"Then I'll take you home to rest!" Li Mu said softly, ruffling Liu Zi's hair.
"No, I want to hug you again." Liu Zi felt satisfied at that moment.
"Let's go back to the car and hug, it's too cold outside." Li Mu hugged her tightly, and Liu Zi wasn't wearing many clothes.
"good!"
The two got into the car one after the other. Li Mu raised the partition, instructed the driver to start the car, and then pulled the person close to him again.
"Have you been drinking?" Li Mu asked worriedly, looking down at her.
"No, I only drank water." She had important business to attend to today; why would she drink too much?
Liu Zi rested her head on Li Mu's shoulder, feeling his warmth.
Li Mu gently stroked her hand and said, "No one's been bothering you, has anyone?"
Li Mu was a little worried, since she was going to the banquet alone and there was no one to take care of her. At this moment, he suddenly considered whether the company should enter the entertainment industry next.
"No, Director Chen even specifically asked me to go over and tell me to create more good works. Teacher Yu Hai and Teacher Wang were also guests. I met a lot of people." Liu Zi excitedly shared her experiences at the ceremony with Li Mu.
"I heard before that several high-ranking leaders really liked your composition 'The March of the Torrent,' and it received a good response both domestically and internationally. The military band and the Northwest Military Region both received awards. If you were in the system, you'd probably get a second-class merit award without a doubt." Li Mu had indeed heard some of the news.
"Really?"
Liu Zi blinked her bright eyes, and in her heart she sighed that it was indeed a divine song back then, and it received the same attention even though it was released twenty years early.
"I heard you donated this piece of music to the country free of charge?" Li Mu nodded before asking.
"Yes, I will not charge any copyright or usage fees for any national ceremonies or group activities." Liu Zi had already told the organizing committee before National Day. Of course, if foreigners want to use it, they will have to pay.
Li Mu pinched her little nose, and was about to say something when...
Liu Zi's phone suddenly rang.
She glanced at the screen; it was a call from home.
She answered the phone and said hello.
"Mom, why aren't you back yet?"
"Baby, why aren't you asleep yet?" Liu Zi asked gently.
"Mom, my sister and I are waiting for you. My sister has something to tell you." Qiqi was very excited, and in her excitement, she betrayed her sister.
"I didn't!" Suzuko shouted from beside the phone.
"Okay, Mom will be back right away. You'll see me soon," Liu Zi reassured the two children.
Li Mu leaned back in his chair, watching the woman patiently listening to her two daughters chattering away, and suddenly the thought of starting a family came to mind.
My home, though large and luxurious, lacked a certain vitality.
After a long day, coming home to a gentle wife and a lively, adorable daughter would feel wonderful.
After giving a few more instructions, Liu Zi hung up the phone and looked at Li Mu with a slightly apologetic expression.
"I have to go home now; my two children are waiting for me."
She felt a little guilty that the man had been waiting for her outside for so long, and that she had sent him away after only ten minutes of talking.
Li Mu didn't say anything, but gently said, "I'll take you home."
Liu Zi put down her phone, hugged Li Mu tightly, and savored this last moment of tenderness.
After Liu Zi got out of the car, Li Mu watched her walk into the house until she disappeared from sight before he told the driver to drive away.
As soon as Liu Zi opened the door, she heard Qiqi shout, "Mommy's home! Mommy, the car you were riding in was so pretty!"
When Qiqi spoke, Liu Zi was so startled that she almost stumbled; they had actually seen it.
The two children must have been impatient, watching from the window, when they finally saw Li Mu bringing her back.
Fortunately, she didn't make Li Mu get out of the car at the time, otherwise she would have had to explain again.
"My darlings, is there anything you want to tell Mommy?"
"My sister got a perfect score!" Lingling shouted eagerly.
Reiko lowered her head in embarrassment. She felt that her younger sister had shouted too loudly. In fact, this was just a small test during the midterm.
"Wow, my darling Lingzi is so amazing!" Liu Zi squatted down in front of her daughter with a big smile.
"This isn't a final exam, it's just a small quiz. Many students in the class got 100 points." Lingzi felt embarrassed; she wasn't actually the best student in the class.
"But that's still amazing, okay? Mom thinks that Lingzi getting a perfect score means that she listened attentively in class and mastered everything the teacher taught in the past half semester, which is why she achieved such a great result."
Hearing Liu Zi's affirmation, Lingzi gradually raised her head, which had been lowered.
"Mom, if I don't do so well on the test next time, will you still not like me?" Lingzi asked with some worry.
"If you didn't do well on the test, just keep trying. Why would Mommy not like Lingzi? No matter what, you're still Mommy's darling!" Lingzi had been subjected to too many cold shoulders since she was little and lacked a sense of security. Liu Zi had always paid close attention to this and provided her with positive emotional support at all times.
Suzuko nestled into her mother's arms as if she needed to.
"Mom, Xiaomei from my class cried after class today. She said she didn't get a perfect score and her grandma will definitely throw her away."
Liu Zi was somewhat surprised.
"How could this be? Is she mistaken?"
"She said her grandma always disliked her because she was a girl. Her parents both had jobs and couldn't have a second child. Her grandma had been saying behind her back that she wanted to throw her away. This time, she didn't do well on the exam, so her grandma had an excuse to do that." Lingzi looked at her mother with some unease.
"Mom, did Grandma abandon me because I was a girl?" Lingzi asked, though her tone was very certain.
"Who told you that?" Liu Zi's expression immediately turned serious.
"I...I overheard Grandma Wang talking to someone downstairs when I went to Grandma's house." Seeing her mother's expression, Lingzi suddenly felt a little helpless.
Aunt Zhang, who had just been watching from the sidelines, suddenly stepped forward. Why hadn't this girl told her about this?
"Let me ask you first, do you think Xiaomei's grandmother did the right thing?" Liu Zi took a deep breath and asked about Xiaomei.
"No, abandoning a child is illegal," Lingzi said firmly. Her mother-in-law had already told her this when she got home.
"Yes, so you should go to school tomorrow and talk to Xiaomei about this. Tell her that what her grandma did was wrong, and ask her to secretly tell her mother about it." Children who have been subjected to verbal abuse for a long time are very likely to develop psychological problems in the future. If Xiaomei's family really has problems, then she will advise Lingzi not to associate with Xiaomei anymore.
"Okay!" Lingzi nodded.
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