Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Looking back.
The performance of the disappearing cake trick came to an end. The guests applauded to encourage little Zhuzhu. Director Tao knew that he had almost gotten into trouble, so he cheered louder than anyone else.
Jiang Cheng needs to be more rational.
Amid such enthusiastic applause, will Zi Zi really not get lost?
However, he didn't have time to think about this issue any further because Ji Ning had already turned against him.
What a stupid name he was thinking. If it really gets stuck in the baby's throat, there will be serious consequences!
"The cake is soft..." Jiang Cheng said.
Ji Ning continued to stare.
Jiang Cheng added: "It's okay, Zhuzhu went out to play."
Still staring.
Jiang Cheng: "I have learned the Heimlich maneuver."
Just in case, this is something I learned after becoming a dad.
Of course, it’s best if you never have to use it.
Zhuzhu finished his little task and ran off to play with the staff.
The welcome and farewell ceremonies were about to end, and the staff hoped to finish work early, so they sorted out some temporarily unused equipment and excess venue decorations.
She didn't know that her mother was still unhappy.
But Jiang Cheng knew.
After a while, a muffled sound came from the live broadcast room.
"Okay, I was wrong."
[Ahhh, I bumped into you. Are you admitting your mistake just like that? ]
【Knocking on everything will only hurt you! 】
[Eating everything will only help me achieve nutritional balance (wink)]
[Our Ning Ning is so unreasonable, President Jiang tries every way to coax her, if you tell me this is a romance show, I will believe it! ]
【Who said this is unreasonable? If the baby really gets food stuck in his throat, it will be very dangerous. 】
[I've said it before, safety is no small matter. 】
[It is estimated that after this session is over, Ji Ning's safety class will start again. ]
Zhuzhu wants to help the staff.
Her mother told her that helping others is a good thing, but it should be done within one's ability, and the most important thing is that one should never let oneself be wronged. Little Tuanzi had just eaten a cake and was trying to digest it, so she didn't feel wronged at all.
"But these are quite heavy, you can't move them." The staff member said with a smile.
The assistant director glanced at the staff member again.
This guy usually looks lazy, but he is very diligent when it comes to finishing work. There is only one last part of tonight's show, and this young man doesn't need anyone to urge him, he just gets busy.
"You come and get the iPad." Seeing the baby's disappointed face, the staff continued, "Be careful, don't drop it."
Zhuzhu nodded vigorously.
She is already very familiar with the electronic products of the program team. The PD sister let her watch cartoons on it. Some games in the program that require answering questions through bullet screens also use this tablet. She is an old actor.
She took the tablet.
The screen has not been locked yet, and the page remains in the live broadcast room.
In fact, Xiaotuanzi has always had only a vague understanding of the live broadcast format of the program. Last time, when she drank milk and pretended to have a tiger's beard, she saw herself on the screen for the first time, waving her hands, feeling a little embarrassed, but also feeling novel. But now, she is not on the screen, and what appears is the appearance of Director Tao and other guests.
"Before I knew it, the show is almost over again. Don't blame the show crew for not reminding you this time. Have you packed your luggage?"
Ji Ning boasted: "The box has never been opened."
Guests:!
Why didn't they think of that?
When we first arrived at the fairy tale house in the morning, we were all busying around so that the program crew would have something to film. We almost decorated our rooms to make them feel like a home.
Now, in the blink of an eye, I have to leave and pack my luggage at night. If I had known earlier, I would have been like Ji Ning and not opened the suitcase, and just got through the day.
The guests were discussing one by one, and looking at their frustrated looks, even Lu Pingyuan couldn't help laughing.
When the atmosphere was most active, Director Tao handed out the last task card of the day's program.
"Remember the breakfast we had at the Yunbi Resort at the beginning of the show? It brought the relationship back to the beginning. At the beginning, we were looking forward to it simply and directly, just to sit together and talk to each other."
"Have you talked to each other more so far in the show than you have in the past one or two years combined?"
On this issue, the brother and sister have the most say.
They have only met once since their parents divorced, and have not even called each other since they grew up. On the show, their protective colors are prickly, but they are real, and they communicate all day long.
