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Ke Kailuo looked at her precious daughter contentedly, making Lingling look up at her too, and the two of them smiled happily.Kailuo hugged Lingling tightly and sat in the back seat of the taxi. She took her daughter back to her natal home today.

She asked her daughter to ring the bell, and the heavy door opened immediately, and sister Ah Shui, the family helper, was also very happy to see them, Kai Luo's mother even ran out immediately,

"Little Lingling! My sweetheart!" The mother immediately came over to hug her daughter,

"Grandma!" Lingling called obediently,

"Did you miss Grandma? Grandma misses you to death!" Mom stroked Lingling's head, looked at her, and took her little hand to the dining room.

Kailuo looked around, and Sister Ah Shui said to her: "Mr. is not at home." This made Kailuo relieved, at least she didn't have to face the embarrassment, but at the same time, her mood was also very complicated. Doesn't daddy want to see Lingling?Or did mom not tell him?

In short, it was quite relaxing to return to her own home. She took off her coat and followed to the dining room.

Mother was taking out fruits and candies for Lingling to eat, and at the same time told Ah Shui to fill a bowl of pumpkin soup on the stove and let it cool down.Lingling came here once before, and she liked the pumpkin soup that day. Afterwards, her mother always asked Sister Ah Shui to make this for Lingling.At least it's quite cold today, so it's a good time to drink this.

Mother helped Lingling take off her coat, inspected her clothes, praised her, and looked at the brand of the clothes.Carol's mother has no hobbies, but pays attention to their clothes and manners since childhood.Carol, who was looking at them with her head propped up, was glad that she was past the age of being disciplined, and her mother only cared about her granddaughter and never treated her strictly; Lingling was happily eating candy, and even took one for herself , Carol smiled and told her thank you but no.

Lingling doesn't go to grandma's house very often, so she and grandma can't be said to be close.But she is a well-behaved child. She knows that grandma and uncles like to see her very much. She also seems to know that it is her duty to show children to the elders on a regular basis.

Hearing that the door opened again, Kailuo was startled, and turned around to see her elder brother Ke Kaiwei coming in.

"Why did you just come back? Aren't you going to work today?" Carol was also very happy to see her brother.

"I came to see you on a special vacation." Kaiwei was wearing a leather jacket. When he turned to Lingling, his slender eyes widened.

"uncle!"

"Wow! Little Lingling, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are so tall!" The elder brother patted the child's head, "Look at you, uncle, you are so beautiful! You look like your mother!" Kaiwei squinted his eyes with a smile.As he spoke, he took out a large box of toys from the bag he was carrying, "For you!"

"Brother..." Carol stood up as she spoke, thinking that Xiao Lingling had enough toys.It was a box of LEGO Friends series, the pink packaging box felt very suitable for a five-year-old girl,

"You don't have this yet, do you? I picked a relatively new one..." Gao Yue's brother knelt down and looked at Lingling lovingly.

"No, thank you uncle!" Lingling happily looked at the picture on the package, "Mommy! There is a puppy inside! There is also a car!"

Grandma came over to take Lingling to eat, and the food on the table gradually increased.

"Luoluo, why do you look so pale?" Kaiwei blurted out and called his sister by her nickname,

"Well, I didn't sleep well." Not knowing where to start all the questions, Carol just answered casually first,

The elder brother tilted his head and looked at her carefully, "Are you... and Rui Xin okay?"

Kailo looked up at her brother, his brows were deeply furrowed, his eyes were full of concern.She shook her head slightly, but did not answer.

Mom called them to eat.During the dinner, everyone asked Xiao Lingling various questions. It was inevitable that Aunt Helen, her ex-husband's new partner, and her puppy Dudu finally appeared in the topic.Carol carried a piece of sauced pork ribs that her mother was good at, thinking, maybe this Helen is also good, at least Lingling never said she didn't like her.She looked at Lingling eating vegetables seriously, and gave the good girl a smile of approval.

"Will Zhai He marry again?" When the mother realized it, she asked anxiously.

Carol nodded to her mother, watching her smile and put down her chopsticks, it seemed that the happiness brought by her granddaughter dissipated in an instant.

Carol got up, went to the side and opened the crystal jug containing whiskey, smelled it, thought about it, and put it back; she picked a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, and took two glasses to pour it for herself and her brother.

"If he marries again, can I still see Lingling?" Mom's voice became tense.

"Mom! Calm down." Kaiwei filled the soup for his mother, and pressed her arm comfortingly,

"Kai Luo is Lingling's mother no matter what! This will not change." The elder brother said, holding another rib for Kai Luo.

After the meal, grandma took her precious granddaughter to her cloakroom, and there was even a small area where she bought new clothes for Lingling first, and asked her to try on each one.Good insurance finally finished trying before the children's patience ran out.She felt that her mother was still a little worried, and she couldn't help but want to think about Kai Luo. Kai Luo hurriedly took her daughter to the living room, asking her to take a look at the Lego toys that her uncle gave her.

