He Zhangcheng swallowed hard, his throat dry, and forced a smile. "I..."
Xiaoting didn't want to look at his face. Holding her mother's hand, she didn't want to go up and see them.
Ye Man gently stroked her daughter's hair, her eyes filled with apology, "Then go play with An'an for a while, and come back for dinner later."
Xiaoting nodded and quickly ran away, leaving the two of them standing there in silence. He Zhangcheng wanted to speak, but Ye Man simply walked home.
"sorry……"
Ye Man stopped in her tracks and looked straight ahead. "An apology is only done when you truly realize that your actions have hurt others. You don't need to do that."
Because you don't think this will harm them.
He Zhangcheng stood there, staring at the sky, unable to take a step. He knew his mother and Ye Man had a strained relationship, and he knew his mother was always exceptionally strict with Xiaoting because of her personality, but—
He had tried his best to keep them away from each other. Even before, when they had to stay in their hometowns instead of accompanying the army, they lived in two different places.
An'an and Xiaoting stood in the alley, whispering to each other.
“I don’t like my grandma, and she doesn’t like me either. I don’t want to be with her.”
"It's okay, we all have things we don't like, and I don't like my aunt either."
"What?" Xiaoting's eyes widened, thinking she was talking about Lu Ronghui, but An'an and her aunt clearly had a good relationship.
“It’s not this aunt. I used to have another aunt. My grandma liked her a lot, and I didn’t like my grandma being with that aunt.”
So whenever An'an sees another aunt, she quickly runs away so as not to stay in the same space as her.
It has been more than a year since they moved to Northeast China. An'an is over four years old and has forgotten most of what happened before, but she still remembers that aunt.
Children are always very sensitive; even if adults' malice is subtle, they can always sense it, though they can't express it.
An'an doesn't like them, and she doesn't know how to describe it to her mother, but luckily her mother doesn't like them either.
Xiaoting nodded repeatedly, "My mother doesn't like them either."
Perhaps surprised by how much they had in common, the two started laughing as they talked.
Xiaoting was a little happier, but the thought of possibly living with them for a while made her sigh like a little devil, and she even touched her forehead like an adult.
Will my grandma and aunt continue to live here?
If they continued to live here, then she would—but unfortunately, Xiaoting frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized that she couldn't think of a solution.
“What should I do? I’m afraid they’ll continue living here.”
"Why don't you tell your mother to let them leave?"
Xiaoting pouted. Her mother must also want her grandmother to leave as soon as possible, just like her. But her grandmother was her father's mother, and her father probably didn't want her grandmother to leave. Her father listened to his grandmother very much.
"Oh well"
An'an shrugged, not knowing what to do. His father didn't seem to listen to his grandmother much, but he listened to his mother a lot.
"If you're not happy living at home, you can come and find me, sleep with me. My bed is very big, and I have a kitten."
Xiaoting had never imagined she could sleep at someone else's house. When she heard that she could sleep with An'an, her eyes widened in surprise.
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. My mom would definitely welcome you over, and we can even take a bath together."
The topic of conversation between the two changed so quickly. Just a moment ago, they were frowning and looking bitter and resentful, but now they were laughing and imagining what it would be like to live together. Xiaoting even thought about going home and telling her mother that she wanted to move to An'an's house.
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