After Liu Zhiyue finished breakfast, he prepared to leave with Zhou Shiyan.
Originally, Liu Changqing planned to take them to the station, but Liu Zhiyue rejected his father's proposal. After tidying up for a while, he took Zhou Shiyan and left the house.
But...the two people did not go to the station immediately after leaving.
But... after taking a taxi, we came to a residential area.
Liu Zhiyue wanted to meet someone before leaving.
Arrive at destination.
When Liu Zhiyue took Zhou Shiyan upstairs along the stairs that he had walked many times, the two of them appeared in front of a security door.
Stand at the door.
After Liu Zhiyue hesitated for a while, he still chose to raise his hand and knock on the door.
"Bang bang bang."
Three knocks on the door ended, and then there was movement from inside the house.
Not long after, the door was opened.
But what surprised Liu Zhiyue was that the person who opened the door was not the person he wanted to see, but an unknown girl.
From the looks of it... she is about the same age as my younger sister. She has a bookish look on her hair and body, and her appearance is slightly ordinary, giving people the impression of a classmate who was very common in high school.
To put it simply, it is a bit popular.
Liu Zhiyue was obviously a little confused when he saw a stranger opening the door, but before he could ask, he saw the person he wanted to see behind him.
Li Wanran.
His biological mother.
Li Wanran, who was standing behind the girl, was obviously stunned when she saw the two people outside the door. When she came to her senses, she looked a little happy and hurriedly came to the door.
He took the door handle from the girl's hand and completely opened the security door that had just been partially opened.
His eyes stayed on his son's face, and after a long time he looked at Zhou Shiyan beside him.
The two looked at each other.
Zhou Shiyan said hello.
"Hello, aunt."
"Um……"
After responding to Zhou Shiyan, Li Wanran then looked at his son standing in front of him.
Asked.
"Why are you here? Isn't school starting?"
"..."
Instead of answering the other party's question, Liu Zhiyue glanced at the girl standing next to her.
Asked.
"Who is this?"
"She lives downstairs. I'm too bored at home... so I asked her to come up and chat with me."
"Yeah……"
Hearing Li Wanran's response, Liu Zhiyue didn't say much, but simply responded.
And all this was seen by Chi Xiaoxiao.
Although she was not very old, she could tell...the relationship between the two seemed not to be very good. When faced with such a bad situation, all she could think of was to leave this place.
Without thinking much, when the atmosphere became somewhat silent, Chi Xiaoxiao spoke to break the stalemate.
He turned to look at Li Wanran beside him and spoke softly.
"Then...I'm going back first. I'll come back when I have time..."
"Well, thank you for chatting with me for so long."
"Don't say that...I'm quite bored at home."
Chi Xiaoxiao smiled, then walked out of the door slightly embarrassed and walked downstairs.
After the other party left, Liu Zhiyue didn't say much.
Holding Zhou Shiyan's hand, she walked in.
He closed the door behind him smoothly.
After doing all this, he glanced at Li Wanran in front of him. After his eyes stayed on her for a while, he looked away again.
Asked.
"The new job...are you still getting used to it?"
Such words came from his mouth.
After Li Wanran heard this sentence, he immediately responded.
"Oh, that's alright……"
"..."
After hearing these words, Liu Zhiyue looked aside and returned to Li Wanran at this moment, with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.
The Li Wanran in my impression is definitely not what he looks like now.
As his biological mother, the Li Wanran in his memory should be aloof and condescending, instead of the one who chats with a little girl out of boredom.
Not to mention... hearing the words thank you from her mouth.
So much has happened over the years...
After my grandmother was imprisoned, the days she once lived are gone forever.
I learned from my father that...it seems that not a single cent of my grandpa's inheritance was left to him...
It's hard to believe how she, who was used to living such a privileged life... felt at that time.
He looked at his son looking in front of him and his son's girlfriend beside him.
Li Wanran seemed a little hesitant.
Finally, he asked.
"Your dad..."
"I lived a very happy life."
"Is it...happy...?"
Before he finished asking, Liu Zhiyue took the lead in replying.
This is not the first time Liu Zhiyue has answered the question she asked.
Every time he came over, he would be asked the same question.
The biological mother who used to pay little attention to his father, for some reason... began to gradually become interested in him.
But...it's all too late.
Liu Zhiyue's feelings towards the person in front of him were particularly complicated.
On the one hand, she is her biological mother.
Although he didn't leave a good response for himself, every moment he spent with the other person was deeply engraved in his mind and indelible.
But... the pain that the other party brought to me is also real.
A long time ago, Liu Zhiyue felt chilled towards her.
It should have continued forever, if not...
"How is your health? Are you feeling better?"
"It's much better...although I still have headaches occasionally."
Lowering his head slightly, Li Wanran stretched out his hand and touched his forehead with his fingertips.
He lowered his head and spoke silently.
"But...it's not a big problem. By the way, are you two going home for the holidays?"
"Well, I went home for the weekend and spent the day."
"Then your dad..."
"He is very good. He has stopped smoking and drinking. He has been busy with the company, but he goes home every day."
"..."
Looking at Li Wanran who fell silent, Liu Zhiyue chose to change the topic.
"Did you eat this morning?"
"Eat some..."
"Eat well and pay more attention to your health..."
As he spoke, Liu Zhiyue paused and then continued.
"A person... also needs to be well."
"Zhiyue..."
Li Wanran obviously still had something to say, but Liu Zhiyue did not allow the other party to continue what he said and quickly interrupted him.
"Then... the two of us are leaving first, we still have to catch the train."
"Leaving so early...why don't you sit down for a while?"
"No."
After shaking his head slightly, Liu Zhiyue reached out and opened the door that he had just closed not long ago.
She led a silent Zhou Shiyan out of the house.
Seeing this scene, Li Wanran quickly followed and came to the door.
Watching the two people about to go downstairs, he subconsciously shouted.
"Zhiyue!"
"What's wrong?"
"..."
Looking at his biological son who stopped and turned to look over.
She was silent for a long time.
After speaking again, he said this sentence.
"Next time...will you come again?"
"Um."
With a simple hum, Liu Zhiyue led Zhou Shiyan downstairs.
Li Wanran was standing at the door.
Looking at the backs of the two of them...
Until it completely disappeared from his sight.
I don't know how long it took before Li Wanran closed the door.