It was not yet time for dinner, so Mrs. Xiao tentatively said to Lu Ziwang, "Ziwang, we haven't eaten yet, can you take Auntie and Xiao Xiaoyanyan around for a tour?"
Lu Ziwang nodded: "Okay."
Mrs. Xiao was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, then you take them to visit first, and I'll go to the kitchen to take a look." She smiled at Li Wan and said, "Then you guys go around first." She gestured to the housekeeper next to her.
The butler nodded slightly and gestured for Li Wan to come in.
Xiao Yan was lively, walking happily in the front with his short legs, looking here and there. It was also Xiao Xiao's first time to come to Lu Ziwang's house, and she found everything new to her. The brother and sister walked in the front, as if they were on a picnic.
Lu Ziwang held Li Wan's hand obediently and walked behind her. The housekeeper followed and introduced the history of the garden to Li Wan and explained some of its designs.
"Wow! So many fish!"
Xiao Yan's excited voice came from not far away.
Li Wan looked over and saw him squatting on the ground holding the railing of the arch bridge and looking into the artificial lake below.
Xiao Xiao leaned on the railing and said, "Mom, come and see, there are so many fish here. Hey! There are also turtles over there!"
Xiao Yan immediately shouted: "Where, where? Where is the turtle?"
Xiao Xiao pointed it out to him.
He arched his little butt and looked over intently.
Lu Ziwang stared at that place, obviously wanting to go over there too, but his little hand was still tightly holding Li Wan's hand.
Li Wan let go of his hand, rubbed his head, and said, "Go play."
Lu Ziwang raised his head, looked at her, and ran over there.
"Lu Ziwang, your home is so fun." Xiao Xiao said.
The housekeeper asked someone to bring fish food and asked them to feed the fish.
The three children huddled together and threw fish food down, exclaiming from time to time.
The tranquility of the garden was completely broken, but it was full of vitality.
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They had only walked around half of the garden when Mrs. Xiao sent someone to notify them to eat.
After washing his hands, Lu Ziwang sat next to Li Wan.
Mrs. Xiao looked at him in surprise.
Xiao Yan sat on a chair and ate his meal skillfully with a small spoon. He had just been running around in the garden, which consumed a lot of energy. He ate happily while grunting.
Mrs. Xiao was delighted and praised, "Yanyan is such a good eater that she doesn't even need an adult to feed her. Come, try this pearl meatball. Brother Ziwang really likes it."
Xiao Yan received it with his own small bowl, raised his little face, showing his greasy little mouth, and said politely: "Thank you, grandma."
Mrs. Xiao laughed so hard that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes piled up: "What a good child."
Then he called to Li Wan and Xiao Xiao: "Use your chopsticks to eat. I won't serve you any more. I don't know if the food is to your liking."
Xiao Xiao immediately said: "It's delicious!"
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "As long as it tastes good, eat more." She picked up a pearl meatball for Lu Ziwang and said, "Ziwang, you should eat more too. Look at Xiao Xiao, she is only half a year older than you, but much taller than you. You need to eat more to grow taller."
Xiao Xiao said: "Lu Ziwang eats very little at school. He only eats a lot when he is at my house."
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Is the food at Aunt Li Wan's house delicious?"
Lu Ziwang glanced at Li Wan quickly, pursed his lips shyly, and said nothing.
Mrs. Xiao smiled gently and changed the subject.
After dinner, Lu Ziwang took Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yan to play on the lawn in front.
Mrs. Xiao and Li Wan sat in the leisure area on the porch and watched the children chasing and playing on the lawn.
A smile appeared on Lu Ziwang's face, and his expression was much more lively than usual when he ran.
Mrs. Xiao looked at Lu Ziwang's happy smiling face, reluctant to look away for a long time. After a long time, she turned her head and looked at Li Wan with a touched face and slightly red eyes.
She couldn't remember the last time she saw Lu Ziwang acting like a normal child.
When Xiao Yin said that day that Li Wan was very special to Lu Ziwang, she was still a little skeptical. But today, she saw the clues. Lu Ziwang looked at Li Wan with eyes full of dependence and trust. This was something their family had tried for three years but failed to achieve, but Li Wan did it.
