“This child was still afraid of coming over to recognize me because of our identities. I was the one to recognize our daughter first. Hong Mei, don’t you think I’m incredible?”
“You said that I often disappear, and you can’t find me all day long. But I didn’t want to disappear. I have no choice. My job requires me to always be on the go; I didn’t even have time to say goodbye to you. I’m sorry, I will beg for your forgiveness at your grave, please forgive me.”
“My daughter told me that after you have been gone for more than ten years, my heart hurts; it hurts too much. I feel as if my heart has been taken out directly. A gust of cold wind is in my chest, making my body cold.”
“My dad told me that I have already owed you for more than 20 years; I can’t owe our daughter anymore. Otherwise, I really don’t deserve to be a man. My dad woke me up. He is right. I have to take care of myself. Only then can I take care of our daughter.”
“Hong Mei, I’m sorry. I can’t accompany you at this moment. I can’t make our daughter sad. I have to make our daughter happy. Don’t worry, I will take good care of our daughter. I will also take good care of myself and not be a burden to our daughter.”
“Hong Mei, how long do you think it will take for us to meet again? Three years? Five years? I thought it would be nice to see you in a few years. But then I also thought about our daughter. I’m sorry, but you have to wait for me for a few more years. We weren’t fated in our lives, but we must be together in our afterlife.”
“Remember you said, I’m yours when we’re alive, and I’m still yours even when we’re ghosts. You’re mine, too. We’ll be together again in our afterlife.”
For more than 20 years, Father Fu had developed the habit of chatting with his wife before going to bed. He used to hold a photo of her and lay down on the bed quietly while answering the questions his wife had asked him last time, but he never had the chance to answer.
Sometimes it was about work-related issues, what problems he had encountered, and how he had been despised by developed countries when he went abroad, or how he was looked down upon by them.
While he did his job, he swore that he must make something big next time so other people wouldn’t look down on him again.
Father Fu, who was used to talking before going to bed, didn’t notice that Ye Jian, who was sitting next to him, had already clenched her fists. She clenched and then loosened her fists repeatedly.
She listened until her nose was stuffy, and she could not breathe normally.
Gradually, Father Fu’s voice disappeared, and the sadness that was pervading him also faded.
Ye Jian kept her head sideways and listened quietly.
After three minutes, Father Fu seemed to be asleep. Ye Jian just breathed a sigh of relief, and then she heard her father speaking softly again.
“Hong Mei, I’m sending our daughter to school tonight. This is my first time sending our daughter to school. I’m a little excited, haha. Our daughter has a nice temperament, just like you. But also not exactly like you. Our daughter is more powerful and courageous than you, hehe.”
“Hong Mei, let me tell you something. I found out that our daughter has a crush on her Captain. I’m happy, but I’m also worried that our daughter has grown up already. She’s in military school; she can’t simply fall in love.”
“How bitter it is to have a crush, right? I used to have a crush on you before. I used to look forward to seeing you every day, even if it’s just your back.”
“Our daughter is talented. Why should she suffer the pain of having a crush? Although her Captain is really good, tall and handsome, and used to help our daughter often, it is reasonable that he is the perfect match for our daughter, but I am worried. I’m worried that our daughter is in unrequited love.”
Ye Jian, “…”
A crush? Her father thought that she had a crush on… Major Xia?
