Just as Qi Min and Anton were arguing, suddenly there was another knock at the door.

Qi Min and Anton stopped arguing in unison, and heard the voice of the front desk attendant in the lobby on the first floor coming from outside the door: "Is Mr. Anton Yang here?" Your daughter is looking for you. ”

Daughter? Mimi? Qi Min walked over and opened the door, only to see a young woman dressed as a front desk waiter leading a little girl, waiting at the door. And that little girl is obviously Mimi.

Qi Min couldn't help but be stunned for a second when he saw Mimi. Children grow up fast, and the appearance of half a year ago and half a year later has changed significantly, and the biggest difference is that they have grown a lot taller. And what made Qi Min really relieved was that she saw Mimi standing like a normal child, instead of sitting in a wheelchair or on crutches.

"Mom? Mom! Mimi couldn't help but be surprised for a second when she saw Qi Min, and then immediately threw herself into Qi Min's arms and cried, "Mom, where have you been...... Mom, why haven't you come back for so long......"

Compared to Mimi's height, her weight now seems a little lighter. Qi Min also clearly felt that the little girl in her arms was thinner than before. This made her feel sad, God knows that Anton did this to the point where a man borrowed money to take Mimi on a long trip across the border to Canada for treatment, knowing that he had never even left the state before. And how much Mimi suffered in the process, she can't know now.

"Mimi, don't cry, don't cry, mom is back." Qi Min hugged the little girl, patted her on the back, and then raised his head and said to the front desk attendant who brought her, "Thank you for bringing her up, I'm really sorry for leaving her downstairs just now......"

"In fact, she was left outside on a motorcycle." The front desk waitress said, and she looked at Anton who was standing behind Qi Min at a loss, "Are you Mr. Anton Yang?" It is recommended that you do not leave your child alone. ”

"I'm very sorry...... Anton quickly apologized, "I'm working, so there's no way to ......"

The front desk lady gave him a strange look, probably unable to understand how her father could be a food delivery person if the little girl's mother lived in such a high-end hotel.

However, this is not the business of the hotel itself, so the front desk lady left without asking anything. She knew that most of the people living on this floor today were researchers from all over the world attending international conferences, and if this kind of thing was publicized, it might have an impact on people's reputations.

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Although the process was unexpected, Qi Min still met Mimi. And once she and Mimi meet, it's unlikely that they'll be completely out of the relationship.

Qi Min found that Mimi's legs and feet were much better than she had imagined, and she could even walk, but her walking posture was a little strange, basically similar to the severity of walking caused by polio (polio), and it was not at all to the extent of so-called "disability". But even if such a walking posture does not affect normal life too much, such an obvious flaw will still cause ridicule from his peers, which is what Qi Min is most worried about.

Therefore, Qi Min felt that since she could not fully recover, she had to give Mimi a better environment to grow up. At least Mimi should be able to study with children from educated families in the future, which means that she must not be left in the United States to be raised by Anton alone - this is not discrimination, objectively speaking, with his income and class in the United States, the education level of the people he can reach will not be much higher.

After accompanying Mimi to exhaust the excitement of the reunion, Anton fed Mimi two bites of the takeaway noodles ordered by Qi Min.

Seeing that Mimi took the chopsticks and was able to sandwich the noodles one by one by himself, he raised his head and said to Qi Min in Chinese: "Mimi doesn't understand anything now. But if she grows up and knows how her leg broke, guess what would happen? ”

"Nothing will happen." Qi Min said, "I will be her mother and grow up with her." Mimi will understand when she is sensible, and it was my mistake, but I am her mother after all. ”

"Do you think you'll be able to grow up as Mimi's mom after something like that?" Anton asked with a sneer.

"Or else?" Qi Min also sneered, "Am I going to let my daughter mix with a bunch of illegal immigrants since she was a child?" ”

It's a bit mean to talk about illegal immigration. Although Anton became an immigrant involuntarily, he still suffered a lot of discrimination from mainstream society in his life. In society, no one among strangers cares whether you are a descendant of the ABC of beautiful men and women, or whether you are unfortunate enough to be trafficked to the United States by Asian-European descent.

Perhaps it is for this reason that this sentence succeeded in silencing Anton.

He turned his eyes away from Qi Min, but at the abstract oil painting hanging on the wall. There was nothing to tell from the painting, but Anton couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Qi Min didn't know what he was thinking. But after less than five minutes, Anton quickly said, "You can't take Mimi away." You have to admit that I've been a lot more important to Mimi over the years than you are. Just to write that article, you can let Mimi fall off the fourth floor. Do you think you'll be able to take care of her in the future? ”

He's actually quite right. For almost four years, Anton has been mainly taking Mimi, Qi Min's experiments are already very time-consuming, and most of the people in her social circle are taking advantage of the mentality of being young to work more or to be a good wave, and there is no atmosphere of family life, so she will not take the initiative to care about Mimi before. It can be said that although Qi Min subjectively thinks that he is Mimi's irreplaceable mother, it is obvious that for Mimi, Anton as a father is even more irreplaceable.

But Qi Min never thought about raising Mimi by himself before. She is very clear about the upper limit of her ability, and it is already very energy-consuming to be a laboratory PI, and if she still has to take care of Mimi, or even take care of Mimi's school and other things in the future, it will definitely be out of control.

Therefore, in her opinion, the main problem now has become how to persuade Anton to get back together with her. Anton broke up with her so decisively before, and even threw all her things out of the apartment, which shows that he is also iron-hearted.

But Qi Min felt that if it was for Mimi, he should still be able to compromise to a certain extent. So she said with some caution: "It's not easy for me to take care of Mimi alone, so ...... It's up to you to help. ”

Who knew that her response made Anton stunned for a few seconds on the spot, and then said in disbelief: "I thought it was ...... You want to bring Mimi back home. ”

Hearing him say this, Qi Min suddenly realized that they had been arguing for so long, it turned out that Anton was just afraid that she would take away his daughter?

"I'm taking Mimi back home." Qi Min said, and couldn't help laughing, "But do you think that I will take Mimi and leave you alone in this place to deliver takeaways?" I'm not so disheartened! ”