Chapter 18 Section VI

On the other way, Duan Fei carried Guoguo home, but downstairs, when Duan Fei looked up, he saw a familiar figure—Meng Xu? ! At that moment, Duan Fei's mood cannot be described in words. It wasn't until a few seconds later, accompanied by Guoguo's cough, that Duan Fei woke up from his daze, nodded at Meng Xu, and prepared to walk past him and go home. However, at almost the same moment, Meng Xu suddenly asked, "Is the child sick?" The moment Duan Fei heard these words, her nose felt sore all at once—in her dreams, how many times, she imagined that this man was by her side, said these words, supported herself, and accompanied her through Guoguo's baby days Every disease troubles.However, when she woke up from the dream, even she knew that this sentence, perhaps, she would not be able to wait for the rest of her life.

"Mom—" Guoguo's glutinous voice rang in Duan Fei's ears, Duan Fei hurriedly patted the daughter in his arms, and coaxed, "Hey, baby, mom is here, let's go home now, mom Give the baby stewed pears, okay?" Guoguo nodded, and coughed a few more times. While coughing, her small hands grabbed her mother's collar tightly. Duan Fei was so distressed that he didn't care about Meng Xu's existence, and hurriedly pressed the safety door at the entrance of the apartment building. When she opened the door, she remembered that her parents had gone back to their hometown to take care of her sister-in-law who was about to give birth.So he frantically looked for the keys from the bag, but it was inconvenient to find the keys with Guoguo in his arms.

Seeing this scene, Meng Xu stretched out his hand, wanting to hug Guoguo, but Duan Fei suddenly took a step back holding Guoguo hostilely, staring at Meng Xu closely, as if he was going to snatch away her vital treasure.Meng Xu froze for a moment, then took the bag from Duan Fei's hand, reached in, rummaged through it, and found Duan Fei's house key exactly. Duan Fei stared at Meng Xu with mixed feelings in her heart—she knew that there were several strings of keys in her bag, including offices, staff dormitories in the new campus, filing cabinets, etc., but only a handmade witch was tied to the house key. Poison Doll Key Ring.

And he still remembered her habit of using a homemade voodoo doll to tie the house keys! However, he never seems to have noticed that the voodoo doll she made stitch by stitch is not of the demon type, not of the curse type, or even of the healing type, but the guardian type of doll called "Little Prince".It is said that this gentle and kind little prince from the fairy tale world can take care of you, protect your family, and spend every lonely or happy day with you... In fact, even when he accused her of being "too strong" At that time, he didn't know that in her heart, there was nothing more important than home and family.

Under the street lamp, Duan Fei looked at the bunch of keys and the hand holding the keys, gradually, even the eye sockets became sore. In this way, that night was the first time Duan Fei stayed with Meng Xu after the divorce—and this was also the first time Meng Xu walked into this house since the incident of "catching rape in bed" broke out. He looked around - obviously, the house had been redecorated, and all the simple furniture of the time had been thrown away.Now, standing in the middle of the living room, he felt like a total stranger. In the quiet air, Meng Xu stood at the door of the bedroom, quietly watching Duan Fei change Guoguo's clothes.Guoguo sat on the bed, staring at him with big black eyes, but didn't speak much.Of course, he didn't know whether a two-year-old child could talk a lot.He just looked at her like that, and the father and daughter looked at each other, but there was still no sound.

Duan Fei didn't look back, even though she knew Meng Xu was standing at the door and saw the curious look in Guoguo's eyes, she didn't know what she was going to say, so she just pretended she couldn't see it, and changed Guoguo's pajamas on her own, and said in harmony. Coax her daughter: "Guoguo is good, mommy is going to cook for Guoguo, and after taking the medicine, mommy will tell Guoguo a story, okay?" Guoguo looked up at Duan Fei, stretched out her hand and threw herself into Duan Fei's arms, and said childishly, "Mom, don't eat." Duan Fei heard her daughter's hoarse voice, and her heart was about to melt into a puddle of water, so she continued to coax: "If you don't take medicine, you won't be cured. If Guoguo's disease is not good, mom won't be able to buy a lot of delicious food for Guoguo." Things. You can’t even eat ice cream, candy, and fruit!”

