Three people were sitting on the sofa chatting. After a while, the sound of a car entering from outside was heard, and Gu Ningyue was just about to stand up when Ling Tianyou held him down: "It should be Liu Liu coming back."
As soon as he spoke, a clear child’s voice ca from outside the door: "Mom, is Uncle back too?"
Liu Liu responded: "Yes, rember to greet your uncle when you see him, okay? Your aunt is also here, rember?"
Ling Xuan nodded, "I rember! Sister Ning Yue is also here!"
Liu Liu: "Didn’t I say it before? You can’t call her sister. She is your uncle’s girlfriend!"
In the midst of speaking, the two people walked in: "Mom! Older brother, sister-in-law."
Ling Xuan also greeted everyone crisply, then flew into Mrs. Ling’s arms: "Grandma!"
"Yes," Mrs. Ling smiled, wrapping her arm around Ling Xuan’s shoulder: "Was little Xuan obedient at school today?"
Ling Xuan replied heavily: "Yes. The teacher even praised ! Said I made progress! I’m sure I’ll win an award. Hee hee..."
Ling Xuan proudly raised his little head, but Gu Ningyue watched with so heartache.
Such a cute child, if one day he finds out his father went through rehab for drug addiction, how much of a trauma would his heart suffer?
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue shook his head.
"Our little Xuan is aweso, but you need to keep working hard and not be arrogant, okay?"
Ling Xuan nodded: "I will, Grandma!"
Mrs. Ling rubbed Ling Xuan’s head: "Then tonight Grandma will make your favorite braised shrimp, okay?"
Ling Xuan didn’t respond, paused, and then looked at Mrs. Ling: "Grandma, I have a competition next week. If I win first place, will Dad co back earlier?"
The air suddenly fell silent, and after an unknown amount of ti, Liu Liu finally pulled Ling Xuan from Mrs. Ling’s arms into her own: "Xuanxuan, didn’t Mom just tell you last night? Dad is busy with very important work, we have to wait a few more months for him to co back."
Ling Xuan’s enthusiastic look gradually faded, and he lowered his head, sowhat disappointed: "But my classmates’ parents, even if they’re on business trips, they’ll video chat with them. Why doesn’t Dad ever video chat with Xuanxuan and Mom? Does he not want us anymore..."
Liu Liu’s nose was a little sour, but she still held back the sadness in her heart and said to her son: "How could that be? How could Dad not want Mom and little Xuan? Dad is just very busy, he’ll be back in a few months."
Ling Xuan swayed his small, skinny arms and legs but said nothing.
He looked so pitiful.
Liu Liu was just about to start comforting him when Gu Ningyue suddenly said: "Xuanxuan, who told you that Dad doesn’t want you and Mom?"
From detention to being sent for drug rehabilitation, this is probably the first ti Ling Xuan has raised such a question!
Why would a five-year-old child suddenly have such thoughts?
Ling Xuan looked up, turned his head, and said to Gu Ningyue: "The father of Qianqian from our kindergarten has another woman outside, he hasn’t co to school to pick her up for a long ti. Every ti there’s a kindergarten activity, only her mom cos. They said... my dad doesn’t want and Mom either... boo..."
Saying this, tears suddenly started falling from Xuanxuan’s eyes.
He was worried that his father wouldn’t co back anymore either.
Gu Ningyue sighed, "No, your father didn’t abandon you and Mom. He’s just very busy, he’ll be back in a few months."
Ling Xuan said nothing, relied on Liu Liu’s arms, and kept sobbing.
Such a small child, one would think he wouldn’t have any worries, and wouldn’t truly understand what happens between adults.
But now it seems even children have to bear the consequences of adult mistakes.
Liu Liu hugged little Xuan with heartache, comforted him for an unknown ti, finally calming Ling Xuan’s tears: "Mom, I’ll take little Xuan upstairs to rest, you all chat first."
Mrs. Ling nodded, and after hesitating for a while, Gu Ningyue said: "Let go up and accompany you for a while!"
Liu Liu showed a hint of gratitude in her eyes, looked at Mrs. Ling, who nodded, and then Liu Liu nodded as well: "Okay."
Following Liu Liu into the bedroom, as you walked further in, there was a toy room where the servant had already organized all the toys and placed them aside.
Looking at Ling Xuan’s toy room, Gu Ningyue couldn’t help but think of the cramped room he and his mother shared, which was not even half the size of this.
Did her mother, a long ti ago, also live a life of luxury like this?
Gu Ningyue watched Liu Liu try to cheer up a not very cheerful Ling Xuan playing with toys, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"Sister-in-law, sit anywhere you like, no need to stand on ceremony with ."
Gu Ningyue responded and casually pulled over a chair to sit on: "How’s everything been recently? Are you okay?"
Actually, Gu Ningyue could guess the answer without even asking, but besides this as an opening line, she didn’t know what else to say.
Liu Liu sighed facing away from Gu Ningyue: "Just like that! Ah, with him not at ho. I have to discuss all the big and small matters with Mom, it’s at tis like these I suddenly think he was quite good when he was around. When you’re tired, you have soone to relieve your boredom. Even when little Xuan is naughty, there’s soone to share the burden with . Now it’s just ..."
She used to find Ling Tianze noisy, but now there’s not even soone to talk to.
Gu Ningyue said to Liu Liu: "It’ll be soon! The ti given to Tianze is limited, once the ti is up he’ll be back."
Because Ling Xuan was there, Gu Ningyue spoke to Liu Liu very vaguely.
Liu Liu shook her head: "If he cos back and still follows his old path, I’d rather he stays there forever."
During this ti, she had looked up a lot of information.
After seeing those comparative pictures of people after using drugs, and those cases of successful rehabilitation personnel who still went back to old habits after coming out, her heart had already turned cold halfway.
"When you went last ti, did he say anything?" Gu Ningyue asked.
Liu Liu stood up, turned her head to look at Gu Ningyue: "What else could he say? Just the sa old rhetoric over and over. But can they believe it?"
For that one mouthful, so people might even harm their own relatives.
Even after so long, the period when Ling Tianze deceived her was still fresh in her mory.
Liu Liu was no longer willing to believe him, to her, Ling Tianze had changed.
He’s no longer the one who was always clinging to her like an annoying plaster.
He found sothing more he loves...
And is she still important? Is little Xuan still important?
After seeing so many cases, Liu Liu no longer dared to be sure.
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