Su Nian remembered that Ye Shucheng originally said that when he was free, he would come to see Mianmian.

However, counting the few times the nanny said, plus today-

She just walked around the corner, and after a distance, she saw from the open door of the classroom that Ye Shucheng was touching Ye Shucheng inside, and she stopped.

Where is he free to come to see Mianmian, it is clear that he comes every day.

She smiled a little helplessly, leaned against the wall, just looked at it, no longer walked forward, Mianmian raised her head and smiled at Ye Shucheng, still saying something, her heart was soft, and she suddenly felt that it was a disturbance for her to go in.

She understands that adults should not let children bear the consequences, but now, how to make Mianmian accept the truth is a big problem.

After all, Mianmian's understanding of "Dad" is still a little deformed.

Including Ye Shucheng's side - so far, there are some words that neither of them have explained, even if he comes to see Mianmian every day, he has never asked Mianmian's life experience again.

She thought he might know, but his guess was one thing, and it was another for her to confess and admit it, and to say it meant making a decision.

Mianmian inadvertently turned her head, and saw Su Nian being stunned outside, and called out: "Mom! ”

Ye Shucheng was stunned for a moment and looked back.

Su Nian was also stunned for a moment, and when she saw that Ye Shucheng also turned her face sideways and smiled at her, she went inside.

Mianmian trotted over and hugged her legs, she touched Mianmian's head, and heard Ye Shucheng ask, "Are you here to pick it up today?" ”

She nodded, and just as she was about to say something, Mianmian suddenly spoke, "Mom, where is Uncle He?" I haven't seen him in days. ”

Su Nian and Ye Shucheng were both stunned.

Su Nian didn't expect that Mianmian would mention He Fan at this time, she felt a little embarrassed, and Yu Guang carefully swept Ye Shucheng's expression.

Sure enough, he lowered his head, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

Her heart seemed to be pricked by a dense needle, and there was a slight pain.

Her smile stiffened, and she bent over to hold Mianmian's hand, "Uncle He has a meeting in the field these days, and he will only come back next Monday." ”

Mianmian let out an "oh", and her expression was clearly a little disappointed.

Su Nian's brain was hot, and he looked at Ye Shucheng with a smile, "It's okay, you still have Uncle Ye, Uncle Ye can accompany you more these days." ”

Ye Shucheng was stunned.

Mianmian was the first to speak: "But Uncle Ye only comes over for a while after class every time......"

There is actually a reason why Ye Shucheng chooses this time every day.

For this reason, Su Nian can probably guess it, because He Fan rarely comes directly to pick up Mianmian without an agreement in advance, and Yu Kun will not come, she can't take care of it as soon as she goes to work, and she is accompanied by a nanny, so this is the only place where Ye Shucheng can approach Mianmian without scruples.

Su Nian understood, but Mianmian didn't understand, even if he said it, Mianmian would definitely not be able to understand it, so Mianmian's words made Su Nian speechless for a while.

Ye Shucheng also bent down and half-squatted down, matching the height of Mianmian's line of sight, "When does Mianmian feel that she needs me to accompany you, can you call me?" ”

Mianmian's eyes lit up, "Is it okay at any time?" ”

Ye Shucheng nodded firmly, "Anytime." ”

"Don't ......" Su Nian said depressedly, glanced at Ye Shucheng, and looked at Mianmian, "Your Uncle Ye also has a job, come and see that you have already found time, don't make trouble for others." ”

"It's okay with me," Ye Shucheng spoke up, looking at Su Nian deeply, "If you have anything, you can call me at any time, and I will be there." ”

She saw the firmness in his eyes, but she didn't speak, pursed her lips and lowered her head.

Ye Shucheng asked her again, "Mr. He is on a business trip?" ”

She nodded, "It's not far away, I'll have a meeting in the city, and I'll be back soon." ”

He bowed slightly, "If you need any help, remember to find me." ”

Mianmian interjected, "But I don't have a cell phone...... Mom won't let me use my phone—"

"You always play games on your phone, it's not good for your eyes, it's a waste of time." Su Nian interrupted by twisting his eyebrows.

The little girl pouted, very unhappy, "Without a mobile phone, how can I call Uncle Ye?" ”

Su Nian's mind was a little messy, and he accidentally said a word to let Ye Shucheng accompany him more, but he was endlessly entangled with the little girl and Ye Shucheng.

