webnovelfull Chapter 94 His name is Qi An.
Chapter 94 His name is Qi An.
The apartment Su Su rented was very large, but it would be almost impossible to buy such an apartment outright in Beijing.
Qi An really liked the small courtyard in this house. Su Su had cultivated a corner of the courtyard and planted some lettuce and cherry radishes. These vegetables have a very short growth cycle and will grow quickly once planted.
Every morning, the first thing Xiao Qi'an does is squat in the vegetable garden, tilting his head to watch the vegetables grow.
That morning, it was abrupt and sudden. Su Su was making breakfast in the kitchen, and she locked the door from the inside, preventing Xiao Qi'an from accidentally wandering out. When they moved in, she had told the child many times not to answer the doorbell.
Once upon a time in Yunxia Xiang, someone had marked the wall outside the door, and drunkards would pound on the door fiercely in the middle of the night.
That morning, as usual, when Xiao Qi'an saw his mother making breakfast in the room, he carried his little stool and sat obediently next to the vegetable garden. Watching the cherry radishes, whose red bottoms had already sprouted halfway, he sat there and muttered to himself as if he couldn't get enough of looking at them, "Grow up quickly, grow up quickly."
The little boy was completely oblivious to all the sounds outside the gate; he was lost in his own world.
When Xiao Qi'an finally heard his mother calling from inside, he woke up with a start, blinking his eyes and muttering...
"Little Qi'an is going to eat now, goodbye, radish babies."
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Xiao Qi'an looked up and saw a young man wearing casual sweatpants, covered in dirt and struggling to crawl, slowly lying on the wall of his own yard. The moment he looked up and saw him, his eyes turned red.
The little guy wasn't scared at all. His round eyes stared at him intently as he nibbled on his little finger, wondering to himself...
Is Xiao Qi'an ugly?
Why did he cry from being scared?
Su Su set out the plates inside, called out to the baby several times but received no response, so she quickly wiped her hands and came out.
They saw a man perched on the wall, and a child below biting his fingers and looking up at the strange man with curiosity.
Sheng Shen's movements were as if he had been wound up. His hands and feet were stiff as he lay there, staring blankly at the child who looked so much like him. His heart was pounding with intense excitement, as if it were tearing at his nerves. He almost held his breath and dared not speak. All of this was like a reflection in water or a flower in a mirror, like an intoxicating illusion.
He seemed to convulse briefly.
Finally, it was Su Su who spoke up.
"Come down."
Sheng Shen moved on the wall almost simultaneously, not knowing how he managed to jump down so nimbly. He just hadn't thought things through and hadn't chosen the right spot, ending up in the vegetable garden.
Xiao Qi'an stared in disbelief as his beloved friend was trampled to pieces. His round eyes instantly filled with tears. He tugged at his mother's clothes, burying his head in his hands and weeping sadly.
Sheng Shen awkwardly pulled out his muddy shoe, looking helplessly at the child whose gender was still unknown. He reached out his hand, then withdrew it.
"Su Su... what happened to him?"
Su Su sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation. She had imagined many scenarios of the father and son meeting, but she never expected this to happen.
She picked up the child, patted him, and pointed to his feet, saying, "Come out first, you stepped on his little radish."
Sheng Shen looked up and saw that it really was a radish. He carefully avoided the few remaining vegetables in front of him and walked to the open space.
Two or three large footprints were instantly left on the gray ground outside.
Sheng Shen couldn't stretch his arms and legs, and for a moment he had no idea what to do.
His voice was a little hoarse, "Su Su, is this child... mine?"
Su Su stopped hiding it. Since she had already seen it, there was nothing left to conceal, so she nodded decisively.
Little Qi'an had never been so angry before. The usually well-behaved, gentle, and somewhat socially awkward child suddenly pulled her face away from her mother's arms, her little face flushed red with anger, and her voice unusually bright.
"I hate you!!!"
Su Su was stunned for a moment.
Sheng Shen's heart broke instantly. He pursed his lips, looked at the angry child, and instinctively apologized softly.
"I'm sorry, I'll replant them all for you later, okay?"
"...Don't hate me."
Su Su couldn't bear it and looked away, glancing at his dirty shoes as she asked,
Why did you climb the wall?
Sheng Shen glanced at the child, then at the woman holding the child, and explained carefully, "I called you but you didn't answer, and no one answered the doorbell. I've been here for a long time this morning, and I just had a brain fart and climbed the wall."
He was a little embarrassed.
Xiao Qi'an wiped away her tears, feeling utterly wronged.
Bad man
He always talks to his mother.
His mother didn't even have time to comfort him!
Su Su wiped away the child's tears and turned to Sheng Shen, saying, "Why don't you clean yourself up? Don't worry, I'll explain everything to you."
At this moment, Sheng Shen felt a warm current flowing through his heart, an indescribable tenderness, as the woman he loved held his child.
Everything seemed to be perfect.
Sheng Shen went into the bathroom to take a shower, and Su Su gave him a pair of disposable slippers.
After taking a shower, the man looked at the white slippers on his feet and thought to himself, "I must buy a pair of slippers for this place tomorrow."
Su Su was still holding the child and gently comforting him.
"How about I take you to plant radishes again this afternoon? We still have a lot of seeds at home, and they'll sprout again in about two weeks. How about we invite Xixi and Xiaoman to come over then?"
The little guy was sobbing, still a bit sad. In a child's world, those radishes that had accompanied him for some time were his good friends.
But his mother had already promised to make it up to him, and he reluctantly agreed. Finally, he looked up and asked,
Will my aunt and brother Xiaoman like my friend?
Su Su smiled and said, "Of course."
Sheng Shen stood not far away, wiping his wet hair, his deep eyes looking at the mother and son.
He walked up to them and stopped a short distance away.
Little Qi'an still didn't really want to see him. As soon as she saw this scoundrel looking over, she wrapped her little arms around her mother's neck and immediately turned her head away.
Hmph, I'm not going to pay any attention to him.
Su Su chuckled and gently rubbed the child in her arms, then looked at Sheng Shendao.
“You stepped on his friend’s foot, and he’s very angry.”
Sheng Shen squatted down in front of Su Su, looking at the child whose back was to him, and said in a soft voice, "I'm sorry, I stepped on your friend. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
Xiao Qi'an naturally knew that these words were directed at him. Originally, the child's anger was just in the heat of the moment, but now that someone had actually apologized, his social anxiety quietly resurfaced.
He kept his head buried and refused to speak.
Su Su shook the little guy, but the little guy buried his head even deeper.
She said helplessly, "Give the child some time; Qi An is a bit socially awkward."
Sheng Shen's dark pupils were deep and unfathomable as he murmured, "His name is Qi An, what a beautiful name."