Guoguo was really overwhelmed by the threat of not being able to eat snacks. Although she was unwilling, she had no choice but to give up.Seeing that her mother was going to tuck her into the small quilt, she hurriedly grabbed Duan Fei's skirt and did not let go. While hiding in Duan Fei's arms, she timidly looked at Meng Xu behind her.Duan Fei knew that Guoguo didn't see strangers very often, so he was naturally surprised and scared when he saw Meng Xu. After thinking about it, he had to turn around and meet Meng Xu's gaze. "Have you eaten yet?" Duan Fei tried to keep his voice calm.

Meng Xu shook his head, he didn't know how to explain his behavior today - it seemed that it was a coincidence, he came, stood here for several hours, and finally waited for them to go home.He wanted to see Guoguo, the wife and daughter he had given up without hesitation. Now that he saw it, he could leave, but his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and he couldn't move away. Duan Fei sighed: "I'll cook, you—" She hesitated for a moment, turned around and picked up Guoguo, pointed to Meng Xu and said to Guoguo, "Do you want Guoguo to listen to the story?"

Guoguo wanted to nod, but looking at the unfamiliar Meng Xu, she still shrank into Duan Fei's arms in fear.She pressed her face against Duan Fei's neck and coughed twice. Duan Fei was helpless, so he hugged Guoguo, patted her on the back and said, "Guoguo, why do you pester my mother like this? What are you cooking for? Are you not hungry?" In fact, Duan Fei was even more worried: How should I introduce Meng Xu? Logically speaking, the sentence just now should be: Guoguo, do you want to listen to the story told by your father? But, knowing that this sentence is correct, she just can't open her mouth!

This is not a matter of being stingy or not... It seems to be a hurdle, a hurdle that cannot be overcome at once. Meng Xu sighed, looked at Duan Fei and said, "I'll cook." He looked at Guoguo curled up in Duan Fei's arms, and felt that he could only help with this, so he tried to ignore the surprise and disbelief on Duan Fei's face, rolled up his sleeves, looked at Duan Fei and asked, "Are you planning to help?" What do you have for dinner tonight?" "Egg noodles," Duan Fei hesitated, "softer." Seeing Meng Xu nodding, Duan Fei added another sentence: "The medicine jar is on the lower floor of the cupboard. You can wash it for me and give Guoguo the medicine to drink."

