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"Dad, are you tired? Let's go and sit over there."

As the end of the year approaches, major supermarkets have launched year-end promotions, and people are everywhere.Vito and I stood at the exit of the supermarket. Yan Minglang had rushed into the supermarket two hours ago, but he still hasn't seen anyone. My sudden glutton has gradually settled down with the passage of time.

Two hours ago, when we passed a certain building and saw the attractive watermelon flesh in the advertisement on the LED screen, I suddenly wanted to eat watermelon.

"Watermelon is cold, so you can't eat it during pregnancy." Yan Minglang told me so at the time.

I held up my phone and showed him: "No, I've checked, and I can eat a little bit."

"Others are fine after eating it, but it doesn't mean you're fine after eating it."

"...Don't you want to buy it for me?" I stared.

He explained helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't..."

"Yeah," I turned my head and looked out the window, sighing melancholy, "I can't, I can't do this, I can't do that, what's the point of me being alive?"

"........."

"dad."

Vito changed his tune on Yan Minglang's birthday in November, calling him "Da" in Chinese and calling me "daddy".

He lay beside the passenger seat and whispered: "The book says that hormone changes during pregnancy can cause prenatal depression. You should follow along with Dad."

I twitched the corner of my mouth, turned around and pulled Vito's face.He just let me knead and flatten me, his cheeks were red, and he didn't have any intention of resisting.

Yan Minglang was sensible, and he stopped the car in front of the supermarket.Originally, we waited in the car, and we didn't see him come back after waiting for more than an hour. We were so bored, so Vito and I got out of the car and waited for him at the exit.

The baby is almost seven months old, maybe Su Meilan's three nutritious meals really helped. This time, my belly seems to be much bigger than when I was pregnant with Vito. I remember that when I was about to give birth, it was not as big as it is now.

Fortunately, the second child is also very competitive. When the month is old, it has entered winter, and it is impossible to tell when wearing a down jacket.

Being led by Vito, I walked to the seat next to me and sat for a while. Seeing the queue lined up for more than ten meters, I took out my mobile phone and called Yan Minglang.

"Don't buy it," I looked at the bustling cake shop next to it. Although the scent was a bit too sweet, the appearance was very attractive. "Now come to the cake shop and line up. We will definitely be on our way back in an hour."

"........."

Yan Minglang didn't make a sound. A few seconds later, I felt a tall figure behind me. I turned around and saw him holding a watermelon that had already been cut.

Embarrassed, I smiled at him.

He patted my head: "The flu is prevalent recently, you go to the car and wait for me."

"The cake..."

"I'll go and buy."

I nodded contentedly and watched as he took off his coat, which seemed to be stained with sweat.

I enjoy the life of being pampered by him very much. Although sometimes I feel a little spoiled, but maybe as Vito said, the hormone level during pregnancy makes me very sensitive and fragile. Minglang has never been a little impatient because of my unreasonable troubles.

I'm holding Vito, and Vito is carrying the watermelon.

"Can you carry it? Dad, come."

"No," he let go of my hand, changed his hand, and rolled the overlong handle of the plastic bag onto his small palm, "I can take it, let's go, Dad."

The car was parked a little far away, and I helped him dry the thin sweat on his forehead.

When we got in the car, Vito opened the box and fed me watermelon.

Ever since he knew that he was about to become a "big brother", Vito has become a real man. If there are no other adults around, he will do everything for me. He wants to work hard with others to make me a shoulder Can't carry rubbish that can't be lifted.

When the baby is born, I don't know how he will spoil his younger siblings.

"Vito wants a brother or a sister?"

"It's all right." He forked a piece of watermelon and handed it to my mouth. "For my brother, I will be his best friend. For my sister, I will be her knight."

I smiled and kissed him on the forehead.

"Does Dad want a brother or a sister?"

"Whether it's a younger brother or a younger sister, Dad just hopes that it can be born healthy and healthy, and that he can accompany Vito through the next 20, 50, 80, and [-] years until you all become old men and old ladies." .”

"At that time, my father will have become a grandfather who is more than 100 years old."

I smiled and said nothing.

It's not that Vito doesn't understand life and death, it's just that he doesn't want to think about it.

I was always worried that someday something would happen to me and Vito would be left alone.Whether it's me or Yan Minglang, we can't be with him forever, but brothers and sisters are different, they can grow up and grow old together.

very nice.

We didn't specifically ask about the sex of the baby, but just did the most basic pregnancy test, knowing that the fetus is developing healthily.Although Su Meilan and Yan He'an wanted me to go abroad to raise a baby when I was five months old, Yan Minglang and I both felt that I was in good health and I was not an expensive person, so it was not necessary at all.

