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Chapter 55 Childhood
Sui Sui's eyes lit up, "Is it okay?"
Cici hesitated, "I want to ask my parents."
Xu Jianian and Lin He nodded, took the initiative to find Qianxi's parents, and proposed to take the child back to the orphanage next weekend.
Sui Sui couldn't help but feel happy watching the adults quickly discuss this matter.
When he was first adopted, he actually occasionally missed the children in the orphanage.But this kind of miss was very light, he thought he could bear it for a while, so he didn't tell his father.
Later, he had a new father, and went to the island to play with the fathers. There were so many new and interesting things in life, which made him feel very happy, and he missed the orphanage less.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little guilty. He clearly said that he would go back to visit everyone.
So on the way home, he plucked up the courage to ask Lin He: "Father, can I go to the old house, get some story books, toys, and clothes, and give them to the children in the orphanage?"
He has a children's room in Lin's old house, Xu's villa, Lin He's villa and now his new home. His two fathers, four grandparents and aunts have bought him a lot of things, so much that he can't run out.
But he was still a little cautious when he asked, because he was not sure whether he could give these things to others.
Lin He, who was driving, glanced at him from the rearview mirror, saw his anxiety, and said, "Yes, it's all your own, and you have the right to decide."
Xu Jianian also said: "We'll go get them after we eat, but are there enough at home? You still have to keep some for yourself, why don't we just buy new ones and bring them over?"
Sui Sui hurriedly said, "No, some of my clothes are still new, but I can't fit them anymore. I have read and played with many books and toys."
Xu Jianian nodded when he heard the words, "Okay then, Dad will clean it up for you later."
Lin He said to Xu Jianian: "I will contact the dean later and ask what they need."
The Donglai Group will regularly donate to some welfare institutions, but Lin He himself rarely contacts the welfare institutions directly except when he adopts Suisui.
Xu Jianian nodded, and suddenly thought: "There is also Qianqian's parents, we will go together at that time, we have to discuss it."
In order to avoid the comparison between the things brought by the two families, or to repeat a certain type of things.
The dean was very happy to learn that they were coming, and repeatedly stated that there was no shortage of things in the orphanage, as long as they came.
That being said, on Saturday, Xu Jianian and Lin He came to the orphanage with Suisui and a cart full of things.
The children in the orphanage knew that they were coming, and they all waited eagerly in the yard at the gate. When they saw Sui Sui get off the car, they stared blankly for a moment, and then ran forward calling his name.
"Sui Sui/Sui Sui brother!"
"Where's Sissy?"
Sui Sui said: "She is already on her way and will be there soon."
"You grow taller every year!"
"We saw you on TV! Your dad is amazing!"
Just after finishing speaking, Xu Jianian and Lin He who got off the car came over.
The child was quiet for a moment, looked up at the two adults with his little head tilted, "...is Sui Sui's father."
Before Lin He adopted Suisui, he often came to the orphanage to get along with Suisui for a while, because he was so tall, the children all had some impressions of him.
However, young children are very forgetful, and some children don’t even have a deep memory of Cici and Suisui. Thanks to watching the program "Sea Island Survival" on TV, they can now recognize them.
Xu Jianian smiled at the children: "Hello."
The children nodded politely: "Hello, Uncle."
He whispered again: "This uncle looks good!"
"The tall uncle still looks fierce."
Lin He heard it and looked at the kid.The child immediately lowered his head to avoid his eyes and dared not speak.
Lin He: "..."
Xu Jianian chuckled, and said to the children: "Uncle just looks fierce, but he actually likes children. Look, he still has presents for everyone."
The children looked at the big cardboard box in Lin He's hand, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally bowed politely: "Thank you uncle."
"You're welcome." Lin He tried his best to soften his tone to make himself less "violent", "These are the books and toys Suisui prepared for everyone, and there are milk and snacks in the car, I will take them down later."
"Wow!" The children opened their eyes wide, and looked at Lin He with affection immediately, "Thank you uncle!"
After a while, Sissy's parents also brought her over, also bringing some gifts.
With the help of teachers from the orphanage, Suisui and Qianqian distributed gifts to the children.The children twittered about how the two of them were doing well in their new home.
The dean personally received the parents of Xu Jianian, Lin He, and Qianqian, and watched the children playing together lively from a distance, showing a gratified smile.
The dean asked them to have lunch together at the orphanage, but Sissi's parents said they had something to do at home, so they took Sissi away around eleven o'clock.
Xu Jianian and Lin He originally wanted to say goodbye, but seeing Sui Sui looking at them eagerly, as if they still had a lot to say with the children, they agreed to stay for dinner.
Lin He was worried about occupying the food expenses of the orphanage, so he proposed to order food for everyone.
"No need." The dean quickly dissuaded, "The cafeteria is already cooking, and there is nothing special to entertain you, just the three dishes and one soup that the children usually eat, as long as you don't dislike it."
