Shen Mu got off work and took the tram to the family home, this car passed through the Aerospace Institute, most of the passengers on the car were colleagues, Jiang Dan got on the car and saw Shen Mu sitting by the window, she wanted to sit over, Hu Xuehua, who was walking in front, sat first.

"Sister Hu." Shen Mu greeted her.

Hu Xuehua smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few years, are you going home?" ”

Shen Mu paused and said with a smile: "Yes." ”

Hu Xuehua heard that Shen Mu separated from Liu Yanning as soon as he went home, and the family home was full of people, and there were always people who liked to arrange Liu Yanning, only Hu Xuehua, who was close to her, knew that Liu Yanning was not as rumored outside at all, and couldn't help but help her clarify.

"It's not easy for Yanning to take care of children in the past few years, there is no one to help you when you are pregnant and have children, you eat noodles during confinement, you haven't taken a child and don't know the hard work here, I feel sorry for her when I look at it. Now that you're back, be considerate of her. ”

Shen Mu asked suspiciously, "No one is waiting for her confinement?" Didn't my mom come? ”

In Wu Guifen's family letter, it was said that she had served Liu Yanning for forty-two days!

Hu Xuehua was stunned, "No." Yanning's confinement is what I serve, and I can't say that I am serving, just making some soup and rice for her, and washing clothes and diapers for Bao. ”

Shen Mu was stunned for a while, he knew Hu Xuehua's personality, she wouldn't lie about this kind of thing, so who was the one who lied.

Jiang Dan sat in the back row and interjected, "Aunt has also come to see Yanning." ”

Hu Xuehua stopped talking, she knew the real situation very well, but she was a mother and son, and she was not an outsider who could talk much.

Seeing and serving confinement are two different things. Hearing from Hu Xuehua's mouth about Liu Yanning's difficulties in bringing up children, Shen Mu felt more and more indebted to her, he really thought that Wu Guifen was serving Liu Yanning in confinement, and also sent his business trip allowance on the base to Wu Guifen, asking her to make some nutritious soup for Liu Yanning to replenish her body.

Shen Mu didn't feel good in his heart, and couldn't stop thanking Hu Xuehua, "Sister Hu, they all say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, I have been away on business for a few years, and I owe you to take care of Yanning's mother and son, I really don't know how to thank you." ”

Hu Xuehua smiled, meaning something, "With a gesture, you haven't been at home for a few years, just listen to what outsiders say." ”

When they arrived at the station, the employees of the space institute got off the train, and the tram was half empty. Hu Xuehua had to go grocery shopping, and he had to sit one more stop.

As soon as Shen Mu got out of the car, he was stopped by Jiang Dan.

"Shen Mu, are you free?" Jiang Dan asked with a smile.

Shen Mu hurriedly went to see Ah Bao, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"My gas stove is not burning, and I don't know what the reason is, can you help me take a look?"

Shen Mu thought that she would go home to cook, and if she didn't fix the gas stove first, she had to agree, "Okay, let's go to your house to see the gas stove first." ”

Jiang Dan didn't go with Shen Mu, she asked Shen Mu to go first, Shen Mu was puzzled, Jiang Dan smiled bitterly: "My current identity, if I get too close to you, it will not be good for your reputation." ”

Shen Mu frowned and said, "What's this, sit up straight and care what others say." ”

Jiang Dan smiled, "You really haven't changed much, and you are still as righteous and awe-inspiring as back then, which is admirable." ”

Shen Mu followed Jiang Dan to her house, Xiao Tongtong had already returned, and when he saw Shen Mu's eyes lit up, he immediately ran over and grabbed Shen Mu affectionately, "Uncle Shen, you're here!" I don't know how to do a topic, can you tell me about it? ”

Shen Mu first told Xiao Tongtong about the topic, and then went to the kitchen to look at the gas stove, and it took a long time to find out that the gas tank was out of gas, Jiang Dan poured tea and water, and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm so stupid, I don't know if the gas tank is out of gas, so you are busy in vain." ”

Shen Mu washed his hands, "Let's order a can of gas again, I'll go first." ”

Jiang Dan hurriedly called him, "Stay and eat before leaving... Smoke will not leave you to eat, you can't go hungry. ”

Xiao Tongtong also ran over, raised his head, and said to Shen Mu expectantly: "Uncle Shen, stay and eat with us." ”

The possibility of Liu Yanning leaving him to eat is indeed very low, but Shen Mu didn't come to eat, he opened the door, "No, I have to go over and see Ah Bao." ”

Looking at the back of Shen Mu leaving, Xiao Tongtong was very disappointed, "Mom..."

Jiang Dan gritted his teeth and reprimanded, "Don't go study yet!" You haven't finished half of the exercise book I bought you the day before yesterday! ”

The small red brick house was very conspicuous in the family courtyard, the door was open, and when he saw Ah Bao running around in the living room from a distance, Shen Mu's heart suddenly softened.

Aunt Qin had already put the meal on the table, and the three of them were preparing to eat.

