Mother Li and Li Li followed Fang Ying's gaze.
There was nothing next to her. Is there anyone there
The two of them could see the living room, which was filled with various festive pendants, and clothes hanging on the balcony. In addition to the children's clothes, Mother Li saw a men's shirt.
Her pupils shrank suddenly, her face turned pale, and her body swayed slightly.
When Li Li saw the men's slippers placed at the door, she was so frightened that sweat ran down her spine. She began to tremble all over, and her arrogance suddenly dissipated.
A mysterious and unspeakable fear suddenly swept over them.
The two of them looked at Fang Ying with indifferent eyes. They were frozen in place, unable to say a word, their lips turned white, and they were stunned.
"I still said what I said, life for life, I will forgive you. Don't ruin my mood again." Fang Ying said calmly and closed the door directly.
As soon as the door closed, a cool breeze blew from nowhere. Mother Li and Li Li's souls were about to leave their bodies, and they were sweating like rain.
The two of them looked at the elevator, not daring to go in at all.
When she returned that day, Mother Li had a high fever and started talking nonsense.
The drug trafficking case in which Li Zhen was involved seems to have emerged. Three nightclubs were rectified and more than 20 suspects were arrested.
According to multiple confessions, many people have also had "transactions" with Li Zhen.
The day before New Year's Eve, the news of Li's father's sentencing became a hot search topic and was also published in local newspapers.
He took advantage of his position to commit corruption and bribery, and committed multiple crimes such as bribery, abuse of power, and corruption. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 15.5 million. His corruption and illegal gains over the years will also be confiscated and turned over to the national treasury.
It is said that Mother Li fainted immediately after hearing the news.
The Li family has some wealth and owns properties in various places, but this incident was so sudden that most of the family's property has been frozen, and they still face a fine of more than 10 million.
Li's mother used to spend a lot of money to establish connections, hoping to rescue Li's father, and then asked him to find connections for her son. But now she can't get anything, and her house has been sealed.
Fang Ying has been paying attention to these news these days. Netizens are saying that evildoers have been severely punished. She reads those press releases over and over again.
"Stop looking." Ji Huai took her phone over, pressed black and put it aside.
"Lawyer Wang said that we already have enough evidence. When the trial is held after the New Year, Li Zhen will be completely convicted," Fang Ying kept looking at him as she said it, her emotions rising and falling slightly. "He has to pay for his actions." cost!"
"Well." Ji Huai didn't intend to discuss this topic any more, so he leaned over and kissed her, "My son just fell asleep and won't wake up for a while. I have to cook, so you can help me in the kitchen."
Fang Ying followed him to the kitchen.
During the Chinese New Year, dumplings are not popular here. Some places will make rice cakes, but they just make a large table of dishes. Ji Huai asked the supermarket to send a lot of ingredients to prepare ten dishes.
There must be a dish of fish, which means more than enough every year. In addition, there are eggplant, pig's trotters, chicken, tomatoes...
From her pregnancy to confinement, Ji Huai's cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds, which were all practiced step by step.
The two of them were busy in the kitchen, turning on the range hood and closing the sliding door. Fang Ying didn't hear her son cry, but Ji Huai reminded him.
She washed her hands and said, "I'll hug you."
"Well, don't come in, there's a lot of fumes." Ji Huai took the time to stir-fry vegetables and turned to her.
After Fang Ying went out, she walked to the room. Little Taotao was crying at the top of her lungs, with her mouth pursed and tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes. When she saw her mother coming, she continued to cry aggrievedly: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Don't cry." Fang Ying leaned over to hug him, patting his back gently to comfort him.
He was easy to take care of. After a few words of coaxing, his crying gradually became quieter. His eyes were red and he continued to look at his mother.
"Are you hungry? Mom has prepared milk powder for you. After you eat, we will take a shower, put on new clothes, and wait for the New Year." Fang Ying took out the milk bottle from the thermos cup, shook it twice, and held it He sat on the sofa and said to himself, "Dad is cooking, making delicious food for mom."
Little Taotao might be really hungry, so she drank the milk in big gulps. Her hand was still forward, grabbing the bottle, and she made a swallowing sound.
Fang Ying looked at him who was struggling to drink milk. She lowered her head and kept looking, her eyebrows relaxed. Then she looked up at the kitchen, where she saw Ji Huai's busy figure, and the smile in her eyes deepened.
Winter nights get dark quickly.