What she was most afraid of before was actually this situation, after all, Mianmian was also the backbone of her life, Ye Shucheng and Mianmian had too many contacts, and her contact with Ye Shucheng was unavoidable.

Ye Shucheng raised his hand to hold Mianmian's hand, "Then you can call me from your mother's phone." ”

Mianmian asked Su Nian, "Is it okay?" ”

Ye Shucheng also looked at Su Nian, Su Nian suddenly felt a little pressure, like a mang on his back, he was silent for a few seconds helplessly, and nodded.

"Bravo!" Mianmian clapped her hands, and Su Nian turned her face away depressedly and got up.

She felt that the situation was getting a little out of control.

Although she also wanted Ye Shucheng to accompany Mianmian more, but now that Yu Kun is on a business trip, He Fan is also out of town, if they come back, they find out that Ye Shucheng and the child still have so many contacts, it will be fatal.

Let's not talk about He Fan first, it is estimated that Yu Kun will not be able to spare her.

She had a headache when she thought about it, and when she walked out with Mianmian and Ye Shucheng, her mood was obviously low.

In the elevator, Ye Shucheng glanced at Mianmian, suddenly approached her, and lowered his voice, "Can I buy her a mobile phone?" ”

She was stunned and looked at him with a hesitant expression.

He explained, "I want to call her, and if she always uses your phone, it might ......"

He paused, "It's not very convenient. ”

Where is inconvenient, it is clear that she doesn't want to answer his call.

He could already see from her stiff expression just now, he couldn't expect more now, and he didn't want to upset her, being able to see Mianmian from time to time, and seeing her occasionally, it was already a gift from God to him, and he didn't want to disgust her anymore and ruin all this.

She hesitated for a few seconds, a little confused, "She always uses her phone to play games. ”

“…… All right. ”

He seemed to have given up, and his face was a little depressed.

She suddenly couldn't bear it, "Actually, it's okay. ”

He froze.

She added, "You can call me to find her, it's okay," after a few seconds of pause, she added, "As long as I'm with her, I'll let her answer the phone, and you can talk to her more these days...... She loves you a lot. ”

His eyes lit up, as if a small flame flickered, "Thank you." ”

The tip of her nose was astringent, and she suddenly felt as if she had done something cruel.

But if she really wants to have a showdown with Ye Shucheng immediately and tell the truth now, she can't do it.

She began to contradict again.

……

Early education ended early, Ye Shucheng returned to the company, and An Ziyan was waiting for him in the office.

Seeing Ye Shucheng come in, An Ziyan tugged at the corners of his lips, "What's wrong, don't you usually listen to the sales department report on Fridays?" I thought you must be here today, but it ended up keeping me waiting so long. ”

Ye Shucheng raised his hand and loosened his tie and sat down, "There are more important things today, so the report has been postponed a little," paused, and looked at An Ziyan, "If you want to come over, call in advance, I've been very busy recently, and I want to make an appointment when I see you." ”

An Ziyan was dumbfounded and looked at him.

It's really weird, Ye Shucheng is laughing, and he is smiling very happily, as if he is in a good mood.

An Ziyan asked, "Did you take the wrong medicine?" ”

Ye Shucheng ignored him.

He was unwilling, "What have you been busy with lately?" Are there any big orders? Don't toss alone, everyone earns money together, tell me......"

Ye Shucheng shook his head, "No." ”

An Ziyan looked at him like a monster, "Then what are you stupid about?" ”

Ye Shucheng said: "I went to see Mianmian just now, and Su Nian told me that I could call her to find Mianmian in the future." ”

"......" An Ziyan was dumbfounded, "Didn't I hear that Su Nian and that Mr. He are very close?" ”

An Ziyan didn't open any pot, and Ye Shucheng's face was a little dark when he landed.

"The point I'm talking about is Mianmian, Mianmian," he emphasized, "The little girl likes me very much, Su Nian agreed for me to see her, and I have given her gifts these days." ”

An Ziyan was amazed, "You ...... You and Su Nian still have children, what is the situation now? ”

This question was a bit delicate, Ye Shucheng was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer.

