bad daddy

He Yaning didn't go home for the past two days.

Xiang Jieqin mopped the floor twice, and opened the windows for ventilation.The slightly cold wind rushed into the house, dispelling the lemon fragrance of the indoor detergent, and the whole house was like a beautiful bubble, quiet and soft.

Xiang Jie lay on the sofa with some exhaustion, stretched his arms and stretched his body, and then let out a sigh of relief.

In fact, Xiang Jie had a very relaxed life when He Yaning was not at home.No need to look at anyone's face, Xiaozhu is a good boy, and does homework as soon as he enters the house.After the basic housework is done, the rest is time for him to play freely.

Right now, he hooked one leg of the coffee table and moved the whole coffee table to his side before he reached for the remote control.The TV was muted, it was a variety show, and the guests on the show who wore heavy make-up opened their mouths wide, laughing silently until the flowers trembled.

Like a weird drama.

Xiang Jie watched it for a while and felt bored, so he changed the channel. Maybe it was dry and itchy on the back of his feet.

While scratching his feet, he grabbed a handful of pine nuts on the table and knocked them.There was a soft "click" sound from the entrance.Hearing the sound, Xiang Jie looked up, and the pine nuts in his mouth almost fell.

The visitor obviously didn't expect that there was another stranger in the living room.She was startled, subconsciously took a few steps back, and looked at the house number.Finally, he asked cautiously.

"This is... He Yaning's home, right?"

Xiang Jie hurriedly put the pine nuts back into the nut box, and dropped a few on the carpet, so there was no time to clean them up.He stood up awkwardly, stuttering, "Yes... yes."

It was a middle-aged woman who couldn't tell her age, well maintained and elegantly dressed.She was wearing a beige woolen jacket, a black slim knitted dress, and a classic Burberry scarf on her shoulders.The hair was highlighted and was a dull light brown.

A white and tense face with a serious expression, that feeling seemed familiar to Xiang Jie.But right now, he couldn't tell where this weird sense of familiarity came from.

"You sit." Seeing Xiang Jie, she was slightly taken aback, she changed her shoes with ease, turned around and went into the bathroom.

Xiang Jie heard the sound of water splashing from the bathroom.He froze for a moment, but followed to the door.

She took a watering can and caught the water there.After a while, the water was full, she turned her head, saw Xiang Jie, and smiled at him.Laughing so that Jie's heart flustered.

"Yaning asked me to come over and help water his flowers." She explained.

He Yaning grew many flowers on the balcony.It's cold now, and it's not yet the flowering season, leaving only bare branches.Xiang Jie always thought that because of He Yaning's poor management, all those flowers died young.And because of He Yaning's laziness, the remains of those flowers were left there.

"Oh, oh..." Xiang Jie scratched his head in embarrassment, and volunteered, "How about I come..."

The woman looked at Xiang Jie carefully again, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll do it myself."

Xiang Jie finally understood why he always found this face so familiar.Willow-leaf eyebrows, double eyelids, cold as ice, and it seems to bring a spring breeze when she smiles - if this woman is not He Yaning's own mother, Xiang Jie will live broadcast and eat the keyboard.

He Yaning's mother and Xiaozhu's own grandma came to visit, and Xiang Jie didn't even have time to serve a cup of tea.He was also witnessed the sloppy scene of picking his feet and eating pine nuts.

While the lady was watering the flowers, Xiang Jie hurriedly boiled a pot of water, and when she returned to the living room with the small pot, a Biluochun lamp was already slowly smoking.

"Auntie, sit down and drink tea." Xiang Jie tidied up the messy coffee table again so that it would not be an eyesore.

"Oh, you child." She was a little surprised, and her favor with Xiang Jie suddenly increased by several percentage points, "So enthusiastic."

Xiang Jie chuckled and didn't speak.

She sat down and put the little watering jug aside.He carefully picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea.The last TV show is over and commercials are running.

"You——" Mother He looked at Xiang Jie carefully, and admitted that the child was cute, so she couldn't help but burst into a motherly heart, and the soul of gossip was ignited, and she blurted out a kind question, "Are you our child?" Yaning's new boyfriend?"

Xiang Jie was helping to refill the tea, but was caught off guard by such a question, his hands shook, and most of the tea was spilled.Fortunately, there was a saucer to follow, but it just burned the back of my hand.

He took a short breath in pain, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously.I just took out a piece of paper and wiped it, and felt a vague burning pain, but I still forced a smile on my face, "That... I'm not."