Red lanterns are hung on the street lights on both sides of the road. As night falls, the dim lights turn on, and the high-rise buildings flash with red lights. The flavor of the New Year is everywhere.
Ji Huai brought the cooked rice and squeezed juice to the table. When he entered the bedroom, he saw Fang Ying dressing her son after taking a bath.
“Hmm… @#">… @#">… @#">… @#">… @#">… @#">… @#￥ ￥…”
Little Taotao was moving around with her hands and feet, pouting her little mouth and making sounds.
"What are you talking about?" Fang Ying smiled and narrowed her eyes. She took the red cotton pants and waved them in front of her son. "I'll give you some nice clothes. Look, there's a little tiger on them."
Xiao Taotao: "Hmm...!@#￥..."
"You are a little tiger now." Fang Ying took his little hand and shook it from side to side, "Hey, you are still smiling, are you so happy?"
Ji Huai raised the corner of his mouth and walked over, standing by the bed and looking at their mother and son.
"Dad is here." Fang Ying finally put his hat on and looked at Ji Huai, "Our little tiger, give dad a hard time!"
The red hat has a tiger's head printed on it, which looks cute.
Ji Huai looked at his son with soft eyes, a slight smile on his lips.
"Baby, give daddy a hard time!" Fang Ying said again.
In the sight of the two of them, Xiao Taotao's little paws actually moved, he opened his mouth, and then lazily yawned.
It's really fierce.
"Puch." Fang Ying laughed.
Ji Huai's shoulders were trembling slightly. He was so happy that he looked at her and said, "Put him in the stroller in the living room. I'll get you clothes and wait for you to take a bath and come out to eat."
"Okay." Fang Ying didn't delay, hugged her son and walked to the living room.
Little Taotao was very good and didn't need anyone to hold him at all times. Fang Ying put him behind the stroller, and Ji Huai gently pushed the stroller around the living room, going back and forth.
The little guy is sleeping in the stroller, playing with his little fingers or looking at the toys hanging from it. He can look at it for a long time.
Fang Ying came out of the shower and Ji Huai pushed the stroller to the dining table.
There was food on the table, which smelled delicious. She sat opposite Ji Huai and stood up to pour him a drink. He pushed the stroller with one hand and looked sideways at the little Taotao in the stroller.
"He didn't sleep much today. He will probably be sleepy after a while." Fang Ying placed the poured drink in front of him and served him the soup first.
"Babies, don't they just eat and sleep? Only by sleeping more can you grow taller." Ji Huai answered.
"In your eyes, he has no shortcomings." Fang Ying laughed at him.
"You have no shortcomings." Ji Huai replied casually, stretched out his hand, and put his index finger on the baby's hand. The baby's eyes blinked, and he turned his head slightly, then held his index finger and returned it. He grinned.
He often held a pen, so his fingers would be a little calloused. The baby's hands were soft and tender. For a moment, Ji Huai's heart softened.
Like the wind in June, it warms my heart.
"None of us have any shortcomings in your eyes." Fang Ying said with confidence while eating the meal he cooked. She watched the interaction between him and his son without disturbing him.
Two people would definitely not be able to finish the food on the table. She would be too full after eating, so Ji Huai did not let her eat too much.
After meal.
The Spring Festival Gala program was playing on the TV in the living room, and laughter kept coming. Fang Ying and Ji Huai were sitting on the sofa.
She held her son in her arms and leaned back slightly.
Ji Huai was peeling melon seeds while watching TV. After peeling them, he put them in the lid and stretched them towards her.
"Does he want to eat too?" Fang Ying looked at her son who kept reaching out in her arms, and looked at Ji Huai with a smile, "He seemed to be trying to grab it, but he couldn't, and his brows were wrinkled."
Ji Huai also looked at his son.
"Wow..." Little Taotao looked at her mother who kept eating, staring at his big eyes, whether to cry or not.
Fang Ying felt that the melon seeds were delicious, and she was a little tired holding him. She stretched her hands forward and put him in Ji Huai's arms, so that her hands would be free.
When little Taotao saw that she had been abandoned by her mother, her mouth tightened again, and her eyes instantly turned red. Before he could cry, someone grabbed his little hand, rubbed the back of his hand, and shook his body slightly.
Someone patted my back, a familiar rhythm.
He was comforted, his brows slowly relaxed, he held back the tears that were about to burst out, and kept looking ahead.
