He didn't notice her, he just lowered his head and talked to the woman next to him. The two seemed quite close. At least, Gu Xichen seemed to care about the girl's feelings.
Ling Yan's face instantly turned pale, and her eyes followed the man's tall figure uncontrollably until they disappeared at the door of the restaurant.
"Ah..." The hot water in the cup splashed out for some reason and onto the back of her hand, and she screamed in pain.
"It's been four years, he should be married." Ling Yan smiled bitterly and laughed at herself. Although her heartache was severe, she was still calm on the surface. She tried to soothe her heartbreak calmly, but she couldn't.
Her eyes were already red and tears were rolling in her eyes. When she thought of the expectant looks in her three children's eyes, she felt that she was sorry for them. She brought them into this world without careful consideration and could not give them a complete life.
Family makes them lose their father's love.
"Miss Ling, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." A middle-aged man walked over quickly with an apology on his face.
Ling Yan instantly pushed back her tears and tried her best to smile: "I have just arrived. Lawyer Wang, is my father really expected to have his sentence reduced? Can you tell me more about the situation?"
"Don't worry, Miss Ling. I'm just here to tell you in detail." Lawyer Wang's name is Wang Chao. He was previously in charge of Ling Yan's parents' lawsuit, and he has always been responsible for paying attention to the affairs of Ling's parents.
"Your parents have a good attitude towards pleading guilty and performed very well in prison. I have studied it with my teacher and there is still hope."
"Really? Thank you, Lawyer Wang." Ling Yan was very grateful.
"Miss Ling, have you been living abroad these years?" Wang Chao looked at Ling Yan, with a complicated light flashing in his eyes. Although four years had passed, Ling Yan's face was still beautiful. Wang Chao had treated her four years ago.
She has a good impression of her, but four years ago she always felt that she couldn't reach her. Now, Wang Chaojue feels that he has a chance, so he is so active in helping her take care of her parents' affairs.
"Yes, my brother is also abroad." Ling Yan smoothed her hair beside her ears and said with a chuckle.
"I heard, so now that you are back in China alone, are you going to do any work?" Wang Chao asked with concern.
"I plan to open a bakery." Ling Yan told the truth.
"Really? My little niece likes bread. Tell me your address and I will take her there when I have time." Wang Chao said with a smile.
"Okay, welcome." Ling Yan replied with a smile.
After finishing the meal and chatting through the details of her parents' sentence commutation, Ling Yan took the initiative to pay the bill.
"Madam, the man at your table has already paid the bill." the staff told her.
Ling Yan was stunned and looked back at Wang Chao who was smiling: "Lawyer Wang, I agreed to treat you."
"How can I let my female friends pay for it? I wish Xi was a man." Wang Chao said immediately and humorously.
"I'm so sorry. You've helped me so much, and I haven't even thanked you enough." Ling Yan looked ashamed.
"There will be opportunities for you to invite me in the future. Come on, I'll take you back." Wang Chao was in a good mood. Ling Yan had received such a favor from him, so she was naturally embarrassed to refuse him, so she got into his car. Wang Chao
After walking her to the door of the rental community, Ling Yan said politely: "Thank you, Lawyer Wang, I will treat you to dinner another day."
"Okay, contact me when you have time." Wang Chao nodded gentlemanly.
Ling Yan bought some fruit downstairs in the community and carried it back home. The three little ones had already taken a bath with the help of the nanny and fell asleep in bed.
"Miss Ling, since you're back, I'll leave first." The nanny doesn't live at home because the home is too small.
"Sorry to trouble you, Sister-in-law Zhang." Ling Yan gratefully stuffed a bag of fruit to her, but Sister-in-law Zhang just declined it symbolically, and finally left with the fruit.
Ling Yan took a bath and walked gently to the bedside. The dim night light shone on the three cute little faces. The fatigue of the day was instantly cured.
Ling Yan lay down next to them gently. Her body was very tired, but her mind was very clear. All that was going through her mind was the scene in the restaurant tonight.
There is already a young and beautiful woman beside Gu Xichen. Are they lovers?
It's really a perfect match. The girl is petite and has a noble temperament. Standing next to Gu Xichen, she looks like a little bird. Gu Xichen is a man with a cold face and a warm heart. She must be very happy to be loved by him.
The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Ling Yan had no choice but to shake off those images and force herself to fall asleep quickly, because she would have to take her children to school tomorrow to report.
As soon as she closed her eyes, her phone suddenly lit up, and a text message came in. Ling Yan couldn't help but pick it up and take a look. It was a transfer message.
The stage fee for the three little guys today was actually 60,000 yuan.
Ling Yan's beautiful eyes widened instantly. The little guy had been on stage before, and the most he was given was 3,000 yuan. This time, he was given 60,000 yuan. Ling Yan smiled bitterly. Momo must have taken extra care of the four of them.
"Momo, I'm so lucky to have a friend like you." Ling Yan couldn't help but recall the scenes of her and Qiao Momo's acquaintance, those youthful, beautiful and nostalgic moments.
Early the next morning, Ling Yan took her three children to the kindergarten. "Full Color Mo Guang..." Ling Fei pointed to the lines above and read them out carefully, word by word.