Mother He was drinking tea and paused.Looking up at him suspiciously.

Xiang Jie had no choice but to complete the sentence, "I am not He Yaning's boyfriend."

"Ah?" Mother He was embarrassed, holding a small teacup, with an apologetic smile on her face, "I'm sorry, I saw you were at his house, I thought..."

"He's been a little busy recently. I was invited by him to help take care of Xiaozhu." Xiang Jie smiled friendly, and this time he didn't overturn the tea, and helped him refill the tea with a steady wrist. , let me do it."

Mother He nodded knowingly, she seemed to be a little interested in Xiang Jie, she checked the household registration politely for a while, and Xiang Jie answered them one by one.After sitting for a while, she seemed to feel that it was a bit late, so she got up to leave.

"I'll come back in two days," she said, "Yaning's flowers are so precious, I'm afraid you'll spoil them later, and you'll be scolded for nothing."

Saying that, he smiled at Jie and kindly reminded him, "If that guy squeezes you, he will give you a lower salary, so remember to mention it."

Xiang Jie nodded with a smile and watched the other party leave, "Thank you, Auntie."

He Yaning's mother looked much more talkative than He Yaning himself.Educated and gentle and generous.Xiang Jie poured the tea into the trash can, thought for a while, and seemed to have never heard the father and daughter mention such a person.

Xiang Jie smiled self-deprecatingly, but he was not very familiar with them.The back of his hand, which had been scalded just now, began to ache faintly.He cleaned up the tea table, went back to the bathroom with a small kettle, turned on the tap and began to rinse the back of his hands—there was already starting to turn red.

Wounds are such a strange existence.There's always a way to remind you that it's slow to heal.

He didn't return to the balcony until the pain was gone, and put his hands numb from the cold water on the railing.When He Yaning has nothing to do, he likes to stay here alone.

A layer of cold dew condensed on the railing.

Thousands of lights filled the dark night.

Looking down at the feet, there is a row of small flower pots, frozen loess, withered branches and leaves, no trace of life can be seen.

Xiang Jie scratched the back of his head, feeling extremely bored.

He Yaning didn't go home, he had almost no motivation to do anything.Xiang Jie didn't know what happened to him either.He knew that he cared about He Yaning in his heart, maybe it was just because He Yaning's face was not very good-looking that day.

But the other party said lightly that he was just busy with work.

The phone rang suddenly, and Xiang Jie was shocked. He stood up hurriedly, his legs became numb after squatting for a long time, "Damn!" Xiang Jie uttered a dirty word.

The two long legs were smoothly twisted into twists, and Xiang Jie tripped himself gracefully.

Fortunately, there is not much movement.

Grinning his teeth, Xiang Jie stood up, rubbed his sore knee, limped into the living room, picked up his phone and looked at it, his heart skipped a beat.

"Hey, hello...brother?"

He Yaning was a little uncomfortable being called "brother" by him, and subconsciously cleared his throat, "What are you doing? It took so long to answer the phone."

Grinning his teeth, Xiang Jie rubbed his knees, "I was watching the scenery on the balcony just now, I didn't hear it."

He Yaning seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, he asked softly, "Did my mother come here just now?"

"Ah, yes. I left after watering the flowers." Xiang Jie didn't understand why, "What's wrong?"

"...It's nothing." He Yaning hesitated to speak, which made Xiang Jie feel a little uncomfortable.

Xiang Jieben's question, which he was about to blurt out, was stuck in his throat again.

He wanted to ask, what happened to you?

He wants to ask, when will you come back?

In fact, there are already clues all around.Xiang Jie is not really stupid, as long as he is willing to guess, there is nothing he can't guess.

Just dare not guess.

Even if he guessed it, what could he do?He can't do anything.There is powerlessness all around.

Xiang Jie bit his lip.He was even more afraid, in case he was the source of He Yaning's troubles.As soon as such an idea came to his mind, he was quickly suppressed by Xiang Jie.

So he gritted his teeth.Chew those questions one by one and swallow them back.

He Yaning asked a few more questions about Xiaozhu's condition, and hurriedly ended the conversation, "It's nothing, just go to bed early."

He Yaning was about to hang up, "Hey—" Xiang Jie couldn't help but yelled.

He Yaning was taken aback for a moment, his voice came softly from the other end of the phone.Gentle, kind, with a soft halo.

"what happened?"