"Now, the show is coming to an end," Director Tao said, "Guests, please turn over your mission cards."
At first, all everyone wanted was to be able to talk.
Later on, I wanted more and more, and gradually forgot the original intention of this family, love and friendship.
"Now let's go back to the beginning," said Director Tao. "Along the way, we didn't blame each other, nor did we force ourselves. We all faced our own hearts honestly and did a great job. So now, let's give each other a hug."
[It is easy to say not to blame others and not to force yourself, but it is actually very difficult to do in a close relationship. There is a saying that we are always too polite to strangers and too harsh to those close to us.]
[I burst into tears for no apparent reason. It was like we were about to say goodbye. Do we have to do this every time on our show?]
[Do Tong Zhiqi and Tong Zhile really want to hug? They seem so awkward. It's too awkward.]
[SRDS, who has a group of best friends who are awkward? For many times, it was either Fang Manyin who took a step forward or Pan Siran who took a step forward. But when one of them took a step forward, the other always took a step back. This friendship is too difficult. If it were me, I would rather not have it.]
[But the 'kappa' Pan Siran mentioned just now must have helped Fang Manyin. After the secret marriage news broke, the company had to admit it whether they were happy or not, but now the marketing has changed to the 'beauty with kappa' meme, which has become a joke, and everyone is playing with the meme, so the impact on Fang Manyin is much smaller. ]
[If Fang Manyin had not interfered with other people's families, there would be nothing to blame. Both parties got what they wanted, and she got what she wanted. Fans should just focus on her works and not interfere in other people's lives. ]
[The couple's hug was completely free of suspense. After watching the live broadcasts over the past few days, it is clear that they have deep feelings for each other and are very dependent on each other. Twenty years of love is not so easy to give up. Let's just live well in the future.]
As netizens expected, the couple smiled at each other after receiving the task cards.
After being married for so many years, they finally realized that the way a couple gets along is a science. Both Ding Muyun and Xiang Xinghui had experienced highs and lows. Gradually, they went from walking side by side to fighting alone and began to blame each other. They almost forgot that they had made a promise in their marriage vows to love each other and stay together forever.
This hug comes too late.
Ding Muyun buried her face in her husband's shoulder, while Xiang Xinghui patted her back gently with a moved look on his face.
【It's great, I feel safe.】
[Middle-aged love is all about supporting each other! You two are not allowed to divorce, just live a good life! ]
[My mom screamed, the movie queen and her brother-in-law are her first couple! My mom's couple is perfect. ]
Tong Zhiqi and Tong Zhile's bodies are stiffer than steel.
Tong Zhiqi asked: "Can I not hold you?"
"Don't resist by default." Director Tao said with a smile, "Believe in yourself, take the first step, and you will find that this embrace is very warm."
"Really." Director Tao said firmly.
In the live broadcast room, the background music became melodious and gentle, even a bit sentimental.
The past scenes, with laughter and tears, echoed in the hearts of the brother and sister. Tong Zhiqi once blamed her sister and mother for abandoning her, but then she realized that she had a hard time in her new family. Tong Zhile blamed her brother for being childish, having low emotional intelligence, and not understanding her and her mother, but then she felt sorry for the fact that there were only a few people who really cared about him along the way.
Tong Zhile spread his arms and took a step forward.
[It’s still my younger sister. It’s my younger sister who took this step again. 】
[To be honest, our Tong Mei has always been so open and forthright. I really find it strange that she would be criticized. I can only say that many people who like Tong Zhi Qi are brain-dead fans.]
[My brother closed his eyes, wuwuwu, is he afraid that he will shed tears? ]
This hug didn't last long.
Ji Ning felt a little sad and rubbed her eyes.
Jiang Cheng turned around to look for something, but was stopped by her.
She blinked back her tears.
Use practical actions to show that you didn't cry.
[Hahahaha, this panicked desire to survive is because I know that if I cry and steal the spotlight, the keyboard warriors will gang up on me again.]
