I Don’t Like The World, I Only Like You
Chapter 8 : My grandmother is very old and she tends to forget things easily. In the family, only Mr

My grandmother is very old and she tends to forget things easily.

In the family, only Mr. F is able to communicate with her and we felt that this is very incredible.

One year, we went back to my parent house to celebrate Chinese New Year.

While I was helping my mum to prepare dinner, Mr. F was chatting with my grandma in the courtyard.

He was teaching my grandmother how to speak English.

“I love you. This means I love you in English.”

“Can you slowly say again?  I what?”

Mr. F patiently repeated again. “I—lo —ve—you.”

At night, when we were eating dinner I purposely asked grandmother, “I heard that you are able to speak English?”

Grandmother happily answered, “Xiao F taught me.”

Mr. F tilted his head and asked her, “How do you say I love you in English?”

“I&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;I&h.e.l.lip;..I&h.e.l.lip;” Grandmother thought for a long time when she finally recalled. “I wall you.”

All of us burst out laughing.

That night when I went and poured some water, I saw grandmother’s room light was still on.

I thought that she forgot to off the light and I decided to go to her room and help to turn it off.

When I walked to the door, I saw her holding grandfather’s portrait whispering, “Old man, I wall you.”

&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;

As Mr. F was hugging me on the bed that night, I told him. “Grandmother is very lonely. We have to come back and spend more time with her.”

I suddenly felt like crying.

People not familiar with Mr. F would think that he is a very cold and withdrawn person.

However, only I know he is not.

He is a very warm person, the warmest man I have ever known.