After Ma Li took Manao back to the bedroom, Mark waited until the meal was ready before coming over to call for help.
"If I don't eat, I'm already full of anger from you!"
After a few more knocks, there was a response from the bedroom. It was Ma Li's angry voice. Such a short time was not enough to calm down.
"Lily, people are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat a meal, you'll feel hungry. If you don't eat, aren't you punishing yourself? Don't use anything to vent your anger on your body.
How can you be angry with others and then punish yourself. Dad, I believe you are not the kind of fool who punishes yourself for others' mistakes. Open the door, today's dishes are all your favorites."
Although Ma Li doesn't starve even if she doesn't eat and has all kinds of snacks to eat, what Mark wants to express now is an attitude.
"I won't eat it. I'm very angry now. Even if you make dragon liver and phoenix marrow, I can't eat it."
"It's okay if you don't want to eat. Then open the door and let me go in to see what you are doing?"
When she is angry, Ma Li is quite childish.
"If there's anything interesting to see, don't come in."
"Open up, I'll take a look and come out. Even if you don't eat, Manao still has to eat, right?"
"Why do we let you in? Do we want you to continue to lie to us?"
Mark has a crisis of trust with Ma Li. Although it is only a little bit, it is not as good as non-existent.
"Manao, open the door for dad. The rice is ready. It's all your favorite food. There are fried chicken legs. They are not delicious when they are freshly cooked. They are too fragrant. If you don't come to eat, I will eat them myself.
It fell, there are shrimps..."
"Dad, I'm hungry, let's go eat."
Under Mark's temptation and Ma Li's connivance, Manao opened the door of the room and walked out.
"Lily, let me in."
Mark just wanted to sneak in, but the door was only half opened, and Mark couldn't get in at all.
The size difference between Manao and Mark is still too big.
"Can you just let me be quiet for a while? Isn't it bad enough that I was betrayed by the person I trusted the most?"
If you think about it this way, Ma Li is a little pitiful.
"Okay, if you want to be quiet, just be quiet. I'll save your portion of the meal. If you're hungry, you can come out and eat." Mark finally replied.
"Manao, it seems you can only sleep with me today."
Mark took Manao to dinner and watched two episodes of cartoons together in the living room.
Ma Li still didn't come out of the room, so Mark knew that this girl was determined to have a cold war with Mark.
"I want to play with my sister."
Manao said unhappily.
Even though Mark is very young at heart, he is not childlike.
He couldn't play childish games with Manao, so Manao actually didn't like being with Mark that much during recreation time.
Unless Mark takes Manao out, Mark's status in Manao's heart will be higher if he goes out.
"It's so late, why are you playing? Your sister is in a bad mood and doesn't want to play, so you should stop playing and go to bed early."
"Want to hear a story."
It took a while for Mark to finish cleaning Manao and bring it back to the room.
It was difficult to lie down, but this was not the end.
"How old are you? Why do you still need to listen to stories before going to bed?"
Mark was sure that Manao had stopped asking his parents to tell stories before going to bed after living in the same room as Ma Li.
"I want to hear what my mother told me every day when I lived with her."
It was determined that the agate was a habit that came back after being with the field.
Occasionally she would go home to stay for a day or two, and Ma Li would take responsibility for it. It didn't matter that she always cared about Mark. If it hadn't been for today, Mark wouldn't even know.
"Just wait, I'll bring you a tablet."
For a moment, Mark couldn't think of a good story to tell his children.
This is not a child who has never seen anything before. He has never heard of or seen anything and can tell some fairy tales to pass the time.
In this era of information explosion, even children’s entertainment needs are high.
Finally, I remembered that there is ready-made storytelling software, so Mark doesn’t have to worry about it himself.
"Is it okay to listen to this?"
Once you have the software, it becomes much simpler. You can just pick one yourself if you want to listen to it.
I don’t know many characters, so just choose a cover you like.
"Can."
"Then just listen, and you two should go to bed immediately."
"Okay, I will be very good." Manao nodded.
"Okay, can you be obedient and not wet the bed today?"
Manao is actually past the age of frequent bedwetting, but it is not without the possibility of accidents.
If you drink too much water, or if you are too excited to play at night, accidents may occur.
Today Manao was taken out by Wang Xiaomi and quickly brought back by Ma Li. He definitely didn't play much.
