Be in low spirits

The father and daughter went to the opposite side to buy cosmetics together, and she watched from the opposite side. Yuanyuan refused to hold her father's hand, but just walked obediently, holding the cash given to her in her hand.

The two were choosing in a cosmetics store. A red-haired girl was very excited to see Li Li. She hugged him and said something to him with a beaming face.

Yuanyuan felt a little embarrassed looking at the two of them and looked at her mother stiffly. Kong Zhixi was also a little nervous. If this was their obsession, how should she explain it to her child?

Li Li was also a little embarrassed and pushed her away. He wanted to introduce his daughter to her, but Yuanyuan had already walked to the store door waiting for her mother.

Kong Zhixi ran to the store entrance, took her daughter's hand, and looked at the two. Li Li breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to the mother and daughter, and introduced them to Cheng Xi: "This is your sister-in-law, Kong Zhixi, and this is my daughter, Yuanyuan. Zhixi, this is..."

"Cheng Xi, I've met him before." She smiled as a greeting.

"Sister-in-law?" She was very surprised. "You... are married? And have a daughter?" She just looked at Li Li, unwilling to believe it.

"Yes, I have been married for many years and my daughter is just four years old now." He put his hand on his wife's shoulder, seeming very proud.

Cheng Xi was embarrassed and disappointed, but then she changed her mood and said to Yuanyuan: "You are Yuanyuan? You are so cute!" Then she squatted down to pinch the child's face. The child hid behind her mother. Kong Zhixi picked up the child and explained: "She is shy and doesn't like strangers to touch her."

She uttered an awkward "oh" twice and took a step back. Li Li asked in a very tactless way: "Uh, how about having dinner at my house? It's Yuanyuan's birthday today."

"Okay!" Cheng Xi was very happy. Kong Zhixi frowned and looked at her husband. Yuanyuan also twisted her father's arm with her little hand in disgust, and he cried out in pain.

"Not good!" Yuanyuan looked at her father and shouted out. Kong Zhixi explained awkwardly: "Haha, children's words are innocent, don't take it to heart."

This was the first time his daughter touched him, and although she was a little awkward, it was still an improvement. "Let's do it some other time. I have to pick out a big gift for my daughter." He kept his eyes on his daughter as he said this, and even wanted to reach out and hug her.

"No! No! I don't want daddy to hug me!" Looking at the hand he stretched out, Yuanyuan started to make a fuss again, hugging her mother's neck and shouting.

Cheng Xi was embarrassed and jealous, and said, "You three are such a happy family."

"Yuanyuan, stop making trouble. Let's go pick out gifts and let daddy stay here and chat with aunt, okay?" Kong Zhixi patted the child on the back and walked out.

"Hey, Xixi, let's talk another day. Yuanyuan, wife, wait for me." Li Li quickly said a few perfunctory words to Cheng Xi, and ran to chase his wife and children.

After buying gifts and cakes, the three of them went to the supermarket to buy groceries and returned home together. Yuanyuan had fallen asleep. Kong Zhixi carried her to the room and patted her back, thinking about Cheng Xi whom she met at the mall today. She must have been waiting for many years in this obsession cave, otherwise why would she be so excited to see him today? Her hands were full of bags, her hair was gorgeous, her makeup was exquisite, and every part of her body was carefully dressed up. She looked at herself again, wearing a plain white dress, a casual skirt, loafers that she had worn for many years, and holding a child.

"Honey, can I take a nap with you?" Li Li asked in a mean way at the door.

"Get out!" She was still angry and didn't want to see him. "I've changed into my pajamas." He couldn't tell she was angry, so he walked in and wanted to lie down next to her. "Get out." She said it again impatiently with a dark face.

"Let me tell you, my daughter twisted me with her hand today, which is a big step forward!" He sat down next to her, looked at his sleeping daughter, and shared with her in a low voice.

"I told you to get out! Why are you sleeping? Go back to your room!" She raised her voice unconsciously. Yuanyuan was frightened by the voice and her legs shook. She lay down to comfort her and sang a lullaby to her.

