The furnishings in the house hadn't changed much. Because of the little girl, the scattered picture albums and toys made the house look a little messy.
Auntie Zhang couldn't stand Chen Xi's sloppy appearance. As soon as they entered the house, she told him to take a shower and change his clothes.
He had left the clothes five years ago. He didn't expect them to fit him so well.
After a quick cold shower, Chen Xi sat upright on the sofa and watched Auntie Zhang play with the child.
Auntie Zhang had raised the child all these years, so the little girl was very tired of her. This made Chen Xi very envious. He hoped the child would be so close to him.
"Come, Niannian. Tell Daddy your name."
The little girl blinked. Her big watery eyes were full of questions. She didn't seem to understand why Auntie Zhang would ask such a question. So she asked in a childish voice, "Wasn't Niannian named by Daddy?"
"Mommy named it, so Daddy doesn't know. Mommy said you have to tell Daddy yourself. Look, Daddy is back. Quickly tell Daddy your name. "
The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while. Then she looked at Chen Xi and quickly said, "My name is Chen Nian!"
After saying that, the little girl burrowed into Auntie Zhang's arms. She seemed a little embarrassed.
Auntie Zhang stroked Chen Xi's little head. She looked at Chen Xi and said helplessly, "Silly child. You're always asking for Daddy. Now you're shy when you see Daddy …"
Chen Nian.
Was it because she missed him?
"Okay, Niannian. Grandma is going to cook for you. Go to Daddy and let him play with you, okay?"
"No, I want to play with Grandma."
Chen Nian shook her head. She grabbed Auntie Zhang with both hands and refused to let her go.
"Be good. If Grandma doesn't cook, we won't have anything to eat tonight. Let Daddy play with you."
Auntie Zhang knew that this was a time for the father and daughter to be alone. So she carried Chen Nian to Chen Xi and placed her on the sofa beside Chen Xi.
The little girl was very sensible. Seeing that Aunt Zhang was really going to cook, she no longer pestered her grandma to play with her.
After Aunt Zhang left, the little girl sat on the sofa. Her two slender legs dangled naturally from the sofa and swayed gently. Her big watery eyes stared straight at Chen Xi. No one knew what she was thinking.
Chen Xi's eyes met hers, and he suddenly panicked.
He didn't know how to face his own daughter!
Would this sudden appearance of his father scare her?
However, the thoughts of a child were obviously different from that of an adult.
Chen Nian looked at Chen Xi for a long time. Suddenly, he lay down on the sofa and crawled to Chen Xi on all fours. He reached out his hands and said in a childish voice, "Papa, hug."
Chen Xi hurriedly turned sideways to carry Chen Nian, but he was afraid that his clumsy hands would hurt the child. So, he could only stiffly stretch his hands under Chen Nian's arms and try to lift Chen Nian up little by little.
At this moment, Chen Nian suddenly threw herself on him and hugged his neck. She giggled. "Papa is so silly!"
Chen Xi gently hugged the soft and boneless body in his arms. He still felt like he was living in a dream.
The little girl put her head in front of Chen Xi and pouted. "The other children have Papa and Mama. I'm the only one who doesn't. Papa, don't leave in the future, okay?"
Chen Xi was stunned.
Looking at the strange yet familiar little girl in his arms, he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.
Even after five hundred years of wind and rain, his heart was as firm as a rock. At this moment, he couldn't help but soften under his daughter's expectant gaze.
So, Chen Xi couldn't help but kiss her forehead. He said gently and firmly, "Papa won't leave. I won't leave again. In the future, wherever Niannian is, Papa will be there!"
"Pinky promise!"
"Okay!"
Chen Xi laughed and stretched out his fingers to make a promise with the little girl.
Then, the little guy seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and jumped down from Chen Xi's lap in a flash.
Chen Xi didn't dare to stop her. He could only carefully follow behind to prevent her from falling.
The little girl quickly ran out of the living room and ran directly to the master bedroom.
She was only a little over four years old. She wasn't even as tall as the doorknob, so when she opened the door, she could only raise her hands and hang herself on the doorknob. Then, she released her feet and used her body weight to pull the doorknob open.
Chen Xi nervously followed behind her.
After entering the room, he found that the furnishings of the room hadn't changed much compared with five years ago.
It seemed that they hadn't moved at all.
The little girl ran to the bedside table, picked up the photo frame on the bedside table with both hands, and then went back to Chen Xi and raised the photo frame high. It seemed that she wanted to show it to Chen Xi.
Chen Xi leaned over and picked up his daughter. He sat on the edge of the bed and took the photo frame from her hands.
The man and woman in the photo frame were snuggling together sweetly.
Like all couples in love, they returned to the place where they first met on a sunny afternoon, leaving behind the most beautiful memento.
"This is Papa, this is Mama."
The little girl happily pointed to the people in the photo and said.
Perhaps today was the most absent-minded day in Chen Xi's life.
When he saw the girl snuggling in his arms in the photo, it seemed that everything only happened yesterday.
However, this' yesterday 'was a whole five hundred years to him.
And for her, it was also five years.
Five years was enough for a girl to become a woman.
"Papa is back. When will MaMa come back?"
The little girl held the photo frame and asked expectantly.
Children were innocent and sensitive. In fact, she knew very well why others laughed at her as a wild child.
Grandma often said that PaPa and MaMa had gone far away, so they couldn't come back to see her.
She had been waiting for her PaPa and MaMa to come back. Then she could go to the zoo and amusement park with her PaPa and MaMa like other children.
Now that PaPa was back, MaMa should be back soon, right?
"Soon, soon …"
Chen Xi looked at his daughter's big watery eyes and replied affirmatively, "Niannian, don't worry. MaMa will be back soon. If she doesn't come back, PaPa will take you to find her, okay? "
"Okay!"
The little girl nodded her head heavily, and with a face full of joy, she burrowed into Chen Xi's arms, then happily pointed to the photo frame and asked, "Papa, when Mama comes back, can you put me in too?"
"Put me in it?"
Chen Xi touched his daughter's tender little face and replied very seriously, "Okay, when we find MaMa, we will take another family photo and put Niannian in it."
"And Grandma!"
"Alright, not a single one can be missing."
…
…
After parting, the two places were suspended.
I only knew it was March or April, but who knew it would be five or six years.
The seven-string zither was played without heart, and the Eight-line Script could not be passed down.
The nine rings were broken in the middle, and I looked at the ten-mile pavilion anxiously.
Hundreds of thoughts, thousands of thoughts, and all kinds of helpless complaints.
Thousands of words and thousands of words were endless, and I was so bored that I leaned on the railing.
On the ninth day of the month, I looked at the wild goose. In the middle of August, the moon was round, but the people were not round.
In the middle of July, I burned incense and asked the heaven.
In the dog days of June, everyone fanned me, and my heart was cold.
In May, the pomegranate was brighter than fire, and the cold rain watered the flowers.
In April, loquats were not yellow, and my heart was more confused.
In a hurry, the peach blossoms in March turned with the water.
In February, the kite string broke.
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