"Dudu is indeed my son. Shanshan gave birth to him."
Ji Xian was stunned by this for several seconds before he regained his mind, and then he was full of doubts, "Why haven't you heard anything about it for so many years then? Plus you've been away for years, and all of a sudden you have a son. What's going on? "
Yuan Long sighed slightly, in a tone full of complexity. "Dudu was conceived with Shanshan four years ago. At that time Shanshan was my girlfriend. Later, something happened between us and we broke up, and then I was sent on a secret mission. Shanshan and I lost touch, and I didn't know that the mother and son had come to settle here. I didn't know that Dudu existed until I saw her again at the hospital last time."
Ji Xian was stunned again, and it took him a long time to say, "Four years ago? I vaguely heard that you did have a girlfriend back then, so that was Shanshan?"
Yuan Long nodded.
"But then I heard that you broke up. Was it because of the pregnancy?"
Think of that time, Yuan Long could not help but ask Ji Xian for a cigarette to put on his lips. But he did not light it, it stayed only on his lips. It took a long time before he said: "At that time, we separated because of some other misunderstandings. Though Dudu was conceived before we broke up, I didn't know she was pregnant.""
"So Dudu was conceived before you parted. you didn't know that Shanshan was pregnant with Dudu, and didn't meet her again until she came here, and then found out Dudu was your son?"
Yuan Long nodded.
Ji Xian patted his forehead and sighed with emotion, "How do you have the same ups and downs as the plot of the TV series? If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't believe that there's such a bloody thing in reality, but I really think it was fate. I met Dudu twice in a row. I fell in love with him at first sight. I also told you about Dudu. I didn't expect that little guy to be your son. At that time, I was thinking whose parents gave birth to such a cute ghost elf. I didn't think it was you, Yuan Long. what a blessing."
When it comes to Dudu, Yuan Long's expression had softened. When he thought of the mother and son, there were soft ripples in his heart. He's indeed very blessed.。
"Sure enough, having a wife and son is different. Before, I never saw you smile, not even once a year. Every time your face collapsed like someone owes you millions. Now, Tut-tut, I saw you smile several times during this meal alone. You don’t want to laugh when you don’t see someone you like right?"
Yuan Long's mouth evoked a faint smile, admitting the joke.
Ji Xian reached out and gently punched him. Remembering Yu Shanshan's appearance, Ji could not help laughing again and squeezing his eyes towards Yuan Long. "Cousin, I was still wondering what kind of girl you like before. Later, I found that neither quiet, sharp, generous nor introverted can get into your eyes. I also wondered with your wife what kind of woman can catch your eyes. It was only at this moment that I suddenly realized that you liked the plump girl like Shanshan. I really didn't expect it.....Ha ha ha ......"
"Get lost!" Yuan Long gave him a vicious glare.
Ji Xian was so frightened that he quickly stopped laughing.
Yuan Long said faintly, "She used to be thinner than sister-in-law. Later, I put on weight because something happened."
Yuan Long briefly talked about Yu Shanshan's car accident. After listening, Ji Xian was no longer in the mood to joke. After a long silence, he said seriously, "Yuan Long, that girl had suffered a lot because of you, and you haven't done your duty in the past few years. Be nice to your family in the future."
Yuan Long nodded. There is no need for anyone to say that he will. He will spend his whole life treating her well.
The two men were silent for a long time. Ji Xian now suddenly thought of something. he looked atYuen Long and exclaimed, "I suddenly have some doubts about your motive for coming here. Tell me the truth in Yuan Long, why did you choose to recover here instead of the capital? It's because of Shanshan isnt it?"
Yuan Long did not speak and only flicked his cigarette.
Ji Xian pointed at him with his finger,"I knew something was wrong. You've been on a mission for several years, but you finally came back this time. The injury was so serious but you didn't stay in the capital and suddenly came to me. Don't tell me you missed me and came to see me. I don't believe it. So you only came here to see Shanshan on purpose? Don't you ever think about other people in your heart?"
Yuan Long pursed his lips and finally admitted his little thoughts frankly this time, "mm-hmm." He came here to find her.
At the beginning, he overheard a former classmate of Yu Shanshan say that Yu Shanshan seemed to be in the c city. At that time, he had no relationship with her for a long time, but he still came here under the pretext of relaxing and recovering from injuries. He told himself that City C was a good place to for recuperating, which is why he came here. But deep down, only he knew that his recovery was fake. He just wanted to come and touch the slim luck. He didn't know whether he could meet her or what kind of scene it would be. Maybe she was already married, maybe she had already let it go, but he came here anyway.
Now he was glad that he had came with that glimmer of hope, or he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
She was destined to be his.
Ji Xian gave a cry of "yo-hooo" said with a smile: "I knew you were a coquettish boy, pretending to be ascetic on the surface, but in fact, your heart is ~ Tut-tut."
Yuan Long ignored his jokes.