Kaiwei and Lingling studied it together, but after a while they felt that the children were tired.He patted Lingling's head and asked Carol:

"I didn't see your car, how did you come here?"

"We came here by car."

"Then shall I take you back? I'm on vacation all day." As he said that, the elder brother thoughtfully got up and told his mother that Lingling should go home, lest she have to read Carol again.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in my brother’s car, and Carol sat in the back seat with her daughter. Being a well-behaved granddaughter might be exhausting, so she fell asleep snuggled up next to her mother.

"What are you doing tonight?" Kaiwei asked, looking at her in the rearview mirror.

"Hmm...no." Carol looked at the darkening sky in the building, and she was almost at Zhai's house.

"After sending Xiaolingling in, would you like to have a meal with me?" Kaiwei still looked at her through the mirror.

"...Okay, but I'm still full..." These years, it's rare for siblings to have a meal alone.

"It's okay, you can eat whatever you can." Among family members, that kind of consideration is very natural.

Sitting in the co-pilot, Kailuo quietly watched the night fall in Taipei.Her brother drove her to a hotel in Xinyi District.Kai Luo didn't come to this western restaurant very often, but when she saw that there was a fountain in the room, she thought she must have been here.

Seeing that Kai Luo was slightly surprised by the fountain, Ke Kaiwei smiled and said, "This is a restaurant where marriage proposals will never fail."

"I know, but is brother here to propose marriage?" Carol smiled, holding her brother's hand and walking forward with the waiter who led the way.

The elder brother just smiled and didn't answer. Anyway, it was a long time ago.

"It's rare to have time, do you want to ask Rui Xin, let me treat you to a meal?" He sat down easily, and his brother immediately proposed, feeling as if he had been waiting for the opportunity to ask.

Carol shook her head.The waiter came to add water for them. My brother seemed to come to this restaurant often, and asked the waiter to order for them without looking at the menu.Kailuo couldn't calm down to study the menu and was frowning. The elder brother opened the Menu, suggested a few things and asked Kailuo if this order is good. Kailuo said yes and smiled at the waiter.

In the soft light, Carol looked at her dear brother, trying to calm her breathing and heartbeat.

"What's the matter with you? What happened?" Kaiwei asked gently,

"I just feel that maybe I made a wrong decision again. Ruixin is still very young, maybe she shouldn't be with a middle-aged woman like me." Carol finished in one breath.

"What are you talking about? 'Again' made a wrong decision?" My brother was puzzled,

"Zhai He, Ling Ling, and then Rui Xin." Kai Luo explained calmly.

"What and what..." Kaiwei didn't take it seriously, and asked again: "Tell me first, doesn't she like you? Does she treat you badly?"

"No, it's not like that." Carol touched her water glass, she wanted to drink, but not this.

"You are so beautiful, so smart, and so talented. What's wrong with her being with you?" The older brother still didn't understand.

"I can't do well all the time, and I can't do anything well." The younger sister also frankly expressed her thoughts directly.

Ke Kaiwei stared at her with disbelief.He waited for Carol, but she said nothing further.

Under the light, Kailuo only looked at the light reflected by the water glass, the white tableware and tablecloths were waiting for the delicious food, her hands were on the table, ah, the nail polish fell off in several places, and her hands hadn’t been maintained for a long time .She shyly shook her hand and put it under the table, unable to bear to see her ugliness again.

The exquisite appetizers and the small portion of sashimi fully reveal the chef's mind.French cuisine?Well, at least they can appreciate the chef's creativity, Carol thought so.

Kaiwei peeled the bread and ate it, still staring at his dear sister. After taking two bites, she curled up in the chair with her hands folded.

"Luo Luo, you said... you can't do anything well, right?" Kai Luo nodded after listening,

"Then you say, what is 'good'?" The elder brother asked, but the younger sister couldn't answer, her eyes seemed to spit out a thousand words, but in the end she just pursed her lips, noncommittal.

Kaiwei leaned forward, "You have to be good for yourself!" He revealed the answer excitedly.

Carol thought about this seriously, and she took a sip of water.Kaiwei took her hand that put down the water glass,

"Luoluo, you have to be true to yourself and love yourself, and you will be fine. The previous failures are not your fault!"

"Whose fault is that? It's all my own decision, isn't it?" Carol looked directly into her brother's eyes and asked the question.

"Every time you make a decision based on the background and ideas at the time, and then get more information, and want to have a different development, how can it be said that it is wrong?"

Kaiwei's train of thought seemed very clear, "We don't have to classify many things as right and wrong, Lolo."

Kai Luo was thinking about her brother's words, and the waiter came to serve him soup and a small snack.

