Although Fu Shitian was helping Wang Meifen in the yard, her mind was always on Shi Yi and Fu Jiantao in the living room. She was not afraid that Shi Yi would not be able to handle it, but she was still worried that Fu Jiantao would say something unpleasant and make Shi Yi uncomfortable. She endured it again and again, but she finally couldn't hold it back. Under the pretext of letting Fu Jiantao and Shi Yi taste the nine-segment shrimp that Wang Meifen had just fried, she pretended to carry a small plate and went in to investigate the enemy situation.
Unexpectedly, the living room was empty and quiet, with only a chess board that seemed to have never been moved - there was no trace of Fu Jiantao and Shi Yi.
Fu Shitian's mind was suddenly in a mess. She turned around and ran upstairs, but when she passed by the door of Fu Jiantao and Wang Meifen's dormitory, she heard Shi Yi's calm voice "Okay, I will" from inside.
She stopped immediately, felt a little relieved, and turned to walk towards the door.
Inside the door, Shi Yi and Fu Jiantao stood opposite each other. Shi Yi had her back to the door, and Fu Shitian couldn't see her expression clearly.
She smiled, reached out and knocked on the door, alerting the two people of her arrival.
Fu Jiantao and Shi Yi both turned their heads following the sound.
Only then did Fu Shitian see clearly that Shi Yi seemed to be holding a few brown paper envelopes and a few photos in his hands.
She could vaguely guess what it was, and her heart felt like it was accidentally stabbed. But she still smiled and said nonchalantly: "Why are you here? Auntie just fried some nine-segment shrimps, let me bring them in for you to taste."
Fu Jiantao glanced at Shi Yi, and Shi Yi immediately understood. She naturally raised the envelope and photos in her hand to Fu Shitian and replied: "We suddenly talked about your childhood, and your uncle said he still has a few photos of you when you were a child, so I begged my uncle to find them and show them to me."
Fu Shitian confirmed that those were indeed the photos that Fu Jiantao took every year during those ten years, and then sent to the prison along with the letters for Fu Jianze to see.
She had seen Fu Jianze stroking these photos when he was alone, but she had never paid attention to it. It turned out that after his death, these photos were kept by her uncle.
She moved her throat, narrowed her eyes, and continued to smile: "Uncle, you don't even have the presence of mind to give me some respect."
Fu Jiantao disagreed: "What are you afraid of? You have never been ugly." He asked Shi Yi for confirmation: "Right? Has our Tiantian been beautiful since she was a child?"
Shi Yi nodded: "Yes." She looked at Fu Shitian, said with rippling eyes: "She is so beautiful and cute." Then she put the photo and envelope into her bag.
Fu Shitian didn't notice it at all. Being praised in front of her elders, she felt a little embarrassed, her ears turned red, and she changed the subject: "Do you want a drink? The shrimps are still crispy, and they may be a little dry after eating. Auntie is frying squid rings outside, and she will bring some in soon."
Fu Jiantao responded: "All right, the drinks are piled up in the back warehouse. Let's go out and eat something, dinner may be late tonight."
Shi Yi is quick to follow good advice.
Fu Jiantao went out and walked in front. Fu Shitian was waiting at the door, with a raised corner of his lips, questioning Shi Yi with his eyes.
nailed it
Shi Yi raised his eyebrows, let out a light laugh, and raised his hand to scratch Fu Shitian's nose.
Fu Shitian felt relieved all of a sudden, and peach blossoms instantly blossomed at the corners of his eyes, so bright and beautiful.
Shi Yi couldn't help but his eyes deepened.
Fu Jiantao turned around and wanted to ask them if they wanted to eat fried pancakes, or he could ask Wang Meifen to fry some. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Shi Yi reaching out and grabbing Fu Shitian's fingertips, shaking them affectionately.
He quickly turned around and swallowed his words.
These young people. The smile lines on his lips could not help but waver. Forget it, forget it, girls grow up and cannot be kept.
