"Okay, you and the child find a seat and order first. I'll be right there in a few minutes."
As she spoke, Xiao Hua strode towards Zhou Musheng's direction.
He Yan looked for a few seconds, but was pulled away by Kang An's hand.
After He Yan and the child sat down, He Yan seemed somewhat distracted.
He told himself that he had already divorced her, and that they would have no further connection in their own marriages. It was none of his business which man she wanted to be with or which man she liked.
So what if I'm jealous? It won't change anything. That's what I tell myself, but my brain is beyond my control.
"Dad, are you a little sad?"
Although Kang An was still a child, she could sense that her father looked very disappointed and sad at that moment.
"No, no, how could that be? You're just a kid, you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. What do you want to eat? We'll order."
He Yan composed himself and placed the menu in front of Kang An.
Pointing to the picture on the menu, she asked softly, "How about the black pepper beef tenderloin spaghetti?"
Kang An glanced at it and said, "Is it spicy? I can only handle a tiny bit of spice, but my mom can handle a lot of spice."
He Yan thought for a moment and said, "Just a little bit spicy."
He Yan called over a waiter and ordered two steaks and two pasta dishes, asking the waiter to add extra spice to one of them.
The child has a small appetite, so usually he gives the child only a little bit of steak. Xiaohua gives her child only a little bit of steak, which is enough for the child.
It also adheres to the principle of not wasting.
“Dad, you’re sad, right? I know that Mom likes Uncle Zhou but not you, and you like Mom a lot, so you’re sad. Just admit it, I won’t laugh at you.”
Kang An looked at her father's handsome face. To be honest, she liked her father a little more. Although she liked Uncle Zhou very much, he rarely spent time with her.
"You little rascal, I've lost all face in front of you. Yes, I'm really sad, but so what?"
He Yan did not continue to deny it.
"Sigh," Kang An said, resting his chin on his hand and looking at He Yan with a worried expression, then seemed somewhat troubled.
"Dad, if Mom gets together with Uncle Zhou and they get married, do you think I'll still be able to call you Dad?"
Kang An looked quite serious and focused as he pondered the situation.
She muttered to herself, "I'd better not call you Mom anymore. If I marry Uncle Zhou, then Uncle Zhou will be my dad, and I'll have to call him Dad. From now on, I'll call you Uncle He!"
Uncle He?!
He Yan's lips trembled with anger after hearing what his daughter said.
Good grief, it's her mother who got married, not her who looked for her father, so why can't she continue to call her own father "Dad"?
"Even if your mother marries a hundred times and has a hundred and one men, I'm still your father, your biological father. You can only call me Dad. Everyone else is Uncle, you know that!"
He Yan seized every opportunity to deliver a lecture.
Kang An thought for a moment but shook his head: "No, you're wrong. I'm definitely going to stay with my mom. My mom is getting a new husband, so I'll have to get a new dad too."
He Yan patted his chest, telling himself that children's words are innocent and harmless. She was not even four years old, and he shouldn't take the words of a child under four years old seriously.
She was just talking nonsense.
Xiao Hua changed her expression and looked at Zhou Musheng with great enthusiasm: "Mr. Zhou, I saw you and Zhou Xun eating here as soon as I walked in. How come my eyesight is so good?"
"Teacher Ye, it's been so long! I've missed you so much!" Zhou Xun said, getting up to give Ye Xiaohua a big hug.
"Teacher Ye misses you very much. Our little Mr. Zhou has grown taller and more handsome. Look, after not seeing you for a while, you've secretly become more handsome and taller. Teacher Ye is amazed."
Xiao Hua showered Zhou Xun with compliments. After all, praising someone is free and it makes them happy, so why not?
Zhou Musheng was surprised that he and his son could run into Xiaohua at any restaurant they randomly chose.
They really have a deep connection!
"Are you alone? If you don't mind, you can dine with us, father and son."
Zhou Musheng extended an invitation.
Xiaohua pointed to the child in the distance: "I'm taking the child out to eat, and after we eat, I'll take her to the amusement park."
Zhou Musheng glanced over and saw He Yan standing out from the crowd, particularly conspicuous.
He was extremely handsome, and he was a beautiful sight wherever he went.
When Zhou Musheng first met He Yan, he was also slightly surprised by his good looks.
He thought that such a handsome man must have very high standards. Even a beautiful woman like Xiaohua was not to his liking, so they eventually divorced.
"I'm quite surprised that you and your child's father seem to get along quite well."
Zhou Musheng had seen Xiaohua and her ex-husband taking their child out to eat more than once. She didn't seem like the kind of ex who wished the other dead and would never speak to them again after the divorce, even if they had a child.
"Ah, right? It's mainly for the sake of the child. There's no irreconcilable hatred or ethnic feud between us, so it's not like we'd never see each other again."
Zhou Musheng nodded slightly: "That's true. You've always been smart and open-minded. Few people have your kind of magnanimity."
This praise made Xiaohua a little too proud.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xiaohua left.
"Dad, do you really like Teacher Ye? It wouldn't be impossible for Teacher Ye to be my stepmother."
After hearing this, Zhou Musheng rolled his eyes at Zhou Xun.
"You're overthinking it. How old is Teacher Ye? How old are you? You're more like your older sister!"
Zhou Musheng became a father at a very young age. He is 37 years old this year, Zhou Xun is 12 years old, and Xiao Hua is only 25 years old. Xiao Hua is only 13 years older than Zhou Xun. It is indeed a bit unreasonable for Ye Xiao Hua to be Zhou Xun's mother.
"She's a stepmother, not my biological mother, so what does it matter?"
Zhou Xun muttered to himself.
"You're not allowed to make jokes like that again. If your teacher Ye hears it, it'll be embarrassing for both of us, you know?"
Zhou Xun nodded: "Oh, I see. But you really are not good enough for our Teacher Ye, an old man. If Teacher Ye were to look for someone, he would look for a young man in his twenties, not an old man like you who is almost 40!"
"Zhou Xun, are you itching for a beating? Want to get a few slaps from me?"
As Zhou Musheng spoke, he pretended to hit Zhou Xun.
Zhou Xun quickly begged for forgiveness: "Dad~ Dad~ I was wrong, I was wrong. I will never say you are old again. As the saying goes, a man is in his prime at forty. Who said my dad is old? My dad is not old at all. It's just that Teacher Ye is too young."
"roll"!
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