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    Chapter 46

    White pine was not actually called white pine at first.

    His parents had an accident when he was very young, and both died, leaving only the young child ignorant to live in this world.

    At that time, the child was bullied in school all day long because he had no father or mother. He went to pick up bottles to make a living, but the group of rich children treated him as amusement. They laughed at him and ridiculed him, and they could say any vicious words.

    The child can only endure it because he has no parents and no one will love him.

    There is no one behind him.

    It was Mr. Bai who taught the bullying children a lesson, drove them away, and took Bai Song home, saying that he would give him a home.

    Mr. Bai gave the child a name.

    It’s called Bai Song.

    Pine tree.

    Mr. Bai’s name is Bai Guoqiang. Different from his name, he is a gentle scholar and a university teacher.

    What a distinguished honor it was then.

    There were few high-level intellectuals at that time who had a successful marriage and married the most beautiful woman.

    The first few years were uneventful. The newlyweds gave birth to a daughter named Bai Yanli.

    Everyone envied their family.

    It’s just that the good times don’t last long, the world is developing too fast, and Bai Guoqiang can only get a dead salary no matter how much he does.

    Rain or shine, nothing rises or falls.

    Stability is stability, you can see it at a glance, it is more than enough for one person, barely enough for two people, and a bit stretched for three people.

    They live in cities in southern Jiangsu.

    But Bai Guoqiang is not a local. He took the exam from Shandong.

    He graduated from a well-known university in Shanghai and only passed the exam because of his wife, but deep down he still had the awkward obsession of the older generation of men to earn money to support their families.

    Mrs. Bai’s surname is Chen and her name is Chen Jin. They are college classmates with good looks and quick work.

    She had good prospects.

    But her family wanted her to be by their side, so Chen Jin temporarily softened her heart and gave up her job in a big city to go home to help.

    After getting married, Chen Jin had been busy at home. Seeing that it was difficult for Bai Guoqiang to support the two of them, she started to go out to work.

    Bai Guoqiang was willing to give in wherever she asked him to put his face.

    Chen Jin was so angry that he almost turned his back. Was face or money more important?It makes no sense how this man died.

    The days passed in a blur, the good feelings were wiped out in life, and there were only quarrels all day long.

    After several years of quarrels, the life was finally unbearable. Chen Jin wanted a divorce, and Bai Guoqiang held his breath and agreed.

    The child was taken away by his mother.

    Things were casually divided, and Bai Guoqiang became a bachelor again.

    God treated him well and allowed him to meet a child, so he simply picked him up as a companion.

    At that time, the thinking was backward, and Bai Guoqiang did not go through the adoption procedures. They lived together like this, and Bai Guoqiang treated Bai Song very well.

    Oddly enough, the couple had been estranged from each other for more than ten years, but as they got older, they noticed that each other was good.

    Don’t be awkward, Bai Guoqiang and Chen Jin are remarried again.

    Bai Song met his sister for the first time when he was a freshman in high school.

    My sister has changed her name to Chen Yanli, taking her mother’s surname.

    A divorced woman cannot change the name of her child by herself, so Chen Jin rented a “daddy” for her sister and went there with Bai Guoqiang’s identity information.

    Bai Guoqiang later learned that the child’s name could not be changed by one party.

    But they had remarried at that time, and it would be troublesome to change the names of their children, not to mention that he already had Bai Song. It was better for one to follow his father and the other to follow his mother. Bai Guoqiang said it kindly and planned not to ask further questions.

    This is very different from the previous Bai Guoqiang.

    After all, after having Bai Song, he became both a father and a mother, learned a lot, and his temper gradually improved.

    He is no longer as stubborn as he was when he was young.

    There are some things where I know to bow my head, to admit my mistakes, and to know that I was wrong when I was young.

    But there are some things that I still don’t want to let go of.

    Bai Guoqiang has always wanted his children to live a step-by-step life, take the college entrance examination well, go to a good university, take the public examination as a teacher, have a stable job, get married and have children, and live a lifetime.

    Back then, when Bai Song saw the audition poster for “Big Star” and was going to compete, Bai Guoqiang didn’t take it seriously.

