After hesitating for a long time, I pressed the appraisal report on the table. If it had come a little earlier, I would have accepted it and would have been thrilled. Because no one wants to be the one of unknown origins.

But now I don't want to watch it, and I don't want to know who I'm related to.

"Tao Ran, you really don't want to take a look?" Luo Xiaotian stopped me.

"I don't want to. I shook my head.

"But whether you look at it or not, it doesn't change the fact that you are my daughter. Luo Xiaotian said excitedly.

I glanced at him: "You just gave me life, in blood, maybe I am your daughter." But psychologically, we are strangers with only a few faces. ”

When I lived so big, I suddenly understood the meaning of the phrase "born lonely".

"Mr. Luo, goodbye. I stood up, didn't make any stops, turned and left.

As soon as I arrived at the door, my hand was grabbed violently, and Luo Xiaotian said loudly: "Tao Ran, there is a reason for it, can't you forgive me?"

"I have nothing to do with you, so I can't talk about forgiving or not forgiving. I looked at him calmly and said, "So, you can let go." ”

"Tao Ran, I am your biological father. The Tao family stole you from me. If it weren't for them, you would have grown up with us. Luo Xiaotian said.

I laughed: "Not necessarily, what a disappointing thing you have done, a woman found a place that no one knows alone to give birth to a child." You don't think you're at fault at all?"

I didn't save face for him when I spoke.

Parental affection, in addition to blood relationship, needs more emotional companionship. This is also the reason why there is an old Chinese saying that "there is no grace in life".

I'm a completely independent adult, and after going through so many complicated and cold family relationships, I don't have hope and no interest in this.

Now, my only relative is Doubao, what I can do is to grow up with him and create better conditions for him so that he can go further in the future.

"Tao Ran, don't you want to see your mother?" he asked again.

I hesitated, and stopped.

From Luo Xiaotian's account, he knew the whereabouts of my biological mother, but I also heard that she was doing well now. Is it necessary for me to show up, to upset her already peaceful and beautiful life?

"I can take you to her. Luo Xiaotian is too good at speculating on people's hearts, and said immediately.

I couldn't say no outright, so I hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll think about it." ”

This was the end of my meeting with him, and as he was leaving, he forced the report into my bag and said, "Go back and see, I didn't lie to you about anything." ”

As soon as I arrived at the parking lot, I saw He Xiao parking me, and after seeing me, his face was happy and he greeted me.

"Confessed?" he asked.

I sneered: "You already know what Luo Xiaotian is doing, right?"

"Yes. He said honestly.

But at the same time, he noticed that my face was not good, swallowed back the words that followed, paused and asked, "What's the matter?

"Do I need to recognize him?" I asked.

"There is money, there is heat, there is a hero, the master who stomps and trembles, why don't you recognize it?" He Xiao said this, looked at me strangely and asked, "Is your brain in water?"

"You're just getting water in your head. I love money, but I only love the money I earn. I raised my hand to pull him away from my eyes, "I'm not interested in this kind of cheap daddy falling from the sky. ”

"You're so stupid. He Xiao was speechless.

I pulled the car door and got into the car, and when he saw that I was really leaving, he quickly opened the co-pilot's door and sat down: "Tao Ran, think clearly." Such a man is really good, and if you miss it, you will be gone. What's more, don't they all say that there is only one man in the world who will love you for a lifetime, and that is your father. If you were his daughter, would it be difficult for so many people to do business?"

"I'd rather face these difficulties myself. I started the car and glanced at He Xiao, "You should tell me about this in advance, so that I can be mentally prepared." ”

He Xiao was talking all the way about what good it would be for me to recognize Luo Xiaotian as my father. I retorted at first, but then stopped talking.

I sent him home first, and he didn't give up after getting out of the car, and said to me: "Think about it again, how do you feel that your life has just begun, don't miss the opportunity God gave you to open and hang." ”

I rolled down the window and smiled at him: "He Xiao, think about it, if I am just a village girl working in the countryside now, with a husband who is not highly educated at home, and three big and small children, will Luo Xiaotian come all the way to recognize me." ”

He Xiao stopped talking for a while.

I closed the windows and drove away.

I'm not interested in Luo Xiaotian. No matter how I came to my adoptive parents, they raised me safely, and that's a great kindness. As for the biological father, I really don't care, if he does his duty as a father, I won't be taken away. Now to recognize relatives, what is the idea?

Blood is thicker than water, and that must be done every day.

As for my biological mother, I met him, but I didn't dare. Listening to Luo Xiaotian's meaning, she married into a wealthy businessman and has a good status in Singapore. My presence may not be a good thing for her.

