sleepless tonight

Chapter 43 Birthday Present
"Okay, but as agreed, you can find a place to live when the rain stops." Su Ran was very calm and didn't make a fuss with me, and continued to eat.

This made me a little surprised, when suddenly I changed my temper and didn't drive me away.

I smeared some medicine on her feet, pinched her, and sent her back to her room to rest.

I didn't go out for the next two days. I wrote an article in front of the computer in the room and revised it more than ten times before it reached my satisfaction.

But I thought about the title of the article for a while, but I couldn’t make up my mind. After smoking three cigarettes in a row on the balcony, my thoughts were still a bit messy. I didn’t think of a suitable title, which made it difficult for me to sleep.

"Chen Jin, I told you, don't smoke inside the house, you can't enter the balcony, you not only smoke inside the house, but also run to the balcony." Su Ran appeared behind me, wearing pajamas, staring at me.

Like a ruthless young lioness.

"I opened the window." I pointed to the window.

"Don't forget, you are living in my house now, I just let you live there temporarily." Su Ran simply ignored my words.

"Don't say that, didn't I teach you how to cook? We are in a mutually beneficial relationship now." I stubbed out the cigarette and threw it out of the window.

Su Ran narrowed her eyes, obviously disgusted by my behavior.

"I won't smoke anymore, I really won't smoke anymore." I raised my hand in surrender, and decided to go back to the room, and discuss with Logan and the others when I arrive at the company tomorrow to see how to give this article a suitable title.

At this time the door knocked, I was stunned for a moment, it was already around 12 o'clock in the night, how could someone come over, I glanced at Su Ran, could it be that they came to look for her?
Just when he was thinking about whether to avoid it, Su Ran went over and opened the door, and there was Chen Chen outside.

Chen Chen looked at me: "Brother Chen, come out for a while."

I walked over: "What's wrong?"

"A little girl knocked on the door just now. She said she was looking for someone. I asked her who she was looking for, but she didn't say anything, and went downstairs crying. I wondered if that little girl came to look for you, so I just came over to ask you." Chen Chen said.

"How old is that little girl?" I asked hastily, with a bad premonition in my heart.

"Looks like eight or nine years old, carrying a schoolbag." Chen Chen said.

Could it be Chen Ke?
But it was so late, why did Chen Ke come here suddenly?

I was nervous for a moment: "Where did she go?"

"Going downstairs." Chen Chen said, "It's been about 20 minutes."

I didn't have time to say anything more, so I ran downstairs.

Standing downstairs, I watched. The lights in the community were dim, and it was raining again. I couldn't see anything in the middle of the night, and my ears were filled with cold wind and night rain.

"Ake." I called out.

There was no response, I yelled twice, but it only attracted curses from a certain resident.

The premonition in my heart became stronger and stronger, Chen Ke must have come to look for me.

Carrying a schoolbag, who is she if she is eight or nine years old?

I was very anxious, it was so late, why did Chen Ke come to look for me suddenly?

Something must have happened.

I rushed into the rain curtain, ran out of the community, and sprinted along the street. The rain fell on my face and flowed down my cheeks.

But I didn't see Chen Ke's shadow when I walked all the way, so I turned back and walked another way.

No one disappeared, no one who saw Chen Ke.

Standing in place, I turned around, trying to find Chen Ke in the night.

But where is her shadow?At this time, I thought of calling Tong Wangjun to find out what was going on, but I looked in my pocket, but there was nothing, I didn't bring my mobile phone, and the mobile phone was placed upstairs.

I ran upstairs, but I was only halfway there when I suddenly saw a figure huddled in a corner of a building.

I stopped and walked over: "A Ke?"

The figure raised its head.

I rushed over and hugged her: "Where did you go? Why didn't you tell Dad when you came here."

Chen Ke was drenched all over, but kept crying, twitching, crying very sadly, and finally put his arms around my neck.

I wanted to put her down, but Chen Ke didn't let go of her arms around my neck.

"Tell Dad, did something happen? Did someone bully you?" I gave up and just asked.

Chen Ke was crying and wanted to speak, but when she opened her mouth, she was replaced by whimpering, her hands tightly clutching her schoolbag.