    If you choose one person among tens of thousands of people, the pie in the sky will not fall on the white pine head.

    There are so many talented people in this city. He is just a nineteen-year-old child. He is just a back-up for other people in the competition. How can he show any talent in the competition?

    Just let the kids play.

    Bai Guoqiang gave Bai Song a registration fee and let him go.

    Bai Song is so good, he just thinks it is his father who promised him to sing, and he happily goes to the competition.

    Unexpectedly, a strange combination of circumstances actually allowed him to come back with a championship.

    Later, when I heard that he was going to compete in Beijing, Bai Guoqiang was unhappy.

    There was absolutely no such path in his plan for his child.

    Bai Song felt wronged too.

    He thought to himself: It was his father who agreed at that time. How come he won the championship and went to a better stage, and his father was not happy?

    That was the first and only time they had a fight.

    Bai Song pinched the pocket money he had saved, walked out of the house resolutely, got on the bus, and headed to Beijing.

    Bai Guoqiang never contacted Bai Song again.

    Later, when Bai Song made money, his salary was sent home, all to Chen Yanli, and the father and son never exchanged a word.

    Both of them were stubborn and refused to bow their heads, so they spent two years fighting each other like this.

    The late night call was from Chen Yanli.

    Bai Song bought the earliest ticket to go back.

    He originally wanted to talk to Fang Xingcheng before leaving, but then he remembered that Fang Xingcheng was going back for his elder’s birthday.

    Forget it, don’t bother him with this kind of thing.

    This is what Chen Yanli told Bai Song: A few months ago, Bai Guoqiang had abnormal physical examination indicators. He went to several hospitals for examinations and was eventually diagnosed with cancer.

    It was found out too late and the situation was not optimistic.

    At first, Chen Yanli wanted to tell Bai Song, but Bai Guoqiang wouldn’t let her call. He thought that whether Bai Song’s life was good or bad had nothing to do with him anymore, so why bother telling people about it.

    Chen Yanli tried her best to persuade him, but she couldn’t persuade him.

    Because of this incident, Chen Jin and Bai Guoqiang quarreled for three days, and finally left in anger and never came back.

    Just keep the money.

    The money saved by the family over the years is not small, but the hospital is a monster that eats money, and it is far from enough to treat diseases.

    Bai Guoqiang stayed in the hospital for several months and borrowed money from relatives and friends, but the money was far from enough.

    Chen Yanli had no choice but to ask Bai Song for help.

    When Bai Song hurried to the ward where Bai Guoqiang was located, Bai Guoqiang had just finished hanging the water.

    As soon as he saw Bai Song, Bai Guoqiang immediately lowered his face and shouted at Chen Yanli: “What did you tell him to do!”

    The tone was choking, but the voice was not loud.

    Age seemed to scratch it in an instant, and for the first time, Bai Song saw signs that his father was getting old.

    Coughing in the mouth and white hair on the head.

    Obviously, obviously, the last time they met, Bai Guoqiang was full of energy and energetic.

    Bai Song couldn’t even recognize for a moment that the person lying on the bed was his father who had told him to “get out” two years ago.

    Just like two different looks.

    Bai Song sniffed, forced himself to laugh, and admitted his mistake: “Dad, I was wrong. Don’t blame sister. It was me who had to come back to see you.”

    He sat in front of the hospital bed, holding Bai Guoqiang’s hand and coaxing him softly.

    Bai Guoqiang’s face softened a little, and he quarreled a few more words, and Bai Song responded one by one. Bai Guoqiang opened his eyebrows and asked Bai Song a few questions about the current situation. After getting good answers, he slowly exhaled and fell asleep soon after.

    Bai Song covered Bai Guoqiang with a quilt. Seeing that he was sleeping deeply enough, he and Chen Yanli walked out of the ward.

    Bai Guoqiang’s ward was at the end of the corridor, and around the corner was the stairwell. In order not to disturb other patients’ rest, the two of them sat in the stairwell and talked.

    “Sister.” Bai Song asked her, “How much money is still missing? I still have some in my hand. No matter how expensive the medicine is, we have to use it. If the money is not enough, I will make more money. Money is not a problem.”

