818: Don’t you know what I’m thinking?
Yu Xiaoye advised:
"Don't blame yourself too much for what happened this morning. No one expected Li Xinchun to come to you so soon. But from now on, you still have to be more careful."
"I don't care. I'm just worried that something might happen to Changning. I'm thinking about sending Changning to your house. It would be safer for him to stay with his grandparents."
"What about you?"
"He shouldn't be able to hurt me—"
"That's not necessarily true. Even if he doesn't cause you physical harm, if he harasses you frequently, it will damage your reputation."
Chen Ci thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.
Women are always at a disadvantage in front of men.
"But don't worry, my eldest brother is here now, and he will protect you. We don't expect you to accept my eldest brother, but one thing is for sure, he is Changning's father, and he loves Changning as much as you do. You don't have to doubt his love for Changning, he values Changning more than his own life."
Chen Ci nodded:
"I know. I never doubted it."
"So, for Changning's sake, can you please trust my eldest brother again? He'll stay in the capital this time and take care of you. If you get to know him better, you'll find that he's changed a lot now and isn't the jerk he used to be."
Chen Ci subconsciously looked towards Yu Zhengxian. In the past two days, she also found that Yu Zhengxian seemed to have become different from before, but she didn't know if he was pretending in front of her on purpose.
But no matter what, Chen Ci believed that he loved Changning as much as she did, and for this reason alone, she could no longer hate him.
With him around, Chen Ci felt as if she finally had someone to rely on, and she felt much more at ease.
Over there, Changning was sitting on the swing. Yu Zhengxian pushed the child very high, so high that it was frightening to watch, for fear that the child would fly down if he couldn't hold on.
But Changning screamed excitedly:
"Ah! Ah! Mom! Look, I'm so tall, ah!"
Yu Xiaoye quickly stood up and ran over to stop him:
"Don't push so high, it's dangerous!"
Yu Zhengxian then stopped pushing and let the swing slow down slowly.
Chen Ci wiped away her tears, stood up and walked over and said:
"Changning, let's go home. Grandpa must be worried if he can't see us."
"Mom, can I play for a while longer?"
Yu Zhengxian began to help coax his son again:
"Changning, tomorrow Daddy will pick you up from kindergarten. Let's come over and play on the swings, okay? Let's bring Sister Pangya over to play too. After a while, Daddy will make you a swing at home, and we can all play on it at home. How about that?"
"Dad, are you really going to make a swing for me? Do you know how to make a swing?"
"Of course I know. Come down first and go home with your mother."
"Okay, I'll come down, I'll come down right away!"
Changning jumped off the swing, but he didn't stand firmly and fell to the ground.
The three adults were amused by his miserable appearance. Yu Zhengxian and Shen Ci went to support their son from the left and right and helped him up from the ground.
Chen Ci patted the dust off her son's body:
"Next time, wait until it stops completely before getting off. Don't be in a hurry."
"It's my fault. It's my fault that I didn't hold on to him." Yu Zhengxian took the blame on himself.
Chen Ci glanced at Yu Zhengxian with tenderness in her eyes, but unfortunately Yu Zhengxian did not notice Chen Ci's look.
The four of them rushed towards home. Halfway there, Yu Xiaoye separated from them and asked his eldest brother to send the mother and son home alone, giving the three of them some time to be alone together.
Changning was still holding his father's hand in one hand and his mother's hand in the other, jumping and skipping in the middle.
Chen Ci finally took the initiative to talk to Yu Zhengxian:
"Thank you for what happened this morning."
Yu Zhengxian was a little flattered:
"You're welcome, I thought—"
"Why?"
"Thought you'd be mad at me."
"Why should I be angry with you? Because you beat Li Xinchun?"
"Um."
"Why do you think so? Do you think that men are more important than sons in my heart?" Chen Ci's tone was a little unhappy.
But Yu Zhengxian was very happy about Shen Ci's unhappiness:
"No, I know that your son is the most important thing to you, otherwise you wouldn't have given birth to him. I just thought you had already contacted Li Xinchun, so Li Xinchun came to you."
"No, ever since he was sent to labor camp, I have never contacted him in all these years."
"Yeah?"
Yu Zhengxian felt a little secretly happy in his heart, not only because Shen Ci had never contacted Li Xinchun, but also because it was the first time that Shen Ci took the initiative to talk to him and confessed her inner thoughts to him.
This has never happened before.
"You've decided to draw a line between you and him, haven't you?"
"Well, I didn't have any feelings for him in the first place. Besides, he treated Changning like that. I can't possibly forgive him."
Yu Zhengxian let out a long breath, turned to look at Chen Ci, and promised:
"Don't worry, from now on, as long as I'm here, I won't let you and your mother suffer any injustice."
Chen Ci stammered:
"Don't think too much."
"I didn't think much about it. You are the mother of my child. With you around, my son has a mother. For the sake of the child, I also hope that you are well. Only when you are well can Changning be well. So, I am doing this all for Changning."
Yu Zhengxian's tone was very sincere, and it was obvious that he was more mature than before.
Chen Ci couldn't help but think that if he had been so mature back then, perhaps their relationship wouldn't have come to this.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Yu Zhengxian accompanied the mother and son to their doorstep and only left after making sure everything was fine at home.
When he left, a group of men, women, old and young in the yard secretly stared at him.
What does Changning’s biological father look like?
Yu Zhengxian had only been in Beijing for two days, but he had already become a familiar face in Shen Ci's circle without realizing it.
Chen Ci's father, Shen Hongcai, had no objection to Yu Zhengxian coming in and out of their home, because many people had always made wild guesses about Changning's background.
Some say that Changning’s biological father is dead and Chen Ci is a widow.
Some say that Chen Ci was raped when she went to the countryside to work in the fields, and she gave birth to a child herself.
Others said that Chen Ci interfered with other people's families, was toyed with and then abandoned, and there were all kinds of rumors.
Now, letting everyone see what Changning's biological father looks like is not a bad thing for their family. At least it lets people know where Changning comes from.
Moreover, after what happened this morning, Shen Hongcai always felt uneasy. With such a strong young man coming in and out of the house, Shen Hongcai also felt at ease.
Yu Zhengxian played with her son for a whole day and talked with Shen Ci. She was in a good mood. She walked out of the alley humming a little tune, crossed a street and walked home. As soon as she reached the main road, she saw Yu Xiaoye standing on the road waiting for her.
Yu Zhengxian immediately put away his smug expression and became serious:
"Why are you here instead of going home?"
Yu Xiaoye smiled and said:
"Aren't I waiting for you here? - How about it, I think Chen Ci treats you well?"
Yu Zhengxian suddenly became embarrassed:
"It's alright, isn't it all for Changning's sake?"
The brother and sister walked towards home together. Yu Xiaoye didn't beat around the bush when talking to his elder brother. He said directly:
"I just told Chen Ci that you should stay in the capital and take care of them. Chen Ci didn't object, which shows that she still trusts you. Is there still any possibility between you and Chen Ci?"
Yu Zhengxian told his sister the truth:
"How dare I think so? She's a beautiful worker at a state-owned factory, and I'm just an unemployed vagrant. How could she be interested in me? What's more, I've done something wrong to her in the past. How can I have the nerve to ask for her forgiveness?"
"From your tone, you still want to be with her, right?"
Yu Zhengxian scratched his head embarrassedly:
"Look at what you said. Others don't know what I'm thinking, but don't you know it?"
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