Zhu Weidong stood in the corridor, neither moving forward nor leaving, listening quietly to the conversation in the room.

He didn't turn around until he heard footsteps behind him.

It was the strange man from before.

Zhu Weidong nodded politely.

Rong Junjie stopped four or five steps away from him and looked at him without hesitation, as if he was looking at an object.

In fact, it is very impolite to look at someone so unscrupulously.

Rong Junjie understood, but he did it anyway, or rather, when Zhu Weidong came back with a woman, Rong Junjie already disliked Zhu Weidong.

In the Zhu family, he did not hesitate to provoke him.

"Who are you?" Zhu Weidong was not restrained by this, but greeted the other party generously.

Rong Junjie sneered, making him look like a willful child.

"I'm Ji Ling's friend. Oh, yes, your lover's friend."

Zhu Weidong nodded, "Is that so."

The two men spoke in low voices, but they still alarmed the people in the bedroom. Zhu Yaowu came out. He used to dislike Rong Junjie, but now he disliked his own elder brother.

"Brother Rong, what are you doing standing there? We're waiting for you to come over and play three against one."

"Coming." Rong Junjie walked around Zhu Weidong and went over.

The two men entered the house and ignored Zhu Weidong.

Since arriving home, Zhu Weidong felt his family's dissatisfaction with him. Instead, he became interested in his strange wife. He wondered what kind of person could make his family protect her like this.

He walked over and stood at the bedroom door. He could see three adults sitting at the table by the balcony, with two little figures beside them. The atmosphere was very warm. After he came over, they just turned their heads to glance at him, then looked away.

Zhu Weidong did not leave because of the cold treatment. He walked over, and finally because of his actions, the two children could not help but look at him.

"snort."

Zhu Weidong's attention had long been attracted by his daughter. When he saw his daughter snort and turn her head away, he was not angry. Instead, he became interested and squatted down to face his daughter.

Niuniu pouted and said, "Get out. You can't come in here."

Zhu Weidong asked patiently, "Why?"

Niuniu's voice was clear, "Because you are a bad father, and I don't want a bad father."

Ji Ling's body stiffened slightly. She didn't look at Zhu Weidong, but lowered her head to educate her daughter, "Niuniu, don't talk to adults like that."

Niu Niu immediately buried her face in her mother's arms.

Zhu Weidong looked up, "Kid, it's okay."

Ji Ling hummed lightly, then turned her head to play cards seriously, not wanting to communicate more with Zhu Weidong.

Zhu Weidong stood up dryly, then felt someone bumping into him. He lowered his head and saw that it was another fat kid who pushed him aside.

Zhu Weidong smiled and took two steps back. Pangpang turned his back to him and stood guard over Ji Ling and Niu Niu.

So as to stay away from the table, Zhu Weidong changed direction and stood behind his brother.

Zhu Yaowu didn't give him face and directly chased him away, "Brother, don't stand behind me. I'm not used to people staring at me when I play cards."

Laugh, who laughs with you.

Zhu Yaowu had a sour face and drooped eyelids, "You even forgot that you have a wife and children. How can you remember whether I have this habit or not?"

This is clearly a mockery.

Zhu Weidong was not angry either, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize so many years had passed in a flash."

While speaking, he glanced across unintentionally and saw that his wife didn't look up, was playing cards seriously, and didn't seem to care about what he said. He felt inexplicably lost in his heart.

He had clearly forgotten about his wife and children, but when he saw them, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Zhu Yaowu was unhappy when he heard this, "You didn't know that so many years had passed? Why? Don't you know the passage of time in your mountainous area? Did Cao Yehong hide it from you? Or did you not think of asking? You said you were in Bei County, and suddenly you were there when you woke up. Why don't you think about what happened?"

Zhu Yaowu vented his anger and threw out the cards vigorously, "Two twos."

"Royal bomb." Rong Junjie then threw out two cards, his eyelids raised, and glanced at Zhu Weidong across from him, "It took two months of recuperation in the mountains before you can go out to the fields. Your girlfriend is not four months pregnant, right?"

Zhu Weidong's cold and handsome face finally became serious because of these words. He looked at Rong Junjie without saying a word.

Rong Junjie was not afraid of him and chuckled, "You seem to be a cold-tempered person. It's curious that you could develop feelings for each other after lying in bed for two months. It's not like the saying in ancient times that you repay a debt of life-saving with your own body."

"It's not good to say these things in front of the children." Zhu Weidong said.

Rong Junjie nodded, "I am sorry for being rude."

Zhu Yaowu threw the cards in his hand and said, "I don't want to play anymore. My good mood is gone."

He stood up and said to Ji Ling, "Sister-in-law, I'll take Niuniu downstairs to take a look."

"I'll go too." Rong Junjie stood up and waved to his nephew, "Today is New Year's Day, let's see what delicious food Grandma Kong has made."

When Pangpang heard about eating, he happily ran out the door first.

Ji Ling put the cards away, and she and Zhu Weidong were the only ones in the room.

She didn't need a two-person unit of space, but it was clear that everyone was more worried than they were.

Zhu Weidong pulled a chair and sat down opposite her. "Your name is Ji Ling, right? I just heard from your friend that I'm sorry, I forgot about you and my daughter."

Seeing his wife playing cards without saying anything or looking at him.

Zhu Weidong added, "I just got home and haven't had time to ask me what happened?"

"You were able to get out of bed after two months, so why didn't you come back? Just as Yao Wu said, you didn't know why you were in Beixian before, and why you woke up there. No one around you could answer your questions, so didn't you ever think of contacting your family? It took you half a year to contact your family, and I'm also very curious as to why this happened."

Although his wife was smiling, Zhu Weidong did not feel close to her. He did not like such a smile.

"After I woke up, I asked Ye Hong to help me contact my family. She was in a very remote place and worked separately from her colleagues, so we only contacted each other once every few months."

"Well, her colleague didn't go over, so after you were able to get out of bed, didn't you ever think about leaving?" Instead, she became pregnant with the other party. Ji Ling also wanted to hear his explanation.

"The weather was getting cold and it was snowing heavily there. Ye Hong couldn't leave her workplace and I was afraid of getting lost, so I waited for her colleagues to come over," Zhu Weidong said. "I knew that no matter how I explained it, I was wrong. I betrayed my family."

Ji Ling interrupted him, "So what's your decision now? I've asked all the questions I should ask, you just need to tell me the result, no matter what it is, I will accept it."

Seeing his wife lose her patience, Zhu Weidong hesitated for a moment, "To be honest, I don't know what to do. Ye Hong and I were together by accident. But...it happened, and I have to take responsibility."

(End of this chapter)