Dong Qiangqiang heard his cell phone buzzing on the table above his head in a daze.
He confusedly reached for his phone on the table to take it off, but in a panic he pressed the power button, and the phone immediately went silent.
Thinking it was a call from home or Brother Yun, he sat up from the bed and hurriedly turned on the phone again. Only then did he see that the caller ID showed a domestic mobile number.
Lu Shan’s call.
He held the corner of the table with one hand, rummaged around in the drawer, and finally found a new international calling card. After entering the number on the back of the card into his phone, he patiently waited for the call to be connected.
The dial tone lasted less than 3 seconds before the call was connected. Before the other party could speak, Dong Qiangqiang heard a burst of noise jumping out of the receiver.
"Lu Shan, is that you?"
"Brother Qiang, I'm reporting to college today." The young and clear voice turned out to be Lu Shan.
"Congratulations." Dong Qiangqiang rubbed his eyes and looked at the electronic watch on the wall. It was already past 7 o'clock, and it was already noon in China. "How is the university? Do you like the major?"
"Chengdu Institute of Information Engineering, majoring in electronic information science and technology." Lu Shan paused, "I think it's good. It's close to home and I can go home on weekends. My dad also thinks it's good."
"Does your dad know that you are no longer studying?" Dong Qiangqiang was shocked, "What about your mother?"
"My dad is more open-minded. After I communicated with him, he respected my opinion. In fact, he didn't want me to repeat the study, but he couldn't convince my mother. And he was not in good health at that time, so he couldn't express his opinion. I'm not afraid of your laughter. In fact, my mother is the only one in my family..." Lu Shan explained with a smile, "Wait a minute, he wants to talk to you."
Before Dong Qiangqiang could stop him, an elder's voice with a deep tone sounded in Dong Qiangqiang's ears: "Hello, Xiao Dong, I am Lu Jianming, the father of Lu Wei and Lu Shan." Lu Jianming's Mandarin is obviously better than Lu Jianming's. Even though my mother has an accent, she can at least be understood.
"Hello, Uncle Lu." Dong Qiangqiang didn't like dealing with elders, but he couldn't hang up the phone directly at this moment, so he could only wait patiently for the other party to finish.
"I'm calling you today. Firstly, it's because Xiaoshan is enrolled in school, and secondly, we had some misunderstandings last time." Lu Jianming spoke very politely, not as pushy and nagging as Mother Lu, "You know, when the children go out, Outside, when parents cannot be contacted, they will inevitably feel anxious. Calling the police is also a helpless and normal behavior. I hope you don't mind."
Dong Qiangqiang gave a noncommittal "hmm" and listened to the other party continue.
"Later, Mr. Sun contacted us and explained the ins and outs of the matter, and we realized that we had wrongly blamed you. Uncle is here to say 'sorry' to you, and I hope you can understand."
"Uncle, you are speaking harshly," Dong Qiangqiang hurriedly said politely, "I understand, I'm not angry."
"There's another thing...Mr. Sun has given us the phone number of the prison, but every time we call, Xiaowei doesn't answer. As you know, Xiaoshan has just entered college now, and my health is not stable either. , so my family won’t be able to send anyone over for a while, so I thought..." Lu Jianming paused, as if hesitating, Dong Qiangqiang immediately guessed that the other party might want to ask him to do something, so he didn't rush to answer, just Listen quietly. Sure enough, Lu Jianming continued, "Please do me a favor, uncle."
"If I can help, I will."
"Can you please help us persuade Lu Wei when we see her again? This child has been high-spirited and self-esteemed since she was a child. I'm afraid she won't be able to think alone and will do stupid things. Please help us send her a message. We all love her. If she Once she comes out, the door will always be open to her."
Since helping Lei Lanting catch pigs, Dong Qiangqiang has not been to the women's prison for two weeks. He responded readily: "Okay, then I will bring your words to her today."
"Oh, that's great. Her mother, Xiaoshan, and I all want to thank you. Please don't hang up the phone. Xiaoshan still has something to say to you."
"Hey, Brother Qiang, are you going to see my sister soon?" Lu Shan's tone was a little excited.
"Your dad wants me to bring a message to her, so I'll go there early. Do you have anything else to do?"
"No, no, don't forget to tell my sister about my enrollment. I want her to be happy too. Also, please tell her that I won't wait until I graduate from college. I will definitely go to Germany in my junior year. You Let her wait for me."
"Then come on, don't let your sister down by just talking without practicing your skills. I will definitely bring the words to you."
After breakfast, Dong Qiangqiang checked his mailbox again, but Chen Yu still didn't reply. Dong Qiangqiang guessed that she must have received his email, and if she didn't reply, she must not want to talk to him again. He felt confused and disappointed.
As if possessed by an evil spirit, Dong Qiangqiang never turned on his phone every time he called Brother Yun. He could only leave a message on her voicemail: "The preparatory course started yesterday, so from today on I will be a preparatory student at Han University. I hope to receive your congratulatory message or email. In addition, I have something very important. I want to discuss the matter with you. I'm waiting for your call back." Dong Qiangqiang specifically emphasized the word "important", and he believed that Brother Yun would be able to hear it.
Before going out, Dong Qiangqiang was going to add more water and bird food to the birdcage, but he suddenly found that the door of the birdcage was open. He immediately realized that he must have forgotten to lock the door after adding water last time.
He looked at the parrot in the cage in surprise, and the parrot stared at him intently.
He opened the window wide last night, but the parrot didn't fly away.
Dong Qiangqiang opened the door of the birdcage completely and put his finger under the bird pole. The parrot jumped on his finger sensibly.
He slowly withdrew his fingers from the birdcage. The parrot's small paws firmly grasped Dong Qiangqiang's fingers, and its eyes rolled around, seeming very nervous.
Dong Qiangqiang slowly put the parrot on the table and watched it using its paws to test the safe boundary bit by bit. Suddenly he felt emotional and took two quick steps to open the window.
"Fly, you are free." Dong Qiangqiang suddenly waved his arm towards the parrot, thinking that it would fly out of fear. Unexpectedly, the parrot just took a few steps to the side without even spreading its wings.
Dong Qiangqiang deliberately let go and ignored the parrot. He kept the window open, locked the door and went straight to the prison.
He arrived outside the prison in a familiar way and wrote down everything he wanted to say on paper in the car. He planned to hand the letter to the prison guard directly after entering and leave.
Unexpectedly, after the prison guard took his visitor registration form, he began to check his passport repeatedly. The other party's actions made Dong Qiangqiang wonder in his heart, could it be that he was on the prison list because of Lei Lanting's matter?
"Are you Dong Qiangqiang?" The prison guard said in a very polite tone, "Do you want to see Ms. Lu Wei?"
"Yes, I have been here many times, and I fill it out like this every time." Dong Qiangqiang pointed at his passport in the prison guard's hand and asked, "Do you have any questions?"
"Please come to the drawing room with me."
"Oh, no, I won't see her. Just give this letter to her for me. Thank you."
"You misunderstood. Ms. Lu Wei filled out the application form before and said that if you come to visit, she wants to see you."
Dong Qiangqiang thought he heard wrongly, and it took him two seconds to realize what the other party said. He couldn't help but feel strange: Lu Wei could actually see him. The sun really came out in the west today.
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