The phone rang for a long time before it was connected. Zuo Lan was surprised by my phone call so late: "Yixi, is there anything wrong?"

"I'm downstairs of your house. You come down and I'll ask you if you have something to do." I said after a moment of silence.

Zuo Lan was even more puzzled: "Go down? You can come up, it's very cold outside now."

"Has Pippi slept?"

"I've been going to bed long ago. I just finished the personnel form. Come up and I'll open the door for you."

.........

I smoked a cigarette downstairs before going upstairs, and Zuo Lan had already opened the door and sat in the living room waiting for me.

I walked into the living room and brought the door. Zuo Lan poured a cup of hot water and handed it to me: "Drink some hot water first, your face is frozen purple!"

I nodded and took the hot water from Zuo Lan's hand. Zuo Lan sat opposite me and looked at me, waiting for me to explain my purpose.

I only took a sip of water, then put down the cup in my hand, and looked at Zuo Lan... but it was difficult to speak.

Feeling something wrong with me, Zuo Lan asked me again: "Yixi, what's the matter with you looking for me so late?"

I looked into Pipi's room, gritted my teeth, and finally said to Zuo Lan: "Tell me... Whose son is Pipi?"

The living room suddenly became quiet as if you could hear each other's heartbeat...

.........

Zuo Lan's face was as deep as water, and finally said to me: "Zhang Yixi, are you crazy?...Are you sure you are still awake now?"

I also calmed down and whispered: "Why did you go back to your hometown to wait for delivery? And I said to the public that Pipi is a premature baby... I'll give me an explanation, okay?"

"Pippi is indeed a premature baby. I went back to my hometown to wait for delivery because I need the care of my family." Zuo Lan said to me without any expression.

"You should have some records of Pipi when you gave birth to Pipi in the hospital... Can you show it to me?" I looked at Zuo Lan with a sharp look and said.

"I lost it when I moved, and there is no need to prove anything to you. I hope you respect my dead husband and don't ask such dangerous questions again." Zuo Lan said coldly at me.

I was speechless by Zuo Lan's words...

"Zhang Yixi, go, just pretend that we have never met again, and don't meet again in the future!" Zuo Lan stood up and looked outside the door and issued an order to expel me.

I don’t know how I left Zuo Lan’s residence. In short, I left, and then became confused, as if experiencing a dream, but there was also an indescribable relief, although I knew this might be Zuo Lan’s desire to cover up!

The mood is subtle in complexity, and then falls into a blank space again, and all emotions seem to be submerged in the heavy night.

...........

When I got home, I didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night, but I woke up after 6 o'clock and could no longer sleep.

This morning, there was drizzling drizzle outside the window, and my thoughts were also chaotic in the drizzle. Countless absurd thoughts were circling in my mind, which just shows that I am now losing my opinion.

At noon, I made an appointment with Han Feng for dinner. The two of them found a restaurant nearby. After sitting down, Han Feng asked, "You asked me for dinner at noon, and you probably were still disturbed by that matter, right?"

"I went to find Zuo Lan last night..."

"What did she say?" Han Feng changed his sitting position and looked at me with concern and asked.

"I was swept out of the house." I said and poured myself a glass of wine.

Han Feng said with an expected expression: "Zhang Yixi, I advise you not to be obsessed with it. Just pretend that you have never heard of this news and live your own life... Some responsibilities do need to be taken, but the premise is that Zuo Lan needs you to be taken responsibility. If you don't need it, you still pester her with the so-called sense of responsibility, which is a burden for her... And think about Angel again, if you insist on uncovering this layer of scar that has been healed, it will hurt too many people around you!"

I drank the wine in the glass and said, "What you mean is: I have lived this life so confused. Even if Pipi is really my son, I don't think it's not. Then, on the other side of Angel, I concealed this ridiculous truth and lived with her for the rest of my life with peace of mind?"

"It can be understood so." Han Feng nodded and said.

I laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Then I will have to live with a lie in my life? I am still righteous and scolding others. In fact, I am the world's most presumptuous hypocrite!"

"This is an accident. Zhang Yixi, I warn you not to get stuck in the slightest way. It would be better if you don't point it out!"

I didn't say anything, just filled a glass of wine and drank it all, but I still didn't know how to make a decision.

......

I was slightly drunk. When I returned to the office of "Sea View Coffee", I finally felt tired and fell asleep with a lot of worries. When I woke up again, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

After sitting in a daze for a while, I suddenly developed a very strong desire. I wanted to meet Pipi. I understand this emotion very well. It is very simple that a father's desire for his son.

I was like those once unreliable fathers in TV series, and I went to the children's toy store to buy a lot of toys, and then drove to the kindergarten where Pipi was.

The rain was still drizzling. I opened the car window and looked at the school. I hope I could discover Pipi at the first time.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a white golf stopped not far ahead of me, and I recognized Zuo Lan's car at a glance.

The bell rang for get out of class, and I saw Pipi carrying a schoolbag from a distance. Zuo Lan had already walked out of the car with an umbrella.

I hesitated for a long time, but finally walked out of the car without taking the pack of toys.

I stood beside Zuo Lan. Zuo Lan just glanced at me and then looked at me as nothing, but I didn't care. I knew that when she decided not to have any contact with me anymore, I was just a passerby in her eyes. She had always been such a woman.

The rain suddenly became heavier and the smell of dampness could be smelled in the air. Pipi ran towards Zuo Lan in small rain boots and found me standing beside Zuo Lan. He said happily: "Wow, mom, you come and pick me up from school with Pai Daxing... Do you want to take Pipi to eat delicious food?"

Zuo Lan and I looked at each other. I was a little embarrassed in silence. Zuo Lan picked up Pipi and said, "Will my mother take you to eat marshmallow ice cream later?"

"If you don't eat...If you don't eat, I want to eat roasted chicken wings." Pipi said with his little hands shook.

"Would you please take you to eat roasted chicken wings?" I said to Pipi with a smile, but there was an indescribable bitterness in my heart. This bitterness originated from my uncle.

"Okay...Pipi wants to go to the roast chicken wings with Pai Daxing!"Pipi said as he opened his arms to me and signaled me to hug him.

I reached out to take Pipi from Zuo Lan's hand, but Zuo Lan glared at me hard, then turned her back and said to Pipi in a stern tone: "Pipi, you want to eat roast chicken wings, mom will take you there..... You are not allowed to talk to him again in the future, have you heard?"

"Mom, why don't Pipi talk to Pai Daxing? I like to play with him."
Chapter completed!