The mutton Cheng Huan chooses is lamb raised on the prairie. This kind of mutton is fresh and tender, and does not have the smell of ordinary mutton. Apart from being expensive, it has no other disadvantages.
Zhou Mingyu ate most of the sheep scorpion hot pot by himself. He was not satisfied after eating it, so he ordered another one.
After ordering, he said to Jiang Mingyuan: "Your little lover is quite powerful."
Jiang Mingyuan lowered his brows and narrowed his eyes: "Don't bark, you're not a little lover."
He put a piece of mushroom of unknown species into the bowl, and said lightly, "Call her name, her name is Cheng Huan."
"All right, all right, I won't bark anymore." Although Zhou Hengyuan looked unreliable, he also knew when he could joke and when he couldn't. He opened a bottle of beer and clinked glasses with Jiang Mingyuan: "Come have a drink."
Except when socializing, Jiang Mingyuan basically didn't drink alcohol. At this time, Zhou Hengyuan's glass was filled with beer, but his glass was filled with boiled water.
The two brothers clinked glasses and chatted a few more gossips, and the second pot that Zhou Hengyuan ordered was served.
The one who arrived with Guozi was a doll-like boy who looked very similar to Jiang Mingyuan.
The air conditioner was turned on in the restaurant, and the temperature was quite high. Xingxing took off the down jacket outside and only wore a white woolen sweater.
He was already good-looking, but Cheng Huan had fattened him up in the past few months, making him look even more pleasing.
As soon as Xing Xing came, he sat next to Jiang Mingyuan and pointed to the meat in the pot and said he wanted to eat it.
The pot just came up, and the soup inside was still cold. Jiang Mingyuan asked him to wait until it boiled, then took out a piece of meat from the mutton scorpion, blew it to cool down, and sent it to Xing Xing's mouth.
Xingxing opened his mouth wide and ate the food in one gulp. After eating, he said he wanted more, and Jiang Mingyuan fed him again without any impatience.
The two of them fed the other and seemed to be having a good time. Seeing this scene, Zhou Hengyuan opened his mouth wide in disbelief.
When did he see Jiang Mingyuan being so patient with people? Isn't he being possessed? !
Xing Xing was not hungry at all, and he said he was full after eating a few chopsticks. Jiang Mingyuan put down his chopsticks, and took out another tissue to wipe his mouth. The movements were skillful, and it seemed that this was not the first time he had done it.
After Xingxing finished eating, he noticed that there was an uncle on the opposite side. He blinked, and smiled sweetly at Zhou Hengyuan, revealing two dimples: "Hello, Uncle."
"Hey, you are also good." This kid looks so much like Jiang Mingyuan, and he feels close to him just looking at it. Zhou Hengyuan saw the stars for the first time, and felt that he couldn't tell if he didn't give a meeting gift. Find one that can be given away, and finally draw a card directly from the wallet: "Here, uncle gave you a meeting gift."
Xing Xing stared at the card, then took another look at Jiang Mingyuan, and saw that he nodded before accepting the gift: "Thank you, Uncle."
He didn't know what this card was, so he thought it was an ordinary card, and he was playing with it when he got it. Jiang Mingyuan watched him play and didn't stop him, just saying don't put it in his mouth.
"Okay." Xing Xing sat on the sofa, dangling his legs, playing by himself.
Zhou Hengyuan on the other side just looked at him and forgot to eat. He looked at him for a while, then asked Jiang Mingyuan in a low voice, "You haven't said anything yet?"
Jiang Mingyuan knew what he meant and shook his head: "No."
"What are you dawdling about?"
"Don't worry about it." Jiang Mingyuan said calmly, "I have plans."
"Okay, it's not my seed anyway." He gave Jiang Mingyuan a white look, turned to Xing Xing and asked enthusiastically, "Little friend, where is your mother?"
"Mom is over there." Xing Xing turned around and pointed to the cash register.
There is no barrier between the cash register and this side, so you can see it at a glance. Zhou Hengyuan took a look and asked, "Then where is your father?"
His question was so sudden that Jiang Mingyuan had no time to stop him, so he glanced at him, trying to shut him up.
Zhou Hengyuan chuckled twice, but he didn't shut up. He rolled his eyes violently in his heart, thinking who he was doing this for, and not you.
"My father..." Xing Xing glanced at Jiang Mingyuan, then looked back at Cheng Huan at the cash register, his face was a little confused, and he didn't say that his father was Superman.
Children are simple, but they also compare each other. Children in the class often gather together to talk about their toys, clothes, snacks, and family members.
Most of the children in the kindergarten are three generations living under the same roof, four old people and a pair of parents doting on one child.
Xing Xing has no grandparents, nor grandparents, he only has a mother, and a superman father whom he has never seen before.
The mother talked too much, and the children didn't like to listen. They asked him where his father had gone. Xing Xing thought about it for a long time before revealing that his father was a superman.
Then got ridiculed the next day.
Those children listened to Xing Xing brag about how powerful their father was, and when they got home, they pestered their parents to make trouble. Cheng Huan's lies can only deceive children, and it is a joke in the eyes of adults. When it comes to other people's family problems, most parents just laugh it off, but there are a few who have to break things up and tell their children.
Children are the ones who can't hide their words the most. If they were shown off one day, they will definitely laugh at them the next day.
