sleepless tonight

Chapter 41 Selfishness
Someone shouted that I was a human trafficker and wanted to call the police.

"A Ke, it was Dad who was wrong before, so don't be angry with Dad, okay?" I ignored these people, I only cared about Chen Ke.

"Catch the traffickers." Someone yelled and kicked me.

"Don't hit, don't hit, he's not a human trafficker, he's someone I know." At this moment, Xu Heng came over.

He glanced at me, didn't say much to me, and then held out his hand to hold Chen Ke: "Come on, let's go back, your mother has prepared meals at home."

Chen Ke left without looking at me, and got into the Volvo parked next to her.

The car left in the rain, out of my sight.

My heart is like this weather, cold and stinging, I stared at the distant Volvo for a long time, and I kept looking forward to it, the car stopped, the car will stop soon, Chen Ke will come down, and then rush to me in the arms.

But no, nothing.

The car left, and Chen Ke didn't show up again.

"Are you Chen Ke's father?" A young woman walked up to me.

The woman looked young, in her 20s, with a regular appearance, not exquisite, but very clean and attractive, with a bookish smell on her body, very friendly.

Chen Ke called her Teacher Liu just now, and the woman should be the teacher of Chen Ke's school.

"I'm his father." I nodded.

"I haven't eaten tonight, let's find a place to sit and chat." The woman said, "I am Chen Ke's teacher, Liu Shuang."

I was a little surprised, how could Liu Shuang want to have dinner with me, and wanted to have a chat.

Do you want to ask for a red envelope?Such a thought arose in my heart, but I quickly suppressed it. Liu Shuang didn't look like that kind of person.

As if seeing my doubts, Liu Shuang smiled, with two small dimples on the sides of his mouth, which gave people a very warm feeling: "Chen Ke's state is not right these days, I was just looking for his parents, since you Here it is, that would be great."

"Okay." When I heard that it was about Chen Ke, I nodded immediately, then looked around, "Where should I sit?"

"I know this place well, follow me." Liu Shuang held up an umbrella and took the initiative to protect me from the rain.

We entered a steamed vegetable restaurant.

"What do you like to eat?" Liu Shuang asked me.

"Whatever you want." I'm not in the mood to eat at this time, I just want to quickly learn about Chen Ke's situation from her mouth.

Liu Shuang seemed to understand my intentions, and didn't ask me any more. She ordered three dishes and two bowls of rice, and walked to the corner of the store with them, and sat face to face with me.

"Chen Ke is a good child, very obedient." Liu Shuang said, "The grades are also very good. She can be ranked in the top three in the class, and she is very good in every exam. The teachers like her very much."

I nodded, and heard that Chen Ke was very happy, and said with a smile: "She has always been very obedient, and nothing has ever worried me."

"However, Chen Ke's recent situation is not right, especially a few days ago, when she arrived at school, she sat on the seat without saying a word. When the teacher asked her to answer questions, she was always silent, and she was even unwilling to speak. I also don't want to play with my classmates." Liu Shuang said.

She gave me a look and I knew she was waiting for an explanation.

The scene at the school gate just now shows that some things happened between me and Chen Ke, and these things are the reason for Chen Ke's recent abnormal behavior.

"Her mother and I are divorced. Chen Ke has been with me before, and I sent her to her mother a few days ago." I said, "She has become abnormal in the past few days, which should have something to do with it." , it may be because I haven’t adapted for a while.”

"Is it just not as simple as getting used to it? I'm afraid she doesn't want to go to her mother's." Liu Shuang asked.

"She is still young, she doesn't understand, there are many things, it's not a matter of willingness, and I don't want to, but there is no way, I don't have the ability to give her a good life and give him good conditions." There are many things in my words. Helpless, perhaps because Liu Shuang didn't know me well, I didn't reject these words at all, "Her mother is better than me and can provide her with a better life."

"You are so selfish." Liu Shuang was silent for a while, and then looked at me, "Do you still think that you did this for her own good? And you yourself have suffered incomprehension and grievance?"

I looked up at Liu Shuang, she actually understood me so well and understood my thoughts.

"In your heart, for Chen Ke's good, you sent her to a mother with better conditions. She doesn't understand you, but do you understand her? Maybe she doesn't want to go to her mother, but just wants to follow you." Liu Shuang said.

"I can't take care of her well, I can't provide her with a better life, she will only suffer and suffer if she follows me." I said, "I don't want to see Chen Ke starving again, and I don't want her to stand on the bench Roll up your sleeves and wash dishes in icy water."

Liu Shuang was silent for a while, and his tone became calmer: "There was a donation, and the school issued an order that every student should donate at least ten yuan."

"I know about it, Chen Ke told me about it." I took the conversation, "At that time, the family didn't even have money to buy rice, so I picked up a dollar from the corner under the bed and gave it to Chen Ke for her to take to school. .”

"You say I'm so poor that I can't even get ten yuan. How can I take good care of her? How can I give her a happy life?"

Liu Shuang did not comment on my words, but said: "When Chen Ke handed me a dollar, I asked her why there was only one dollar. She said that as long as there is kindness, even a dime is a kind deed. It's no different from ten dollars."

"I said this, and I told her." My voice was a little low, "Everyone else has earned ten yuan, isn't she very embarrassed?"

"I guessed that this must be said by the parents. She was very proud when she said this, and her tone was very firm." Liu Shuang said, "Chen Ke admires you very much."

"I just couldn't afford that much money, so I just said something to her indiscriminately." I blinked hard, lowered my head, and felt that my nose was a bit blocked, as if I had a cold.

"But she took it seriously and argued with me. She has always been good at school and never argued too much with the teacher, but for this, she argued with me." Liu Shuang said, "And what you said is also true. The truth is, as long as there is kindness, no matter if it is a dime, a yuan or ten yuan, it is a kind deed."

Liu Shuang touched his pocket, took out a one-dollar coin and put it in front of me.

I looked up at him, puzzled.

"This is a dollar that Chen Ke gave me that day. I exchanged it with my own dollar. I think this coin should belong to you." Liu Shuang said.

I held the coin as if I was hugging Chen Ke.

"Aren't you going to talk to Chen Ke? Take her to your side." Liu Shuang asked me.

I took out my homework and handed it to Liu Shuang carefully: "Please give this to Chen Ke and tell him that Dad loves her forever."

"That's it? You don't plan to do anything? Chen Ke's condition is very bad recently, and I'm worried that there will be accidents in the long run." Liu Shuang said.

I sighed and shook my head: "No, although what you said makes sense. I also understand that Chen Ke really wants to be with me, but I still can't let her suffer with me. After a long time, she will slowly If you are used to it, I will trouble you during this time, keep an eye on her for me, and if there is any situation, please call me immediately, and I will come over."

"Why are you so stubborn? Now that you understand what you give, what you think is the best is not necessarily the best in Chen Ke's eyes, not what she wants most, so why do you still do this?" Liu Shuang seemed a little angry.

"I don't know, but I just don't want to see Chen Ke washing dishes in cold water on such a cold day, eating with only a bowl of cabbage, no one to send her to school, let alone pick her up, and the broken schoolbag is broken No one will change it for her." I said.

Some things clearly know the right way, but often many people do not choose the right way.

Not many things can have the best of both worlds.

I asked for Liu Shuang's phone number, and when I was about to pay for the meal, Liu Shuang blocked my hand: "I don't want you to pay, I will do it myself."

"Remember to give that notebook to Chen Ke. There is money in it. She has saved it for a long time. Be careful not to miss it." I shouted at Liu Shuang's leaving back.

(End of this chapter)