Ye Xinning sat in the passenger seat, and Chen Lin drove the car towards the Ye family home.
Ye Xinning asked, "Didn't you tell me about Mo Jing's matter?"
What kind of story do you want to hear?
Ye Xinning felt the question was a bit strange, asking what kind of person wanted to hear. "Everything."
"Actually, I don't know much either. I've rarely been back to the Shen residence in the past four years. It's mostly Aunt Xi and my father who have been taking care of him."
"You've been cold to him, haven't you?" Ye Xinning asked, her head down. She guessed that Shen Lin four years ago would have felt the same way about what she was bothered by.
"If it weren't for him, you wouldn't have left."
"There are many reasons why I left, but more so because I felt that staying in that environment would only make me more unhappy, and it wasn't just because of his background."
"Then let me ask you, the most important reason is that you want to leave me, right?"
This time, Ye Xinning answered without hesitation, "Yes."
Shen Lin curled his lips in self-deprecation, "This time, you answered very quickly, not even willing to lie to me."
Ye Xinning, "..."
She pursed her lips. "I have no reason to lie to you."
Shen Lin knew that if they continued talking about this topic, the words coming out of her little mouth would only make him unhappy.
“He knows you,” Shen Lin said slowly.
It has no beginning and no end.
Ye Xinning was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What?"
"Did you see him at the hospital last time?"
Ye Xinning then realized that Shen Lin was referring to the Silent Scene.
She looked at Shen Lin in surprise, her words filled with disbelief, "You mean, he knew I was his... mother before today?"
Shen Lin hummed in agreement. "Otherwise, why do you think he was able to accept your self-introduction so calmly?"
Ye Xinning thought back to when she introduced him earlier. Chen Mojing seemed really calm. At the time, she thought that this might be due to the child's personality. Now, after hearing what Shen Lin said, Ye Xinning realized that she had unknowingly overlooked this point.
"I don't know. If I had known, I probably would have talked to him more that day. I was afraid that if we talked too much, he would think I was strange. After all, how could I be so proactive and enthusiastic as an auntie I met for the first time? People might think I was a human trafficker."
Shen Lin, "Do you know what he said to me when we got back that day?"
"What did you say?"
"He asked me if his personality was funny or not."
Hearing this, Ye Xinning felt even more depressed.
In four years, Silent Jing and Ye Zhimu's personalities have become completely different.
Moreover, Jing's personality was more sensitive and fragile than she had imagined.
"Is that so?" she replied to Shen Lin, her voice very soft and faint.
At the traffic light intersection, Chen Lin stopped the car and waited, then asked her, "What are you thinking about?"
Ye Xinning was absent-minded. "I'm thinking about how I can make it up to him?"
"You don't need to make amends."
"ah?"
"If anyone needs to make amends, it's me. You didn't do anything wrong."
...
Even after Shen Lin's car stopped in front of the Ye family's house, Ye Xinning was still thinking about what Shen Lin had just said.
—If anyone needs to make amends, it's me who should make amends; you didn't do anything wrong.
"arrive."
As Shen Lin's voice rang in her ears, Ye Xinning snapped out of her wandering thoughts, unbuckled her seatbelt, and prepared to get out of the car.
At this moment, Shen Lin spoke up again, "If you can, spend more time with him."
"Of course you don't need to tell me, I know that."
Now that she has decided to acknowledge Chen Mojing, she knows how she should treat him in the future.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going." After she finished speaking, she reached for the car door, only to find that it was locked.
She turned around and looked at Shen Lin with a puzzled expression.
Under her gaze, Shen Lin spoke, "What do you think our relationship is now?"
"Ex-husband and ex-wife?" Ye Xinning asked.
Shen Lin, "..."
"I'm pursuing you."
Ye Xinning, "..."
...
Back home, sitting in her study, Ye Xinning was still thinking about Shen Lin's sudden approach before she got out of the car, and the words he whispered in her ear.
—I'm pursuing you, so when will you make me a permanent member of the relationship?
What was her reaction at that moment? Without a second's hesitation, she pushed Shen Lin aside, opened the car door, and fled frantically.
He thought to himself that Shen Lin had probably gone mad.
After a long period of calm, Ye Xinning finally turned on her computer to check the files Qin Yuchu had sent.
Before I knew it, it was time for dinner.
There was a knock on the bedroom door from the outside.
She thought it was a maid. "What's wrong?" she asked while looking at the materials.
"It seems some people don't care about me at all." A childish voice rang in her ears. Ye Xinning looked up and saw Ye Zhimu standing at the door, her cheeks puffed out, looking at her with a resentful expression.
Ye Xinning was surprised. "You're back." She had thought it would be later.
Ye Zhimu moved step by step until he stood in front of her. "Aren't you worried that I won't come back?"
Why worry?
"My grandparents' house is so big and beautiful, and there are so many toys and so much delicious food. What if I get bribed by all of these things?"
"Have I ever lacked your food, your clothes, or your entertainment? Did I spend years digging up bitter vegetable roots in Jiangcheng with you?"
No, not at all.
"That's fine then. Also, let me correct you. We went to Grandpa and Grandma's house today. The word 'bribe' is not quite appropriate."
Ye Zhimu, "..."
The first round between mother and daughter ended with Ye Xinning winning.
"By the way, who brought you back?" Ye Xinning asked as she turned off her computer.
"Uncle."
Uncle? Ye Xinning looked down at Ye Zhimu, then took her little hand and walked downstairs.
"Why can you call him Grandpa and Grandma so naturally and openly, but always call him Uncle instead of Dad?"
Ye Zhimu pursed her lips, seemingly not thinking it was a problem.
"You can call me uncle if you want."
Ye Xinning, "..."
Well, this question is pointless.
I have no idea what's going on in her daughter's little head.
Did you say thank you when he brought you back?
"He also told me to tell you goodnight."
Ye Xinning, “…” Saying goodnight at this time, is Shen Lin’s brain really okay?
She changed the subject and asked about Ye Zhimu's situation at the Shen family.
"Did you have fun at the Shen family's house?"
"happy."
When talking about her experience at the Shen family's place, Ye Zhimu kept talking nonstop.
“My grandparents prepared a lot of gifts for me, and I brought them all back. I wasn’t planning to accept them, but I felt that they would be sad if I didn’t. Also, my brother gave me his architectural model.”
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