Chapter 16
Chapter 16
On Monday, May 5, the weather changed from sunny to showers.
When I parked the car downstairs at Lao Wei's house, Yan Shouzhen looked at the can of Pu'er lying in the back seat, and asked, "Really don't you want to bring something more?"
I saw his nervousness, and quickly relieved him: "Don't worry, my dad is very open-minded, and he likes to drink this brand of Pu'er, and this tea happens to be 20 years old, so my dad must be very happy!" Good teas are sold at sky-high prices, especially Pu-erh, which has strict requirements on fermentation time, which is almost priceless.
Yan Shouzhen nodded, squeezed my palm, and got out of the car with Pu'er.
Although I was so comforting in my mouth, I couldn't help but feel a drum in my heart when I thought of the unhappy phone call with my dad in the morning.
At that time, my dad was still on his way back to Wancheng. After all, it was Monday. The fifth couple had to go to work, his son had to go to school, and Aunt Liu also had a job. She was an actuary for an insurance company, but she seemed to be worried about my dad's health. I asked for leave today, and stayed with my dad at Lao Wei's house to wait for me.
In that phone call, I said that I was going to get married.
My father was caught off guard, stunned for a while, and seemed to sigh a long time, thinking that I was going to marry Yiqiu, and said: "That girl Yiqiu is not bad, but I'm afraid that being spoiled will make you angry."
"It's not Yiqiu," I corrected. "He's called Yan Shouzhen, and he's from Lion City."
"What?!" My dad was caught off guard again, his voice suddenly raised several degrees, and he asked angrily, "Who is that? Where did you meet? How long have you been dating? Why don't I know?!"
"I just... met some time ago..." I noticed that my dad was very emotional. I originally wanted to tell him the truth about how I met Yan Shouzhen on the dating show, but now I swallowed it back.
But after his questioning, I was shocked to find that Yan Shouzhen and I had known each other for less than half a month!
But she has already made up her mind with him, and now she is still determined to enter into a happy marriage hall with him. From then on, the world that passes by hand in hand is the ultimate beauty.
My dad seems to have decided that I was too hasty about my marriage, so he coughed heavily for a while. The heart-piercing cough frightened me. I don’t know that his body is due to the sudden change in the weather recently. The reason why I coughed so badly, or was I really so angry by my sudden marriage?
But fortunately, Aunt Liu was comforting and taking care of my dad, so the phone call ended hastily.
I had the key card of the old Wei's house, but in order to remind the people in the house that I was back, I still rang the doorbell.
It was Aunt Liu who opened the door. When she saw Yan Shouzhen next to me, the smile on her face suddenly froze.
Her eyes were full of astonishment, she looked into the room nervously, bit her lips, as if she wanted to say something to me, but in the end she didn't say anything.
There was a bad omen in my heart.
Sure enough, when my dad saw Yan Shouzhen, his slightly pale face immediately turned livid. He stood up from the red sandalwood rosewood chair, pointed at Yan Shouzhen with trembling fingers, moved his lips, and scolded me loudly. Said: "You want to piss me off, don't you!"
I froze in astonishment, this was the first time my dad scolded me, as if I had done something heinous and wrong.
A sense of grievance rose in my heart, and I shouted in dissatisfaction: "Dad..."
Yan Shouzhen stepped forward, blocked me behind him, and said to my father, "Dad, please..."
My dad was already like a fire lit when he was protecting me in his guardian position? ?It exploded like a pot of medicine: "Who is your father?! Call him over, I want to ask him how he taught his son!"
Subconsciously, I kept my word and said, "Dad! What are you going to do? I...I like him very much, and he likes me too. I have decided to marry him... "
"I'm not allowed!" My dad suddenly interrupted my words, his chest was heaving violently, he coughed heavily, his mouth was panting rough, like the moan of an old bellows, his body trembling in convulsions After a while, the whites of his eyes suddenly rolled, and his whole body froze!
Aunt Liu on the side was so frightened that she hurriedly supported him, and called my father's name a few times in a crying voice, and then, as if remembering something, she shouted: "Ayu, go and get the medicine, go!"
Ayu is the nanny of Old Wei’s family. She originally wanted to entertain us with tea. It can be seen that my dad and I were arguing, so I didn’t dare to approach or leave. Now that I heard Aunt Liu’s words, I hurriedly put down the tea set and walked quickly. I ran to the cabinet, took the medicine, poured it, and poured the medicine and water for my dad with Aunt Liu.
I was so frightened that I was trembling all over, I could only stand, I didn't know how to come forward to help, and I even lost the ability to speak.
Yan Shouzhen patted my shoulder lightly, then stepped forward, and said to Aunt Liu: "Dad looks very unwell, I'll take him to the hospital." He stretched out his hand and was about to hug my dad.
"You don't have to worry about it, he's an old problem, just take the medicine and take a rest." Aunt Liu saw the resistance and annoyance in my father's eyes, stopped Yan Shouzhen, and looked at me again, He whispered, "Lao Qi, tell this gentleman to leave first, and we can talk about it later when your father recovers. Don't provoke him anymore today."
I just woke up from the shock, tears dripping down uncontrollably, I stumbled to my dad's side, tightly holding my dad's trembling hand, his hand was old and full of tears. It's wrinkles, without the strength that lifted me above my head when I was a child, Aunt Wang's words sounded in my ears again, she said, my father is getting old, and my body is not as good as before.
My heart was full of remorse, as a child, I didn't know that his physical condition was so bad, and even the verbal conflict made him sick.
My dad held my hand tightly, not allowing me to send Yan Shouzhen away. He breathed out and struggled to squeeze out four words: "Ah Zhong, see off!"
Yan Shouzhen was not angry, he stared at me affectionately for a while, nodded to me comfortingly, and then turned and left.
I was at a loss for my mind, sometimes afraid that my father's condition would worsen, sometimes afraid that he would never return, my head was heavy, everything in front of me was so messy and unreal, if it was just a dream...
Aunt Liu told me about his illness after my dad returned to his room to rest tiredly.
Hidden coronary heart disease, which has only occurred in the past two years, is fortunately not too serious.
"He loves you so much, even if it's not this gentleman today, but someone else, he won't want it in his heart," Aunt Liu said to me, "Don't blame your father, he treats you and your mother, Always different."
I did not speak.
"Your dad, let's say he is passionate, he is really passionate, and it is good to meet anyone." Aunt Liu narrowed her eyes, as if lost in memories, "Say he is dedicated, he She is also very dedicated, she loves us wholeheartedly, even if there are shortcomings, she will tolerate them."
"Among the five of us, your mother is the purest," Aunt Liu continued. "Before she was with your father, she never had any other men."
I continued to remain silent. I know all this. Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Liu have all had one or more relationships with other men. The eldest and fifth are not even related to my father by blood. , but my dad didn't mind, and still claimed to the outside world that the nine were his own flesh and blood.
Aunt Liu showed a trace of sadness and bitterness on her face, and said quietly: "Maybe it is because of this purity that she is depressed. She can't share your father with us, but she can't do without your father. Your father has always kept her He regarded his death as his own fault, lost your mother, and he is in pain until now, so he doesn't want you to marry someone else, once you get married, it means that you will leave his side."
"But your father is definitely unwilling to admit that he is afraid of you leaving his side. He will definitely find other excuses to prevent you from getting married, such as same-sex marriage. I suggest you contact the third child first." Aunt Liu smiled , Make a move for me.
I nodded, grateful for her thoughtfulness.
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