Mi Ning was washing vegetables, and when she heard the little girl's voice, she turned her head.
The little girl stood behind her, looking at her, her eyes wide and bright.
"Mommy, can brother Dean call Mommy Mommy?"
Mi Ning stopped. She thought she heard wrongly. She turned off the faucet and looked at Zhan Keke, "What did Keke just say?"
"Mommy, Coco just said, can brother Dean call him Mommy like Coco?"
Call her mommy...
Mi Ning was stunned.
She felt something and looked outside the kitchen.
There was a small body there, looking at her carefully.
Seeing her looking over, her little head lowered.
It seemed that his thoughts had been read, and he seemed to know that he shouldn't still expect it, so he lowered his head in embarrassment.
However, longing and expectation made the little head lift up again, and his eyes looked at Mi Ning again, revealing his true desire.
I want to have a mommy.
I want to have a mommy just like my sister.
Mi Ning looked at Dean, looking at these eyes as pure as the blue sky and the sea, she felt that she had encountered a problem.
"Mommy, is that okay?"
Zhan Ke could see that Mi Ning didn't answer. He tilted his head and looked at Mi Ning with big eyes in confusion.
Is this a difficult question to answer?
Mi Ning's eyebrows were slightly curved, and a smile appeared on her face.
She waved to Dean, "Dean, come in."
The little guy's eyes lit up as he stood looking forward to it, and he ran in quickly, like a bird that could only fly, and flew happily to Mi Ning.
Mi Ning wiped her hands dry, squatted down, and held Dean's soft little hand.
Dean's eyes are very bright, like gems.
He felt that Mi Ning had agreed.
Teacher Ning would only smile like this if he agreed.
This is what sensitive children are good at observing.
Mi Ning said softly, "Dean, Teacher Ning wants to have a class with you."
"Attend class?"
"Mommy, what class are you taking?"
Zhan Keke came over and approached Mi Ning, her little face full of doubts.
Mi Ning, "Last lesson about daddy and mommy."
"ah?"
Mi Ning looked at Dean, "Do you want Dean to listen?"
By this time, Dean felt something, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
But despite this, he nodded.
Mi Ning smiled, took Dean's hand, and looked at Zhan Keke, "Keke, do you want to listen?"
"want!"
Mi Ning led the two little guys to sit on the small stools in the living room. She sat in front of them and looked at these two innocent and pure faces.
"Dad and Mommy are..."
The night passed silently, time passed quietly during Mi Ning's lecture, and the lights of the city became brighter and brighter.
The living room is very quiet, and the expensive building materials prevent the hustle and bustle of the city outside from entering at all.
It seems isolated here.
The two little guys sitting on the small stools had their faces wrinkled and confused.
Mi Ning said softly, "You can ask any questions and the teacher will answer you."
Zhan Keke immediately raised his hand, "Mommy, Keke was born to father and mother, and brother Dean was born to brother Dean's father and mother."
"We are not a family, so how can we become a family? How can brother Dean be called Mommy Mommy?"
Mi Ning told the two children about their origins, the origins of their parents, and the origins of their family.
These things are complicated for the two little guys, but she wants to tell them, as Ah Shi said, they will know sooner or later, and it is not a bad thing to let them know and accept it early.
Dean heard Zhan Keke's words and looked at Mi Ning.
This is the answer he wants to know.
Mi Ning looked stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "A family lives together, just like Mommy and Daddy live together with Coco, and Dean and Dean's father live together."
Mi Ning said and looked at Dean, "Although Dean's father is not often at home, the home where Dean lives, the clothes he wears, and the food he eats are all given by Dean's father."
"The Cocoa family and the Dean family are two different families. If you want the Cocoa family and the Dean family to become one family, there must be some contact."
Mi Ning held the counting stick, separated the different colors, and then crossed them together as she spoke.
"Just like the red counting stick and the blue counting stick, they are different colors and they are not together."
"If you want them to be together, then something needs to come out to bring them together."
The two little guys looked carefully at the red and blue counting sticks crossed in Mi Ning's hands.
But they cannot be connected together by just crossing them.
Zhan Keke, "Mommy, how can we be together?"
The little girl pointed at the two crossed counting sticks, her little face wrinkled.
She didn't know how to put it together.
Dean also looked at Mi Ning.
Mi Ning curled her lips, took a ribbon from the side, tied two counting sticks of different colors together, and tied a special knot.
This knot keeps the two counting rods from separating.
Zhan Keke's eyes lit up, "Wow! Together!"
Dean's eyes also had light spots, twinkling.
Mi Ning gave the two counting sticks tied together.
Zhan Keke immediately took it and played with it, but she couldn't get it open no matter how hard she tried.
She said to Dean, "Brother Dean, look, you can't get rid of it!"
Dean held the counting stick. He did not play with it like Zhan Keke, but looked at it, and the light in his eyes became brighter like the sun rising.
He looked at Mi Ning and said, "Teacher Ning, how can Dean be like this counting stick and become a family with his sister and Teacher Ning."
Not separated.
