Chapter 571 Night Chat
Because of the conversation during the day, Su Man always remembered that Xiao Beisheng was coming.
So I made an appointment with Ye Ling to video chat with Doudou in the evening.
She planned to let Xiao Beisheng meet Doudou and also let Doudou see his father. This way, Doudou would be able to adapt to this new member of the family more quickly in the future.
But when it was evening, Xiao Beisheng still hadn't arrived.
On the phone,
Doudou yawned frequently in front of the camera.
Su Man was anxious and wanted Doudou to wait a little longer, but she also felt sorry for the child staying up late.
Ye Ling asked from the other side: "Madam, Doudou's eyes are almost closed. Is there anything else? Can we talk about it tomorrow?"
Su Man looked out the door and then out the window.
There was no movement.
As she spoke, Doudou yawned softly again. Her big eyes were covered by the rising mist, and water droplets hung on her long black eyelashes, making her look adorable and endearing.
The glutinous rice flour dumpling raised its chubby little round hands, rubbed its eyes, blinked, and shouted, "Ma, Ma, wake up."
Doudou has recently entered a period of language explosion and has started to talk a lot.
I talked too much just now and was holding the pacifier bottle and drinking water all the time.
Now that I have consumed more energy, I am fishing little by little in my little head.
Su Man felt really sorry for the child, so she said, "Go to sleep. Mom will call you tomorrow."
"Mommy, bye." The little glutinous rice dumpling waved his hands reluctantly, feeling sleepy and reluctant to leave.
After saying goodbye to Ye Ling and hanging up the video call, Su Man lay down on the bed.
She began to feel guilty.
What Xiao Beisheng said during the day might have been just a casual remark, and they had not made a serious appointment to meet in the evening.
Only she took it seriously.
He was stupidly holding a cell phone and wasting so much time with Xiao Doudou.
Moreover, the evening he mentioned may not necessarily be tonight.
It could also be tomorrow night, the night after tomorrow, the night after that...
No more waiting.
He will come when he is supposed to come, and if he doesn't come it's not the right time yet.
Su Man closed her eyes and prepared to rest when there was a knock on the door.
Su Man shuddered all over and every cell in her body began to boil.
Is it Xiao Beisheng?
But why did he go through the main entrance?
This is too abnormal.
Thinking of this, she got up from the bed, put on her slippers, and walked quickly to open the door.
As the door opened, the person who appeared in front of Su Man was not Xiao Beisheng, but Bai Lan.
"May I come inside?"
Bai Lan was wearing a white silk nightgown with a wide-sleeved silk robe on the outside. Her whole temperament was exactly the same as that of a queen.
Her well-maintained skin is as delicate as that of a young woman. Her face without makeup has lost its aggressiveness during the day and appears more approachable.
But still beautiful.
Su Man made way for her and said, "Come in."
Bai Lan smiled, entered the room, and went straight to the sofa beside the bed and sat down. "I'm coming over here. I hope I won't disturb your sleep. I'm here for nothing. It's just that people get less sleep as they get older."
Su Man shook her head. "There's nothing to do normally, so it's okay to sleep a little later."
Anyway, you can sleep in the next day.
Bai Lan looked at Su Man with a smile on his face, his eyes full of caring love.
Su Man is already a mother herself, so she understands the meaning of Bai Lan's eyes.
When I was a child, my classmates' parents would use this kind of eyes to give their children earnest instructions when they sent their children to school.
At that time, Su Man especially hoped that her parents would suddenly appear one day, just like other parents.
I waited for them throughout my entire student life, but they never showed up.
Later, she gradually no longer needed them, but they suddenly appeared, even making her feel a little at a loss.
The age when she most wanted to be attached was already past, and she still hadn’t learned how to get along with them.
"Can I sleep here with you tonight?" Bai Lan suddenly asked.
Su Man thought she would refuse, but her thoughts turned several turns in her mind. By the time she gave her response, she had already made up her mind: "Okay."
Bai Lan was very surprised. He didn't expect Su Man to agree so readily.
After observing her daughter over the past few days, she felt that although her daughter appeared to have a mild temper, she kept a certain distance from everyone and actually had a strong sense of boundaries.
Not to mention her mother, who had been absent from her life for more than 20 years.
"Where do you want to sleep?"
"I'm fine with either."
"Then you sleep inside. When you were a child, you always liked to sleep inside. You said that if you slept outside, a big black cat would come and eat your fingers. I don't know where you heard such a rumor to scare children." She kicked off her Hermès slippers and climbed onto the bed.
"Really? I don't remember." Su Man said lightly.
Hearing Su Man's words, Bai Lan's face showed a trace of loneliness that was visible to the naked eye.
Su Man avoided her gaze and didn't look at her. She pulled the quilt over and lay down next to Bai Lan.
With an extra person around, and a somewhat unfamiliar elder at that, Su Man should have felt uncomfortable, but for some reason, Su Man felt intimate and comfortable lying beside Bai Lan.
The power of blood ties is sometimes so strong.
Bai Lan asked: "Can you tell me how you have been doing these years? Mom wants to know."
"My life wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad either. It was a bit difficult, but I grew up well." Su Man was very straightforward.
Bai Lan turned sideways, raised his hand, and lovingly touched the hair on the side of Su Man's face.
"Tell me about it. Pick out something that left a deep impression on me. I want to know what you were going through during those years when I was desperately looking for you."
Su Man resisted in her heart.
But now is a good opportunity to develop a relationship with Bai Lan.
She followed Bai Lan to Lai Mansion. Wasn't her purpose to use their family relationship to persuade Bai Lan to turn over a new leaf and turn over a new leaf?
She knew that Bai Lan had a deep hatred in his heart.
She would not persuade Bai Lan to give up revenge, but she did not want Bai Lan to seek revenge in a way that would destroy himself and the enemy.
"What do you want to hear?"
"Tell me about what left the most memorable impressions on you growing up. How old were you when you started learning dance? Who was your first teacher? Were your uncles and aunts nice to you? What kind of friends did you make?"
Su Man recalled bit by bit.
Her childhood, adolescence, and later life, had no memories worth sharing. Most of them were dull, boring, and a vast expanse of depressing gray.
All that filled her memory were her uncle's cowardly evasions and her aunt's angry abuse. She grew up in an environment of flattery and was trained as a tool to mediate relationships.
But there are good moments too.
For example, her academic performance was quite good, and her teachers all liked her. She had been cute and pretty since she was little, and she had received a lot of kindness from strangers, and so on...
Su Man told Bai Lan everything she could remember, whether good or bad.
She also found some photos from her childhood: ID photos, graduation photos from each stage of her life, practice photos taken by teachers during her interest classes, and birthday photos...
The mother and daughter chatted until the early morning.
Su Man was so sleepy that she fell asleep without knowing when.
When she talked about the past, her mood was calm, as if she had found a tree hole to talk to, releasing the haze that had been pent up for a long time.
She didn't know that after she fell asleep, Bai Lan couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Su Man clearly used a very calm tone when she was narrating the story, but Bai Lan could hear the pain and hurt that her daughter had suffered behind this calm narration.
Bai Lan felt heartbroken when he heard this.
In the darkness, Bai Lan looked at the sleeping Su Man and shed tears silently. It was not until the sky was illuminated by the fish belly white light that she hugged Su Man and fell asleep together.
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