Mei Fang carried Lin Youxi on his back as they walked in the cemetery in winter. The ground was very slippery in winter. Lin Youxi had fallen to the ground before because she ran too fast, so Mei Fang would pause for a moment after every step.
Lin Youxi leaned quietly on Mei Fang's shoulder. His strong and broad back made Lin Youxi, who was originally in a confused mood, feel very at ease. She also unconsciously recalled the warm scene when her father carried her on his back to watch the fireworks.
It would be great if it could always be like this...
"By the way, Youxi, why aren't you afraid of ghosts at all? How dare you come here alone..."
"Why should you be afraid?"
Lin Youxi asked in confusion: "Every grave here is for someone that others dream of but never see."
"Besides... my mother is here too."
Listening to Lin Youxi's explanation, Mei Fang felt that the softest part of his heart was touched.
"That's true."
What a good boy.
Mei Fang carried Lin Youxi on his back and sat down on a bench in the small wooden shed outside the cemetery.
"Please sit here for a while. It's hard to get a taxi here. I'll go to the roadside to hail a taxi."
"Uh-huh."
Lin Youxi rubbed his hands, looked at the environment of the wooden shed, and suddenly spoke up:
"I think we used to be here together when we were kids."
"Yes, it was raining that day, so we were hiding from the rain, and then..."
Mei Fang went out to get a taxi before she finished her words. Lin Youxi's eyes followed Mei Fang's back, and she couldn't stop smiling tenderly.
Why does Alfang always appear when I need him the most
During the New Year period, cars were coming and going. Mei Fang quickly got a taxi and hurried over to greet Lin Youxi. Now that she could walk by herself, Mei Fang just helped her get into the car.
However, before getting on the car, Lin Youxi called Mei Fang again.
"Where are we going?"
"Where are we going... aren't we going to your house?"
Lin Youxi shook her head. "I don't want to go home tonight. I don't want to see him."
The memory of Mei Fang's death suddenly attacked him: "So you are not going to follow Yuan Yuan and run away from home?"
Lin Youxi shook her head. "I'm not running away from home. I just don't want to stay at home."
"Then come to my house first. I'll ask Yuanyuan later if I can let her let me live with you."
"Um."
Lin Youxi pursed her lips and nodded.
Mei Fang took Lin Youxi back to his home in a taxi. The first thing he did when he got back was to take out the small first aid kit at home and help Lin Youxi treat the wound on her knee.
"It's already scabbed over a bit. Does it still hurt?"
Lin Youxi shook her head, "Much better."
"Yeah, that's good. Do you want something to eat? I'll get it for you."
"I'd like something hot."
"Then I'll make you a cup of milk. It's the student growth milk powder that Xiaoya usually drinks."
"good."
"Oh, by the way, I have to call your father and Yuanyuan first, otherwise your father will be worried about you."
Lin Youxi didn't say anything, but just sat on the sofa wrapped in a blanket, in a trance.
"Ah Fang...what do you think?"
"About my dad... wanting to find me a new mother."
Mei Fang put down the phone again.
"This... After all, it's your family matter, and it's not easy for me, an outsider, to say anything."
"My words..."
Mei Fang, who has the mind of an adult, can understand Lin's father's intention to remarry at this time.
He raised Youxi alone when she was very young. He took care of Youxi's schooling and daily life, and was busy with work. He had no private life of his own.
But if we only consider the relationship from the perspective of married life, it is not quite right, because according to Mei Fang's understanding of Lin Guochuan, he is definitely not that kind of person, otherwise he would not have waited until 10 years to consider this matter.
"I won't say anything like 'your father is doing this for your own good, you should be sensible'... Your father must have made a great decision before talking to you about this."
Mei Fang thought for a moment and said, "I just don't agree with your idea that dad has abandoned mom."
"You're already planning to be with another aunt, isn't that considered abandonment?"
"Let's assume that your mother could look at you in front of the grave, and see you crying and shouting in front of her, why does everyone have a mother, but you don't? Wouldn't she be sad? Wouldn't she want to accompany you..."
This is what happened four years ago when Lin Youxi and Mei Fang went to visit her mother's grave.
To this day, Mei Fang still vividly remembers the scene of Lin Youxi looking up to the sky and crying.
He left the phone and went to the kitchen to get the milk powder. While making milk for Lin Youxi, he continued:
"Because your mother can't be with you to love you, I think she might support your father's decision."
"What's more, your father has been waiting for your mother for 10 years. Those were the most precious and energetic 10 years in his life as a man. He was always sticking to his love for your mother. I think he is already amazing..."
"Then... what do you think," Lin Youxi raised her head and looked at Mei Fang, "if my father marries a new aunt, will he still remember my mother?"
Mei Fang nodded. "I believe he will never forget your mother. You will still visit your mother six times a year, or even more? In short, this is the impression Uncle Lin left on me. Of course, you are his daughter, so you must know him better than I do."
He handed the milk to Lin Youxi. Holding the hot milk, her mood gradually calmed down:
"I didn't say... I must let my dad stick to his love and live alone until the end of his life."
Lin Youxi lowered her head silently, "I just always felt from a very early time that Dad's waiting for Mom was the greatest love in the world. But when he does this now, I feel, I feel..."
"You'll feel a little uncomfortable, right? That's normal."
Mei Fang sat next to Lin Youxi. "Great love is certainly worth celebrating, but it is often hard to find. After all, most people always have to look forward. For ordinary people like us, pursuing love is a luxury. Just trying to survive is already doing our best."
Lin Youxi took a sip of milk, leaving a layer of white milk stains on her lips.
"I think... Ah Fang, you are not an ordinary person."
"ah?"
"Look at what you said to me. It doesn't sound like something a freshman would say. You are much more mature than other boys your age."
Mei Fang scratched his head. "Um... I read a lot of chicken soup for the soul and novels in Reader's Magazine, so I can apply what I learn. Oh, and I also read Mengya and Youth Digest."
"Anyway... Thank you for telling me so much. I feel much better now." Lin Youxi's brows relaxed a lot.
"Then, then... can you go back and have a good talk with your dad?"
Lin Youxi shook her head. "No, I haven't recovered yet. I don't want to see him for the time being."
"Well... I'd better make the call then."
Mei Fang called Lin Guochuan's cell phone and Xia Yuan's home respectively, and told them that Lin Youxi wanted to stay overnight at Xia Yuan's house to calm down. Lin Guochuan also expressed his support and understanding for his daughter. As for Xia Yuan, Mei Fang just talked briefly about it and asked if she could stay there.
"Why today... There are so many people at my house today... I also need to help take care of some cousins..."
There was a noisy noise coming from Xia Yuan's phone, and the loudest voice was from Mei Ya.
"Does Youxi want to stay at your house tonight? Xiaoya said she wants to sleep with Sister Youxi... Why don't you take her back with you?"
Mei Fang smiled grimly after hearing this, "Now you know how powerful my sister is, right?"
"I, I'm not strong enough right now, Xiaoya is really too energetic wuwuwu..."
From the other end of the phone came Xia Yuan's crying voice and Xiaoya's unbridled laughter.
(End of this chapter)