Po sat with his back to him, his two little short legs dangling happily.

Shen Mu appeared at the door a little abruptly, "Bao! ”

Po looked back at him, his eyes briefly flashed with surprise, but he quickly wrinkled his little face, twisted his body back, his legs didn't shake, and his every move was full of rejection.

And Liu Yanning saw Shen Mu, her delicate eyebrows were almost knotted, and her tone was very dissatisfied, "What are you doing?" ”

Aunt Qin, who had always been very polite to Shen Mu, didn't seem to see him, and she was not as enthusiastic as before to help him find a change of shoes, and helped Liu Yanning and her mother to serve dinner. Shen Mu was embarrassed at the door, he was too anxious, he rushed over after work, he should buy some candy for Bao.

"Bao, Dad worked overtime last night... That's why I couldn't come and see you. Shen Mu tried to explain to Ah Bao why he couldn't come over yesterday, of course he came later, but it was too late.

Ah Bao's beautiful little face was full of unhappiness, he didn't want to know why Shen Mu couldn't come, he only knew that he had waited for Shen Mu for a long time yesterday, and Shen Mu didn't show up as promised.

In Bao's world, it is either black or white, and Shen Mu deceived him.

And Liu Yanning didn't have a good face, she stood up and looked at Shen Mu unceremoniously: "We didn't cook your rice, you shouldn't stand here and watch us eat." ”

Shen Mu took a few steps back with interest, "I'll wait outside, you eat first." ”

He also thoughtfully closed the door.

Aunt Qin couldn't bear it, she was originally angry that Shen Mushuang had asked Ah Bao to wait for him for an afternoon, and there were red marks of mosquito bites everywhere on her body, which made her feel distressed. Listening to Shen Mu's explanation that it was because of overtime, half of his anger was gone, and he persuaded Liu Yanning, "You don't know his job, it's normal to have a job temporarily, it is estimated that he came here just after work, let him come in and eat together." ”

"Does he deserve it?" Liu Yan condensed his stomach, and he had to spread it out today. She didn't wear any shoes, and walked out barefoot with the door open.

Shen Mu sat in front of the table where Liu Yanning often reads books under the corridor, and the blue uniform of the aerospace institute looked so tall and handsome on him. He was kicked out, and there was no resentment on his face, and when he heard the door open, he looked over.

"Po doesn't want to see you, and I don't want to see you, can you please come less in the future?" Liu Yanning's beautiful eyes seemed to be frozen, and the words he spit out were all with ice edges, and he stabbed at Shen Mu unceremoniously.

Shen Mu stood up, he was a head taller than Liu Yanning, calmly facing her anger, "I am Ah Bao's father, I have the responsibility and the right to come and see him." ”

"Responsibility?" Liu Yanning seemed to hear a big joke, and sneered, "This is the family home of the Aerospace Academy, if you really have something to do to work overtime, you can bring a message to us, do you know that Ah Bao sat here yesterday and waited for you for an afternoon?" You come to see him on a whim, if you don't want to come, you won't come, and you deserve to be responsible? ”

Shen Mu was speechless, he never imagined that Ah Bao would sit and wait for him yesterday, he thought that Ah Bao would not take his words to heart, so he didn't specifically ask someone to say it.

Thinking that Ah Bao was sitting here waiting for him yesterday, but in the end he didn't wait for him, I don't know how disappointed I should be, Shen Mu blamed himself and felt distressed, and said sneeringly: "I'm sorry... I didn't expect that..."

Liu Yanning interrupted him impatiently, "You didn't expect that? Okay, you didn't think of it, but in the past four years, I have written so many letters to you, I wrote to you when I was pregnant, I wrote to you when I gave birth, and I wrote to you when Bao learned to walk, and you ignored them all, which is also 'unexpected'? ”

Shen Mu was stunned and subconsciously asked, "You wrote me a letter?" ”

Liu Yanning looked at him and sneered, "Shen Mu, what other excuses do you want to find?" Do you want to tell me that you didn't receive the letter? ”

"I really didn't receive it." Shen Mu hurriedly explained, "I really didn't receive it, no, I received one, it was after you gave birth to Bao, and I also wrote a lot to you, didn't you receive it?" ”

Liu Yanning stared at him quietly, as if to distinguish the truth from the falsehood in his words.

Shen Mu had already realized that there was a problem in a certain link, "There is no problem with the communication at the base, I can receive the letters that my mother wrote to me, and she writes to me every month!" Why didn't I get you..."

No wonder Liu Yanning was so hostile to him, it turned out that she didn't receive the letter, and Shen Mu didn't receive her, so he couldn't reply, and he didn't write for four years, in Liu Yanning's eyes, wasn't he just irresponsible. Shen Mu remembered something, and he asked Liu Yanning tentatively, "What about my salary, do you go to get it on time every month?" ”

Liu Yanning sneered, "If I say that I haven't received a penny, believe it or not, your mother will tell people everywhere that I spend your salary arbitrarily." ”