Xu Jianian: "No, don't think we have a big appetite."
The dean smiled and said: "You brought so many things here, you should eat two more meals."
There was still a while before lunch, and the dean led them to the office for tea, "I'm actually quite surprised that you can bring Suisui here."
The dean said: "Like Sissi's parents, after adopting a child, it is a common situation that they don't want her to have too much contact with the orphanage."
Xu Jianian and Lin He were slightly taken aback. They had also noticed just now that although Qianqian's parents were willing to take her back, they seemed to be limited to this trip.
"Because some adoptive parents worry that their children will keep remembering the orphanage and being adopted, and they will not be familiar with it." The dean explained, "So, when children are adopted, we will tell them not to think too much about us., and don’t casually ask your parents to come back and have a look.”
"As long as they live well, it doesn't matter if they forget about this place."
Xu Jianian and Lin He glanced at each other, and seemed to understand why Sui Sui had so many conversations with the children, but never mentioned that he wanted to come back and have a look.
Lin He lowered his eyes: "Sorry, I ignored his feelings."
The dean smiled and shook his head, "I know Suisui, he is very sensible, he can read words and deeds, and he rarely asks."
She thought of Sui Sui's expression when she looked at the two fathers just now, wishing them to stay a little longer, and said: "Since he will express his thoughts to you, it means that you have given him enough scale to let him know that he can rely on and trust you.”
Xu Jianian and Lin He recalled how they were always cautious before the age, and now they would compare their hearts, kiss Xu Jianian, and admit that they missed every little bit of them, so they couldn't help but curl the corners of their lips.
Both distressed, but also pleased.
Xu Jianian looked at the dean: "I don't know much about Sui Sui in the orphanage, can you please tell me about it?"
The dean got up when he heard the words, turned out a photo album, and found the pages with Suisui.
The first one is Sui Sui when she was a baby, she was white and tender, very cute at first glance.
"People from the neighborhood committee said that his father died unexpectedly before he was born, and his mother had amniotic fluid embolism when he was born, leaving him to live with his grandmother." The dean said, "His grandmother named him Ning Sui, hoping that heBe safe and grow up healthy."
"But not long after, the old man fell and suffered intracranial hemorrhage, so he couldn't be rescued." The dean sighed, "Then he was sent to us."
Looking at the photos of Suisui when he was a child, Xu Jianian guessed that he must have been well taken care of before he was sent to the orphanage, and his eyes turned red.
"He has been very obedient since he was a child, and he doesn't cry much..." the dean said slowly, his eyes were slightly red.
Xu Jianian discovered that when he was young, he still liked to laugh a lot. In the few photos, every one was smiling.
Until after the age of four or five——
"Sui Sui...why doesn't he like to laugh anymore?" Xu Jianian asked.Lin He noticed this and frowned slightly.
The dean sighed again when he thought of this matter, "You have also seen that Suisui was handsome, cute, and loved to laugh when he was young, so someone wanted to adopt him a long time ago."
Xu Jianian was taken aback. That's right, a healthy and well-behaved child like Sui Sui would normally be the first choice for some needy families to adopt.
He thought of many bad things in an instant, and it was hard to imagine what would happen if they happened to Sui Sui...
"When he was a little over three years old, he was almost adopted by a couple." The dean said, "Mr. Lin knows that every applicant who applies for adoption has to contact the child they want to adopt.a period of time."
Lin He nodded.
The dean said: "The couple were infertile, so they wanted to adopt a child very much, so they fell in love with Sui Sui. But when Sui Sui was in contact with them, he found that the husband was carrying his wife behind his back, and behaved very differently from another woman.Intimate, and said something...very disrespectful to that lady."
Xu Jianian and Lin He were taken aback at the same time, "Sui Sui..."
It seems that they can imagine Sui Sui's shock and bewilderment without asking any further questions—the new parents and new home, who were full of expectations, turned out to be not as harmonious as he imagined.
Lin He only knew that he hadn't been adopted before Sui Sui, and didn't know there was such a story, so he immediately felt that he was negligent.
"Sui Sui has been very smart since he was a child." The dean said, "But that gentleman felt that he was young and ignorant, and after being knocked out by him, he fooled him, coaxed him, and asked him not to tell the wife."
"But Sui Sui... still quietly told that wife about it."
Xu Jianian's pupils trembled.
"As a result, they quarreled in front of Sui Sui, and the gentleman was furious and accused Sui Sui of lying." The dean gritted his teeth, "Children don't know how to swallow their anger, and they only know how to defend themselves when they are wronged..."
"And then?" Xu Jianian asked nervously.
"In public, the lady seemed to feel ashamed, so she told Sui Sui not to say anything."
