Chapter 209 Returning to the old residence
"What do you need the household registration book for?" Li Yanjing asked again.
Li Zhi raised her hand to shade the sun from above her head. "Take your household registration booklet and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with your father to get the marriage certificate."
Li Yanjing tilted his head and glanced at Xie Tingzhou on the other side. "Go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the certificate?"
Li Zhi took his hand and walked slowly towards the residential building in front. "Yes, in this way, your father and I will be legally married from now on, and we will be an official family."
Li Yanjing's eyes lit up, "Mom, are you and Dad getting married?!"
Li Zhi nodded, "Yes, you can understand it that way."
Li Yanjing walked between the two of them, looking left and right, and asked curiously, "Why are you getting married all of a sudden?"
Li Zhi raised an eyebrow, "It was a sudden decision."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and looked at him, "What's wrong, don't you want to?"
"Of course I did." Li Yanjing replied.
"Yeah." Li Zhi replied.
The three of them talked and walked into one of the buildings.
The stairwell was dirty, with vomit on the steps and a foul odor.
The walls were covered with graffiti and countless footprints, and some of the paint had already peeled off.
Li Zhi raised her eyes and looked at Xie Tingzhou, "This must be your first time in a place like this."
Xie Tingzhou didn't deny it, "Yeah."
Li Zhi raised her hand and fanned the air, "If you can't stand it, why don't you take your son and wait outside? I'll go get it myself."
Xie Tingzhou's expression remained unchanged, not even a frown on his face. "I'm fine. Let's go up together. I want to see where you've been living for the past five years."
Li Zhi's eyes moved slightly and she nodded, "Okay, let's go."
The three of them immediately climbed up to the fifth floor and stopped at the door of the house.
Li Yanjing looked at the closed door, then turned to look at Li Zhi, who was motionless. After a few seconds of silence, she slowly said, "Mom, you didn't forget your key, did you?"
Li Zhi touched the tip of her nose, feeling a little embarrassed. She was so busy getting her household registration booklet that she forgot how to get in without a key. "No..."
She paused, coughed lightly, and then added, "And I don't even know where I put the key."
"Then how do we go in and get our household registration book?" Li Yanjing asked the key question.
Xie Tingzhou thought for a moment and said, "Ask the landlord. He should have a spare key."
"Yes, I'll go ask." Li Zhi immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened WeChat, and found the landlord's WeChat.
She was about to send a message to the landlord when a voice suddenly rang in her ear: "Li Zhi?"
Li Zhi paused for a moment, raised her eyes and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a middle-aged woman walking down from upstairs.
"Oh, it's really you!"
"Where have you and your son been all this time? I haven't seen you and your son for a long time."
Based on her memory, Li Zhi recognized her as the landlord she was looking for, Aunt Mei.
She collected her thoughts and said, "Oh, I've been back home recently."
Aunt Mei's gaze lingered on Xie Tingzhou for a few seconds, then she looked at Li Yanjing standing next to him, and her eyes widened involuntarily.
These two people look so similar that they can be seen as father and son.
Li Zhi and her son have lived with her for more than five years, but she has never seen the child's father appear.
All the neighbors knew that Li Zhi was a single mother, but they didn't know the specific situation.
The main reason is that she usually keeps to herself and doesn't like to communicate with others.
Aunt Mei looked at them, her brows full of surprise, "Lizhi, is this the father of your child?"
Li Zhi nodded slightly, "That's right."
"Then why haven't I seen him before?" Aunt Mei asked curiously.
"We're back together now." Li Zhi said casually.
Aunt Mei nodded and said, "Just make peace. This child can't live without a father since childhood."
Li Zhi smiled politely and stopped chatting with her. She immediately got down to business. "Aunt Mei, you're just in time. I forgot my key. Do you have a spare key? If so, please open the door for me."
"Yes, wait a minute, I'll go up and get it." Aunt Mei said.
"Okay, thank you for your help." Li Zhi said.
Aunt Mei immediately turned around and walked upstairs.
Soon, she came back with the spare key.
"Give."
Li Zhi reached out to take the key, inserted it into the door hole, and opened the door.
She turned around and returned the key she had pulled out to Aunt Mei, "Thank you, Aunt Mei."
Aunt Mei took it and put it in her pocket, "It's okay."
Li Zhi suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, Aunt Mei, I don't plan to live in this house anymore. It looks like the lease is going to expire in a month."
Aunt Mei nodded, "Okay, I understand."
Li Zhi nodded, called the father and son, then opened the door and walked in.
Aunt Mei watched the three of them walk in. After the door closed, she withdrew her gaze and walked downstairs.
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The house had been unoccupied for a long time and was already covered in dust.
The living room was a mess, with clothes scattered all over the sofa, and I couldn't tell whether they were worn or not.
There was still some takeaway garbage and instant noodle buckets on the dining table.
There was a strange smell in the air.
"Uh..." Li Zhi scratched his face, "I used to really dislike cleaning up..."
Li Yanjing raised her eyes and looked at her, "Mom, it's not your fault. It's because you took me out that day before I had time to clean up. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a mess."
Xie Tingzhou looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes calm. He turned to look at Li Zhi and said in a low and soothing tone, "Zhizhi, go find where the household registration book is. I'll clean up here."
"You clean it up?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly, expressing his doubt.
After all, he is a pampered young master, how could he do such a thing?
Xie Tingzhou nodded, "Even if you're moving out, it's better to clean up beforehand."
"No need for you, I'll just call a part-time worker to clean it up." Li Zhi said.
Xie Tingzhou insisted, "It's okay, I'll do it."
"Dad, let me come with you." Li Yanjing pulled his big hand and said obediently, "I used to clean the house."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes to look at him, his voice tinged with laughter, "Okay, then we'll go together."
Li Zhi looked at the father and son who had already started to clean up, retracted his gaze, turned around and walked into the room.
As expected, this room was also very messy, but it was a little better than the living room.
Li Zhi shook his head in dismay and simply started to clean up.
After she finished cleaning up, she walked to the bedside table, stopped, opened the drawer, took out the household registration book inside, and then walked out of the room with the garbage.
After the living room was cleaned up, Xie Tingzhou looked at Li Zhi and asked, "Is there anything you want to take away?"
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