Lin Meizhi changed her posture and asked seriously, "Do you really want to stay with me?"
Meimei immediately nodded vigorously and emphasized again, "Meimei likes her mother."
"You can stay if you want, but you must be obedient." Lin Meizhi pointed out a finger, "The first and most important thing is to forget that I am your biological mother."
Meimei didn't seem to understand. She blinked her big eyes and asked, "Why?"
"Because your father and I made a mistake when we gave birth to you," Lin Meizhi said angrily, "I wish all this had never happened."
The little guy lowered his head aggrievedly, "Mom doesn't like Meimei."
"Yes, I don't like it, I don't like you, and I don't like your father." Lin Meizhi emphasized again and again, "Besides, I will have children of my own in the future, and they are my treasures."
She grabbed Meimei's clothes and pulled her to her, "If you want to stay with me, forget that I am your mother, can you do that?"
The little guy's eyes were slightly moist, but he stubbornly refused to let the tears fall and responded in a low voice, "I remember."
Lin Meizhi nodded with satisfaction. At least he was her kind and wouldn't be too stupid.
She taught Meimei some more words and then asked Meimei to go to bed. "Tomorrow morning I will take you to meet your uncle, who is my future husband."
"Okay." The little guy responded obediently.
"What I just taught you, you should practice more at night and don't say it wrong tomorrow. Do you understand?" She threatened viciously, "If you say it wrong, you will have to go to the rescue center and live with a group of stray cats and dogs. Together, do you understand?"
The little guy nodded in fear.
Early the next morning, Lin Meizhi took Xiao Meimei to Lengyan's office.
She first asked Xiao Meimei to wait outside and went to see Leng Yan.
"Ayan," her voice was obviously choked, and her eye circles were a little red, "you are finally back."
"What happened?" The divorce was not finalized, so Leng Yan felt guilty, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ayan, can we adopt a child?" Lin Meizhi cried while talking, "I guarantee that she will be a very well-behaved and obedient child, a little girl."
The more Leng Yan listened, the more confused he became, "What's going on?"
But thinking of what Lin Yu said on the plane, his mood was obviously not as conflicted as before.
"Ayan, I don't want to adopt a child for no reason, in fact..." Lin Meizhi cried sadly again.
Leng Yan stood up and walked over, gently placing his hand on Lin Meizhi's shoulder, "Don't cry yet. What's wrong? Tell me."
Lin Meizhi sniffed, "When I was in country M, I was always taken care of by a senior. When I came back this time, I wanted to thank him properly, but there was no news from him."
"I found out later that he was actually addicted to drugs and living in a shabby apartment." She cried more and more sadly, "It really surprised me, Ayan, maybe you know that senior..."
Lin Meizhi couldn't help but feel a little nervous, "Cao Nan, do you still remember Senior Cao Nan?"
Leng Yan remembered that when he and Lin Yu were together, he once regarded Cao Nan as his love rival. As a result, Cao Nan didn't seem to like Lin Yu.
"Is he taking drugs?" He had a deep impression of this man. In his memory, he was also a good young man with a bright future. How could he go astray?
"Well, I'm surprised too." Lin Meizhi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Leng Yan didn't react too violently.
She continued, "And, he has a child, a little girl."
Leng Yan vaguely understood, "Is this the child you want to adopt?"
Lin Meizhi nodded.
Leng Yan frowned and said, "There are many ways you can help him, and it doesn't necessarily require separation of father and daughter."
"Actually, this is what Senior Cao Nan meant," Lin Meizhi sniffed, "Senior Cao Nan knew that he was finished, so he wanted to entrust his child to me, and..."
She cried sadly again, unable to speak at all.
Leng Yan realized something was wrong, "Is there anything else?"
"Just a few days ago, I received news that senior Cao Nan...she died." Lin Meizhi looked extremely sad.
Leng Yan didn't know what to say for a while.
The two were silent for a while, and Lin Meizhi spoke again, "Ayan, this time... I made my own decision. Will you support me?"
Leng Yan looked at her silently.
Lin Meizhi left and opened the office door, and saw Xiao Meimei leading in.
The moment he saw Xiao Meimei, Leng Yan recognized her, "Is it you? Are you Cao Nan's daughter?"
Lin Meizhi asked him deliberately, "Ayan, do you know her?"
Before, Leng Yan secretly went to see Lin Yu, but he couldn't tell him.
He could only sit back again and said with an unnatural expression, "I think I've seen him before somewhere. He looks familiar. I might have mistaken him."
He was still looking at Xiao Meimei.
This girl lives downstairs in Linyu. In other words, Cao Nan lives downstairs in Linyu? Do the two of them have any contact?
He glanced at Lin Meizhi again, and suddenly felt that these things were too coincidental.
Could it be that Lin Yu and the others were suddenly in a hurry to return home because Cao Nan died?
"Come on, Meimei, go say hello to uncle." Lin Meizhi gave little Meimei a gentle push.
Xiao Meimei timidly called out, "Hello, uncle."
"Your nickname is Meimei?" Leng Yan glanced at Lin Meizhi quickly and continued to ask, "What is your nickname?"
Xiao Meimei shook her head, "I don't have a name."
Lin Meizhi told her yesterday not to say her real name was Cao Simei. This name would easily make people suspicious.
Lin Meizhi smiled helplessly, "I heard that the child was born by accident. I don't even know who her mother is. Senior Cao Nan probably just wants the little girl to be beautiful, so she calls her Meimei."
Leng Yan said as if unintentionally, "I thought about it with your parents."
"..." Lin Meizhi laughed dryly, "What parent doesn't like their daughter to be beautiful?"
Leng Yan said no more.
"Ayan, can we keep her?" Lin Meizhi asked again.
This time, Xiao Meimei boldly took a step forward and stood next to Leng Yan, "Uncle, please stay with me. I can do many things."
Leng Yan found it interesting and asked deliberately, "What will you do?"
"I can look after the door, pour water for uncle, and help him get things." The little guy vowed, "No matter how uncle beats me, I won't cry."
Leng Yan frowned, "Has your father ever beaten you?"
"Yes." Little Meimei nodded, "When dad misses mom, he will hit Meimei."
Lin Meizhi felt a thump in her heart. She didn't know about this, and she never told Meimei not to talk about it.
This child is young after all, he only talks nonsense.
She looked at the two people nervously, hesitating whether to take Meimei away immediately, for fear that she would say something wrong again.
