On a sweltering summer night, the air was damp. Every time you gasp, you have to breathe hard and deeply, as if you can breathe that breath into your lungs and survive.

There are no lights in the living room, and the glass doors that open to the floor-to-ceiling balcony are open. The breeze blowing in, contaminated with dull moisture, was extremely uncomfortable to fall on.

The lights in the community shine through the windows. On the film and television wall opposite the sofa, there was a flickering light flashing, like a dark shadow being pulled, across the man's handsome face.

Since returning home in the afternoon, Fu Jinchen has been sitting here, and the same video has been playing on the TV over and over again, for several hours.

The stereo channel infinitely amplifies the effect of Mu Liang's clapping and singing birthday songs, and after the impassioned piano playing, the remote control in Fu Jinchen's hand was pressed with a 'snap', and the timing was just right, and every second was right.

The man slowly stood up, walked to the TV and squatted down, and his raised fingertips were fixed on the smile on the corner of Mu Liang's mouth again. He didn't know how many times he had seen this picture, but every time he looked at it, he would pull the same arc with the corners of her lips.

It turned out that she turned out to be the daughter of the Song family.

But she was the daughter abandoned by Song Qinghua.

This answer stabbed Fu Jinchen's heart fiercely. Once, he analyzed thousands of possibilities, but he never thought that the truth would be so shocking.

No wonder standing in the hall of the Fu family that day, in the face of Yao Qin's aggressiveness, Mu Liang had no ability to fight back, and he didn't even have the strength to explain.

A child who has been abandoned by her biological mother since birth, her life is gray.

Fu Jinchen's eyes stared at the picture, and his whole heart continued to tighten. He didn't even dare to think about it, to think about how painful Mu Liang's mood was at that moment?!

The handle that others grabbed was precisely the deepest pain in her life!

Lin Qiang also told him that before Song Rufeng died, he had told Sheng Mingzhan about Mu Liang's life experience. Hearing this news, Fu Jinchen suddenly understood a lot of things.

It was also at this moment that he finally understood Song Rufeng's true intention of asking him to be engaged to Song Aiyu.

Fu Jinchen's bright dark eyes darkened, and the taste surging in his heart was complicated.

"Hehe-"

Fu Jinchen smiled gloomily. Grandpa Song, your trick is too ruthless! Sure enough, ginger is old and spicy, he can't accept it!

On Monday morning, Mu Guoguo was sent to kindergarten, holding Mu Liang's neck tightly with both hands and refusing to let go. After separating like this, we have to wait until the weekend to see each other, which is very difficult for the child or her to part.

Mu Liang's eyes were unconsciously red, Sheng Mingzhan hurriedly took the child over, and said softly: "Guoguo, does Superman's father have something good for you?" ”

It seemed that he had a tacit understanding with him, Mu Guoguo's eyes lit up, "Is it chocolate?" ”

"Yes!" Sheng Mingzhan knew that he would guess, and reached out and took out a few pieces of candy and chocolate from his pocket that had been placed a long time ago. However, because Mu Liang usually doesn't let the child eat more sugar, he doesn't dare to give too much.

Mu Guoguo lowered his head and counted the chocolates in Sheng Mingzhan's palm, and immediately took out three pieces and put them in his pocket, and he secretly put the remaining two pieces into his small backpack.

"Private?" Sheng Mingzhan lowered his head to tease him, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Mu Liang still wiping his tears.

"No," Mu Guoguo smiled, her big black eyes rolling. He put the chocolate in his backpack, and his face was still a little awkward, "This is for uncle." ”

Uncle?

The smile on the corner of Sheng Mingzhan's mouth suddenly stiffened.

"Mom said that you have to know how to share to be a good child. Every time there is something delicious, my uncle will give it to me, Superman Dad, can Guoguo give chocolate to my uncle? Mu Guoguo asked bluntly, and the expression on Sheng Ming's handsome face sank.

