In a private room on the second floor of a hotel near Longhua Community where Xia Yun lives.
Tongdao Xu meets Xia Yun.
"What do you want from me?"
Xia Yun, who had just entered the door, put down her handbag and sat down opposite Tongdao Xu, smoothed her hair around her ears and asked.
Yes.
Comrade Xu took the initiative to invite her to meet here today.
The food and wine haven't been served yet.
Tongdao Xu pushed a brown paper bag in front of her.
"What?"
Xia Yun did not reach for the brown paper bag.
Tongdao Xu smiled lightly and said, "I asked someone to buy the house you live in now. This is the title book of that house.
If you don't want my money, don't refuse this house. Just treat it as if I'm lending it to you. I just don't want your rent. This won't lead others to check your financial status, right?"
Xia Yun looked at him for a few seconds, then her eyes fell on the brown paper bag in front of her, and she smiled slightly, "Do you have to give us something to make you feel better?"
"Um."
Comrade Xu did not deny it.
Xia Yun looked at the brown paper bag in front of her and asked, "Whose name is written in this house book? It can't be mine, right?"
Xu Tongdao shook his head, "I don't have your ID card, how can I write your name? However, it's just a house. It doesn't matter whose name you write. You can stay here forever. If you are willing to write your name, I will come back."
Have someone transfer the title to you."
Xia Yun laughed again.
He reached out and pushed the brown paper bag in front of him back to Tongdao Xu.
"I accept your kindness, but you should take back this house! We can live in the house, but there is no need to give it to me."
Tongdao Xu frowned, "It's just an old house, do you want to refuse me?"
Xia Yun looked at him, "I told you that we can live in this house, but I don't want the property. If you don't agree, then I will take my children and look for a new house later."
Xu Tongdao: "..."
After looking at her for a few seconds, Xu Tongdao sighed, took the brown paper bag and put it aside, "Okay!"
At this time, a waiter came in to serve the food, so Xu Tongdao and Xia Yun remained silent for the time being.
When the food was on the table, the waiters left their boxes.
Comrade Xu stood up to pour wine for Xia Yun and changed the topic.
"By the way, after I left that day, did that kid ask me who I was?"
"What do you think?"
Xia Yun asked back.
Tongdao Xu glanced at her and asked, "Then what did you tell him?"
Xia Yun sighed softly, "What else can I say? You two look so similar, I can only tell him that you are his father's cousin. If he asks you in the future, don't make a mistake, just press me
Tell him this, okay?"
His dad's cousin?
Xu Tongdao laughed at himself.
I didn't expect that I would be assigned such an identity.
He is obviously his biological son, but he cannot recognize him.
He nodded, "I understand."
He raised his glass and clinked it with her, each took a sip, put down his glass, and while picking up the food, Xu Tongdao asked again: "Then did you tell him who is older, me or his father? How did you tell him specifically?
of?"
…
During the meal, Comrade Xu learned a lot of information about Xia Shenxing from Xia Yun.
For example, this kid's birthday.
For example, what does this kid like to eat, what to play, etc.
Also like this guy’s character.
etc.
Comrade Xu understood a little bit.
After finishing the meal and preparing to leave, Tongdao Xu made a request to Xia Yun.
"You have photos of your children on your phone, right? Can you send me a few?"
Xia Yun, who had already stood up and was about to leave, was startled when she heard this.
She looked at Comrade Xu with surprise and hesitated slightly. She smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll send it to you in a moment. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first? Ah Xing is still doing homework at home.
Woolen cloth!"
"Thanks!"
Comrade Xu stood up to see him off.
Looking at her leaving figure, Xu Tongdao sighed again unconsciously.
…
On the car ride home.
Xu Tongdao's mobile phone received several photos from Xia Yun.
One is a photo of Xia Shenxing when he was just born, still in his infancy; one is a photo of him when he was one or two years old, toddling on the grass; one is a photo of him playing on the slide...
Several photos show the appearance of Xia Shenxing from childhood to present.
Five photos in total.
The last photo is what Comrade Xu looked like when he saw that boy a few days ago.
Sitting in the car, Tongdao Xu looked through the photos he had just received on his phone, feeling mixed in his heart.
If before he was reborn, if he had such a son, he would definitely treat him as a treasure and he would definitely fulfill his responsibilities as a father.
But now...
After a long time, he stuffed his phone into his bag and stopped looking at the child's photo.
At this point, he could only try his best to take care of the child in all aspects.
…
late at night.
Unit 303, Building 7, Longhua Community, the big bed in the master bedroom.
Xia Yun leaned on the bedside, looking at her son sleeping beside her through the bright moonlight shining in the window. Her eyes did not move for a long time.
Raising children is not easy.
It is even more difficult for a single mother to raise a child to such an old age.
Looking at her sleeping son, scenes from the past few years emerged one by one in her mind.
The disbelief when I first learned that I was pregnant, the hesitation, entanglement, and hesitation after confirming that I should give birth to this child?
The emotions tormented her.
After I decided to give birth to this child, my parents persuaded me to stop...
As well as all the ups and downs that this child brought to her after her birth, scenes flashed through her mind like a silent movie.
Finally, what appeared in her mind was the last two times when Tongdao Xu came to see her.
She had long made up her mind to raise the child on her own, and thought that she would never have anything to do with Comrade Xu in her life.
However, Tongdao Xu suddenly appeared.
He knew about this child's existence.
He didn't even doubt whether the child was his...
Too!
Ah Xing looks so much like him, how can he have any doubts?
"Mom, why don't I have a father?"
"Mom, what does my father do? Why doesn't he come to see me?"
"Mom, are you divorced from dad?"
…
The questions that her son had asked her before were also echoing in her mind.
Then, a question came to her mind.
——Do I regret giving birth to this child?
Quietly looking at the little face of her son sleeping next to her, Xia Yun had a gentle smile on her face, and she already had the answer in her heart.
yes!
These years of raising children alone have been very hard.
but……
The child's smile can always resolve the fatigue in her heart. The days spent relying on this little guy are not only hard, but most of the time, she feels happiness.
And Tongdao Xu's performance twice recently gave her some comfort.
That guy... seems very guilty!
Deserve it!
Who told you to break up with me in the first place...