Mi Ning's eyelashes fluttered, like a perching butterfly spreading its wings, revealing its breathtaking beauty.
"For example, Teacher Ning and Uncle Zhan are from two different families. Just like the red counting stick and the blue counting stick, Teacher Ning and Uncle Zhan didn't know each other at first."
"But when Teacher Ning and Uncle Zhan grew up, we got to know each other, liked each other, and wanted to be with each other for the rest of our lives, so we got married and became a family."
At this moment, Mi Ning's eyes were gentle, her voice seemed to be immersed in a hot spring, and her body was dyed with a layer of light.
Warm light.
Dean looked at Mi Ning, stunned, and subconsciously clenched the little hand holding the counting stick.
He likes his sister and wants to be with her, so can he marry her and become a family?
"ah!"
"I see!"
"Mommy, as long as Coco and brother Dean get married, brother Dean and us will be a family?"
Mi Ning was startled and said seriously: "Yes, but also no."
"ah?"
"Marriage requires two people to like each other and be sure to be together for a lifetime before they can get married. Marriage does not mean getting married if they want to become a family. This is not allowed."
The little girl frowned again and scratched her head, "Mommy, Ke Ke doesn't understand."
It's possible, it's not possible.
So complicated.
Mi Ning took off Zhan Keke's little hand and looked at the little girl and Dean, "Keke, Dean, listen to the teacher."
"Marriage is the most important thing in a person's life, and it is also the happiest thing in a person's life. We get married because of happiness, because we are happy, not because we just want to be a family."
"Do you understand?"
Zhan Keke's little face bulged, her brows were furrowed, her face was wrinkled, and she didn't understand anything.
Dean, on the other hand, seemed to understand, "Teacher Ning, if Dean wants to marry his sister, is it because he wants to make her happy, not because he just wants to become a family with her?"
"yes."
"And not only does Coco want to be happy, but Dean also wants to be happy."
"Marriage means the happiness of two people, not the happiness of one person."
"Dean understand?"
Marriage is not appropriate for children of a certain age, but since the children asked, she had to answer them.
She can't avoid this question just because they are young and let them think randomly and give random answers in their minds.
This is not allowed.
Dean nodded, "Teacher Ning, Dean understands."
Zhan Keke also raised her little hand, "Mommy, Keke also understands!"
"Just like now, Coco and Dean are very happy and happy. Coco and Dean can get married!"
Mi Ning, "..."
It's almost ten o'clock at night, the city gradually becomes quiet, and the lights enter the time of solitary admiration.
Mi Ning hugged Dean and took Zhan Keke out of the elevator.
Mark and the bodyguard were already waiting there. They saw Mi Ning coming out of the elevator and walked over.
"Teacher Ning."
Still bowing politely.
Mi Ning nodded and handed Dean to Mark.
Mark carefully held Dean in his arms and bowed his head to Mi Ning.
Mi Ning bowed her head in return.
Mark hugged Dean and got into the car, and soon the car drove out of the underground parking lot.
Zhan Keke yawned and said, "Mommy, I'm so sleepy~"
Mi Ning watched the car disappear, bent over and picked up Zhan Keke, "Let's go home and sleep."
Tonight's class was a bit long. By the time everything was done, Dean and Zhan Keke fell asleep on the sofa.
Mi Ning called Mark and carried Dean downstairs. Unexpectedly, he woke up the little girl and she wanted to follow him downstairs.
Mi Ning asked her to come down with him.
"Hmm~"
Zhan Keke hugged Mi Ning, buried her little face in Mi Ning's neck, closed her eyes and continued to sleep.
However, Zhan Keke did not fall asleep. Instead, she woke up when she returned home.
"Mommy, how long will it take for Keke to grow up before she can marry brother Dean?"
Mi Ning carried the little girl to the bedroom and gave her a bath.
Hearing her question, Mi Ning couldn't help laughing, "It's still early."
The children have a lot of problems, which is why the class tonight took a long time.
"Ah, is it still early? Keke wants to marry brother Dean as soon as possible."
In this way, brother Dean and them will become a family.
Mi Ning knew what Zhan Keke meant, and she also talked about this issue for a long time.
But obviously, for children of a few years old, it is one thing for them to know, but it is another thing to truly understand.
"Wait until Cocoa grows up. If Cocoa still likes brother Dean when he grows up, and brother Dean also likes Cocoa, let's talk about it then."
Life is uncertain, the future is uncertain, no one knows what will happen tomorrow.
She won't give her child a definite answer.
"Okay, Coco will grow up quickly and marry brother Dean."
"..."
Mi Ning tidied up the little girl, told her stories, and put her to bed.
It's just that the little girl took a nap before, and now she wants to sleep again, but she can't fall asleep.
Helpless, the little girl asked many more questions, and Mi Ning answered them one by one. After struggling like this, the little girl didn't fall asleep until after eleven o'clock.
Mi Ning returned to the bedroom, and only then did she really feel free.
Unexpectedly, Mi Ning was a little tired today.
She yawned, took her clothes and took a shower.
When Mi Ning came out, she lay on the bed and checked the time on her phone.