Return To 1998

Water Bird City, the night is hazy.

A black Volkswagen came to the riverside and stopped on the embankment.

The doors of the driver's seat and the passenger seat opened one after another, and Xu Tongdao and Zeng Xueyi got out of the car one after another.

Bang bang, the door slammed shut.

Tongdao Xu glanced at Zeng Xueyi who got off the bus on the other side, and showed a smile while blowing the cool night wind on the river embankment.

Zeng Xueyi also happened to look at him, and seeing him smiling, she smiled back.

The two walked around the front of the car and walked along the river embankment slowly.

The water bird market in July is really hot. Even at night, it is not cool, but this riverside is an exception. A few days ago, Tongdao Xu couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. The night wind, with a bit of water vapor, was very comfortable on his body. After that, he would drive here to enjoy the coolness and take a walk every once in a while.

The difference is that sometimes he comes alone.

Occasionally bring Dong Feifei here.

And tonight, it was the first time he brought 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 sends a text message to ask her out, she says that she wants to accompany her daughter at home.

Why do you have time to come out tonight?

Walking side by side with her on the river embankment, Tongdao Xu asked her this question a little curiously.

In fact, he sent a text message to ask her out tonight, and he was mentally prepared to be rejected by her. He had just sent her a message and was ready to send a message to ask Dong Feifei.

Unexpectedly, he just copied the information he gave her, and before she could send it to Dong Feifei, her reply came.

Moreover, her reply this time also uncharacteristically agreed to his date.

It's so weird.

Grandpa and grandma Yueyue miss Yueyue very much recently. Her grandma called me specially and asked me if I could let Yueyue stay with them for a few days. On the phone, Yueyue's grandma cried, alas! She agreed, and Yueyue was picked up by her grandma this evening.

Zeng Xueyi smiled, raised her hand to straighten the hair that was ruffled by the night wind beside her face, and explained to him softly.

Yueyue is her daughter.

After listening to her explanation,

Xu Tongdao smiled slightly.

Secretly: So that's what happened.

He nodded slightly and subconsciously licked the upper lip that had been stitched after being hit by Wei Chunlan in Tianyun City a few days ago. The wound on the lip was small, but after a few days, the wound was not only bad, but also slightly Inflammation, swelling.

Fortunately, in this thick night, ordinary people can'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.

I just don't want people to see the wound on his mouth, it's unsightly.

In addition, Zeng Xueyi said just now that her daughter Yueyue was taken away and might not come back in the next few days, so he didn't get excited.

I was hesitating in my heart whether to go to her place for the night.

After all, the wound on the mouth, if you go to her house, it will be visible when it is illuminated by the light, which is indecent.

Oh, how are you doing? Are you okay?

Tongdao Xu put his hands behind his back and casually found a topic.

In the past six months, he and Zeng Xueyi haven't had many chances to date, and the intimacy is not as good as before.

Very good, get up every morning, make breakfast for Yueyue, then drive her to kindergarten, follow me to the company to run business, and pick up Yueyue home after get off work in the evening, then cook for her and accompany her Play games, watch TV, or give her a bath, read a book or whatever, just like that!

After Zeng Xueyi finished speaking softly, she turned her face slightly to look at Tongdao Xu, What about you? I haven't had much time to accompany you for so long. Have you... made a new girlfriend?

Hearing such a question, Xu Tongdao turned his face subconsciously, and his eyes met hers in the night.

Under the faint moonlight shining from the starry sky, he could vaguely see the faint smile in her eyes.

Of course, you can see the corners of her mouth rising slightly.

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 used to have a girlfriend...

After a pause, Tongdao Xu wanted to test her intentions, and then asked her: By the way, you say... Are you my girlfriend?

Zeng Xueyi stopped, looked at him, chuckled and shook her head, Don't make fun of me! We are not suitable!

Tongdao Xu accompanied her to stop, but she couldn't stop her curiosity, How do you say it? Where is it not suitable?

Zeng Xueyi smiled, raised her hands to help him tidy up the collar of his shirt, and said softly, Is there any need to ask? I won't say it because I'm a few years older than you. The key is that I'm married and have a daughter, and you are the only one At the age of 20, the 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 worthy of you? Right?

Her voice was soft.

very gentle.

Under the moonlight, her beauty was impeccable.

The faint fragrance from his body drifted into Tongdao Xu's nose. At this moment, he couldn't help opening his arms, hugging her in his arms, and sniffing her hair.

Close your eyes slightly.

Feeling like a thread of regret.

If it was before she won the lawsuit, before her daughter Yueyue came back to her, in a situation like tonight, after listening to what she said just now, he would probably say - it's okay! I don't mind, I like you.

Can……

Her daughter Yueyue had returned to her for more than half a year, and he had seen him several times.

The thought of being the stepfather of that little girl.

He was in a mess.

It was hard for him to imagine how it would feel if he had a stepdaughter at the wedding when he got married in the future, and that there would always be a stepdaughter in his future life.

Can the mother accept it?

Can my brother and sister accept it?

What will the relatives and friends at home think of him?

and many more.

Various problems made him a little afraid.

But at this moment, in this situation, if he pretended not to hear what Zeng Xueyi said just now, he would be very ruthless.

After thinking about it, he still 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 pretty? Women age quickly. When you reach my age, I'll be a yellow-faced woman, so instead of being disgusted by you, It's better not to start, as it is now, I think it's fine.

Xu Tongdao was dumbfounded.

He didn't dare to persuade too hard, if she really changed her mind, then he would be embarrassed.

He found himself becoming more and more hypocritical.

Just then, the phone in his trouser pocket rang.

Your phone is ringing, answer it!

Zeng Xueyi let go of him, took a step back, and lowered her head to straighten her hair that had been ruffled by the wind. Tongdao Xu hummed and took out her mobile phone. Seeing that the caller ID was an unfamiliar number, she was still connected.

Hello? Yes, is it Xu Tongdao?

Wei Chunlan asked in a soft voice from the phone.