Film and television started from Yan Jiecheng in the Siheyuan

"Dad, what's up?"

As soon as Mark handed the fish to the restaurant for processing, Mary's video call came in.

"I'm ready to eat, Lily, what are you doing?"

Mark really missed his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a few days.

"I'm at my grandma's house. My grandma asked me to video call you." Mary moved her phone so that Mark could see clearly that they were in the courtyard of the quadrangle.

"Your grandma asked you to video chat, but you didn't think of calling your dad?"

In order to prevent Mary from asking Mark why he didn't call, Mark chose to take the initiative.

In fact, when the father and daughter were separated occasionally, they were both quite happy and didn't have time to contact each other.

"You were on a 'business trip'. You finally got out for once, but why did I keep calling you and make you miss home?"

As expected, Mary forgot to pursue Mark, but she put emphasis on the word "business trip", which was a bit strange.

"Lily, stop talking, both of you. Give me your phone and I'll tell you."

Then Ling Mingyu's voice came from the phone.

"Hey, Mom, you okay?"

"What am I saying about you? You've become so successful now. You ran away without even saying hello. As your mother, I don't even know where you are."

One could clearly hear a lot of resentment in Ling Mingyu's words.

This video clearly has the intention of holding Mark accountable and settling scores.

"Mom, I'm not a mana. A five-year-old child has to report to his parents wherever he goes. I'm already forty, don't I even have the right to go out on my own?"

Mark suppressed the smile on his face.

If Ling Mingyu had this attitude, Mark had no choice but to continue smiling.

Mark is not very satisfied with this mother who can't tell the difference between relatives and strangers.

Feelings are mutual. Since Ling Mingyu has always disliked Mark, it is impossible for Mark to get close to her.

"You can go on a business trip, but why can't you go on a business trip at any other time? Why do you have to go on a business trip on Tian Ye's birthday? How can you celebrate Tian Ye's birthday?"

After Ling Mingyu's two sentences, Mark basically understood the situation.

Mark was on a "business trip," which was obviously an excuse Mary helped to find.

Mary emphasized the word deliberately just now to remind Mark.

Ling Mingyu's resentment came from the fact that Mark couldn't celebrate Tian Ye's birthday, which was somewhat unreasonable.

"Mom, you need to understand this. Tian Ye Day happens once a year. I have only encountered this kind of business trip once in the more than ten years I have been working."

Ma Li helped lie about being on a business trip, but Ling Mingyu still had this attitude.

If Mary said that Mark went out to travel on his own, it seemed possible that Ling Mingyu would not want Mark as her son.

"You said so too. Why are you, a physical education teacher, out on a business trip? Are you done with your work? Can you come back in the evening?"

"I can't come back. I'm busy here. It's thousands of kilometers away. How can I go back just like that?"

Although it only takes a few hours to fly back and it is not a holiday so air tickets are easy to buy, Mark is not stupid and of course he can't go back.

"If you can't come back, then you must remember to buy Tian Ye a birthday present. Buy him a piece of expensive jewelry to show your sincerity."

Ling Mingyu may have lost track of whether she is Mark's biological mother or mother-in-law.

"I'm busy on a business trip. Let's talk when I get back." Seeing Wang Xiaomi coming back from the bathroom, Mark hung up the video.

There are many things that are not appropriate to talk about in front of outsiders.

Otherwise, Mark would really like to discuss with Ling Mingyu why this person's stance is so biased.

Although Mark didn't really care how Ling Mingyu treated him.

But Ling Mingyu is the only abnormal one among all the ladies Mark has met.

I would like to find out the reason for this contrast.

It's an experience anyway.

"Have you video chatted with your family?" Wang Xiaomi asked as she watched Mark put away his phone.

"Well, my daughter and my mother."

"You only have one daughter?"

"Two, and a son."

If Wang Xiaomi hadn't asked, Mark would have forgotten about agate.

It feels reassuring to leave my son to Tian Ye.

There won't be any problems with safety and life, except for the risk of one son calling someone else his dad.

"Your son lives with your ex-wife?"

"You're not stupid."

Wang Xiaomi is not a very smart person, but he is not stupid either.

"It's such a simple thing, how could I not see it? You were video chatting with your mother and daughter, but your son wasn't there, so he must be with the child's mother. How old are your son and daughter?"

