Lu Tingxiao didn't know how long he had been in the study. He suddenly stood up, put on his coat, took his car keys, and walked out the door.
"Master, are you going out?"
"Prepare the car and go pick up Xiaobao."
"OK!"
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At the school gate.
It was just time to go home from school, and the entrance was unusually busy. Lively and cute children came out one after another and left with their parents.
Lu Tingxiao's collar, which was always meticulous, was slightly ruffled. At this moment, he was leaning quietly against the car door, lighting a cigarette in his hand, but deep in his eyes, there was a violent turmoil like a huge and dangerous whirlpool.
Finally, a familiar little figure appeared at the school gate.
The little boy was carrying a small schoolbag and had a serious face, waiting for the housekeeper to pick him up as usual. However, when he looked up, he saw a familiar car and a familiar tall figure in front of the car.
The little guy's eyes immediately lit up, and he ran quickly to a place not far away - "Mom!"
Lu Tingxiao put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "Your mother didn't come."
The little bun's face was immediately filled with disappointment, and the state of the bun switched from hot to cold in almost a second.
The black car was driving slowly on the road, and the scenery outside the window was quickly receding behind it.
Inside the car, both the adult and the child were silent.
The little bun sat expressionlessly in the passenger seat. Lu Tingxiao was driving with his slender fingers on the steering wheel. He was looking at the little guy in the passenger seat with his deep eyes in the rearview mirror.
Xiao Bao's expressionless face looked very much like him, and his facial features were also an exact replica of his. No one would doubt that this little guy was his, Lu Tingxiao's, child.
Even after so many years, there are always people in the family who question Xiaobao's identity, but as soon as they meet Xiaobao, all doubts will be dispelled.
"Will Mom come over tonight?" Xiaobao asked.
"I'll give her a call." Lu Tingxiao stared at the words "my love" in the contact list on his phone for a long time, and finally dialed the number.
"Hello, darling~" The girl's clear voice came from the other end of the phone, like warm running water, instantly calming his heart that was almost burning with anxiety and almost unbearable.
"Where are you?"
"I just finished work, and Zhuang Rongguang called me to ask me to go to the shooting range. I was just about to go and play a few rounds to relax."
"Can I bring Xiaobao to see you? Xiaobao misses you."
"Of course, bring my good son here~" Ning Xi said happily immediately.
Hearing Ning Xi's words "my son", Lu Tingxiao's mind was filled with thoughts, "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."
"Are we going to mommy's place?" Xiaobao's little face suddenly lit up.
"Yeah." Lu Tingxiao nodded.
Upon hearing this, the little guy pursed his lips and revealed a faint happy smile.
Lu Tingxiao accidentally saw from the corner of his eye that when Xiaobao smiled, the expression between his eyebrows was simply... very much like Ning Xi...
Lu Tingxiao's expression suddenly froze for a moment.
Ever since Ning Xi appeared, Xiao Bao started to smile more often. He had discovered that when Xiao Bao smiled, his features were completely different from his.
It has even been said more than once that Xiao Bao has been with Ning Xi for so long that he looks a bit like Ning Xi, especially when he smiles, the expression between his eyebrows and eyes is particularly similar.
When he heard this in the past, he just thought it was fate and never thought much about it.
Now recalling it again, from the moment Xiaobao and Ningxi felt close to each other, to Ningxi's unusual love for Xiaobao, every little thing, every little thing... was simply shocking...