She also didn't see any signs of Li Wan deliberately caring for or trying to please him, but she just inadvertently revealed her tenderness towards Lu Ziwang.
Mrs. Xiao originally thought that Lu Ziwang treated Li Wan as his mother, but after spending half a day together, she found that Li Wan and Lu Ziwang's mother were not alike at all, either in appearance or personality.
Thinking of what Xiao Yin told her about what happened at school that day, she began to understand a little.
"I really don't know how to thank you."
Li Wan turned around and saw Mrs. Xiao talking to her with red eyes.
She was slightly startled, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Don't say that, it seems like I have done something great, but I really didn't do anything."
Mrs. Xiao looked at Li Wan with more appreciation. She glanced at Lu Zi, who was kneeling on the ground and playing with trains with Xiao Yan, then retracted her gaze and looked at Li Wan, saying earnestly, "Li Wan, I have a request."
Li Wan said: "You say."
Mrs. Xiao was a little sad: "Zi Wang is a poor child. The incident three years ago made him shut himself in a thick shell. So far, only two people have opened his shell, one is Xiao Yin, and the other is you. Xiao Yin is his uncle, and he has been close to his uncle since he was a child, so I am not surprised, but Li Wan, I am surprised that you can open his shell. I can see that he likes you very much and trusts you..." Mrs. Xiao paused, smiled slightly, and said: "I won't beat around the bush with you, Li Wan, I want Zi Wang to recognize you as his godmother, are you willing?"
Li Wan was a little surprised, then said: "Aunt. Actually, it's not necessary. We are relatives..."
Mrs. Xiao smiled slightly, her eyes were clear: "Li Wan, we all know that it doesn't matter whether there is a relative relationship or not. My husband is willing to interact with Xiao Ze and provide some help when necessary, purely because he admires him, not because of this relative relationship."
She sighed softly, "Zi Wang is close to his uncle, but Xiao Yin will get married sooner or later. Will his future wife be able to love Zi Wang as much as Xiao Yin does? After Xiao Yin has his own children, will he still be able to pay attention to Zi Wang as he does now? These are all uncertain. I just hope that if things go wrong one day, Zi Wang will still have someone to rely on. I know that even without this relationship, you will be good to Zi Wang, but I still hope that you can establish a deeper connection." She said softly, "Do you understand?"
Li Wan was surprised that Mrs. Xiao thought so deeply, and was touched by her care for Lu Ziwang. She was even more surprised that Mrs. Xiao would tell her all her worries.
Li Wan nodded: "I understand."
Mrs. Xiao said gently: "I said this not to force you to make a choice, but I hope you can understand my intentions. The choice is still in your hands, but I hope Ziwang can have such a blessing."
Li Wan said softly, "Zi Wang is lucky to have a grandmother like you."
Li Wan's words brought tears to Mrs. Xiao's eyes.
She took a tissue and wiped her tears while saying, "Really... I've cried in front of you twice. I never do this normally."
Li Wan smiled and said, "Aunt, I do."
Mrs. Xiao immediately stopped wiping her tears and looked at her in surprise: “You…”
Li Wan looked in the direction where the three children were playing, then smiled and said, "If Zi Wang is willing."
Mrs. Xiao was very excited and immediately stood up and called Lu Ziwang over.
Lu Ziwang's fair little face was flushed and his eyes were dark and moist.
Mrs. Xiao brought him to her side, looked at Li Wan, then smiled with tears in her eyes and said to Lu Ziwang: "Ziwang, would you like to let Aunt Li Wan be your godmother?"
Lu Ziwang opened his eyes slightly.
Mrs. Xiao continued, "If you are willing, Aunt Li Wan will be your other mother in the future."
Lu Ziwang looked at Li Wan with his dark eyes, as if he was in disbelief.
Li Wan extended her hand to him. Lu Ziwang looked down and put his hand in Li Wan's without hesitation.
Li Wan held his hand and led him to her: "Zi Wang. Are you willing?"