With a stab in Xu Jianian's heart, he closed his palms into fists.Lin He reached out and held his hand tightly, with dissatisfaction on his brows.
Adults sometimes choose to hurt others in order to take care of their own face.
"After that, the couple never visited Sui Sui again, and the adoption application was withdrawn."
The dean said: "After Sui Sui found out that the couple would not come, he was depressed for a while. I intend to enlighten him and tell him that he will have the opportunity to meet suitable parents in the future."
"He asked me, why do adults teach children to be honest, but he likes to lie and doesn't like to listen to the truth?"
Xu Jianian thought that he once told Sui Sui that frank children are also very cute, Sui Sui didn't believe it at the time, it turned out...it was because of this incident.
He couldn't help his nose sour, "Maybe... what makes him sad and concerned is not that he can't be adopted."
Lin He took his words: "It was the impact from the adult world that made him doubt the education of truth, goodness and beauty that he had always received."
"Yes." The dean nodded and said, "I'm ashamed to say, I found that I didn't know how to answer this question for a while, so I asked him back. If I knew that I would lose the chance of being adopted by doing so, would I choose to tell that person?"An aunt?"
"Sui Sui thought about it and told me 'yes'. Because he didn't want to cheat that aunt, and he didn't want her aunt to know about it in the future. She would feel sadder and hate him even more if he cheated on her with her uncle," recalled the dean.Recalling the scene at that time, I couldn't help being filled with emotion.
Xu Jianian felt more distressed: "He likes that aunt very much."
But when the other party faced the shock and great changes in life, he didn't maintain the time to stand by himself.
"Yes." The dean said, "So when I learned that the couple got divorced, I told Sui Sui."
"Sui Sui asked me if divorce was a good thing for that aunt."
"I told him it should be, and he smiled lightly as if he was relieved." The dean said and wiped the corners of his eyes. "Afterwards, he gradually became silent, and began to learn to read his words..."
Xu Jianian raised his head and took a deep breath, blinked his eyes, calmed down, and looked at the dean, "Can you give us some pictures of Suisui when he was young?"
The dean said: "Yes, you can choose, we still have an electronic photo album, and there are some in it."
Xu Jianian and Lin He: "Thank you."
They and Sui Sui had lunch with the children in the orphanage, and they said goodbye when the children were about to take a nap.
The children said goodbye to Sui Yiyi, and some even cried.
The dean was afraid that they would be in trouble, so he asked them to take Sui Sui away first.
Xu Jianian took Suisui into the car, saw him keep turning his head, and told him: "It's okay, we'll come back next time."
Sui Sui froze for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "When is the next time?"
Xu Jianian said, "Next time you want to come."
Sui Sui blinked in disbelief, and slowly smiled.
On the way back, Sui Sui fell asleep leaning against Xu Jianian.
His height is close to 130cm, the child safety seat installed in the car is no longer suitable for him, now Xu Jianian sits with him in the back row.
Seeing him dozing off just now, Xu Jianian moved to the middle of the back row, fastened his seat belt again, and held him in his arms to make him sleep more comfortably.
He used to always think that well-behaved children are cuter, but now he understands better that it is a child's nature to cry, make trouble and laugh.
Premature restraint of nature and becoming a good child may have to pay some "price".
If this is the case, he would rather grow up slowly every year and become good later.
Sui Sui didn't know what the dean said to his fathers, but he could feel that his fathers seemed to treat him better.
Take him to and from school every day, help him with his homework, buy him more new clothes, story books and toys...
Dad also had a heart-to-heart talk with him, asking him if he learned fencing because of his father, and if he wanted to continue learning, or learn something else.
He nodded: "Because my father is very handsome when he fencing."
Seeing that Dad was stunned, he added another sentence: "Dad is also very handsome when he draws, can I learn?"
Dad smiled, touched his head and said, "No problem, Dad will teach you."
Flipping through the calendar page by page, although the women's clothing designed by Xu Jianian was not adopted by the company, it was also affirmed by the senior designers, which made him more motivated and began to follow the seniors to design next year's summer clothing.
First of all, I personally made a set of summer parent-child pajamas for my family of three, fulfilling the promise of the first piece of clothing to Mr. Lin.
Mr. Lin thanked him calmly on the surface, but in fact he was so happy that he turned on the heating at home and immediately put on his summer pajamas.
Xu Jianian: "..." Okay.
The next day, he and Sui Sui also changed into this set of pajamas.
Without him, because the heating in the house is too high.
In November, Xu Jiayuan held an engagement banquet, and Xu Jianian suddenly wanted to design a wedding dress for her on a whim.
However, it was inevitable that he would turn over and delay the other party's wedding. He didn't say it in advance, but secretly worked hard.
As the weather got colder and colder, Xu Jianian and Lin He received the official invitation from the "Survival on the Island" program team, inviting them to participate in the second season of the program——
"Snow Survival".