Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 134 Duoduo’s Father

Chapter 134: Chapter 134 Duoduo’s Father

Shen Siyuan was just about to talk about the day he met Duoduo.

But before he could start, he heard someone from the yard say, "Oh, we have guests at home?"

Then they saw an elderly man with a slightly plump figure, swinging his arms and holding out his stomach, walking towards them from the yard.

Upon seeing this, Song Qingwei stood up and said, "My old man is back."

She was just wondering why there was nobody at home; it turns out he had gone behind her. Thinking of this, she felt a bit more reproachful in her heart, almost missing the meeting with her daughter.

However, the appearance of Lin Jianming somehow gave her a sense of reliance. After telling Shen Siyuan, she wanted to go up to meet him.

But at that moment, Duoduo wriggled out of her hand and trotted forward.

When Lin Jianming saw a little girl running towards him, he cheerfully said, "Oh my, whose cute little girl is this? So adorable... adorable..."

His words got stuck in his throat, losing his voice for a moment, his eyes wide with astonishment.

In a daze, he felt as if he was in a dream and hadn’t woken up.

He actually saw his daughter running towards him again.

"Oh?"

Duoduo looked up at the elderly man with sparse hair and a plump figure in front of her.

She vaguely saw a bit of familiarity on the man’s face, and remembering her mother’s appearance from earlier, she tentatively called out, "Daddy?"

Lin Jianming responded with a smile upon hearing the word.

"Duoduo."

Song Qingwei, who was walking out of the house, saw Lin Jianming so composed and couldn’t help but pause slightly in bewilderment, stopping in place.

Duoduo, seeing that her daddy hadn’t forgotten her, seemed to be very happy.

She then curiously reached out and gently patted and pressed his stomach.

"Daddy’s tummy, it’s soft and big."

Lin Jianming was charmed by her cuteness and pushed his stomach out a bit more, boasting with some pride, "Daddy’s belly is big, right?"

Duoduo nodded, then reached out to touch her own round little belly.

As a child, because their organs are not mature, their bellies will be plump and firm. Duoduo, though she had passed away, still retained the same features from when she was alive.

She wrinkled her little nose, "Then you can’t say my tummy is all stinky now, your tummy is even bigger than mine."

When she was little, Lin Jianming often teased her saying her bulging belly was because it was filled with stinky poo.

Lin Jianming patted his belly hard several times and laughed, "Inside daddy’s belly, there’s all delicious food, this is all from my hard work..."

He didn’t finish his sentence and suddenly looked down at his stomach.

Those few pats had been quite forceful, and the pain that emanated from his belly was so real.

His gaze turned back to the little girl looking up at him.

He called out, "Duoduo?"

This time, his voice was trembling, no longer as calm as before.

"Hey." Duoduo tilted her little head and cutely responded.

Lin Jianming’s body trembled slightly, and he started breathing more rapidly.

He slowly crouched down and stretched out his hand to touch Duoduo’s cheek.

He finally realized that it seemed he was not dreaming.

But... but why did Duoduo look exactly the same as before with not the slightest change? That shouldn’t be the case, right? His mind was a bit muddled.

"Dad, is Dad dreaming?" Lin Jianming’s voice trembled as he asked.

Duoduo looked up at the sky, then cheerfully said, "Daddy hasn’t gone to sleep yet."

"Dad’s not dreaming, Dad really sees you, Duoduo, give Dad a hug, Dad... Dad..."

Lin Jianming directly reached out and took Duoduo into his arms.

His sadness was very restrained, not like Song Qingwei’s loud crying; his tears streamed down his cheeks silently.

"It’s so good, Dad can see our Duoduo again, it’s so good... so good..."

He just kept choking on these words, unable to say anything else.

At this moment, his mind was in a mess, not understanding what was happening at all; he only knew that his Duoduo was back, held tightly in his arms.

Even if everything right now is still a dream, it would be worth it.

"Old man, don’t be sad for now, we still have guests at home."

Song Qingwei walked forward and lightly stroked Duoduo’s little head.

Seeing the twin buns on her head, she reminisced that it seems they were done by her on the morning Duoduo disappeared.

"Director Song, am I dreaming?" Lin Jianming looked up and asked.

Before retiring, Song Qingwei was a hospital director, so Lin Jianming always addressed her as Director Song, which was also a sort of affection between the couple.

"No, you’re not dreaming, our Duoduo has come back," Song Qingwei said with teary eyes and a smile.

Duoduo wriggled out of Lin Jianming’s embrace, carefully looked at him, and said, "Dad, you’ve turned into a grandpa."

After that, she sighed heavily.

"Dad has gotten old, but Duoduo, you’re just as cute as before."

Lin Jianming stood up holding Duoduo, and by this time he had calmed down completely, a myriad of doubts resurfacing in his mind.

His gaze shifted directly to the two strangers standing at the doorway.

After all, he had been a soldier and then a policeman; even if he was old now, his professional acumen remained, so he quickly realized that his confusion might be answered by the two young strangers before him.

"This is Mr. Shen and Miss Ruan, they are the ones who brought Duoduo back," Song Qingwei introduced.

"Thank you both, thank you for bringing Duoduo back."

He didn’t understand what was happening, but he thanked them first.

"Come inside, Mr. Shen was just discussing something with me."

Song Qingwei extended her hand to take Duoduo from his arms, and although Lin Jianming was reluctant, he let go.

But he couldn’t help reaching out his hand to touch Duoduo’s cheek, as if to confirm whether he was dreaming.

Once everyone sat down in the house, Shen Siyuan began to speak again, resuming the previous discussion.

During this time, Lin Jianming didn’t secretly inquire with Song Qingwei. He poured himself a cup of tea, appearing calm, but his eyes frequently wandered back to Duoduo sitting on Song Qingwei’s lap, as if he couldn’t get enough of looking at her.

"I met Duoduo on the number six bus..." Shen Siyuan began slowly.

"That day I was eating out with colleagues, I drank a bit in the evening, so I decided to take a walk, to catch some breeze..."

"By the time I got to the bus stop, I thought about taking the bus home, so I got on the number six bus, and then I saw Duoduo sitting in the back row at a glance..."

"The little one was holding her little head, grinning foolishly at me..."

Shen Siyuan’s words made the couple look bemused again, as it was on the number six bus that Duoduo disappeared while trying to go find her brother who was in school.

This was later learned from the six bus driver through the police, as Duoduo chatted with the driver when she boarded, which is why the driver had a deep impression of her.

So it turned out that Duoduo had always been on the number six bus and never left.