Tuk Tuk ......

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

At this time, the two people in the room were intimacy, and when they heard this voice, they were suddenly startled, and subconsciously quickly separated.

And, Duan Zilian hurriedly got up from the bed, sat down at the desk, took out the book casually and took it in his hand, pretending to be reading, and breathed a sigh of relief a little, before letting Xu Ying open the door.

"Look at the ...... that scares you"

Amused by his reaction, Xu Ying rubbed her face to return to normal, and then went over to open the door as if nothing had happened, and saw Qin Qiaoyun standing outside the door.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

"You've all digested some, haven't you? It's time to come out and blow out the candles and cut the cake. Qin Qiaoyun said, not seeing anything unusual.

"Oh, good."

In response, Xu Ying called out to Duan Zilian and walked out of the room.

Sitting on the sofa and watching TV, District Chief Xu couldn't help but keep a straight face when he saw Duan Zilian and Xu Ying coming out of the room.

He admitted that judging from the current situation, Duan Zilian is indeed quite good, and it is almost impossible to find fault with it.

But when he thought that his daughter who had worked so hard to raise was abducted like this, he didn't look very happy.

Especially when he saw Xu Ying so close to him, he felt a little toothache and wanted to find fault with him.

"I ordered a candle and ate cake, what are you doing with a straight face? Go get the cake out. ”

Seeing District Chief Xu's expressionless face, Qin Qiaoyun didn't have to think about it to know what the reason was, so she went over and patted him.

"Cut."

District Chief Xu pursed his lips, got up and took out the cake, put it on the table, opened the package, and a delicate fruit cake appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Sakura, give." Qin Qiaoyun handed a birthday hat to Xu Ying.

"Pity, take a picture for me."

Putting on his birthday hat, he saw that District Chief Xu had already lit candles on the cake, so he leaned over and asked Duan Zilian to take a picture for him to record this special moment.

took out her mobile phone, and Duan Zilian took several photos in a row.

Qin Qiaoyun also took out his mobile phone to take pictures.

Then, under the leadership of Qin Qiaoyun, the three of them clapped their palms rhythmically while singing a birthday song to Xu Ying.

When the last syllable fell, Xu Ying made a wish and blew out the candle in one go, revealing an extremely happy smile.

Maybe it was because of the touching scene, after singing the birthday song, Qin Qiaoyun suddenly hugged Xu Ying, very remorseful and self-blaming.

"Sakura, I'm sorry, I abandoned you before, over the years, I can't grow up with you, and I can't give you a birthday, I have made you suffer a lot, I'm sorry...... I'm sorry for you...... I'm sorry you guys......"

As he spoke, recalling what he had done before, Qin Qiaoyun felt even more guilty, tears burst out of his eyes uncontrollably, and his voice became choked.

Shaking her head, Xu Ying comforted Qin Qiaoyun softly.

"Okay, Mom, it's okay, I really hated you before, and I didn't want to recognize you, but after all, you are my mother, and after so long, I don't blame you now, today is my birthday, don't be sad, be happy."

"That's right, Qiaoyun, be happy, don't be sad, although you did something wrong before, but now you have a change of heart, it's good to come back, if you really don't want to go, just accompany us."

District Chief Xu walked over and comforted Qin Qiaoyun.

Seeing Xu Ying's family together, Duan Zi looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, his expression was in a trance, and he also touched the scene, and the feeling of loneliness arose spontaneously, and his mood became a little uncomfortable.

Xu Ying used to live in a single-parent family like herself, but now, Xu Ying has been reunited as a family, but her own unsatisfactory family is completely fragmented, leaving only herself......

Thinking of this, Duan Zilian was depressed, felt very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable, and envious of Xu Ying.

After a while, under the comfort of Xu Ying and District Chief Xu, Qin Qiaoyun took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, calmed down, and wiped away the tears on his face.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's cut the cake."

With that, she picked up the plastic knife and began to cut the cake.

Taking off the birthday hat on her head, Xu Ying noticed that Duan Zilian looked depressed, as if she had thought of something sad, so she was a little strange and came to him.

"Pity, what's wrong with you? Something doesn't look right......"

"It's okay, I just thought of something......"

Coming back to his senses, Duan Zilian shook his head and sorted out his thoughts so that he didn't think about those things.

"Are you really okay?" Xu Ying was still not at ease.

"It's really fine. Okay, let's not talk about that, let's have cake. ”

Seeing that Xu Ying had cut the cake, Duan Zilian used this to divert her attention.

"Oh......"

Xu Ying was still very concerned, but when she saw District Chief Xu and Qin Qiaoyun, it was probably because they were there, so Duan Zilian didn't say anything.

I can only wait to find a chance to be alone to ask him.

Don't think about it so much for the time being, Xu Ying also went to eat cake together.

"Hmm...... Want to smear cake on your face? ”

Looking at the cake in his hand, Duan Zipian thought about whether to smear the cake on Xu Ying's face, and was a little eager to try.

