041
“Yes, I was wrong, Xiaojin. We can’t keep dwelling on the past.” She touched Jiang Yujin’s lower abdomen. “We can have more children in the future. I promise I will never lie to you again. I will never lie.”
They were too close; the alpha's scent unabashedly filled the space around him.
From the side came Zhongzhong's crying: "Sister, don't bully Uncle!" She was too young to understand, but in her memory, her father had also been bullied like this.
Jiang Yujin, regaining his senses, slapped away her restless hand and warned, "If you touch me again, you're out of my house right now."
After Liang Dongmo finished his phone call, he saw Jiang Yujin playing with that little girl.
The beautiful flowers were torn into petals and scattered on the coffee table, making a mess.
There were also some scattered pieces on the ground.
With tears streaming down her face, Zhong Zhong made a face at Liang Dongmo.
"Hey, you brat!"
The brat was scolded, and tears streamed down his face.
Jiang Yujin's expression was displeased. "Liang Dongmo, why are you picking a fight and taking it out on a child?"
Liang Dongmo retorted, "She provoked me first."
"She's just an eight-year-old child. I don't know what you're arguing about with her."
Jiang Yujin picked up the fallen flower petals and stuffed them into Zhongzhong's hand, then looked at Liang Dongmo's unpleasant expression.
"She tore the flowers I gave you to shreds like this, why can't you hold it against her!" She ruined someone's good intentions for no reason, just because she's young.
It was just a few flowers, but Liang Dongmo bought a large bouquet. Jiang Yujin stuffed the rest into her hand, saying, "They're all here. How much were the few that were taken out separately? I'll pay for them."
He wanted to sever all ties with her in just a few words.
Liang Dongmo didn't take it, turned his head away from the sofa, and ignored the bouquet that fell to the ground.
She can just ignore it, right?
Once that Zhongzhong guy leaves, she'll have a proper talk with Jiang Yujin about it.
It's 9 PM.
Liang Dongmo watched them get along well and then turned on the TV to watch cartoons.
Jiang Yujin coaxed the brat and made a promise that he had to go to sleep by 10 o'clock.
“Dad said that if he doesn’t come back by 10 o’clock, we don’t have to wait for him. Zhongzhong should go to bed by himself.”
"Okay, Uncle will take you home to sleep after ten o'clock, okay? Do you remember the password to your front door?" Jiang Yujin felt that this child was too sensible. When he was eight years old, he was still protesting that he didn't want to sleep.
"Uncle, I have fingerprints. Daddy said I have to brush my teeth before bed. Can you wait until I finish brushing my teeth before you leave?" Zhongzhong stretched out her little hand. "Then, Uncle, let's pinky swear."
"I'm afraid he's off gallivanting somewhere and doesn't want you anymore," Liang Dongmo sneered.
"No problem. Zhongzhong, let's pinky swear."
Liang Dongmo shut up because Jiang Yujin was pinching her thigh with his other hand, which hurt a lot.
Jiang Yujin closed his neighbor's door and returned home to find Liang Dongmo sprawled on the sofa, fast asleep like an old man.
Jiang Yujin went to the bedroom and found a blanket for her to cover herself with. Seeing that she had been looking for him all afternoon and was tired and asleep, he decided not to send her away and let her stay overnight.
Liang Dongmo was getting better and better at pretending to be asleep, and Jiang Yujin couldn't tell the difference.
The hand covering him with the blanket was firmly grasped, and Liang Dongmo easily got up and pinned him down, spreading his tense legs apart.
"Go home by yourself when you wake up."
Jiang Yujin had just recovered from her illness, which caused her to miss too many things. Once an alpha starts doing something, they will tirelessly keep doing it.
"Can't the brat leave? Can't you see she bullied me?" Liang Dongmo tried to complain.
"How did she bully you?" Jiang Yujin asked helplessly. "If you want to stay, you'll sleep on the sofa tonight. The bed is too small. Don't even think about anything else."
