In the internet cafe.
William and Daniel started two computers to play games.
Daniel looked at William's phone, which kept lighting up, and reminded him, "William, your phone... really don't need to check it?"
William glanced at it, then flipped through his phone, and said indifferently, "Mm-hmm."
The internet cafe was filled with the sounds of "Go, go," and many teenagers addicted to the internet who had been staying up all night, slurping instant noodles while furiously hitting the keyboards in front of them.
This year, the mobile game "King of Glory" appeared and became popular throughout the country in an instant.
Daniel was also a fully addicted teenager, and he looked at the large "Defeat" on the computer and sighed.
He glanced at William, who was seriously playing Tetris, and felt that William might really be different from others, a clear stream in the internet cafe.
"William, let's play League of Legends together."
William made a sound of agreement.
Daniel looked at the "Victory" on the computer and happily slapped the mouse, saying to William, "We finally won a game."
William glanced at his phone and said, "I'm going out to take a call."
"Are you done yet?" The teenager stood at the entrance of the internet cafe, dressed in black, with sharp features that were not to be trifled with.
"I told you to go home."
"I'm not going." William said, chuckled lightly, and said, "Isn't it great for you two now? Why do you want me to go back?"
"I said it was my fault for not being able to keep your mom back then, not your mom's fault."
"Tsk." William found his words ridiculous.
"Did you get into a fight again today?"
"What's it to you?" William said and hung up the phone.
He had hardly ever asked about him in ten years, never given him a smile, and now he was asking about this. William really thought he was ridiculously laughable.
William and Daniel played all night, and William, looking at the wilting Daniel, said, "You should go home."
"What about you, William?"
William was holding medicine and still looked like he couldn't wake up, and said, "I'm going to buy something."
"Aren't you going home, William?" Daniel's sleepiness dissipated halfway, and he asked blankly. He didn't know much about William's family situation, only that William had a father who rarely came home.
William made a sound of agreement, reached out to stop a car, and said, "You go back."
Daniel wanted to say something more, but facing William's pair of black eyes, he licked his lips and said, "William, call me anytime if you need to."
Before leaving, he asked again, "William, do you want to stay at my house?"
William said, "No, I have a place to stay."
"Okay, then William, remember to give me your new address."
...
William pushed open the door and seemed to be able to see his grandmother sitting on a rocking chair holding him at that time, a white-haired old lady in a floral dress holding a crying child.
The events of the year he was seven years old seemed to be still vivid.
"We William is so cute, it's her lack of vision, she doesn't want him, grandma wants him."
"My little heart, why are you crying like a little flower cat?"
"William, look, what delicious food grandma made, your favorite chicken legs!"
"Eat more, grow tall, and in the future, grow taller than grandma."
"Our William is the most afraid of pain, oh, how did the leg get such a big scrape, grandma will blow on it for you, it won't hurt after blowing."
"Sit tight, grandma is bringing the first aid kit, let's disinfect it, it will get better quickly after disinfection."
Later, William was admitted to the best junior high school in the city, and Philip sneered at it.
Only Pearl, wearing old-fashioned glasses, looked at the admission notice over and over again and said, "My William is so great, admitted to the best junior high school in the city."
The room is still pasted with the 2010 Year of the Tiger poster, at that time Pearl smiled and pasted the poster crookedly in the most conspicuous place, and said, "My William is twelve years old, it's his zodiac year, look, grandma specially bought the poster, is it good-looking?"
"Only twelve years old, he is already much taller than grandma, and so handsome, he will definitely charm a group of girls when he grows up."
"Our William's zodiac year should wear red clothes, look, what grandma bought for you."
At that time, William was disdaining the red socks Pearl bought while wearing them to school.
Every time William did well in the exam, Pearl would make a full table of dishes for him, and he told his old friends around: "My William is going to Tsinghua and Peking University in the future."
Not long after William's zodiac year was over, Pearl fell seriously ill.
Even so, Philip did not come back from out of town.
William sat outside alone all night.
He watched the doctors in the operating room come out and shake their heads at him.
Philip came back at this time, and William hated him, hated that he didn't care about anything, with only Scarlett in his eyes.
He hated that his grandmother mentioned him so many times in front of him, but he didn't see him once, and finally left with regret.
William held the urn and slept alone for a night, and the only person who loved him was gone.
He never came back here again, as this place was full of memories. He locked the door and hid the key. He didn't allow Philip to come back, nor did he allow him to touch anything in this house.
He didn't deserve it.
William looked at the kind old woman in the photo, lit three incense sticks, worshipped, and said, "Grandma, she's back, grandma must know who I'm talking about, right? I don't want to forgive her, even after so many years, I don't want to forgive her."
"Grandma said, follow your heart to be happy. Although I don't know if what I'm doing now is right, I only know that I don't want to forgive her now."
William pushed open Pearl's room and found that the drawing he drew in elementary school was still pasted on the wall, already yellowing.
The photo is of an old person and a child, smiling very happily.
The words written on it are: My most, most important person.
He still remembers that when he gave this drawing to Pearl, she was extremely happy.
He never thought that the drawings he drew before would be cherished as a treasure for so many years.
The wall is pasted with certificates he has won from childhood: Best Progress Award, First Prize in Chinese, First Prize in Math, First Prize in English...
All neatly pasted on the wall, a bit yellowed.
The slingshot, skates, slingshot, water gun, marbles, and many other little toys are all packed in a box.
Even the drafts he used were neatly put away in the bookcase.
The bonus he got from the third-grade math competition was used to buy a scarf for Pearl. Although the quality was not good and the color was not very good-looking, she still wore it for many years and told everyone it was bought by her own grandson.
The thousand paper cranes hanging on the window were folded by him and Pearl before.
...
William pushed open his own room again, the table and bed were still covered with dust covers, which Pearl knew he loved cleanliness and was afraid the room would be dusty.
He put the dust cover in the cabinet, pulled the curtains, and changed to new bedding and sheets.
William took out the medicinal liquor from the bag, but didn't know how to apply it himself. He struggled for a while before applying the medicine.
Lying in bed, looking at the ceiling, he soon fell asleep.