I carried her into the elevator, went upstairs and slammed on Su Ran's door.

"Please take the child in for a hot bath." I said to Su Ran as soon as the door opened.

Su Ran glanced at Chen Ke in my arms, nodded without saying a word, and pulled Chen Ke into the bathroom.

"Give me the schoolbag, what are you doing with it? Go in and take a hot bath, don't catch a cold, and tell Dad later if you have anything to say." I tried to take the schoolbag from Chen Ke's hand, but Chen Ke grabbed it tightly. It was not loose in my hand, so I didn't dare to use too much force, and let her carry the schoolbag into the bathroom.

I have too many doubts in my heart, why did Chen Ke come over now.

I went back to the room, picked up the phone and called Tong Wangjun. I made five or six calls in a row, but no one answered.At this moment, I can't wait to rush to Tong Wangjun, slap her, and ask her what she thinks of her child.

In such a heavy rain and such a cold night, the child ran out alone.

The bathroom door opened, and Chen Ke came out wearing Su Ran's clothes, which were very spacious.

"Is it cold? Go to the bed and lie down." I hurried to Chen Ke, squatted down and wanted to reach out to hug her, but when I touched her, I realized that my body was covered with water, so I stopped.

Chen Ke was still holding a schoolbag in his hand, and I immediately became angry: "What are you doing with this broken schoolbag?"

Chen Ke's tears flowed again, staring at me, not speaking, her hands holding the schoolbag turned white.

"You should also take a shower, your body is wet like this." Su Ran said to me.

I'm not in the mood to take a shower. I just want to find out what happened. I looked at Chen Ke: "Tell Dad, what happened? Did your mother beat you, so you came here?"

Chen Ke shook his head.

"It's Xu Heng, did he hit you?" I guessed.

"No." Chen Ke finally let out this time.

"Then why did you come here in the middle of the night?" My voice became louder.

It's scary to think about an eight-year-old running over from such a distance at such a late hour.

"I miss you, Dad." Chen Ke cried.

"Just because of this, you came here in the middle of the night?" I was annoyed, "Why are you becoming more and more ignorant now, do you know how worrying it is? I just went out to look for you for nearly an hour. do you know!"

"Father, go and change your clothes first, your clothes are all wet and you will catch a cold." Chen Ke looked at me timidly.

Seeing her like this, I became even more angry in my heart. I was really afraid that something would happen to Chen Ke.

She actually ran over in the middle of the night just because she missed me, it was too nonsense.

I pulled her and spanked her ass twice. I wanted to teach her a lesson so that she wouldn't dare to do this again.

"Why beat the child?" Su Ran pulled me.

"Teach her a lesson, so that she won't act like this again in the future." I said with a cold face.

Chen Ke burst into tears, and big drops of tears fell on the ground. After a while, the clothes she changed into were wet again.

"You still dare to cry, tell me if you dare to do this in the future?" I scolded.

Chen Ke just cried, grasping the strap of the schoolbag with both hands, and twisting it vigorously, as if he had suffered a great grievance in his heart.

Seeing that she didn't admit her mistake and didn't answer, I became even more angry. I pulled the schoolbag in her hand hard, threw it out, grabbed her, and hit her on the buttocks several times: "I know I was wrong!" No? Are you still running out so late?"

Chen Ke's crying neck trembled: "Birthday, tomorrow is Dad's birthday, and I want to celebrate Dad's birthday."

I paused and my hands stopped.

After a little recollection, I realized that today is indeed my birthday.

I have never had the habit of celebrating my birthday. I only celebrated one when I was ten years old, but I didn't expect Chen Ke to remember it. She came here in the middle of the night just to celebrate my birthday?

Chen Ke broke free from my hand, ran to the schoolbag that was thrown out, carefully picked up the schoolbag, and then slowly opened it. There was a cake inside, a cake that was no longer shaped.

I was completely stunned.

"Dad, this is my birthday present for you. I bought you a cake, but it was broken." Chen Ke walked up to me with her schoolbag in her arms, very sad.

(End of this chapter)