It was already seven o'clock in the evening when they arrived at Shencheng Station. Even in December in the south, the night was freezing cold. Fu Shitian and Shi Yi shivered when they got off the station. They helped each other put on their scarves before continuing to walk towards the exit.
Fang Ruohua came to pick her up in person.
Because it was the terminal station and it was close to the holidays, there were quite a lot of people exiting the station. The entire passage was packed with people. Fu Shitian and Shi Yi were almost at the gate before they saw Fang Ruohua.
Fang Ruohua stood in the crowd, with shoulder-length straight hair and wearing a beige wool coat. She was elegant, intellectual, outstanding, and her temperament was even better than before.
Fu Shitian unconsciously felt a familiar sense of tension in his heart.
Shi Yi obviously saw it too, and quietly held her hand tightly, frowning and saying, "It's so cold, why did she bring Jia Jia along?"
Fu Shitian then realized that there was a little girl standing next to Fang Ruohua. The little girl was about six or seven years old, with black hair down to her shoulders, and her facial features were very pretty, and she looked a bit like Shi Yi when she was a child.
Fu Shitian's heart was captured in an instant.
"Jia Jia looks like you." She smiled, her eyes full of pity.
Shi Yi was infected and smiled, saying: "Many people have said so. Maybe it's because she and I are more like our mother?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Shitian shifted her gaze to Fang Ruohua, wanting to take a closer look at her. Unexpectedly, Fang Ruohua also saw her, and they were caught off guard and their eyes met.
They were all stunned. Fu Shitian reacted first. He suppressed his rapid heartbeat, curved his eyebrows, and smiled sweetly at her.
Fang Ruohua felt a little more relaxed and smiled back at her warmly. It seemed that some of the things she was worried about might not happen.
She held the child's hand and walked forward a few steps. Shi Yi and Fu Shitian also walked forward a few steps. After the ticket checker swiped open the gate, the four of them stood face to face.
"Mom, Jia Jia." Shi Yi greeted while bending down and iced the child's cheek with his hand.
The child called "Sister" with a sweet smile and did not hide. Instead, she reached out and pressed her warm little hands on Shi Yi's hands to warm them.
The originally cool and aloof appearance of a little adult suddenly changed into a soft and cute little boy.
Fu Shitian smiled at them and greeted Fang Ruohua generously: "Auntie, have you been waiting for a long time? It's too cold."
She and Fang Ruohua were not familiar with each other, but they were not unfamiliar with each other either. They had met several times when they lived together in college. However, at that time, she felt guilty because she had lied to Fang Ruohua, and she also felt that Fang Ruohua had a strong aura and was quite serious, so every time she met Fang Ruohua, she was very nervous and cautious, and she was too embarrassed to say more than a few words.
Fang Ruohua naturally noticed it as well.
Fang Ruohua was somewhat surprised and appreciative that she could be so calm now, but she did not show it.
She shook her head and said, "Fortunately, your train is quite punctual." Then, she handed the two paper bags in her hand to Fu Shitian and Shi Yi respectively, "Did you eat on the train? Eat the hot milk tea and hamburgers I just bought to warm you up."
Fu Shitian took it with both hands: "Thank you, Auntie."
Shi Yi put one hand on Jia Jia's shoulder, took it with the other hand, and asked: "Why did you bring Jia Jia here too?"
Fang Ruohua looked helpless, glanced at her little daughter, and said, "Let her speak for herself."
The little boy looked at Shi Yi and then at Fu Shitian with his black eyes, and said in a somewhat childish voice, "I came here on my own. I wanted to see my sister and sister Tiantian earlier."
Fu Shitian was surprised. He glanced at Shi Yi, squatted down to look at the little girl, and teased her softly: "Jia Jia knows me?"
Jia Jia seemed a little shy. She avoided Fu Shitian's sight for a few seconds before looking up at her and saying, "I know."
She said: "My sister showed me your photo. My mother also said that my sister is also a member of our family. Of course, family members should know their own family members."
Fu Shitian was stunned, and Shi Yi was also a little stunned. They both looked at Fang Ruohua, who smiled calmly and said nonchalantly: "Let's go, let's go to the car, it's really a bit cold standing here."
Shi Yi's throat moved, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. Fu Shitian looked at Fang Ruohua, and his eyes slowly revealed his emotion and joy. She leaned in and kissed Jia Jia's forehead, and gently responded: "Jia Jia is right, of course the family knows the family, and my sister also knows Jia Jia. Let's go," she took Jia Jia's hand, "let's go home together."
Jia Jia's eyes flickered and her cheeks flushed as she nodded.
Shi Yi raised the corner of his lips, rubbed the little girl's head, took her other hand, and let her walk between him and Fu Shitian.
Fang Ruohua looked at them, a relieved smile in her eyes. She turned around and walked in front of them to lead the way.
Because Jiajia's safety seat was in the back seat, Shi Yi had to sit in the passenger seat and let Fu Shitian sit with Jiajia in the back seat.
Jia Jia was not as noisy as other children. She was well-behaved and polite. Fu Shitian accompanied her, occasionally answering her innocent and interesting questions, and occasionally responding to Fang Ruohua's insignificant, kind and natural concerns, without any effort.
The cold wind howled outside the car, but inside the car, there were soft whispers and warmth. It was as if the separation and estrangement of those years had never existed, as if she and Shi Yi were indeed just an ordinary couple in this family who came back for vacation and to visit their parents.
Fu Shitian held the hot milk tea in his hand, looked at the backs of Shi Yi and Fang Ruohua in the front row, took a sip, and felt a warm current flowing down his throat and spreading throughout his limbs.
