The little girl in the video was extremely excited. She splashed water on her face with her hands, but it did not affect her happiness at all.
She knew that Lin Shanshan was taking photos of her to show her mother, and she kept showing off the shells she found and the beach behind her to Shi Yang, without any discomfort at leaving her mother.
Perhaps this is because Shiyang has been busy with study and work since she was born, and has limited time to accompany her. Therefore, as long as Shiyang is busy with work, she will not cling to Shiyang like other children.
It was this kind of sensibility that made Shiyang feel a lot of guilt.
She called Lin Shanshan back via video call.
The phone rang briefly and was picked up.
Lin Shanshan's smiling face appeared in front of the camera.
"Are you awake?" she asked with a smile, not forgetting to turn her head and glance behind Shiyang, lowering her voice and asking her in a low voice, "Are you the only one at home?"
Shiyang knew what she was worried about and nodded gently: "Yes. Fu Jingchuan has gone back."
Lin Shanshan was a little surprised: "Why did he go back at this time?"
It's almost time to eat at this point.
"Are you busy with his work again?" This was the only reason Lin Shanshan could think of.
Shi Yang just shook his head.
"no."
She said softly that she didn't want to talk more about Fu Jingchuan, and she didn't know what to talk about. In fact, she was always in a mess and couldn't figure it out.
"Is Tongtong asleep?" Shiyang asked softly, changing the topic.
"Well, I went to bed. I'm exhausted after playing all afternoon." Lin Shanshan said, remembering Fu Jingchuan's call, "By the way, Fu Jingchuan just called Sister Gao and wanted to see Tongtong."
Shiyang pursed her lips slightly, not knowing what to say. She was not surprised that Fu Jingchuan would look for Tongtong.
But Lin Shanshan took Tongtong on vacation abroad, which was something she had never expected.
She didn't expect that Lin Shanshan would take Tongtong away.
She guessed that Lin Shanshan saw that Fu Jingchuan was here, and he knew that Tongtong lived on the 18th floor. She was afraid that he would come up or Tongtong would come down, so he took her on vacation.
Lin Shanshan hasn't found a suitable job yet, and she has plenty of time to spend with her children.
"Mother?"
Suddenly, Tongtong's confused and anxious voice came from behind the camera.
"Eh? Are you awake again?" Lin Shanshan looked at her unexpectedly and turned the camera towards her.
They were still outside and didn't go back.
When the children were tired from playing, they took them back to the car to rest temporarily. They were still in the parking lot of the scenic spot and were about to go back.
Lin Shanshan drove them there herself.
Tongtong slept on the back seat of the car, and a temporary sleeping mat was laid out so that the children could rest at any time when they were tired from playing.
In front of the camera, Tongtong was obviously still very sleepy. He rubbed his eyes and struggled to open them, then he knelt down and stood up to look at the camera.
When she saw Shiyang in front of the camera, most of the sleepiness in her eyes disappeared.
"Mother."
She gave a crisp shout, and she climbed up from her sleeping mat and sat up, approaching her cell phone.
Lin Shanshan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Slow down, slow down, little ancestor, your mother can't run away."
Shiyang couldn't help but smile at Tongtong: "Tongtong went to the beach with her godmother and aunt today, right?"
Tongtong nodded: "Well, there is a lot of water here, and a lot of sand. It's so beautiful."
As the little girl spoke, she couldn't help but gesture hard, and she felt that the gesture was not good enough. She quickly turned around and asked Lin Shanshan to open the window for her. Then she turned her phone's camera to the sea not far away, and excitedly introduced to Shiyang:
"Mom, look, it's such a big sea. I've never seen such a big sea. It's so beautiful..."
Shiyang was also infected by her happiness and asked her with a smile: "Did Tongtong have fun?"
"Yeah." Tongtong nodded heavily, "I'm so happy."
As he spoke, the man moved closer to the phone and asked Shiyang in confusion: "My godmother said, Mom, she will come later. Then, when will she come?"
Lin Shanshan, who was behind the camera, explained: "I thought it was a rare trip, so why not take her to play for two more days? Tongtong also likes it here, why don't you come over too? Do you have time?"
Shiyang nodded: "It's okay, I have time."
As she said that, she stood up and said, "I'll go clean it up."
Then he said to Tongtong: "Mom, go change clothes first. You'll be there in a while. You'll be there around dinner time. Tongtong goes to bed first. I'll call you when mommy arrives, okay?"
"good."
