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The relationship between people is so strange.
One moment, I say I will love you forever.
The next moment...
When I said that sentence at that time, I was sincere.
But sincerity is ever-changing.
Wen Lingxiu's plan to make Lu Xing stay forever was completely overturned!
It was Lu Xing who reminded her.
She didn't mind Lu Xing's past, but Lu Xing's past might affect Nannan.
What if Lu Xing attended Nannan's parent-teacher conference in the future, but ran into his ex-client at the conference?
The probability of this is very small, but it is definitely not zero.
Let it be.
The neon lights of the city shone into the car. Wen Lingxiu looked at Lu Xing and Nannan playing happily through the rearview mirror.
Let it be.
Her contract with Lu Xing was signed until June.
Lu Xing had the most handsome appearance, the most powerful body, and the most gentle personality.
By that time.
He would be admitted to university, he would meet many new people, and he would have a new world.
And she...
Would also find a new father for Nannan.
While waiting at a red light, Wen Lingxiu looked at Lu Xing's sunny and handsome face, a little lost in thought.
The time she had with Lu Xing was running out.
Thinking of this, Wen Lingxiu sighed lightly.
She might...
She might be quite fond of Lu Xing.
But she was already 31 years old, long past the age where love alone is enough to sustain you.
Before, she chose Lu Xing because he could coax Nannan.
Now, she was giving up on Lu Xing because his past experiences were no longer suitable.
Compared to like...
Isn't suitability more important?
She only had Nannan. Nannan's feelings were the most important.
Wen Lingxiu glanced at the warm scene of the father and daughter playing in the rearview mirror again, feeling a dull, knife-cutting pain in her heart.
When everything is marked with a deadline, a sense of urgency follows.
Wen Lingxiu sighed again.
After Lu Xing's college entrance exam, I should persuade him not to do this line of work anymore.
With Lu Xing's software and hardware, he will attract many... girls in university.
Swish.
The next second.
An orange-flavored lollipop, unwrapped, was brought to her lips, accompanied by Nannan's milky voice.
"Mommy, don't sigh! Eat candy, and be happy quickly!"
Wen Lingxiu turned her head back in astonishment.
Lu Xing was holding Nannan, looking at her with a smile and a raised eyebrow.
"Try it. It's very sweet."
He didn't like sweets, but his pockets were always stocked with candy, chocolate, and tissues.
They would always come in handy.
Wen Lingxiu smiled, opened her mouth, and put the lollipop by her lips into her mouth.
"It's very sweet."
Whatever.
After Lu Xing gets into university, I'll give him another sum for his tuition fees.
Consider it her... compensation.
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Bedroom
After returning home, washing up, and resting...
Wen Lingxiu held her phone and said to Lu Xing, who had just picked up a storybook.
"Xing-xing, you read Nannan a story first. I have something to do with the company. I'm going to make a phone call."
Lu Xing blinked his eyes, made an OK gesture, and said with full confidence.
"Don't worry, leave it to me and I'll definitely screw it up!"
Pfft.
Wen Lingxiu gave him a sideways glance, smiled, and left the bedroom.
Lu Xing lay on the bed. Nannan clutched her two little hands and stared at him with blinking eyes.
"Daddy, what are we listening to tonight!"
"What does Nannan want to listen to?" Lu Xing handed the storybook to Nannan. "How about letting Nannan choose a story today?"
Nannan fumbled to catch the storybook, as if she had been given a difficult task. Her little face wrinkled up, and she began to flip through the storybook with great solemnity.
Lu Xing couldn't help but sigh.
Having children these days is so damn expensive. A stupid picture book dares to sell for 89 yuan? It's more expensive than a 79-yuan eyebrow pencil!
What a nerve!
Looking at Nannan's chubby little face, Lu Xing asked with a smile.
"Was Nannan happy at kindergarten today?"
"Happy!"
A child's emotions are always abundant.
Relaxation was a rare state for Lu Xing. He flipped himself over like a pancake and asked lazily.
"Then Nannan has to remember, if you're unhappy at school, you must tell Mommy when you get back!"
"If any teacher or classmate always wants to touch you, don't endure it. You must tell us when you get back!"
Lu Xing nagged on, just like a real old father worrying about his daughter.
Sigh.
He seemed to understand Old Man Wei a little now.
Nannan listened to Lu Xing's nagging, suddenly looked up, and asked with blinking eyes.
"Daddy, are you leaving?"
What?
Lu Xing was instantly on alert. The string in his mind instantly tensed up. He showed a professional smile.
"Daddy is right here."
Nannan wrinkled her little face, threw the storybook aside, and crawled in front of Lu Xing.
She thought for a moment, then reached out her chubby little hand and pressed down the curve of Lu Xing's mouth.
"Daddy, your smile just now wasn't pretty."
How is that possible?
He had practiced every one of his smiles in front of the mirror countless times. How could it not be pretty!
"Then it must be that Daddy is getting old. Boo-hoo, Nannan is growing up, and Daddy is starting to get old."
Lu Xing tried to play the victim to get by.
Nannan shook her head and said seriously.
"Daddy's eyes weren't smiling."
Lu Xing was stunned.
He had underestimated the situation because she a child.
So inappropriate.
Negligence.
This was serious negligence!
How could he let a child see through it?
Such a failure!
Nannan squeezed herself into Lu Xing's arms and said in a small voice.
"Xing-xing, can you tell Nannan when you leave?"
Lu Xing fell silent.
He should have spoken, but Nannan was more perceptive than he had imagined.
"Daddy, are you also going to become a star? Then will Nannan also become a star?"
Lu Xing was taken aback for a moment. He felt that the meaning in Nannan's words was a bit strange, so he asked.
"Why will you become a star?"
Nannan counted on her fingers and said.
"Because Daddy became a star, Mommy became a star, Grandpa, Grandma, they all became stars. When people leave, they all become stars."
This isn't right!
Really not right!
Lu Xing's head was buzzing. He could understand that Nannan's biological dad had become a star because he had died.
But why did she say Mommy had also become a star?
Wasn't Wen Lingxiu just outside on the phone?
And what was with Grandpa and Grandma?
Ever since he started spending time with Auntie Wen and Nannan, he seemed to have never seen Nannan's grandparents!
Logically speaking, since Nannan's biological dad was dead, Nannan was their only bloodline. How could they not come to see her?
Not right!
Too not right!
Lu Xing's mind was already rapidly recalling the details he had missed, but his hand was still slowly patting and coaxing Nannan in his arms.
"I'm not leaving. I'll stay here with Nannan."
"Daddy, sing a song for Nannan."
Nannan lay in Lu Xing's arms, drowsy.
Lu Xing nodded. "Okay."
He gently patted Nannan's back, slowly rocking the child in his arms, and sang softly.
"Rock and sway, rock and sway, fifteen rocks past the spring equinox is grandma's bridge.
Waiting and waiting, for grandma, for grandma, calling sweetly.
Noisy and noisy, puffed rice candy sticking to the corner of my mouth, never getting enough to eat..."
Inside the room
The soft and gentle singing slowly flowed.
Outside the room.
Wen Lingxiu's forehead was pressed against the door, tears streaming down her face.
(SHMOLL: I am crying too, damn it!)
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