When a daughter wants to see her mother, no father has any reason to prevent her from seeing her.
As a grandfather, Mr. Huo didn't have any objection after hearing about it.
After dinner, Huo Xiaoxiao went upstairs to sleep, and Mr. Huo and Huo Suicheng discussed the matter in the study.
"Then make an appointment for Xiaoxiao to meet her. Anyway, she is also Xiaoxiao's mother, so we should meet." Suddenly, Mr. Huo asked him, "I heard that Xiaoxiao Is your mother married?"
"Well, I heard that they were married abroad."
"Then does her husband know about the small existence?"
"According to my investigation, I probably don't know."
"I don't know?" Mr. Huo held a cane in his hand, looked at Huo Suicheng, and asked him: "What do you mean? It's been so many years, and she hasn't told her husband about her past and her little existence." ?”
Huo Suicheng lowered his eyebrows, "Maybe he wanted to hide it."
Mr. Huo laughed, "Is it necessary to hide this kind of thing? Can it be hidden? He is smart and cute, and he is not shameful."
Indeed, S City is only so big, it can be kept secret for a while but not for a lifetime, since you want to meet and get to know your daughter, it is impossible to keep it a secret.
"Since Xiaoxiao already knew that she was her mother, she didn't make it public. She wanted to meet her mother and daughter in public in the future. Xiaoxiao called her mother, but she denied that Xiaoxiao called the wrong person? Or according to what you said, every day in the future They all go to the kindergarten, doting on her daughter in front of Xiaoxiao, wronging Xiaoxiao?"
Mr. Huo's eyes were slightly heavy, his hands on the cane were rubbed unconsciously, and he took a deep breath, "Go and tell her that if you want to meet Xiaoxiao, let her deal with her family affairs first. If she doesn't deal with it Okay, just help her deal with it, unless she promises to never see Xiaoxiao again. You should explain this to her clearly, and don't let Xiaoxiao feel wronged. "
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
Huo Suicheng contacted Ji Wenxin the next day, and he agreed to have a meeting on the phone, but the prerequisite was that she must inform her current husband of her small existence.
There was a long silence on the phone.
"If Miss Ji finds it difficult..."
"No, Mr. Huo, I agree. In fact, when I come back this time, I have made a plan to tell my husband about it. Don't worry, I will tell my husband about it as soon as possible. "
"Then let's make an appointment on the weekend. I hope you can take care of your family affairs before the weekend."
After finishing speaking, Huo Suicheng hung up the phone.
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It was sunny and sunny on Sunday, and the row of green plants outside the Huo mansion was full of shade. It was a good day for traveling.
Huo Suicheng put a children's watch on Huo Xiaoxiao, saying that he wanted to take her out to play to prevent her from getting lost.
In the car, Huo Xiaoxiao yawned and asked, "Dad, where are we going?"
In the past, I was bored at home all day and couldn't go out a few times. It seemed like going out once for the New Year.
Now that she is in kindergarten, she has to go every day, and she finally has a holiday. She just wants to sleep at home, but her father just pulls her out of bed to go out to play.
When I want to go out to play, I don't go, and when I don't want to go out to play, I just pull her.
Huo Xiaoxiao had a bitter face, with reluctance written all over his face.
"Didn't you say you wanted to see your mother a few days ago?"
Huo Xiaoxiao was a little surprised, "So, are you going to take me to see her today? Aren't you going to take me out to play?"
Huo Suicheng asked her: "You don't want to?"
"No, I'm not unwilling. I want to see her, and I have something to say to her. Are we almost there?" Huo Xiaoxiao looked out of the car window, his expression never reluctance, and he looked forward to it instantly.
Obviously, Huo Suicheng was not very satisfied with the change of Huo Xiaoxiao's attitude. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words again, frowning and taking a deep breath.
The place Huo Suicheng took her to was an elegantly decorated coffee shop, perhaps because the sky-high price of a cup of coffee made people feel that the world was not worth it, and there were basically not many people in the shop.
The two sat in a quiet corner, and Huo Suicheng ordered her a strawberry ice cream and put it in front of her.
