"Hello? Hello?"
Jiang Chen quickly shouted twice and asked in the small toilet.
He felt a little uneasy in his heart.
"Han Yutong? What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing. Let me tell you, you don't have to come over tonight."
Han Yutong's slightly relaxed voice came from the microphone.
"ah?"
Jiang Chen was stunned.
He was thinking that the little girl wanted to tell him about giving him birthday gifts every day.
Why did you suddenly stop sending it today?
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"My parents suddenly want to take me to Disneyland! I'll leave tonight. If I'm not back when school starts, please ask for a leave for me. Thank you and bye!"
Han Yutong's mouth seemed to be on a rocket. He almost finished the whole sentence in one breath, and then hung up instantly.
The other party was too quick to talk. Jiang Chen looked at the incoming call notification on his phone and didn't react for a moment.
Disneyland?
Coming out of the bathroom, Jiang Chen looked at the half bowl of rice left. He was about to use his chopsticks, but then put them down.
"What's wrong?" Lin Shirou asked.
"I have something to do, see you tomorrow."
Jiang Chen felt that something must have happened to Han Yutong.
"Okay, I understand, please be safe on the road."
Lin Shirou put down her chopsticks and walked him to the door.
"goodbye."
"See you."
While walking on the road, Jiang Chen thought about what Han Yutong said and dialed back.
The beeping sound of the mobile phone lasted for a long time.
"The number you dialed is currently unavailable, sorry..."
Feeling something was wrong, Jiang Chen rushed to Han Yutong's house.
As soon as they went upstairs, the door of Han Yutong's house was closed. He knocked on the door, but no one opened it.
Really having no choice, he called Han Yutong again, but still no one answered, so he had to turn around and leave.
Soon after, the door opened a crack.
She looked at the empty corridor. When she saw no one, she closed the door again and sat on the sofa.
There was no one at home, just her and her teddy bear.
She held it tightly.
In the hotel, she learned everything.
The home that he tried so hard to maintain was already in pieces six years ago.
Her parents had divorced a long time ago, but they didn't tell her.
When she was in her third year of junior high school, her father married the woman who broke in again.
No wonder dad never comes home.
In fact, Han Yutong is not stupid. She once thought:
Mom and dad have been separated for so many years, and they may have divorced long ago.
But every time they got together, she gave up this idea.
They are so in love every time they get together.
Dad washes and chops vegetables, while mom makes fire and cooks, and sometimes flirts, just like she did when she was a child.
Warm and harmonious.
Seeing this scene, Han Yutong automatically sealed the darkest thought in his mind.
And stop yourself from ever thinking about it again.
I would rather deceive myself with lies than face the truth.
She told herself that her mother was working on her career and it was normal not to go home.
Just like those civil engineers who never come home for years at a time, don’t they also have lovely wives and children?
They live in harmony and are not divorced. I just overthink it.
Dad is just busy on a business trip and can take care of himself by himself.
Lies were woven into her dream, and she indulged in this dream. As she fell asleep, she thought about growing up quickly.
Become powerful.
Become empowered.
Become good enough to bond mom and dad's marriage, which is on the verge of breaking up.
She had imagined countless times that one day she would become a famous fashion designer, and her mother would not have to work hard abroad and her father would not have to travel all the time.
Put them in a big house and stay with them whenever you have nothing to do.
As time goes by, maybe... they will never be separated again.
She had fantasized about this dream countless times.
But now...
wake up.
Nothing is left.
She closed the door and looked at the empty room.
Dad, mom and the woman are still in the hotel.
Her mother didn't want her to get involved in adults' affairs, so she asked her to go home first.
She looked at the leftovers on the table. The soup had solidified.
Looking at the dishes on the table, I can still remember yesterday when her father put the dishes into her bowl and her mother touched her head and smiled.
Did it all turn out to be fake...
It's so hard that they have to act for her every year.
She returned to her bedroom calmly. Looking at the photo of the three of them as a family.
This photo was taken of them at the amusement park on this day last year.
Han Yutong stared at it carefully for a long time, looking at the smiles of his parents and himself, his eyes gradually turned deep red.