I struggled with this question all night, didn't figure it out, but lost sleep.

The next day, Luo Xiaotian came uninvited and knocked on the door of my office.

"Mr. Luo, I don't have any business dealings with you, do I?" I asked.

At the moment when I opened my mouth to speak, I suddenly felt a sense of spatial dislocation. Inexplicably, I thought of Sheng Qingjin. She's such an interesting woman, first slept with my husband, and then slept with my dad?

What the is this!

Thinking of this, when I looked at Luo Xiaotian again, I felt a little disgusted.

He has read countless people, and immediately saw the displeasure on my face, and took the lead in speaking: "I came today to tell you that your adoptive mother's illness was fake, and I asked her to pretend to be sick and trick you back to check your body, and it took 300,000 yuan." So, you don't have to worry about her anymore now. ”

"What are you talking to me about this now?" I asked.

He looked at me and said slowly, "Nothing else, I just want to see you." You can deny me, but after I know who you are, it is impossible to deny you. In the future, when you do business in Hong Kong, you don't have to mind, I will handle it for you. You just have to do it. ”

I could tell that his words were kind, but I didn't like to hear them. So he said: "In the early days of my business, I really need someone to say to me, you let it go, you can't have me." But now I don't need to. Even if I go bankrupt again and start from scratch, I don't need anyone to rely on anymore. ”

Luo Xiaotian looked disappointed, and finally sighed and left.

No matter what he usually does, he has a very gentle but unapproachable aura, which is the feeling of a reclusive big brother in the rivers and lakes. However, when he left just now, he really looked like a frustrated old man from behind.

When I think of this, I can't help but smile and feel like I'm thinking too much.

People like Luo Xiaotian, as long as he is willing, there are a lot of women who are willing to give birth to children for him. If he wanted to get married, some girls younger than me would pounce on him.

He would have any genuine feelings for his own daughter who was separated thirty years ago.

So, what is his purpose!

I can't sleep even if I think about this matter a lot, and I can't sleep if I think about it less. After Luo Xiaotian came to me to confess his relatives to no avail, he didn't continue to come to me, occasionally found a phone call, gossiped a few words, and never said much when he heard that my tone was not good. If I'm still in the mood, he takes the initiative to talk about his business when he was younger, and he talks about it in detail.

However, things didn't go well for me personally, but KB was slowly straightening things out.

The weather in the north passes quickly in winter, and it will be the end of the year in an instant. The north wind blew cold day by day, and the first snow of the year also fell.

The snow fell suddenly, and Beijing's traffic was paralyzed in an instant.

I knew that the company had nothing to do recently, so I called Liu Shuang to tell her that she couldn't go to the company if she had something to do temporarily, and asked her to call me if she had an emergency.

In this way, I stole half a day of leisure.

I sat down on the floor-to-ceiling balcony of my study and moved the shelves to the floor, ready to rummage through them and throw away some old things.

The sun is good, and when the snow light is reflected into the house, people can't open their eyes.

I got up, closed the curtains, and sat down again. It's just that a note floats out of a book as soon as he gets his hand on it.

It's a yellow, the most common kind of sticky note paper.

There is a familiar font on it that reads "Tao Ran, isn't it just a divorce, look at your cowardice".

This is Gu Yixiao's handwriting, the book is called "Marriage Law", which was stuffed into my schoolbag by Gu Yixiao when I divorced Si Jianlian, and he said: "I will help you deal with all this, who asked you to entrust me with such an important case." However, if you have time, you should also read this book, so as not to be deceived again. ”

I got the book back, but I didn't turn a page. Unexpectedly, he would put a note in it. If I had seen this at the time, I would have called him and scolded him.

Now that I see it, tears are raining down.

I endured it for so long, thinking that I could really live a normal life, and I didn't want to bother to maintain just a layer of paper, and there were still deep visible wounds under the paper, and time passed, but there was no healing.

"Gu Yixiao, isn't it just losing a company, look at your cowardice. I whispered, like he was still smiling in front of me.

The snow was about to melt, so I suddenly stood up with a sticky note, walked quickly downstairs, got in the car, opened the navigation, and entered the address of the cemetery.

There is a traffic jam in the urban area, and there are a lot fewer cars out of the fourth ring road. I'm going to the suburbs on the highway again, and there are fewer people.

An hour later, I arrived at the cemetery gate.

"Miss, do you want to buy some sacrificial supplies? There are flowers, paper money, ingots, and dried fruits. "Somebody came up to do business.

Suddenly, I felt strange, took a step back, glanced at the name of Wan Qing Gongmu, and suddenly wondered: "Why did I come here? Will he die? Will he die of such a scourge?"

