Along with the throbbing pain in his forehead, he recalled the various moments he shared with Pei Wu after their marriage and pregnancy, whether it was the gentle and obedient Shao Sang who had to comply because of the system, or... the eccentric Shen Yu Nan...
These are things that Jin Wei has never received outside of the game.
He fell silent again.
His silence at this moment was partly due to the sudden recall of the memories from the game, and partly due to a slight sense of loneliness because he had never received Pei Wu's tenderness.
Jin Wei spontaneously took a few steps forward. Pei Wu watched his back and wondered if she had been too abrupt with her words. As for the child... she believed that his concern for the child was no less than her own.
Pei Wu followed slowly.
After a long silence, Jin Wei finally spoke again, "You...like children?"
His voice was soft and slightly hoarse, but he didn't look at Pei Wu while speaking; his gaze was fixed ahead, his eyes distant.
"How could I not love our child?"
Jin Wei was slightly taken aback by Pei Wu's words, and even stopped in his tracks. He stood still and looked at Pei Wu with deep eyes.
Seeing that Jin Wei's expression was not good, Pei Wu opened her mouth again and said, "I'm sorry, I was being rude."
Recalling the events in the game, Pei Wu unconsciously imagined that she was having a conversation with Shen Yu Nan.
"..." Jin Wei lowered his eyes in silence to hide his sore eyes. "It's getting a bit hot lately, let's hurry up and go."
"good."
When the two arrived at the parking lot, Ji Jiang was already waiting next to Pei Wu's car.
"You drive," Pei Wu said to Ji Jiang.
"good."
On the way back, Ji Jiang was driving, while Pei Wu and Jin Wei sat together in the back. The ambiguous yet unconscious atmosphere between the two filled the car. The car was quiet the whole way, with only Ji Jiang occasionally glancing at the two in the back seat in the mirror, his expression complicated.
It wasn't until Jin Wei got off the car at 'Anyang' that Ji Jiang tentatively asked Pei Wu a question.
"Master, why are you with President Jin of 'Anyang' today?"
"..." Pei Wu silently looked at her phone, replying to Jin Wei's WeChat message with a slight smile on her face.
Seemingly oblivious to what Ji Jiang was saying, Pei Wu only looked up blankly after he finished speaking and asked, "What did you say?"
This time, Ji Jiang shook his head and replied, "It's nothing," without asking any further questions.
In Ji Jiang's view, some things were already quite obvious.
"How's the course I missed going?" Pei Wu was referring to Ji Jiang's trip abroad, which was delayed because of a game malfunction.
This time, Ji Jiang answered quickly, "I don't want to leave."
Upon hearing this, Pei Wu subconsciously slammed her phone shut. "Merle Jacob is a leader in the industry. Her research topic..." Pei Wu wanted to say something more but didn't continue. "In short, it's a rare opportunity. I hope you will consider it carefully."
“Master, have you ever considered that the topic we spend our whole lives researching might be... a false proposition? If that's the case, then all our efforts have been in vain from the beginning. What would be the point of our futile life? My ambition lies elsewhere.”
"The process is sometimes more important than the result. But if you're not really interested in it, there's really no need to persist."
Pei Wu stopped there and didn't continue, and the two fell silent again.
*
In the evening, Jin Wei appeared at the gate of a kindergarten. Soon, the teacher led his two children to the kindergarten gate. However, to outsiders, these two beautiful children were his sister's children, Jin Wei's nephews.
It was clear that the children were overjoyed to see Jin Wei, and they were skipping and hopping as they walked.
"Are you so happy that your uncle came to pick you up?" The teacher smiled and patted the two children's heads.
"Of course we're happy!" the two children said in unison.
Jin Wei nodded politely to the teacher and then led the two children away.
His car was parked not far away. Only after getting into the car did Jin Xiao call out "Dad" to Jin Wei in a clear voice.
"Why is Dad free to pick me and Jinfei up from school today?"
Jin Wei's two children are named Jin Fei and Jin Xiao. They lived abroad with Jin Wei for more than two years and returned to China with him a year ago. Although they are too young to understand the adults' thoughts, and do not understand why they were ordered to change their address for their father to "uncle", they only understand that this was done for their father's good. Since it was for their father's good, they naturally agreed.
Don't you want me to come pick you up?
"Yes, yes!" the two said in unison again.
However, children who inherit the intelligence of Pei Wu and Jin Wei are also smarter than their peers, and are much more sensible and obedient.
After the car had traveled some distance, Jin Xiao called out Jin Wei in his childish voice.
"dad.."
Sitting in the back row, Jin Xiao looked at Jin Wei's back and hesitated, wanting to ask about his mother.
Lately, he has been having frequent dreams in which a woman appears... a woman named Pei Wu who claims to be his mother.
However, Jin Wei had never mentioned the topic of their mother in front of the two children, which was why Jin Xiao hesitated to speak at this moment. He had also asked Jin Fei if she had had the same dream, but because Jin Fei was always a baby in the game, her memory was weak, and she couldn't resonate well with some of the things he said.
"What's up?"
"N-nothing...it's nothing..." Jin Xiao smiled and shook his head, but Jin Wei, who was looking at him in the mirror, still noticed something was off.
"What trouble have you gotten yourself into?"
"No, no, I haven't caused any trouble. I've been very well-behaved lately."
"Jin Fei, has your brother gotten into trouble lately?"
“My brother hasn’t caused any trouble, he’s just been having a lot of dreams lately, and then he says some strange things to me…” Jin Fei’s words were tinged with amusement. After Jin Xiao nudged her elbow, she paused for a moment before adding, “He’s probably been watching too many cartoons.”
Upon hearing this, Jin Wei nodded in understanding.
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