[Did Mr. Jiang just go to find some tissues? Sure, I have work to do. ]
When Pan Siran stood in front of Fang Manyin, he was silent for a long time.
Many years ago, they had a falling out because Fang Manyin was caught up in a public opinion storm for being too close to a capital tycoon. The situation at that time was similar to this time. The other party was divorced and quite old. At that time, Fang Manyin was only 20 years old. Pan Siran could not accept that she would take shortcuts for the role, while Fang Manyin sarcastically said that she was a little princess who was raised by others and did not understand the sufferings of the world, but only knew how to judge from a high position.
Many years have passed, Pan Siran thought, she has probably matured a little. This time, she avoided the main point and turned the gossip about Fang Manyin into a "beautiful woman loves Kappa" story.
"Come on." Pan Siran spread his arms and said with a smile.
Fang Manyin raised her hand and turned off the earphone clipped to her collar.
Pan Siran was a little puzzled, but following her eye hint, he followed her instructions.
Good friends who grew up together have the purest yearning for the future.
But it turns out that growing up is not always as expected.
Fang Manyin hugged Pan Siran and apologized to her softly.
"No need." Pan Siran said, "It's all in the past."
“像我之前說的，過不去了。”方曼吟說，“很多事情都過不去，真的。”
方曼吟對她說，很抱歉，為了自保，自己差點就要出賣這段曾經最珍貴的友誼。
這并不是一閃而過的念頭，其實拿着話筒的那一刻，準備好的說辭就已經到了嘴邊。
潘思然有些怔愣。