Li Li heard it this time, she was angry. He sat there, thinking about it and finally lying down, explaining: "I didn't know I would meet her there. Didn't you see it all? We didn't say anything."

"Have you thought about dinner tonight?" She knew very well that they didn't say anything, but this place was different from reality. Her husband was the obsession of others, not to mention that she had been here for so many years.

"I've thought about it. Listen to me, it's clams and asparagus. How about blanched prawns, braised pork ribs with tomatoes, and a whole roasted chicken?" He wanted to put his hand on her waist, but she made a "tsk" sound, slapped it away angrily, and covered herself with the quilt.

"I'm going to make her a bowl of longevity noodles so that she won't have to use my carrots and eggs." She said this and went to bed.

In the evening, after Li Li finished cooking, she went to the kitchen to make longevity noodles for the child. The child sat on the dining chair, looking at his father opposite him, and suddenly climbed up the chair and whispered, "Dad, do you like Mom?"

"Of course I like it." He put some meat into the child's bowl and cut the roast chicken into small pieces with a knife.

"But you can't always stare at her." She warned him with a pout, a little unhappy.

"I don't always stare at my mother, it's just... sometimes she is too beautiful, so I just look at her a little longer." He felt a little embarrassed when he said this, and the knife in his hand was a little messy.

"You're lying! You always look at her when you get home, and you even kiss secretly." This little girl knows a lot.

"No... our thing is not secret. Dad and Mom like each other very much, so... doesn't Mom also kiss you sometimes?"

"Hehe, you're lying. That auntie today also likes you very much. Will you kiss her in the future?" She picked up the meat in the bowl and ate it.

"Of course not. Dad doesn't like that aunt." He added more meat to her bowl.

"You're lying. I'm not a three-year-old child. I'm not that easy to fool." She tried to pick up the spareribs with auxiliary chopsticks.

"Mom and Dad will always be with Yuanyuan as she grows up. There won't be any aunts or uncles." He said frankly.

Kong Zhixi brought out the noodles and placed them in front of her daughter.

Before going to bed at night, the mother and daughter were lying on the bed reading picture books. Yuanyuan asked, "Mom, will you be angry?"

"Of course I'm angry. Mommy gets angry when Yuanyuan doesn't behave well."

"Then if dad left with that aunt, would you be very angry?" It turns out that the child knows everything.

"Yuanyuan, even if dad and mom are not by your side, they will definitely love you the most. If dad left with that aunt, mom might be very sad, but she will definitely stay by your side."

"But after my previous parents separated, my dad would get angry for no reason and hit people." She said this with a sense of loss and fear.

"Yuanyuan, where do these old mom and dad come from?" Kong Zhixi didn't understand what she was saying for a moment.

"Before my mother was in my womb, I also had a father and a mother. They would fight, swear, and get angry." She looked so innocent and didn't seem to be lying.

She hugged the child's head, kissed her hair, and said, "Yuanyuan, dear, not everyone can handle all problems, but Daddy and Mommy definitely love you. It doesn't matter even if Daddy wants to leave. Mommy will always be with you. Don't worry, okay? Let's not think about the past, okay?"

"But, Mom, will you hit people like that mom in the future?" the child asked expectantly, looking up.

"No, Yuanyuan is my baby. If Yuanyuan doesn't behave, I will be very angry and sad, but I will definitely not hit you, okay?"

"Okay!" After hearing the satisfactory answer, she finally lay down and went to sleep.

After Yuanyuan fell asleep, she sat on the sofa in front of the French window in the living room and thought about what her child said. It turned out that she really had an obsession, wanting a happy family.

Li Li also sat beside her after taking a shower. Seeing that she was in a bad mood, he asked, "Are you still angry?"

"Honey, Yuanyuan is really obsessed!" She crossed her legs on the armrest of the sofa and said in shock.

He thought the child was willing to interact with him today and talked more to him. "What did she say to you?"