Staring blankly at Ye Li, Fu Yanci felt a bittersweet warmth in his heart.
This was the first time Ali had taken the initiative to mention the future and children to him.
In the past, whether she was serious or joking, whenever the topic of children came up, she would always gloss over it with a lighthearted remark.
Either she herself is still a child, and having children is something too far in the future for her to have thought about.
Alternatively, she could say that she needs to focus on building her career and will only consider other options once she has achieved success.
Or she could poke his chest and tease him: "Fu Yanci, what if I just don't have any children? What if, in a few years, illegitimate children come out and vie to call me 'Dad'? Then I'll be even less likely to have any more children!"
Every time that happened, it made him so angry he wanted to bite his teeth.
He could only show her through his actions that his body and his heart belonged to her, and there was absolutely no possibility of him having any illegitimate children.
Later, when her grandmother said it was optional to have the child, she became more confident and would always say, "Grandma said I don't have to have the child."
At this moment, it was the first time that Ali was talking to him about their future and their child.
"good!"
Fearing that this opportunity might not come again, Fu Yanci nodded, "Ali, I'll do whatever you say!"
He swept her up in his long arms and looked directly into Ye Li's eyes, saying, "Ah Li, you're in charge of everything at home, big or small. Whatever you say goes, I promise!"
The dark clouds dispersed, and moonlight poured down from overhead.
On the man's deep face, the soft light in his eyes appeared even more profound and affectionate.
Ye Li nodded and reached out to tug at the corner of his mouth, "Then you should smile more when you're at home, okay?"
Fu Yanci was taken aback.
Ye Li poked his nose and said, "Although having a baby is still a long way off, you should start practicing first. Otherwise, if you only start practicing when I'm pregnant, will it be enough time? By then, the baby will be scared to tears when he sees how fierce his father is."
Fu Yanci's heart melted.
Pregnant.
Baby.
Although it's all still uncertain, these words coming from Ali's mouth, just casual remarks, gave him a sense of peace and reassurance from the bottom of his heart.
A feeling of pure happiness.
The cold, hard iron cage in my heart seemed to have been silent for a long time.
There was no clanging sound of chains.
It also doesn't have a hard, cold feel.
A ray of sunlight pierced the dark surface of the lake and fell into the lakebed, then gently shone on the once cold and lonely stone.
Fine, tender green moss has also grown along the edges of the stone.
It is warm and soft to the touch.
"Ah Li, how can you be so good to me?"
Fu Yanci leaned closer and gently pecked Ye Li's lips. "Don't worry, you don't need to practice. Just seeing you and thinking about our sweet and soft baby in the future makes me smile."
"real?"
"real!"
He took her hand and kissed it. After a moment of silence, Fu Yanci looked up at Ye Li and said, "You've told me so much about my parents, but I've never told you about them, have I? Grandmother, have I ever told you about them?"
Ye Li was stunned for a moment.
Just as annoyed she was when she realized what had happened.
Throughout that year, she never asked Fu Yanci about her parents, Fu Zhengyan and Sang Qing.
Madam Fu only mentioned it once, but only briefly, saying that Fu Yanci was a pitiful person and that she should cherish and love him.
This was the first time Fu Yanci had mentioned it since they got married a year ago.
Ye Li shook her head. "No."
Fu Yanci lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment.
He was only three years old when Fu Zhengyan passed away.
A month after the funeral, Sang Qing left the Fu family's old house with her suitcase.
"She left in the evening..."
An image flashed through her mind, and Fu Yanci said gently, "I was sitting inside the door when she came and knocked, saying, 'Xiaoci, Mom has something to say to you.' But I didn't open the door."
Three-year-olds are always naive.
I always feel that if you have something to say to me, and I avoid you, you won't be able to talk to me, and naturally you won't be able to leave.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are!
Some will always remain.
But Sang Qing didn't.
“Ah Li, I don’t remember much about things before I was three years old.”
Holding Ye Li tightly, as if he could draw endless warmth from her, Fu Yanci said in a deep voice, "I only remember going to the study and seeing my father writing, and my mother sitting in the chair next to the desk, grinding ink and watching him write."
Only that one image remains in my gray memories.
In the dim light, no one spoke; everything was quiet.
It was so quiet that the only sound you could hear was the soft rustling of the ink stick sliding across the inkstone.
They would occasionally exchange glances, their eyes filled with smiles and tenderness.
A gentle indulgence.
A tender and affectionate one.
Even though he didn't understand at the time, he knew that the scene was too beautiful to be disturbed.
"In the capital's elite families, everyone says he seized her by force, that she was after wealth and status. That's not true..."
Fu Yanci shook his head, describing the scene at that time, saying, "Ali, I didn't understand love back then, but I knew they loved each other."
He loved her, and even though he knew that she was not qualified to be the matriarch of the Fu family, he still married her.
Even if the price is losing the chance to become the head of the Fu family.
She loved him too, and knowing full well how much gossip would circulate in the future, she still married him.
It's just that fate plays tricks on us.
The couple, an older man and a younger woman, were together for only three years before an accident brought them to an end.
She stayed behind, bearing the infamy, guarding her only son, living in the small world of the Fu family's old mansion.
Or perhaps...
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