Today is Sunday, and Du Zeming deliberately drove to the boarding school to pick up Du Lin home. Along the way, Du Zeming explained to Du Lin that he missed his birthday because he was busy with work, and hoped to celebrate Du Lin's birthday again today.

But Du Lin didn't show any special joy, he seemed to have been used to his father's way of making up for it afterwards. Du Ze was obviously a little embarrassed, and he was a little surprised by his son's indifference.

Still, he prepared a long-awaited family dinner this evening. In fact, such a dinner is nothing more than inviting Li Shujun to attend, and the rest are their father and son, as well as Liu Anfei.

"Daddy, will Mommy come in the evening?" Du Lin muttered and asked.

Du Zeming reluctantly squeezed out a smile and replied, "Didn't Dad tell Linlin?" Now Mom and Dad don't live together anymore, Mom has gone abroad, in a far away place. ”

Du Lin stretched his face and looked unhappy. Du Zeming was helpless, but he still wanted to try his best to make his son happy.

"Linlin, Dad will give you very interesting gifts in the evening, and Grandma and Aunt Feifei will also come to celebrate your birthday together."

But Du Lin didn't pay attention to it, for him, only seeing his mother was something to be happy about. Du Zeming was a little helpless, and as Du Lin grew up day by day, his communication with his son seemed to be becoming more and more difficult. In fact, the family dinner in the evening was also proposed by Liu Anfei.

In the evening, Liu Anfei will arrange everything, Du Lin's favorite dishes, delicious birthday cakes, exquisite gifts, and even deliberately prepared after-shows.

Du Zeming was very moved by Liu Anfei's intentions, which is his evaluation of this woman: sensible, rational, capable and empathetic. Ren He is a maverick, lonely and arrogant man, and he has to admit that Liu Anfei is a breath of fresh air around him, sweeping away for him those things that he has no time to do as a man, and that requires patience and sensibility to do well.

Among these things, fulfilling the responsibilities and care that a father should show for Du Zeming is also the task that Liu Anfei has to undertake. Just like this family dinner, Liu Anfei paid silently alone behind the scenes, she tried to create a warm image of a loving father for Du Zeming, and did not ask for anything in return, without care. Liu Anfei also asked himself, what is he for?

She had no way to answer, maybe she was just in love with a man like Du Zeming. This kind of love seems to be destined to be maintained by one's own unilateral giving, although from time to time you can also reap some rain and dew blessings, but after all, it is like an ethereal floating cloud, you can't firmly grasp it, and you can't really see it clearly.

After the topic of the Western restaurant was at an impasse, Liu Anfei's mood was very low. She felt the relentless pressure of time, and she was tired of how much value there was in this seemingly indefinite waiting.

If Lin Qingrou disappeared from Du Zeming's life for so long, he still couldn't replace him, then he would also suffer merciless ridicule in Lin Qingrou's eyes at that time.

Although Liu Anfei emphasized countless times in her heart that she was not the third party in the marriage between Du Zeming and Lin Qingrou, she still had such a sense of uneasiness that came to her mind from time to time, making her upset and depressed. This feeling is as if I am an intruder of a dove's nest, and I have not been able to get the sense of identity and belonging that I should have.

Liu Anfei was preparing a few of his favorite dishes for Du Lin, which was also an excellent way for her to get closer to this child.

Du Lin will always be another problem between Du Zeming and Liu Anfei, although this problem has been dismantled by Liu Anfei from now on, Du Lin is willing to be with her, and does not exclude her from being too close to Du Zeming.

This makes Liu Anfei very encouraged, because she feels that this child is towards her, which is a positive signal to be accepted by this family.

Not only is there no problem on Du Lin's side, but Li Shujun's attitude is also as supportive as ever. With her active help to Du Zeming in her career and life, Li Shujun is very satisfied with having such a woman accompany her son through the rest of her life.

Even, Li Shujun is more anxious about their marriage than Liu Anfei, and such an attitude is sometimes inevitably counterproductive and becomes an invisible pressure on Liu Anfei's shoulders.

In fact, the problem now is only Du Zeming's attitude. Liu Anfei was very helpless about this, because she had done her best to show that she was more suitable for being with Du Zeming than Lin Qingrou.

However, this was not enough for Du Zeming to realize that he should step into a new and hopeful married life. In the depths of Du Zeming's heart, the woman who had brought him countless troubles and embarrassments had never left.