"My daughter is fifteen and my son is five."

"That age is not too bad. Your daughter can help take care of your son, right?"

"Sure, my daughter spends more time taking care of her younger brother than I do." Mark nodded affirmatively.

"Your daughter sounds very sensible. Unlike a little girl I met in the police station some time ago. She should be about the same age as your daughter. She has a very bad temper and smashed the billboards on the roadside when she was in a bad mood."

Unfortunately, the negative example Wang Xiaomi cited was exactly Ma Li.

Actually, it’s not Ma Li’s fault for smashing the billboard.

Why put Zhao Ling on the billboard when there are so many names to put on it?

Ma Li happened to be angry again, so it can only be said that the hit was not unfair.

"Do you think it's possible that it's the billboard's fault, and it has nothing to do with whether the little girl has a bad temper or not?"

Mark had to say a few words on behalf of Mary. Even if Wang Xiaomi didn't know that it was Mary, Mark would still help.

"That's not impossible. I talked to the girl for a while. She's a very gentle girl."

Wang Xiaomi’s impression of Ma Li is actually not bad.

Otherwise, when the two of them were in the station, Wang Xiaomi would not have been able to help Ma Li so much.

"That's the billboard's fault. If there was a scumbag printed on it, not only would the little girl smash it, you would also smash it if you saw it. You also know that anyone can be on that billboard as long as they pay." Mark said affirmatively.

"How come you know everything as if you saw it with your own eyes?" Wang Xiaomi asked in surprise.

"Even if you didn't see it, can't you analyze it reasonably?" Mark is fooling Wang Xiaomi. It's not a big deal to fool three people.

"That's right. The girl herself is a pretty good person. It's just that she might come from a single-parent family and has an irresponsible father who doesn't care about her. Her family didn't educate her well."

Wang Xiaomi was really good at making associations. She didn't know the situation at all and just put the blame on Mark.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the police station called Mark that day but Mark did not answer the call.

"What's wrong with a single-parent family? A single-parent family annoys you, eats your food, or drinks your food."

Mark is still a little sensitive about this.

Mark himself comes from a single-parent family, and now his two children have become single parents as well.

"Why are you still lecturing me? I don't mean to discriminate against single-parent families. I come from a single-parent family myself."

"then you…"

"I followed my mother. My father passed away when I was three years old."

There is another reason why Wang Xiaomi likes to play with Mark.

This girl has been without a father since she was a child, so she lacks fatherly love.

It's no surprise that she likes older, mature men.

It is normal for those who lack fatherly love to like uncles and for those who lack motherly love to like aunts.

Of course, many people choose this way, not because they lack love in some way, but because they simply don’t want to work hard. “Then you are similar to me. I am also a single parent. I lost my father when I was very young.”

Compared to the situation where someone is killed and someone runs away, it is really not that easy to say.

Just like Sha Zhu has always been reluctant to say that He Daqing ran away with the White Widow.

"So we are all the same. I can't possibly discriminate against children from single-parent families."

"If not, you should be more careful in what you say. Don't blame your family for your bad child."

This is Mark's life experience.

Children’s growth is related to family education.

But children educated in the same family environment can be completely different.

"Why do you like to lecture people so much? You like to lecture people so much. Why are you a physical education teacher? You should be a dean of studies."

Even if you can listen to her, Wang Xiaomi will not be merciful with her words.

"Whether you are the dean or not, it won't stop me from helping you correct your mistakes." Mark took the dish from the waiter and continued:
"Don't you work in a pet store? Why do you keep talking about the police station? Are you familiar with the police station?"

Mark was indeed curious about whether Wang Xiaomi was a frequent visitor to the institute.

"Then I encountered an unexpected situation, just like you went to the institute right after getting off the plane. Can you say you like going in? Things come to me on their own initiative, not me who takes the initiative to cause trouble."

Wang Xiaomi's statement, which evades the main issue, is very unfounded.

It was obviously true and he had been to the police station many times.

There may not be any big troubles, but there are always small troubles.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to come up with a complete set of tactics for dealing with the police.

"That's not a good thing. They are very busy at work. You should try not to cause them any trouble."

Mark added a sentence out of habit.

When seeing young and ignorant people, I can't help but lecture them. This is considered an occupational disease of teachers.

