Part 2
Yu Xin was not the type to go out alone, so Yu Li could only guess that something must have happened at home.
Yu Xin pressed her lips tightly, seeming unsure how to start.
She lowered her head and ate, and after a while, said, "Nothing, I just really missed you and haven't seen you in a long time."
Yu Li was stunned, realizing that Yu Xin probably didn't want to talk about it now.
He smiled and didn't ask further, ruffling her hair.
After finishing the meal and paying the bill, Yu Li carried Yu Xin's backpack and took her by night bus to Y University, then booked two rooms at a nearby hotel.
Checking the room, before leaving, Yu Li said, "Go to bed early tonight, and tomorrow I'll take you out to play."
"Is there anywhere you want to go?"
Yu Xin stood by the bed, fidgeting with the straps of the backpack, hesitating for a long time before saying, "I want to go to the zoo."
"Okay, I'll book the tickets right away, we'll get up early tomorrow."
After reminding Yu Xin to lock the room door, Yu Li went to the other room.
After booking the 10 a.m. tickets, Yu Li suddenly remembered that when he left Yan Shiting's house, he had forgotten to tell Yan Shiting.
He hesitated for a moment, but in the end put down his phone.
Before sorting out his thoughts, it's better not to have too much contact.
Early the next morning, Yu Li woke up Yu Xin and took her to the largest zoo in Y City.
During the long holiday period, the zoo was very crowded, and the two had to wait in line for a long time before finally entering the park.
Maybe it was because of the pregnancy, but Yu Li's physical strength was not as good as before, and after walking for a while, he chose to take the sightseeing bus with his sister.
Along the way, they visited many animals.
Finally, they sat down in a pavilion outside the panda enclosure to have their lunch.
The restaurants in the zoo were too expensive, so they were eating the bread they had bought outside and brought in.
The midday sun was pleasant, with trees all around, the air was fresh and the scenery was pleasant.
Yu Xin looked at the family of four playing on the lawn outside, and the speed of her eating the bread gradually slowed down.
She lowered her eyes and asked in a gloomy tone, "Brother, do you think Mom might remarry?"
Yu Li was taken aback, "Why do you ask that?"
"It's just..." Yu Xin gripped the bread bag tightly, "Don't laugh at me."
"Before the vacation, I had a bad dream. I dreamed that Mom got married to an uncle, and we, as the children of her previous husband, couldn't appear at her wedding."
"Then we were pretending to be strangers passing by the wedding venue, when we were actually just wanting to see if she was happy or not."
Yu Li put down the bread in his hand.
He looked at Yu Xin and raised his hand to stroke her hair, "Xin Xin, did you see something that made you have such a dream?"
Yu Xin's eyes were wet, and she slowly lowered her head, "A few days before the vacation, my bicycle broke down, and it was Mom who came to pick me up after night self-study, and I saw the same uncle always following her."
"Although they didn't have any intimate gestures between them, I'm still the younger one, maybe they were deliberately keeping their distance in front of me?"
Yu Li listened quietly.
His sister was now in her teenage years, and with the upcoming high school entrance exam, she must be under a lot of psychological pressure.
With this premise, and seeing such a thing, no wonder she would have such a nightmare and have the idea that "Mom might remarry".
Yu Li pondered for a moment and asked, "So Xin Xin doesn't want Mom to remarry?"
Yu Xin remained silent.
Yu Li asked again, "Would Xin Xin be willing to hear Brother's thoughts?"
Seeing Yu Xin nod, Yu Li slowly said:
"Dad has been gone for nine years, and all these years, in order to support this family, Mom hasn't dared to slack off at all, working fourteen hours a day to earn money."
"Now that I'm about to graduate, I can share the burden. If that uncle is a good person, I actually hope Mom can have a new life."
"I know." Yu Xin said chokingly, tears dripping onto the bread bag, "I actually understand this logic."
"But I'm just afraid. Afraid that after Mom has a new family, she won't want us anymore, or that the uncle will be unkind to us."
"I just feel that our original family is going to change, and the future is so uncertain, I'm just so afraid."
Yu Xin couldn't stop crying, and by the end, her whole body was trembling.
The fear of the unknown future made her miss Yu Li even more, and although she was very afraid to go out alone, she still mustered the courage to cross several cities to find her brother.
Yu Li pressed his lips tightly, patting Yu Xin's back, silently comforting her.
After a while, Yu Xin finally stopped crying and wiped her tears.
She bit her lip awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Brother, did I bring you trouble by coming here?"
"What nonsense, how did you bring me trouble?" Yu Li handed her a bottle of water, "We're a family, I'm glad to see you."
Hearing this, Yu Xin's eyes welled up with tears again.
She pressed the tissue to her eyes, rubbing them, not letting the tears fall again.
After getting the words that had been bottled up in her heart for several days out, Yu Xin heaved a long sigh of relief.
She sniffed and looked back at the family of four playing on the lawn.
Yu Li followed her gaze, tightening his lips, his thoughts spreading out involuntarily.
The people resting and having lunch around them gradually left.
The father of that family of four also started packing up the picnic blanket and food waste on the lawn, the mother patted the grass clinging to the two children's clothes, and led them off the lawn.
Yu Xin's expression was a bit gloomy, "Sometimes, I also really miss Dad. Even though I don't have much memory of him."
Comments
Post a Comment