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Li Xiwu smiled and turned around with the grapefruit in her arms. She saw Pei Jingzhou looking at her. She raised her eyebrows. âWhatâs wrong?
Pei Jingzhou asked, âDo you like Youyou a lot?â
Li Xiwu nodded solemnly. âI do.â
Pei Jingzhou could already tell. He only asked again to confirm it. Therefore, he suggested, âThen letâs discuss with Youyouâs parents and pick her up once a week. What do you think?â
Li Xiwu smiled meaningfully. âI think so too.â
If Pei Jingzhou had gotten someone to continue following Li Xiwu today, he would definitely know what was going on now. However, he believed in Li Xiwu, so he withdrew the people following her. Therefore, he would never have thought that Youyou was his biological daughter.
Pei Jingzhou took out his phone and said, âGive me the contact details of
Youyouâs parents. Iâll communicate with them. Donât worry, itâll be done.â
Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Li Xiwu suppressed the smile on her lips and gave him the number. â187* ** â
Pei Jingzhou entered the number Li Xiwu had read out. When he entered the fifth digit, his fingertips paused and he looked up at Li Xiwu.
The number seemed familiar.
Li Xiwu pretended not to know anything. âWhatâs wrong?
Pei Jingzhou said, âContinue.â
Li Xiwu tried her best to suppress the smile on her lips so that it would not be too obvious. She continued to read the phone number out loud as if she was playing a prank. After reading the last three numbers, Pei Jingzhou realized that Li Xiwu was teasing him and stopped.
Li Xiwu deliberately asked, âDidnât you remember?â
Pei Jingzhou rubbed his eyebrows and reminded her, âThis is my number.â
Li Xiwu looked serious. âBut this is the phone number.â
Pei Jingzhou laughed in a low voice. âStop fooling around.â
âYou asked me for the phone number and said that you wanted to contact them personally. Now that Iâve given you the phone number, you say that Iâm fooling around.â Li Xiwu turned around and peeled the grapefruit with a knife. As she peeled it, she said, âIâm not fooling around. This is Youyouâs fatherâs phone number. Try calling it if you donât believe me.â
As soon as she finished speaking, there was no other sound in the air other than the sound of Li Xiwu peeling grapefruit.
Li Xiwu stopped in her tracks, thinking that Pei Jingzhou had gone out. She turned around and saw that he was still standing behind her. But that expressionâ¦
Li Xiwu swallowed and asked softly, âIs there anything you want to ask me?â
Pei Jingzhou reached out and pulled her over, his hand on her waist. The smell of grapefruit skin evaporated into the air. It was rich and pleasant. It had the effect of refreshing the mind. Li Xiwu blinked and waited for Pei Jingzhou to continue. But he didnât ask anything. He just looked at her.
Li Xiwu was helpless under his gaze. She raised her hands and placed them on his shoulders. âDonât you have anything to ask?â She had already made it so obvious. Why was Pei Jingzhou so indifferent? He⦠didnât believe her?
Thinking that she was joking, he didnât take what she said seriously at all. Pei Jingzhouâs thin lips moved, and his voice was hoarse. âWhat happened?â
Li Xiwu instantly understood that he was suppressing his emotions. Her lips curled into a faint smile as she replied, âProbably because I was young and ignorant. I gave birth to a child behind your back.â
She could clearly sense that after she finished speaking, Pei Jingzhouâs grip on her waist slowly tightened. But such force did not hurt. His emotions were clearly fluctuating, but he was used to restraining them.
Seeing him like this, Li Xiwuâs heart softened. She stopped teasing him and told him directly, âI wasnât joking just now. This phone number is Youyouâs fatherâs phone number. Youyou is your biological daughter and mine.â Pei Jingzhou did not speak. His lowered eyes trembled a few times.
Li Xiwu continued, âDo you remember when I asked you before if I was pregnant four years ago? Actually, I was already dreaming about being pregnant at that time. The dream was very real, but no one knew the fact that I had been pregnant. I kept thinking of ways to verify it, but the process was hidden from you. Iâm sorry.
âWhen I went to see Gu Lan, it was because he knew about my pregnancy back then. It turned out that it was not an accident to see Youyou on the pleasure boat that day. It was arranged by Gu Lanshi. Youyou is our daughter. Gu
Lanshi has been taking care of Youyou for the past four years.â
Pei Jingzhou was very quiet as he listened to Li Xiwu finish her sentence.
Li Xiwu took a deep breath. âI donât know if youâll believe me, but Gu Lanshi has already returned Youyou to us.â Without needing Pei Jingzhou to ask, she finished speaking in one breath. She looked at Pei Jingzhou, who did not react for a long time, and waved her hand in front of his eyes. ââ¦Do you not believe me?â
She had been beating around the bush for a long time. Now that she suddenly said it, Pei Jingzhou might not be mentally prepared at all. Of course, there was something else. The credibility of her words was not that high.
Pei Jingzhou frowned. âSo this is what youâre hiding from me?
âItâs not really hidden.â Li Xiwu took a deep breath and calmed herself down. âI only confirmed today that Youyou is my daughter, so I told you when I came back today.â
Pei Jingzhou asked, âYour daughter?â
Li Xiwu pushed him away and turned around. âYou donât seem very willing to accept this truth and fact. In that case, Youyou is my child with someone else. Thatâs reasonable. After all, four years have passed. With just my mouth, you might be a huge injustice.â
Pei Jingzhou pulled her over. âI think? When did I think?â
Li Xiwu said, âThen youâ¦â
Pei Jingzhou said, âReasonable? How is that reasonable?â
Li Xiwu was speechless.
âLi Xiwu, let me tell you, even if Youyou was really born by you and someone else, sheâs still our daughter. Donât think of taking the child away with this reason and shaking me off. Itâs impossible in this lifetime.â
Pei Jingzhouâs tone was very heavy. He was very calm after knowing the truth. However, he was suddenly angry because of Li Xiwuâs joke. He was really afraid that she would take the child away.
Li Xiwu had mixed feelings. âSo what do you think now?â She knew Pei Jingzhouâs attitude, but she wanted to hear it from him.
Pei Jingzhouâs Adamâs apple bobbed as he slowly said, âIâm very happy.â
If Li Xiwu had not seen his already red eyes, she would have believed him.
However, after a moment, the tears in Pei Jingzhouâs eyes fell. That drop landed on Li Xiwuâs wrist and burned her heart.
She gently raised her hand and wiped away the tears under Pei Jingzhouâs eyes. She couldnât help but choke. âYouâre already crying, yet you still say youâre happy.â
Pei Jingzhouâs eyes were red. âThis is called crying tears of joy.â
Li Xiwu couldnât help but laugh. As she laughed, her throat tightened and her voice choked. She said to Pei Jingzhou, âItâs been so long. This is the first time
Iâve seen you cry.â
Li Xiwu did not know if she had seen Pei Jingzhou cry in the past.
But this was the first time..