【真的很氣人！方曼吟和潘思然每一次都來這一招！能不能把她倆的耳麥開關焊上，焊成關不了的那種！】
【說了些什麽？她們的情緒都好低落。】
閨蜜組說話的聲音壓得太低，就連其他嘉賓都聽不分明。
今晚節目的最後一項任務，圓滿完成，陶導開始起哄。
陶導一起哄，其他工作人員們也立即跟上。
“素人組還沒有抱。”副導演忽然開口。
“這是情感修複類節目。”紀凝轉頭笑着說，“我們組收到的任務卡是——”
話音未落，她纖細的手腕被握住。
紀凝的話還沒說完，手中任務卡悄然掉落。
落在地面，是空白的。
【活久見！】
【低頭回個微信，發生了什麽？為什麽抱一起了！！！】
【這體型差和身高差，真的不打包送去現偶組嗎？】
下一秒，一道無法拒絕的力量，将她往懷裏輕輕一帶。
這個擁抱，來得猝不及防。
她的手不知道該往哪裏放，一不小心搭上他精瘦的腰，又不知所措地收回。
她細軟的發絲飄起，拂過江乘的下巴，柔軟的，沒有溫度的。
他聽見自己沉重的心跳聲，珍惜，卻并不是失而複得。長達一千多日的分別，他是被丢下的那一個，可不願質問。
耳畔傳來他的一聲輕嘆。
這個擁抱并不冒犯，相反，伴随着小心翼翼的克制。
紀凝覺得陌生又熟悉，周遭時間和空氣仿佛不再流動。
她的頭部感受到微微脹痛，直到擁抱結束，她擡起眸，發現自己被深深地注視着。
【這是我普通vip可以看的嗎？】
【江總終于主動了！到底是誰批判我們cp粉性緣腦，江總的态度難道還不明顯嗎！！！】
【有侵略感又慎重的擁抱，這麽溫柔的眼神，節目組別說這是臨別時的友誼抱抱哦，我沒這麽好騙的。】
【凝凝是懵了吧，半天沒說話，感覺這個擁抱過後，素人組的氛圍變得好微妙。快說，是不是害羞了！】
【害羞就是有戲！下一期會給我一個happy ending嗎？】
【我們小竹寶呢？平時滿場閃亮，現在小電燈泡關掉了，沒找到人哇。】
【誰說我們寶寶是小電燈泡，崽有名字的，叫紀·小助攻·竹。】
網友們正在尋找竹竹的身影。
而小團子本人，和他們一樣，蹲守着直播間。
童話屋花園角落裏，她在柔軟的草地坐下，盤起小短腿。
短短的小肉腿折出一個胖窩窩，那是平板支架，寶寶看節目時歪着腦袋，視線總是被滾動的彈幕吸引。
彈幕裏，會出現很多日常用字，如“了”、“吧”、“天”等等，竹竹都是認得的。
而這些日常用字，和對于她而言比較難的字一起組合成句子，她無法拼湊出一整句話的意思。
同時，彈幕裏其中一個字，她在原劇情夢境中見過無數次。
江總的“江”。
竹竹小朋友在節目中，聽好多人這麽喊江叔叔。
江叔叔的名字，叫江總。
她在原劇情男主角欄裏見到的爸爸，也姓江。
……
這一晚的節目結束時間延遲了一些，在晚上九點，網友們屏幕上的直播間才黑屏。
上了一天的班兒，嘉賓們終于不再受鏡頭的約束，伸懶腰捏肩膀時，發出惬意的感嘆聲音，甚至丁暮芸還直接踢走自己的高跟鞋，赤腳踩在地上。
節目中的年輕人太多了，她向他們學習，逐漸放開自己，原來很多負擔都是無形的，她将負擔抛開，它們就不存在。
嘉賓們三三兩兩，往童話屋走去。
小花園說是童話屋附帶的，其實并不小，悠然閑适地散步，還有不短的一段路。
盧平遠落在最後面，掏了掏口袋。
“養生煙”沒帶。
“盧導。”
他回頭，是紀凝在喊自己。
小童星早已長大，甚至還成了媽媽，她教寶寶要勇敢一些，差點忘記自己也得以身作則。好在，她似乎想明白了，不再猶豫，決定主動為自己争取一個機會。
盧平遠的腳步還是沒有停留。
他繼續向前，随口道：“終于還是開口了？”
“試鏡的要求，你肯定查過。”
“由科班老師推薦，或者通過公司團隊報名，經過幾輪篩選後，才能得到最後的面試資格。”
“紀凝，你既不是科班出身，也沒有相關工作經驗，憑什麽以為我能通融？”
盧平遠這番話，埋了一個坑。