At this moment, in this house, there are still traces left by the woman. Although Liu Anfei resolutely moved into the Du family despite the strange eyes and discussions around her, what she saw was the mark of her predecessor that could be seen everywhere.

After Liu Anfei moved into Du's house, Du Zeming gave up the bedroom he had been using. Instead, he moved to a room next door with Liu Anfei.

Liu Anfei once entered the bedroom where Lin Qingrou and Du Zeming were originally curious, although Du Zeming said that he did not allow Lin Qingrou to sleep in the same room with him, but there are still obvious traces of Lin Qingrou's life here.

The clothes that Lin Qingrou had never taken away in the wardrobe are now hanging safely in their original positions. The simple and elegant cosmetics on the makeup table show no signs of being discarded.

Even Aunt Zhang, the maid here, still follows some of the habits left by Lin Qingrou when she was there, such as what dishes to buy when she went out to the morning market, how to match Du Zeming's father and son with nutrition for breakfast, and add some special taste habits to some designated dishes that only familiar family members know each other.

These things can always quietly disturb Liu Anfei's mind.

Liu Anfei is a woman, and a woman's emotional sensitivity is always beyond imagination. Even if it is just a woman who has already left this home and completely dissociated herself from Du Zeming, there is still no way for Liu Anfei to completely let go of her nervous defense.

She has not been able to completely conquer Du Zeming, which is the fundamental reason why she still loses to Lin Qingrou.

When the whole pot of soup began to steam, Li Shujun belatedly appeared at the birthday dinner held for his grandson.

She hadn't eaten with Du Zeming and them for a long time, and since Du Liangde's death, the original practice of Du Zeming taking Du Lin to the Imperial Mansion every weekend had been completely abandoned.

Liu Anfei has always felt that the relationship between Li Shujun and Du Zeming is far less intimate than before, and this subtle change also began around the time of Du Liangde's death.

As a lawyer, Liu Anfei also guessed the reason for this as if out of professional habits, but she has never been able to completely guess it. She only knew that Li Shujun was getting less and less on the road in front of this family, and Du Zeming didn't seem to want to repair the relationship with his mother.

"Grandma!" Du Lin ran over excitedly when he saw Li Shujun.

Li Shujun will only let go of that domineering posture and become cordial in front of her grandson.

"Our Linlin is getting bigger and bigger, and grandma can't hold you." A rare smile appeared on Li Shujun's face.

After Du Zeming walked downstairs, he went straight to the kitchen.

Seeing that Liu Anfei was pouring the thick soup out of the pot, he casually asked, "How is it, can it be served?" ”

Liu Anfei said softly: "Okay, the dishes have been cooked, and you can eat." ”

Du Zeming nodded expressionlessly, turned around and went out. After Liu Anfei cleaned everything up, he put the tableware on the table one by one.

"Mom, it's time to eat." Liu Anfei said to Li Shujun, who was playing with Du Lin.

The reason why it is called so is that Li Shujun specially emphasized. For this reason, Liu Anfei was also very unaccustomed to it at first, but over time, he also felt that it was more affectionate to be called like this.

Du Zeming has not expressed any opinion on this, and the most normal reaction to what Li Shujun did is to let it go.

The four of them made it to the table, and now Du Lin has his own tableware, and he always eats by himself now. Li Shujun said that this is also the benefit of sending Du Lin to boarding school in the first place, making him more and more sensible and independent.

The atmosphere of the family dinner is not so lively, and it even looks a little solemn. In addition to treating Du Lin, Li Shujun's expression and attitude were too serious. But Du Zeming just remained silent as always.

Liu Anfei had the intention to mobilize the emotions of the family, but after repeated attempts, he only made himself particularly embarrassed. It seems that this family dinner was very unsuccessful.

Unsuccessful is also this table of dishes, because Liu Anfei's mood is a little chaotic today, and he did not concentrate when cooking. Therefore, some dishes taste either too salty or too bland, and the heat is not as good as her usual level.

Li Shujun frowned and reluctantly ate some. Du Zeming didn't speak, finished the bowl of rice served to him as usual, and then sat down and continued to be silent.

Du Lin drank a lot of thick soup, but Liu Anfei tasted it himself, but found that this thick soup was not very good.