I was stunned for a moment, looking at her with an excited and expectant smile, behind her, Pei Yuanxiu slowly raised his head when he heard the words, and smiled softly at me.

At this time, it is already the most beautiful time in Jiangnan.

The warbler is dancing, the flowers are red and the leaves are green, and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass and green leaves, with the unique warm and moist atmosphere of Jiangnan, which makes people's hearts feel comfortable.

I smiled faintly and patted her fleshy little face: "Li'er is so good." ”

She smiled and plunged into my arms again.

Seeing this scene, the tenderness in Pei Yuanxiu's eyes almost turned into water, and when Li'er was tired of being crooked enough in my arms, he carefully patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, your mother is also tired, this time you should come down and go by yourself, right?" ”

It was only at this time that Li'er was reluctant, and rubbed her cheek on my neck for a while, before slowly letting go of her hand, Pei Yuanxiu took her in her hand like holding a cat, and then carefully put it on the ground, the girl raised her head and hugged my leg again, and said, "I want to sleep with my mother tonight." ”

"Okay, it's up to you."

Pei Yuanxiu said with a smile, reached out and stroked the top of her head, and then raised his head to look at me: "Are you okay?" ”

Since detoxification, my body has been getting better, especially now that I recognize Li'er, and I am in good spirits on happy occasions, these little things are not a problem for me at all. Even, I think I can go for a run, jump, and tell the whole world how happy I am now!

Of course, I couldn't have done that, so I just smiled and said, "I'm fine." ”

"Then I'll have someone come and clean up, and from now on—" he said, looking up into my eyes, "Li'er will live here with you." ”

I raised my head to meet those gentle eyes.

I've had that feeling since just now, I don't know if he deliberately created it, or maybe a man and a woman, with a child, will naturally give people such an illusion, especially Li'er holding me with one hand and holding him with the other, such an atmosphere, if you want to deceive yourself, this is just a friendship between confidants, and you can't deceive.

I thought about it, and finally decided to make some things clear, and said, "Childe, I—"

"I'll go out first and get people ready. You and Li'er should have a lot to say. ”

He interrupted me, smiled and patted Li'er's face again, and turned to walk outside.

Looking at his back, I was a little stunned for a while, but he had already walked out quickly, and faintly heard him instructing the attendant to pick up some important things from the young lady first, and then it seemed that someone came in to ask for something, and he left.

I stood there for a long time, with a long sigh.

This time, I really felt the vitality of Li'er.

I was still in Crouching Tiger Village before, and I had already seen this girl in the bandits' den, but now I know that Shen Xiaokun said that she was "very wild", which was really polite.

She was mad with joy, jumping up and down the house like a monkey. Fortunately, the room was empty and big, enough for her to toss around in it, going around in circles inside and out, holding a teacup and asking me if I wanted to drink water, and then climbing into bed and standing on the edge of the bed and pouting and kissing, it was really enough.

When she finally calmed down, she was already sweating, and she climbed up on a stool in the middle of the room and sat down, looked at me with her legs dangling, looked around again, and said, "I like it here." No wonder Daddy didn't let us in before, it turned out that he kept his mother to come and live with me. ”

I went to see the house where she used to live, and it was very beautifully furnished, with a few boxes piled up with all kinds of knick-knacks, but she said that she liked the empty room with no decoration.

I thought about it for a while, smiled and squatted down to look into her eyes: "Does Li'er really like it here?" ”

"Hmm." She nodded vigorously.

"Then, if there is a simpler room than here, the quilt is not so soft, the tables and chairs are not mahogany, and there are no your knick-knacks, will you like it too?"

She was stunned and blinked her eyes: "Why not?" ”

"Because, a lot of people live in a house like that, and they don't have anything."

"But Li'er has always been there, Daddy has given Li'er."

Looking at those eyes that were a little ignorant and clear and transparent, I hesitated for a moment, finally didn't say anything, just smiled, reached out and touched the top of her head, and went to the bedside to clean up. The boy followed me, was quiet for a while, and then suddenly reached out and took the corner of my coat.

I looked back at her, "Huh? ”

"Mother," she looked at me, as if she was a little confused, and said very seriously: "As long as you are with your mother, any house is fine." ”

“……”

I just felt a heat in my chest, and I crouched down to look at her: "Really? ”

"Hmm. With my mother here, everything is good. ”

In fact, I know that she may not understand what she is saying and what it means, but I know that this is the most straightforward mood of the child, without concealment, without hesitation, for her, the most important thing is the most important.

I smiled and hugged her hard.