She lifted the picture frame, as if to take revenge, and smashed it with all her strength on the floor and on the bedside table.
The frame cracked, and she pulled out the photo inside and tore it into pieces with her hands.
Then he knelt on the ground, looking at his smiling parents among the debris, and tears rolled down silently.
She had no reason to stay home.
wrong……
Her home is long gone.
Han Yutong lowered his head, stood up slowly, and put all his keys, money, and mobile phone on the bed.
She turned around and left the house, bidding farewell to the dream she had indulged in for six years.
…
Jiang Chen returned home and heard a sound coming from the kitchen.
"Who?"
"I."
Sun Yuhong came out of the kitchen, looked at Jiang Chen who was returning home, and asked:
"Son, didn't you go celebrate your little classmate's birthday? Why are you back now?"
"No, her parents took her to Disneyland."
Although Jiang Chen felt it was strange, he didn't think much about it.
After all, Han Yutong's family is so wealthy, so it's not impossible to just get a pass to go to the amusement park and come back after you've had enough.
Jiang Chen arrived at the kitchen and saw Sun Yuhong still making noodles.
"Mom, you really make noodles." Jiang Chen said.
"It's okay. Anyway, we can eat this noodle. If our little classmate comes, mom will give her the next portion. If our little classmate doesn't come, I will eat it with your dad. It won't be wasted."
Sun Yuhong said while rolling out the dough.
"Son, since you are back, let's eat hand-made noodles tonight. Mom will make them in a minute."
Jiang Chen didn't even eat a few bites at Lin Shirou's house. He thought it wouldn't matter if he had one more bite of noodles, so he nodded.
"Okay mom."
Just as he was about to sit down after leaving the kitchen, his cell phone beeped again.
It's Han Yutong's phone number.
"Hey, why didn't you answer the call I just called you? Isn't it because you went to the game park to have fun and didn't miss the day?"
Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to tease the little girl as usual, he heard a trembling voice over there.
"Are you...Jiang Chen?"
Jiang Chen was stunned. He had heard that sound once on November 1.
"Are you Han Yutong's mother?"
"It's me...Auntie, what's wrong?"
"Han Yutong, why did I call you just now? Did I come to play with you?"
The woman over there had a trembling voice.
"Ah, you and Han Yutong are not going together..."
Jiang Chen realized something was wrong and stood up immediately.
"Didn't she go to Disneyland with you?"
"No... I just got home. She put her mobile phone, keys and wallet on the bed, but she was not at home... I think the last call was to you."
"Auntie, wait a moment, I'll be there right away!"
Jiang Chen quickly spoke to Sun Yuhong.
"Mom, I'm going to find my roommate!"
After finishing speaking, otherwise he wouldn't have cared about Sun Yuhong's answer and hurried to Han Yutong's house.
Her door was not locked, and the woman in the house opened the door almost at the same time when she heard footsteps in the corridor.
"Yutong!"
"It's my aunt..."
Jiang Chen looked at the face that was somewhat similar to Han Yutong and said to her.
This was his first meeting with Han Yutong's mother.
Although it didn't look very formal, the woman asked impatiently when she saw him.
"Do you know where she went? She won't be there when I get home!"
Li Junya never expected that after she finally came back from dealing with the matter there, her daughter would disappear...
"Don't worry, maybe Han Yutong...maybe he went to an Internet cafe?"
Jiang Chen looked at the anxious woman and said quickly.
"You can definitely find it if you search from house to house..."
"Okay... I'll call Lao Jin..." Li Junya looked at Jiang Chen outside the door and said.
"Child, please go home, thank you for helping me..."
After saying that, she didn't care about seeing off the guests and didn't lock the door, so she hurriedly made a phone call.
"Hey, Lao Jin, Han Yutong, Han Yutong ran away from home, hurry up, call a few more people, go to the Internet cafe..."
Speaking of the latter part, Li Junya's voice started to sound like crying, regardless of whether the door behind her was still closed.
"Hurry! Please..."
Watching the woman who used to be calm and confident on the phone turned into this lost look.
Jiang Chen couldn't express what he felt in his heart, so he turned around and left silently.