Didn't see anything, but felt safe.
Ji Huai put the prepared red envelope in Xiao Taotao's arms. When he saw the red envelope, he reached out to grab it and played with it with great interest.
Fang Ying was eating melon seeds, and Ji Huai gave her another red envelope.
"Do I still have some?" She took it, put down the melon seeds in her hand with a smile, came to him and asked, "How much did you pack for your son?"
He has given her red envelopes every year since he entered college. One year she fell ill and had a high fever and couldn't get out of bed. When he returned to Pan's house, he made a special trip to see her and stuffed her with red envelopes.
She thought that since she became a mother this year, he would not give it to her.
"Same as you." He replied.
"Let's see how much I have." Fang Ying opened it and saw that there were not only brand-new banknotes but also some brand-new change, totaling 999 yuan.
The two of them had little money before, so he only gave her 600 last year. This year, not only did he give her more than 900, it also had a special meaning.
After looking at it, she looked at the red envelope in her son's hand and said firmly, "You must have given him one thousand."
He liked his son so much that he couldn't possibly give him nine hundred and ninety-nine, fearing that it would be more than her.
"No." Ji Huai shook his head.
"Or more than a thousand." Fang Ying moved over and leaned over to see how much money was in her son's red envelope. During the tug-of-war, little Taotao couldn't catch her mother, and her little eyes turned red.
"He's going to cry." Ji Huai was helpless.
"Mom, look, see who dad gave more money to." Fang Ying coaxed her son, slowed down her movements, tilted her head and continued to look inside. She touched the red envelope and found it wasn't that thick. She opened it and counted it.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Xiao Taotao cried.
When Fang Ying found the money inside, she immediately smiled and let go of her son's red envelope: "Mom, if you don't snatch it, you can play with it, and you will get one hundred yuan."
She raised her head and looked into Ji Huai's smiling eyes. The smile on her face couldn't be hidden, and she was a little proud and happy: "Why does he only have one hundred yuan?"
Ji Huai: "Just draw a metaphor, it's useless to put too much."
"Oh." Fang Ying pursed her lips, then looked down at her red envelope and muttered, "I thought you would say that you value me more."
Although she also likes her son very much, she is sometimes jealous.
He was so good to the child. He used to only take care of her, but now he was particularly concerned about the child. He couldn't wait to do it himself, so he didn't want to see little Taotao cry more. He was like an old father who worried about his child.
After Fang Ying finished speaking, Ji Huai didn't answer. She turned around and saw that he was holding his son, his big palms covering his back, coaxing him to sleep.
Little Taotao was playing with the red envelope, and her little eyes almost closed.
He squinted and opened, squinted and opened again, and his little hand moved.
Fang Ying hurriedly turned down the sound of the TV and stopped eating melon seeds. She quietly watched him coaxing his son.
After a while, the son fell asleep.
Ji Huai didn't take him back to the room, he just kept him in his arms and watched TV with her. Fang Ying was afraid of waking up her son, so she slowed down her eating sounds.
She didn't dare to make a sound when eating the potato chips. She held them in her mouth until they softened, and then chewed them again.
The sound of firecrackers came from outside the window from time to time, and could be heard faintly even when the window was closed. However, little Taotao slept peacefully in his father's arms. Ji Huai would occasionally look down at him, staring at his small face and the curvature of the corners of his mouth. Deeper and deeper.
late at night.
The two returned to the bedroom.
Fang Ying came out after rinsing her mouth and saw Ji Huai carefully putting his son on the bed and covering him with a quilt.
"He is your baby bump," she teased him half-jokingly as she climbed up on the bed, "I thought I had to give birth to a daughter to give myself a love rival, but I didn't expect that the same would be true for a son."
"Boys and girls are the same." Ji Huai took the quilt, covered her body, and fell asleep immediately.
Fang Ying was about to say something, but he put his hands on her, hugged her into his arms, wrapped his hands around her slim waist, and pulled her into his arms.
"Are you still jealous, kid?" His thin lips covered her ear and asked with a slight smile.
"Well," Fang Ying didn't deny it. She turned around in his arms, looked into his eyes, and raised her voice slightly, "Why am I jealous? Isn't it allowed to be jealous?"
He put his hand to his mouth, motioning for her to keep her voice down, and looked at his son again.
"Look, you put him first in everything, and I've turned into a little weed. I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a big friend who was forced to grow up." She kept accusing him. Having said that, she lowered her voice for fear of waking her son.
