When Tan went out, Lily was completely awake and was sitting on the couch reading a picture book.

After a pause, he still took the initiative to ask, "You don't have to take a nap?"

"Oh."

After Lily answered, she got up and was about to walk in the direction of the bedroom, but Tan Near quickly stopped her, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find my mother, and I want her to sleep with her."

"How old are you and you still want your mother to sleep with?"

"I'm three years old."

Lily replied to him very seriously.

Tan was speechless by her words.

After a while, he said, "How about I put you to sleep?"

Lily frowned.

The look of still being a little disgusted with him is very obvious.

Tan Jin naturally saw it, but he was not reluctant, just stood there and waited for her answer.

Finally, as if she had finally convinced herself to accept his offer, Lily reached out and took a few steps closer to him.

Tan Jin didn't quite understand what she meant.

It wasn't until Lily was just a fist away from him that she said, "Hold."

Tan Jin raised his eyebrows.

Then he said, "Men and women are not intimate, so I'll read to you."

Lily, who was rejected, pouted a little unhappily, but accepted the offer to talk closer.

The two of them sat on the couch.

Lily handed him the picture book, and began to read it word by word.

His voice was as if he was reporting to work, without any emotion, and after listening to it for a while, Lily yawned and asked again, "Uncle, you read so badly."

Tan Jin pursed his lips and replied, "I'm here to make you fall asleep faster."

Lily ignored his answer, blinked her eyes, and asked seriously, "Uncle, do you have any children?" That's not how you read."

This sentence seems to hit the point of the conversation.

His expression changed before he replied, "Before."

"And now?"

I don't talk anymore.

Although Lily didn't understand, she also sensed his emotions keenly and soon stopped talking.

Tan was silent for a while before continuing to read.

But the next moment he found that Lily was also asleep.

His voice suddenly stopped, and he reached out and hugged her.

It wasn't the first time he'd held her.

The last time he picked them up from the botanical garden at the resort, he was the one who picked up the children from the car.

But at that time, he only remembered Xin Yi in his heart, and he didn't take the child in his arms seriously at all.

Probably because of what she had asked herself, he suddenly remembered the child they had and lost.

And the dress that still hangs in his closet.

The sadness that had been diluted by three years suddenly surged up at this time.

Then, he remembered the scar on Xin Yi's body.

One another, one another.

Soon, he entered the bedroom again and placed the child in his arms beside her.

Xin Yi's breathing seemed to be a little more even, probably asleep.

But when she put the child down, she still subconsciously turned around and held the child in her arms again.

- Like a drowning man, he clung to the straw that saved his life.

Tan Jin lowered his eyes and looked at it for a long time, but in the end he didn't do anything, and turned around and went out directly.

The rain outside the window continued, and Su Yan set up a wine cabinet on the first floor, in which he put a lot of good wine from his treasure.

After looking around, he just sat on the sofa and lit the cigarette in his hand.

The lighter was held in his palm, and there were many signs of wear and tear on it.

After all...... It's been almost five years.

The crooked characters she carved on it were still there, but they had become very shallow and faint, and he could only watch and be powerless.

Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Tan's thoughts were withdrawn, and his head was raised.

After confirming that it was the doorbell, he immediately got up and walked to the door.

There was a strange man standing outside the door.

But it's not entirely new.

I have seen his information recently, and I also remember what he looked like.

- Xu Li.

Seeing him, Xu Li was obviously a little surprised.

After squinting his eyes, he suddenly laughed, "Sure enough, it's you."

Tan Jin didn't know what he meant, but he didn't ask, just stood there and stared at him.

Xu Li didn't care so much, just pushed him away and walked into the house.

"Where's Jiang Xinyi?" He asked, "Upstairs?"

He was about to go upstairs, but Tan Jin quickly stopped him.

"Mr. Xu." He said, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"Well, it looks like you know me." Xu Li chuckled, "Jiang Xinyi told you?"

Xu Li's expression and voice were marked with mockery and contempt.

Tan Jin's brow suddenly furrowed even tighter.

Although he also liked to call her "Jiang Xinyi" like this before.

But at this time, when he heard such a title with a surname from someone else's mouth, he suddenly felt ...... It's very unpleasant.

What made him even more unhappy was Xu Li's attitude when she mentioned her.

"So Su Yan's matter also has something to do with you?" Xu Li didn't care what kind of attitude he had when he talked about it, but continued, "No wonder today's news can be withdrawn so quickly."

"I told Su Yan before, let Jiang Xinyi go to you, naturally anything can be solved, he is still taking into account Jiang Xinyi's feelings, now I see that he is really worried, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't need to suffer this unwarranted disaster."

"Now that the general purpose of the talk has been achieved? Since this is the case, it is better to take Jiang Xinyi away directly, I didn't agree with her and Su Yan's affair, but now that she has caused such a trouble, it is ...... at all."

"Enough talk?"

Xu Li's words were directly interrupted.

Tan's cold voice and face made his brow furrow.

"Before, you used this attitude to talk to her in this way?" Talk about it and ask again.

This somewhat inexplicable sentence made Xu Li stunned.

Then, he chuckled, "You're talking about Jiang Xinyi? Yes, so what?"

"I know she used to be Miss Jiang from Fuji City, so what? If it weren't for Su Yan, she wouldn't even be as good as a dog, in that case, shouldn't she be grateful to him? What's wrong with my attitude?"

Xu Li's voice fell, Tan Jin suddenly stepped forward, and his hand directly grabbed his collar!

His face was very ugly, and his other hand had already raised his fist!

Seeing this, Xu Li's face didn't even change, and he only continued, "Mr. Tan, you are not qualified to lose your temper with me now, after all, where were you during the most unsatisfactory period of Jiang Xinyi's life?"

"You're not even as good as me, because even if I didn't agree at that time, I still had to settle her dispute with the mental hospital."