*
As expected, the dinner was served very late in the evening. During the meal, several people were discussing the specific procedures and matters for tomorrow's wedding. Fu Jiantao and Wang Meifen would also chat with Shi Yi from time to time, asking about her and Fu Shitian, so the meal lasted until nearly nine o'clock. After washing up, everyone could go back to their rooms to rest.
Fu Siyu said it was her last night as a single woman, and pestered Fu Sitian to sleep with her, and asked Shi Yi to lend her his sister for one night. Shi Yi naturally would not argue with her, and generously agreed, took a shower by himself, and obediently stayed alone in the empty room.
The room was where Fu Shitian had slept before, but the bed frame was in very new condition, as if it had just been purchased. The room was not very large, and all you could see were gray cement walls. But maybe because there were too few pieces of furniture, there was only a bed, a small table, and a few storage boxes, so it looked a bit empty.
Shi Yi imagined how Fu Shitian would hide from her grandmother and talk on the phone with him in this lonely little room every time she came home during those years, listening to him traveling to the northern frontier, hanging out at parties, and enjoying the bright lights and feasting. Her heart ached.
She sat upright on the edge of the bed, stroking the young and tender face of Fu Shitian in the photo under her fingers. She finally had time to open the five brown paper envelopes that Fu Jiantao gave her and take a closer look.
The letter paper in the envelope was very thin and had turned yellow with age.
Shi Yi read the letters one by one and found that four of them were written by Fu Jianze to Fu Shitian to celebrate his birthday many years ago when he was still in prison. The handwriting was neat and the words were sincere, but for some reason, they seemed to have not been sent in the end and not even a stamp was affixed.
The letter explained that he was living well in prison and was actively accepting reform. He hoped that Fu Shitian would listen to her grandmother, uncle, and aunt, take good care of herself, and grow up well. He missed her very much and would try his best to get out early to grow up with her, and so on. They were all words of fatherly love.
At the bottom, the letter with the most labored handwriting was the one Fu Jianze left for Fu Shitian's future lover.
At that time, I don’t know if Fu Jianze’s health was not very good, he didn’t write much, and his handwriting was different from the neat and tidy handwriting in the previous letters. It was a bit sloppy, and the size of the characters varied.
He wrote:
My child, I am glad to receive this letter. If this letter can reach you, it means that Tiantian has mentioned me as her father, and you know and accept everything about her, and are willing to accompany her for the rest of her life, love her, protect her and cherish her. Then my biggest worry and concern in this life will finally be solved and I can put it down.
I don't have the blessing, nor the qualification, to hold Tiantian's hand, walk with her down the long red carpet, and personally hand her over to you, so I can only write this thin letter to express my reluctance and blessing as a father. I hope it won't bother you too much.
In this life, I spent too little time with her, and missed too much. Until now, I still often think of her when she just learned to walk, babbling and still learning to talk. She ran towards me with her short legs, calling me "Dad Dad" sweetly, hugged my thighs, and my heart melted. At that time, I picked her up and listened to her giggles. I turned around and told her mother that when I took them home in a sedan chair, I would change her name to Tiantian. I said, in this life, as the daughter of Fu Jianze, I want her to only eat sweet things and not bitter things.
But, I didn't use it.
I deserve to die.
I was the cause of all her suffering.
She had been through a lot of hardship for most of her life. I saw it with my own eyes and it hurt my heart. I once swore that after I was released from prison, I would do my best to make it up to her, take care of her, and be a good father. But I had done too many bad things, and God didn't give me this chance anymore.
I don't have time to love her any more.
I can't wait to see her smile again.
But she is such a good child, I love her so much and can't let her go.
She is kind, tenacious, and responsible, but sometimes she is too self-critical, too stubborn, and too stubborn. Children, be someone who understands her, and be more appreciative, patient, and considerate of her, okay
She is weak, but she often doesn't take it seriously. Can you pay more attention to her, take care of her and watch her more? Your words will definitely work.
