After treating his mother's wound and tidying up the house, Chen Haonan lay in bed for a sleepless night. When the rooster crowed in the wee hours of the morning, Chen Haonan heard the sound of the door being opened, followed by the dull sound of something falling to the ground.
Chen Haonan walked out of the house and dragged his father, who was lying on the floor, drunk and unconscious, back to the house.
It was a new day. Chen Haonan brought the porridge to his father. He thought that his father would return to the kind, strong, and loving man he was when he woke up. But Chen Haonan was wrong. When his father woke up, he didn't even look at the porridge that Chen Haonan had cooked. He knocked it over on the ground. Then, he shouted impatiently,""Give me the money!" Then, he rushed to the nearest bar without looking back.
Looking at the porridge that was scattered on the floor, Chen Haonan felt wronged and tears welled up in his eyes. At the same time, a wave of hatred rose.
Days passed by. His father had been back for more than a month. In the face of the family's financial situation, his father never went out to find a job to earn money. Every day, he lived a life of bars, beds, and two points. Since he had no money, it was only natural for his father to ask for it from his mother and Chen Haonan. If her mother refused, her father would beat her up. The young Chen Haonan refused to acknowledge his mother's suffering. He wanted to protect his mother, but his mother would stop him every time and beg him not to hate his father.
His father had never told Chen Haonan and the others where he had gone or what he had experienced during the ten years he had disappeared. Chen Haonan was too lazy to ask. His father was no longer the father he remembered. In order to avoid his father, Chen Haonan started training later than usual.
The weather in June and July was like a doll's face. It was still sunny in the morning, but it was already cloudy in the evening. Looking from afar, the sky was covered in dark clouds. It really felt like the dark clouds were pressing down on the city and about to destroy it. With a flash of lightning, the raindrops that had been brewing for a long time finally fell.
When Chen Haonan, who was sweating profusely, raised his head, the hour hand of the clock on the wall had already pointed to ten o'clock. Because of the rain, there were fewer customers in the bar. The bar owner kindly reminded Chen Haonan to avoid the rain before leaving, but Chen Haonan smiled and refused. He was a little worried about his blind mother.
Seeing that Chen Haonan had made up his mind to leave, the bar owner took out an umbrella from the corner and handed it to him. Chen Haonan did not decline.
After thanking him, he was about to leave with an umbrella. He suddenly stopped at the door. She looked at the shoes that her mother had personally sewn. As he was afraid of dirtying the shoes that his mother had personally sewn, Chen Haonan simply took off his shoes, tied them with a rope, hung them around his neck, and walked barefoot into the rain.
The rain reached her feet and gave her a slight chill. Chen Haonan temporarily forgot about his troubles and hummed a tune contentedly. The street lamps on both sides of the street flickered. Because of the rain, many shops had already closed. As they walked, they suddenly heard a commotion ahead.
Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a drunkard being thrown out of the bar like trash.
"F * ck, you dare to come here to drink without money. You're really tired of living! If you dare to come again, I'll break one of your legs.”The bar staff said fiercely and then slammed the door shut.
After the people in the bar disappeared, the drunkard who had fallen into the mud pit got up from the ground angrily." What a bunch of bastards, ungrateful wolves. I drank so much wine and spent so much money here. Just because you didn't bring money today, you threw me out. F * ck, even if you beg me to come in the future, I won't come.”
The drunkard was still cursing non-stop in the rain. Suddenly, he felt that the rain falling on his head seemed to have stopped. The drunkard looked up and saw Chen Haonan standing behind him with an umbrella. The umbrella wasn't big. Chen Haonan raised the umbrella over the drunkard's head, but he was drenched by the heavy rain.
"Dad, let's go home!" As Chen Haonan spoke, he reached out to help his father up from the mud pit.
"None of your business!" His father pushed Chen Haonan away roughly and staggered forward. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly turned around and pounced on Chen Haonan.
"Do you have any money on you?" His father stretched out his hand and asked expressionlessly.
Chen Haonan mocked himself in his heart, I'm really thinking too highly of myself!
Chen Haonan ignored his father and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, his father suddenly hugged Chen Haonan from behind, and then kept rummaging through Chen Haonan's pockets with both hands." Where's the money? Hurry up and hand it over!"
"You can't take this money. This is the money for Mother's eye treatment!”Chen Haonan held onto his pocket tightly and did not let go. As the two of them twisted violently, the shoes that his mother had sewn on Chen Haonan's neck fell into the mud.
"Ah!" Chen Haonan let out a furious roar as he watched his beloved shoes fall off. Then, he exerted all his strength with his arms and squeezed out, breaking free from his father's hands. His father lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Bastard, you think you're so great after practicing boxing for two days? Now you even dare to hit your father?”
"I don't practice boxing to prove that I'm amazing. I want to be like my father and brothers in the past, to become a strong man, to become a man who can take care of his family!”In the rain, Chen Haonan shouted his heartfelt thoughts loudly.
"Bullshit!" His father rushed in front of Chen Haonan, got into a stance, and punched Chen Haonan in the face." Do you think you can become as strong as me by practicing boxing? What? You can defeat me? Hmm?"
His father punched Chen Haonan again and again, but Chen Haonan remained motionless. However, the anger and confusion that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time kept colliding in his body.
"What's wrong? Fight back, didn't you want to become stronger than me?”Seeing that Chen Haonan didn't retaliate, his father hit him even harder.
Chen Haonan finally moved. He moved his left foot forward and easily avoided his father's fist. His father's fist lost its target and his body lost its center of gravity. He fell to the ground with a thud. His father's body had been emptied out by his long-term drinking. He wanted to get up, but after trying a few times, he gave up helplessly. He lay on the ground and panted heavily like a broken bellows.
Chen Haonan silently picked up the shoes on the ground. He wanted to leave this place while he still had a trace of rationality.
"Don't leave. Give me money. I want to drink!”His father, who was lying on the ground, did not forget to ask Chen Haonan for money.
"I'll give you money, I'll give you money, I'll give you all the money!”Anger had already broken through the cage of rationality. Chen Haonan's eyes were red. Like an angry bull, he tore his pockets crazily and threw the only cash in his pocket to his father.
When he saw the money, his father seemed to have suddenly gained vitality and rushed over. He picked up the banknotes that were scattered in the mud and carefully wiped them clean. His eyes shone with excitement." I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich!”His father took the money, turned around, and ran to the bar where he had just thrown him out. He had completely forgotten what he had said earlier, that he would never go to this bar again.
"Why didn't you die heroically on the battlefield like your brothers?”
Just as his father was about to knock on the door of the bar, Chen Haonan's bone-chilling voice came from behind him. This voice actually made his father, who had experienced battlefield battles, shiver.
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