Li Yin sat at her workstation, quietly looking at the dessert that Su Xiaorong brought to her on the table.

She didn't quite understand what Xiao Zecheng meant.

Since you left Milan so resolutely in the first place, why are you adding me as your friend and sending me afternoon tea now?

Is there any point? None of this makes any sense.

Li Yin met Xiao Zecheng in the early days of her business.

At that time, the studio had just been established. In order to enrich their experience and raise funds, Li Yin and her senior schoolmate took on as many filming projects as possible.

Although the high-intensity work has accumulated a large number of works and clients for the studio, it also means enormous pressure and energy consumption.

In order not to worry her mother and An An, Li Yin suppressed all the hardships deep in her heart. Finally one day, after being harassed by a customer for no reason, Li Yin could not hold it anymore.

At night in Milan, the lights on the street were bright. Li Yin sat in a corner cafe along the street, checking her phone. There were still many messages in her mailbox that she hadn't replied to, including appointments for photo shoots, price inquiries, and requests for progress. There were more than a dozen emails in total.

Li Yin didn't dare to click on them. She felt like these small emails were suffocating her.

Holding the phone in hand, Li Yin's fatigue and grievance surged into her heart, turning into tears that filled her eyes, condensing into weight and running out of her eyes and flowing down her cheeks.

Li Yin picked up the napkin on the table, wiped her face and pressed her hands against her eyes to prevent more tears from flowing out.

"Hello, can I sit down?"

This was a sentence in Mandarin. Li Yin opened her eyes in surprise and looked at the handsome man with Asian appearance in front of her.

However, this person pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Li Yin without asking for Li Yin's consent.

“You are from China too, right?”

Li Yin was still immersed in his own sadness. Without thinking too much, he just nodded blankly.

The man opposite smiled, his deep facial features revealing a gentle warmth. He turned on the photo on his camera and held it in front of Li Yin's eyes.

"I'm sorry I took a picture of you without your consent, it's just that the atmosphere was so good."

The man pointed his chin at the camera that Li Yin had placed on the table.

"Your camera is very professional. I think you must be an expert. Can you help me see what improvements I need to make to my photos?"

Just like that, Li Yin's attention was diverted and he started chatting with this person. He learned that he was on a business trip from China and had just arrived in Milan yesterday. He also liked photography and his name was Xiao Zecheng.

The two exchanged contact information. Before saying goodbye, Xiao Zecheng smiled gently.

"If it's too difficult or tiring, just stop and take a look. Maybe you'll know what to do. See you next time."

"See you next time."

Over the next month, Xiao Zecheng would ask Li Yin out for a date from time to time, and would also specially send some food to visit Li Yin on set. Even An An knew him.

Although Xiao Zecheng was surprised that Li Yin had a child so early, he had never heard An An mention her father, so even though he had some doubts and guesses in his heart, he did not mention them to Li Yin.

Li Yin felt that he was keeping an appropriate distance in a gentlemanly manner, which added a lot to Li Yin's impression of him.

Xiao Zecheng's kindness and diligence became more and more obvious. Li Yin understood it, but since Xiao Zecheng didn't say it explicitly, Li Yin would not take the initiative to break the paper.

Li Yin was happy at that time. Xiao Zecheng's encouragement and trust gave Li Yin a lot of enlightenment and motivation, and helped Li Yin get through a difficult period.

But Li Yin didn't expect that Xiao Zecheng's departure would be so ruthless and resolute.

First he rejected invitations and refused to meet up, and then he rarely responded to messages.

When Li Yin cooled down and retreated, Xiao Zecheng came up to her again as if he couldn't bear to leave.

Li Yin thought that something had happened to him, and Xiao Zecheng explained that it was a power struggle at home. However, not long after, Xiao Zecheng ignored her again and disappeared.

The last contact was a one-sided one from Xiao Zecheng, in which he sent a message to Li Yin.

