Dongdong huddled at the foot of the bed, staring at Lu Qingqing and Xie Jiaci who suddenly burst into the room with a wary and strange expression.
Lu Qingqing was mentally prepared for Dongdong's reaction, but the strangeness and defensiveness in Dongdong's eyes deeply hurt Xie Jiaci.
"Dongdong, dad is back, don't be afraid, come here..."
While Xie Jiaci was talking, he approached Dongdong and wanted to hug Dongdong. Dongdong was like a frightened deer and quickly backed away as Xie Jiaci came closer. Xie Jiaci froze on the spot.
"what happened to him?"
Lu Qingqing felt distressed and stepped forward to hold Xie Jiaci's hand, "Dongdong is probably a post-traumatic stress reaction. After all, he has been injured. We have to give him some time to adapt. Don't worry."
Having said that, seeing Dongdong treat them like strangers, Lu Qingqing felt sadder than anyone else.
Xie Jia resigned, nodded, and sat down by the bed with Lu Qingqing. He kept a safe range with Dongdong that he could accept, giving him the distance and sense of security he wanted, and just sat quietly at a distance.
Stay with him quietly.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiaogang came and knocked on the door, saying that there was a call from Beijing City and urging Xie Jiaci to go back quickly.
Xie Jiaci sat on the sofa and said nothing, rarely wanting to light a cigarette.
Lu Qingqing hugged Dongdong and sat down next to him, "Go back quickly, don't think too much, Dongdong will be fine as long as I'm with you."
Xie Jiaci's voice was a little dull, "I'm sorry."
When they needed his company the most, there was no way he could stay.
Lu Qingqing shook his head, with a gentle smile on his face, "It's okay. That's what you want to do and what you should do. There's nothing wrong with it. You don't have to worry about anything. I'll give it to you every month from now on."
Write a letter, okay?"
"Half a month, no, a week."
Lu Qingqing looked helplessly at Xie Jiaci, who was bargaining, and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I will write you a letter every week."
Xie Jiaci felt relieved and simply packed up his things before getting ready to leave.
Before leaving, he suddenly asked Lu Qingqing, "Your college entrance examination results should have come out. How did you do in the exam?"
Lu Qingqing was stunned when asked, "I..."
"You forgot?"
Xie Jiaci chuckled at her unresponsive look and flicked her forehead with his finger, "I can forget this. You really don't care about your own affairs."
Lu Qingqing said coquettishly, "Isn't it true that I was busy looking for Dongdong as soon as I came back? I really didn't bother to ask about my grades. Besides, I probably have an idea in my mind."
Xie Jiaci put down the things he had just packed and said, "Then I will accompany you to ask about your results."
Lu Qingqing glanced at Chen Xiaogang who was still waiting outside, "Isn't that good? Xiaogang is still waiting for you outside. I think he is quite anxious."
"It won't take long."
Xie Jiaci pushed Lu Qingqing out without explanation, and briefly explained to Chen Xiaogang, "I'll accompany your sister-in-law to check the college entrance examination results. You wait here for me for a while."
Chen Xiaogang was stunned and said subconsciously: "Didn't my sister-in-law's college entrance examination results come out a long time ago? Her total score is the first in the county..."
"What did you say? I am number one in the county?" Lu Qingqing came up from behind Xie Jiali in surprise and looked at Chen Xiaogang expectantly.
Chen Xiaogang scratched his head, "Yes, sister-in-law, don't you know yet? This matter has been spread throughout our county for a long time. I thought you already knew it."
Lu Qingqing shook her head and nodded again. She was busy with Dongdong's affairs as soon as she came back. Because of this, Old Mrs.
.
"I knew you could do it!" Xie Jiaci's lips almost reached behind his ears. If Lu Qingqing hadn't been holding Dongdong now, he would have wanted to pick Lu Qingqing up and spin her around.
"You are number one in the county, so your score will definitely not be lower. You will definitely be able to come to school in Beijing this time!"
Lu Qingqing was also happy, "So, Teacher Xie, can you feel free to return to the capital this time? In less than two months, I will be able to go to the capital to find you."
Xie Jiasi thought that Lu Qingqing's grades might be very high, but he never thought that they would be so good. He even felt that when he went out now, others would look at him with envy.
Knowing that the family of three would meet again in Beijing soon, Xie Jiaci lost a lot of worries. He picked up his bag and Chen Xiaogang took him to the station to return to Beijing.
Mrs. Xie only remembered this matter when Lu Qingqing said it, "I just thought that I forgot to tell you something. Look at me, I am old and my brain is useless!"
"Qingqing, your brother has been here several times and asked you to come home when you come back to celebrate for you."
Lu Qingqing originally didn't want to go out because of Dongdong's situation, but then she thought that going out and changing the environment might make Dongdong's situation better, so she just rode a tricycle and took Dongdong back to her parents' home that day.
Mrs. Xie said she had a headache, so she didn't go back with Lu Qingqing.
Before setting off, Lu Qingqing put Dongdong behind the tricycle, and found a lot of food, drink, and play things from the space, and piled them all next to Dongdong, "Dongdong, mom will take you back to grandma's house. You
Be a good boy on the road, okay?"
Dongdong grabbed a few lollipops in his hand and nodded after hesitating.
Ever since her mother came back, she has been caring about him meticulously, taking him wherever she goes and never leaving him for a moment.
In this long-term companionship, Dongdong began to secretly suspect that what Lu Xiao told him was wrong, right?
Mom and Dad probably didn't want to abandon him, right?
They must love him too, even just a little bit?
He had never said these words to Lu Qingqing. Even after he was rescued from Lu Xiao, he had never spoken to her.
Lu Qingqing pedaled hard in front of the car for no apparent reason. From time to time, he would look back to see if Dongdong was okay, smile at him or talk to him to himself, regardless of whether he would respond or not.
"Dongdong, do you still remember this place? The first time my mother took you to the city, I walked here. At that time, there was a fierce dog on the roadside. It almost caught up with us and bit us. Fortunately, my mother rode on
Be quick."
He remembered that his mother kept telling him not to be afraid, but he broke out in a cold sweat.
Lu Qingqing looked back at him and continued talking to himself: "We are going to grandma's house soon, Dongdong, we haven't been back to see grandma for a long time, do you miss grandma, grandpa, uncle and the others?"
"......think."
Like a sentence squeezed out from between the teeth, Dongdong's voice was so soft that she could hardly hear it clearly. This was the first time he spoke in the past few days. Lu Qingqing was so surprised that she didn't even dare to look back and ask Dongdong to repeat it again.
She was afraid that she was hallucinating.
Lu Qingqing didn't look back. He looked up at the sky and held back his tears. "I think so? Mom thinks so too. It doesn't matter. We'll be there soon."