A thin layer of moist mist instantly rose in Lu Ziwang's dark eyes. He opened his eyes wide and tried hard to hold back his tears, but the mist grew thicker and thicker in his eyes, almost blocking his sight.
He suddenly threw himself into Li Wan's arms, buried his face in her shoulder, and his tears quickly soaked his clothes.
"I, I do."
He said in a low voice.
Li Wanhui hugged him and gently stroked his back with her hand.
Mrs. Xiao started to cry again and turned away to wipe her tears with a tissue.
"What's going on?"
At this moment, a voice with a hint of surprise and laxity sounded.
Li Wan looked up and saw Xiao Yin and Zhao Minhao.
Mrs. Xiao wiped her tears and said to Xiao Yin and Zhao Minhao in a somewhat reproachful manner, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Yin raised his eyebrows: "This is my home, do I need to choose a time to come?"
While he was replying to Mrs. Xiao, his narrow eyes were fixed on Li Wan.
"What's wrong with Wangzai?" Zhao Minhao asked.
"You're here just in time." Mrs. Xiao smiled again, "It's a good opportunity to tell you a piece of good news."
"What good news?" Zhao Minhao asked curiously.
Xiao Yin still just stared at Li Wan.
At this time, Lu Ziwang also withdrew from Li Wan's arms, stood beside Li Wan with red eyes and a flushed face, not sure if he was covering his face or because he was shy.
Zhao Minhao was immediately surprised and asked, "Why is Wangzai crying? Didn't he say it was good news?"
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "He is happy."
Zhao Minhao asked curiously, "What made you so happy? Are you crying with joy?"
Xiao Yin also looked at Li Wan strangely, and then he saw Li Wan gave him a half-smile.
Xiao Yin's scalp numbed slightly and he had a bad feeling.
Mrs. Xiao had an expression as if she was announcing a happy event: "Zi Wang just recognized Li Wan as his godmother!"
As soon as these words came out.
Li Wan saw the expression on Xiao Yin's face freeze instantly, and then he revealed an expression as if he had been struck by lightning.
After being extremely shocked, Zhao Minhao couldn't help but burst out laughing in schadenfreude.
Xiao Yin glared at him fiercely.
Immediately, a violent dry cough broke out.
Xiao Yin sat casually on the armrest of Mrs. Xiao's chair and said, "Why do you want to recognize a godmother for no reason? When did our family have such a tradition? Besides, for such a big matter, shouldn't we hold a family meeting to vote on it first?"
As he spoke, he stared at Li Wan and gritted his teeth.
Mrs. Xiao turned her head and looked at him and said, "What? You don't agree? If I agree, it means your father agrees, and Zi Wang also agrees. The minority obeys the majority. Even if you don't agree, there is nothing you can do."
Zhao Minhao stopped coughing, smiled, and said, "I think it's good."
Xiao Yin kicked him and said, "Get lost. What does this have to do with you?"
Zhao Minhao jumped and dodged Xiao Yin's kick, then walked away with a smile: "Auntie, I vote in favor too!"
Mrs. Xiao said to Li Wan, "This is a big deal. I want to do it. What do you think, Wan Wan?"
The tone became much more intimate.
She was also thinking about Li Wan. If they made a big event, it would prove that the Xiao family took this matter very seriously. The entire social circle would know about it, which would also be good for Xiao Ze.
Xiao Yin looked at Li Wan with a gloomy face.
Li Wan didn't look at him. After thinking for a while, she said, "Let's not make a big fuss. Let's just have a meal together." She rubbed Lu Ziwang's head and said with a smile, "I haven't prepared a red envelope yet."
At this time, Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yan also ran over. Xiao Xiao called Xiao Yin "uncle" and squeezed next to Li Wan with Xiao Yan.
Xiao Xiao saw Lu Ziwang's red eyes and asked in surprise: "Lu Ziwang, are you crying again?"
Lu Ziwang's face turned red again.
Mrs. Xiao said, "Zi Wang, go play with them."
Lu Ziwang glanced at Li Wan.
Li Wan smiled and said, "Go ahead."
Lu Ziwang gave her a smile and then followed Xiao Xiao and the others.