I bypassed the salesman and strode towards the parking lot. Behind them, they whispered and discussed: "Look at this look, it is estimated that it is my husband, who has arrived and left, maybe it is because of the death of the third child." ”

In the past, I would be angry and theorize, but now I don't have the heart to do so, sneered twice, and actually left like this.

I sat in the car and burst into tears.

Powerless.

Eventually, I was delayed in receiving the bean packets. I called the teacher and asked her to spend a little more time with the child, and I went over right away.

At the school gate, I saw Luo Xiaotian.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

"Passing by. He said, "By the way, take a look at the child." ”

I glanced at him, handed the pick-up card to the security guard at the door, and entered the school. When I came out, Luo Xiaotian was still at the door.

"Passing by until now?" I asked.

"This time it's waiting for you, specialized. Luo Xiaotian said, "Let's have a meal together, I'm going back to Hong Kong tomorrow." ”

"Good. I replied, "But there are a lot of things I won't talk about." ”

I don't want the child to know too much, Luo Xiaotian also understood, and nodded.

He should have made arrangements before he came, drove in front to lead the way, and soon found a good private restaurant in the alley, and there was actually a private room after entering.

In recent years, the aristocratic private dishes in Beijing have been very popular, and the common feature is that they are delicious and expensive, and they must also make an appointment, in Gu Yixiao's words, they are pretending to be an artifact.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

He smiled and said, "Yes, I do everything like this, whether I succeed or not, I will do what I need to do." Let's eat it first, this dish has a light taste and is suitable for children. ”

With that, he handed the menu to the bean bag.

Doubao glanced at me, and I smiled: "You can order whatever you want, this grandfather has a treat today." ”

"Oh, thank you grandpa. Doubao smiled sweetly at Luo Xiaotian.

The more this little guy grows up now, the sweeter his mouth becomes, and he can't be clever when he sees what people say. People think it's the result of my education, but it's not. In the past two years, he has experienced too many things and has grown by himself.

At the beginning, when I treated him as a little baby every day, he was a stupid white sweet in this regard, and he didn't understand anything.

Later, I let go, and I didn't have time to care, and he grew up quickly.

The dishes were all served, and Luo Xiaotian didn't eat much, looking at the bean buns with a doting face. I ate a few bites of food, and suddenly saw his expression, and I inexplicably thought about the son Sheng Qingjin gave him. He immediately said, "Mr. Luo, who is taking your youngest son now?"

The smile on Luo Xiaotian's face was a little embarrassed and said: "Now there are two nannies and a childcare teacher, and when he is two and a half years old, I will send him to kindergarten." ”

"How old is your son?" I asked.

He was stunned for a moment, and said even more embarrassedly: "One year old and three months." ”

"Then when your son grows into his twenties, there will be nineteen years to be able to take charge on his own, and you will be in your seventies by then, which is really a bit hard. I said.

Luo Xiaotian stopped talking.

During this period of time, I also thought about the reason why Luo Xiaotian came to recognize me. He is now fifty-five years old, and he really belongs to the old age. And Sheng Qingjin gave birth to his son is only a little more than a year old, does he want to entrust this child to me, let me watch the company for him as the eldest sister, and wait until he is an adult, and then let me return the company.

Other than that, I can't think of any other reason why he came to me.

Now, his lack of explanation convinced me of the idea, and I couldn't help but sneer.

"Not what you think. Luo Xiaotian said calmly, "It has nothing to do with that child." He, I'll raise him, give him a sum of money, and the rest has nothing to do with him. ”

It's all nonsense, I don't believe it, so I didn't answer him.

"He came from a calculation, how much affection do you think I can have for him?" he added.

"You don't have to explain this to me, I don't care, I don't care, it has nothing to do with me. "As I said that, I ate and was a little nauseous.

"You still mind. He looked at me.

Of course I mind, my husband's junior child gave birth to my father?

What bullshit this is.

"But even if you mind, I can't change that fact. I can't give him to his mom because that would ruin his life. By my side, there is no guarantee that he will be rich and rich, but at least he will be able to live without food and clothing for the rest of his life. Moreover, the three views should be positive. Luo Xiaotian said again.

I glanced at the bean bag that had pricked up my ears, smiled and said, "That's your family matter, and I don't have much to say." Let's eat, the dishes are cold. ”

Next, the meal became much duller.

The next day, Luo Xiaotian still left. Before he got on the plane, he called me and said earnestly: "Tao Ran, I just want to do my duty as a father to you, and I don't have any other thoughts. In the future, if you need help with anything, be sure to call me. ”

I snorted.

On the third day after he left, Sheng Qingjin's final verdict came out.