"If he wakes up, how can I stay with you?" Ji Huai looked at her with slightly arched eyebrows and said.
Fang Ying stretched her hands up, hooked his neck, dug into the hollow of his neck, hummed twice, and said no more.
She just said that, but in fact she never made a fuss. Instead, she never missed an opportunity for Ji Huai to get along with her son. She knew that the child would grow up, and when he grew up, he would not be able to interact with his son so unscrupulously.
Moreover, I don’t know how children will understand it.
Ji Huai tilted his head, kissed her cheek, pecked her gently again and again, slowly moved to her ear, bit her earlobe, and licked it gently and patiently.
Fang Ying's whole body was filled with electric currents, her body bones became soft, she bit her lower lip tightly, and her eyes were filled with spring light.
"boom."
"Bang bang bang."
…
At midnight, the sound of firecrackers and fireworks outside the window became louder and louder.
"Happy New Year, kid," Ji Huai's gentle and gentle voice sounded in her ears, and then he added, "I love you most."
This love, I don't know when it started, was like a vine taking root downwards, filling his body and mind. When he realized it, he started to be trembling and cautious, lest he scare her away.
Fortunately, the person he loved deeply also always loved him.
It just caused her too much grievance, which was something he couldn't let go of.
Fang Ying's eyes sparkled, and she said, "Then you have to stay with me, just like before, so that I can always be a child."
He paused and replied solemnly: "Yes, I promise you."
She closed her hand around him, turned around, lay on him, and took the initiative to kiss him.
Ji Huai pulled the quilt up to cover the two of them, otherwise there would be too much noise and his son would be woken up.
A few months later, Li Zhen's case also came to an end.
He drove drunk and escaped, causing the death of two people. He was involved in drug trafficking and many other crimes. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for life.
After the judge pronounced the sentence, Li Zhen couldn't accept the facts. He howled and cried on the spot and kept asking for help at Li's mother: "Mom, please save me, I don't want to stay in jail for the rest of my life."
"Mom, please help me!"
"Help me."
…
In his impression, no matter what mistakes he made, his parents could always help him solve them. As long as Father Li took action, he could suppress them at any time.
This time, he did not expect such serious consequences.
Mother Li's head was all white, and she broke down and cried: "No, please, he can't go to jail for the rest of his life, he can't go to jail for the rest of his life..."
Last month, Li's father suffered another heart attack in prison. He was sent to the hospital and died after unsuccessful efforts to save him.
Li Zhen spending another lifetime in prison would be an unacceptable blow to her.
"Please, I can't accept it, I don't accept this sentence." Mother Li knelt on the ground, beating the floor constantly, crying inconsolably.
No one from the jury came with her today. She used to be so arrogant that she offended her relatives a lot, but now in this situation, it's too late for everyone to hide. Because Zhou Zhi was sentenced to three years in prison, the Zhou family and Li Li also had a falling out. Li Li was now unable to protect herself and was unable to raise her daughter, so she abandoned her daughter to the Zhou family and disappeared.
"Why not the death penalty? He should be sentenced to death! Execute the death penalty immediately!" The brother of the other deceased yelled at Li Zhen, "He should be shot, and your whole family will not have a good death!"
The scene became a bit chaotic, and law enforcement officers came out to maintain order.
Fang Ying stood up with her son in her arms. She looked at Mother Li who was being helped out, and Li Zhen who was helpless and frightened, with no trace of emotion in her eyes.
She was walking in a daze, and someone was holding her hand.
"Everything has settled, let's forget about this matter," Ji Huai pulled her forward, "I don't want it to affect you again."
Fang Ying lowered her eyes and said after a while: "Yeah."
"After finally getting out, why don't you go back and go for a walk by the lake?" Ji Huai asked.
She nodded.
Little Taotao is growing up very fast. Now she cannot be held for long periods of time because she gets tired and her back is sore. When she goes out for a walk, she is always pushed in a stroller. He is also very well behaved and does not cry or fuss as long as he is pushed.
Now he looks pretty, with a chubby little face, not to mention how cute he is.
Lakeside.
New buds sprouted from the branches, and there was a fresh smell in the air. A breeze passed by, and ripples appeared on the water.
"Baby, it's a little bird. The little bird is flying." Fang Ying felt much better. She looked at the flock of birds flying over and pointed at little Taotao.