Zhao Minhao was somewhat amazed: "They really look like a real mother and son."
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, “This is their fate.”
Xiao Yin's face looked unhappy: "Li Wan, you..."
Mrs. Xiao scolded him and patted his arm: "You are so disrespectful. You have to call me sister."
Zhao Minhao couldn't help it and burst into laughter.
Li Wan couldn't help it and raised the corner of his mouth with a hint of provocation.
Xiao Yin's face looked as if he had eaten a fly. He sneered, "What? Lu Ziwang recognized a mother, and also recognized a sister for me?"
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No matter how reluctant Xiao Yin was, the matter of adopting him as his godparent was settled.
Li Wan originally wanted to leave in the afternoon, but Mrs. Xiao insisted that they stay for dinner. Unable to refuse her kindness, Li Wan had no choice but to stay for dinner.
When Xiao Xiao found out that Lu Ziwang had recognized Li Wan as his godmother, she was not disgusted but excited. She said to Lu Ziwang, "Then I will be your sister from now on!"
Zhao Minhao stayed for dinner with the intention of watching a good show.
Thanks to Zhao Minhao's presence, the dinner was quite enjoyable.
......
Li Wan fixed her hair in front of the mirror, then opened the bathroom door and walked out to say goodbye to Mrs. Xiao.
As soon as the door opened, Li Wan saw Xiao Yin standing opposite her, leaning against the wall and looking at her coldly.
Li Wan didn't want to be alone with him, so she looked at him and was about to leave. But as soon as she took a step, Xiao Yin blocked her way.
Li Wan looked up at him, a smile on her lips: "Brother. Is there something wrong?"
Xiao Yin felt that she was hateful, but at the same time he was attracted to her. Especially when she showed a side that was different from her usual gentle appearance, his heart would beat fast for some reason.
But he didn't want Li Wan to see it, so he just asked with a gloomy face: "Did you do this on purpose?"
Li Wan looked at him calmly: "I was just invited by Mrs. Xiao to have lunch. I was also surprised when she brought up this matter."
The more frank Li Wan was, the more uncomfortable Xiao Yin felt.
"You actually blocked me?"
Li Wan said: "Your behavior last time was enough to be considered harassment. I don't think there is anything wrong with blocking you."
She obviously has a gentle and lovely face, and is gentle and kind to others, so why does she become so "mean" when she is in front of him?
The key point is that Xiao Yin couldn't find any words to refute her.
It seems that all the reasons are hers.
"You can't block me!"
Facing Xiao Yin's unreasonable demands, Li Wan was very calm. She said with a sincere look in her eyes: "Xiao Yin, I don't like you, really, you are not my type."
Xiao Yin was about to speak, but Li Wan said, "Don't say anything yet. Can you please listen to me first?"
Xiao Yin held back and signaled her with his eyes to speak quickly.
Li Wan continued, "I don't think you like me either. Think about it, we've known each other for less than a month, we've met a handful of times, and we've said a few words. You don't even know me at all. You just feel a sense of novelty and curiosity towards me, coupled with possessiveness."
Xiao Yin said: "Are you done?"
Li Wan was slightly stunned and nodded hesitantly.
Xiao Yin curled his lips and said sarcastically, "You are too self-righteous. I am not seventeen years old this year, but twenty-seven years old. I am not so old that I can't tell the difference between love and possessiveness. Besides, I only have possessiveness for things I like."
Li Wan didn't expect that he would not follow the script she designed at all, so she could only say, "Does love mean that you wantonly destroy the other person's life without caring whether the other person accepts it or not? Have you ever thought about the consequences of your behavior that day? Have you ever thought that it might ruin me?"
Xiao Yin stared at her with his narrow eyes: "I apologize."
Li Wan was stunned again.
Why does Xiao Yin never play by the rules?
Xiao Yin stared at her and said, "I've thought about it. I was wrong about what happened that day. But I couldn't help it. When I saw you holding his arm, I was so jealous!"
Xiao Yin stared at Li Wan with a confused and incomprehensible expression on his face: "I really can't understand, you don't look that stupid, how could you do such a stupid thing? You actually committed suicide for that man?"
