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Chapter 13 Reasons
Chapter 13 Reasons
In the end did not go into Happy Valley.

Before dawn, the first rain since the beginning of summer came suddenly, from far to near, from sparse to dense, the sky over the whole city was covered with gray, and the rain was getting bigger and bigger, stopping a little bit Meaning nothing.

Su Xiaomu glanced hesitantly at his son who had been lying on the window sill in a daze, and after thinking for a long time, he called Jing Yan.

It rang twice, and the other side picked it up, and heard Jing Yan's deep voice saying: "Well, are you all ready? I'll wait a little longer, we'll be there soon."

Su Xiaomu paused for a moment before slowly explaining: "No...I want to tell you that it rained too much today, so don't come here, it will be the same next time."

Jing Yan raised his wrist to check the time, frowned and said, "I'm already on my way, besides, I promised Xiaoyao yesterday, so I can't keep my word." He subconsciously looked out the car window, and sure enough, the hazy weather and The pouring rain made the visibility on the street not high, worse than when he first went out, and now his brows tightened even more.

"But I'm afraid Xiaoyao will catch a cold." After a long time, Su Xiaomu took a deep breath, "The last time he accidentally drenched in the rain, he had a high fever for three days before he subsided. That feeling is not good, I hope you can Understand my feelings."

"Okay, then it's up to you." Jing Yan sat still, pursed his lips and compromised, and then told the driver: "Turn around and go back to the company." But the driver was about to turn the steering wheel when he heard him say, "No need , or go there."

The driver subconsciously raised his eyes and looked in the rearview mirror, and found that his boss squinted his eyes slightly, and tapped on the touch screen computer with overlapping fingers. He didn't know what he was looking at. His dark and deep eyes were very focused. There are indescribable emotions in it.

Just in line with the outside world's evaluation of him - a mysterious man.

It was raining harder and harder, but her son was so sleepy that he couldn't lift his emotions, which made her feel uncomfortable. She pulled him to her side, touched his head and comforted him and said, "I'll take you there next week. OK?"

Xiaoyao just let out a sigh of no interest, and fiddled with the stacks on the coffee table with his fingers.

She sighed, knowing that he had high expectations for today's outing, she thought for a while and said, "Hey, don't be upset, you can go to Happy Valley anytime, and I'll wait for you to go on summer vacation in two months. How about taking you to Disneyland and Ocean Park in Hong Kong?" She knew her son's temper well, and threw out the bait calmly.

"Really?" Xiao Yao suddenly raised his head, blinked at her, and finally swept away the haze, showing a little excited expression.

Su Xiaomu laughed, twisted the tip of his nose and hummed: "When did I ever lie to you, mother?"

"Yeah! Don't go back on your word!" Xiao Yao was so happy that he jumped up, but the next second he suddenly asked: "Then...will he go too?"

Su Xiaomu was stunned for a moment, and when he regained his composure, he realized who Xiaoyao was referring to by "he". They must be the father and son. He had only met him once, and he occupied an important position in Xiaoyao's heart. Before, Xiaoyao had always It's hers alone, and now she can't tell whether she should be jealous or happy.

Xiao Yao sensitively noticed that his mother's expression was very uncomfortable, he suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, hurriedly hugged her neck from behind and said vaguely: "Mom, I just think it will be more lively with one more person, nothing else. Meaning." He was still young, he didn't know that the more he explained, the less he could conceal his true meaning.

Su Xiaomu took his hand and patted it, and said lightly: "We can ask at that time, your father should agree if he is free."

"En!" Xiao Yao quietly looked at his mother again, and after making sure she was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the doorbell rang. Su Xiaomu and his son looked at each other, got up and went to open the door. It turned out to be Jing Yan.

Jing Yan wore a light brown overshirt today, paired with white slacks and leather shoes, dressed in a bright and gentle manner, so handsome that it made people tremble.

