It's already the beginning of August, the weather is still hot, at noon, Liu Yanning is sitting in the study reading a book, and the sound of Ji Li Ji Li is heard in the living room from time to time.

Aunt Qin came in with a feather duster and said happily: "Our Ah Bao is not stupid, look how well he plays games!" ”

Liu Yanning glanced at the living room, the black and white TV was a dazzling game picture, she also wondered, this good TV turned into a game console, the black remote control board also became the control panel, Ah Bao sat on the wooden sofa, happily holding the remote control board and playing.

Replaced by other children to drill the game hall, he was already beaten by his parents, and Ah Bao has a lot of things, in addition to this black and white TV, and the radio is also Ah Bao's toy, and no one cares about him at home. Aunt Qin looked at Ah Bao's black grape-like eyes dripping, her little fingers pressed the remote control flexibly and accurately, and she was happy in her heart, no one is as smart as their Ah Bao, whose children can play games with a TV?

It didn't take long for Po to put down the game console, barefoot, and ran into the study, he wanted to play the little train, but his mother was reading, and if he played, he would make a noise to his mother, Po sat obediently on the side, waiting for his mother to finish.

Liu Yanning moved her eyes to her son, and took out a handkerchief to wipe Ah Bao's sweat, this child is very angry and extremely intolerant of heat.

Po blinked his little eyes, his mother's handkerchief was fragrant, and he liked it very much.

Liu Yanning noticed that Bao's little eyes kept looking at the little train, "Ah Bao, do you want to play with the little train?" ”

Po nodded, and hurriedly shook his head, but the little eyes still betrayed him.

"Mommy plays with you."

Bao's little eyes suddenly became shiny, and the chick nodded again and again as if pecking rice.

Bao's little train was turned upside down by himself, and when he wanted to play, he had to lay the rails on the ground, Bao's little buttocks paved the rails, and Liu Yanning played with the child for a while.

After several days of long travel, Shen Mu stood at the gate of the family courtyard with his bags, he had not been back for several years, and he was really a little homesick.

Den.

Ah Bao had enough of playing with the little train, and went to tinker with the radio, the radio was used by Shen Mu before, and it had been placed in the corner of the cabinet to accumulate dust, I don't know how Ah Bao turned it over, Liu Yan thought that Ah Bao listened to different voices, which might help him learn to speak, so he used it.

There was a knock on the door.

Aunt Qin opened the door, and there was a strange man standing at the door, extremely handsome, very tall, gray shirt, black trousers, and a tall temperament.

"Who are you looking for?"

Shen Mu pursed his lips and looked behind her, the living room window was bright and clean, there was an oil painting hanging on the wall, the golden sunflowers were in full bloom, the glass vase on the dining table covered with blue and white plaid cloth had a few delicate moon flowers in it, the wooden floor was laid on the ground, and the sunlight jumped in through the doors and windows, plating the room with a layer of warm light.

It makes you want to relax unconsciously.

"I'm Shen Mu."

Aunt Qin was stunned, looked at Shen Mu again, and then looked at the bag in his hand, I heard that he was coming back, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, and after stabilizing my mind, I smiled and said, "When did you come back, come in, I'll find you shoes." ”

In addition to the women in the family, there are children, Shen Mu has not been at home for four years, his shoes have been put away, Aunt Qin pretended to go to find shoes for him, rushed into the study in a hurry, and in Liu Yanning's puzzled gaze, she lowered her voice, "Shen Mu is back!" ”

Liu Yanning didn't react for a while, the door of the study was facing the living room, and she couldn't see Shen Mu.

Aunt Qin informed her of the news, so she hurriedly went to find shoes for Shen Mu.

Liu Yanning came back to her senses and looked at Ah Bao, Ah Bao looked like her, delicate and beautiful, she had never seen her biological father since she was born, and there had been no news of Shen Mu for several years, Liu Yanning had long given up contacting him, but she didn't expect people to come back.

Aunt Qin took out Shen Mu's previous home shoes and took them to the living room, where Shen Mu was still standing at the door.