Liang Dongmo didn't like him helping others, and Jiang Yujin didn't want to either; where did all these excuses come from?
"I've checked the bedroom; it's big enough for two people. You just don't want to..."
Liang Dongmo's ability to feign pitifulness has declined.
Jiang Yujin pursed his lips and finished the sentence for her, "Don't want to sleep with you?"
“Yes,” he couldn’t deny it. Jiang Yujin admitted that he could accept following his wishes a few times. “Not today. If you want me to, I’ll call you. After all, your service attitude is so-so, but everything else is fine.”
Jiang Yujin did it on purpose.
Liang Dongmo went along with him, not angry at all: "Okay, it seems I'm quite popular."
Liang Dongmo wouldn't let him leave, and the two remained locked in a stalemate on the sofa until dawn.
Jiang Yujin rubbed her eyes, ordered takeout, washed up, and went to wake the child up.
When Jiang Yujin arrived at the door, he found he couldn't get in. After knocking for a long time, the door finally opened, leaving him dumbfounded.
"You are... Zhongzhong's mother?" Jiang Yujin stared at the beta in front of her, momentarily stunned.
Didn't Zhongzhong say that he had never seen his mother?
"My name is Wen Qing," the woman opposite him seemed to recognize him. "Are you the omega who took Fu Xingjian away? What are you doing here?"
"Wen Qingzhong's child is adopted by him. I'm not his mother. I just came to check if he was alive or dead. I haven't settled the score with you for taking him away. Why did you come looking for me?"
Enemies meet on a narrow road.
Could this Wen Qing be the crazy woman Fu Xingjian was talking about?
I'm going to die.
Jiang Yujin vehemently denied it: "Who is Fu Xingjian? I live across the street. How could you leave an eight-year-old girl alone at home for a month? She only comes to my house to mooch a meal when she's hungry. Why don't you care about her otherwise? As soon as she comes back, you say the child isn't yours. We have the same surname, so you don't want to acknowledge any kinship."
He stood there, reasoning.
"I'll call the police and let them decide."
"Quick-witted." Wen Qing stepped aside. "Mind your own business if you want. I'm leaving. The password is eight zeros."
Now that everything has been explained and a willing shill is taking care of the child, she can go back and give her answer.
Beta entered the elevator without looking back. Jiang Yujin had never encountered such irresponsible parents before.
My heart aches for Zhongzhong, who is only eight years old.
Liang Dongmo was reluctant to eat breakfast; she had gone downstairs that morning and seen that her parents had returned.
"What left-behind child? You're a liar," Liang Dongmo said, watching Zhong Zhong obediently eat her breakfast.
Jiang Yujin told her to shut up again, saying that she was wrong to tell the truth.
"Uncle, you mean my mom came to see me this morning? How come I didn't know?"
It would be strange if a child could wake up at that time.
Jiang Yujin nodded. "Your mother is busy with something. How about your uncle and sister take care of you during this time?"
Zhongzhong's eyes glistened with tears, welling up with the thought of them.
Liang Dongmo quickly grabbed a tissue and covered the child's face, threatening, "If you cry again, I'll leave you alone."
This trick, though unintentionally effective, worked wonders for the child.
Zhongzhong stopped crying and shoveled the seafood porridge into her mouth with a spoon.
Jiang Yujin was going to the law firm, leaving the child with Liang Dongmo.
An eight-year-old is not as difficult to raise as a newborn baby; he doesn't like to make a fuss, and besides, Zhongzhong is exceptionally sensible.
Liang Dongmo had never raised his own child, but he had taken care of other people's children twice, gradually accumulating parenting experience.
It's untrue that children don't hold grudges, but it's also true that they know who treats them well.
Liang Dongmo spent half a day with the dead child, and while Jiang Yujin was still away, he bombarded Fu Xingjian with more than a dozen phone calls.
Fortunately, Jiang Yujin told her who the father of the child was, and she quickly took him away; Liang Dongmo couldn't take it anymore.