"I'm leaving. Sorry. I wish you and An An all the best."

Li Yin deleted the message after reading it. This kind of words can only move himself and disgust others.

Thinking away from memories, Li Yin waved to Su Xiaorong who was sitting on the sofa.

"Xiao Rong, take it and eat it."

"Really? Sister Yin, this flavor is very special and delicious. It's new."

Li Yin smiled and shook her head, then deliberately said,

"Don't eat too much. Hey, isn't your face a little round?"

After hearing this, Su Xiaorong kept saying "No way, no way" anxiously, while trotting to the tea room to look in the mirror. After a while, her suspicious voice was heard.

"Really? I don't see it, Wenwen Xiaolin, come and look at my face..."

If you want to give it to me, just give it to me. It has nothing to do with me.

Li Yin picked up her phone, opened the WeChat friend verification page, and blacklisted Xiao Zecheng's WeChat.

After exiting the WeChat interface, Li Yin opened the photo album. The first photo was a picture of An An eating breakfast at home this morning.

Photos of An An occupy the vast majority of Li Yin's photo album, including photos of her eating, playing with toys, walking, watching TV obediently, and so on.

Li Yin watched and smiled, unconsciously flipping through the pages again and again. Soon, she came across a photo of Xiang Siyuan holding An An.

The background is the tiger park in the zoo. An An hugs Xiang Siyuan tightly, staring at the big tiger with wide, curious eyes, somewhat fearful and curious, while Xiang Siyuan looks at An An's lively expression with obvious love in his eyes.

When Li Yin saw this scene, he couldn't help but raise his phone to take a picture.

The photos in the camera have also been synced to the phone, so when you scroll down, each photo is a memory of the zoo.

At that time, the father and son had not yet recognized each other. Perhaps it was the magic of blood ties that made them get along extremely harmoniously. An An also trusted Xiang Siyuan wholeheartedly.

Speaking of An An, Li Yin remembered that An An was picked up by his grandparents to play today, and wondered if he was naughty.

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Of course An An is not naughty, he is just more active occasionally.

After breakfast today, his father sent him to his grandparents' house. He thought he could see Xingxing Yangyang, but he didn't expect that Xingxing Yangyang went to their grandparents' house.

This time, Xiang's father and mother took An An to visit a medical master, Qin Enli, who is also Xiang's father's senior brother. He is in his seventies this year, but he has taken good care of himself and looks only in his sixties.

Father Xiang and Senior Brother Qin are from the same school. Although they are more than ten years apart in age, they have similar interests and get along well with each other, so they have always had a good relationship.

Hearing that the senior brother had been feeling unwell recently, Mr. Xiang brought Mrs. Xiang to visit him and also brought his little grandson to meet the senior brother.

Since the senior brother was not an outsider, Mr. Xiang briefly explained An An's origins, saying only that the young man was ignorant and left a child behind, without mentioning the incident of being drunk all night.

Although Qin Enli studied Western medicine, he became interested in Chinese medicine later and made some friends who practice Chinese medicine. Li Guanhua, the father of Li, is a younger generation he admires very much. So when he learned that An An's grandfather was Li Guanhua, he couldn't help but sigh that the two families were really connected.

Qin Enli waved to An An kindly.

"Come, show grandpa." He was really curious about what the grandson of the two families would look like.

Father Xiang told me before entering the house that I should call him Grandpa when I see him, so An An walked up to him obediently.

"grandfather."

"Hey." Qin Enli pinched An An's arm and palm, and said to Xiang's father and mother with a smile,

"This child has good bones and is very solid."

Qin Enli's wife Shen Jinshi couldn't help but touch An An's chubby face.

"This child looks exactly like Si Yuan when he was a child. He is well-fed and fair-skinned."

An An knew that the two old people were praising him. Who doesn’t like to be praised? So the corners of An An’s mouth curled up and the little tail behind him also lifted up.

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