She hesitated, not knowing how to answer, like a frightened deer, she shook her head in panic, took a deep breath, then calmed down, smiled slightly, and said, "Yingying and I were good friends when we were young. Over the years,
I have never met, and of course Mayor An has never met me."
"Since he is a good friend of our Xiao An, who is also a good friend of mine, why is it so polite to call Mayor An? Just call me Uncle An." He corrected her title with slight reproach.
An Xia was pleasantly surprised, "You... allow me to call you... Uncle An?" She could hardly stand still due to the sudden ecstasy.
He smiled affectionately and suppressed the inexplicable feeling in his heart. It was really strange. The girl's expression of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness really looked like his wife, and also like her childhood.
As the mayor, his status is destined to be aloof and elegantly alienated from everyone. No matter how much a people-friendly mayor he is in the eyes of the citizens, deep down, he never trusts strangers easily.
This girl gave him a familiar feeling at first sight, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to talk to her.
"Or do you prefer to call me Uncle An?" he joked, with a smile as warm as spring between his brows.
"No, An...Uncle." If possible, she hopes to call you, dad, dad, dad, dad.
An Xia's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and the heat in her eyes almost burst out.
"Son, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Or do you think it's boring to talk to an old man like me?"
She lowered her head, quickly concealing the sparkle in her eyes, smiled slightly, and shook her head, "No, how could it be? Uncle An is still in his prime, how could he be an old man?"
An Fengnian laughed and touched her hair subconsciously, his eyes full of endearment.
This action only lasted for a second, and both of them were stunned for a moment.
An Xia felt sour in her heart. This action originally belonged to her. When she was a child, her father liked to touch her head like this to express doting and intimacy.
Dad’s hands are so big and warm, representing happiness and security.
How long has it been, how long has it been since I had the chance to enjoy my father's warmth?
An Fengqiang coughed and smiled, "I think you are very kind, and I like you very much. Since you are Xiao An's friend, come to my house more often when you have time. What's your... name?"
He asked her name again. An Xia hesitated and said softly, "An, Chu, Xia."
He was startled, his surname was also An, and he laughed, "It's also surnamed An. It turns out we have the same surname, An Xia. We were born in the early summer, right?"
Xiao An was also born in the early summer.
An Xia said happily, "Yes." Dad still remembered her birthday.
An Fengnian's heart palpitated slightly. What a coincidence. He stared at her familiar and beautiful face. The more he looked at her, the more she looked like the wife in her youth. Even her eyes were so clear and pure.
The most important thing is that she seems to have a jade pendant that belongs to the An family.
Could it be that Yingying’s jade pendant was given to the girl in front of her?
But after he brought Xiao An home from the orphanage, he discovered that she didn't have the jade pendant on her body. At that time, he thought she had lost it because she was young. In addition, it was difficult to get his daughter back to him. He didn't want to scare her.
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Now that the jade pendant has reappeared, what does it mean?
An Fengnian looked at An Xia absently. At this time, the man behind him came over and said softly to him, "Mayor, it's getting late. The lady is still waiting for you inside."