Cui Qi stood on the side of the crib, looking at Lilia who was sleeping inside, she wanted to reach out and touch it but didn't dare, Lilia was too small, her head was not much bigger than Cui Qi's fist. He stretched out his hand, very carefully touched Lilia's little hand, it was so small, he thought, afraid of irritating her, quickly retracted, looked up at Henry and Sally, and saw their encouraging and amused eyes, he reached out again, and touched Lilia's little hand very lightly, and he held it in the palm of his hand. Lilia seemed to feel it in her sleep, tilted her head and shook her hands, smacked her lips and fell asleep again.

"You look like a novice," Henry said amusedly, as he put his arm on Cui Qi's shoulder and dragged him out of the room, "Alright, let Lilia get a good night's sleep, we still have some important things to discuss." ”

In the living room, Sally handed him a glass of whiskey on the rocks and asked him, "Would you like to see Lilia's picture?" ”

Cui Qi was still in confusion, and when he heard Sally say that there were photos, he nodded, and then he saw Lilia's life in just a few months. From a crumpled little old man to a pink and round ball, this change is magical. Most of the time she is asleep, and the photos record her various sleeping positions, occasionally she opens her eyes and smiles happily, and Cui Qi finds that her eyes are of different colors.

"She's sick," Henry said a little heavily, "we need your genes to cure her." "Accidents are always accompanied by surprises and surprises, Lilia's birth is not healthy, Winnie did not notice the existence of the little life in the early stages of pregnancy, she worked and played as always, and did not treat her body carefully, this accident led to Lilia's natural genetic defects. Heterochromia iris, her eyes look beautiful, but it means blindness and deafness for her. The good news is that this defect can be treated, although it may take years, although gene technology treatment is expensive, and although there is a lot of trouble with post-treatment convalescence, no one wants to give up.

Cui agreed to the treatment, only that he offered to take Lilia away.

"I'm sure it's just a joke," Henry said with a smile, patting Cui on the shoulder, and then asked when Cui Qi was free, they needed to do a genetic test to see if they were fit, and then he didn't give Cui Qi the possibility of talking at all.

"Winnie......" In Henry's chatter, Cui Qi finally found a chance to speak, he mentioned Winnie, she has not appeared since the beginning, and the doubts pressed in his heart At this time, he couldn't help but ask.

"She's still in the hospital doing postpartum recovery," Sally began. Because of an unexpected child, Winnie, is also in a lot of trouble, her work is in vain, her exposure is greatly reduced, and if she is unfortunately caught by the paparazzi, her image will collapse...... Although Henry and Sally were desperate to keep the child, the troubles seemed endless.

"Give you the child? Don't even think about it! "Trouble? There may be trouble, but Henry doesn't mind at all, and he is non-negotiable about Cui Qi's request, and resolutely opposes handing over the child to him.

"I need to talk to Winnie," Henry's attitude was tough, and so was Cui Qi, who had made up his mind that he would not let go of this child. Henry disagrees? All she needed to do was reach an agreement with Winnie, and Cui had already given up on negotiating with Henry.

"Of course Winnie won't agree," Henry said no, "Lilia is so young, she needs her mother!" ”

"You know, Lilia is too young and she needs her mother's feeding," Sally added.

"Oh! It's a shame you don't have breast milk," Henry patted him on the shoulder with a pretended regretful face, "Don't worry, we'll allow you to visit Lilia regularly." ”

Cui Qi was hit by the heart and lost in the first round, and he thought that he needed to calm down and think of a way.

His mind was still in disarray when he walked out of Thurwell's mansion, it came so suddenly, he still hadn't figured it out properly, and the argument with Henry only lasted a little, he wanted the child. Sitting in a taxi in a trance, listening to the taxi driver urging him three times to ask him where he was going, Cui Qi was excited to remember one thing, from beginning to end, neither Henry nor Sally proposed the matter of "marriage".

"You have a baby?! You want to raise her?! Wilson's eyes widened and he repeated it three times, and he was finally convinced that he had heard correctly, that his vague conjecture had come true, and that he was not so surprised, even though he had spilled his coffee.

"I think you need a lawyer, hopefully Daniel is free now!" Wilson rummaged through his business card and kept talking: "Maybe you still need a genetic counselor, Keeley, heterochromia is not as bad as you think, many people are completely no different from normal people except for the different eye color, maybe this is just a small unfortunate probability, the genetic counselor will tell you how to prepare......"