She is a thoughtful person. No matter how much pain or injustice she has endured, she is always used to keeping it in her heart and digesting it by herself. Child, can you pay more attention to her, guide her more, and be her support and harbor, okay
Having me as a father is the greatest misfortune in her life.
But she deserves the best in this world.
So, kid, promise me that you will be the greatest luck in her life, okay
Respect her, love her, cherish her, save her from suffering, save her from hardship, save her from displacement, let us Tiantian be like her name, from now on, only eat sweet things and not bitter things, okay
If so, I will die without regrets.
I will always protect you in heaven.
Hold your hand and grow old with you.
Support each other and play the same tune.
Old father congratulations
When writing the last word, it seemed as if he had exhausted all his strength, the strokes were trembling, and the ink seeped through the paper.
Shi Yi was overwhelmed with emotions.
She held the thin piece of letter paper and felt that what she was holding was not paper, but a heavy fatherly love, a deep, belated fatherly love.
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place.
Fu Jiantao said that when he was alive, Lailai never accepted him. Shi Yi did not sympathize with Fu Jianze, but she felt sorry for Fu Shitian.
Originally, her Lai Lai could have had a happy and smooth life. With a loving father and a virtuous mother, she grew up in love and sunshine.
Even if she would never meet her again, even if she could never become her sun or star, it didn't matter.
As long as she can live happier than she is now.
As long as they meet on the road and pass by each other, the smile on her face will no longer have a trace of gloom.
But there is no if in life. Fu Jianze's belated love could not buy him a regret pill, nor could it heal the wounds left in Fu Shitian's heart. In fact, it left a deeper gap.
She looked at the deep and shallow handwriting on the paper, like looking at the life her girl had missed, and her heart was blocked. She carefully folded the letter paper according to the original crease, put it back into the envelope, and put it at the bottom of the bag. Then, she turned off the light, lay on the bed, looked at the ceiling, thinking about the sentence "She had suffered a lot in the first half of her life and experienced hardships", thinking about the little Fu Shitian who was alone in the corner when they first met that year, thinking about the several times Fu Shitian had exiled herself during the years that Fu Siyu told her, thinking about Fu Shitian's lonely words in the morning "Shi Yi, I have many regrets that can't be made up", her mouth was full of bitterness, and even her nose was sour.
She suffered from insomnia and couldn't sleep at all.
I want to see Fu Shitian, hold her hand, feel her warmth, and confirm that she really exists and has really returned to her life.
I don't know how long I tossed and turned, wondering whether I should shamelessly go to the next room and sleep on the floor, when suddenly I heard the sound of a door lock turning at the door.
Shi Yi turned his head, his whole nerves tense.
In the dim light, the door was opened a crack. Under the moonlight, Fu Shitian's slender figure appeared beside the door. With a gentle smile, he closed the door with his backhand, and walked towards Shi Yi step by step quietly.
Shi Yi sat up, and before she could react, he reached out and hugged her in his arms.
Fu Shitian had never expected that Shi Yi was still awake. He almost let out a scream, but when he thought about how late it was, the scream died down in his throat.
She fell into Shi Yi's arms, still frightened, and smiled dotingly, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Shi Yi held her up and sat her on his body, and instead of answering, he asked, "Why are you back?"
Fu Shitian laughed, rubbed his forehead against hers, and said softly, "I'll come back to accompany you."
Shi Yi looked at her soft and bright eyes, hugged her soft body, and his heart suddenly softened as if it was about to melt into water.
I will. Uncle. She couldn't help but lift up Fu Shitian's hair, caressing it lovingly, leaning in close to kiss Fu Shitian's forehead, nose tip, and lips, and promised in her heart:
Come on, it will be Shi Yi’s entire future.
Tiantian will only eat sweet things and not bitter things from now on.
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