    We just have to wait for Fang Xingcheng to come back. Bai Song’s salary is stuck in Fang Xingcheng’s hands, and he doesn’t have much money saved at the moment.

    Chen Yanli sighed lengthyly: “I don’t know, this kind of thing is like a bottomless pit. No one knows when enough will be enough, and no one knows if there will be any results.”

    Chen Yanli took out the cigarettes from her pocket, knocked the box, and shook out a cigarette: “Do you want to smoke?”

    “I don’t know how to smoke.” Bai Song shook his head and refused. He didn’t know when Chen Yanli started smoking, maybe because of this matter.

    “How are you doing in Beijing?” Chen Yanli didn’t mention her father’s affairs anymore, but instead talked about home affairs.

    They didn’t talk much during this period. As a sister, she still had to care about her brother’s current situation.

    Chen Yanli thought for a while and picked out a topic: “Your roommate, he didn’t bully you, right?”

    “No, he is very nice.” Bai Song smiled.

    “Okay, that’s fine.” Chen Yanli said, “Don’t look at Dad like this. In fact, he hasn’t missed a single episode of your program and has watched it. Dad is like this. He likes to talk to others whether he likes it or not, and he likes to talk to others whether he says yes or not. In fact, he cares about you in his heart.”

    Bai Song responded dully: “I know, he was like this before, what he said and what he did were not the same thing. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t be angry with dad. I should have come back to spend more time with dad.”

    Chen Yanli: “No one expected that Dad is such a healthy person. It’s normal for you to be angry with the old man when you are young, but he promised you and then regretted it. What’s more, my mother couldn’t bear it at the time. She divorced because she couldn’t bear the anger. Later, she felt that this man was okay. At least he did things in a down-to-earth manner, but he couldn’t speak well, and it seemed like he didn’t like anyone.”

    “But Dad likes Mom very much.” Bai Song said, “He never said it, but he secretly hid a lot of things in the small cabinet. They were all gifts from Mom. I saw it.”

    “What about this thing?” Chen Yanli found it a bit funny, but she had never heard of it.

    Bai Song embellished the description, making Chen Yanli giggle. The two of them fell into memories. After a while, the cigarette burned out.

    After extinguishing the cigarette, Chen Yanli sighed: “You said, this life of a person has just passed by like this, isn’t it quite fast?”

    The hospital is the place where people can most easily realize life and death. Everything inside is different from the outside.

    Full of new life, full of death.

    “It’s not over yet, this life… is still going on.” Bai Song said softly.

    But for Bai Guoqiang, is it still long?No one dares to say.

    During this period of time, Chen Yanli was with her, and Bai Song asked her to go home to rest. He set up a small bed and stayed with Bai Guoqiang.

    Bai Guoqiang woke up full of energy. The father and son looked at each other and smiled, had a long talk, and finally put aside their unhappiness and completely reconciled with each other.

    There is nothing important that cannot be ignored before life and death.

    Bai Song was responsible for preparing and feeding Bai Guoqiang, cleaning the room, and running procedures with nurses and doctors to inquire about the situation. He was extremely busy at the end of the day. When he lay down at night, he realized that Fang Xingcheng had not sent him any message all day long.

    Fang Xingcheng rarely has such moments.

    Although Bai Song kept telling himself that he was just busy, Bai Song always felt a tight string in his heart.

    It’s probably not all because of Fang Xingcheng.

    The sudden situation actually crushed Bai Song. Even if he didn’t show it on the surface, he was already in a mess inside.

    Why would such a healthy father experience such a thing?

    It’s just that I am isolated and helpless at the moment and just want to find someone to talk to.

    Bai Song was so used to Fang Xingcheng’s fragility that he could only think of him and only him at the moment.

    Words on the phone were typed and deleted.

    Bai Song wanted to say something to Fang Xingcheng, but didn’t know what to say.

    The words “Fang Xingcheng” appeared on Bai Song’s screen several times, but in the end he still didn’t send anything.

    The chat history between the two of them is still from last night.

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