A black Volkswagen came to the riverside and parked on the embankment.
The driver's seat and passenger's seat doors opened one after another, and Xu Tongdao and Zeng Xueyi got out of the car one after another.
There were two bangs and the car door slammed shut.
Tongdao Xu glanced at Zeng Xueyi, who was getting off the car on the other side, and smiled as he felt the cool night breeze blowing on the river embankment.
Zeng Xueyi also happened to look towards him, and when she saw him smiling, she smiled back.
The two of them walked around the front of the car and walked along the embankment leisurely.
It's really hot in Shuidiao City in July. Even at night, there is no coolness, but this riverside is an exception. A few days ago, Tongdao Xu couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. When he occasionally drove here for a drive, he found that the riverside was blowing from the river.
The night breeze, carrying a bit of moisture, felt very comfortable on his body. After that, he would drive here every now and then to cool off and take a walk.
The difference is that sometimes he comes alone.
Occasionally I bring Dong Feifei here.
And tonight is the first time he brings Zeng Xueyi here.
It's not that he favors one over the other, but Zeng Xueyi rarely has time to go out at night. Almost every time he texts her to ask her out at night, she says she wants to stay at home with her daughter.
"Why do you have time to come out tonight?"
Walking side by side with her on the river embankment, Comrade Xu asked her this question out of curiosity.
In fact, he sent a text message to ask her out tonight, and he was mentally prepared to be rejected by her. As soon as he sent her a message, he was already preparing to send a message to ask Dong Feifei out.
Unexpectedly, he had just copied the message to her and before he could send it to Dong Feifei, her reply came.
Moreover, her reply this time was uncharacteristically agreeing to his date.
It's really weird.
"Grandpa Yueyue, grandma misses Yueyue very much recently. Her grandma called me specifically and asked me if I could let Yueyue stay with them for a few days. On the phone, Yueyue's grandma even cried. Oh! I'm so cruel
I didn't hesitate, so I agreed, and in the evening this evening, Yueyue had been picked up by her grandmother."
Zeng Xueyi smiled, raised her hand to straighten the hair that was blown by the night wind around her face, and explained to him softly.
Yueyue is her daughter.
After hearing her explanation, Xu Tongdao smiled slightly.
He thought to himself: So that’s what happened.
He nodded slightly and subconsciously licked his upper lip, which had been stitched after being injured by Wei Chunlan in Tianyun City a few days ago. Although the wound on his lip was small, after a few days, not only was the wound not healed, it was also a little bit...
Inflammation, swelling.
Fortunately, in the thick darkness of the night, most people wouldn't notice the wound on his mouth.
In the three days after returning from Tianyun City, he tried not to go out during the day.
He just didn't want people to see the injury on his mouth, it was unsightly.
Furthermore, Zeng Xueyi just said that her daughter Yueyue had been picked up and might not come back in the next few days, so he didn't even get excited.
I was wondering whether I should spend the night at her place these days.
After all, if you go to her house, the wound on your mouth will show up if the light shines on it, which is indecent.
"Oh, how are you doing? Are you okay?"
Tongdao Xu put his hands behind his back and randomly picked a topic.
In the past six months, he and Zeng Xueyi had not had many opportunities to date, and their intimacy was not as good as before.
"It's good. I get up every morning and make breakfast for Yueyue, then drive her to kindergarten. Then I go to the company to run business. After get off work in the evening, I take Yueyue home by the way, and then I cook for her and accompany her. Play games, watch TV, give her a bath, read a book or something, that’s it!”
Zeng Xueyi finished speaking softly and turned slightly to look at Tongdao Xu, "What about you? I don't have much time to spend with you for such a long time. Have you... got a new girlfriend?"
Hearing such a question, Xu Tongdao subconsciously turned his face and his eyes met hers in the night.
Under the faint moonlight cast by the starry sky, he could vaguely see the faint smile in her eyes.
Of course, you can even see the slightly raised corners of her mouth.
She never seemed to care if he had anything to do with other women.
He shook his head slightly, "What new girlfriend? It's like I had a girlfriend before..."
After a pause, Comrade Xu wanted to test her mind, and then asked her: "By the way, you said... are you my girlfriend?"
Zeng Xueyi stopped, looked at him, chuckled, and shook her head, "Don't joke with me! We are not suitable!"
Comrade Xu stopped with her, but he couldn't stop his curiosity, "What should I say? What's inappropriate?"
Zeng Xueyi smiled, raised her hands to help him adjust the collar of his shirt, and said softly: "Do you still need to ask? I am several years older than you, so I won't say it. The key is that I am married and have a daughter, and you are just
At 20 years old, your business is still so big. Now you have dozens of stores, right? With your conditions, what kind of big girl can’t you find? How can I be good enough for you? Right?"
Her voice was very soft when she said this.
Very gentle.
Under the moonlight, her beauty was impeccable.
The faint fragrance of her body floated into Xu Tongdao's nose. At this moment, he couldn't help but open his arms, hug her in his arms, and gently smell the fragrance of her hair.
Close your eyes slightly.
There is a wisp of regret in my heart.
If it were before she won the lawsuit and before her daughter Yueyue returned to her, in a situation like tonight, after hearing what she just said, he would probably say - It's okay! I don't mind, I
Just like you.
Can……
Her daughter Yueyue has been back with her for more than half a year, and he has seen her several times.
The thought of becoming that little girl's stepfather.
His mind was in a mess.
He could not imagine what it would be like to have a stepdaughter at the wedding when he got married in the future, and to have a stepdaughter in his future life.
Can the mother accept it?
Brother and sister, can you accept it?
What would the relatives and friends at home think of him?
etc.
Various problems made him a little scared.
But at this moment, in this situation, if he pretended not to hear what Zeng Xueyi just said, it would be very heartless.
After thinking about it, he finally said: "Can you be more confident? You are so beautiful!"
Zeng Xueyi rested her chin on his shoulder and shook her head slightly, "What's the use of being beautiful? Women age very quickly. When you reach my current age, I will be a yellow-faced woman. Rather than being disliked by you then,
It’s better not to start, as it is now, I think it’s pretty good.”
Comrade Xu was speechless.
He didn't dare to persuade her too harshly, because if she really changed her mind, he would be in trouble.
He found that he was becoming more and more hypocritical.
Just then, the cell phone in his trouser pocket rang.
"Your phone is ringing, answer it!"
Zeng Xueyi let go of him, took a step back, lowered her head to straighten her hair that was messed up by the wind. Xu Tongdao hummed, took out his cell phone, and saw that the caller ID showed an unfamiliar number, but he still answered the call.
"Hello? Yes, is it Comrade Xu?"
Wei Chunlan's soft voice came from the mobile phone.