Zhou Yi choked up, "I didn't mean that. Am I really so bad in your heart?"
He really just wanted to ask for her opinion at that time. If she didn't agree, he wouldn't force him to participate in the sports meeting with Sansan.
Of course, this behavior can indeed be interpreted in two ways.
But it was obvious that Zheng Pianqing didn't think about the other possibility at all. She determined that he was using Sansan to "force him into the palace."
Zheng Pianqing ignored Zhou Yi's question.
Zhou Yi's mentality collapsed, and he clenched his fists involuntarily, feeling a strong tingling sensation in his heart.
In the early years, he never thought that one day he would feel such a strong sense of helplessness because of a person's indifference——
For Zhou Yi, words like "helpless" and "powerless" are very unfamiliar. At least in the first thirty years of his life, there were no similar words in his dictionary.
Whether it is relationships, studies, or life planning, he is the one who takes the initiative. Needless to say, his goals in terms of relationships, studies, and life planning have always been clear. He is not the kind of person like Zhou Ren and Zhou Li who like to do business. , and he doesn’t have much ambition. What he lives now is the life he set out for himself: doing charity, stock trading, making small investments, and spending his free time.
He has absolute control over his life.
Now, Zheng Pianqing had become the accident, and he couldn't think of any strategy to deal with it, because it was impossible for her to return to his control.
In the past few months, Zhou Yi often had moments of "regret", regretting that he didn't take her seriously and didn't think about solving her needs completely when she raised her needs. Instead, he perfunctorily appeased her emotions, which eventually led to the two of them. Got this far.
He probably would never be able to see Zheng Pianqing's loving eyes again in his life. Her current coldness was so impactful that his memory gradually became blurry. He couldn't even recall how she behaved when they were in love. It's up to him.
Zhou Yi pulled away from his memories and wanted to ask Zheng Pianqing something. However, as soon as he moved his lips, Sansan had already gone downstairs with his clothes in his arms.
Sansan handed the sportswear to Zhou Yi, "Uncle Zhou, here you go, this is the parent-child outfit we bought. Dad is about the same height as you, so you should be able to wear it."
Zhou Yi took it and nodded, "Okay, thank you Sansan, I'll wear it when the time comes."
After experiencing the violent ups and downs of emotions, Zhou Yi's voice was inevitably hoarse when he spoke.
Sansan heard something was wrong in his voice and moved closer to observe his expression. There was a bit of worry in his big eyes: "Uncle Zhou, aren't you happy?"
Zhou Yi forced a smile and said, "Of course not. I just choked on the water I drank and felt a little uncomfortable."
He made up a random reason, "However, when I think about being able to accompany Sansanbaby to participate in the sports meeting, I won't feel uncomfortable immediately."
Sansan giggled at Zhou Yi's words, and she was very happy: "Uncle Zhou, do you want to have dinner at our house tonight?"
Normally, Zhou Yi would have agreed without hesitation in this situation. Even without Sansan's invitation, he would have "consciously" stayed for dinner.
But today, he did not agree, "Not today."
Zhou Yi rejected Sansan's invitation and touched her head, "I just received a call at the last minute and I have something to deal with. I will go directly to the school to meet you on the day of the sports meeting."
"Okay." Sansan was a little disappointed, but when he heard that Zhou Yi had something to deal with, he didn't force him: "Uncle Zhou, go and do your work. Goodbye, and drive carefully."
Zhou Yi picked up his sportswear, said goodbye to Sansan, glanced at Zheng Pianqing, and then left.
Zheng Pianqing was naturally aware of Zhou Yi's abnormality today, but she didn't want to waste energy thinking about the reason why he did this - she had wasted enough time on him before, and now she didn't want to give him a second.
After Zhou Yi left, Zheng Pianqian and Sansan gradually talked more and more.
Although Sansan has never asked Zheng Pianqing directly, she is smart and is particularly sensitive to the emotions of people around her. Through recent observations, Sansan has discovered that Zheng Pianqing dislikes Zhou Yi very much, which is most obvious. That is, when Zhou Yi was there, Zheng Pianqian basically couldn't say a word, and she wouldn't even look at him.
But Sansan always remembered Zhou Yi's words that he liked Zheng Pianqing and wanted to pursue her, but now it seems... he has no hope at all. Even if his mother breaks up with Uncle Qin, she still won't like Uncle Zhou.
Sansan didn't know what the love between a man and a woman was like, but after thinking about it, it might be that she didn't like the feeling of teaming up with a certain classmate to play tennis... she just couldn't do it.
——
After Zhou Yi returned to the hotel, he took a shower, opened a bottle of wine and sat on the sofa.
He was drinking and staring ahead distractedly. What appeared in front of his eyes was Zheng Pianqing's indifferent expression and behavior.
He was saddened by her contrasting attitude with the past, and what he didn't dare to think about was what kind of pain she had gone through to become like this.
He didn't know much about Zheng Pianqing's experiences during the years when he was ill, and no one was willing to tell him.
Zheng Linxu and Zheng Yuemi are impossible, and Qin Lie doesn't seem to know much.
Zheng Pianqing herself is even less likely to chat with him——
Zhou Yi thought about it and racked his brains for a long time, and only the name Qi Hezhen remained in his mind.
He hadn't thought of this name for many years. He seemed to have heard Rongyue mention it before. Qi Hezhen was married. The marriage should be quite stable now.
Zhou Yi and Qi Hezhen were not familiar with each other. They had only met a few times and barely exchanged a few words with each other. It was not appropriate to ask him out of the blue now.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi felt even more powerless. He drank the remaining wine in the glass in one go and leaned back on the sofa.
——
Three days later, it was the day of the sports meeting.
Zheng Pianqian and Sansan changed into parent-child attire. Mother and daughter had the same ponytails and were dressed exactly the same from head to toe.
When the two of them changed their clothes and looked in the mirror, Sansan picked up her phone and took a photo as a souvenir of this moment.
After taking photos, the two set off.
After getting in the car, Sansan sent a voice message to Zhou Yi: "Uncle Zhou, we're leaving. See you at school!"
Zhou Yi's reply was an "OK" gesture.
At eight o'clock sharp, the car stopped in front of the school. Sansan jumped out of the car with her schoolbag on her back and saw Zhou Yi not far away.
Zhou Yi was wearing the clothes Sansan gave him and walked towards the mother and daughter.
With three people standing together like this, wearing the same clothes, anyone looking over would think they were a family of three.
Zhou Yi took off Sansan's schoolbag, then glanced at Zheng Pianqing's bag, "I'll help you."
Zheng Pianqing ignored it and took Sansan's hand, "Go in first."
Sansan immediately said "hmm" and followed Zheng Pianqiao, while not forgetting to give Zhou Yi a sympathetic look.