But Manao drinks a lot of drinks and water at night, so accidents are not without possibility.
"Okay!" Manao replied confidently.
"Manao, wake up."
When Mark woke up the next day, he saw that the sheets were wet.
Fortunately, Mark and Manao were not in the same bed, otherwise Mark really didn't want to imagine things.
"Dad, is it time to go to school?"
It took him a few shakes to wake him up, but Manao's eyes were sleepy and he managed to open them a little.
I'm not really angry about getting up, I just don't want to wake up.
"It's not that urgent to go to school, but if you wet the bed like this, how can you sleep? When you get up, ask me to change the things, and then you can continue to sleep."
Because Manao wets the bed, Mark has to cancel his morning exercise.
I got up after five o'clock and started to help Manao clean up the mess. Every set of bedding that I changed had to be washed.
Waking up after five o'clock in the morning to wash the sheets was something Mark had never experienced before.
"Manao, see for yourself, is this what you promised me yesterday?"
After Manao fell asleep again and woke up, Mark also finished his work.
But the matter cannot be forgotten, Mark pointed to the bedding drying on the balcony and said to Manao.
"Dad, I didn't mean it. I fell asleep. I remembered that I went to the bathroom, but I didn't expect that I went to the bathroom in a dream."
Manao explained to Mark innocently.
"When was the last time you wet the bed?"
"No, I haven't wet the bed for a long time."
Manao is not very good at lying, so this statement has a certain degree of credibility.
It probably wasn't Manao who deliberately covered it up out of shame.
"It's been a long time, why did you let me catch up? Did you deliberately trick your father and me?"
Mark had a little bit of suspicion that Manao was trying to help Ma Li vent her anger.
"What are you doing? Why do you get up so early in the morning and teach your children a lesson?"
After taking a nap, Ma Li did not calm down, and her attitude towards Mark was obviously not as enthusiastic as before.
"You ask him yourself?"
"Manao, what's going on?"
Ma Li pulled Manao aside and asked.
After the two people finished muttering questions, only Ma Li came back:
"You didn't remind Manao to go to the toilet before going to bed. Why are you blaming Manao now? Didn't this parent fail to do a good job when something like this happened?"
"..." Mark: "Yes, you are right."
Now Ma Li was angry, as were women of all sizes. It was not easy to offend at this time, so Mark did not refute.
Forget it with others, there is no need to argue with your own daughter.
If Manao followed Ma Li back to the room to sleep, there is a high probability that such a thing would not have happened.
"Don't talk about him anymore. Manao is already a grown-up child with self-esteem. You keep saying that he will be sad."
"Yes, you only think Manao is sad. Don't you think about whether I am sad or not?"
Mark didn't forget about himself either, and he pointed at Ma Li from the side.
"Can you promise not to talk about him? If not, I will take Manao to the kindergarten myself."
Ma Li ignored Mark's words and continued to speak according to her own ideas.
"I'll just go and deliver it. Don't worry, we are father-in-law. How can I be really angry with Manao?"
"I am leaving."
Ma Li rode her bike and left first, which was no different from yesterday.
But this was the result of Manao living at home. Mark knew that even if Manao was not at home now, Ma Li would definitely have to leave first.
"Second uncle, Lily is very angry with me now, what should I do?"
At noon, Mark still met with Wang Xiaomi at the restaurant.
Han Jinlong was in a frustrated state and had no intention of running a pet shop properly, which gave Wang Xiaomi a lot of freedom.
"She's not just angry with you, she's angry with me too."
It is reasonable for Ma Li to be angry with Wang Xiaomi, but to be so angry with Mark is a bit of an unknown fire.
Mark also thought about the whole process yesterday and felt that Ma Li was definitely not so angry just because of the deception itself.
The relationship between Mark and Wang Xiaomi can be said to be the most important aspect.
If Mark is looking for a new wife, Ma Li will feel that her position is unstable and there is a possibility of being abandoned.
Before they fell in love, the two of them teamed up to deceive Ma Li. It's hard to say what will happen in the future.
"Are you two okay?" Wang Xiaomi asked worriedly.
"It's not very good. Lily is ignoring me now."
"Can you handle it?"
"If we can handle it well, how can our biological father and daughter be really angry all the time."
After Ma Li calmed down, Mark explained to Ma Li that his daughter's status in his heart will never change.