紀凝并不是沒有相關經驗，只不過那都是兒時的經驗。等她反駁，那麽大導演準備好的說教，就要開始了。
“你不反駁？”他問。
紀凝搖搖頭。
盧平遠：“童星時期的經驗不算在裏頭？”
這一次，紀凝的回答很誠懇。
“我不能總是回頭看。”
她身上被大衆緊密關注的，是童星的标簽。
不管多麽風光，多麽有天賦，都是二十年前的事，沒有人能帶着兒時的高光時刻，吃一輩子老本。
盧平遠準備好的訓斥，最終還是沒能派上用場。
她自己的心裏也跟明鏡兒似的，決意撕去所謂的标簽。
“如果水平不行，就算和我認識，也沒情面可講，跑龍套演屍體，能不能接受？”
“很苦的，沒有精致妝發，蓬頭垢面吃一肚子灰。”
“我不怕苦！”紀凝的眼睛亮亮的。
盧平遠撇了撇嘴，雙手背在身後。
紀凝跟上他的步伐：“是願意給我試鏡的機會嗎？”
盧平遠：……
缺心眼兒。
這個機會，他一早就願意給。
然而這麽多年過去，紀凝從來沒有聯系過他。
“接下來就看你自己的本事了。”盧導說。
紀凝清亮的聲音從後響起。
“謝謝盧導，我可以的！”
盧平遠笑着搖了搖頭。
這一趟，到底看見了年輕人的心氣兒，算是沒白來。
……
這将是在節目裏度過的最後一晚了。
竹竹舍不得睡覺。
媽媽告訴她，嚴謹一些，今天應該是這個月在節目裏度過的最後一個晚上。
因為休息幾天後，她們要重新出發，在第二期節目中，前往下一個目的地。
媽媽還告訴她，接下來，等到下一期節目，江叔叔就不會再和她們同行了。
這是她們的睡前談心時間，一塊兒坐在繪本架前的地毯上，将繪本翻開，又合攏。
提起江乘，紀凝有一瞬間的遲疑。竹竹轉身去繪本架上選擇自己愛看的書，耷拉着腦袋。紀凝能理解小人兒此時落寞的背影，三人組變成二人組，她也很難适應。
她是大人，能調節好自己的情緒，這一點無可厚非。
可沒想到，寶寶也不鬧，只是低着頭，安安靜靜的樣子。
紀凝告訴她，不需要為了別人的情緒，而壓抑忽略自己的感受。寶寶可以難過，可以生氣，不管什麽樣的反應，都是能夠被接受的。
聽了媽媽的話，竹竹的小嘴巴，翹得像是能挂油瓶。
“我明白，可能會有一些失望。”
“但是在人生裏面，我們會認識好多很多的朋友。有的朋友，能和我們相互陪伴，一直一直走下去，也有的朋友只是人生中的過客，我們同行，結伴走過一小段路，留下美好的回憶，就足夠了。”
“以後還會和過客朋友見面嗎？”竹竹問。
以紀凝的經驗來看，這很難。
來來往往，這麽多過客，時間長了，恐怕寶寶記憶淡去，自己都不記得對方的存在。
“也許可以哦。”紀凝說，“有緣分，會再相見的。”
竹竹的心情好了一些。
紀凝輕捏她的小嘴巴：“像是小鴨子。”
孩子的心思，純粹簡單，壞情緒來得快，去得也快。
新的游戲已經開始，竹竹演起小鴨子，依偎在媽媽懷裏“嘎嘎嘎”。
紀凝仿佛來到養鴨場，小鴨子寶寶的聲音并不聒噪，但是聽久了，同樣讓人一個頭兩個大。
她制止小鴨子的“嘎嘎叫”，說道：“挑一本繪本吧，我來給你講睡前故事。”
繪本架上，小團子抽出一本書，封面色彩豐富，沖擊感很強。
“媽媽，我們明天要坐飛機回去嗎？”
竹竹坐過飛機，和姥姥姥爺一起。
從南城回北城，是很長的距離，姥姥姥爺非常冷淡，她也不敢說話，怯生生地望着窗外，過了好久，飛機才落地。
因此，對于寶寶來說，乘坐飛機，并不是愉快的體驗。
“江叔叔給你準備了安全座椅。”紀凝說，“他說明天正好要去北城出差，我們順帶坐他的車回去。”
“江叔叔的朋友有空置的房子，以後我們倆一起住在那裏。”她揉揉竹竹的小腦袋，“租金已經支付過了。”
也許是因為，從小到大身邊有人幫自己操持一切，紀凝做事随心所欲，毫無規劃。
反正提前制定的計劃，到最後還是會被否決，在可以接受範圍之內，多一事不如少一事。