Money doesn't come by the wind. Even if there is no pressure to squander the Yan family's property for generations, I still want to live an ordinary life and do it myself so that my children will not be infected with some bad habits.

I ate some watermelon and half a six-inch chocolate cake on the way. When I arrived at Yanjia Mountain Villa, I was hungry again.

Fortunately, Su Meilan had already cooked pork ribs and lotus root soup. As soon as I walked in, she pulled me into the restaurant, filled a big bowl for me, and cooked noodles with crucian carp soup for Vito.

Vito likes to eat this very much, but because I feel sick when I smell the crucian carp soup, he is arranged to eat on the closed balcony on the first floor.

Su Meilan sat across from me and asked me, "How did you think about that matter?"

I froze for a moment before realizing what she was asking.

Some time ago, she casually told me as if she was chatting, that after the Spring Festival, the schools in country Z would start. She had discussed with Yan He'an, and if I agreed, she would send Vito to study in a school sponsored by Yan's.

With Vito's current state, there is no problem with studying in country Z, and although he has not been to school, we have basically been in bookstores during this time in country Z, and he has learned a lot. The level can already be skipped directly.

I glanced in Vito's direction and said, "You should ask Vito about this matter. He is almost seven years old, and he can decide many things by himself."

Su Meilan nodded.

"I think Vito will be willing," I said after chewing on the ribs and swallowing, "He already likes country Z, and he can study here, so he can't wish for it. But I only have one request, I hope he can start from Begin reading in first grade."

"Some time ago I took some papers for him to do. In his situation, he can go straight to the fifth grade. If you think it's too fast, how about a compromise and let him go to the third grade?"

"But, Professor Su, what does that mean?" I smiled, "Vito's IQ is indeed very high. He can learn a lot by himself. Maybe he can go to university and get a doctorate in his early ten years like many prodigies. Others Maybe you will be envious, but no one knows how much psychological pressure such a young child will bear if he wants to do so much better than others. A seven-year-old child should do what a seven-year-old child should do. He is too sensible , I don't want him to be forced to grow up all at once. He should have a substantial childhood that he can recall."

I don't know when Yan He'an also came to the side and quietly listened to me.

He looked at Su Meilan and said, "Shaw is right, there is no need to act too hastily, and no one can guarantee whether it will backfire."

Su Meilan thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Shaw, sometimes, I'm very lucky." She took my hand, put it in the palm of both hands, and stroked it gently. "I'm very lucky that my grandson has a father like you."

This is the first time she said such a thing to me, even if they accepted me, it was the first time they recognized me.

I withdrew my hand, but took her hand into my own.

"Professor Su, I am also very glad that we can become a family."

She seemed a little more surprised than I was, and exchanged a glance with Yan He'an, and they both looked at each other and smiled.

"The second child is about to be born, why don't you change your mind?" Yan He'an raised his eyebrows slightly.

"..." I paused, "Dad, Mom."

Su Meilan was silent for a while, nodded, said "wait for me a moment", then withdrew her hand and turned to go upstairs.

I drank the lotus root soup by myself, the pork ribs and lotus root were boiled very badly, and I cleaned up the whole bowl except for the bones.

Yan Minglang took the empty bowl smoothly: "Do you still want to drink?"

"No," I wiped my mouth, "Save some stomach and fight again at night."

"..."

He cleared the dining table without a word, and Vito finished eating too. There were two bowls in total, and he washed them with his hands. After coming out, he helped me to sit on the sofa.

"Go out for a walk later, you ate a little too much today."

The air on the mountain is very good. We have lived here since Christmas. There are no outsiders. Even if we wear less clothes, we will not be seen. It is more relaxed than living in the city.

I nodded in agreement, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Su Meilan coming down the stairs with a stack of documents and two brocade boxes in her hand.

She sat beside Yan Hean across from us, handed the documents in her hand to Yan Hean, and then put the two brocade boxes in front of me.

"open to take a look."

Yan Minglang picked it up and put it in my hand.I opened one, and inside was a watch. The watch was well maintained, but the style was old. I didn't study much about watches, but Yan Minglang raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, obviously very expensive.The golden square dial is set with valuable rubies, and one on the bracelet is at least ten carats.Another box contained the same watch, but with diamonds instead of rubies.

Su Meilan said: "Your grandfather bought this at an antique auction in Paris many years ago. He said it would be given to his two granddaughters-in-law. Unfortunately, he passed away too early and had not had time to see you get married. These two watch, one for you, and the other," she paused, "give it to Xiaojin for us."

I looked up at her.

She smiled, but there was a trace of sadness in her quiet smile.

"The other one," Yan He'an pointed to the document in his hand, "is the change fee that your mother and I gave you."