Aunt Qin put her shoes in front of him, not knowing what to say, so she had to ask, "Have you eaten?" I'm going to cook for you if you didn't eat. ”

Shen Mu didn't know Aunt Qin, but he knew from his mother's family letter that such a person was the nanny hired by Liu Yanning, and his mother Wu Guifen was very dissatisfied with this.

"I am the nanny invited by Yan Ning, my surname is Qin, Yan Ning is polite, call me Aunt Qin. I'm going to cook for you, you take a rest first. ”

After introducing herself, Aunt Qin went to the kitchen, and Shen Mu was the only one left in the living room, and he didn't have time to ask where the child was.

This home, he once lived alone for a year, when he lived, there was almost no furniture in the house, it was a little simple, and now it has completely changed, the living room has a set of sofas, wooden floors, a dining table, a small wooden cabinet, a lot of flower pots at home, flowers and plants are well raised, and there is a Panda brand 14-inch black and white TV set on the low table against the wall.

Shen Mu added a total of 300 yuan per month plus allowance, he applied to the general court, Liu Yanning can receive his salary on time every month, Wu Guifen said in the letter that Liu Yanning spent money indiscriminately, it seems that these things were added.

Shen Mu looked at the set of sofas, he was frugal by nature, and many things in the house were not necessities in his opinion, and they were indeed a bit too wasteful.

Liu Yanning pulled Ah Bao out of the study and saw the person sitting on the wooden bench at a glance.

It is indeed Shen Mu, compared with four years ago, he is black and thin, but he is a little more stable than four years ago.

Hearing footsteps, Shen Mu looked up.

Liu Yanning looked the same as four years ago, her slightly curly long hair was lazily draped on her left chest, she was wearing a white floral dress, her body was unadorned, and her palm-sized face was white and shiny. In his right hand he was holding a little boy in yellow corduroy overalls, whose face was almost carved out of a mold like hers, as white and beautiful.

Both mother and son were barefoot, stepping on the wooden floor.

Probably because both mother and son like to be barefoot, so they laid the wooden floor, Shen Mu thought to himself.

Shen Mu looked at the little boy and stood up. In the past four years, he has imagined the appearance of a child countless times, and he has been worried and does not know what mood to face him. But when he really saw it, Shen Mu was only happy in his heart, his throat was infarcted, and it took a long time to call out the child's name, "... Bao. ”

Po looked at the stranger and squeezed his mother's hand.

Liu Yanning lowered her eyes and looked at Ah Bao, Ah Bao was round and white when he was born, and he smiled when he saw people, he was Liu Yanning's heart and liver baby, she wanted to give Ah Bao a healthy family, so she kept writing to Shen Mu, she wanted to tell Shen Mu how beautiful and cute their children were.

But Shen Mu didn't respond at all. Gradually, Liu Yanning's heart became cold.

Aunt Qin was busy in the kitchen, while pricking up her ears to listen to the movement in the living room, she heard Liu Yanning's cold questioning.

"What are you doing when you come back?"

Shen Mu looked at her, her detached and beautiful eyebrows and eyes were all cold, for a while, Shen Mu didn't know how to answer, and after a while, he said dryly: "... The job was transferred back. ”

He looked at Liu Yanning, in his memory she was still a childish little girl, and now that she had faded away from her youth and was raising children alone, Shen Mu was very grateful to her.

"In the past few years, I've worked hard for you." Shen Mu said.

Liu Yanning didn't answer, and a sneer tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Shen Mu looked at Ah Bao again, his heart was complicated, he had been absent for four years, he had never seen the birth and growth of a child, and said with emotion: "Ah Bao has grown so big."

He learned the child's nickname from Wu Guifen's letter, but he didn't know the child's name yet.

"There is no extra room at home, you can go up to the unit." Liu Yanning didn't answer his words, glanced at the bag at his feet, and said suddenly.

Shen Mu was stunned, there are three rooms at home, and now he has invited an aunt, and the aunt lives in one, and there is a study room for him to live in, but Liu Yanning proposed to let him live in the unit dormitory as soon as they met, probably because he really didn't want him to live at home.