After a while, Mu Liang eased his emotions and took his son over. She walked to the kindergarten with the child in her arms, coaxing him with kind words all the way, "Guoguo, mom can come to pick you up on the weekend." ”

Mu Guoguo pouted and shook her head, and asked her, "Why can it only be a weekend?" Guoguo wants to be with her mother every day. ”

With a long sigh, Mu Liang lowered his head and kissed his son on the forehead, and said, "Mom will work hard to make sure that we can be together every day as soon as possible, okay?" ”

"Good!" Mu Guoguo replied loudly, and then thought of something, and asked with big eyes, "Is only Guoguo with her mother?" ”

He looked up at his little face, Mu Liang didn't think deeply, nodded and smiled: "Yes, only Guoguo and Mom." ”

Mu Guoguo's eyes were obviously stunned, but he still laughed happily.

The black Bentley sedan stopped outside the Song Building, Mu Liang unbuckled his seat belt, and his tone was as usual, "Ming Zhan, I'm not too busy today, I can accompany you to go shopping at night." ”

The man next to him had a silent look in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something. Mu Liang frowned, stretched out his hand and pushed him, "Ming Zhan? ”

Gently holding her palm in his hand, Sheng Mingzhan smiled and said, "Who accompanies whom in the end when shopping is such a thing?" ”

"Uh......" Mu Liang said, "You don't want to?" ”

"It's like a glutton." Sheng Mingzhan raised his hand in surrender.

"Ahem—"

As soon as his words fell, there was another cough, Mu Liang hurriedly took out a bottle of water and handed it to him, and asked, "Why are you still coughing?" Did you go to the hospital for a check-up? ”

Sheng Mingzhan took a sip of water, suppressed his cough, and looked very calm, "I've seen it, and the doctor asked me to take medicine." ”

"Then you have to be on time." Mu Liang told uneasily, "When I come back, I will ask your assistant to keep an eye on you, lest you throw the medicine aside when you are busy." ”

"You're welcome to supervise me." Sheng Mingzhan's tone was still joking.

Mu Liang snorted lightly, didn't say anything more, and walked into the building with his bag.

Looking at her back as she walked away, Sheng Mingzhan's restrained eyes moved, and the smile on the corner of his mouth dissipated.

The projects jointly invested by Sheng and Fu have developed well in the past five years. The two groups have made a lot of profits, and according to this development, the next cooperation project in the next five years should be the two groups.

Although the other major groups are gearing up, they are all difficult to compete with the name of the Fu family, and they have the heart of covetousness, but the heart of jealousy cannot be ignored either.

In the past five years of development projects, the leader of the Fu family is Fu Jinchen. As the president of the Fu Group, he has a lot of power in his hands, and he has developed rapidly in the real estate industry in recent years, and even Sheng Mingzhan seems to have deliberately avoided it and does not compete with him in the same field.

Seeing that the five-year cooperation project is about to come to a successful end, the two groups are also continuing to negotiate on the re-planning of the next five years. If the benefits of the group are considered, Fu will inevitably choose to continue to cooperate with Sheng and join forces, which is the wisest choice!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Sheng Mingzhan attended the future cooperation intention meeting of the two groups on time. At this meeting, all the senior executives of the Fu family, except for Fu Dongting, who did not attend, were all present.

The same is true of the Sheng family, led by Sheng Mingzhan, and other high-level officials also attended.

Now that Fu is under the leadership of Fu Jinchen, the goal of Fu's future development is naturally the real estate industry. However, Sheng's has a group of high-level executives, but they are no longer optimistic about the real estate industry and hope that Sheng's will switch to other projects.

This time, the two sides insisted on their own opinions, and it was obviously not successful.

"Mr. Sheng, what are your thoughts on entering the real estate industry?" Some high-level officials took the initiative to ask, and the highest decision-making power of the Sheng family was in the hands of Sheng Mingzhan, and his words were directly related to many people's thoughts.

Fu Jinchen's sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and his deep eyes slowly fell on the man opposite, his eyes were inexplicable.

Someone threw the problem on himself, Sheng Mingzhan smiled slightly, and answered the skill, "Sheng is not my Sheng Mingzhan alone, every shareholder or employee's opinion, as long as the opinion is correct, I will adopt it!" As for the development of the real estate industry, everyone can see it, but I don't like to stick to one thing. ”

The deep meaning of this answer was obvious, and the high-level officials of the Fu clan unconsciously looked at Fu Jinchen, but saw that his face was quite calm, as if they had long expected him to answer like this.

The two sides held their own opinions and parted unhappily.