Although nothing is clear, it is more like a tacit understanding.

He felt that Su Nian understood him, otherwise she wouldn't give him a chance to meet Mianmian.

He was silent for a few seconds and said, "I just need to see her and the child." ”

An Ziyan's mouth opened and he didn't speak.

Ye Shucheng usually doesn't show weakness, but such a sentence is distressing.

Both of them were silent for a moment, Ye Shucheng took out his mobile phone and showed it to An Ziyan, "This is Mianmian...... Pretty cute, right? ”

An Ziyan saw the little girl on the mobile phone screen, chubby, and gesturing with a dance pose, with a bright smile on her face.

Ye Shucheng said very slowly: "Su Nian educated her very well, she is lively and generous, and she is not afraid of people's ......."

Next, Ye Shucheng said a lot of things about Mianmian, and An Ziyan felt that this seemed to be the most time he heard Ye Shucheng speak.

Ye Shucheng's smile did not dissipate, An Ziyan felt a little emotion in his heart, and when he finished speaking, he hesitated and asked, "You really don't plan to do an appraisal?" ”

He put his phone away, and his smile faded.

"Not anymore." He sighed heavily, "I thought about doing appraisals during that time, I listed all the possible consequences after doing appraisals like actuaries calculating data, An Ziyan, there is no good one." ”

He lowered his head, "Even if I didn't do an appraisal, I feel this way, Mianmian is my child, you are right, I forced Su Nian to a dead end at that time, she should hate me, I only knew that Yu was always her father, I wanted to ask what was going on, but I didn't dare to ask." ”

An Ziyan listened quietly.

"I'm actually afraid, if it's really true, with all the bastard and ridiculous things I've done in the past, I think it's completely understandable that she really wants to die with me, so I don't have the courage, even if I can be shameless again, but what will be the result? She knew that I would definitely find a way to take the child away when I did the appraisal, and even if I did anything to do it, at most I would leave the child behind......"

He smiled, "She opened a studio, she has just started, she wants to stay, I have already forced her out once, do you want to repeat the same mistakes?" I can't hurt her anymore, let alone the child is so young, how will I live without my mother? ”

An Ziyan sighed, "I understand your thoughts, but what should you do?" You've been standing still for four years, what is this now, will you really not have a family in the future? ”

An Ziyan suspected that Ye Shucheng would really live alone, Ye Shucheng was a stone before Su Nian appeared, and he was with Xu Jinghe for other reasons at that time, it seems that no one in this world can enter Ye Shucheng's eyes except Su Nian.

is still such a ruthless woman, what kind of eyes is Ye Shucheng.

Ye Shucheng leaned back and slowly leaned back in the chair, "My previous thinking pattern has always put myself first, because I was alone at that time, and I knew that if I didn't think about it, no one in this world would think about it, even my so-called family didn't care if I lived or died." ”

"But now I understand one thing," the corners of his lips tugged at him, and he smiled bleakly, "The reason why Su Nian and I ended up like this may be because I thought too much about myself and forgot to think about her." ”

An Ziyan's face turned pale, and he heard Ye Shucheng say again: "So in the future, in the relationship with her and children, I can't think about myself anymore, I can only think about them." ”

An Ziyan still couldn't understand, in the end, Ye Shucheng seemed to be back to the past, taking care of everything alone, he repeated, "What I asked was, what should you do?" ”

Ye Shucheng replied quickly, "I said, I just need to see them occasionally, as for me, I was able to adapt to a life alone before, and I can continue in the future." ”

An Ziyan had nothing to say.

Ye Shucheng's eyes were serious.

He shook his head, "I don't know if you're worth it for such a woman." ”

Ye Shucheng successfully blocked him with one sentence: "Then are you worth it for Lu Rong'an?" ”

An Ziyan was choked and glared at him viciously, "I've turned back!" ”

Ye Shucheng smiled and didn't speak.

