Looking at the haggard-looking woman in front of him, Liu Changqing did not respond immediately. Instead, he glanced at the mother and daughter sitting beside the bed, and his eyes stayed on An Yuanyao's face.
She was a little confused.
I don’t know what Li Wanran came to say to their mother and daughter while she was attending the parent-teacher meeting with her daughter...
"Come out for a moment."
With such words coming from his mouth, Liu Changqing exited the bedroom door, turned around and walked outside.
Li Wanran, who heard Liu Changqing's words, was stunned for a while and then followed him out of the door.
"Dad, its head can be stretched so long!"
As soon as Li Wanran walked out of the bedroom, he saw his daughter rushing out of the bathroom shouting, running in front of him, and hugging Liu Changqing who was not far away.
Liu Xiazhi, who got a new pet, seemed particularly excited.
Holding her father in her arms, she couldn't wait to tell her new discovery.
He held his head high and spoke loudly.
"I saw with my own eyes that it stretched its head out so long. It's so cute!"
"Yeah."
If it were normal, Liu Changqing might choose to chat for a few words about his daughter, but at this moment he was obviously not in such a good mood.
His eyes subconsciously glanced at Li Wanran at the bedroom door.
He forced out a smile.
He raised his hand and touched his daughter's little head.
"Just take a look and don't touch the turtle's head...did you hear? It will bite you."
"Hehe, I got it!"
Standing at the door of the bedroom, Li Wanran still kept closing the bedroom door, looking at the warm scene of the father and daughter in front of him.
She... seemed a little moved.
"Xia Zhi..."
A shout came from Li Wanran's mouth.
When Liu Xiazhi heard this cry, she was just stunned with a smile on her face just now.
His expression softened.
Liu Xiazhi seemed to realize something, her eyes widened, and her head began to turn behind her.
When I saw this person standing at the door of the bedroom, whom I had not seen for a long time but was extremely familiar...
"dad……"
He subconsciously called his father.
He grabbed Liu Changqing's arm with his little hands and squeezed it tightly.
The moment Liu Xiazhi saw Li Wanran, her expression began to change. It was an expression that rarely appeared on this girl's face.
Like... a scared look.
Children's memory is not bad. Many parents have left bad memories for their children when they were young. They mistakenly think that their children do not understand anything when they are young, but... As everyone knows, memory is difficult to be preserved by time.
erased.
Especially... painful memories.
Liu Xiazhi still remembers that day.
His mother, whom he had not seen for a long time, appeared in front of him and said that he would take him to eat delicious food.
but……
Not only did he lose the new shoes his father bought for him in the mall, but he also brought himself in front of a stranger.
Let yourself...call him daddy...
Does Liu Xiazhi like Li Wanran as her mother?
like.
But, that was only once.
Liu Xiazhi once liked her mother more than her father, but all of this was shattered with the arrival of that day.
She still can't forget that night when she was alone in an empty room.
It was obvious that his knee was injured, but he didn’t care...
At that time, all she wanted to do was go home, to the home with her brother and father...
Liu Changqing's daughter's behavior was caught in Liu Changqing's eyes. He lowered his eyes. After a while, he gently twitched the arm held by his daughter.
But he obviously underestimated his daughter's fear at this time.
After trying to twitch a few times, he could not pull his arm out. Instead, following his move, Liu Xiazhi held on tighter.
Feeling his father's movement to pull out his arm, Liu Xiazhi hurriedly looked away from Li Wanran and looked at his father with red eyes.
"Dad, I..."
"Don't be afraid, come...Xia Zhi, help dad carry the things."
Interrupting what his daughter was about to say, Liu Changqing handed the bag in his other hand to his daughter.
There was a pause.
"You take it back to the house first. When dad comes back, I will make big red flowers for you."
"..."
"Be good and be obedient."
"Um……"
After a moment of silence, Liu Xiazhi released her hand from Liu Changqing's arm and took the bag handed over by her father.
Carrying it with both hands.
First he glanced at Li Wanran standing in front of the bedroom door, and then at Liu Changqing beside him.
The head dropped.
With fast steps, he left the living room as if running away.
With the sound of the door to my daughter's room closing, the living room became quiet again.
Liu Changqing stood where he was.
After hesitating for a while, he did not choose to go out to talk, but turned around and walked towards the sofa.
Sit on it.
Staring at the coffee table in front of him.
One second.
Two seconds...
"Who opened the door for you?"
After saying such a sentence, Liu Changqing immediately raised his head, which was somewhat lowered, and looked at Li Wanran, who was still standing there.
"..."
There was no immediate response, Li Wanran looked at Liu Changqing in front of him.
Walk in his direction.
Stand in front of him.
There is a distance of about two meters between the two.
"An Yuanyao."
"Really...you still have my wife's phone number."
Hearing Liu Changqing call An Yuanyao the word "wife", something strange flashed across Li Wanran's face.
But it soon became hidden.
He clenched his hands a little tighter.
"I……"
"If it's about your mother, there's no need to talk about it anymore."
Being the first to say the lines that Li Wanran failed to say, Liu Changqing probably guessed what the other party asked him to do.
It's not hard to guess.
It has been more than a week since I last saw each other.
Apart from the incident of Ye Rong being taken away, Liu Changqing could not imagine why the other party came to find him.
If it was a child... He thought he would have made it clear to the other party last time.
There is no room for negotiation.
Although the other party is the biological mother of his two children, it is not difficult to see from the reaction of his daughter just now...
The shadow she once left on her children cannot be erased in a short time.
Maybe in the future.
but……
not now.
Looking at Li Wanran in front of him.
The way she looked now was no longer consistent with the way she remembered it.
Although he still has a cold face, but for some reason, Liu Changqing can't see the indifference he used to have on his face...
There is only a hint of... vague sadness.
And... tired.
This is the path you choose...Li Wanran.
In life, there is no way back.
After coming back to his senses, Liu Changqing spoke.