Everyone walked out one after another, Sheng Mingzhan sat in the chair and did not move, and his expression did not show any ups and downs.

Fu Jinchen stood up and walked over. His slender legs were wrapped in suit pants, his eyes looked at Sheng Mingzhan, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Sheng, I didn't expect that you had put a lot of effort into Minghai City, and you could actually cut off the clues I wanted to investigate?" ”

The man's deep eyes moved, and his thin lips pursed unconsciously.

A chill flashed in his eyes, and Fu Jinchen could see it clearly. He bent down slightly, his sharp eyes narrowed slightly, "Sheng Mingzhan, you deliberately didn't let me know Mu Liang's life experience, what are your intentions?" ”

"Intentions?" Sheng Mingzhan laughed lightly, the look in the corner of his eyes was cold, "I just need to protect Mu Liang from harm." ”

"You protect?!" Fu Jinchen narrowed his eyes, "She is my son's mother, do you need you to protect her?" ”

After a pause, he lowered his head, stared at Sheng Mingzhan's eyes with burning eyes, and said in a harsh tone, "You remember for me, there is a son between me and Mu Liang, and the son has the blood of the two of us on his body, as long as Mu Liang can't let go of the child, I will always have a chance to let her return to my side!" ”

Sheng Mingzhan's heart suddenly suffocated, and the expression in his eyes was gloomy. Looking at Fu Jinchen's turned back, the five fingers hanging by his side tightened inch by inch, and the fingertips turned white with force.

Fu Jinchen's powerful reply happened to touch the most uneasy point in Sheng Mingzhan's heart.

After all, Mu Guoguo is not his biological son, and there is no blood bond between them.

When he returned home from kindergarten in the evening, Mu Guoguo hid in his room after changing his clothes and called Mu Liang. There was an open house for parents on Wednesday, and he wanted his mom to attend.

"Guoguo!"

Fu Jinchen has been off work on time recently, and he is responsible for bringing his son back and then cooking for him. Although his cooking skills are not very good, and he often makes his children wait for half a day to eat out, the little guy resisted from the beginning, but now he adapts.

Even last night when Fu Jinchen cooked rice, Mu Guoguo took the initiative to comfort him, don't be in a hurry and do it slowly.

Fu Jinchen cut the vegetables and found that his son had not come out before he was ready to put them into the pot. He put down the spatula and walked out, only to see Mu Guoguo coming over with his small backpack.

"No, for you." Mu Guoguo put the two pieces of chocolate he had hidden privately into Fu Jinchen's hands.

Fu Jinchen was stunned, then squatted in front of his son and asked him, "Is this for me?" ”

"Well," Mu Guoguo nodded handsomely, trying to be as generous as possible, "I'll give you something to eat." ”

Fu Jinchen stared at the chocolate in his palm, and then looked at his son's bright black eyes, and his heart was sour. He reached out and hugged his son in his arms, bowed his head and kissed him on the cheek, "Thank you, son." ”

The uncle said thank you to him for the first time, and Mu Guoguo was also a little at a loss. He pouted and thought about it, and only replied for a long time: "You're welcome." ”

You're welcome, and there are two crumpled chocolates, all of which are precious to Fu Jinchen. He raised his hand and rubbed his son's head and said, "Go and wash your hands, we'll eat right away." ”

"Oh." Mu Guoguo happily ran to the bathroom.

Pinched a piece of chocolate and put it in his mouth, and the corners of Fu Jinchen's mouth raised gently.

When he got up in the morning, Fu Jinchen served his son quickly, and the father and son went out handsomely. Now Mu Guoguo is used to Fu Jinchen sending him to kindergarten, and he will no longer resist.

The teacher stood by the door to greet the children entering the kindergarten, Mu Guoguo put down his small backpack, washed his hands and drank water as required, and then returned to his small seat.

"Mr. Fu, Guoguo is very smart." The teacher was not hesitant to praise.

Fu Jinchen smiled proudly, his son must be very smart.

"By the way, our kindergarten is open to parents at noon today, do you have time to come over?"

"Noon today?" Fu Jinchen frowned, hesitated, and said, "Okay, I'll attend on time." ”

Soon, Fu Jinchen left kindergarten and drove to work on time.