An Ziyan saw his disdain, and lowered his voice a little, "I'm serious, my family wants to arrange a marriage for me." ”

Ye Shucheng was stunned, "What? ”

"I think I'm too wild, saying that I have no one to discipline me, and my mother said that if she can't control me, I'll find someone to take care of me......" An Ziyan pulled the corners of his lips, a little lazy, "Anyway, I quarreled again, but my dad also came to me, saying that I did too much to fight, and I was so angry that my mother was ...... or something"

An Ziyan said with a little irritability on his face, "They also want to expand the business of neighboring provinces, let me go to meet the daughter of the Sima family in neighboring provinces, it's really annoying." ”

Ye Shucheng asked, "Then what are your plans?" ”

"See," An Ziyan shrugged, "Since it's about cooperation, why don't you see it?" I'm not like you, most people in this circle actually accept marriage in the end, and I'm probably like that, so I'll almost get married......"

Ye Shucheng twisted his eyebrows, thought about it, and finally didn't speak.

Saying anything seemed redundant and couldn't change anything, he tried to comfort An Ziyan, "It's okay, it's okay for you to start over." ”

An Ziyan smiled bitterly and did not speak.

……

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the little nanny was sick and asked for leave, which coincided with the time when Yu Kun was not there, and she was reluctant to go back to Yu Kun's house, so Su Nian could only take the little girl to live in her apartment.

She doesn't have the concept of a weekend, which for her is just a change of place to draw, and even the occasional running back and forth from the studio to the apartment to get the drawings.

So although he was with Mianmian, he didn't have much time to care about the children, fortunately, in the past two days, Ye Shucheng would call to find Mianmian, every time Mianmian and Ye Shucheng had a long time talking on the phone, Su Nian once left the computer to pour water, only to realize that Mianmian had actually chatted with Ye Shucheng for more than half an hour, very surprised, and then ran to the living room to see Mianmian lying on the sofa, the little girl was lying on the sofa with her mobile phone, and she was talking happily.

It turned out that Mianmian was talking, saying that her classmates in her class said that the teacher complained that the little nanny didn't let her eat more ice cream after listening to Su Nian's words......

It's all trivial things, but Mianmian is happy to say it, and she stands behind the sofa, listening and laughing.

I really can't imagine where Ye Shucheng got so much patience to listen to the little girl say such nonsense.

As he spoke, the topic seemed to change suddenly, and Mianmian said, "When you asked in the United States?" At that time, my mother was not so busy, but many times she had to read and study at home...... Well, I don't ask, I don't want to be in a bad mood if I ask my mother, I don't really have a father, I don't want to make my mother unhappy because of this...... It's good now, I heard my grandfather say last time that Uncle He might be my father, I think it's good......"

Su Nian couldn't listen to it anymore, walked over and looked down at Mianmian, frowning and wincing.

As a result, Mianmian said directly to Ye Shucheng on the other end of the phone: "Uncle Ye, my mother is here, she doesn't seem to let me say it, I'll hang up first......"

Su Nian's face darkened, she was speechless, Mianmian didn't know what she heard, and handed her the phone, "Uncle Ye said that he wanted to talk to his mother." ”

She hesitated for two seconds, then took her phone and walked towards the balcony.

closed the glass door between the balcony and the living room, and then asked Ye Shucheng: "Something?" ”

Ye Shucheng's voice came in a low voice: "Mianmian said that she has been there for the past two days, and you make pictures every day, she is a little bored." ”

"I can't help it......" she frowned, her eyes fell out of the window, and downstairs she saw the gardener again, limping and trimming the flowers.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he suddenly asked, "Can I go to your place to see her?" ”

Su Nian was stunned.

The question was a bit abrupt, and she didn't know how to answer it.

After all, this apartment is her private space, think about it carefully, except for Yu Kun who took Meng Yiping to come first, it seems that even He Fan has come only a handful of times, and He Zeng has only come to get the picture once, and he wants Ye Shucheng to come......

She was hesitant.

The other side understood, and asked again: "Forget it, can I take her out?" ”

She groaned slightly and shook her head, "I'm afraid it won't work to take it out, the child needs to be watched outside all the time, if you want to see her, come and see her, call me in advance, do you know the address?" ”

After hanging up the phone, she was stunned for a moment.

Ye Shucheng said that she would come to see Mianmian tomorrow afternoon, and she also felt that it was necessary for her to meet with Ye Shucheng and make some things clear.

Even if it is cruel, it can't be said that once Yu Kun and He Fan come back, Ye Shucheng's position will become very embarrassing at that time, and she must give him vaccinations, so that he will not be seen like this every day

As for saying what you really think, you can only wait for Yu Kun to come back and discuss it.