After a while, the attendants helped us all clean up, and prepared hot water for us to wash off the dust. Li'er was like a little devil who couldn't stop, and she tossed around in the bath again, and the water splashed everywhere, I coaxed her for a long time before stopping, hugged her and wiped her clean, put on a comfortable toilet coat, and carried her back to the house.

As soon as I pushed the door in, I saw that there was already some soup on the table in the center of the room, and a maid smiled next to me and said, "Childe said that after a day of trouble with Miss, she must be hungry, and Madame will definitely be hungry, so let's eat some soup in the evening." ”

Li'er cheered and immediately ran over.

I looked at the delicate dishes on the table and the delicate side dishes inside, raised my head and said to the maid, "Thank you for helping me, Childe." ”

The maid hurriedly smiled and said, "Madame, what are you talking about?" ”

"I'm here as a guest, and I'm always embarrassed to trouble you."

The maid was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, but nodded and withdrew. I smiled, walked over to eat something with Li'er, and after a while I heard more drumming outside, and took her to sleep.

Tonight's inner courtyard is exceptionally quiet.

I knew that Pei Yuanxiu had ordered me to try not to let others disturb me and Li'er, and even the maids who served were guarding outside, and the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves made this night more and more quiet.

In such a quiet night, my daughter and I ironed together, she had been making trouble for a day, and finally quieted down at this time, like a well-behaved cat nesting in my arms, her little mouth was hot in my ear, and she said very lightly: "Mother, Li'er has always had a lot to say to my mother." ”

"You say, my mother listens."

"My mother is better looking than I thought."

"Really?"

"Well, I often hear my father talk about what my mother looks like, and then I secretly draw my mother's portrait, and I painted a lot. But none of the paintings I painted were as good-looking as my mother. ”

I smiled faintly: "Does it matter if my mother is good-looking or not?" ”

"Uh-huh" She pouted and thought for a while, and then said, "Aunt Zitong often says that no matter how beautiful my mother is, she is not as good-looking as Aunt Ruoshi, but I think," she tightened her neck again, and whispered, "My mother is better looking than Aunt Ruoshi." ”

My heart moved slightly.

I already knew that Han Zitong was hostile to me, and I was not surprised that she said this in front of Li'er, but I just thought about it, Li'er and Han Ruoshi have lived together for so many years, and they are also very emotional, so she even called Han Ruoshi in her dreams when she was in Crouching Tiger Village; And she and I have been separated for so many years, and it stands to reason that no matter how much we miss it, we will be somewhat estranged, but now there is no sense of alienation between our mother and daughter.

I know that Pei Yuanxiu has been doing a lot to make Li'er maintain such a familiar relationship with me.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh.

Li'er immediately noticed something, raised her head and looked at me: "Mother." ”

"Huh?"

"Are you still worried? Worried that you'll be caught back by the bad guys? ”

“……”

"Don't worry, Li'er will protect you, and Daddy, he will also protect you."

“…… I know. Li'er is the most well-behaved. ”

I smiled and patted her face, and then said softly, "Li'er, you're also tired today, right?" Is it OK to go to bed earlier? Don't stay up too late. ”

This girl looked at me with big starlight eyes, she seemed to be still very conscious, she grabbed my clothes and tugged: "Mother." ”

"What's wrong?"

"Mother, why are you locked up by the bad guys?"

I was stunned for a moment.

"Why don't the bad guys let my mother meet me?"

“……”

"Do the bad guys hate me?"

“……”

I can't speak, Li'er must not know that the "bad guy" she is talking about one by one is actually her father, and the matter between me and her father is definitely not something that can be explained clearly in a few words, let alone with such a young girl.

I was silent for a while, and then said softly: "Li'er, actually, my mother was not locked up by bad people. ”

"Huh?"

"Mother has a lot of things, you are still young now, you don't understand."

“……”

"When you get older, you'll understand."

"What-" She suddenly shouted: "Why is my mother the same as Daddy, every time I ask Daddy why you are locked up by bad guys, Daddy answers me like this." ”

I raised my eyebrows - I didn't expect that even Pei Yuanxiu would tell her that.

I smiled, also because it was too late, I was really a little sleepy, and my smile was a little reluctant, and I said softly: "Because, you are really too young now......"

As I spoke, I reached out and gently patted her on the back and said, "Li'er, go to sleep." ”

Saying this, I myself also have some eyelids fighting, recalling the time when I was weak in the past, but I often couldn't sleep all night, my eyes were wide until dawn, and now I have found Li'er, she is by my side, but she is so sleepy, maybe a lot can really be put down, and my heart is not so heavy.

However, just when I was almost about to fall asleep, Li'er suddenly raised her head again and said to me, "Mother, who is my father?" ”