Chapter 603 You Like Daddy Too, Don't You?
Qiao Yunxue said "hmm", "Then I'll take Qiao Qiao away. Be careful on the road."
Fu Shanzhan: "You too, let me know on WeChat."
"Okay." Qiao Yunxue took Qiao Qiao's hand and took her into the car.
Fu Shanzhan stopped where he was and didn't move until Qiao Yunxue's car drove away. Then he turned around and got in the car and drove towards the old house.
When Fu Shanzhan returned to the old house, Fu Qingyun happened to be in the living room. Seeing him come back alone, Fu Qingyun looked back and asked, "Where's Qiao Qiao?"
"She went to her mother's place." Fu Shanzhan said, "She's been staying there for the past few days."
Fu Qingyun nodded. He had no objection to this and just casually asked, "Is Yunxue busy this weekend?"
Fu Shanzhan laughed at himself and said, "I've already quit my job, what are you still busy with?"
He spoke in a low voice, more like a soliloquy, but Fu Qingyun heard it clearly: "What job did she quit? What problems did she encounter at work? Do you want me to send someone—"
"It's no problem. She quit on her own." Fu Shanzhan sat down next to Fu Qingyun.
Fu Qingyun: "She quit on her own? Wasn't she doing a good job?"
Fu Shanzhan: "She did a good job, but she had her own plan from the beginning."
Fu Qingyun remembered: "Is she planning to start her own business?"
Fu Shanzhan: "She signed up for an EMBA class at Wharton and will be there next week."
Fu Qingyun: "...Qiao Qiao knows?"
Fu Shanzhan: "I just found out."
Fu Qingyun: "She never told you before?"
Fu Shanzhan continued to laugh at himself.
"Okay, Yunxue is ambitious and has plans, which is great. You should be happy for her." Fu Qingyun saw Fu Shanzhan's awkwardness and said a few more words, "Whether you two are divorced or not, you can't always think about tying her to you. Everyone pursues different things."
"I know. I didn't mean to tie her up." Fu Shanzhan lowered his head. "I just felt uncomfortable that she didn't tell me in advance."
"She didn't tell Qiao Qiao either. Does it make you feel better if you think this way?" Fu Qingyun comforted him for once.
Fu Shanzhan choked at the question, "Your way of comforting people is really unique."
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The last time Qiao Qiao came to stay was a few months ago. Qiao Yunxue rarely takes care of children alone, so she was in a hurry and took Qiao Qiao to take a bath. The bathroom was like a war.
Qiao Qiao came out wrapped in a bath towel and changed into her pajamas. Qiao Yunxue blew her hair and gave her two storybooks. After everything was settled, she had time to take a shower.
Every time Qiao Yunxue took Qiao Qiao to spend the night alone, her admiration and gratitude for Fu Shanzhan would double. He personally raised Qiao Qiao from a few months old to six or seven years old, and he was probably the only one who knew how it felt.
He probably also, like those who posted on social media, experienced countless times of anxiety, confusion, and self-doubt due to education issues, and broke down because of his children's illnesses and various unexpected events...
But he never mentioned these things, and the people in the old house never told her about them, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding.
Qiao Yunxue could basically guess the reason.
After taking a shower, Qiao Yunxue was lost in thought. When she came out drying her hair, Qiao Qiao was still reading a storybook.
Qiao Yunxue glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside: "Aren't you sleepy?"
Qiao Qiao put away the storybook and looked at Qiao Yunxue eagerly, "Mom, I'm not sleepy. I want to chat with you."
Qiao Yunxue's heart tightened, "Okay, Mom will chat with you."
She put the towel aside, got on the bed, leaned against the headboard side by side with Qiao Qiao, and hugged her with both hands.
Qiao Qiao also leaned on Qiao Yunxue's arm obediently, holding her with one hand, and said tentatively: "Mom, I want to ask you a question, can you not be angry?"
Qiao Yunxue: "Well, if you ask, Mom won't be angry."
Qiao Qiao took a deep breath and finally asked the question that had been pent up in her heart: "Mom, do you still like Dad?"
Seeing Qiao Qiao's cautious expression just now, Qiao Yunxue roughly guessed that this problem was related to Fu Shanzhan.
She thought Qiao Qiao would ask her whether she would reconcile with Fu Shanzhan in the future.
I didn't expect this to be asked.
However, for children, there is not much difference between these two questions. Children's logic is very simple. Liking someone means that they will definitely be together.
Qiao Yunxue was silent for a few minutes, then answered Qiao Qiao's question from a different perspective: "Qiao Qiao, Mom and Dad can't be together anymore, but we both love you very much."
"So... Mom doesn't like Dad anymore." Qiao Qiao interpreted Qiao Yunxue's words using her own logic.
Qiao Yunxue couldn't deny it, so she could only say, "Qiao Qiao, relationships between adults are very complicated. Your father is a very outstanding person and a good father. Mom also admires him, but we are not suitable."
Qiao Qiao got to the bottom of it and asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"
Qiao Yunxue: "I'm not worthy of him."
"He and I had a hard time together, Qiao Qiao. Your dad deserves better."
"But Dad only likes you." Qiao Qiao said, "I often see him looking at your photos and crying secretly."
Qiao Yunxue pursed her lips.
Seeing Qiao Yunxue speechless, Qiao Qiao boldly guessed, "Mom, you like Dad too, right?"
"Since you like him and he likes you, and I'm here, why don't you two be together?" Qiao Qiao raised her hands and swore, "I won't be your third wheel."
Qiao Yunxue: “…”
"Mom, the storybook says the world is unpredictable and we should cherish what we have now." Qiao Qiao began to lobby with her existing knowledge: "The earth may be destroyed tomorrow, and then it will be too late to regret!"
"If you like each other, you should be together. I'm almost seven years old. If you delay any longer, I'll be in a relationship!"
Qiao Yunxue rubbed her hair: "Qiao Qiao, do you really want me to be with your father?"
"No, I just hope that all the people in the world who like each other can be together." Qiao Qiao said seriously, "Isn't love that simple?"
Qiao Yunxue's heart was struck by the last sentence.
Isn’t love that simple?
This is what she used when people around her opposed her marriage to Fu Shanzhan.
Over the years, she had never discussed relationships between men and women with Qiao Qiao, but unexpectedly, she heard the same words from her mouth.
"Okay, I'll seriously consider it." Qiao Yunxue pondered for a long time, touched Qiao Qiao's hair, and made a promise to her: "But I have to wait until Mom finishes school."
"It's okay." Qiao Qiao said with a smile, "I'll tell you a secret. I overheard Dad on the phone. He said he would wait as long as it took."
"Hehe, so..." Qiao Qiao winked, "I hope you guys don't start dating later than me, shame on you."
Qiao Yunxue frowned.
In just a short while, Qiao Qiao has mentioned falling in love twice.
She couldn't help but worry about whether her daughter was having problems: "Qiao Qiao, do you like a male classmate?"
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