyao was a healthy child with no problems, or maybe she just wanted someone to talk to. Ms. Xiao told Lin Lan and the three of her family's experience.
The Xiao's and his wife opened a shop to do business. They came to Xicheng as a couple from other places to work hard. At this age with a small savings and a child, how could they slack off. After the couple opened the shop, they focused on earning money to support their family. Although they love their children very much, there is always not enough time. If they want money, they cannot spend more time with their children, and if they want to spend more time with their children, they cannot earn more money. The couple is planning for the future of the family, but they still choose to make money.
Because of this, Yaoyao grew up in a free-range manner.
Although her parents didn't accompany her very much, the little girl didn't feel uncomfortable because she opened a shop by herself and was very close to her parents. In addition, there were many neighbor children who could play with her. She had a very pleasant childhood and had a very lively personality.
Perhaps it was because of too much free-range breeding that an unexpected tragedy occurred later.
One day a year ago, Yaoyao went out to play with the neighbors' children, and these bear children ran to the nearby abandoned construction site. When the other children came back when it was dark, Yaoyao didn't come back.
The Xiao family was almost insane that night. They took their neighbors and even called the police to search in the dark for three hours. Finally, they found Yaoyao in a coma and trembling in an abandoned well.
Since then, the lively little girl has become unable to speak again because of this fright. She has closed herself up and ignored the outside world.
"I really regret it, why I've been so busy making money but didn't take care of Yaoyao!" Ms. Xiao whimpered sadly, "If I had been more careful at that time, looked at the sky more, and asked the neighbors more, it wouldn't matter. As for leaving Yaoyao alone in a terrifying abandoned well for so long, she was only six years old at the time!"
And now it's too late to say anything.
"I'm no longer busy with business. When I return home, I will accompany Yaoyao wholeheartedly, take care of Yaoyao, and will not let my daughter encounter any accidents. But so what, it's already too late... "
The grieving mother repented and heard the three young people on the opposite side unconsciously sad, but Yaoyao, who was held in her arms, did not react at all. It seemed that because the memory of that night was too frightening, in order to protect herself, she put all the fear in her. All the emotions inside were blocked out.
However, the child is now reacting to the gentleman.
Lin Lan thought so, and removed the hand covering the cat's head. As soon as the gentleman showed his face, the expressionless child began to shout excitedly: "Meow! Huang Meow!"
The little girl stretched out her hands again and made a gesture of wanting to hug the orange cat in the confinement of her mother.
Looking at her behavior, Lin Lan suddenly recalled all her words and deeds when she first rushed into the teahouse and then sat down to talk, and a flash of light flashed in her mind.
"Did Yaoyao also meet a cat that night? That cat is very similar to my gentleman, so she misidentified it." She said suddenly, "Yaoyao who fell into the abandoned well once I saw it at the mouth of the well and wanted to reach out and hug it many times!"
Whether it's slapping the glass wall, grabbing the cat across the table, or even trying to reach out now, it's all about trying to hold the gentleman in his arms. It was as if she was trying to stretch her arms under that abandoned well, and firmly hugged the only hope that gave her spiritual support.
"Cat...?" Ms. Xiao's tearful eyes were stunned, and her expression fell into memory. Suddenly, she seemed to be shocked by something, "It seems... Before we found Yaoyao that night, we did hear a cat meowing there. It was because of it. It took me a while to be led to check the situation there."
Speaking of this, she couldn't help covering her mouth, and the tears couldn't help falling again.
That dark and helpless night, it turned out that a cat helped them find the child!
The hidden story that lasted for a year because the child woke up and fell ill was solved today because the daughter ran into a very similar cat.
"Boss Lin, Lin." Ms. Xiao wiped away her tears and looked at the cat in Lin Lan's arms earnestly, as if she saw the hope of healing her daughter, "Can you give me this cat, no matter what the reward is, I will give it to you. Willing to pay!"