"I understand, Will, I'm just a little confused," Cui thought as he held his cup of hot coffee, "Maybe I should register my marriage with Winnie?" ”

There are more people who have babies in the United States and don't get married, and having children out of wedlock does not necessarily make people prejudiced, and the concepts of the East and the West are different.

“Oh! No!” He exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Although I don't know what you Orientals think, if you don't like her, marrying her is simply torture!" Wilson, who had been divorced twice before finding true love, used his cup history to tell him not to force himself.

Cui Qi didn't answer, thinking that "getting married" was just because he had children, and getting married in the East has always been a means of forcing marriage with a high success rate, but in the United States, people here don't seem to associate children with their families. The number of unmarried pregnancies is rising, and the divorce rate is also rising, these things seem common here, Henry and Sally didn't think about letting Winnie get married, the choice is their own, why force themselves.

However, if you don't get married, you face another problem, who raises children.

"Generally speaking, there is a good chance that such a young child will be awarded to the mother's side," Attorney Daniel raised his glasses and analyzed: "If you don't have any advantage in going to court, I'll settle it privately, and you don't want to make a big deal about it, do you?" ”

Cui Qi really has no intention of making a big fuss, after the legal process, not only will the success rate be low, but also the jury will participate, as a star, he doesn't want to make this matter all over the city.

"Maybe you can meet Winnie, maybe there's a windfall," Wilson suggested, but he didn't say anything likely.

The notice of genetic testing came down quickly, and on the third day after the appointment, the testing agency called to ask for the time, and Cui Xi made an appointment for the next day. A full set of detailed tests is time-consuming, and the results will come back in a month, which can only be waited. During this time, Cui went to see Winnie once, and Henry and Sally didn't seem to want to tell him where Winnie was, or Wilson took the trouble to help finally find Winnie's location, a private high-class hospital with good secrecy measures.

"Since the child is at Thurwell's house, Winnie must be nearby," Wilson gave Cui Chun the address he had gotten with a sense of accomplishment, "This is the only hospital, you can make an appointment to visit." ”

Cui Qi took a while to see Winnie, she didn't look good at all, the mental tension made her fall into a state of anxiety, Cui Qi thought that he probably understood why Henry and Sally didn't want him to meet with Winnie, she couldn't raise children at all in such a state, in fact, except for the daily feeding time, Lilia was always by Henry and Sally's side.

"Winnie has postpartum depression symptoms," said the nurse who led him as he walked down the corridor of the ward and reminded him to pay attention to what he said. Cui Qi knew what depression was, and when he saw Winnie's state, "I'm going to take Lilia away", he couldn't say it directly, maybe he needed a detour way.

"So what?" Wilson gossiped heartily and waited for him to follow.

"Next time, we'll talk about Lilia's ownership," Cui shook her head, preparing for the start of filming of "Life".

Wilson threw his hands on him, seizing the opportunity to ask him if he wanted to star in a commercial film: "Keeley, you know, gene therapy is very expensive, you should support your family." Wilson patted him on the shoulder and said he would help him find a good notebook if he wanted to.

Cui Qi was silent for a while, and this time he did not refuse.

The filming of "Life" begins at the end, Wende strolls on the country road, sometimes stopping to smell the flowers and sometimes stopping to look at the sky, leisurely, several students run by, happily calling "Teacher Wende", the whole picture is full of tranquility.

** is a director who pays great attention to psychological expressions, and before the beginning of this scene, he asked Cui Qi what he thought, when a qiē has become a thing of the past, he hopes that Cui Qi can express Wende's love for life.

"Love,** emphasized in his slightly accented English, "at this time, Winder is full of hope for the future, he sees a wonderful world, do you feel that way?" ”

Cui Qian blinked, he just remembered Lilia. There is a person in this world who is connected to his blood, this fact has been implemented little by little, and he is still not ready to be a father, but whenever he thinks of the person who is lying in the crib and is small and soft, his heart seems to touch the softest place, and the whole person softens and warms. He smiled, a faint smile, like a warm spring sun, in fact, there is still there, he thought, there is someone in this world who can make him come back wholeheartedly.