The little girl nodded heavily, feeling extremely happy. Ying Wan glanced at Shiyang hesitantly, and asked her hesitantly, "Mom, can I, or can't I, also called my beautiful uncle, play with me?"
Shiyang: "..."
Lin Shanshan: "..."
When Tongtong looked at it, she was stunned and didn't say anything. She couldn't help but blinked her big eyes in confusion and asked her: "Mom, isn't it okay?"
Shiyang didn't know how to answer, her nose suddenly felt sore.
It was such a small request from a child, but she couldn't say "yes" to her neatly.
Now is indeed not the best time for Fu Jingchuan to discover Tongtong's existence.
The problems between her and Fu Jingchuan, the problems between Fu Jingchuan's family and her, the Fu family's acceptance of Tongtong, etc., none of them have been resolved.
She also hasn't had the time and space to weigh and consider.
When she first decided to give birth to Tongtong, all she really wanted was to leave her father behind and keep her son.
There are many single children in this world, and there are also many children who can be raised healthy and happy by their mothers alone.
In the widowed parenting environment of many families, the father’s presence is worse than not having him at all.
During the two years of her marriage to Fu Jingchuan, despite Fu Jingchuan's love for work, she never thought that Fu Jingchuan would be a good father.
He will love his children and give them a rich environment to grow up, but he may not give them too much companionship.
He can only play the role of a strict father in the child's growing environment. A successful, dignified and strict father who can make children afraid. But for Tongtong, what she needs is companionship.
But these are things she felt Fu Jingchuan couldn't give her in her two years of marriage.
Coupled with Fu Jingchuan's parents' dislike of her and the deep-rooted family concept in their family, she chose to raise Tongtong alone.
She has the ability to give her a peaceful, loving and wealthy growth environment. Although it will not be more prominent than the Fu family, it is enough for an ordinary person.
For Tongtong, health, happiness and contentment are her greatest wealth.
For her, she only hopes that Tongtong will grow up healthy, happy and safe.
So she initially just wanted to give birth to Tongtong and raise her by herself.
Only later did she choose to succumb to her fate when she discovered that she could not avoid Fu Jingchuan no matter how hard she tried. Every time she tried to avoid him, she would sacrifice her future, but she still could not avoid him.
From the moment she decided to return to Xicheng, she no longer deliberately tried to hide Tongtong.
However, the consideration at that time was still to determine that Fu Jingchuan would not remarry, and after a comprehensive evaluation, Tongtong's growth would not be affected after she recognized Fu Jingchuan.
She thought it would be a slow process of investigation and giving her enough time to think about it, but Fu Jingchuan was too keen, and Tongtong's liking and dependence on Fu Jingchuan was deeper than she thought, which disrupted all her rhythms.
Shi Yang didn't know whether he should let Fu Jingchuan know about Tongtong's existence.
Fu Jingchuan's parents, the Fu family's desire for the Shen family... nothing has changed.
Thinking of last night at the door of Shen's villa, Fang Wanqing pointedly told Shen Yu's mother Lan Yeru, "She didn't know how to design Jingchuan at the beginning, so she got in because of her pregnancy. She knew about Shen Yu and Jingchuan's relationship." "Relationship, I'm afraid...", and Fu Wujun's phone call: "Don't be deceived by that woman's superficial skills. She deceived you, the old lady of Uncle Shen's family, in order to pretend to be Shen Yu. What's the situation with the old lady, you are not the same I don’t know, she has long since lost her ability to recognize people, and she just believes whatever other people say. In order to get into our house, this woman even takes advantage of an old man who is delirious. Is there anything else she can’t do...", their prejudice against her. It's never changed.
As long as Fu Jingchuan discovers Tongtong's true identity, he must make Tongtong recognize her.
He couldn't leave his daughter alone.
But Tongtong's recognition of the Fu family might just end up being her using Tongtong as a pawn to remarry into their Fu family.
Shiyang didn't care what they thought of her, but she was afraid that this concept would be instilled in her intentionally or unintentionally by their family members.
Shiyang couldn't imagine how they would accuse her mother in front of Tongtong in the future where she couldn't see it. This was not something she should bear at her age.
"Mother?"
Perhaps Shiyang was distracted for too long, and Tongtong couldn't help but call her out of worry.
Shiyang glanced at her and smiled at her.
"Pretty uncle..." Shishiyang couldn't help but choked up when she mentioned Fu Jingchuan. She calmed down and softly comforted her and said, "He has to work. Can he play with Tongtong again if he has the opportunity in the future?"