Even in the depths of winter, I don’t feel cold anymore.
Until they returned to the villa where Xiang Ye and Fang Ruohua currently lived, the four of them had dinner and supper together, accompanied Jia Jia to decorate the Christmas tree for a while, and then took a shower and prepared to rest. Shi Yi did not give Fang Ruohua and Fu Shitian a chance to be alone.
Fu Shitian didn't notice it, but Fang Ruohua did, and felt a little sad and a little funny.
Her daughter.
She didn't expose them, but helped them prepare the daily necessities and beds they would use at night, and then, figuring that they would be out of the shower, she sent her little daughter, who was still awake, to their rooms to give them Christmas stockings.
"Knock knock knock", after three polite knocks on the door, the child's baby voice rang out: "Sister, Sister Tiantian, are you asleep?"
Shi Yi and Fu Shitian had just finished their showers and were sitting on the bed chatting. When they heard the voice, they naturally responded, "Not yet, what's the matter?"
Fu Shitian put on the pajamas that Fang Ruohua had prepared for them, got out of bed and opened the door.
The little girl stood outside the door. When she saw that it was Fu Shitian, she was still a little shy, but she smiled and said sincerely: "Sister, I'm here to give you Christmas stockings. Mom said that it would be good to hang them on the small Christmas tree by the door."
Fu Shitian had no conditions in her childhood and never really celebrated Christmas, but she had learned a lot about related fairy tales by reading essays and making blackboard newspapers. She had no intention of breaking the child's innocent fantasy, but was just a little curious: "But shouldn't the Christmas stockings be hung tomorrow night?"
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.
The little guy responded seriously: "Mom said it doesn't matter if we let it go a day earlier. I thought about it and felt that what mom said made sense. This way Santa Claus can send gifts to some people tonight and some others tomorrow night, so he doesn't have to work so hard."
Fu Shitian was touched by the child's innocence, scratched her nose and said: "Jia Jia is right, so considerate. Then I will learn from you and hang the socks on the small Christmas tree in a while, okay?"
Jia Jia nodded, smiled, and said, "Good night, sister Tiantian," then pretended to be calm and walked back to her room.
Shi Yi could probably guess what Fang Ruohua was thinking, and felt a little amused and soft-hearted. It seemed that her mother had received the reminder from her circle of friends.
She suppressed her smile and got out of bed, walked to the door and watched Fu Shitian hang up the Christmas stockings.
Fu Shitian squatted beside the Christmas tree, his eyes clear, adjusting the position of the Christmas stockings with a serious look, like a child, clumsy and cute.
Shi Yi was moved and distressed. After they got together, they celebrated Christmas together, but she had never thought of giving her a Christmas gift in this most primitive way to make up for the childhood she missed.
She reflected that she had not done enough.
She rubbed Fu Shitian's soft head and squatted down to help her hang the Christmas stockings.
"Jia Jia is so cute." Fu Shitian praised softly.
Shi Yi smiled faintly: "After all, he looks like me."
Fu Shitian was defeated by her occasionally amazing narcissism and laughed softly. "Did you believe in Santa Claus as much as she did when you were a child?" she asked curiously.
Shi Yi looked at her, his eyes rippled, and said cunningly: "You will believe it after tomorrow."
Fu Shitian was surprised.
Shi Yi refused to say anything more.
It was late at night and the room was filled with beauty. Shi Yi saw that Fu Shitian was really under a psychological burden and refused to speak. He endured the pain and restrained himself, so he only came twice before letting her go.
The two took a quick shower, returned to bed, and cuddled together for warmth. Shi Yi played with Fu Shitian's hand and chatted with her casually.
Fu Shitian recalled and sighed: "Your mother seems to have changed."
Shi Yi asked: "Hmm?"
Fu Shitian said: "She seems to have softened." Fang Ruohua used to seem more powerful and serious, but after getting to know her today, she seemed to have become much gentler.
Shi Yi said indifferently: "Maybe." She was worried that Fu Shitian was afraid that the mother and daughter would have a rift because of the past, and wanted to repair their relationship, so she said this deliberately, and reminded her: "After a few days, if you feel differently and feel that she is as difficult to get along with as before, it doesn't matter. We can not live here."
Fu Shitian defended herself: "I never said she was difficult to get along with before."
Shi Yi chuckled: "Okay, you didn't say it, I said it."
Fu Shitian also felt that he was trying to hide something, so he rubbed Shi Yi awkwardly and said frankly: "Actually, Auntie has never been a difficult person to get along with. She has never been bad to me. It's my own problem that makes me a little afraid of her."
Some things, after a long time, have no meaning to be brought up again. Fang Ruohua had come to her about this matter, but she never intended to let Shi Yi know.
No matter what, Fang Ruohua's original intention was to love Shi Yi, and she could understand that. m.
She said: "But now I am not afraid of her anymore, and I can feel her kindness and tenderness towards me. Baby, no matter what, auntie loves you very much, especially loves you, just like me. So, I want to become a real family with her."
"It's rare for her to come back, so let's spend more time with her."
Shi Yi was moved, and her heart softened like water. How could she not like this big fool who always repays evil with kindness
She hugged her waist tightly, pressed her forehead against hers, and promised: "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."
Fu Shitian finally felt relieved. He kissed her chin happily, then nestled into her arms and fell asleep.
They didn't hear it. At five o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Fang Santa Claus Ruohua yawned and tiptoed to their door. She took out two Christmas stockings, put a delicate and exquisite jade bracelet in one of them, wrapped it up and put it under the Christmas tree. She looked at it for a long time before leaving with satisfaction.