John felt very sad when he encountered such a family. He could not imagine what his Mike would be like in such a home.

On the way home, John suppressed the anger in his heart. He didn't understand why the adoption agency would introduce him to such a family.

At this moment, little Mike, who was holding hands, suddenly asked: "What is adoption? Dad!"

John was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Looking at his son's innocent eyes, he explained: "When a child can no longer be taken care of by his father and mother, he will then go live with two great new parents, and they will give him a

Lovely new home!”

After listening to his father’s explanation about adoption, Mike looked up and said, “I don’t want to be adopted!”

Isn't this John's idea?

Growing up with Mike, watching him start a family and start a business, he did not have to experience the childhood he had experienced. Just like seeing children carrying schoolbags to school on the roadside, he often wondered whether Mike would be like this in the future.

Walking through the streets and roads, he returned home and called his dad excitedly, then gave him a hug, but he knew that Mike would no longer have him in his future.

Seeing Mike letting go of his hands and running to a white line in front of him, stepping on the line with his feet, hands spread out, and swaying, he suddenly began to feel jealous of the game, jealous of the man who would be called daddy by Mike in the future.

people!

Inside the cake shop.

Mike asked why he would arrange such a family for his Mike, and Xiaona reluctantly said that everything was done in accordance with procedures and regulations.

It's not just you.

"Where did you find these people? What procedures did you follow to arrange them?"

John couldn't help but said angrily: "I'm not giving them a dog to take care of, nor a rabbit. This is the most important decision in my life. If they don't understand, don't you understand either?"

"It's not that I want to be like this, it's that I have to be like this! Do you understand?"

Xiaona also sympathized with John, but she was helpless because she had done everything she could.

John calmed down and said, "Actually, the important thing is Mike. I always thought I knew him. I really know him. He is, he is my son, but do I really know him? Do I know him well enough? I am now

I’m a little unsure!”

John's biggest surprise and hesitation was still about his son.

He thought he knew him, but he suddenly discovered that his son Mike seemed to know much more than he thought.

He would ask the single lady, when will you die?

Apparently, it was he who remembered the word death and began to try to understand the meaning of death.

He asked again what adoption was, and he obviously felt something, so he said he didn't want to be adopted.

This makes John even more uneasy!

After returning home, John bathed his son, washed his hair, combed his hair and caught lice. After catching the lice, John said to his son: "Tell the teacher, the lice are gone!"

But I heard Mike say: "They are all dead!"

John's health was getting worse and worse, his body and mind were haggard, and he knew that he was getting closer to death.

When eating, when Mike finished eating, he picked up the spoon from his father's bowl and wanted to continue eating. John saw it and took it away immediately, asking Mike not to use his own spoon. He was worried that he would affect

Boy, he didn't allow Mike to touch the spoon he used, and he didn't allow Mike to eat the food he wasted because of his illness.

Mike said I still want to eat.

John opened the refrigerator and took out the orange juice, but the hand that poured the orange juice kept shaking!

Mike looked at his father. He was so confused that he always felt that he understood, but he seemed to understand nothing.

John had to speed up the progress. He began to try to get Mike to accept new things, but this was met with resistance from Mike. He seemed to be sensitive to his father's thoughts and threw away all the new things his father bought.

After leaving the room, he was unwilling to lose either those old things or John.

John looked at the mess and smiled, but his smile was extremely complicated and helpless.

On the one hand, I am happy that my son has become sensible, but unfortunately, he has to do this, and he must gradually adapt to all this, the new environment, and new things!

It’s not just Little Mike who has to break away from the past, but also himself.

He saw that Mike was decorating the truck with his favorite red color. John asked what did you put in the truck?

Stone, the son replied.

John knew that Mike still remembered the woman who gave him the hard candy.

No matter how much nostalgia and reluctance you feel, you still have to throw away the things that should be thrown away.

He came to a spacious place alone, sat on the grass, and looked into the distance. He was even more uncomfortable than Mike.

But he must do it.

He started to deal with the last things, throwing away the old things in the car, and then sold the car, including the tools, to his colleagues, and also gave it a list of customers, including their temperaments, preferences, etc.

He has been working hard.

It's a pity that none of this matters anymore, because he is about to leave, leave this world, and leave Mike!

After doing this, he could finally put down work completely, take his son Mike, and go to the amusement park to play.

Bumper cars, pirate ships, eating, watching the funny mirror...

This wonderful memory is not only left for Mike, but also for John!

After returning home, he finally decided to tell Mike what death was and the meaning of death.

He told Mike: "Like a beetle, the body is left, but now it is flying around in the woods. One day soon, your father will leave his body, but he will always be with you, in the air!"

"Like a balloon in the air?"

John nodded!

"You can't see me, but you can talk to me, and I can hear it. You can't hear me talking like this, but you can hear it in your heart!"

"In your heart?"

"Yes! Because I will always be by your side, in the air around you, and warming you in the sunshine!"

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"Yes, even if it rains, it will make you wet!"

"Grapes too?"

"Yes, but not in the grapes, but in the taste!"

Mike seemed to understand that his father was leaving. He nodded and accepted what his father said. They had no better choice.

John decided to leave the time capsule to Mike.

It contains all his blessings and attachment to Mike, the small candle, the gloves left by Mike's mother, and a photo of her holding little Mike in the playground, his work hat, and

The window brushes that have been in use for a long time were also put into the time capsule together.

He figured it out. He always thought that everything he did was for Mike's good, but he ignored that although Mike was only three years old, he still had memories.

He understands what death is, what adoption is, he understands many things.

And these belong to Mike. He will grow up one day and he has the right to choose whether he needs these things.

Of course, that candle was a selfish thought on his part. He wished he could spend more time with Mike and spend another birthday!

Everything is coming to an end.

John and Mike walked on that road for the last time. Just like countless times before, holding hands, Mike went to press the traffic light. The difference was that this time, John did not drive, but took Mike on the bus.

It's just a pity that John's life has come to an end and he can't grow up with Mike. He can only hold his hand and send him to the next stop in his life!

That's right, he didn't choose the first wealthy family, nor did he choose the family that didn't like dogs, nor did he choose the middle-class family in the global village. Naturally, he couldn't choose the mean family.

He took Mike with him and chose the single lady who was not wealthy.

She may not be rich, but as she said, only two people who love each other are qualified to be together! John knows what love means, he loves his son, and at the last moment of his life, he found him for his son

As the most suitable candidate considered by the father to adopt a son, from the perspective of love, in the name of love...

Of course, it's not just that. Among all the families, there is only that lady. She will ask about Mike's childhood and want to know every stage of the child's growth.

And this was also Mike's choice. In the process of meeting those families, he only interacted with the woman when he met him, and he still remembered her loading his truck with candy.

Arriving at the door of the single lady, Mike glanced at his father, and John nodded.

He stepped forward and rang the doorbell.

The door opened and John smiled.

It's just that there are too many things in that smile.

Mike looked up at Dad...

The camera freezes at this moment, without giving John a look back at Mike.

The last shot shows the back of John leaving. His back is no longer majestic, but becomes extremely stooped, and his steps become extremely awkward, as if he is a man who has lost everything.

He reluctantly turned his head and glanced behind him, then turned around resolutely.

He saw a white line on the road, and suddenly stepped forward, like his son Mike had done before, opening his hands and stepping on the white line.
To be continued...