"Pfft, what a little fool... this is golden sunshine." Ling Rong covered her mouth and snickered, while her elder brother Ling Feng stroked her little sister's hair comfortingly.
"Second brother, don't laugh at me." Ling Fei raised her waist like an angry turkey and glared at Ling Rong angrily.
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore. When the teacher is in class, don't doze off and listen to the class carefully." Ling Rong comforted her sister with a smile.
Ling Yan watched the three little ones making noisy noises and could only sigh without stress. When her daughter was born, she weighed only three pounds and six taels, making her the youngest of the three children. Maybe her development was not very good, so she always looked like a child.
She doesn't look very smart, but Ling Yan knows that her daughter is just lazy, not stupid.
"Ms. Ling, are these three your children? Your aunt has already called me. Come in." Ling Yan was able to study in Golden Sunshine because she had some connections. Her aunt happened to be in the Education Bureau.
There was a position available, so Ling Yan contacted her as soon as she returned to China. She said she would help arrange a good school and give her a 20% discount on the tuition fee.
Ling Yan paid the tuition fee and called the children to her side: "Xiao Feng, Xiao Rong, you have to take good care of your sister, you know?"
"Well, don't worry, Mommy, we will definitely take good care of my sister." The two little boys nodded.
Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief and kissed their hair again: "Mommy is going to meet grandpa and grandma. I will show them your photos."
"Okay, Mommy, will we have a chance to see them in the future?" Xiao Feng asked.
"Yes, there will be a chance." Although Ling Yan agreed, she didn't have any confidence in her heart.
After Ling Yan left school, she directly made an appointment with lawyer Wang Chao, went to the No. 1 Prison in the suburbs, and went through a series of procedures. Ling Yan was anxiously waiting to see her parents.
After waiting for more than half an hour, it was finally her turn. She walked in quickly and saw her gray-haired father. Her heart instantly broke into pieces.
"Dad..." As soon as Ling Yan opened her mouth, tears kept falling down.
"Yanyan, has Dad gotten a lot older?" Father Ling smiled bitterly, looking at the daughter he once loved most, he really couldn't hold his head up and felt ashamed of her.
"No, you are still who I think you are." Ling Yan said with a forced smile.
"Yanyan, I'm glad you came to see me. Do you still have a relationship with the Gu family's grandson?" Father Ling couldn't help but ask.
"No more. The Gu family and I have stopped interacting with each other for a long time." Ling Yan's nose became sour and she immediately shook her head.
"Well, after all, I couldn't arrange a way out for you. It's because your parents didn't think carefully." Father Ling looked very disappointed when he thought that his daughter did not marry into the Gu family as she wished.
"Dad, don't say that. Even if I don't marry Gu Xichen, I can still support myself. By the way, Dad, there is something I want to tell you." Ling Yan said, taking out a photo: "Dad
, I have a child.”
"Yanyan, are you married?" Ling's father was delighted.
"I'm not married, but I have three children, two sons and one daughter. This is their photo." Ling Yan held up the photo to show her father.
Father Ling narrowed his eyes and took a closer look with a surprised expression: "How come these two children look like the grandson of the Gu family?"
Ling Yan: "?"
Does the father have piercing eyes? How come the child looks so similar to Gu Xichen just by looking at his face?
"No...it's not like him, Dad, you must have seen it wrong." Ling Yan did not dare to tell her father that she was pregnant before marriage and gave birth to Gu Xichen's child. Her father would definitely feel that she was played by Gu Xichen and then abandoned.
, he will be very sad.
"Really? Is it really my old eyesight that's dim? But, it's really similar. I've seen Gu Xichen when he was a child. At that time, your grandma and I went to give gifts, and Gu Xichen looked like this." Father Ling still felt it.
I didn't make a mistake.
"Children all look the same," Ling Yan explained with a dry smile.
"It's not Gu Xichen's. You have another boyfriend? Tell your father quickly." Ling's father became interested.
"Dad, I don't want to mention the child's father. I contacted Lawyer Wang and he said there is a way to reduce your sentence by two years. Please cooperate with him."
"It's best if you can reduce it, but there's nothing you can do if you can't." Ling's father no longer had high hopes of coming out.
Ling Yan told Father Ling a lot about her things abroad, and also about her elder brother. Father Ling was very pleased to hear that the two children were living better than they imagined.
After meeting Ling's father, Ling Yan had no chance to see her mother. Her mother was imprisoned in another city, so she decided to go tomorrow.
When parting, Ling Yan cried uncontrollably. Wang Chao came over and handed her a tissue: "Let's go, Miss Ling, the time is up."
Ling Yan had no choice but to turn around and leave, and Wang Chao followed her out of the door.
Outside the gate, several black cars suddenly drove up. Ling Yan and Wang Chao were both startled, because the black cars almost took advantage of them and were about to hit them if they didn't take a few steps back.
"Hey, how do you drive? Do you have eyes?" Wang Chao was very angry. Because he was in front of Ling Yan, he had to maintain the image of a tall man. He ran over and patted the other party's glass: "Believe it or not?
tell…"
Wang Chao's voice disappeared instantly. He looked at the man sitting in the car in surprise. His expression changed from anger before to respectful in an instant: "It turns out to be Mr. Gu."
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