這一次，懶人有懶福，她最後幾天才開始找房子，而這麽巧，江乘的朋友出國，有可以直接拎包入住的房子，願意租出去。
素人參加節目，通告費遠沒有藝人這麽高，按集定價，別說現在只是錄了第一期，就算錄完整整一季，她和竹竹得到的報酬，也絕不可能在北城買下一套房子。
紀凝一時興起，搜索了一下北城的房價。
頁面往下滑，她目光停留，擡了擡眉。
她租到的房子，位于北城寸土寸金的中心位置。
軟件上标了房子的出售價位，以及出租價位，價格高昂。
但她，是以白菜價租到的。
江乘一直都在幫她。從不讓贊助商将她和竹竹踢走開始，到星芝娛樂臨時變卦後他的出力，相處過程中，還有許許多多的小細節，紀凝不能再信誓旦旦地說，他是自己的粉絲。
拜托，她哪來的氪金粉啊！
“他是不是——”紀凝趴在地上，雙手扒拉自己的臉頰。
哪有這麽多後知後覺。
喜歡的表現，難道不夠明顯嗎？
“我爸爸？”竹竹歪頭，奶呼呼地說。
“不會。”紀凝皺眉，小小聲道，“我不喜歡這麽悶的男人耶。”
這是一個傻傻的問題。
紀凝否認後，腦海中回蕩剛才的擁抱。
強勢卻溫柔，讓人沒有辦法拒絕，最後退開的，又反而是他。
而後，她順着崽崽不解的目光，視線投向寶寶挑出的繪本——
《我爸爸》。
紀凝自己都覺得好笑。
她就說呢，寶寶哪來這麽跳脫的聯想。
“竹竹很想見到爸爸嗎？”
竹竹點了點頭。
也許對于孩子而言，“爸爸”這個詞，也有着一定的重量。
而她忽略了這一點。
“如果一直沒辦法見到他，會非常遺憾嗎？”
這一次，小團子搖搖頭。
她聽思然姐姐和曼吟姐姐吵架時說過，做人不能太貪心。大人不可以，小孩兒也一樣，寶寶已經擁有了最好、最好的媽媽，就算遺憾，也只是一點點。
竹竹的回答，一本正經。
紀凝托腮看她，心頭軟軟的。
“篤篤篤——”敲門聲響起。
竹竹跑去開門：“江叔叔。”
江乘不是有意聽她們說話。
不過房門隔音不好，他還是聽見她下意識的反駁。
我不喜歡這麽悶的男人耶……
江乘的視線越過竹竹，又收回。
“竹竹，想不想在房間裏看星空？”他溫聲問。
……
寶寶要跟着江叔叔去他屋裏看星空，紀凝不能偷懶。
她得陪着一塊兒。
不知道是因為那個令人尴尬的擁抱，還是其他奇奇怪怪的原因，一路上樓，氣氛有些詭異。
江乘特地選了帶露臺和星空頂的漂亮房間，是為了讓竹竹小朋友來做客時，流連忘返。
只是這一刻，心情居然是凝重的。
距離揭開真相的時刻越來越近，不同于往日裏的運籌帷幄，他根本無法判斷，接下來會發生些什麽。
“紀凝。”他忽然說，“等到節目結束後，我們談一談。”
紀凝：！
談什麽？
她之前樂意逗人機，聽見這樣的話，怕是會立即抖機靈。
但是現在，好像不太合适。
一時之間，紀凝沒有出聲。
還是竹竹小朋友打破這樣的僵局，敲了敲江叔叔房間的門。
“星星，我來了！”
這不是竹竹第一次踏進這間露臺房。
但這個房間白天和晚上給人的觀感，截然不同。
璀璨光芒灑落，有真正的星星，也有星空頂折射出來的假星星，将木質地板點綴出星光。
紀凝陪着寶寶看星星。
每一顆星星，都有它們自己的名字，她能說出幾個，竹竹便很感興趣地聽。
一些她說不出的，江乘便補充回答。
“我們能看見的恒星，只是很小的一部分，絕大多數恒星，肉眼是看不見的。”
“我們和恒星的距離，要以光年計。”
“光年是什麽呀？”竹竹問，“是一年嗎？”
“光年不是時間單位，是天文學的距離。”江乘解釋。
小人兒窩在柔軟的墊子裏。
她的左邊，是媽媽，右邊是江叔叔。
竹竹有一搭沒一搭，在腦海裏搜刮着十萬個為什麽的問題。
他們給她解答，即便知道寶寶聽不懂，仍然将每一個問題答得細致，沒有任何敷衍意味。
小團子仰頭望着星空。
這麽小的寶寶，無法用言語形容自己的心情，她只是覺得，好幸福呀。
