Li Mu held his son and sat in the back seat of the car.
Like his son crying after a bump when he was a child, Li Mu wrapped his son's body in his arms and gently stroked his forehead with his palms.
Li Ran's little body kept sobbing.
Glittering tears ran down his cheeks and fell on the collar of his down jacket from time to time.
"Don't you always ask dad if mom is good-looking?"
While coaxing his son, Li Mu asked softly, "Now that I have seen her, tell daddy, does she look good!?"
"Yeah"
Li Ran said "hmm" in a low voice.
Then he wiped a handful of tears with his little palm, and his little mouth, which had lost one tooth, suddenly smiled and said, "It looks good."
See the expression on my son’s little face.
Li Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his son did not feel too much psychological burden due to his grandmother's words. Li Mu had always had a grudge against his mother for mentioning that his mother did not want him in front of Ran Ran.
His marriage problem with Qin Muxue.
It is a conflict between adults and should not be forced on children.
But every time Li Mu wanted to talk to his mother, he gave up in the end.
Because what his mother said was true. Six years ago, Qin Muxue did abandon him and his son who still couldn't leave. His mother was extremely hateful when she mentioned it in front of her son without concealing it.
That time period.
Everyone in the family is rushing between the hospital and the police station.
Her departure ultimately cast a dark shadow over the unfortunate Li family.
Hate.
It's natural.
Resentment.
It’s also reasonable.
He reached out and pulled two pieces of paper on the bridge to wipe away his son's tears.
"Go"
Li Mu put his arm around his son's shoulders and whispered, "Daddy will take you to your favorite place."
"Bank?"
Li Ran's eyes lit up.
Then he pursed his lips and smiled, a little embarrassed.
Slowly crawl from the back seat to the passenger seat like a puppy, and take the initiative to fasten your seat belt.
"My eyes are open when I see money"
Li Mu smiled and scratched the bridge of his son's nose.
The car didn't drive very far before it stopped in front of a Bank of China. Li Mu took out the red envelope his son received this year from his bag.
"Keep the red envelope"
Li Ran reminded him, and while his father looked on dumbfounded, he whispered, "I'll leave it to my grandparents to pretend again this year."
"Little Money Fan"
Li Mu took out the money from the red envelope and returned it to his son.
This year’s Spring Festival.
Li Ran received a lot of lucky money, including one thousand for each of his grandparents, two hundred for each of his great-grandfather and grandma, one thousand for his aunt, and one thousand from cousin Li Mu, and two hundred from his grandparents. As he expected, Li Mu took five hundred
My third aunt’s family really didn’t pay a penny, and the deductions were quite clean and neat.
After all, his son’s New Year’s money this year totaled 4,600.
Including this year's Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Mu's parents bought clothes for Ranran, and together they amounted to 6,400.
Li Mu opened a special card.
All my son's New Year's money in recent years has been saved on it. In total, it has amounted to more than 40,000 yuan.
According to Li Mu's calculation, when his son finishes high school, he will earn at least over 100,000 yuan. Whether his son uses the money to buy a car for himself or goes on a casual trip, Li Mu will be very supportive.
The money checking sound came from the deposit machine.
Li Ran put his little feet up and looked up at the screen.
"Let me take a look"
After depositing the money, Li Ran stopped his father from drawing cards, and instead asked Li Mu to open the balance in the card.
"You don't recognize integers"
Li Mu reluctantly picked up his son.
With his little body facing the screen of the deposit machine, Li Ran stretched out his little finger and counted the balances one by one. He counted them very carefully. After counting several times in a row, he said to Li Mu with a sad face, "Dad, it seems there are still five.
"Number"
"That's an integer, you count to the end"
Li Mu’s hands were sore, but his son was still staring at the balance.
"Haha, there are really many"
Li Ran smiled.
She smiles brightly and has the unique innocence of this age group.
It's a pity that the person facing him is not his father, nor his grandparents, but the bank card balance.
Li Mu shook his head, then held his son's little hand and walked out of the bank.
As for those empty red envelopes, Li Ran carefully packed them in an exquisite packaging bag. The number of red envelopes inside was no less than twenty, which he had saved one after another in the past two years. The new year's money he received every year was taken away by his father.
Deposit the red envelope in the bank and put the red envelope on the bedside table. Once his father wants to take him back for the holidays, Li Ran will habitually take a few back to give to his grandparents.
This year, the red envelopes used by several of his elders to collect New Year's money were given by him.
Very heartwarming.
Very considerate too.
In the words of his aunt, "The service is so good that it is impossible to refuse."
While driving home, Li Ran folded the red envelopes neatly and stuffed them into the bag one by one, then sat on the passenger seat and clasped his fingers. After a while, he whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito's moan, "Dad,
Why doesn’t mom want us anymore?”
"She doesn't want you, she just doesn't want dad"
Looking at the red street lights ahead, Li Mu parked the car within the zebra crossing and replied softly.
"Then why does she not want her father?"
Li Ran then asked.
"Maybe dad is not good enough!?"
There was a sad but not sad look in Li Mu's eyes, and then he chuckled and said, "So you must study hard in the future to make yourself better. Only when you are excellent, others will think that you are indispensable, not optional."
"Dispensable"
"Then can I still see my mother in the future?"
Li Ran turned his head and looked at his father with his beautiful big eyes.
"Yes"
After hesitating for a moment, Li Mu finally nodded.
Even though he didn't want his son to have more contact with her, from an objective fact perspective, he had no right to refuse his son to get along with his mother. What's more, Qin Muxue had agreed to give up Ran Ran's custody rights, so Li Mu could not stop the mother and son either emotionally or politely.
The two may meet frequently in the future.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Mu reminded, "But you have to promise your father that when you return to your hometown, you are not allowed to mention your meeting with your mother in front of your grandparents."
"Why?"
Li Ran asked curiously.
"Because she has no relationship with our family except that she is your mother"
Li Mu explained softly, "Your grandparents don't like her, your great-grandparents don't like her either, and my father doesn't like her either."
In the time of fading.
There are always some people who never say goodbye and never see each other again.
There are also some people who would rather not see each other again.
And Qin Muxue was exactly the person Li Mu never saw again without saying goodbye on that night when he went to the hospital to stay vigil.
Even if they meet again suddenly now, if it were not for the existence of his son, he would have hoped never to see him again in this life.
Arrived downstairs.
Li Mu lifted the things from the trunk.
"Dad, I'll play here for a while"
Seeing several children playing on the lawn, Li Ran obviously didn't want to go upstairs and said to Li Mu.
"Okay!"
Li Mu nodded and then said, "Do you still remember what dad often said to you?"
"Remember"
Li Ran quickly replied, "Don't go where there are no adults. If you encounter a stranger approaching, run away immediately. If you are chasing me, call for help immediately."
"What else?"
"Don't eat what others give, don't touch small animals, and don't play in places with water"
