Be in low spirits

He parked the car and went to buy groceries without saying a word. Kong Zhixi put away her toys and taught her seriously: "Mom told you that Dad is not a bad person, and he doesn't want to take Mom away. You can't talk to him like that. You can dislike him, but you can't say you don't want him, okay?"

"But he was the one who didn't want us first!" She also got angry, her eyes started to turn red, and she was about to cry again.

Kong Zhixi had never said such words to her, and she didn't know where she got such an understanding from. "Dad didn't abandon us. He wants to take care of grandpa and grandma in another world."

Obviously these words had no effect on her. "Then why did he come back alone? You lied to me." She cried even harder.

She hugged the child, patted her head and comforted her: "Yuanyuan, you miss your grandparents, right? Mommy misses them too, but they have their own tasks. When they finish their tasks, they will come to find us like daddy did, okay? Let's wait for them together, okay?"

The child gradually calmed down under the comfort of her mother and fell asleep in the car. Although these words were words of comfort, she felt sad when she said them herself. This world is like a transit station, and reunion is just for the next separation.

When Li Li came back from shopping, he saw that the child had fallen asleep, so he asked in a low voice, "Why did you fall asleep?"

"Maybe she's tired from playing in the kindergarten." She took out a handkerchief for the child from her bag and covered her with it, and continued, "I've been the only one around her since she was born, so she lacks a sense of security and it will be difficult for her to accept you for a while." Adults need time to understand, let alone a child who has never seen her father since childhood.

"It's okay. There's a long way to go." Li Li noticed the change in his wife's mood and deliberately forced a smile back at her.

After returning home and putting the child to bed, the couple cooked in the kitchen. "I have never figured out why Yuanyuan was born. Now I think maybe she has her own obsession." She thought Yuanyuan's concept of family should be very weak, but the child's words today did not sound like those of a three-year-old girl.

Li Li took over the cooking and comforted his wife who was washing and picking vegetables, "This is good, we can spend more time together here."

In fact, it is not only the child who is afraid of losing her mother, she is also afraid that the child will leave her one day. "If the person you are waiting for comes to find you, can you not take Yuanyuan with you?"

"Why are you saying that again? The only person I'm waiting for is you, no one else." He said to her seriously, holding the spatula. "What if there is such a thing?" She felt that such a thing could happen at any time, especially in such a world.

"There is no what if, and there is no if." He held the person in his arms, trying to prove his loyalty.

“Vegetable! Vegetable!” The vegetable is almost burnt.

After helping him, she went back to the room to wake up the child for dinner, and the child started crying again. It was such an ordinary day, but the couple had not spent a single day in the world.

Li Li brought the dishes to the dining table, untied her apron, and asked his wife, who was sitting on the mat, to eat. Kong Zhixi took the child to wash her hands. While eating, she fed the child and asked softly, "Baby, are there any children who drive to the kindergarten?"

"Didn't Dad drive us there?" Now she began to acknowledge this father again.

"I'm talking about kids. Look at the adults downstairs, they all have their own cars. Do you want a car of your own?" She also wanted to give this father a chance.

"think."

Li Li was eager to show off, "Then Dad will buy it for you."

The child suddenly became emotional again, "I don't want it!"

"It's okay, mom will buy it for you, don't be angry." She was stuck between the two of them, feeling awkward. "Yeah." Yuanyuan pointed at the meat in the bowl, signaling her mother to feed her the meat.

After dinner, the three of them went downstairs to play, and the couple sat on the stone bench to talk as usual. "Didn't you say you'd hand in your salary?"

"Does that mean I can go back to the master bedroom to sleep?" he took the opportunity to remind.

She tilted her head and asked, "Have you learned how to negotiate? Isn't it your daughter who wants to buy a car?"

"Dad, can you play with me for a while?" As soon as the little girl yelled, he ran over happily to accompany her.