In a private hospital with a quiet environment, Sheng Mingzhan parked his car in front of the building and came to the re-examination on time according to the previous doctor's requirements. He took a film, and after the doctor saw it, he smiled and said, "The shadow has shrunk, and it looks like a lung infection." ”

The doctor put the film down and said, "Now many people will suspect that they have a terminal illness when they hear that there is a shadow, but there is no need to panic so much. ”

Sheng Mingzhan frowned, pursed his lips and said, "Director Wang, do I need further examination?" ”

"If you're not sure, you can do another detailed check-up." The doctor replied tactfully, "In my experience, it's not necessary." ”

The doctor prescribed him a prescription and said, "But you still have to continue to take your medicine, and the shadow has not been completely eliminated." ”

Sheng Mingzhan nodded and did not speak. After picking up his medicine, he left the hospital shortly after.

At half past ten in the morning, Mu Liang's pre-set alarm clock rang. She promised her son to attend the kindergarten's open day, and left after a brief explanation to the assistant.

Drove to the kindergarten, just in time for eleven o'clock, Mu Liang carried the bag into the kindergarten, and when he came to the classroom, many parents had already arrived, standing beside their children.

"Mom!"

Mu Guoguo's originally lost little face was instantly resurrected after Mu Liang appeared. He ran over, grabbed Mu Liang's hand, and dragged her to his side.

The activity time was about to start, and Fu Jinchen hurried over, "I'm sorry, there is some traffic jam on the road." ”

He walked in with an apologetic expression, but saw Mu Liang beside his son.

Mu Guoguo blinked, thinking to himself, why is the uncle here too?

"Mr. Fu." The teacher walked over quickly and explained, "I didn't know that Guoguo had notified her mother to come to the event, but since both parents are here, let's participate together." ”

Mu Liang didn't even have time to refute, the teacher was already standing in front and began to organize activities.

Parents are standing behind their children, one step away. The main purpose of the open day is to let parents know more about the children's collective life in the kindergarten, and also to help parents and children interact.

Everyone is a parent, father or mother, only Mu Guoguo has two people standing behind him. At this time, Mu Liang can't turn around and leave, she has to take into account the child's feelings.

Fu Jinchen subconsciously stood outside, if Mu Liang wanted to leave, he would definitely have to pass by him. However, he carefully observed for a long time, but he saw no sign that she was leaving.

The event began with a debriefing by the children, some of whom showed their drawings, some of whom sang or danced, and some of whom performed taekwondo.

When it was Mu Guoguo's turn, he proudly cocked his little ass, sat in front of the piano, and played his repertoire, Little Star.

Mu Liang shook his head secretly and couldn't help laughing. Maybe outsiders think it's rare for Mu Guoguo to play so well when she is only four years old, but only she knows that in fact, her son will do this.

Fu Jinchen saw his son playing the piano for the first time, and he was surprised, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. Look, his son is better than him, he can play tunes at such a young age, it's amazing!

Whoop -

After Mu Guoguo played the little star, the children in the class and parents applauded him. Mu Liang looked at his son with gentle eyes, and when he saw him standing in front of the stage, he raised his hand and waved at everyone, like a big bowl.

"Hahaha-"

Everyone laughed, and the child's innocent action was not done. Mu Guoguo ran back to Mu Liang and asked in a low voice, "Mom, am I playing well?" ”

"Good." Mu Liang gave a thumbs up.

Mu Guoguo was not satisfied with her mother's affirmation, so she turned her head and asked Fu Jinchen again, "Did I play well?" ”

Fu Jinchen raised his hand, stroked his son's cute mushroom head, and said, "It's better than Dad's play." ”

"Hey, hey." Mu Guoguo smiled and lowered her head embarrassedly. He didn't refute the father in Fu Jinchen's mouth, Mu Liang's eyes moved, and he seemed to find something changed.

Fu Jinchen unconsciously looked sideways, and looked at Mu Liang with deep eyes, but saw her look away.

After the children's performances, it was time for lunch. Visiting the children to eat is also a must-have part of the open day, and Mu Liang was surprised when he saw his son eating in the kindergarten for the first time.

Usually he is very picky when he eats at home, but when he eats in kindergarten, the teacher will match all kinds of dishes, and everyone has one. Mu Guoguo is not a picky eater, and eats quickly.

