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I swore in my heart that I would buy dad a panerai watch in the future. That panerai watch belonged to him.
After that disturbance, dad seemed to be older than before. Still, he treated me dearly, but I knew that he had changed. He was not as confident as before. When mum asked him to help her slove the problems of her teaching, dad refused and told mum he was not capable of it. When I asked dad to tell me interesting stories, dad always said that he was busy and his stories were not interesting at all. Day after day, dad sat at before his tofu stall and smoke. He was thinking about something, but nobody knew what it was, even mum didn't know either. Dad's behavior hurt me. I couldn't accept that my dad bacame a man like this. I didn't care his past crime, but I did care his silence when he faced me. After school, I didn't go to his tofu stall any more. I went back home directly and devoted all my time to my study work. Only in this way could I forget the fact that dad didn't care mum and me. I tried to avoid speaking to him on the table and when I had difficulty in my study, I would like to ask mum for help rather than my dad. A wall was building between dad and I. Since I was not able to destroy it, I chose to escape from it.
One day, when we were having dinner, dad told mum that he was going to visit a relative in another city. "You never tell me you have relatives!" mum looked very surprised. "I find him a month ago. He is my cousin, a son of my uncle." Dad explained quietly. "When will you go?" "The day after tommorrow. I have bought a train ticket." "No, you can't go.Meimei, come to your room. Mum and dad have to something to talk." Mum ordered me. But I sat there still as if I didn't hear her words. "Go to your room!" mum was angry at me. "Ma, I am a member of the family. So why can't you speak before me? Do you and dad have something I don't know?" I asked mum. "No, we have nothing to hide from you." "Then talk to dad before me." my voice was a little tough. "Do you want to talk the panerai watch incident again? Then go on. I am listening."