Li Wan's heart skipped a beat, then she looked at him with a frown.
Xiao Yin said: "No matter how you look at it, you don't look like the kind of woman who would commit suicide for a man."
Li Wan's eyes flashed twice: "Then what kind of person am I like?"
Xiao Yin pulled the corner of his mouth: "If you are like that kind of man who cheated on you, you would either kill that man and his mistress or half-cripple them, and in the end, they would not be able to catch any handle on you, and you would get away with it."
Li Wan choked and asked, "Do I look so unkind?"
Xiao Yin sneered, and suddenly put his finger on Li Wan's forehead and poked it twice: "That's not kindness, that's stupidity."
Li Wan's head tilted back when he poked her, but Xiao Yin's words made her look at him with a new respect.
She couldn't help but smile. Just as she was about to speak, the smile on her lips suddenly froze and she stared behind Xiao Yin.
Xiao Ze stood there with a gloomy face. The spotlight from the ceiling shone on his head, penetrating his eyelashes and casting dark shadows in his eyes. The corners of his mouth were tightly pressed into a pale straight line.
Li Wan subconsciously asked: "Xiao Ze? Why are you here?"
Xiao Yin frowned, turned around, and saw Xiao Ze. His expression, which had been considered happy just now, suddenly turned cold.
Xiao Ze walked over, and when he was in front of Li Wan in just a few steps, the expression on his face had softened: "I'm here to take you home." He said, walked up to her, took her hand, and said, "Let's go." After that, he pulled Li Wan out.
From beginning to end, he never even glanced at Xiao Yin beside him, as if he didn't exist at all.
Li Wan thought of the tragedy last time and couldn't help but look back at Xiao Yin, fearing that he would come over to pull her again like last time.
However, Xiao Yin stood there motionless. When he saw her turning back, he curled the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Noticing Li Wan's movement of turning back, Xiao Ze's other hand hanging at his side unconsciously clenched into a fist.
Xiao Yan had a crazy day of fun today and now he was tired and sleepy, so he wanted Li Wan to hold him.
Just as Li Wan was about to hug him, Xiao Ze bent down, picked him up, and turned to say goodbye to Mrs. Xiao.
Mrs. Xiao held Li Wan's hand and said, "Come to our house more often in the future."
Li Wan nodded in agreement and said goodbye to Lu Ziwang.
Lu Ziwang looked at her reluctantly.
Xiao Ze held Xiao Yan in one hand and used the other hand to hold Li Wan. He nodded to Mrs. Xiao and walked out.
"Goodbye grandma! Goodbye uncle! Goodbye Lu Ziwang." Xiao Xiao said goodbye to them warmly and followed them.
Mrs. Xiao walked to the door and couldn't help but say, "Look at Xiao Ze, he has been married for more than ten years, and he is still so attached to his wife."
Xiao Yin's narrow eyes flashed, and he said, "I'll go see them off." As he spoke, he took a step with his long legs and walked out.
When Li Wan noticed Xiao Yin following her, her back tightened, worried that he was going to do something weird again.
Xiao Ze said nothing. He silently held Xiao Yan, who had fallen asleep on his shoulder, in one hand and walked forward holding Li Wan's hand with the other.
Xiao Yin didn't pay any money, he just followed closely.
When they got to the car, Xiao Yin spoke: "Xiao Ze, I have something to say to you."
Xiao Ze ignored him, let go of Li Wan's hand, and secured the sleeping Xiao Yan in the safety seat. Then he stood up and said to Li Wan, "You get in the car first." After that, he walked straight towards Xiao Yin.
Xiao Ze walked up to Xiao Yin, his face stern: "Speak."
Xiao Yin said, "I just want to tell you that I was the one who harassed her last time and it had nothing to do with her. The same is true today." He paused and raised the corners of his mouth provocatively: "Also, you are not worthy of her."
Xiao Ze looked at him expressionlessly, his pupils deep: "Are you done?"
Xiao Yin raised his eyebrows.
Xiao Yin turned and left.
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