When Ji Xiuran came to Zhao Ningchu's room, she was already asleep. She must have been too tired today.
Ji Xiuran just looked at her quietly.
Five years.
Thinking about the past five years, Ji Xiuran's nose felt a little sore.
He reached out and gently stroked Zhao Ningchu's cheeks, eyebrows, nose, and lips, as if he couldn't get enough of them.
Ji Xiuran watched for a while before he leaned over, lowered his head and kissed Zhao Ningchu's lips.
He doesn't care about Zhao Ningchu's betrayal of him five years ago, nor does he care about who the child's father is. Now he is both big and small.
The next day.
When Ji Xiuran woke up, he saw Nini and Xiaobai standing by the sofa. When the two little guys saw Ji Xiuran woke up, they excitedly said: "Uncle, you are really sleeping on the sofa."
Ji Xiuran didn't even react yet, he just looked at the two little guys blankly.
Xiaobai looked like a young adult and said with disdain: "Oh, you are such a big man and you still sleep in, you are so shameless."
Ji Xiuran finally came back to his senses, slowly sat up from the sofa, reached out and looked at the time on his wrist.
It's past nine o'clock.
I actually slept until now.
Ji Xiuran was a little surprised.
His biological clock has always been at five o'clock, and it is untouchable every day. But since he found out about Zhao Ningchu's death five years ago, he no longer has a so-called biological clock.
I have insomnia all night every night and need medicine to fall asleep. Even if I rely on medicine, I wake up at three or four o'clock. I didn't expect that I would sleep here until after nine o'clock.
Is it because Zhao Ningchu is here that I feel at ease?
"Uncle, why don't you speak?"
Nini spoke with a milky voice.
A smile appeared on Ji Xiuran's face.
"Good morning!"
Xiaobai snorted: "Grandpa is already making breakfast. My sister and I got up very early, but you are still sleeping. You don't have the consciousness to be a guest at all."
After being lectured by the little guy all morning, Ji Xiuran was not only not angry, but also in a good mood.
"Is your mommy up?"
As he spoke, he turned to look upstairs.
Nini said: "Mommy is still sleeping, brother won't let me disturb mommy!"
When Xiaobai heard this, he snorted coldly: "Mommy worked so hard yesterday, of course I let her rest a little longer."
"Yes, brother, you are right. After breakfast, uncle will take you out to play."
The two little guys didn't speak.
Ji Xiuran continued, "What? Don't you guys go play on the weekend?"
"No, mommy said we can only do it at home."
"Are you at home when you're not going to school together?"
"Yes, there are bad people outside who will take my brother and me away."
When Ji Xiuran heard this, he felt a little distressed.
Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Zhenguo came over wearing an apron with a flattering look on his face.
"Mr. Ji, I've prepared breakfast. Do you want to eat it now?"
Before Ji Xiuran could speak, Xiaobai interrupted: "Grandpa, why are you talking like that?"
When Zhao Zhenguo heard this, his face was a little embarrassed.
Xiaobai continued: "This is our home, he is the guest, and you are the master."
Zhao Zhenguo chuckled: "Mr. Ji, the child is young and immature, don't mind."
"I think Xiaobai is quite sensible. He is right. I am a guest, so I do as I please. There is no need to deliberately make accommodations."
You looked at Xiaobai innocently: "Brother, what are you talking about? What is a guest and what is a host?"
Xiaobai said a little unhappy: "You kid, don't interrupt.",
Nini tilted her little head, seemingly confused.
"Brother, like me, is also a child?"
Xiaobai said impatiently: "I'm too lazy to tell you, I went to have breakfast."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the restaurant.
Zhao Zhenguo also stood aside with a bewildered expression, not knowing what to say for a moment?
He glanced at Ji Xiuran cautiously, and then said to Nini: "Nier, go get your mother up for breakfast."
Before Nini could speak, Ji Xiuran answered: "No need to call her, just let her sleep. The store was very busy yesterday."
"Grandpa, I've seen it all. Mommy had a hard time yesterday."
"Then don't call me. I'll leave a copy for her."
After saying that, he quickly turned around and left.
Although Ji Xiuran's attitude towards him could not be said to be good or bad, Zhao Zhenguo felt a little frightened when he thought of what he did five years ago.
He now thought about making up for Zhao Ningchu, but he was still a little scared when facing Ji Xiuran.
"Uncle, you have to wash your face and brush your teeth before you have breakfast. Nini will take you there."
"Um!"
At the dinner table, Xiao Bai still had a cold look on his face. When Ji Xiuran saw this, he couldn't help but feel funny.
This little guy has such a bad temper at such a young age.
"I see there are goldfish in the yard. Can I take you fishing later?"
