Chapter 169: The Old Man Reminisces
Hearing Xu Mei's voice again, I felt like I was in a different world.
So much has happened in these months that I have the illusion that I have broken one day into three days.
The voice on the phone was still as gentle and drizzly as before, magnetic and soft.
Xu Mei asked me to meet, and she said that she had arrived at the café downstairs of the Qianye Building.
As I passed by a place of reflective glass, I stood there and took a picture, straightened my clothes, and then strode with confident steps.
In the café, there were a few people sitting in twos and threes.
In front of a table leaning against a floor-to-ceiling glass window, an adult and a child are enjoying the warm winter sun.
"Daddy!"
I hadn't gotten any closer before the sharp-eyed Shanshan recognized me as she jumped off the couch and crashed into my arms.
"Shanshan, you have grown taller, over there, have you listened to your mother?"
I rubbed Shanshan's hair, and when I heard the word "Dad" again, my heart was full of mixed feelings.
"Mmmm, I listen to my mother, Dad hugs me!" Shanshan opened her arms and made a gesture asking me to hug her.
After a long absence, I was also moved in my heart, I picked up Shanshan, and her face was full of innocent joy.
"It's so big and let Dad hug it, come down. ”
I came to Xu Mei with Shanshan in my arms, she spoke with a straight face and looked exactly the same as before, but now she has a feeling of a noblewoman, and she is more mature and charming than before, which is heartwarming.
"Is there anything wrong with asking me out today?" I asked straight to the point.
"Shanshan wants to see you, and I've made trouble many times, so I took her back to China to see you. ”
Xu Mei's eyes were a little dodgy, and her makeup was a little thick today, so that her whole face was like a whitewashed wall, thick and bloodless.
"It's all my fault, I didn't take the initiative to contact you, Shanshan, I'll take you to the playground in the afternoon, okay?" I turned to Shanshan.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, ”
"Dad, can you come with us, we still live together as before, so that you can also help when Uncle Fang beats Mom. ”
"Shanshan, don't talk nonsense!" Xu Mei scolded sharply, and Shanshan suddenly cried in fright.
"What are you doing, what are you throwing tantrums at a child? Shanshan was scared to cry by you. I took a tissue, helped her wipe her tears and comforted her.
Shanshan suddenly pulled out Xu Mei's arm and pushed her clothes up.
Bruises and scabs of wounds are prominent.
This is only a small patch of exposed skin, and if it were the whole body, I would not dare to think about it.
Xu Mei's eyes suddenly burst into a haze, and Shanshan also hugged Xu Mei and sobbed.
I knew that Fang Shibin had domestic violence against Xu Mei, but I didn't expect him to beat Xu Mei so badly.
Just when I was surprised, Shanshan also stretched out her white arms like lotus roots.
There are also some bruises on it that can still be seen clearly.
"Brute!"
I slammed the table hard, causing everyone around me to look at us.
I restrained my anger and rubbed my delicate little arm in distress.
It's okay to beat Xu Mei, Shanshan is his own daughter, and he can even do it!
Fang Shibin, you don't deserve to be a father!
"Does it still hurt?" I asked softly, gently rubbing Shanshan's little arm.
Shanshan wiped a handful of tears and shook her head.
"It doesn't hurt, Shanshan doesn't hurt anymore, Dad, you reconcile with your mother, I don't like Uncle Fang, he always beats his mother when he's unhappy, and he beats me when I cry, telling me not to cry." ”
"I'm going to call you, and he won't let you, and as soon as he says he's coming back, he'll hit his mother harder. ”
"Dad, I don't want to go back, this time we ran out secretly. ”
"If Uncle Fang arrests us back, he will kill my mother, Dad, will you leave me and my mother behind?"
Shanshan cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, which made people feel distressed.
When the three or two coffee drinkers around heard this, they all came around, pointed at me and said, let me leave Xu Mei and Shanshan.
said that the children were pitiful, and the stepfather was too human, and they were all trying to persuade peace.
I also felt uncomfortable, I thought that Xu Mei and Shanshan would live a better life if they went to Fang Shibin's side.
Unexpectedly, materially it is improved, but it has to endure physical, mental and psychological devastation.
If I had known that they had been persecuted in this way, I would never have agreed to a divorce!
At least, I'm not going to let go of the past and suffer in the past.
The piping hot coffee cleared the last trace of mist, and Xu Mei told me about the bits and pieces of how she took Shanshan over there.
After listening to it, I was even more convinced that Fang Shibin was not a human being.
Not only domestic violence Xu Mei and Shanshan, but also have multiple lovers outside.
What's even more disgusting is that he changes female secretaries faster than going to the toilet, and Xu Mei has seen a small room in his company office with a large bed and various utensils.
If you are so diligent, aren't you afraid of kidney deficiency? Aren't you afraid of dying of J!
When he was still studying together at school, he had ill intentions towards those beautiful female classmates and tried his best to rub oil and incense.
After becoming a rich man, he began to carry out wild stallion behavior.
Phew, what a shame for men!
If I become rich, I ...... Ahem.
"Wenshan, the main reason for coming back this time is to see you, you and Lu Yinyin should be married, right?" Xu Mei's tone carried a hint of expectation and a hint of worry.
Does she really want to change her mind?
"No, not married. The right side of my face twitched unnaturally and gave me an awkward smile.
"Oh, why aren't you married yet?" Xu Mei's face became obviously lighter, and her tone became a little lighter.
"There was something delayed, but she was pregnant. I added.
"Really, congratulations, you're finally going to have your own little family. ”
Xu Mei lowered her head slightly, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
"Dad, you don't want me and Mom anymore?" Shanshan choked back tears, about to cry.
"Shanshan doesn't cry, Dad doesn't want you and Mom, Dad just, just ......"
I didn't know how to comfort Shanshan to get her to stop crying.
"He just doesn't want you and your mother anymore, because he will soon have his own home and his own children, and you are not his own daughter, your biological father, or the uncle Fang who beat your mother and beat you!"
"Shut up!"
I got up angrily, turned around and saw Lu Yinyin walking towards us with her stomach on her back.
I was stunned, how could Lu Yinyin know that I was here?
She walked up to me, put one hand on my shoulder, pressed me back into her seat, and then carefully sat next to me, showing a seemingly kind smile at Xu Mei.
A touch of emptiness flashed on Xu Mei's face, she got up and said, "Wenshan, since she is here, I will leave with Shanshan first, you should still have something to say." ”
"Wait a minute. ”
"Slow down and don't send it!"
Lu Yinyin and I spoke at the same time, but I kept Xu Mei, and Lu Yinyin asked her to leave quickly.
I got up and grabbed Xu Mei's arm: "Wait a minute, I'll go with you." ”