What are you going to do next? Won't you take the child back to the capital to meet the elders? This is the only fourth generation of your old Yuan family. I guess Grandpa Yuan will be so excited to see Dudu that he will pick up the barrel of his gun and go out to shoot twice."
Yuan Long paused for a moment before saying, "I will return to the army after my injury is healed. I want to take the mother and son to the army, otherwise, I will not rest assured if they're not in front of me. Before returning to the army, I will first take them back to meet grandpa."
He had been urging him to get married before. He didn't know how many girls have been introduced to him. But Yuan Long didn't take a fancy to any of them. There has been no movement in love. This delay has dragged him to the age of 30. The old man stubbornly now thought that he wouldn't see the fourth generation of the Lao Yuan family before he closed his eyes. But now, not only will he see the fourth generation, he's already three years old.
He estimated that the old man will be crazy with joy.
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The red packet is a welcome gift given to Dudu by Ji Xian and wife.
Dudu excitedly stretched out the red packet in front of his mother and showed it everywhere, "Mom, look at my big red packet!"
Dudu only received red envelopes during the Spring Festival. Unexpectedly, he also received a big red envelopes now. He knew that there was money in the red envelopes. When he thought that there would be more money in his little pig, he narrowed his eyes happily.
Oh, he can now buy a bigger stone ring for his wife!
Yu Shanshan was ashamed to look at the little guy who was so obsessed with money. Whose three-year-old baby was so obsessed with money? Isn't it common for adults to coax money away with a candy bar? Why can't we coax this from our own?
Dudu hummed and knelt on the ground, half his body lying on the coffee table, the little fat hand opened the red envelopes and took out all the money inside.
"Wow-- Mom, look, there's a lot of Grandpa Mao." with a wad of hundred-yuan bills in his hand, Dudu's eyes were wide. This was the first time he had seen so much money.
Yu Shanshan was also surprised. She originally thought that Ji Xian and his wife would give a few hundred yuan. Generally, red envelopes were also given to children for several hundred yuan. Unexpectedly, what he took out was a big stack. Look at the thickness, that's at least four or five thousand.
Yu Shanshan looked at Yuan Long. "Why are you giving so much?"
"It's not much," said Yuan Long. "It's their first time to see Dudu. They're giving it wholeheartedly." If the dinner notice had not been too sudden, it was estimated that the Ji Xian would have prepared an even more valuable welcome gift.
After that, Yuan Long said to Dudu, "Count how much money your uncle and aunt gave you."
Dudu recovered from the shock of seeing a huge sum of money, he immediately nodded joyfully and counted his red money joyfully, "one, two, three, ...... ten ............"
The little fellow was dumbfounded and did not know what it was after counting to ten.
Because Dudu went to a small kindergarten class, and the teachers in the small class only taught him one to ten, so many children couldn't count beyond it. Dudu was good at counting from one to ten, so Yu Shanshan didn't encourage to teach him more so he learn them himself. Hence so far, Dudu can only count from one to ten so far.
Now the number is too large, far beyond the scope of ten, which makes it very difficult for the little guy.
After counting for a long time, the little fellow couldn't count clearly. instead, he became more and more confused and had to turn to his mother for help.
Yu Shanshan watched the stupid little fat man counting his money for a long time. He had been so happy. Now that she had seen enough of the excitement, she counted up the money for him very nicely.
Ji Xian really gave a lot. Yu Shanshan, an adult, counted it for a long time, and finally counted it twice before she finally counted it clearly. the total was 6666 yuan.
"Wow--" hearing his mother say it was 6,666 yuan, Dudu was stunned. Although he didn't know how much this meant, he knew it meant a lot of money. Now all this money belongs to him. Is his piggy going to be full?
Dudu jumped directly on the coffee table, and the little face rubbed on a pile of red envelopes and asked happily, "Mom and Dad, am I a very rich baby now?"
Yuan Long was so amused by his little money addict that he couldn't help hooking up at the corners of his mouth.
However, Yu Shanshan rolled her eyes, moved to the little fat man, gently hugged him in her arms, and looked at him kindly "Pangpang, do you know what it means to share good fortune and difficulties?"
This sentence is a little out of line, Dudu shook his head doubtfully, "Mom, what do you mean?"
Yu Shanshan smiled and immediately the Chinese teacher possessed her and began to talk nonsense "It means that when there is a good relationship between two people, and then, when one of them is rich, he will share it with the other person, so that the other person has money."
Yuan Long: ...... Should I stop her cheating on her son or turn a blind eye?
As if knowing what Yuan Long was thinking, Yu Shanshan gave him a threatening look: Dare to speak, I will show you!
Yuan Long immediately moved his attention to the TV to watch the CCTV news being broadcast.
Well, he'd better watch the news.
Dudu, who had just been explained to by his mother, moved the money to his side, staring at his old mother with a very vigilant look.
He feels that his mother is hostile to his money.
Yu Shanshan rubbed her hands and smiled and continued to communicate with her son: "Pangpang, do you have a good relationship with your mother? Do you love your mother very much?"
Dudu closed his mouth and chose not to answer.