在寶寶的童年裏，和趙家人相處的時間更多，和媽媽一塊兒的時間，不過短短十幾天。
在永瑞村時，趙家的奶奶為了不讓村民們數落自己刻薄小孫女，在人前，會對竹竹露出笑臉。慈祥的笑容，總讓小團子受寵若驚，還沒來得及享受，一回屋，笑意就立即消散。這樣的情況，發生過很多次，竹竹便知道，開心的時光，非常短暫。
“媽媽，現在幾點啦？”
“九點二十五分。”
過了一會兒，竹竹又問：“現在呢？”
才過了一分鐘。
“是不是快要睡覺了呀？”
“竹竹不想睡，就不睡。”
小團子便用兩只小手，撐開自己的眼皮。
與星星有關的話題，還在繼續。
竹竹對光年的定義似懂非懂，只知道，那似乎可以用來丈量距離。
“我們現在隔着多少距離哇？”
江乘看了看：“五十厘米。”
紀凝：……
人機的眼睛是尺嗎？
竹竹往媽媽身邊挨了一些，喊江叔叔也過來：“現在呢？”
人機的眼睛，就是尺，每一次都能給出大致的距離範圍。
他們三個人的距離，越來越近，近得像是密不可分。
最後，紀凝笑着問：“現在是多少厘米？”
江乘轉眸。
“我知道。”小團子被擠在中間，舉起手，“現在是漢堡包哇！”
叔叔和媽媽，是面包片兒。
寶寶變成被夾在他們中間的小肉餅。
“什麽味道的漢堡包？”
“番茄醬味兒！”
他們陪竹竹，說着天馬行空的話，有些不着調，幼稚得像是身處小小托班。
然而，他們甚至比寶寶更要樂在其中。
紀凝早就清楚，下一期節目的錄制，江乘無法再參加。
也許素人組會再次空降其他嘉賓，而與她們配合最默契的他，将回到自己原有的生活軌道上。
而江乘則是深知，這一次的離別，并不僅僅只是離別。
當真相揭開，意味着，一切秩序都将颠倒，卻不得不面對。
“我不喜歡吃番茄醬味兒。”
“媽媽喜歡吃什麽味道哇？”
“無敵辣椒味兒！”
竹竹變身無敵小辣椒，張開小爪子，向媽媽撲去。
紀凝躲閃不及，被撞了個滿懷，身體閃躲，往後靠的時候，後腦勺差點碰到身後的圓形小茶幾。
江乘用手護住她的腦袋。
單手一撐，小茶幾傾倒，上面的辦公用品掉落在地。
竹竹是闖了禍的寶寶，縮着脖子，怯生生地望着他們。
“沒事的。”紀凝語氣輕松，“你看，沒有受傷。”
小團子望向一地狼藉。
江乘起身，邁開長腿，開了一盞燈。
明亮晃眼的光線，一時很難适應。
竹竹的眼睛被媽媽的手掌擋住。
再過一會兒，睜開眼睛，屋子裏亮堂堂的。
“撿起來就好了。”
習慣性的閃躲，是因為以前挨過打嗎？
這樣的發現，令人揪心，可追問更會吓到孩子。
江乘：“一起撿，好嗎？”
寶寶驚慌的情緒被安撫。
她蹲到了小茶幾邊，将散落的文件撿起來。
東西掉落在地上，沒有什麽大不了，是可以補救的。
電腦不會被摔壞，磕到了邊邊角角也不要緊，江叔叔說，這都是正常的使用痕跡。
竹竹惴惴不安的心情，得到了緩解。
小心髒不再噗噗亂跳了，整理文件的時候，更加努力。
她将這些紙張，擺得整整齊齊。
而後，放在小茶幾上。
上面密密麻麻的文字，有的是英文，有的是中文。
竹竹的目光，不經意掃過一份文件底下的簽名。
在原劇情裏，小團子看過男主角欄的名字。
文件上洋洋灑灑的簽名，難以辨認。
但和男主角欄的名字一模一樣。
竹竹是勇于發問的寶寶。
于是，空蕩的房間裏，傳來她奶聲奶氣的疑問。
“你是我爸爸嗎？”
漫長的沉默，星光還在閃爍。
紀凝懷疑，連漫天星星都會被尬住。
寶寶能不能不要亂問問題啊……
哪有随便抓住一個帥哥就認親的！
紀凝都沒好意思擡頭。
直到一道低沉好聽的聲音，回蕩在耳畔。
“是。”
“竹竹，我是爸爸。”
一遍一遍，在她的腦海反複循環。
如雷鳴般，振聾發聩。
而小文盲寶寶——
既期待，又有些不敢置信。
原劇情裏的男主角，大名江乖。
他真的，是竹竹的爸爸呀……