Xu Wan showed a grateful expression, then said to Xiao Xiao, "Wait a moment, I'll give the phone to Dad."
"good!"
Xiao Xiao didn't realize that her father was right next to her mother, and happily agreed.
Xu Wan handed the phone over.
"Xiaoxiao".
A man's gentle voice rang out in the carriage.
Even without the lights, one can imagine that the man's expression must be as gentle as his voice.
The car was quiet, and Xu Wan could hear Xiao Xiao speaking, "Daddy, I want to sleep. Can you tell me a story?"
Xu Wan didn't expect Xiao Xiao to make this request.
"I..." The man opened his mouth, but after a long while, he said, "I'm sorry, Dad wasn't prepared. I'll prepare in a few days and then tell you, okay?"
Clearly, the man wasn't prepared to reunite with his daughter so soon.
Naturally, none of these were prepared.
Xiaoxiao wasn't angry. She smiled and said, "Then... Daddy, let me tell you a story? Mommy told it to me."
“Okay,” the man said.
Xiao Xiao began to tell a story: "Once upon a time, there was a Dragon King who wanted to find a son-in-law..."
Xu Wan had told Xiao Xiao many stories, most of which were educational. At first, Xiao Xiao wasn't worried when she said she was telling stories to men.
Until I heard this beginning...
It was obvious that the man hadn't heard this story before, and he seemed to be listening very attentively.
"A tortoise went there, but it only weighed 99 kilograms. The tortoise left very disappointed. On its way back, the tortoise met a small shrimp."
After the little shrimp learned about this, it said to the turtle, "I weigh exactly one kilogram. If I hide in your ear, you'll weigh a hundred kilograms!"
The turtle agreed.
The two went to the Dragon King together. The turtle weighed exactly 100 kilograms when it was weighed, but when it was weighed down, the little shrimp suddenly fell out.
The Dragon King asked the little shrimp, "What are you doing?"
The little shrimp said, "I'm telling the turtle a story!"
After telling the story, Xiaoxiao giggled to herself.
The man reacted for a moment, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up, letting out a soft chuckle.
After telling the story, Xiaoxiao was satisfied. "Okay, Dad, I'm going to sleep now. You should go to bed early and get up early too!"
When Jiang Tingzhou returned the phone, Xu Wan quickly explained, "Most of the stories I told her weren't like that."
"Yes, I know." Jiang Tingzhou's voice was gentle as he looked at Xu Wan. "Are you hungry?"
Neither of them ate much in the banquet hall.
Xu Wan shook her head: "I rarely eat at night."
After a moment of silence in the car, the man said, "I bought a house in Beicheng temporarily. As a thank you for helping you answer the phone earlier, can you make me a bowl of noodles?"
"..."
Xu Wan couldn't help but recall what happened that day.
Before she could say anything, Jiang Tingzhou said, "Don't worry, there's nothing I can do for you in this state."
lie!
Xu Wan thought this to herself, but dared not say it aloud.
And Jiang Tingzhou did indeed help coax Xiaoxiao just now.
Although he is Xiaoxiao's biological father, he has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father for so many years, and these are things he should have done.
But now that he's not revealing his identity, he could easily refuse to do these things.
Xu Wan could only nod: "Okay."
The van continued driving.
Xu Wan felt that this direction was the same as the way to her house.
It wasn't until the van pulled into the underground parking garage of her apartment complex that she couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ryan, didn't you say..."
"I bought this house and I live here, is there a problem?"
The man interrupted her.
Xu Wan suddenly felt confused about what the man was thinking. Did he want to acknowledge her identity, or did he not?
If you wanted to, why hide it? If you didn't want to, why buy the house together with her?
She didn't want to guess, so she could only shake her head.
The driver lifted the man's wheelchair out of the car as before, and Xu Wan pushed him up the elevator.
The man pointed to a row of floors next to him and said, "37 floors."
Xu Wan pressed the button, but still said something symbolic, "What a coincidence, I live on the 39th floor."
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