The sound of knocking on the door woke Meng Yiming up.
He opened his eyes and took a moment to distinguish between dreams and reality.
"Doctor Meng, are you home?" It was Lin Ye's voice.
She is Lin Ye, not Erni.
Meng Yiming opened the door sleepily without his glasses. Lin Ye was standing at the door with something in his hand. "Did I wake you up?"
Meng Yiming looked at the time and found that he had slept until the afternoon.
"Yes, we had a quarrel. How are you going to make amends?" he said.
Lin Ye raised the bag in his hand and said, "I bought roast duck and some food. I'll treat you to a meal."
"That's more like it."
Meng Yiming went to wash up and change his clothes. When he came out, Lin had already put the food on the table.
Meng Yiming handed Lin Ye a key and said, "Take this key and open the door yourself in the future."
Lin Ye looked at the key and didn't take it. "That's not convenient. What if you're sleeping or changing clothes in there? That would be bad."
"I think you have bad intentions towards me." Meng Yiming said reasonably, "I'm in the bedroom sleeping and changing clothes. Do you want to come in and see?"
Lin Ye: “…”
Meng Yiming said, "Since you don't have that idea, just take the key. If I'm not here, you can go inside and wait for me."
Lin Ye took the key and put it in his bag. "Doctor Meng, how much money have you saved?"
Meng Yiming half-jokingly said, "Isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to want my money now?"
Lin also rolled his eyes, "I want to tell you that if you have money you can buy a house. My sister-in-law said that houses will become more and more expensive, so buy one now while it's cheap."
Meng Yiming said truthfully: "I don't have that much money."
Lin also gnawed on the duck leg and said, "Forget it if you don't have money."
While eating, Meng Yiming asked, "You left early again today?"
It's not even time to get off work yet, but Lin has already bought some food to eat.
Lin Ye said guiltily: "I'm free in the office anyway."
Meng Yiming had already guessed that Lin came to see him during working hours and returned home on time after get off work, so her parents didn't know that she came to see him.
"Lin Ye, you like me too, right?" Meng Yiming looked at her with burning eyes.
Lin Ye stopped gnawing on the duck leg, his hands and mouth were greasy.
When their eyes met, it was as if an electric current was flowing between them, and Lin Ye's heart began to beat wildly again.
Meng Yiming's lips curled up, "I know what you mean."
Lin also secretly went against her parents' wishes and came to see him every day, which showed that she had him in her heart.
Lin also held the duck leg, not knowing how to answer.
If she said she didn't like it, she wouldn't lie. If she said she liked it, she couldn't give Dr. Meng an answer.
"Just eat some vegetables and meat, and don't eat rice," Meng Yiming said, "otherwise you'll be discovered when you get home."
Speaking of going home, Lin Ye hurriedly started chewing, "Yeah! I have to eat at least two bowls of rice when I get home, otherwise my sister-in-law will find out."
Even if you go home and eat two bowls, your sister-in-law will still be able to tell.
However, Meng Yiming didn't want Lin to have any psychological burden, so he didn't say this.
Meng Yiming asked: "When will your dad have time?"
Lin was also a little nervous, "What?"
"This can't be a fight," Meng Yiming said. "He's already treated me to two meals, so I should treat him to one as well."
Lin also suddenly realized, "Let me go back and ask my dad."
Meng Yiming was still not full, and Lin saw that it was almost time, so he quickly wiped his hands and mouth.
"I'm going home, take your time eating."
Meng Yiming reminded her, "Don't talk when you get home."
Lin Ye made an understanding gesture as he walked outside.
Lin Ye returned to the door of his house. An An and Ke Ke were playing in the yard.
She thought she would wait until dinner was ready before going home so that she could talk less.
Who would have thought that as soon as she approached the two children, An An asked, "Auntie, have you eaten roast duck?"
Lin Ye: “...No!”
Aang sniffed again, "I smell something."
Lin also tapped his nose, "You dog nose!"
After a pause, she added, "An An Ke Ke, don't tell your family about this."
An An said: "Good things should be shared with everyone. It is not good to eat alone."
Lin Ye: "I didn't eat alone, I shared it with others. You promised me not to tell anyone."
An An and Ke Ke agreed.
Lin Ye was already 80% full after eating the meat, and now she forced herself to eat two bowls of rice. She had just put down her bowl.
Lin Yunyi asked: "Why did you eat so little today?"
Lin also gave the excuse he had already thought of, "I've been sitting still all day and haven't digested my breakfast yet."
Yu Xiangnian looked at her meaningfully.
Lin also met her gaze and pretended to be calm.
She remembered Meng Yiming's words and asked again: "Dad, Dr. Meng wants to invite you to dinner. When are you free?"
Song Huaiqian: "You went to see him again?"
Lin Ye: “…”
Song Huaiqian said, "Don't eat. Ask him when he's free and I'll go find him."
Lin also emphasized, "He wants to invite you to dinner." Why do you want to see him?
Song Huaiqian: “…”
Lin Yunyi said, "Just listen to what your father says. He will make an appointment with Dr. Meng himself."
"Oh." Lin also said, "Generally speaking, Dr. Meng is available in the afternoon, except next Friday, when he is on night shift."
Song Huaiqian glanced at her dimly, "You seem to know it very well."
Lin Ye: “…”
Song Huaiqian didn't go to see Meng Yiming until three days later.
Still in Meng Yiming's rental house, the two sat face to face.
Song Huaiqian asked straight to the point, "Doctor Meng, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Meng Yiming said: "Uncle, I have thought it through. I will never tell Lin Ye about her past."
Song Huaiqian was surprised for a moment, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"It's better to forget those bad memories," Meng Yiming said. "It's enough that she is happy and content now."
Song Huaiqian's expression was indifferent, "You used to be very persistent."
Meng Yiming was silent for a moment. "I'm so persistent because, on the one hand, I want to know what happened that night that made her leave that home. On the other hand, I've been so good to her. I've always remembered her and the promise we made to her, but she's forgotten everything! Furthermore, I was so kind to her back then, but her family slandered me, saying I had done something wrong to her. They even slandered my parents. I want her to stand up and clear my family of suspicion."
Meng Yiming said, "But I've figured it out. None of this matters anymore. Let the past be the past. From the day you adopted Lin Ye, there was no Erni in the world, only Lin Ye. You created everything new for Lin Ye."
Song Huaiqian said, "Since you also think that the past should be the past, then let's just forget about the promise we made when we were little. You should stop being obsessed with it."
Meng Yiming asked: "Uncle, can I know why you don't approve of my relationship with Lin Ye?"
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