Be in low spirits

Cheng Xi walked to the sofa, squatted down, and said to the child, "Auntie bought you a new toy, do you want to see it?" She wanted to hold the child's hand, but the child was unwilling, shook his hand, and snorted.

"Yuanyuan, be good. Let's go buy toys with daddy this afternoon. Mommy will take you downstairs to play while daddy chats with auntie, okay?" Kong Zhixi pulled the child to discuss with her.

"No!" the child was firm.

"That's not good." Li Li was also a little worried.

"Well, sister-in-law, don't think too much. I was just thinking about it last time, didn't we say it was the child's birthday? I wanted to give the child a gift. After all, my brother and I are childhood friends." Cheng Xi's explanation made it even more obvious.

"I understand. We have to talk about it. Some things have to have a result. We are all adults. I believe you can solve it." She said this to Cheng Xi and also to Li Li.

Her expression, her words, her plain clothes, and her face without makeup all deeply hurt Cheng Xi's heart. She didn't care about her existence, let alone the threat she posed to their marriage.

"Yuanyuan, let's go. Mommy will take you to a small park." She held the child and prepared to go out.

Li Li stopped the man in a panic and said, "Cheng Xi, you saw it all. Your sister-in-law and I have a child, and we are living a good life. I know we did talk about getting married before, but that was my obligation as a brother to take care of my sister, not love."

The two women stood there awkwardly, and Yuanyuan was the first to exclaim, "Wow, Dad is so handsome."

Cheng Xi shed tears and said self-deprecatingly: "If it's not love, then what is the point of my waiting for more than 20 years?"

Kong Zhixi felt so embarrassed. It was not good for her and the child to be together in this situation. It would not be good for the child to hear such words. "Well, Cheng Xi, don't get excited. He might mean..."

"Shut up! Sorry for disturbing you. I shouldn't have come today. Happy birthday, Yuanyuan." She wiped away her tears, forced a smile, and said to the child. Then she walked away without looking back. The family of three stood there in a daze, and only Yuanyuan hugged her father's thigh and said, "Daddy is great! Hug me, Daddy."

Li Li picked up the child and said to Kong Zhixi, "I didn't know she would come today."

"You... aren't you being a little too harsh?" It was really annoying so early in the morning.

"Mom, don't you think Dad was very handsome just now?" Yuanyuan turned around and showed off to her mother.

"You...you're getting proud. Come on, come down and ask daddy to wash the dishes, and we'll go downstairs to play." She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The little girl suddenly stood on her father's side.

"Look, the children think I'm handsome, Yuanyuan, can you please ask mommy not to be angry?" He held the child and refused to let go.

"I'm not angry, but you... you handled this matter wrong. You will suffer from this in the future." She reached out and took the child down.

The child smiled and jumped to the door of the second bedroom. "Hehe, let's buy toys. Dad, wash the dishes quickly. Mom, I want to put on my most beautiful little skirt."

"Okay, Dad will wash the dishes and buy toys for my daughter." Hearing his daughter's cheerful instructions, he happily started to clean up again.

Along with the new toys came a new crib. Li Li studied it according to the instructions. Kong Zhixi was preparing lunch in the kitchen while the child was playing with her new toys on the mat.

At night, the child lay on the crib and asked his mother: "Mom, will Daddy sleep with you from now on?"

"No, from now on, when Yuanyuan wants to sleep with mommy, mommy will go to accompany you, okay?"

"Okay. I hope dad and mom will never be separated." Suddenly, the child recognized this father and the structure of their family of three.

"Baby, a lot of things will happen in this world. No one can always be with us. Many things cannot be forced. If one day someone in our family wants to leave, the rest of us have to live our own lives, okay?"

"But I'm still so young, I can't cook, and I can't make money, how can I live?"

"You'll understand when you grow up."

After coaxing the child to sleep, she sat on the sofa again. Cheng Xi had been waiting for more than 20 years, and it might not be so easy to let go.

"Is the child asleep?" Li Li also sat beside her. "Asleep."

"Honey, let me tell you, my daughter said I was handsome today. She also asked me for a hug. This is the first time she has spoken to me like this in such a long time. You don't know, when she said this to me, my heart melted. Oh, that's my daughter."

"How come the girl acknowledged you as her father after Cheng Xi came here?"

"That's of course because I defended our family relationship with righteousness, making her feel that I am a reliable and responsible father." He said with pride, as if it was something more worthy of joy than catching the suspect.

"Then have you ever thought about how to explain to Cheng Xi? She has been waiting for you for more than 20 years." She put her legs on the armrest of the sofa.

"I think I have made it very clear to her today." He felt that the matter should be over.

"It's not that simple." She pulled her legs back. A woman's obsession is not so easy to end.

"I don't care what others think, but I only recognize you as my wife and Yuanyuan as my daughter in this life." He held her hand and rubbed the flesh on her palm. She was not fat, but her hands were small and soft, as delicate as the finest silk. Every time he touched her, he could feel her gentle personality and caring heart.

"Then you have to handle your relationship with other women well. Your daughter is so sensitive, don't let her down." She stood up and wanted to go back to her room to sleep.

"Zhixi, um...should we celebrate today?" He also stood up and held the person in his arms.

"What are you celebrating?" Looking at his dead look, she knew what he was going to do next.

"Celebrating my daughter's acceptance of me as her father, and should I have a farewell ceremony with the second bedroom?"

"You don't need to bring me with you to your farewell ceremony with the second bedroom, right?"

"Such a private matter must be shared with the closest people."

"Isn't your frequency a bit too high?" She put her arms around his neck, knowing that she couldn't escape tonight.

He picked her up and walked to the second bedroom. "You need too little."

It began to drizzle outside the window, leaving traces of water on the glass, and the whole city was wet. The lights in the living room were turned off, and the lights in the second bedroom went from bright to dim, and finally only one wall lamp was on, dimly illuminating two entangled figures.

Li Li held the person in his arms, wanting to hear her say some sweet words. "Zhixi, can you talk to me?"

"What do you want to hear?" She turned around and snuggled into his arms, gasping for breath.

"I want to hear you say you miss me and love me." He kissed her hair. Every time after they finished, she only thought about sleeping and never said any sweet words to him.

"You're not a child, why do you always have to listen to these?" She looked up at him. She already had a child, why did she have to listen to these hypocritical words.

"But you never tell me that." He brushed her hair away from her face and kissed her on the cheek.

"Well... okay, I love you and miss you. It's time to go back to be with the kids." She pushed his chest, trying to find her clothes.

"Can't you just talk to me a little longer?" He hugged her tightly. Ever since she had a child, her focus has been on the child.

"Husband, Yuanyuan respects you as her father, and I love you as her husband. It's raining, aren't you afraid that the thunder will wake her up?" She held his face and kissed his lips.

She could always coax him into submission with just a few words. He would take her clothes and put them on her, then carry her back to the master bedroom. Seeing that the child was sleeping soundly, he would also fall asleep with the child in his arms.

Cheng Xi has been waiting in this world for more than 20 years. She thought she would never get the chance. Now that she finally got the chance, the person standing next to her was someone else, and they had a child. She didn't know who was waiting for whom among the three of them, but she couldn't figure it out. Why! Why were they all together, but she was alone! If God didn't give it to her, she would take it anyway!

The next day she prepared lunch and waited for him at the door of the Criminal Police Brigade.

He invited people to the cafeteria to eat together, and he didn't think it was a big deal, after all, they had known each other for more than 20 years. Looking at the meals she made, she had never even entered the kitchen before, let alone cooking.