On the other side, at the Xuefu Shiguang Restaurant.
While patting his full stomach, Chen Feng suggested to Li Wanwan, "Little rich girl, I happen to be free this afternoon, so I can take you out to play. How about we go to the wildlife park in the southern suburbs?"
"I'm not going."
Li Wanwan shook her head.
"Oh my, you're such an interesting girl. Usually you're the one begging me to take you out, but today I offered to, and now you don't want to go?"
Chen Feng asked with a smile, "The wildlife park in the southern suburbs is very famous. Trust me, you'll definitely like it."
Li Wanwan pursed her rosy cherry lips, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke softly, "I went to the zoo in Shanghai when I was a child, and I didn't like that kind of place."
Chen Feng's expression faltered slightly.
For a young girl who still has a childlike heart, shouldn't the zoo be extremely attractive?
After all, the adorable giant panda alone is enough to make countless girls' hearts flutter.
Why don't you like zoos?
Li Wanwan lowered her head and remained silent.
"Little rich girl, what's wrong?"
"Chen Feng, I want to go home."
The "home" that Li Wanwan mentioned refers to Chenxi Yaju.
Chen Feng was well aware of this.
"Okay, let's go back."
Having noticed Li Wanwan's unusual emotional state, how could Chen Feng possibly refuse?
He paid the bill first, and then took the young rich woman back to Chenxi Residence.
The two of them curled up on the sofa in room 213 and watched four movies in a row before Li Wanwan's mood improved slightly.
Chen Feng did not ask Li Wanwan why she suddenly felt down throughout the entire process.
It wasn't that he wasn't curious, but rather that he didn't want to dredge up Li Wanwan's painful past.
After the fifth movie ended, Li Wanwan rubbed her eyes and said, "Chen Feng, I want to go back to sleep."
Chen Feng checked the time; it was already 10 p.m. It was normal for the rich woman, who always liked to go to bed early and get up early, to be sleepy.
"Would you like to eat something before you go to sleep? You haven't had dinner yet."
"don't want."
Li Wanwan said indifferently, "I have no appetite."
"Let's go then, I'll take you back to 214."
"Uh-huh."
Li Wanwan got up and walked outside, with Chen Feng following closely behind.
However, Li Wanwan stopped in front of door 213.
"Chen Feng, do you know? I lost my mother when I was six years old."
"That year, my father was in a car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, and my mother was in the car at the time."
“My father’s driver’s license was revoked according to law and he was hospitalized for two months, while my mother… she left us forever.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng's breath hitched.
He had long suspected that Li Wanwan had an unhappy childhood, but he never expected that she would experience such a tragic separation at such a young age.
“Your father certainly didn’t want this tragedy to happen either. I believe he has suffered no less than you have, so… don’t hate him.”
"No, I don't think he was in much pain."
"What's the meaning?"
“He remarried only six months after my mother passed away, and the woman he married was my mother’s best friend.”
"Forehead……"
Chen Feng wanted to comfort Li Wanwan, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He remarried only six months after his wife's death...
He married his deceased wife's best friend...
Was Li Wanwan's father being too anxious?
Doesn't he understand the principle that a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow?
Anyone who judged his actions would probably think he wished his wife would die...
“After my mother passed away, I originally lived with my uncle and aunt, but later, that woman forcibly took me back.”
“My dad’s villa was very big. I was young then, and I was always scared when I was home alone.”
“Whenever fear strikes, I dial that woman’s number and beg her to come back to me.”
"But her answer was always the same: she said she was very busy and warned me not to disturb the adults' work."
Chen Feng was taken aback. "Logically speaking, you should be closer to your father. Why don't you go directly to your father?"
“That woman wouldn’t let me look for my father. She said my father was busier than her. She also said that if I didn’t listen to her and insisted on looking for my father, she would abandon me and send me to an orphanage.”
Chen Feng narrowed his eyes. "And then?"
"Later, I couldn't resist calling that woman again, and this time she came back and took me to the zoo."
"I was so happy because all the kids around me had been to the zoo, and they said it was a really fun place."
“I even begged my dad to take me to the zoo, and that day, my wish finally came true.”
Li Wanwan's voice was soft and her expression was calm, but a hint of fear from the bottom of her heart was revealed deep in her eyes. "At the entrance of the zoo, that woman told me to wait where I was, she was going to buy a drink."
"But she forgot about me and didn't come back to pick me up until the zoo closed."
"Perhaps it was because I cried that my throat was so dry, and I wanted to taste the milk tea in her hand."
"Not only did she not give me milk tea, she also scolded me for being disobedient and running around, making her search for me for most of the day."
"But I really didn't run around. I stayed right there and waited for her..."
Chen Feng stared directly into Li Wanwan's eyes, his expression gradually becoming blank.
Through Li Wanwan's exquisite face, he seemed to see the scene from that day.
A six-year-old girl stood alone at the entrance of the zoo, her emotions shifting from excitement to confusion, from helplessness to fear, from day to night.
She dared not visit the zoo she had longed to see, nor dared she leave. Surrounded by the surging crowds, she could only look around and pray that the woman who had replaced her mother would return as soon as possible.
No wonder the young rich woman doesn't dare call herself at work; no wonder she developed a seemingly aloof but actually socially anxious personality; no wonder she becomes unusually depressed at the mere mention of the word "zoo"...
"Gurgle!"
Chen Feng swallowed hard, forcing himself not to utter any vicious curses.
"Little Rich Woman".
"Um?"
“I am different from that woman.”
Chen Feng said solemnly, "No matter what, I will never abandon you, nor will I find you annoying or throw a tantrum at you."
"I will never."
Li Wanwan's lips twitched slightly, she didn't speak, but her eyes gradually reddened.
"Life is like a road; when you look back, there will inevitably be a muddy section."
Chen Feng said slowly, "You can't change the journey you came from, but the future is always at your feet."
"No matter what you've been through, keep going bravely."
"Because only in this way will you get further and further away from those unbearable sections of the road, understand?"
Li Wanwan nodded heavily, two lines of tears streaming down her face. "I understand what you mean. I'm a little cold. Can...can you hug me?"
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