"#%%..." The other party stretched out his little finger, and when he smiled, glistening saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth.
Ji Huai took out a tissue and handed it to Fang Ying.
"Oh," she laughed at her son while wiping him, "you are drooling when you see the little bird, are you so greedy? Dad is laughing at you too."
Little Taotao thought his mother was playing with him, so he smiled wider and drooled more.
Ji Huai couldn't help but laugh. He stretched out his hand to support Fang Ying's waist from behind. She would be tired if she held the child for too long, so he wanted to take some of the pressure off her: "Feed him some water."
Fang Ying put her son back into the stroller, took out the bottle and fed him water.
The weather was good today, and Fang Ying didn't want to go to bed early. She kept pushing the stroller along the road, and Ji Huai stayed with her.
"The scenery is so beautiful." She sighed as she looked at the mountains not far away.
"It's pretty good." After Ji Huai finished speaking, he looked forward and said, "The baby is asleep."
"The little lazy cat fell asleep again," Fang Ying chuckled, "I originally wanted to take him for a walk. There are fish in the park in front, and I wanted to show him."
"come back next time."
Fang Ying looked ahead and stopped. If she wanted to go back, she had to go back. It would be more convenient to go back.
Ji Huai squatted down, pulled up the quilt covering the baby, and put his son's little hand in the quilt.
She turned the stroller around and walked back.
There were no people at this time, and there were even fewer people walking back. Fang Ying didn't like crowded places, and no one could talk to Ji Huai.
Not far away, a woman walked towards her. She was unsuspecting at first, but when she noticed that the two of them kept looking at her, she tightened her grip on pushing the stroller.
"Beauty, do you need a wreath?" The woman walked up to her, holding several strings of wreaths in her hand, and stretched them towards her.
"I don't need it, thank you." Fang Ying quickly refused and pushed the stroller faster.
"I haven't opened yet today, how about a bunch?" The woman entangled her and tried to pull her away. Her attitude was extremely enthusiastic, and she glanced at the little Taotao in the stroller. "It costs three yuan a bunch, so you can buy one, right? Five. Two bunches of dollars.”
"What are you doing?" Fang Ying raised her voice and grimaced. She had a bad feeling in her heart, but because Ji Huai was by her side, she felt calm.
Instead of being affected, the woman pestered her even more.
Before Fang Ying could react, another man came from nowhere and scolded the woman. He helped her out and put his hand on the stroller.
"Hey, you won't buy it if you don't want to. Why did you ruin my garland?" The woman suddenly changed her face and continued to hold Fang Ying's hand. "You ruined my garland, so you have to buy it!"
"Who messed it up?" the man yelled, with a harsh tone, "I didn't see it, are you a liar?" After he finished speaking, he urged Fang Ying, "Call the police quickly, she is probably trying to extort money."
"Who are you saying is extorting money?" The woman pulled Fang Ying to the side, but found that her hand couldn't move, as if it was being held down by a force, unable to move.
The man kept winking at her, asking her to pull Fang Ying away, while he pushed the stroller aside.
"Let me go!" Fang Ying's voice was stern. When the woman saw this, she suddenly raised her hand to hit her, still angry, "If you don't want to buy it, you won't buy it. Who are you looking down on? Who are you calling a liar or extorting money?"
Before she finished her sentence, she raised her hand to slap Fang Ying.
The other person was so tall that Fang Ying didn't react at all. She either let go to block him or turned her head sideways. She held on to the stroller tightly and turned her head sideways.
"Snapped!"
The woman screamed, and she was hit hard on the head by a branch that fell from the tree. Somehow, the branch even slapped her.
The pain caused her to let go of her hand, and she lost her balance and fell backwards. A sharp stone appeared on the ground at some point, poking at her waist, causing her to roll on the ground in pain.
The situation was urgent. Fang Ying was a little panicked just now, but now she suddenly calmed down, turned to look at the man who was pulling the stroller, and said in a cold tone: "Let go of your hand!"
No one can harm her child.
She put one hand on the stroller and held Ji Huai behind her with the other hand to prevent him from being impulsive.
He has the aura of killing people all over him, and he may be tempted to teach others a lesson.
The man was startled, looked at the woman on the ground, became cruel, and yelled: "What's wrong with you, woman? I'm helping you out of kindness, what are you going to do?"
"You are young, how can you snatch other people's children? You also beat them."
"Are you a human trafficker? Return the child to others quickly."
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