The sudden father's love caught Huo Xiaoxiao by surprise. She looked at the ice cream in front of her half-believingly, and then at her father, "Dad, just say what you have to say, don't do that, I'm afraid."
Huo Suicheng raised his eyebrows, "What about me?"
"You never offered to buy me ice cream."
"Don't eat? If you don't eat it, I'll take it away." Huo Suicheng picked up the ice cream on the table and made a gesture to leave.
Huo Xiaoxiao quickly put the ice cream on the table with both hands, "Dad bought it for me, of course I want to eat it!"
She picked up the spoon, took a big scoop of ice cream, and brought it to Huo Suicheng's mouth, "Dad, eat."
Huo Suicheng opened his mouth to swallow, and the ice cream melted instantly in his mouth. It was so sweet, no wonder children like it.
Seeing her father swallowing, Huo Xiaoxiao lifted up the spoon to eat, and rolled his eyes with a smile while trembling.
Huo Suicheng sat opposite her silently, clasped his hands in front of him, rubbed his thumb joint unconsciously.
"Dad, what are you looking at me for?"
Huo Suicheng shifted his gaze away from her unnaturally, "The teacher didn't teach you to eat slowly when eating? It's all over your mouth."
He picked up the paper towel on the table, reached out and wiped the corner of Huo Xiaoxiao's mouth, and wiped off the white milk stains.
Seeing a waiter leading Ji Wenxin coming here from a distance, Huo Suicheng stopped her with a hand gesture, and said to Huo Xiaoxiao: "Dad is leaving first, I will pick you up later."
Huo Xiaoxiao paused, she glanced back, she saw Ji Wenxin, and turned around in doubt, "Father, aren't you here?"
"Talk to her alone, it's not appropriate for Dad to be here." After finishing speaking, she got up and walked straight out.
The waiter brought Ji Wenxin over and sat opposite Huo Xiaoxiao.
"Little."
Huo Xiaoxiao turned his eyes away from Huo Suicheng who was walking away, looked at Ji Wenxin, and showed a smile.
When meeting alone for the first time, Ji Wenxin didn't know what to say for a while, so he put the gift he brought over on the table in a panic, his hands trembling slightly when he opened it.
She looked at Huo Xiaoxiao carefully and said, "I don't know what you like, I bought these for you, do you like them?"
Huo Xiaoxiao looked over at a glance, and there were safety locks and gold bracelets, all of which were given to children, hoping that the children would be safe and sound.
"Yes, I like it."
Only then did Ji Wenxin heave a sigh of relief, and smiled, "Then you take all these back." She looked at the melted ice cream in front of Huo Xiaoxiao, "Do you like ice cream? Shall I order you another one?"
Huo Xiaoxiao shook his head, "No, Dad only bought this one for me, if I eat another one, he will beat me up."
Ji Wenxin frowned, "Beat you? He... still beat you?"
Huo Xiaoxiao smiled slyly, "He didn't dare! Every time he said he wanted to beat me up, but every time he was stopped by his grandpa. With grandpa around, he dared not beat me up!"
Ji Wenxin's brows and eyes relaxed, without the nervousness when she just sat down.
"It seems that Mr. Huo and the old man have taken good care of you. Do you know who I am?"
"I know, Dad said, you are mother."
Ji Wen's heart and pupils shrank slightly, and he was a little surprised.
Not because Huo Xiaoxiao knew who she was, but because she would tell who she was so frankly.
"Then do you know why mom hasn't been by your side all these years?"
Huo Xiaoxiao shook his head, "Dad didn't tell me."
"Then you want to know?"
Huo Xiaoxiao shook his head again, "I don't want to."
"why?"
"Because I don't need to know. You must have your reasons for not being by my side. Dad and grandpa are very good to me. I live happily every day."
From the moment she was born, she knew that Ji Wenxin was not the kind of hard-hearted mother who ruthlessly left her child behind.
The only thing she didn't understand was why Ji Wenxin didn't show up after Huo Xiaoxiao in the dream was ruined in Huo Suicheng
Ji Wenxin's eyes were slightly wet, "It's my mother who is sorry for you. Back then, your father and I met you by accident. I don't like your father, and your father doesn't like me either..."