Ji Xiuran spoke,
Xiaobai said nothing, but the hand holding the spoon betrayed him.
You said excitedly on the side: "I haven't fished yet, Nini wants to play later."
After saying that, he saw Xiaobai: "Brother, how about you go too."
"Don't go!"
"Brother, go ahead, please."
"What fun is there in fishing? Don't go!"
Xiaobai is still stubborn.
"But you've never played it, how do you know it's not fun?"
Xiaobai snorted angrily and said nothing.
Zhao Zhenguo smoothed things over and said, "You can go and play. There are many beautiful goldfish in the lotus pond."
Xiaobai still didn’t speak,
Ji Xiuran looked at him and smiled: "Go ahead, uncle will teach you how to fish."
Nini on the side also echoed: "Go, brother, go."
Xiaobai hesitated for a while, then made a sound and said with an unnatural expression on his face: "Then let's go and have a look."
Ji Xiuran was in a good mood after hearing this. After breakfast, he took his children to go fishing.
*
Zhao Ningchu was woken up by the phone call. She drowsily picked up her cell phone and answered the call.
"Hey Ranran..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ran's voice came from the phone,
"Achu, haven't you gotten up yet?"
"Sorry, I seem to have overslept." After saying that, he looked at the time and saw that it was already eleven o'clock.
She remembered that she had clearly set the alarm clock, so why didn't it go off?
"It's okay, it's not very busy now anyway."
"I'll be over right away. Sorry, I might have been too tired last night and overslept."
"It's okay. It's the weekend. It doesn't matter if you don't come. I can spend time with the two little ones at home. I can handle it."
"Can you do it alone?"
"Why am I alone? Isn't there someone else in the store? Don't worry, it's just one day, it'll be fine."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
After hanging up the phone with Gu Ran, Zhao Ningchu hurried to the children's room to see the two little guys. Unexpectedly, the two little guys were not there.
"Xiaobai, Nini..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the little guy's laughter coming from downstairs.
Zhao Ningchu came to the stairs and saw no one, but she saw Zhao Zhenguo cooking in the kitchen.
Over the past month, Zhao Zhenguo has made breakfast for them every morning. Zhao Ningchu was a little uncomfortable with it at first. In her memory, Zhao Zhenguo had never gone to the kitchen.
As time went by, she got used to it.
"Where are they?"
Zhao Ningchu walked downstairs and asked.
Zhao Zhenguo turned to look at her and said while washing vegetables: "I'm fishing in the yard."
Zhao Ningchu turned to look at the yard. They could not be seen here.
"Dad, why did you ask Ji Xiuran to send your child to my store yesterday?"
He came back too late last night, Zhao Zhenguo went to bed, and Zhao Ningchu didn't bother him.
"Yesterday I picked up the two children. When I was waiting for the bus, I saw Ji Xiuran. He said he would send the children to you."
"You can't agree even if he says it. What should I do if something happens?"
Zhao Zhenguo was a little at a loss and said: "Xiaochu, I'm sorry, dad didn't expect that."
"Forget it, just don't agree to it if you encounter this kind of thing in the future."
After saying that, he walked towards the yard. When Zhao Ningchu walked to the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Zhao Zhenguo: "By the way, you didn't say anything to him yesterday, right? It was about the child."
"No, I didn't say anything."
"Then he..."
Before the next words were spoken, Nini's milky voice came from the door: "Mommy..."
Zhao Ningchu then stopped talking and walked towards Nini.
"Baby, what are you playing in the yard?"
"My brother is so good at fishing, he even caught so many fish."
"Why are you and your brother fishing? Sadly, you fell into the water."
"Uncle is here."
When Zhao Ning first heard this, he frowned slightly.
At this point, Ji Xiuran didn't leave.
When she came to the yard, she saw Xiaobai and Ji Xiuran sitting by the lotus pond. Xiaobai was holding a fishing rod in his hand and staring intently into the lotus pond.
Suddenly, the fishing rod trembled, and Xiaobai closed the rod with excitement.
When he saw the goldfish hanging on the hook, Xiaobai shouted excitedly: "Look, it's a goldfish, a goldfish..."
Zhao Ningchu didn't see the innocence of a child on Xiaobai's face.
In front of her, Xiaobai always looks like a little grown-up in clothes.
Zhao Ningchu originally thought it was a personality problem, but now it seems that it is not her own problem.
Seeing that Xiaobai and Ji Xiuran got along so harmoniously, what Zhao Ningchu was worried about finally happened.
Only Xiaobai's voice was heard reaching her ears.
"If you were my dad, you could take me to play every day..."
The expression on Zhao Ningchu's face suddenly froze.
She stepped forward in panic: "Baby..."