"I know. Those were all things that happened when I was young and frivolous." Wang Xiaomi must have been serious about this promise. It was obvious from the fact that she chose to endure the strange man she met on the plane:

"Eat some food. This is the fish I caught myself. It's so easy to make money on the beach. They can catch fish worth hundreds of dollars in just one morning."

Wang Xiaomi obviously has some potential to be a foodie. As soon as she saw the dishes coming up, she couldn't help but want to eat them.

"Do you think you can do this every day? Today you are in the novice protection period. Otherwise, you can try it. You won't be able to catch such a catch even if you continue fishing for another month."

It was obvious that Wang Xiaomi had a good catch on his first fishing trip, and then he became interested.

Many novices fall into this trap.

Wang Xiaomi may not be able to experience the joy of fishing, but he can experience the joy of harvest and the joy of money.

If you are in an inland river, fishing for some worthless freshwater fish, it may not be so easy to get interested.

"Shall we continue fishing tomorrow?"

"It's just for the experience. I came all the way here, so I can't go fishing every day."

Mark was worried that Wang Xiaomi had not yet passed the novice period, so he did not plan to go fishing with Wang Xiaomi.

"That's right. Even if you fish every day, you can't get back the money you spend."

This person is quite real, a very working man. He is worried about spending too much money when he goes out to play.

Then the next day, when Mark met Wang Xiaomi, it was almost noon again.

This lifestyle is very suitable for contemporary young people.

After Wang Xiaomi got up, she went to the hotel swimming pool to swim.

This is Wang Xiaomi’s favorite place to stay, even more than the restaurant.

"Uncle, what time did you get up today?"

After swimming a few laps, the two sat down to rest.

"Five o'clock."

Mark replied after taking a sip of coconut water.

"Uncle, you are here to relax, why are you up so early?"

“Watch the sunrise.”

"Isn't the sunrise beautiful? Why don't you take me with you?"

“…” When Wang Xiaomi asked this question, Mark ignored her and just gave her a look of contempt.

"Uncle, what do you mean? You know I can get up."

Yesterday's incident was an accident, but Wang Xiaomi didn't let Mark get surprised twice.

"I know, but when you go out to play, it's most important to have fun comfortably. There's no need to force yourself to go out and play."

A hurried tour is also a way of traveling, but Mark still chooses a slow pace.

"That's true, but I didn't see the sunrise. I heard that the sunrise at the seaside is very beautiful!"

Wang Xiaomi obviously had some regrets.

"It's not easy to watch the sunrise. Second uncle will help you."

Mark handed the camera to Wang Xiaomi.

The camera has not been used since it was brought over, so Mark took it out today.

Take a picture of the sunrise, take a picture of the seagulls, and then take a picture of the sunset.

It also proves that Mark had been to the beach and showed it to Mary after he returned home.

Under Mark's influence, Mary is quite interested in photography.

"Uncle, you still have a professional camera, can you take some pictures for me?"

"I didn't bring a camera. These are all for long-distance shots. I can't take pictures for you."

Forget about taking a picture of Wang Xiaomi. When Mark brought the camera over, he didn’t intend to take a picture of anyone.

It’s not realistic to take selfies with a camera, and there’s no point in taking photos of others.

Mark didn't plan to take pictures of others because he wouldn't be able to explain to his daughter when he got home.

A 40-year-old father went on a trip and took some photos of beautiful women in swimsuits. It was embarrassing no matter how he thought about it.

It affects the seriousness of the old father too much.

"You have such professional equipment, so your photography skills must be pretty good, right?"

"good."

"Using a cell phone to take the photo?"

“You can take photos with your phone.”

This is not a problem. The pixels of mobile phones these days are already quite good, and they can also beautify the screen.

For those who are not good at taking pictures, it is much better than a camera.

"How about this pose?"

Wang Xiaomi just left and started to play.

"Don't leave in such a hurry. Bring me your phone."

Mark said to Wang Xiaomi.

It would be better to save it in the camera than in Mark's mobile phone.

"Let's take some photos at the hotel, and then go to the beach to take some more photos, shall we?"

Most women like taking photos.

If the photos look good, I'd like it even better.

The shooting seemed endless, so Mark spent another afternoon accompanying Wang Xiaomi to take pictures.

The photos I took were enough to make a photo album, and I changed into several sets of clothes. (End of this chapter)