But the old mother does not have to wait for an answer, she can also complete the whole performance by herself, "Right, I am the best relationship with you in the world. You love your mother the most, and your mother loves you the most, so we should share happiness and hardship. So, now that you have money, you should share it with your mother and share half of it. Correct?"
Dudu has already picked up his money, and his little feet have taken a step back quietly, ready to run away at any time. "Mom, you look like Grandma Wolf now."
Yu Shanshan: ......What if I want to kill this fat man?
Yuan Long: ......I will continue to watch the news and heard nothing.
Yu Shanshan put up with it and tried to change her smile from Grandma Wolf to a model of selflessness and devotion, saying, "Pangpang, didn't you forget? I worked hard to earn money, then I use the money to buy milk for you, buy snacks, buy clothes and give you back to school. My mother has done it and shared it with you. Do you not share it with your mother if you have money? Pangpang, mother is so disappointed, mother's heart hurts."
As she said that, Yu Shanshan held her heart and looked so sad that she could not breathe.
Sure enough, the little fat man stopped back and hesitated for a moment. His mother did buy him clothes, snacks, clothes and sent him to school. his mother shared the money with him, but he was not willing to share it with his mother. He's not a good boy.
Dudu felt guilty. He wanted to make up for his mother, so he stepped forward and generously put the money in his arms back on the tea table. He said to Shanshan, "Mom, I'll share it with you. I'll get half and you get the other half."
Yu Shanshan withdrew her hand and instead held her fat son in her arms with tears in her eyes. "Pangpang, mother loves you so much, you're such a good boy."
With that, Yu Shanshan pretended to wipe her tears and then shared the money with the little guy one by one.
Out of the corner of his eye, Yuan Long looked at the mother and son carefully splitting the money. Funny as it was, his heart melted into a mess. This is what home looks like, and this is the taste of happiness.
After distributing the money, Dudu took his half and ran into the bedroom to put it in his little pig.
Yu Shanshan looked at a stack of grandpa Mao on her hand and laughed so much that her teeth were out of sight.
Damn, her son is still so young that he can still show filial piety to his old mother. As an old mother, she's very relieved.
Yuan Long sat down to her side, reached out and pinched her nose, feeling amused, "Why did you cheat Dudu out of that little money?"
Yu Shanshan firmly refused to admit that this was a fraud. "I kept it for him. When other people's babies got money, they were all taken by their mother when they came home. You don't know how this one is. From the moment he was able to speak, he was extremely clever. You have to collect the red envelope yourself. You can't even fool him with sugar, I didn't even have another a chance to help my child manage his money."
Yuan Long rubbed her head, took out a card from his wallet and handed it to her. "Here, you don't need to help take care of the money in the future, I'll give you the money."
Yu Shanshan froze, "What are you...what are you giving me the card for?"
Yuan Long: "This is my salary card. I have all my money in it. I seldom move it, I'll keep it for you later. If you need money, use the money inside."
Yu Shanshan: Is this the legendary payroll card?
However, Yu Shanshan always has a feeling that she couldn't accept it. She has not yet been able to bring herself into her new wife role with ease. She always feels that there is something missing, so she cannot calmly accept his card.
Shaking her head, Yu Shanshan refused, "I have my own money. You can take your pay card. I don't want it."
Yuan Long's eyes darkened. He grabbed her hand and stuffed his pay card into it, but he didn't let go. He continued to hold her hand like this, and his body moved closer to her, almost as if to hold her in his arms. "It's only right to hand in your pay card to your wife. You're my wife. Who else should I give it to? The wives of other families all hold their husbands' salary cards."
Yu Shanshan watched that his fat hands were grasped by his slender hands. No matter how awkward it is, she feels that she almost want to embrace him whole. But she feels uncomfortable, to receive money she didn't earn.
"Yuan Long!" She blushed.
Yuan Long patted her on the head and said, "Be good, take the card."
Yu Shanshan felt that if she didn't take it today, he wouldn't let go, so she had to throw in the towel and said, "Okay, okay, I'll accept it, you let go."
Yuan Long gave her a light kiss on the top of her hair before releasing her hand.
When she was released, Yu Shanshan hurriedly stood up and ran to the bedroom. "I'll just put the card away. I should never lose it."
Looking at the way she fled, Yuan Long pursed her lips, his eyes flashed with a trace of helplessness.
****
The next day, Yu Shanshan did not forget her weight loss plan. While she was at home and Yuan Long went out to send Dudu to school, she sent him a message that she'll be going out shopping, and then took a taxi to the weight loss institution as she did yesterday.
This was her first day experience. Seeing those acupuncture needles, her heart could not help but tremble, and she felt pain even before she was pierced.
But thinking about her determination to lose weight, she still lay on the beauty bed with clenched teeth, waiting for the needle to come.
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Author used 眼刀 (yan dao) which is literally eye-knife, but it's used to describe viscous looking eyes.
Monique: Shanshan sounds very much like my mother when it comes to money Hahahahaha.