Ma Li can definitely handle this.
"What about my relationship with Lily? After get off work, should I come back and wait for Lily?"
"She is very angry right now. When I reconcile with her, I can help you explain to her."
The main thing is that Mark needs to untie Ma Li's knot first, so Wang Xiaomi's side is relatively simple.
Ma Li cares about the two people to different levels and is angry at different levels.
The more people care, the angrier they will be. It's the same for everyone.
"Then it won't be easy for us to go on dates these days?"
Wang Xiaomi obviously refers to off-duty hours.
"Just wait a moment. Tian Tian will be back in two days. After she picks up Manao, I will play with you again."
Mark said apologetically.
In other words, Wang Xiaomi is not the kind of character who must prioritize himself, otherwise it would be quite difficult to deal with.
"Tianye, you are finally back."
Mark has been carrying Manao with him these days, and to be honest, he feels a little embarrassed, especially after Ma Li got angry and stopped helping.
Mark was tortured a lot by Manao. It’s not that Mark couldn’t take Manao with him, but it definitely consumed energy and time.
Manao has to live at home, so Mark's time after get off work belongs to Manao, and it is difficult to make any arrangements of his own.
"Are you so impatient to return the child to me?" Tian Ye asked obviously dissatisfied.
He didn't want Mark to fight for custody of Manao, so he took his son back.
I don’t want Mark to not fight for it and not care about his son.
After the divorce, Tian Tian has always had such a tangled style.
"How is that possible? I really want to keep my child here."
Mark didn't agree with what he said.
If Manao is to be brought back, Ma Li can reconcile with Mark immediately.
Taking care of her is not a big problem, just hire a nanny.
Unlike a temporary stay of a few days, Mark has to do everything by himself.
"No way, you can't take care of Manao. I don't feel at ease if you keep taking care of me. I don't want my son to live with a stepmother."
Tianye's response to this issue is quite sensitive.
"Follow me, live with Lily, why are you following your stepmother?"
"You yourself know best, there is no need to discuss this matter." There was obviously some resentment in Tian Ye's eyes.
If Ye Ye wants to be like this, Mark will not dare to talk in depth like this. Mark has always avoided talking about Wang Xiaomi in front of Ye Ye:
"Is your store going to open?"
Entrepreneurship is the topic that Tian Tian is most interested in during this period.
"It has been renovated. Fang Yuan has been keeping an eye on these during this time."
"Where is the store? When it opens, remember to let me know and I will support you?"
As he spoke, Mark realized that, to be reasonable, Tianye's store shouldn't be able to open.
Just two newcomers to the industry, Ye Ye and Fang Yuan, do not have any successful experience.
It is basically impossible to ask people to invest with empty words.
If someone invests, they must have ulterior motives.
"It's not far, just near the shopping mall we used to go to."
"This is a prime location. Isn't this a small investment?"
“The scale is pretty good.”
Tian Ye is not a big talker. If he says it's OK, he can basically conclude that the store is at least a medium to large size.
"Yes, you finally have a chance to use your abilities."
"Mark, why did you ask me to come out?"
"Fang Yuan, we have known each other for so many years. Isn't it okay for me to have a coffee or just chat with you?"
Knowing from Ye Ye that the beauty shop had already progressed to the renovation stage, Mark made an appointment with Ye Ye's partner, Fang Yuan.
"You are already Ye Ye's ex-husband, so what else do we have to talk about? If you want me to hide it from Ye Ye, Mark, let me tell you, the rabbits won't even eat the grass beside the nest, so don't even think about beating me.
Notice."
Fang Yuan made a protective move and said.
As a single person, Fang Yuan definitely has no problem with his self-confidence, and his self-feeling has always been pretty good.
A single woman of this age is actually quite attractive. Not to mention she is very self-sufficient. If she is not, it will give people the impression that she is taking advantage of her.
It may not be easy to find a serious partner, but there are probably more people with ulterior motives around Fang Yuan than there are around little girls.
"Can you sit down? What can I do to pay attention to you? Is there anything you can do for me to pay attention to?"
Mark said with a dark face.
Fang Yuan was far different from Tian Tian in all aspects, and there was no way Mark could attract the attention of such a woman.
"If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. I'm quite busy right now. It's because we've known each other for such a long time that I took time out of my busy schedule to see you."