Liu Changqing seemed a little surprised when he heard Zhou Shiyan asked for leave. He had learned from Lan Yixian that this child had not asked for leave for many years.
She would only ask for leave when she was sick and had no other choice, but Liu Changqing didn't look like she was sick at this moment.
Her face is rosy and her eyes are bright...
Looks very healthy!
"Uncle Liu, can we have a chat?"
Zhou Shiyan said again.
Her words made Liu Changqing react. Just when he was about to let her in, he heard Zhou Shiyan say again.
"No, just stay outside."
"OK."
Liu Changqing first took a careful look at Zhou Shiyan who said this, and then nodded in response.
He had already noticed that something was not right.
After responding to Zhou Shiyan, Liu Changqing said to Chen Dafu on the sofa.
"Sit down by yourself first."
"knew."
After that, Liu Changqing walked out wearing indoor slippers. Because he had the key in his pocket, Liu Changqing simply closed the door.
With the sound of the door being closed, Liu Changqing followed Zhou Shiyan for a few steps, walked through the elevator, and came to the stairs of the safe passage.
Only then did Zhou Shiyan stop.
Turning around and looking at Liu Changqing.
Because it was a little dark, Liu Changqing stamped his feet, and with the loud sound, the lightbulb at the entrance of the stairs also lit up.
After doing this, Liu Changqing looked at her.
The expression is serious.
"Tell me what's going on."
"After I finish my high school entrance exam, my mother and I are leaving here."
"Well, I know this."
In response to this, Liu Changqing had already learned about this matter when Lan Yixian came over the day before yesterday.
After Zhou Shiyan heard that Liu Changqing knew about it, she continued.
"I like Liu Zhiyue."
"..."
Liu Changqing's eyes widened completely the moment Zhou Shiyan finished speaking, and he looked at her in disbelief.
I never expected...this little girl to speak so straightforwardly!
Yes.
What surprised Liu Changqing was not that Zhou Shiyan liked his son, but that Zhou Shiyan could say it in front of the father of the person he liked.
Before they moved, Liu Changqing noticed that Zhou Shiyan had a crush on his children.
To be precise, when she came to tutor her daughter in her studies, she would look at her son from time to time while her daughter was doing math.
It would be okay if it was just a normal frequency, but during that time, Liu Changqing clearly saw her secretly watching his son more than once.
Whenever Liu Zhiyue looked at her, she would quickly turn her head and interpret the questions her daughter was doing, pretending as if nothing had happened.
You know, you know, but Liu Changqing never pointed it out.
But who would have thought...she would actually say it in front of her.
Liu Changqing looked at the little girl in front of him and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
Could it be said... that you are still young and should focus on your studies instead of thinking about love and love?
Don't be ridiculous, it's impossible for Liu Changqing to say this.
"But...I can't like him."
During the short moment when Liu Changqing was stunned, Zhou Shiyan spoke again. At the same time, the eyes that were looking directly at Liu Changqing also moved away at this moment.
Look down and lower your head slightly.
"Since I was very young, my father has often beaten my mother. After they divorced, I have very few memories of my father in my mind. So that night, after I asked you for help, I learned that you were Liu Zhiyue
's father..."
There was a slight pause in her tone, and Zhou Shiyan seemed to be hesitant.
Finally I said it.
"I was the math class representative in the second grade of junior high school. When I went to the office to get the test papers, I overheard the teachers' conversation and knew that you were divorced, so you helped me that day."
Raising her head, Zhou Shiyan looked at Liu Changqing.
Speak clearly.
"I just want you to be my dad."
"..."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shiyan would say such words. At the moment she said these words, Liu Changqing's memory of last year appeared in his mind.
That time, after Zhou Shiyan got herself a cup of tea, she did not walk away immediately, but stood in front of her expectantly.
Waiting for praise.
That's it...that's what she thought at the time.
Do you want me to be her father...
Looking at Liu Changqing in front of her, Zhou Shiyan's eyes showed no intention of escaping at all this time. There seemed to be a trace of struggle in those eyes that were as beautiful as her mother's.
But it quickly disappeared again.
"That's why I persuaded my mother that day and begged you to let us stay at your house for a while. I know it was difficult for you to do so at the time, but I just wanted you and my mother to have more opportunities to be alone.
.”
"..."
"Originally, everything was as I expected. You treated us like guests from the beginning. Later, you started to look forward to the lunch prepared by my mother, asked me if I needed anything, and gave me some pocket money.
money."
"..."
"But... everything changed after Aunt An came back."
Zhou Shiyan’s hands clenched.
Liu Changqing's look at her was even more complicated.
He didn't expect this child to think so much...
Yes.
Liu Changqing did have a crush on Lan Yixian during that time.
After he and Feng Qian worked overtime until late at night, when he got home, he saw the woman sleeping soundly on the sofa with her head tilted, and watched her wake up and ask him if she wanted to eat something.
Liu Changqing was indeed moved by Lan Yixian at that time.
She is gentle and understanding.
Everything in the house is neatly organized by him, and he doesn't put any thought into housework at all.
At that time, after he made it clear to An Yuanyao, who was not yet divorced, he originally thought that he would never have contact with her in the future, so at that time he slowly persuaded himself to accept Lan Yixian.
She is not bad in appearance, and is plumper in figure compared to An Yuanyao. She is an expert at housework and is very caring about taking care of her children. Apart from being unusually persistent in some aspects...
Everything seems to be more suitable for living.
But... after Liu Changqing came to this world, the first woman he fell in love with was...
An Yuanyao.
She is the one who dares to love and hate, shows herself as a little woman, cares about her own opinion, applauds herself after she says something that the other party doesn't know, and looks full of admiration on her face.
Liu Changqing prefers this feeling.
Perhaps it is the underlying machismo in his heart that is at work. He doesn't like others to refute his own opinions, plus...
Liu Changqing is not an indecisive or sentimental person.
He knew very well that if he refused, he should not leave even the slightest misunderstanding to the other party.
This is why he directly told An Yuanyao before she was divorced that they should not meet her again in the future.
This is why he didn't see Lan Yixian and his daughter for a long time after they moved out of his home...
Liu Changqing doesn't want his emotional experience to be too complicated, and he doesn't want to be in two different situations.
In his previous life, the education he had experienced since childhood was to be responsible for relationships. His father and mother in his previous life had no quarrels and lived in harmony for most of their lives.