Meng Xu nodded again, and followed Duan Fei's instructions to put the pot of medicine and the pot for cooking noodles on the stove one by one. Duan Fei held Guoguo in his arms and continued to direct: "Cold water, just put the medicine in and soak for a while. Make medicine." Meng Xu followed Duan Fei's instructions one by one to make medicine, boil water, and cook noodles... Occasionally, he was in a trance, and he felt that there seemed to be no pause or interval in the middle. However, Duan Fei is not as nostalgic as Meng Xu in her heart—maybe she is more pimples in her heart, she doesn't know why she really wants to keep Meng Xu here to cook, and she doesn't know if she should have beaten him out with a broom just now ...But, he is Guoguo's father after all, and she cannot sever this de facto blood relationship. Guo Guo lay in Duan Fei's arms, staring at this stranger who suddenly appeared in her life.After a long time, Meng Xu turned his back to Duan Fei and said, "I think I can visit the child regularly in the future." Finally, when he said the sentence Duan Fei already guessed what he was going to say, Duan Fei just sighed deeply——Can she object?Not to mention that this is Meng Xu's right given by the law and his obligation that he should have fulfilled long ago, but she may not be able to handle the tongue-tied speech that she can expect when facing Guoguo's questioning in the future. Guoguo will ask one day: Mom, why don’t I have a dad? And a marriage is so fragmented today, how innocent is the child? Duan Fei took a breath, and finally answered in a low voice: "Yes." Meng Xu froze for a moment, turned back to Duan Fei with chopsticks in his hand, and saw that she was looking straight at him with a blank expression: "Since you have decided to fulfill this obligation, please don't give up halfway, because a child's hope cannot be broken easily." "As for the future," Duan Fei bit his lower lip, "Maybe Guoguo will have her own new father, or maybe change her name and surname. I hope you can respect my opinion as a guardian." Meng Xu paused suddenly, and looked at Duan Fei with complicated eyes - but he knew that this was the fact that it would come sooner or later! After a long time, Duan Fei exclaimed: "Mian!" Meng Xucai hastily turned around to add a little cold water to the noodle pot that was about to pounce, and then beat the eggs and added seasonings as before... He had made this kind of noodles for Duan Fei many times before, but it was the first time for his daughter. . It seems like a lifetime away. In this way, in the silence of the two, the meal ended.Meng Xu washed the bowls and fried the traditional Chinese medicine again. Only when the strong fragrance of the medicine overflowed did Meng Xu check his watch and get up to leave.However, at the moment when he opened the door, no one expected that Xu Xin almost slammed into the arms of her former brother-in-law, and then raised her head in a dizzy state. Senseless. At the door of Duan Fei's house, Meng Xu was inside and Xu Xin was outside. They were very close, separated by a threshold.Duan Fei stared at the two people in front of him dumbfounded, while Xu Xin covered his head and said to himself: "I've hit something evil? Illusion?" Her head was still dizzy, and she shouted at the top of her voice, "Sister! What's wrong with my eyes? Why do the people I see look different? Why did I see that bastard Meng Xu?" "Ahem," Meng Xu coughed and nodded slightly, not knowing who he was saying goodbye to, "I'm leaving first." After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the door and hurried downstairs. Xu Xin leaned against the door and stared blankly at Duan Fei and Guoguo in her arms, stammering: "Sister...I...to hell..." "You read that right, it's really Meng Xu," Duan Fei said angrily, "Come in, aren't you going on a date? Why did it end so early?" "It's really him?" Xu Xin screamed, "How could it be him? He still has the face to come? Why is he here?" As she asked, she gasped: "Isn't he here to grab Guoguo? Sis, if he dares to think about it, tell me, and I'll kill him!" "How can you destroy it? Kill people and dismember them?" Duan Fei rolled his eyes, and stuffed Guoguo into Xu Xin's arms, "Come inside, I'll fill Guoguo with medicine." Xu Xin followed Guoguo all the way to the kitchen door: "What's going on? What day is it today? Why is everyone so mad?" Duan Fei succinctly told Xu Xin what happened all night, and then looked at Xu Xin wonderingly: "What's wrong with you?" Xu Xin hugged Guoguo, unable to pat her thighs to express her excitement: "I'm really stunned! I just realized that this world is really small! Guess what background Du Yibei's family is? Tell me You are not just a family of Chinese medicine practitioners! It is even more terrifying than this! His family is simply a family of scholars and officials!" Xu Xin was heartbroken: "Why didn't I know that his family was so powerful? Jiang Mingbo's own sister actually passed my role model, Brother Guan! Looking back on it this way, according to what Jiang Yueyang said back then, his family should be full of government officials. In addition, there is a room full of Chinese medicine masters who enjoy special government subsidies... The class gap is too big! I tell you, don’t persuade me, I swear to the death!” "Really?" Duan Fei was also very surprised, "Can such a bloody thing happen to you?" "This is not dog blood, this is life!" Xu Xin buried her face in Guoguo's milk-scented arms, sobbing, "Guoguo, give my aunt a shoulder to lean on, she is about to collapse..." Guoguo "giggled" and pushed Xu Xin with her small hands with a smile, and then started to cough again, Duan Fei glared at Xu Xin: "Don't tease her, if she coughs again, I'll peel your skin off!" Xu Xin wailed: "Why are you all so inhumane! Thanks to me, while rejecting Du Yibei, I didn't forget to tell him not to discriminate against us, Guoguo..." "Refused?" Duan Fei was curious while pouring the concoction, "Did he express his opinion?" "Excuse me," Xu Xin sighed while patting Guoguo's back, "Actually, this little doctor's character really suits my taste. You didn't see him at that time, he was quite a man! It's a pity, I I just can't enjoy such a big house..." "The gate of the mansion..." Duan Fei rubbed the word and thought for a long time before he realized, "It's actually not the fault of Dr. Du who was born in the gate of the mansion..."