After taking a bath in the evening, Kong Zhixi read her picture books to coax her to sleep, but she was quite excited and didn't want to sleep. She started talking about what happened in kindergarten that day, jumping around on the bed and refusing to lie down.

When she had finished jumping, I let her lie down and told her a story. As I was telling her a story, she started to worry again: "Mom, does it cost a lot of money to buy a car?"

"Well, do you like cars?" Yuanyuan has been able to understand her financial difficulties over the years, which makes her feel relieved and guilty.

"I like it. But if it's too expensive, baby has other toys." She stared at the ceiling, not looking sleepy at all.

She felt ashamed to hear a three-year-old girl wrong herself for money. "My baby is so good, of course she deserves a car as a reward." She couldn't help hugging her daughter and kissing her on the cheek. "But why do you like playing with daddy but refuse to acknowledge daddy?"

"I don't like playing with Daddy, but I don't want him to sit there and talk too much to you." Yuanyuan held her little fingers with her little hand and answered innocently.

I don't know who this kid learned this possessiveness from. "Yuanyuan will always be the most important in mommy's heart, okay?"

"Okay, baby likes mommy too." She pulled her mother and gave her a kiss.

After soothing her to sleep, he came out to put away her toys. Li Li had already put them away, and the clothes were also being washed in the washing machine. She sat on the sofa in front of the French window. After taking a shower, Li Li went to check the clothes in the washing machine. It was not finished yet, so he looked at the door of the master bedroom again. Was the child still awake so late today?

"I had a lot of fun playing with the kids downstairs today." Kong Zhixi said as she snuggled in the single sofa, looking at the figure reflected in the floor-to-ceiling window.

"I thought the child wasn't asleep yet." He found a stool and sat next to her, with a towel hanging around his neck and wet hair.

She couldn't figure it out. "Who do you think the baby learned this from?"

"What? Play with daddy?" He didn't understand what she was asking about, so he asked while wiping his hair.

She patted his shoulder, looked him in the eye and said, "Oh, Captain Li, you are such a thoughtful girl. Do you know why he wants to play with you?"

"I'm his father, who else can he turn to if not me? At this rate, I estimate that I can get my daughter in two weeks." He was quite confident.

"You will be deceived by a woman sooner or later. Even a three-year-old girl can deceive you happily."

"My daughter, I'm happy even if you lie to me." Thinking of his daughter, he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing how useless he is, how can he be won over like this? His daughter almost won him over. "Hey, your daughter has something to say. She doesn't like playing with daddy, but she also doesn't like daddy talking to mommy too much. Hey, just be happy."

"So she's playing with me just to get me away? No way, is that right? I think she's having a lot of fun playing with me."

"Hurry up and find some time to buy your daughter a balance bike. At your speed, your daughter will kick you out in a few days."

"Why do you want to chase me away? Didn't you say mom would buy it?" He approached her and asked shamelessly.

"Mom asks you, the dad, to hand over your salary so that you can buy it."

Li Li suddenly felt very distressed. He pulled her up, hugged her in his arms and said, "Wife, have you been having a hard time before this?" She seldom asked him for money, but now she had to think about where the money would come from to buy a toy for her child.

"What can I do?" She lowered her head, unwilling to recall the pain of the past.

After a long time, he replied: "From now on, I will give you my salary, my body, and my life." He was about to kiss her again, but Kong Zhixi dodged and said, "Okay, I have to go look after Yuanyuan."

"Don't you want to come to my room tonight?" he began to tempt.

"No, your room is small after all." She bent down and broke free from his arms.

"Wasn't last night great?" He held her hand, refusing to let go.

"Last night... there was that need, but not tonight."

"Is it okay if I need something tonight?"

"No, I've endured it for more than four years, but you have to handle it yourself tonight." She shook off his hand and went back to her room to sleep.

"I'm just a tool?" He was a little discouraged. The old one was like this, the young one also hated him, and now his wife only needed him occasionally.