"The potato mash here is delicious. You can eat it. If you don't like it, I'll eat it again." The elder brother pushed the snack to her. The tender and delicate texture is indeed very attractive.

"I will never forget the time when you told me you liked women, do you remember?" The two of them were eating warm food, and Kaiwei said to him, "You said you can finally be yourself, you can like yourself people, you can be with Rui Xin, you will be very happy, "

"Louluo, at that time your strength... and brilliance, I have never seen it in my life, that... is really great. That you, isn't it you? Isn't that very good?" Kaiwei's eyes sparkled, It seems to return to that exciting moment.

"...I don't know." Even so, she did think of that day. After suffering for a long time, she finally decided that it was right for her to give up her daughter and be brave and be herself.At that time, she made a decision, and she quickly went to her elder brother to hope that he could support her.

But she can't think now.Even if that she is fine, what about now?

"Brother, I want to order a glass of wine." Carol said and looked around, and found the waiter. She stretched her neck and waited to beckon him over, but she caught a glimpse of a table some distance away, and it seemed that there was someone she knew.

Kaiwei suddenly took her hand again, and she looked at her brother, who was staring at herself seriously, and he said,

"No matter what decision you make, I will support you, no matter what, you are my sister," the elder brother declared earnestly, Kai Luo smiled gratefully,

"If she treats you badly, forget it? You know? You can find a new one." He even said so.Carol was surprised.Also, my brother doesn't know Rui Xin.

The waiter came, and Carol asked her brother to order a glass of wine, and she went to the bathroom.After getting up, she looked at the table again. Indeed, it was Director Ge and three other people.As she walked slowly, she kept an eye on them at the corner table, two of whom exuded...a lot of gay air.The middle-aged handsome man with a beard next to the director was somehow familiar, and their atmosphere was quite warm, as if they were very good friends.

Ke Kailuo finished using the bathroom anxiously, and when she came out, her eyes still fell on the table. He happened to see Director Ge grabbing the bearded man's hand and kissing it while listening to his friends talking. They were still smiling sweetly.Huzi immediately said something to his friend, the friend on the opposite side laughed exaggeratedly, but the director brushed his hair embarrassingly, and Huzi hugged him.

The dining room seemed suddenly darker, and Carol stopped to check where her table was.how come?This is ridiculous, is Director Ge gay? !The appearance of their match, Director Ge's temperament, he is not married, all these...all are actually very reasonable.

She sat down feeling lost, what is this?scam?The waiter came and poured her wine.The elder brother looked up at her and said which dishes are good here.No one lied to her.But why did she feel like she was being fooled and angry?

She turned her head to look at Director Ge who was across the table, and the person at the middle table had just left. Perhaps feeling the sight, Ge Hanwen turned his head and saw her too.

The bearded man followed suit, and out of the corner of Kailuo's eyes, he saw Kaiwei raise his hand, and the bearded man also smiled and raised his hand to his brother. "The third child of the Zhang family," he explained to Kailuo in a low voice, "I occasionally meet him here, and his boyfriend... I remember... I introduced him..."

"He is Director Ge, the son of Ge Xuyuan." Kai Luo smiled at them, watching Huzi ask Director Ge a question, they all smiled to themselves decently,

"You guys know each other? With the son of the Ge family?" the elder brother asked, and Carol just felt that the sky was about to fall, she almost hid her face, she needed to be alone, she needed to think!

No one lied to her, she misunderstood herself.It's all too bad!It's not that Rui Xin treats her badly, it's that she treats Rui Xin badly!She stared at the plate of fish that the waiter had just placed, fresh and white, with tiny pieces gleaming.She just took a sip of liquor.

What a big joke, I'm such a terrible person.

The perfect, beautiful fish and its colorful decorations seemed to be mocking her.She is not good enough for Rui Xin.Not only did she not take care of her, she also misunderstood her.

There was a stomachache and dizziness.Carol rested her head on the table.

"Luo, what's the matter with you?"

Carol just shook her head, and she fought back with all her strength, no, no crying or screaming.

"You worry me a lot..." My brother put down the tableware, and he only took two bites of his steak.

Ke Kaiwei stood up and came over to touch Kailuo's forehead, "You're sweating, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry bro. Stomach pain." Sorry bro, I'm a rotten person.

Kaiwei was worried, but he sat back in his seat. He quickly cut up the steak and stuffed it into his stomach within 2 minutes with water.

"Promise me, at least take care of your own body, okay?" He wiped his mouth and waved to the waiter.

Carol curled up, she wanted to promise her brother, but she was really in pain, she couldn't do it.She remembered that there should be stomach milk in the bag.She stared at the glass of beautiful pale yellow liquor that glowed in the dark.

"Is it okay? Otherwise, I'll send you home to rest right away." Carol frowned, not knowing what to do.

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