Xiaobai heard this and turned to look at her: "Mommy, you're up."
Xiaobai just sat like this and saw that Zhao Ningchu was not the same as before.
Xiaobai's change made Zhao Ningchu feel a little uncomfortable.
For so many years, she has been working hard to be a good mother and play the role of father well.
I just don’t want Xiaobai to feel that he only has a mother and no father.
But Zhao Ningchu forgot that the child's desire for father's love is innate, and no matter how good he is to him, he can never make up for the lack of father's love.
After Ji Xiuran saw Zhao Ningchu, he stood up and came to her. Before he could speak, Zhao Ningchu said in a panic: "Ji Xiuran, Xiaobai is my son, what do you want to do?"
Ji Xiuran didn't expect that Zhao Ningchu would have such a big reaction after just playing with the child for a while.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Go away. Don't appear in front of me and my children again. Go away..."
When Xiaobai saw his mother getting angry, he put down the fishing rod in his hand and walked over.
"Mommy, what's wrong with you? Why are you hurting others?"
"Children, don't interrupt when adults are talking!"
Zhao Ningchu scolded him sternly.
For a moment, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Ji Xiuran looked at the older and younger children quietly. They were indeed mother and son. Their tone of voice and temper were the same.
It has to be coaxed.
Ji Xiuran saw his child being yelled at for standing up for him, so he defended him: "Don't be harsh on the child, he is still young."
"I am mean to my child and have nothing to do with you. Leave, I don't want to see you again."
Ji Xiuran pursed his lips and said nothing.
After a while, he finally spoke: "Okay! I'm leaving, but don't be cruel to the child."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaobai suddenly shouted: "Mommy is so annoying, it happens every time."
After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the house.
Zhao Ningchu suddenly woke up after being yelled at by Xiaobai.
Her face turned pale and she froze on the spot.
"Achu!"
Ji Xiuran looked at Zhao Ningchu standing blankly, his face a little pale, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
Zhao Ningchu looked up at him and spoke after a while: "Ji Xiuran, are you satisfied?"
"I have no other intentions towards the child. Don't be so hostile."
Zhao Ningchu sneered: "Shouldn't I?"
Ji Xiuran looked at her without saying anything. Zhao Ningchu continued to speak: "Ji Xiuran, have you forgotten what you said? Don't even think about attacking my son, or I will fight you tooth and nail!"
When Ji Xiuran heard this, he looked at Zhao Ningchu in disbelief: "You think of me like this?"
"What you said and what you did made me think so."
Ji Xiuran sighed inwardly.
Zhao Ningchu was hostile to him, and he knew it was all his fault, and he didn't blame anyone for this.
"Achu, I'm sorry for what happened in the past. I know you hate me, but..."
Before Ji Xiuran finished speaking, Zhao Ningchu interrupted directly: "It's all over, let's go!"
"I haven't eaten yet, can I finish eating with you before leaving?"
He continued to speak shamelessly, and when he said this, his face looked a little pitiful.
Zhao Ningchu looked at the man who was pretending to be pitiful in front of her speechlessly, thinking that she should refuse, but what she said went against her own will.
"Leave after eating..."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
A smile appeared on Ji Xiuran's lips, and he followed Zhao Ningchu with a proud look on his face.
Zhao Ningchu came to the living room, and Xiaobai was sitting on the sofa alone, playing with his laptop.
Zhao Ningchu felt a little prickly in her heart when she thought about what Xiaobai said just now.
She was just too scared, afraid that Xiaobai would choose to live with Ji Xiuran without hesitation after knowing that Ji Xiuran was his father.
Zhao Ningchu stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Baby, Mommy spoke too much just now. Mommy apologizes to you."
Xiaobai raised his eyes and looked at her, with a serious look on his face that was inappropriate for his age.
"Mommy, what are you afraid of?"
The expression on Zhao Ningchu's face was a little flustered: "No, Xiaobai, Mommy didn't mean it just now, please don't be angry with Mommy, okay?"
"I'm not angry."
Zhao Ningchu was a little surprised: "Really?"
"Um."
"Mommy, I don't know what you are afraid of? But you should believe me, I am your son..."
When Zhao Ningchu heard this, she was very moved. She stepped forward and held Xiaobai in her arms: "I'm sorry, Mommy was too extreme."
"Mommy, you can't do this next time, you know?"
"good……"
At the dining table, Zhao Ningchu looked at Ji Xiuran sitting next to the child, feeling a little dazed.
She didn't expect that she could calmly let Ji Xiuran and her child sit at the same table to eat.
Is this a family reunion?
"Mommy, why do you always look at uncle?"
When Zhao Ning was lost in thought, Nini suddenly spoke.