Xing Xing was accused by his friends of being a liar, saying that his mother said that there is no superman in the world, your father just doesn't want you, and your mother lied to you.
As soon as this statement came out, it received a lot of approval. Many children said that there is no superman in the world, and some who believed it came out to refute, saying that there is a superman in cartoons.
The teachers from the kindergarten to the teacher rushed to stop when they heard the dispute, but they had already said what should be said, and there was no way for people to take it back.
Xing Xing didn’t suffer any injuries as a result of this incident, and he didn’t cry. He was stunned for a whole day, and he didn’t have the energy to go back to play games at night. Many times he wanted to ask his mother if he lied to him, but father is an unfamiliar name for Xing Xing. He was depressed for two days and forgot about it.
Now that it was mentioned by Zhou Hengyuan, Xing Xing remembered this matter again.
Although Jiang Mingyuan was dissatisfied with Zhou Hengyuan's random questioning, he didn't say anything. He still remembered how Xingxing answered this question last time, and he felt in a good mood thinking about it.
It is a proud thing for parents to be seen by their children as omnipotent supermen.
Only this time, Xing Xing's answer was different.
The little guy looked at his mother not far away, and seemed to have developed infinite courage. He looked at Zhou Hengyuan and said nonchalantly, "I don't have a father."
"What did you say?" Before Zhou Hengyuan could respond, Jiang Mingyuan beside him eagerly spoke. He held Xing Xing's hand, looked at him and asked, "Who told you?"
"Crab's mother said." The crab is the kid who accused the stars of lying.
Jiang Mingyuan cared about children. He remembered the names of twenty children in a class. He softened his expression a little when he heard this answer, and heaved a strange sigh of relief: "What he said was a lie. The stars have fathers."
Xing Xing was puzzled: "But I've never seen my father before."
He has seen other people's fathers, and he will play with them, buy toys, buy food, ride on his shoulders, and of course be beaten by his father.
These stars have never tried, he pouted and looked at Uncle Jiang: "Mom Crab said that there is no superman in the world, my father doesn't want me anymore."
"He doesn't want me, and I don't want him!" the little guy said angrily.
"He didn't want you." Jiang Mingyuan didn't know how to describe his current mood, and the food in front of him became tasteless. He stretched out his hand and slowly touched the little guy's head: "Your father likes you very much, too."
"But I haven't seen Dad."
"You've seen it before." Jiang Mingyuan said, picked him up under Xing Xing's suspicious eyes, and walked to the cashier to pay.
Cheng Huan was busy paying the bill when he saw Jiang Mingyuan approaching and asked questions with his eyes.
"have time?"
"Yes, you wait." There was someone at the cash register, and Cheng Huan came to help when she was idle. She put down her work, explained to the staff at the side, and went out to the man: "What's wrong?"
On the first day of opening of the new store, Cheng Huan was very solemn.
She wore light makeup, her hair was pulled back, and she specially ordered a professional suit. The well-fitting suit made her chest taller and her waist thinner. The skirt did not reach her knees, revealing a pair of round and straight legs.
Even if he was pretending to be serious, Jiang Mingyuan was still amazed. This Cheng Huan looked different from usual, with a kind of capable beauty.
He opened his eyes and collected himself: "It's about me and the stars."
After saying this, Cheng Huan understood that it should be Jiang Mingyuan who wanted to expose his identity. More than a month was enough for Cheng Huan to be mentally prepared, and now he didn't feel too uncomfortable hearing it. He nodded and said, "It's not convenient here. Go to my house."
It was not the first time for Jiang Mingyuan to go to Cheng Huan's house. He thought he was familiar with the road, he didn't bring a driver, and drove his son and son's mother by himself.
When they arrived at the community, Jiang Mingyuan parked the car, and the three of them walked into the elevator together.
Xing Xing didn't know why he ate half of it and stopped eating. He was held in Jiang Mingyuan's arms, and he didn't get off the ground all the way. When he got home, he was put on the sofa, Cheng Huan sat on one side, and Jiang Mingyuan sat on the other.
"Xing Xing, there is something Mom wants to tell you." Cheng Huan spoke first.
On the way, Jiang Mingyuan told her a little about the matter, and Cheng Huan also recalled that the stars must have been a little abnormal in those few days. She felt annoyed, felt that she had neglected the child, and was annoyed why those people said this to the child.
Mother's expression was very serious, Xing Xing took a look, sat down on the sofa, looked at her, and put on a small face: "Mom, tell me."
Although she had made many assumptions, Cheng Huan still didn't know how to speak. She glanced at Jiang Mingyuan, took a deep breath, and said to Xing Xing, "Mother lied to you when she said that Dad flew away."
"I know." Xing Xing was already prepared for this matter, and nodded after hearing the words: "Father doesn't want me."
As he said that, he still wanted to drill into Cheng Huan's arms, wanting to ask for comfort.
Jiang Mingyuan was on the other side, feeling a little sad. He glanced at Cheng Huan, and Cheng Huan was also a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat and said to the little guy, "Dad didn't want you, he just didn't find the stars before."
Jiang Mingyuan tightened his hands, and Cheng Huan continued: "Xing Xing's father also likes Xing Xing very much. He will take Xing Xing to play games, buy toys, teach Xing Xing how to play Rubik's Cube, and even paint Xing Xing."