Father 父亲

23rd April 2016  /  life upon life, significant story, highlight

I grew up spoiled and had never left home once nor ever lodged in school. I had never suffered wrongs. My parents always took good care of me. So I did not adapt to a new environment easily, and was not used to living alone.

One month after I started high school, I was just the same as I had been. I didn’t talk all day long and was always late for meals. I was absent-minded and stared blankly in classes. My grades seemed to be plummeting. I spent much time talking with my parents over the phone every night, and I couldn’t help crying. I knew my parents must have worried sick about me. 

One Sunday, my parents brought me lunch. At twelve noon, my father walked downstairs with me to the front of the teaching building and waved me goodbye. I felt so sad when I took a few steps upstairs. I turned back and saw my father went far away. I carried on going upstairs and I stared blankly in the classroom. I ran to the dormitory after school, suddenly I heard someone calling my name in a familiar voice. Then I saw my father and I was happy.

We went to the dining room to have dinner. I bought two bowls of noodles and ate heartily with my father. I couldn’t help asking why he visited me again. He said “I saw you turned back at noon and you were sad, so I want to look at you. I was just worried that you would not have dinner again.” I was so moved that words could not express my feelings. I thought he didn’t notice when I turned back because he had gone far away.

My home is very far away from my school. It takes more than 40 minutes by bike. I don’t want my parents to worry about me, but my father cares about me more deeply than I think.

Feiyang Xu

我从小一直被惯着长大,没有离开过家,没在校寄宿过,没感到过委屈,爸爸妈妈永远把我照顾的好好的。也因此我适应能力特别差,无法习惯独立的生活。从高中开学开始算起,一个月之后我还是像开学那样的状态:我还是每天不说话,每天来不及吃饭,上课会走神会发呆,成绩永远近乎竖直下降。每天晚上会花很多时间打电话回家,跟爸妈谈心,然后说着说着就会哭。我知道他们有多担心我。那个星期天,他们中午来送饭,12点爸爸把我送到教学楼下,然后挥挥手跟我说再见。我上楼,没走几步,我心里很难过,于是回头看他,发现他已经离我远了不少。我又转身往楼上走,回到教室发呆。后来下午放学,我奔向宿舍,突然听见有人叫我,那么熟悉的声音。然后我看到爸爸。我瞬间特别高兴地朝他走过去,然后我们去食堂吃饭。我买了两碗面,我们就很开心地吃饭啊。我想想还是问爸爸,我说你怎么晚上会来,他说“今天中午我看到你回头望我,感觉你过得挺郁闷的,就来看看你,怕你晚饭又不吃。”当时我心里说不出的滋味,根本无法形容,我以为他没有看到,爸爸离我很远,我根本不知道他是怎么看到的。那时我只是想回头看看他,看看他离我远去,不是希望他看到我回头望他。我家离学校真的很远,爸爸骑车来最少最少40分钟。我其实不想让爸妈太担心的,爸爸他原来比我想象地还要关心我。

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