The children finished their lunch and the open house was coming to an end. The children were taking pictures with the parents who came to participate, Mu Guoguo pursed his lips, turned around and stood between Mu Liang and Fu Jinchen, and said, "Let's take pictures too." ”

We?

The first time his son used this word, Mu Liang pursed his lips and didn't want to take a group photo.

Fu Jinchen took out his mobile phone, hugged his son on his lap, and at the same time pressed Mu Liang's shoulder without a trace, and pulled her into his arms.

Seeing the person in his arms struggling, Fu Jinchen lowered his voice and said in her ear: "Don't move, everyone is looking at us!" ”

Mu Liang's whole body tensed suddenly.

Click――

The shutter of the camera was pressed, and the photo recorded in Fu Jinchen's mobile phone was strange. The three of them had three expressions, Mu Guoguo laughed, Fu Jinchen smiled, and Mu Liang didn't smile.

Near noon, Sheng Mingzhan drove back from the hospital and came directly to Song's to find Mu Liang.

When the assistant saw him coming up, he immediately got up and said, "Mr. Sheng, the chairman is out." ”

"Out?" Sheng Mingzhan raised his eyebrows, "Where to go?" ”

The assistant told the truth, and Sheng Mingzhan drove to the kindergarten.

After the open day, the kindergarten was closed in the afternoon and the children went home. Mu Guoguo carried a small schoolbag, held Mu Liang tightly, and walked out happily.

The crowd walking around was all parents holding their children. Fu Jinchen's thin lips moved, and he unconsciously took a step to follow his son's other side.

Although the three of them didn't act too closely, anyone who saw it could feel that this was a family for a while.

"Mom, I'm still hungry." Mu Guoguo pouted and said pitifully.

Mu Liangxiu frowned and said, "You just had lunch." ”

"But I still want to eat it." Mu Guoguo is coquettish.

Mu Liang didn't nod, and Mu Guoguo walked out of the kindergarten with her.

"Let's have dinner together." Fu Jinchen held the car keys in his hand and took the initiative to invite.

Mu Liang glanced at the parents who walked by, and some greeted her with a smile, "I won't eat, and I have to go back to the company." ”

Hearing her words, Mu Guoguo's eyes darkened, and she pouted unhappily.

Picking up his son with his backhand, Fu Jinchen carried him on his shoulders and said, "It's just a meal, don't let the child down." ”

Seeing his son being taken away by him, Mu Liang hesitated on the spot and had no choice but to follow.

Catching a glimpse of her figure coming up with a snort, Fu Jinchen's thin lips gradually rose, he sat in the back seat of the car with his son in his arms, and Mu Liang drove behind by himself.

Diagonally across the road, Sheng Mingzhan looked at this scene fixedly, with no smile on the corner of his mouth. He saw the three of them approaching, their restrained eyes darkened.

All afternoon, Sheng Mingzhan was out of work, and he didn't come back to his senses until the mobile phone on the table rang.

"Ming Zhan," Mu Liang's voice came through the microphone, "Where are we going to eat seafood at night, are you off work?" ”

Sheng Mingzhan raised his hand and rubbed his sore brows, and said, "I'm sorry Liangliang, I have something to do at night, so I can't eat with you." ”

"Oh," Mu Liang's tone did not reproach, "work is important, we will eat tomorrow." ”

"Okay." Sheng Mingzhan answered, and hung up the phone with a calm face.

The sky outside the window was getting dark, and the assistant pushed open the door and came in, reminding him in time, "President, it's time for you to take medicine." Miss Mu instructed me to remind you on time. ”

"Got it." Sheng Mingzhan instructed his assistant to get off work, he stood up and poured a glass of warm water, picked up the medicine on the table and took out two tablets, but hesitated a moment before putting it in his mouth.

In the middle of the ring, Sheng Mingzhan turned around and sat in the swivel chair and threw away the pills in his hand.

The street lamps in the distance were lit one by one, and Sheng Mingzhan walked to the window, standing straight with his hands on his chest. He lowered his head slightly, his dark eyes narrowed slightly, overlooking the gorgeous night scene at his feet.

It's been five years, and he has been caring for people for so long, and he will never allow Fu Jinchen to take her away again!

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