Although Tongtong was a little disappointed, just like every time he understood her, Tongtong nodded obediently: "Okay."
There was no hint of unhappiness on his face, and he was so sensible that Shiyang felt heartbroken.
Shiyang reluctantly smiled at her: "Tongtong will go to bed first. Mom will accompany you later."
"good."
After answering abruptly again, saying "Mom, goodbye", Tongtong gave Lin Shanshan her cell phone.
Lin Shanshan looked at her and couldn't help but ask: "What are your plans now?"
Shiyang knew what she was asking. She breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "How could I have time to think about it?"
Everything happened last night. First she met Fang Wanqing, Tongtong met Fu Jingchuan, and took Fu Jingchuan home. Then Fu Jingchuan tested her intentionally or unintentionally. Fang Wanqing and Fu Wujun called to reprimand and warn, and then Shen Grandma Yu's video call inspired her. She was busy doing design all night. She was busy all the way until this morning. As a result, she met Fu Jingchuan again when she went out. When she came back, she fell asleep. After sleeping until now, she had no time to go to work. Consider these.
"Then don't think about it, come on vacation." Lin Shanshan said with a smile, turning the camera to the sea view outside the car window, "Look, the beach and the sea, blowing in the wind, playing with the sand and water, there won't be any worries."
Shiyang nodded slightly: "I'll be there in a moment."
She went back to her room, changed her clothes, and took a taxi directly to Lincheng.
It was dinner time when we got there.
Tongtong was full of sleep, and her whole body was resurrected with full blood. She was particularly happy to see Shiyang. Originally, she could be hugged by anyone, but when she saw Shiyang, she hugged Shiyang like a koala and held her tight.
Since Shiyang returned to China, the family has not had the chance to go out and play like this because of her busy work schedule.
Tongtong has never had the opportunity to see so many ocean-related things.
Therefore, Tongtong was particularly excited about this first family outing.
Tongtong was happy, and Shiyang was in a good mood. From the beach to the aquarium to the amusement park, Shiyang played with her tirelessly for a solid weekend.
Tongtong also had a great time playing, and she didn't know whether it was because the child's memory was short or there was something newer and more interesting to attract her attention, but the little girl never mentioned her beautiful uncle again.
Before going back on Sunday afternoon, several people went to a nearby shopping mall for dinner.
I was a little tired after playing for two days and wanted to go back after eating.
Lin Shanshan chose the restaurant, a local chain restaurant.
The car driven by Lin Shanshan took everyone there together.
When the car stopped in the shopping mall parking lot, Shiyang hugged Tongtong and Sister Gao and got out of the car first.
"Then you park the car first, and we'll get in line first."
Shi Yang said to Lin Shanshan.
Lin Shanshan waved to Shiyang: "Okay, you go in first. I'll come find you in a while."
Shiyang nodded and walked to the elevator with Tongtong in his arms.
Xu Shi Shopping Mall is located in the outskirts of Lincheng. Although the shopping mall is large and new, it has very little traffic.
There were few cars and few people in the underground garage.
The huge underground garage was so quiet that it was quite eerie.
"On this big weekend, I didn't see many people in such a big shopping mall. Isn't the food here not delicious?"
Looking at the empty underground garage, Sister Gao couldn't help but worry.
"It's okay, just fill your stomach."
Shiyang didn't pay much attention to this. The dining environment was quieter with fewer people.
As soon as she walked to the elevator with Tongtong in her arms, the elevator door happened to open and there was someone in the elevator.
Shiyang subconsciously held Tongtong and moved to the side to let the people in the elevator go first.
A tall, thin man in a floral shirt came out of the elevator smoking a cigarette. He lowered his head and played with his mobile phone while walking, saying:
"I'm going to look for you now. Don't you fucking run away again."
The slightly familiar voice made Shiyang pause in his steps and turned to look at the man.
The man didn't notice her. He had put his mobile phone to his ear to listen to the voice. He was blowing smoke rings and walking towards the parking lot outside. The direction of his footsteps was the direction where Lin Shanshan parked her car.
Shi Yang frowned, took out his cell phone and quickly called Lin Shanshan.
The call was connected, but Lin Shanshan didn't answer it. She was probably busy parking the car.
Shiyang was anxious, comforting Tongtong and was about to give her to Sister Gao, when Lin Shanshan called back.
"Yangyang, why..."
Just as Lin Shanshan was about to ask "What's wrong?", Shi Yang interrupted her urgently:
"Don't get out of the car yet, I saw your brother."
