The two of them were silent along the way. Ruoruo lay on her mother's back, a little scared but also curious, staring at her father who was following them silently behind them.
Seeing his daughter so adorable, Li Mu secretly made a face at Ruoruo behind her back.
Ruoruo was lying on her mother's shoulder and saw Li Mu making faces. She was so scared that she hugged her mother's neck tightly, buried her head in her mother's shoulder and burst into tears.
Hearing her daughter's cry, Lin Wan turned her head and glared at her husband behind her, then softly coaxed Ruoruo, whose face was red with tears.
"Be good, don't cry, baby, don't be afraid, mommy is here."
Li Mu touched his nose awkwardly, looking at Lin Wan in front of him, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
Under the dim street lights, the shadows of the three people overlapped and intertwined, unconsciously adding a different kind of warmth to this lonely night.
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Lin Wan held Ruoruo in one hand and searched for the key in her clothes pocket repeatedly with some difficulty.
Li Mu, who was standing behind her, walked forward quickly, held Lin Wan's hand, and was about to say, "Let me hold Ruoruo," but Lin Wan immediately retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and looked at him warily.
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Seeing Lin Wan like this, Li Mu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and immediately said in a flattering manner:
"Xiao Wan, I see you are very tired holding Ruoruo, I just want to help you, don't be afraid, I won't do anything."
"Ruoruo, come here, let daddy hold you, okay?"
When Lin Wan heard what Li Mu said, she frowned and couldn't help thinking: "Is he short of money again? How come he seems like a different person after waking up from a nap? Why..."
Before Lin Wan could think about it, Ruoruo's crying voice brought her back to reality.
When Ruoruo heard Li Mu's voice, she lay in Lin Wan's arms and cried, "No, no, this bad dad, Mommy... woo woo woo... I'm scared..."
Li Mu didn't find Ruoruo's strong reaction strange, but he couldn't help feeling disappointed and even more guilty.
If it weren't for Li Mu's long-term indifference and occasional bad words towards Ruoruo, she, still a child, would not be so sensitive that she would be scared and cry just because of a grimace or a word from Li Mu.
In her previous life, whenever Li Mu appeared, Ruoruo would always run towards him with joy on her face, stretching out her hands for a hug or calling him "Dad" sweetly, but Li Mu would push her away with an impatient look every time.
"Go away, you loser, don't bother me."
"Get lost, your mother is useless, giving birth to a money-loser like you, stay away from me."
The words that were once said deeply hurt Li Mu's heart like a brand.
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Lin Wan looked up at Li Mu, who seemed to be hurt by his daughter. She snorted coldly, threw the key she found to Li Mu, who was still in a daze, and walked over to her with Ruoruo in her arms, coaxing her softly.
When facing Ruoruo, Lin Wan was able to quickly transform the coldness she exuded when facing Li Mu into the image of a gentle and loving mother.
Li Mu, who was still in a daze, was hit on the back of his hand by the key thrown by Lin Wan. He frowned slightly unconsciously, rubbed the place where he was hit, picked up the key, and slowly turned the door lock.
As soon as he opened the door, Li Mu looked at the familiar environment of his home. There were only a few simple pieces of wooden furniture in the house, and even the walls had large areas of yellowing, and seemed to be falling off. However, Li Mu felt it was extremely warm.
After his wife and daughter passed away in his previous life, even though Li Mu became the richest man in Yancheng, he only bought a small two-bedroom apartment and lived there alone. The house was decorated extremely luxuriously, but Li Mu could not feel any warmth. Every time he opened the door and returned home, he saw only an empty living room and felt lonely in his heart.
Lin Wan saw Li Mu open the door, holding Ruoruo who had been coaxed to sleep, and walked past Li Mu at the door and into the room.
Back in the room, Lin Wan wanted to gently put Ruoruo on the bed, but Ruoruo's small hands were still tightly grasping Lin Wan's collar. Lin Wan had no choice but to half-lie on the bed and gently pull Ruoruo's small hands off the collar.
As Lin Wan pulled, Ruoruo began to hum uneasily. Lin Wan slowly patted her daughter's back and coaxed Ruoruo back to sleep.
Looking at Ruoruo who was sleeping in the room, Lin Wan decided to go out and find Li Mu to have a good talk about the divorce. Lin Wan didn't want Ruoruo to live in dire straits all the time, so she was not afraid even if she suffered a little bit herself.
Lin Wan carefully moved her feet out of the room, and seeing Li Mu still standing at the door, she said impatiently:
"Aren't you coming in yet? If you don't want to go home, you don't have to."
Hearing Lin Wan say this, Li Mu immediately walked into the house quickly and said to Lin Wan with a playful smile: "How could it be possible? I have a good wife at home, how could I bear not to go home, right?"
Seeing Li Mu's playful look, Lin Wan subconsciously took a step back, frowned and looked at Li Mu without saying a word.
I thought to myself, "Did he go crazy after losing money last night? Why is he like a different person? Normally, if I talk to him like this, he would just rush up to me and slap me viciously."
"Today... today... why would he speak like that? I really don't understand him."
Seeing Lin Wan take a step back, Li Mu felt a little disappointed, but he did not rush forward. He just looked at the cooked food on the table, forced a smile, pointed at the food and said gently:
"I'll go heat up the food. If you're tired, you can take a rest for a while, eat and then go to sleep."
Then he picked up the food on the table and ran out of the door as if escaping.
Seeing Li Mu's reaction, Lin Wan was a little confused, even a little disgusted, and felt that everything Li Mu was doing was superficial.
"It's just a temporary measure when I see her preparing to take Ruoruo away from him, humph."
Li Mu in the kitchen was not very skilled in lighting the firewood on the stove. He didn't know how long he had been trying. His originally fair and handsome face was covered with sweat. He raised his hand and wiped it with the back of his hand. There were several black traces of charcoal on his face, which made him look particularly funny.
Lin Wan waited in the house for a long time but didn't see Li Mu. She sighed and walked towards the kitchen.
Seeing Li Mu's funny appearance in the kitchen, Lin Wan couldn't help but chuckle.
Li Mu couldn't help but be a little absent-minded. Lin Wan's laughter was like a spring breeze blowing through the wheat fields, which invisibly made Li Mu's mood, which was originally a little depressed because of lighting the fire, become cheerful.
Seeing Li Mu's absent-minded smile because of her, Lin Wan immediately retracted her smile, returned to her original somewhat cold look, and said to Li Mu: "Get out."
"No, no, I want to learn from you how to light firewood." Li Mu said while shaking his head and making faces at Lin Wan.
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