Jiang Yujin didn't see her child when she got off work. After looking around, she asked, "Where's Zhongzhong?"
Liang Dongmo prepared a table full of dishes, pulled out a chair for Jiang Yujin to sit down, and said, "She's gone. Her father came to pick her up in person. Father and daughter are reunited."
"Let's not talk about that anymore. I've made a lot of dishes, Xiaojin. I remember you love the pickled fish at Xu Family Restaurant. I've learned how to make it, so I'll make it for you this time."
The deboned fish meat was held to his lips, "Try it and see if it tastes the same."
"Liang Dongmo, do you really not like children?" Jiang Yujin refused the food that she was feeding him, and instead picked up another piece with her chopsticks, spitting the fish bone onto a tissue.
Seeing that he was ungrateful and insisted on making a scene, Liang Dongmo stopped talking.
The two of them remained silent throughout the meal.
Jiang Yujin would wash the dishes himself after eating; he would wash the dishes when Liang Dongmo cooked.
Jiang Yujin filled the sink with water, poured in dish soap, and began washing dishes with great skill.
Liang Dongmo was surprised to see Jiang Yujin wearing an apron and washing dishes. His anger subsided, and he went over and took the initiative to hug his waist.
Jiang Yujin was so startled that he almost dropped the bowl.
"What do you want?" Why do you bother him for no reason?
"It was the first time I saw Ozu washing dishes, it was so cute. The apron I bought for cooking also fit Ozu perfectly."
The alpha started releasing its pheromones again; the previous mark had long since disappeared, and Liang Dongmo was clearly trying to please him.
"Don't get in the way, get out." Jiang Yujin washed it once, but it still needs to be washed three more times, otherwise it won't be clean to eat.
Liang Dongmo wouldn't leave. "Washing dishes? Who taught you that?"
Omega learned many skills that she didn't know about in places that were unseen, and was no longer at her mercy.
“My mom taught me. She cooks very well. I broke several bowls at first.”
When Jiang Yujin spoke of his mother, his tone softened unconsciously, gradually turning sad at the end.
During the two years he spent abroad, he spent both his happy and sad moments with his mother.
But Mom is no longer here.
He could no longer confide all his innermost thoughts to anyone, without reservation, and receive a response.
"Don't be sad, Kozu, I will always be with you, and I will never lie to you again."
Despite Liang Dongmo's repeated assurances, Jiang Yujin dared not easily believe him.
He said vaguely, "I'm not sad. Liang Dongmo, I'll be happy if you take away the washed dishes."
He's going to take a shower and get his computer to work overtime.
"Okay, I'll do anything as long as Xiaojin is happy." Liang Dongmo gave him a light peck on the lips, asking for a reward first.
Jiang Yujin's ears turned bright red instantly. Faced with Liang Dongmo's unannounced intimacy, she couldn't help but feel ashamed.
The bathroom light illuminated the omega's figure, casting a clear shadow on the door. As the door opened, a cloud of steam dissipated, and Jiang Yujin, dressed in cartoon pajamas, revealed that his taste hadn't changed in two years.
Liang Dongmo sat on the bed looking at her phone. As soon as the omega appeared, her gaze quickly shifted to the other side. She felt a surge of heat in her heart and wished she could tear off her cumbersome pajamas immediately.
Jiang Yujin is too good at seducing people.
I dressed like that on purpose.
Since the omega didn't seem to mind him sitting on the bed, Liang Dongmo took it as agreement. Immediately afterward, Jiang Yujin climbed onto the bed, lay down, and took out his work computer.
Liang Dongmo: "...Xiao Jin, it's late, aren't you going to sleep?" Aren't we going to sleep?
Jiang Yujin looks good when she's focused on her work, but having to get off work overtime at home after work will damage her quality of life.
"You haven't showered. Go take a shower. Figure out your own clothes," Jiang Yujin urged her.
Liang Dongmo thought that since Jiang Yujin wouldn't give her clothes, she might as well not wear any at all.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com