After dark, Chen Shikun drove home. The moment he entered the room, he was stopped by his daughter.
His eyes subconsciously drifted into the distance. After seeing Dong Xin's figure not far away, he quietly retracted his eyes, lowered his body and gently hugged his daughter with his backhand.
"Are you good at home today? Did you listen to your mother?"
"Yeah! Shuyin is very good!"
For children who went to school early, twelve years old is already the age of first grade in junior high school. However, due to physical reasons, Dong Shuyin, who is relatively young in mind, tends to be more coquettish in what she says to her biological father.
As if she couldn't wait to share her experience, she was hugged by her father and turned towards Dong Xin, who was resting, and answered first.
“And I also went outside to see a lot of things and play a lot!”
"I went out today, who were you with?"
"Follow Uncle Liu!"
"..."
The smile he created froze at this moment, and the arms holding his daughter became inexplicably tight.
Chen Shikun looked at Dong Xin, who was facing away from him. It was obvious that the hot weather had dissipated and the temperature in the room had remained at a comfortable level.
However, there was still involuntary sweat on my forehead due to nervousness.
Even Chen Shikun himself may not have noticed his current situation, but he showed a nervous expression in his middle age. He looked away from Dong Xin and looked at his daughter in front of him.
After swallowing, his throat was dry and he tried his best to stabilize his emotions.
Continue to ask.
"Uncle Liu... Why has Dad never heard of this man? Who is he?"
"yes……"
Upon hearing his father's inquiry, Dong Shuyin suddenly fell into a dilemma.
The happy hour this afternoon greatly improved her impression of Liu Weicheng, but she didn't remember the name of the uncle she had been calling him all day.
A face full of sadness, perhaps because he couldn't answer his father's question, made Dong Shuyin anxious and dizzy.
The overload of her brain caused her face to turn pale instantly.
Chen Shikun didn't expect this scene. Just when he was about to call someone to come over and check his daughter's body, who would have thought that Dong Xin, who was just resting just now, had already arrived in front of him.
He knelt down, pulled the daughter in his arms over, raised his hand and rubbed it behind his back a few times, and then the symptoms were relieved.
After continuing for a while, he looked at Chen Shikun who was also squatting.
Said in a calm tone.
"Don't ask her such complicated questions, and you already know the rules you set in the beginning."
"..."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Shikun's face became even darker. Perhaps he was afraid that his appearance would be noticed by the woman in front of him, so he hurriedly lowered his head to cover up his inner dissatisfaction.
"knew."
"Everything you have is given to you by my family, and you don't need to interfere too much in my life."
The words came from Dong Xin's mouth, and he immediately looked away from Chen Shikun and winked at the person standing beside him.
The woman who had been waiting for a long time came forward and took Dong Shuyin, who was not feeling well, away from the scene.
Dong Xin also stood up again and looked at Chen Shikun who also stood up but still had his head lowered.
Her eyes did not stay on the other person for more than two seconds.
As he grows older, although Chen Shikun is still considered a handsome guy among his peers, his aesthetics have been constantly changing in recent years.
Not to mention that Chen Shikun is now [aging and losing color] and what attracted her most in the first place has disappeared.
It's not even remotely attractive at all.
The time abroad made her feel more relaxed than ever before. Although she had her daughter with her, her daily life was not disturbed in any way.
If her family hadn't called her to return to China, she wouldn't have cared about the fact that Chen Shikun wanted to see her daughter unless she flew abroad in person.
A good wife and mother in front of outsiders.
That's just her disguise.
Looking at Chen Shikun who was silent in front of him, Dong Xin seemed to have lost interest in continuing the communication. She was too lazy to say another word and turned around and left.
As footsteps came up the stairs, he was the only one standing still in the living room on the first floor.
It wasn't until the sound of the door closing that Dong Xin entered the room was heard that he downstairs breathed a sigh of relief.
He quietly raised his head and took a quick look to make sure no one was paying attention to him, then he walked towards the inside.
Follow the stairs to your last pure land.
Pushing open the study door, there was an obvious locking sound when the door was closed.
Come to the table and sit on the chair.
He fumbled for the cigarette case, lit it, leaned back, raised his head and stared at the ceiling above his head.
As he opened his mouth, a stream of thick smoke spread all around like a jet.
dissipate.
There is a saying... Chen Shikun thinks it is very appropriate.
The more you gain, the more you lose.
When he was young, he had given up too many things in order to have a better life.
Now, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he already has financial resources that he could not even imagine back then.
But once a person gets used to a certain kind of life, he will fall into a state of dissatisfaction, even though he is a successful person in the eyes of outsiders.
And the family is also happy.
But Chen Shikun actually knew very well in his heart that such happiness only existed on the surface. If he didn't pay attention, everything he had now would disappear without a trace.
It was precisely because he was too aware of this that he began to fall in love with Zhao Xuanying.
If... it's really that woman's child.
The eyes slowly closed.
The moment he lost his light, the figure of a woman appeared in Chen Shikun's mind.
On a sunny summer day, I sat on the edge of a creek on a large pebble that was heated by the sun. I talked to myself, lowering my buttocks to feel warm, with a relaxing smile on my face.
Thinking about the future and leaning on your shoulders.
Looking at the stream.
Talking about what the happy future will look like.
Time flies like an arrow.
The peaceful and happy days at that time were far away from him unknowingly. He borrowed money from various relatives and took the salary earned by the woman's hard work to move from a small place to a big city to study.
The promises I made at the beginning were unknowingly left behind as my knowledge grew.
Today, Chen Shikun misses those days very much.
Although he is poor and has nothing, he has the happiness that many people dream of.
The cigarette has burned to the end.
The last accumulated cigarette butts fell into the ashtray, and his closed eyes opened at this moment. Chen Shikun crushed the cigarette in his hand.
Looking at the ashtray with only the holder of the cigarette left in front of me, I was alone and lost my mind.
A figure of a person appeared in my mind again.
I thought of the man I met at school when I came back.
Zhao Xuanying’s neighbor is a young boy.
According to Chen Shikun's current age, there is nothing wrong with calling Liu Weicheng a boy.
But such a young person told him to pay more attention to Zhao Xuanying's feelings and not blindly do what he thought was right.
There was no response from the other party at that time. After returning home, Chen Shikun thought about it carefully...
In the principal's office, Zhao Xuanying did show a look of panic after learning that she was going to change classes.
Maybe...that child doesn't want to go to a better top class?
What Liu Weicheng said... may be right.
Chen Shikun now is a little more rational than when he was young.