Once she told Ye Shucheng Mianmian's life experience, it meant that she had to make it clear to He Fan that this decision involved others, and she couldn't make her own decisions casually.

……

The next day was a terrible sunny day, the temperature soared to 38 degrees, Su Nian continued to work overtime at home, and at noon, He Zeng called her and asked her to go to the studio to get the album.

She was resistant in her heart, no one was willing to go out in this weather, but the progress was there, He Zeng was also in the studio to catch up with the picture, and she was unable to withdraw, she remembered that Ye Shucheng still had to come to see Mianmian in the afternoon, so she could only solve this matter as soon as possible, thinking that it would only take twenty minutes to go back and forth from the studio to the apartment, so she took a parasol and went out.

Before going out, I checked the situation, the little girl was still asleep after lunch, and she usually didn't wake up for an hour, so she went out with peace of mind.

I went downstairs and met the lame gardener again at the entrance of the community.

Xu was very impressed because the other party was disabled, and she felt a little emotional when she saw the old man sweating under the scorching sun.

Emotion is just emotion, after all, there are many unsatisfactory things in life, and she can't do anything.

The studio was quiet on weekends, and only the sound of He Zeng clicking the mouse or tapping on the keyboard was heard when he was drawing.

When He Zeng saw her coming, he glanced at her tiredly, looking less angry and lazy.

She and He Zeng have a very large workload these days, especially He Zeng, his requirements for the picture are too high, and it takes several days to revise a picture, which makes him very nervous, and the whole person is in good spirits at this time.

Su Nian didn't say much when he saw him like this, took the album and walked back.

When she got to the door of the apartment, she took out the key, just inserted it into the keyhole and turned it, startled.

The door is not locked.

She usually checks when she goes out, and she remembers that she was obviously locked.

Could it be that Mianmian opened up on its own?

She pushed the door open, and heard an unusual noise coming from inside the bedroom.

The atlas was thrown away, and she grabbed her heart and hurried to the bedroom, but before she could reach the door, someone came out, but it was the lame gardener.

Her eyes widened with just one look.

The gardener still has Mianmian in his hand!

She exclaimed, "What are you doing here, put down the child!" ”

Xu Cheng came to this community more than a month ago to work as a gardener.

He observed Su Nian for a long time, including her daily itinerary and the rules of going out, and how often children usually came.

He was too eager to prove himself to Xu Jinghe, he caught a rare opportunity today, he came, the key was the foundation left by the previous plumber and he took it to match, he didn't expect Su Nian to come back so soon, his face flashed with the panic of being discovered, and he immediately gritted his teeth and glared at Su Nian, and was about to leave without saying a word.

She raised her hand to stop her, "I'll go and complain, how can the people in your property casually enter the house?" You put down the child for me! ”

As she spoke, her eyes fell on Mianmian, and she had a sense of foreboding in her heart.

Mianmian didn't sink to this point when she slept, and she still had her eyes closed and didn't respond, she cried out, "Mianmian, wake up, what's wrong with you......"

Mianmian still didn't move, but Xu Cheng was obviously in a hurry, and pushed her hand away and walked out.

She grabbed Xu Cheng's clothes, "What are you doing with my child?" Do you think you can really take the child out like this? I'll call the security and I'll call the police, you ......."

He was anxious and struggled, Su Nian was dragging his clothes, he stumbled a few steps, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the child fell to the ground all of a sudden, Su Nian shouted, "Mianmian!" ”

She didn't wake up even when she fell to the ground, she was completely panicked, and ran over and knelt on the ground to see the child, and her heart was clenched by great fear.

Xu Cheng has been completely frightened, at this point, he can't turn back, the child was thrown to the ground by him, Su Nian must be going to call the police, his mind is blank, he can't come here in vain, he can't return in vain and end up in prison, then Xu Jinghe will be even more disappointed in him, his eyes swept over the fruit bowl on the coffee table, and in the last few steps, he picked up the fruit knife inside, opened it and turned around and went to Su Nian.

He wants to end all this, all the things that are not good for Xu Jinghe, what is not good, even if he is desperate, he has to give Xu Jinghe an explanation.