Disorder in marriage

Yan Zhi was reading with Niannian when she suddenly noticed that Niannian could write her name very well with a pen.

She excitedly messaged the doctor to share the story, and the doctor said it was nothing short of a miracle.

"Normally, children with brain damage are not capable of learning, so it's really remarkable that Nian Nian has been able to do this in such a short time."

So, to celebrate, Yan Zhi invited Xia Linglong and the others to her house that day to throw a party for Niannian.

Each of them prepared a gift for Niannian. Niannian was very happy when Xia Linglong and Zhou Zheng gave her the gifts, but when it came to Ling Xiao, Niannian's expression was strange.

"Niannian, what's wrong?"

Yan Zhi had just asked a question when Niannian suddenly wet her pants again and started crying while hugging Yan Zhi's neck.

Xia Linglong nudged Ling Xiao's arm, "Don't be so serious, you've scared him!"

Ling Xiao seemed to realize that he was too tense, and immediately bent down with a fake smile.

"Niannian, why are you crying? Do you have a bad impression of me?"

Niannian didn't dare answer, "Mom...I want to go home..."

Yan Zhi was taken aback. "What did you call me?"

Niannian didn't seem to recognize Yan Zhi, and instinctively called out, "Mommy... I'm scared."

Yan Zhi patiently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, these are all my friends, and they are your friends too."

Nian Nian nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Yan Zhi said, "Come on, I'll take you to change your clothes."

Before leaving, Niannian looked back at Ling Xiao again, clearly full of curiosity about him.

Yan Zhi noticed this and asked Niannian, while changing her pants, "Niannian, why don't you like Uncle Ling Xiao?"

Niannian whispered, "He...he's scary..."

This was the first time anyone had said that about Ling Xiao, and Yan Zhi laughed immediately, "You're probably the first person who doesn't like him."

Niannian cried as she emphasized, "It's true! He doesn't like me either!"

"Okay, okay." Yan Zhi didn't force her to get along with Ling Xiao. "If you don't like it, you don't like it, but you can't be rude."

dong dong.

There was a knock on the door.

Yan Zhi went to open the door. "Senior? What's wrong?"

Ling Xiao remained unfazed. "Linglong got burned. Where's your first-aid kit?"

"Huh?" Yan Zhi walked out with a worried look. "Is it badly burned? How could Linglong be so dense! I'll go check on her!"

The noise outside gradually subsided. The door to the room was ajar. Nian Nian was about to close the door when suddenly everything went black.

A figure blocked the gap in the door, blocking most of the light source.

Niannian looked up and met Ling Xiao's gloomy gaze.

He was smiling, but Niannian couldn't see his smile clearly.

She clung to the door, not because she didn't want to move, but because she was completely afraid to move.

"Have you changed your pants?"

Niannian dared not speak, she wanted to cry, but no sound came out of her mouth, as if her throat had been removed.

Why aren't you saying anything?

Ling Xiao leaned closer to her, "Did... something come to mind?"

Niannian couldn't take her eyes off his face for a moment; images she was desperately trying to forget flashed through her mind.

A faint pain came from her neck, and before she could react, Ling Xiao had already withdrawn all his coldness and patted her on the head.

"good."

At this moment, Yan Zhi also returned after getting the burn ointment for Xia Linglong.

"Senior, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Ling Xiao regained his composure and said with a smile, "I suddenly find her quite cute."

Yan Zhi scoffed, picked up Niannian, and said, "Of course!"

She touched Niannian's hand by accident and was a little stunned. Children's body temperature is usually very hot, but Niannian's hand was definitely colder than ever before.

"Senior, could you check if my soup is ready yet?"

"it is good."

Yan Zhi carried Niannian back to the room again. "Niannian, what did Uncle Lingxiao say to you just now?"

Niannian shook her head, "No, it's nothing."

Yan Zhi: "Really nothing?"

Niannian's eyes were filled with tears, but she still shook her head.

Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of him, Yan Zhi had no choice but to give up.

Maybe she's overthinking it.

After the meal, Xia Linglong and the others left one after another.

Yan Zhi saw that Niannian was drawing again. She went over to take a look and saw that she was drawing the same picture as before.

The only difference is that the adult standing in the painting is wearing clothes of a different color than before.

She felt the outfit looked familiar, and it took her a while to realize that Ling Xiao had also been wearing the same color today.

"Niannian, who did you draw?"

"uncle."

"Which uncle?"

"Bad uncle."

"Who is the bad uncle?"

"..."

Niannian fell silent.

Yan Zhi asked several more times, but she ignored her like an autistic child, only focusing on drawing intently.

Left with no other option, Yan Zhi changed the question, "Is the bad uncle... Uncle Ling Xiao?"

As soon as she said that, she felt sorry for Ling Xiao.

She didn't expect Niannian to answer, and just as she was about to leave, Niannian suddenly stopped what she was doing.

"Mom, I can't tell. The bad uncle will hit me."

Yan Zhi's suspicions grew stronger, and an uneasy thought was planted directly in her mind.

That night, after Niannian fell asleep, she called Xia Linglong, "Could you give me Ke Anyu's phone number?"

"Him? What happened?"

Yan Zhi said, "I have something I want to ask him."

As Xia Linglong flipped through her contacts, she said, "It's possible, but I haven't contacted him in a long time. I don't know if he'll answer your call."

Yan Zhi asked in confusion, "Weren't you two getting along quite well?"

"Ugh, I only have a short attention span. Once I got to know him, I realized he wasn't all that great. Besides, with so many cases to handle these days, where do I find the time for dating?"

Yan Zhi felt a little guilty: "Since I stopped going to work, half of the firm's cases have fallen on you, haven't they?"

"It's not that bad," Xia Linglong said. "My senior has taken on quite a few cases. I don't know what's wrong with him these days. As long as he can make money, he'll take on any case, no matter how troublesome. Do you think he's run into some kind of trouble? Should we help him?"

Yan Zhi also couldn't understand Ling Xiao anymore.

"The senior probably has his own reasons. If something really happens, he'll tell us himself."

"Too."

Xia Linglong sent Ke Anyu's phone number, saying, "Don't mention me to him, I'm afraid it will be awkward."

"Um."

Yan Zhi hung up the phone and immediately called Ke Anyu.

She first thanked him for what he had done before, and then explained her purpose.

Unexpectedly, Ke Anyu said, "Mrs. Gu, I was just about to look for you too. I called Linglong, but she didn't answer at all. But I thought it would be better to tell you directly about this."

Yan Zhi asked, "What happened?"

Ke Anyu: Let's talk about it when we meet. I also find this unbelievable.