She was sentenced to three years, suspended for three years.

Basically, it can be said that he was acquitted in court.

In the courtroom, Doubao stood beside me, looking at Sheng Qingjin opposite, and Si Jianlian in the auditorium, the things in his eyes were very complicated, so complicated that I couldn't understand them.

Sheng Qingjin glanced at me and smiled triumphantly.

When I came out of the courthouse, I didn't want to stay longer, so I was about to leave with a bean bag. However, Sheng Qingjin blocked my way, touched my stomach with one hand, carried a Hermes bag with the other, and said to me: "Tao Ran, you want to kill me, right? But it's not that simple." The baby in my belly is my lucky charm. ”

"Who do you know who the child is this time?" I asked rhetorically.

In a word, Sheng Qingjin's face turned pale.

However, she quickly relented and smiled at me: "So what, even if I gave birth to someone else's child, Si Jianlian still forgave me, and now we are back together, and we will have our own child soon, and we will always be happy." Tao Ran, do you have it? Even if you give birth to him, aren't you also divorced? Do you think he loves you? Hehe. ”

She sneered twice at the end, and was ready to sell me a pass and let me question her.

However, I am not interested in these feelings now, and I saw that she finished pulling the bean bag and left. She trotted a few steps and caught up again, stopped me again, and said, "The person he loves most is me, and he can forgive me for all my mistakes." ”

"There is a saying that the word is matched with a dog, and it lasts forever. I smiled at her, "Bless you for a long time." ”

I walked away, and Sheng Qingjin cursed me twice behind me. I didn't really hear it, and I didn't take it to heart.

When I got to the car, I let go of my hand and asked carefully, "Mom, are you angry?"

"No, Mom is fine. It's just that mom is angry for you and let you have such a dad, I'm sorry. "I apologize to him in earnest.

"It's okay, I don't mind. Bean Bao said, turning his head outside.

I knew that his eyes were red, and he couldn't hold back his tears for a long time, but at this time, I couldn't tell him. He wants to act grown up and sensible in front of me, and I don't poke him.

When we got home, our mother and son returned to normal and smiled at each other.

He reached out and hugged my neck, and the little man hung in my arms, his head rested on my shoulder, and he said in a soft voice, "Mom, I will protect you in the future." ”

"Okay, thank you baby. I kissed him on the cheek.

I was discussing something to eat with Doubao, someone rang the doorbell, and when I looked up, it was Duan Jingchen standing outside.

"Uncle Duan is here. Bean Bag trotted over to open the door.

When Duan Jingchen saw Doubao, he smiled reluctantly, bent down and touched his head and said, "Doubao, you go upstairs to read a book by yourself, and I'll discuss something with your mother." ”

"Is it my father's business?" asked Doubao looking up at him.

Duan Jingchen's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he said to me, "He is so young, how can you let him know this?"

"He went to the court with me, and in the courtroom, Si Jianlian didn't mind defending the woman. I said, "Now that we're separated, I'm shallow, and I don't even want the last fig leaf." However, think about it, too, for him, whoever gives birth to a child is the same. ”

"Tao Ran, you can't do this, Doubao is just a child who hasn't gone to elementary school. Don't let him ......" Duan Jingchen said this, paused for a moment and said, "Doubao, you go up first, uncle and mother have important things to discuss." ”

"Okay Uncle Duan, see you later. Doubao said.

After he went upstairs, Duan Jingchen said to me that he hated iron and steel: "As for it, just a divorce will hit you like this, look at your cowardice." ”

My heart warmed, and I was stunned when I looked at Duan Jingchen.

I didn't hear what he said, but I heard him ask at the end: "I have recently prepared a new company in Beijing, and I will rent an office building first, do you have any suggestions?"

"What did you just say?" I was shocked.

"I've come back to take over my family's business, and I happen to have a few pieces of land in Beijing's Fifth Ring Road, and I'm ready to develop it. So, now I'm working on a new company. Duan Jingchen said.

"You resigned?" I asked.

"Hmm. He nodded cheerfully.

"Why?" I was really anxious.

Duan Jingchen really entered the army because of the conflict with the obstacles of his family, but now that ten years have passed, he has been injured all his life, and a future that has broken out has been ruined like this?

"You're not in the water!" I yelled at him, "and you don't want to discuss it with me." ”

"I'm sorry, I should have discussed it with you in advance, but I knew in advance that you wouldn't agree, so I made a decision directly. He looked at me and smiled, "In addition, it is a matter of time before I resign, I am the only child in my family, I don't accept the company, do you want to donate it?" If I do this, I don't mind, my grandfather can mind climbing up from the ground." ”