"I know that it takes two people who love each other to live together."
"you know?"
"Of course I know." Huo Xiaoxiao gave a simple example to make himself look more secure, "Lu Jingyi in our class, his father and his mother love each other very much, so the three of them are together, but Qi Yan's parents don't love each other, so Qi Yan lives with his father, not his mother."
Ji Wenxin took a deep breath, his eyes were slightly red, "You are so smart."
Huo Xiaoxiao smiled at her.
"May I sit by your side, Mom? I want to hug you."
"sure."
Ji Wenxin got up and sat next to Huo Xiaoxiao, she was at a loss for being so close.
Huo Xiaoxiao put his arms around her waist, hugged her, and looked at her flat belly.
She was pregnant in October and gave birth once.
"Is it painful to give birth to me?"
"Little..."
"The teacher said that when the mother gave birth to the baby, it was very hard, it was very painful, and she would bleed a lot, and she couldn't get up for many days. Was it the same for you at that time?"
When Huo Xiaoxiao hugged her, Ji Wenxin's eyes were instantly blurred by the unexplainable warmth and peace of mind that intertwined with blood.
She reached out and touched the top of her head lightly, but she didn't dare to use force. She opened her mouth to say something, but her throat seemed to be stuck by a foreign object, and she couldn't utter a word.
There's never been a more worthwhile time than now.
"... It doesn't hurt."
"You lied, it must hurt." Huo Xiaoxiao looked up at her and said, "Mom, thank you for giving birth to me."
The soreness at the tip of her nose was finally unbearable. She stretched out her hand and hugged Huo Xiaoxiao tightly into her arms. With a trembling voice, she choked up and said, "I'm so glad I protected you back then."
"In the future, when you pick up Sissy from the kindergarten, you can greet me. Sissy has you, and I have my father and grandpa. I won't be jealous of her."
"Xiao Xiao, I'm sorry for you, Sissy..."
"You don't have to say sorry, and don't feel sad just because you didn't accompany me back then. In fact, I, as well as my father and grandpa, are very grateful to you."
Ji Wenxin stroked her back one after another, "You are really sensible."
"Father and grandpa taught it!" Huo Xiaoxiao glanced at the flickering traces of the phone and watch in his hand, curled his lips, "Mom, do you think I look like Dad or you?"
Ji Wenxin looked at her carefully, "Your eyes are like your father, your nose is like your mother's. Generally speaking, you are more like your mother. Why do you ask that?"
"Because the next time someone talks about whether I look like my dad or my mom, I can tell them I have my dad's eyes and my mom's nose, and they'll stop talking."
After finishing speaking, Huo Xiaoxiao asked her again: "Can I ask you, why did you leave me in the first place?"
"Because... at that time, there was someone my mother liked very much. Something happened to him, and my mother had to go abroad with him. My mother also wanted to take you away, but you were too young, and my mother couldn't take you away."
"Is it Sissy's father?"
"Ok."
Huo Xiaoxiao probably guessed the ins and outs of the future, and nodded, "Okay, I know, next time someone asks why my mother doesn't want me, I can tell them that my mother didn't want me, it's just because I'm too young, so Can't go."
It's really annoying to think of those people who deliberately teased her.
"Little..."
"Oops, I hate people who ask me questions, now that I know the answer, I'll tell them that from now on!"
Ji Wen couldn't hold back his tears, his nose was red, he shook his head and choked up, "I'm sorry for you."
Huo Xiaoxiao picked up the paper towel on the table and wiped her tears. Halfway through wiping, she saw the white cream stain on the paper towel, and hurriedly took it back.
"You... don't cry, no one is blaming you, only you are blaming yourself. Well, I've talked to you now, and you've hugged me. I want to go home."
Ji Wenxin hastily wiped the tears off her face with a tissue, "Mom, will you take me to the amusement park?"
Huo Xiaoxiao shook his head, "No, no, I'm sleepy."
She shouted at the phone watch in her hand: "Dad, come and pick me up!"