The father didn’t think twice: he turned around.
He was wearing a uniform covered in dust, and his shirt clung to his body after hours of delivering orders through the streets of China. When he saw his son sitting at a table in the restaurant with a girl, he felt it would be best to disappear before they recognized him. He didn’t want to embarrass him in front of his date.
But his son had already seen him. He stood up, took him by the arm, and introduced him with the same pride with which one introduces a hero. The young woman greeted him warmly, without looking at the uniform or the exhaustion, but only at the man who had raised the person she loved. The video went viral without anyone revealing their names, because it wasn’t necessary: anyone could recognize their own father in that scene. ❤️🩹