My Father Passed Away Long Ago
Lin Yi's eyes softened as he looked at the girl.
"What about your father? Why didn't he pick you up from school?"
Lin Yi squatted down.
He looked at the little girl at eye level.
"My father!"
As if she had thought of something sad, she lowered her head and looked at her yellow rain boots.
His chubby face trembled slightly.
Even her voice was trembling." He passed away a long time ago."
Her eyes were slightly red, and even the tip of her nose was flushed.
Tears were about to fall from her eyes, but she still sniffed and wiped her eyes.
She held back her tears.
Such a young child was actually so strong.
Lin Yi couldn't help but feel his heart tighten.
He reached out a hand and gently rubbed the little girl's head.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
The little girl shook her head hard, trying to hold back her sadness. She said to Lin Yi," It's okay. Dad passed away when I was born, but I'm fine with Mom. I miss Dad sometimes, but Mom doesn't want me to miss him."
Judging from her height, this little girl should be about five or six years old.
He was still not speaking clearly.
He wondered what the girl's mother was thinking.
Leaving such a small child alone.
Aren't you afraid of being captured by the bad guys?
Lin Yi didn't rush the little girl and just listened patiently.
"Mom doesn't tell me about Dad either. There's only one photo at home."
Listening to the little girl's words.
Lin Yi sighed.
So she remembered her father's appearance because of the only photo in the house.
Lin Yi's heart ached even more.
"Where's your mother?"
"The teacher said that Mom was busy and would only come to pick me up in half an hour. But I wanted to go home, so I sneaked out when the teacher wasn't paying attention.”
Lin Yi sighed.
Why didn't this little girl have any sense of safety at all?
"This is wrong, do you know that? Mom would be so worried if you got lost.”Lin Yi said patiently.
The little girl pouted and lowered her head, afraid to look at Lin Yi.
A pair of small hands grabbed the handle of the umbrella tightly.
She said aggrievedly," But, but Mommy is very busy. I don't want to cause trouble for Mommy.”
As she spoke, her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
It looked like she was about to cry the next second.
Lin Yi didn't have the heart to scold her anymore.
Moreover, this child was not his.
It was still up to the child's parents to teach.
He looked at the people around him.
There were people walking on the sidewalk.
However, she thought that they knew each other, so she hurried past them.
In this fast-paced city, no one cared about anything that was unrelated to them.
There were too many human traffickers now.
This was especially true for such a sensible little girl who had no sense of safety. She was the easiest to be deceived.
Perhaps it was because he heard that her father had passed away and sympathized with her.
Or perhaps it was because he felt a sense of familiarity when he got close to this child.
Lin Yi's heart softened.
He rubbed the little girl's head." Where do you live? Let me send you home."
"It's right there."
As the little girl spoke, she raised her arm and pointed.
He looked in the direction of her finger.
It was an old residential building.
The people who walked into the neighborhood were all uncles and aunties.
Lin Yi got up and reached out his hand." Do you want me to hold your hand?”
"Yes!" The little girl nodded vigorously.
In the next second, a pair of soft hands that were as soft as dough came over.
A child's hand was too soft, and this was the first time Lin Yi was holding a child's hand.
He was afraid that he would pinch her hard and hurt her.
He could also hold it gently.
But the little girl didn't show any fear as she held onto Lin Yi's hand tightly.
It seemed that she really treated him as her father.
She was not shy with strangers and the topic was very lively along the way.
"Uncle, my name is Chu Tao. Mom calls me Peach. I'm five years old this year.”
"My mother is 28 years old this year. She works in a faraway place. Every time she sends me to kindergarten, she goes to work in a faraway place.”
" Mommy said to work hard to earn money and give me a lot of beautiful clothes."
Girls of this age were always talkative and jumping around.
Basically, he said whatever he thought of.
Lin Yi listened quietly.
Lin Yi replied with a gentle smile.
All her gentleness over the years had been given to that pile of blueprints. This was the first time she had been so patient with someone other than the blueprints.
The main reason was that he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he got close to this little girl.
Perhaps the little girl said that her father was very similar to her.
"My mother is a great beauty! There were many people who wanted to pursue her! But my mother chased them away!”The little girl said proudly.
"Really? You know what it means to chase after someone?”Lin Yi smiled.
"Of course! My mom said that those people wanted to be Peach's father.”
"Once, I saw a bad uncle waiting for my mother downstairs. Later, my mother called the security uncle to chase that person away.”
Lin Yi listened patiently.
Listening to the child's story, she couldn't help but want to laugh.
Peach held Lin Yi's hand and looked up at him." Uncle, are you alone?”
She probably wanted to ask if she was single.
But unfortunately, children of this age had too little vocabulary.
Lin Yi nodded.
He was 28 years old this year and was still single. He rarely interacted with girls, let alone children.
It couldn't be said that she had been pregnant for 28 years, but at least she had dated one.
However, after that quarrel, they had no contact with each other and broke up.
Not long after, Lin Yi was secretly recruited to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and then called to the Northwest.
There was no contact at all.
This separation lasted for five years.
He wondered how she was doing now.
After all, they'd already broken up, and Lin Yi didn't want to look for her.
Now that five years had passed, she was probably married.
Even if she wasn't married, she probably had a boyfriend.
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