His appearance was somewhat unexpected to Su Xiaomu, she raised her head to look at him: "Didn't you say that you are going to Happy Valley?" She took the umbrella from his hand as she spoke, and naturally stepped back to let him in, automatically Consciously put on house slippers.Perhaps neither of them realized that this series of actions was done in one go, as familiar as an old married couple.

"I was almost downstairs when you called me." Jing Yan said without changing his face, looked at her sideways and asked, "Where is Xiaoyao? I brought him a gift."

Su Xiaomu raised his chin helplessly: "Here, there it is!" Well, the little guy has already heard the sound and followed him out, looking around for a long time.

"Excuse me, is this for me?" Xiao Yao walked over awkwardly, and stood firmly in front of Jing Yan, his bright black eyes staring excitedly at the box in his hand, Su Xiaomu followed his Looking at the package, it should be a game, and the name looks familiar.

Jing Yan nodded, bent slightly and looked at him at the same level: "Of course it's for you, will you pretend?" Although the smile on the corner of his mouth was faint, she still noticed it.

"Of course I will! I played at Xiaoyu's house!" Xiaoyao nodded quickly, trying to reach out to take the box, but quickly retracted, and looked at Su Xiaomu nervously, "Mom, can I play?"

Su Xiaomu patted him on the shoulder: "Well, let's go." When Xiao Yao went to the study excitedly, she turned her head and met Shang Jingyan's eyes unexpectedly, then hurriedly looked away, turned and walked into the living room, walking Said, "Your memory is really good. I kept saying I would buy it for him, but I kept forgetting it." But Xiao Yao just mentioned it to him yesterday and he remembered it.

"Well, it happened to be a product of a game company under my name, so I brought it here by the way." Jing Yan, who came in behind her, responded casually. Although the smile on his face was gone, his tone was very gentle.

She didn't speak again, just nodded slightly, and went to the kitchen to pour tea. When she came out, she found that Jing Yan was no longer in the living room. Looking up, the door of the study was half closed.Slightly pushing open the door, the two father and son sat cross-legged on the ground casually discussing the game with great interest, especially Xiao Yao, who seemed a little more lively than usual.

He pointed at the screen with wide eyes, and asked curiously: "Hey, why is it different from what I played at Xiaoyu's house?"

Jing Yan rubbed his hair and said, "This is a newly developed second-generation product with some improvements."

Xiaoyao gave a "wow" in admiration: "No wonder, the equipment is so cool!" As Jing Yan taught him to break through the level step by step, Xiaoyao looked at him in addition to adoration or worship, pestering him to ask questions, Not at all.

Su Xiaomu cast her eyes on Jing Yan. His poplin shirt was casually rolled up to the elbows, and his white trousers sat directly on the floor. She felt sorry for him. She vaguely remembered that he only wore a few custom-made brands, and such a suit was enough. I bought a few square meters in the capital, but this man probably doesn't have much sense of money.

She quietly left this space that only belonged to father and son.When it was almost time to eat, she went back in and asked quietly, "Are you eating here?"

Jing Yan was taken aback, but didn't answer right away, but Xiaoyao's expectant smiling face was a little disappointed, and he put down the remote control panel and lowered his head, muttering: "Are you going to leave after coming here for a while? In fact, the dishes made by mom are delicious... "

There was a trace of hesitation in Jing Yan's eyes, and he paused before whispering: "I have nothing else to do today, I can play with you all day." In fact, the phone in my pocket vibrated many times, because tomorrow is He had never paid attention to the signing ceremony of a merger and acquisition cooperation project worth over [-] million yuan. He who neglected business like this seemed like another completely unfamiliar person.

Xiao Yao's face immediately turned cloudy, and he still didn't forget to turn around and say to Su Xiaomu, "Mom, I want to eat shredded pork with Beijing sauce." Then he pushed his chin up and tried his best to sell it to Jing Yan, "Trust me, it's really delicious! "

Jing Yan smiled again: "Oh? You must try it." He said and gave Su Xiaomu a thoughtful look, which made her blush with embarrassment.