"Don't." Xu Ying directly refused.

"Cakes are meant to be eaten, not to be played with, and if you smear the cake on your body, it will be very troublesome to clean up. You eat your cake obediently, don't make so many bells and whistles. ”

"Oh." Since Xu Ying was unwilling, that paragraph immediately dispelled this idea.

"Pity, open your mouth."

Forking a piece of strawberry on the cake with a plastic fork, Xu Ying smiled and handed the strawberry to Duan Zilian's mouth.

“…… I'll do it myself. ”

almost subconsciously accepted Xu Ying's feeding, Duan Zilian didn't want to be stared at by District Chief Xu anymore, so he wanted to come by himself.

"No, open your mouth." Dodging Duan Zilian's hand, Xu Ying insisted on feeding him.

Duan Zilian: "......"

That's a bit tricky.

Carefully shifting his gaze, he saw Qin Qiaoyun looking at him with a smile, while District Chief Xu turned around as if he hadn't seen or heard anything, and ate the cake silently.

Never mind......

After hesitating for a while, Duan Zi took pity on him, accepted Xu Ying's feeding, and ate the strawberries in front of him.

"That's pretty much it. Pity, I'm going to eat the mango slices on your cake. Xu Ying took the fork and pointed to Duan Zilian's cake.

"Whoa." Duan Zilian let her take it herself.

"You feed me." Xu Ying looked at him and said.

“…… That's fine. ”

Looking at Qin Qiaoyun and District Chief Xu's reactions again, Duan Zipian didn't care, and fed Xu Ying mango slices.

"Tsk."

After watching this scene, District Chief Xu felt that he was being shown off, and he couldn't help but have a little toothache, and looked at Qin Qiaoyun.

"Eat your cake well, don't give me any bells and whistles."

Seeing District Chief Xu's thoughts, Qin Qiaoyun didn't wait for him to make any moves, and directly refused.

District Mayor Xu: "......"

I haven't said anything yet.

Soon, after eating the cake, Duan Zilian looked at the time and was about to leave.

"Nothing should happen next, right? It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back. ”

"Going back? Don't stay for one night? Qin Qiaoyun asked him.

"Huh? Staying for one night? Duan Zi was stunned for a moment.

"Well, it's already nine o'clock, and if you go back, it's a little unsafe, what if you run into those monsters?" Qin Qiaoyun explained.

"This time should be fine, I won't go to a remote corner." Duan Zi waved his hand and excused himself.

"But if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what happens, you can stay for one night, it's not a big deal, right, Yehua." Qin Qiaoyun patted District Chief Xu and asked him to persuade him too.

"Well, just in case, you can stay for one night and go back tomorrow, there is a bed in the study, you can sleep there tonight." District Chief Xu persuaded, feeling a little helpless.

"Yes, mercy, you can stay here for one night."

Xu Ying also persuaded together, not because she was afraid that Duan Zilian would encounter danger on the way back, but simply wanted him to stay at her home for one night.

"But I didn't bring a change of clothes." Duan Zilian said.

"It's okay, there's an underground supermarket around here, there are clothes in it, you can go and buy a set of clothes." Qin Qiaoyun directly solved Duan Zilian's trouble.

"That'...... All right. "There's no way, Duan Zilian can only agree.

However, after thinking about it, I was quite happy to be able to stay at Xu Ying's house.

The matter of staying overnight was settled, and Xu Ying took Duan Zilian to buy clothes.

"Let's go, I'll take you to buy clothes, and by the way, take a walk outside and digest it."

"Oh."

Going out and entering the elevator, Xu Ying turned her head to look at Duan Zilian and asked the question in her heart.

"Pity, when you were cutting the cake just now, you were a little unhappy, did you have something on your mind?"

"Well, it's true that something bad is in mind." Now that Xu Ying asked, Duan Zilian no longer concealed it, and nodded in acknowledgement.

"At that time, seeing your family leaning together, I suddenly envied you a little."

"Envy me?" Xu Ying blinked, waiting for his next step.

sighed, couldn't help lowering his head, Duan Zilian was depressed.

"I'm very similar to you, we both grew up in a single-parent family, but now, you have reunited as a family, but my family is completely shattered, and I am the only one left......"

"My dad is still locked up and can't come out; My mom is still lying in the hospital, not knowing when she'll wake up; Xinyan is no longer there; Lingling's whereabouts are unknown now, and her fate is uncertain......"

"So, at that time, seeing that your family was leaning together, I envied you and envied that your family could be restored to its integrity."

Seeing Duan Zilian's lonely appearance now, Xu Ying was very distressed and very uncomfortable, held his hand and comforted him.

"Pity, although you are the only one left in your family, but you are not alone, your father still has a chance to come out, your mother also has a chance to wake up, and Lingling will definitely be fine, so don't be discouraged, I believe you will definitely be able to reunite as a family."

"If you're really uncomfortable, you can treat me as your family now."