Weiwei was immersed in drawing the family. After hearing her father’s words, she turned her head around and immediately dropped the crayons knowing that it was Sun Lanna.
Weiwei immediately ran towards her without putting on her slippers.
Sun hurried over.
The moment she held Weiwei, she couldn’t hold back the tears.
She really didn’t want to cry in front of Weiwei, but she really couldn’t help it.
“Eh?” Weiwei’s eyes widened slightly, “Auntie, why are you crying?”
“It’s been so long since I’ve seen you,” Sun Lanna kissed on Weiwei’s face. “Weiwei, you’re really getting more beautiful. Auntie is more fond of you. If it’s possible, I really want to stay together with you.”
“Fine. Then I want you to sleep with me tonight!”
“Really?”
“Uh!”
“Auntie really wants to sleep with you and accompany your for more days, but Auntie still has work to do,” Sun carried Weiwei into the living room. “Aunt promise to accompany you after work. Weiwei, tell Auntie, Where do you want to go?”
“I want ice cream!”
“No problem. Where do you want to go?”
“Where I can have ice cream.”
“It seems there’s ice cream at the entrance.”
“Can you take me there?”
Sun Lanna didn’t utter a word, but instead turned to Li Ze.
After he nodded, Sun Lanna said, “Let’s go. Let’s have the ice creams!”
“Hooray!”
After Sun Lanna left with Weiwei, Li Ze looked at Liu Shanshan, “Do you want tea?”
“Indeed am bit thirsty,” Liu Shanshan added, “It’s better to take something cold. I’m still hot.”
Li Ze then poured her a cup of unheated water .
She drank half and set the disposable cup on the table.
Looking around, Liu Shanshan smiled, “Aren’t you afraid your wife will be jealous of you inviting me to your home?”
“She didn’t know you were my ex-girlfriend, and you have come now.”
“So it seemed she didn’t know me at all, right?”
“She didn’t ask me about it, so of course I didn’t tell her”
“True.”
“Is it okay to allow Ms Sun to take my daughter out for ice cream?”
“She’s normal during the day, don’t worry,”
“When would she get rid of the drugs?”
“If everything goes well, in one month. But I don’t know about if it doesn’t go well. It seems she is weak, but actually quite firm, so I am confident. She became stronger after knowing that Weiwei is her daughter. So Weiwei is like her motivation now. I remember that I have seen your wife’s picture when she was pregnant. Ze, I wonder where your child is?”
“He’s gone due to a congenital disease. So we adopted a child. It just happened to be her daughter.”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have mentioned the past.”
“Don’t worry, it’s been so many years.”
Sitting on the sofa, Liu Shanshan said, “You can afford to let it go, but I can’t. I really should have been braver and ignore my parents’ words. Maybe we could have been together, and here would have been our house.”
“Shanshan, it’s all done. Please don’t mention it.”
“I can’t help thinking about it.”
You have to put it down.”
Liu Shanshan frowned at his words, and remained silent.
She tilted her head to the side and crossed her arms.
Li Ze looked at Liu Shanshan, “Your conditions are pretty good, so you can definitely find a man you love to marry.”
“I have been divorced.”
“So what? Don’t divorced women have the right to pursue happiness? ”
“Divorced women aren’t looked upon as being worthy,”
“I don’t think so,”
“But that’s the truth,” Liu Shanshan said, “Women are called second-hand goods after divorce. They won’t be able to be picky, let alone now that I am thirty. To be fair, I can only find divorced men, and possibly with children. Assuming I want an unmarried one, he must be at his forties in general financial condition. Of course I couldn’t accept it, quality is more important. Ze, I still love you, but I know you don’t like me anymore.”
Li Ze said in hesitation, “That’s right.”
“Can’t you trick me?”
“No,” Li Ze said, “It ended after the graduation, so we can only be normal friends. Don’t get lost in between memories, Shanshan. You should go ahead. Divorce is normal nowadays, so the concept of divorce will only get downplayed. Even among divorced men, there are quite a few good guys. They divorced only because they’ve met bad choices, so you must be happy marrying such a man.”
Liu Shanshan frowned more tightly at his sentences.
Especially in the word ‘happiness’, Liu Shanshan’s eyes immediately turned red as tears flowed out.
Li Ze felt distressed by her tears.
But he knew that they won’t get back together, so he just stood like a statue.
If it was any other woman, Li Ze must have already handed her a tissue.
Liu Shanshan bit her lower lip in a blur.
After about five minutes of silence, Liu Shanshan sobbed: “Ze, you are my first love. I wanted to call you and ask whether you needed me before the marriage. If you agreed, I’d have come to Xiamen. But unfortunately, I didn’t even have the courage. I felt like I’d been put to death after the marriage, it was especially very difficult, the daily struggles I faced. Especially when he was beating me, I really wanted you to show up and protect me. I still remember the day you confessed to me, you said you would protect me no matter what happened. After meeting you again in Xiamen, I found out. I noticed…”
Liu Shanshan was unable to continue.
Looking at Li Ze standing still, Liu Shanshan stood up.
She grabbed Li Ze’s hand and pressed them onto her bulging chest, saying, “Ze, I need nothing but I wish we could finish what we haven’t done.”