Thinking that Liu Yanning hadn't contacted him in the past few years, although he even had children, the two were no different from strangers, and Shen Mu didn't want to embarrass her, so he had to live at home. He looked at Ah Bao, maybe it was really connected by blood, the first time he saw this little guy, his heart flowed with a deep pity, this is his child, so beautiful.

"Can I come back to see Po every now and then?" He asked Liu Yanning in a pleading tone.

Liu Yanning snorted coldly, but the words of refusal choked in her throat, she had a grudge against Shen Mu, but she couldn't be so selfish to prevent Ah Bao from meeting his own father, but she was angry in her heart, so she just didn't speak with a cold face.

Shen Mu walked towards them slowly, slowly squatting in front of Bao, his eyes were level with Bao, and he tentatively communicated with Bao, "Bao, I'm Dad." ”

Bao's eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as Liu Yanning's, as beautiful as a porcelain doll, the little guy stared at Shen Mu, took a step back, and his little face was full of vigilance.

Shen Mu was helpless, so he had to look at Liu Yanning for help, hoping that she could tell the child her identity, Ah Bao had never seen him, and it was normal not to be close.

But it's strange that Liu Yanning can help him introduce him, he has ignored him for the past four years, pretending to be a loving father as soon as he meets, and asking her to help the child get close to him, is there such a cheap thing?

Seeing that Ah Bao rejected him, Liu Yanning refused to help, Shen Mu didn't want to scare the child, stood up and took a few steps back, he looked at Ah Bao reluctantly, and said to Liu Yanning: "I will come to see him often." ”

Shen Mu picked up his luggage, changed his shoes and was about to leave, Aunt Qin hurriedly rushed out of the kitchen, "I cooked noodles, it's ready, let's eat first!" ”

"Thanks, I'll go first. Please take care of their mother and son. Shen Mu nodded politely to Aunt Qin, opened the door and walked out.

Seeing that Liu Yanning was indifferent, Aunt Qin couldn't help but hurriedly said, "It's not easy for someone to come back, why did you let him go?" ”

Liu Yanning's slender eyebrows raised, "Does it make a difference if he doesn't come back?" ”

Aunt Qin sighed heavily and stopped talking.

Shen Mu went home with his luggage, and a few people saw it, but it didn't take long for them to see Shen Mu carrying his luggage and leaving, and they were all stunned.

Shen Mu just came back, and he didn't have time to apply for the unit dormitory, so he had to settle in the guest house these days.

The night is cool, the window is open, there is a faint smell of wormwood in the room, smoked mosquitoes, Ah Bao does not like the smell of mosquito coils, but likes the fragrance of this pure plant.

On the bedside table, there is a dark green petal-shaped retro table lamp, emitting a soft light, Liu Yanning holds Ah Bao, holding a children's enlightenment book in his hand, which is to teach children to call relatives.

"What's Mommy's mom's name? Mom's mother is called Grandma, and Grandma's hair is already gray! Liu Yanning pointed to the old grandmother pattern printed on the page, "Bao, learn from your mother, grandmother!" ”

Po opened his mouth, but there was still no sound.

Liu Yanning was not discouraged, she has insisted for the past two years, "Grandma! Grandmother! ”

"This is Mommy, Mommy!" Liu Yanning pointed to the 'cartoon mother' and taught Ah Bao to speak, and Ah Bao watched her make a 'mother' mouth.

Liu Yanning was very happy, at least Bao's communication skills were no problem, he just couldn't speak.

She pointed to the cartoon figure with short hair, "It's..." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yanning was stunned. Po's gaze flashed at the cartoon villain, and his little finger pointed at the villain, trying to make his father's voice.

Liu Yanning hugged Ah Bao and asked him hesitantly, "Ah Bao, do you want Dad?" ”

Ah Bao was stunned, his ruddy lips pursed into a line, and he didn't know if he understood it, so he shrank into Liu Yanning's arms.

Liu Yanning sighed in his heart, although Shen Mu acted like he liked children today, but in view of his ignorance in the past few years, he really didn't dare to trust him.