Both he and she knew that her cooking skills in the past were actually not good, especially a man like Jing Yan who had high requirements for clothing, food, housing and transportation was even more picky, and it was already a great face to her to be able to eat that once.Fortunately, in the past ten years, in addition to raising a son, her cooking and coffee making skills have improved a lot.

In this kind of weather, if there were only her and Xiaoyao on weekdays, they would be able to deal with it by cooking something casually, but it would be absolutely impossible if there was Jing Yan.It was still raining heavily outside, so she took an umbrella and walked to the supermarket attached to the community, and it took more than half an hour to check out.

She was holding two bags of things in her hand, and was struggling to open the umbrella. Suddenly, someone grabbed her wrist and said, "Let me help you." She took the things without waiting for her answer. She looked up and saw him Holding a large black umbrella with one hand, she has a slender figure, and just a single silhouette can paralyze all her nerves.

She lowered her eyes to hide her emotions, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a pleasant arc: "Why are you here?"

Jing Yan said calmly: "Xiao Yao is worried about you, so I must take a look." Feeling that the two bags of ingredients in his hand were not light, he squinted and saw that her shoulders were very thin, no, it should be said She was thinner all over, and such a petite woman had raised their son independently for nine years. He couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Su Xiaomu smiled and said nothing.

Accompanied by the sound of tick-tock falling on the umbrella, it seems that something is spreading.

Later, Su Xiaomu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Jing Yan ate two bowls of rice, and he didn't feel how reluctant he was by looking at his expression. I don't know if he cooperated so much because he didn't want to disappoint his son.

But after thinking about it, she felt that she was stupid, and she didn't owe him anything, so why would she have to pay careful attention every time she saw him?She educated herself hard in her heart.

Xiao Yao was excited all morning, and played for a while after eating, and fell asleep not long after.

Jing Yan came out of his son's room and saw Su Xiaomu walking back and forth in the kitchen, tidying up the kitchen utensils, but when he saw her in the past, he didn't feel much oily smoke, as if she was just the laughing and crying girl back then. girl.

He just stood aside, looking at her quietly, thoughtful.

Just now Xiao Yao whispered quietly in his ear: "Dad."

He couldn't find a suitable adjective for what kind of feeling it was at that time.

"You don't hate me anymore?" he asked.

Xiao Yao put the blanket over his head, muttered, "Mom told me to shout." Then he refused to speak.

He was taken aback, thinking that their relationship would be so tense after their reunion, and his slightly cold manner should make her hate him, but the current situation surprised him, and he couldn't help but think of the painting last night, the color in his eyes gradually deepened.

After packing up her things, Su Xiaomu suddenly found him leaning against the kitchen door and staring at her. She felt a little uncomfortable, wiped her hands and said casually, "If you have something to do, go first, I heard your phone rang several times .”

Jing Yan was silent for a while, and said to her, "Can I talk to you?"

Su Xiaomu nodded and made two cups of tea.

Suddenly he heard him say softly: "I want to apologize for my previous faux pas."

"Ah?" His apology stunned Su Xiaomu.

Jing Yan went on to say: "Your appearance was too sudden for me, and I'm used to solving problems quickly, so I didn't think too much about it."

Su Xiaomu raised her eyebrows slightly, holding a teacup and said reasonably: "It's okay, just make it clear, I'm also wrong about Xiaoyao, after all, I lied to you."

"You...Why did you decide to give birth to Xiaoyao?" Both he and she knew that that night was just an accident.

His sharp eyes stared at her without blinking, as if he wanted to see through her soul, not allowing her to escape.

She looked down at the tea color in the cup, and said softly: "At that time, the doctor said that my body was not suitable for abortion."

"It's even less suitable for pregnancy." He continued.

At this moment, Jing Yan's cold voice was the softest water and the sharpest blade to Su Xiaomu.

Her heart tightened. Sure enough, all the warmth was just an illusion.

Finally, she met his gaze calmly, and said without hesitation: "Then why don't you tell me, what reason do you want to hear from me?"

(End of this chapter)