Delayed confession

8:00

Xu Weixi opened the curtains, stretched himself, squinted his eyes, and felt the warmth of the sun.

After packing up briefly, he called Shen Qiang, "Hello, second brother, is Nuonuo home?"

"Yes." The voice on the other side was a little noisy. Xu Weixi paused and asked,

"I'm going to the new amusement park on Jinxing Road today. I promised Nuonuo last time. Does she still want to go now?"

After a while, the other side replied, "She said she wanted to go."

Xu Weixi nodded, "Then I'll go pick her up."

"No need. I know the place you mentioned. I'll send it to you so you don't have to run back and forth."

Xu Weixi and Shen Qiang made an appointment and prepared to go out. She glanced at Shen Ruoxuan's closed bedroom door, returned to the house, placed the small radio she had prepared earlier at the door, set the time, and then went out.

……

"Sorry, I'm late."

Maybe it was because this was a newly opened amusement park and it was the weekend, so it attracted a lot of people. The taxi that Xu Weixi took was stuck at a bend and couldn't move for a long time. By the time they moved past it, it had already exceeded the time they agreed on.

"It's okay, let's go."

Xu Weixi took a closer look and realized that Gu Mochuan was dressed very sportively today, an ordinary grey sportswear, but he somehow made it look noble. Ran Ran was also wearing a sportswear of the same colour, but it looked very expensive.

"You go in first, I'll pick someone up."

After Xu Weixi finished speaking, he looked at his phone and looked around.

Gu Mochuan did not go in, but stood there waiting for her. He found that she was walking towards a man riding an electric bike. The man was holding the little girl he saw that day.

Gu Mochuan looked Shen Qiang up and down and sneered in his heart. He was as thin as a monkey and rode a broken electric bike. Why did Xu Weixi fall for him in the first place?

"Second brother, Nuonuo."

Xu Weixi walked to Shen Qiang and took Nuonuo over. Coincidentally, she and Nuonuo were both wearing pink today.

"How are you doing recently? I heard you were transferred back." Shen Qiang is usually busy with work and has no time to sit down and chat with her. Now that they finally meet, he starts to show concern as an elder.

In fact, compared to Shen Yong, Xu Weixi was more afraid of Shen Qiang, not only because of his profession, but also because... he loved to teach people too much. Turning back and seeing Gu Mochuan leading Ranran still standing at the door, he hurriedly said,

"Very good... Second brother, go and get busy."

Shen Qiang wanted to say something, but the phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID, waved to the two of them and answered the call, "Nunuo, say goodbye to dad. Dad will pick you up at three in the afternoon."

Xu Weixi held Nuonuo in her arms and walked towards the ticket office.

"Sister Weixi, we have already bought the tickets, let's go."

"Of course, this is Sister Nuonuo."

Xu Weixi put Nuo Nuo down, and led one with each hand. From behind, the four of them looked like... a family.

"I want to play this." As soon as they entered, Ranran wanted to play an obstacle course game. Nuonuo was ignorant and wanted to follow in when he saw there were many children inside.

Xu Weixi originally wanted to find a trampoline game, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult right from the start. Just when she was thinking about how to convince Ranran to switch to an easier project, Gu Mochuan was already ready to pay.

"how much is it?"

"It's 12 yuan per person, but children under must be accompanied by an adult," explained a woman in a red work suit.

After a round, Xu Weixi couldn't help but sigh that the child's energy was too strong. Because of work, she often sat in front of the computer and neglected exercise, so at this time, dense beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

She raised her head and rubbed her neck, but her attention was attracted by the dolls on the rockery next to her.

After a while, Ranran led Nuonuo to her side, "Sister Weixi, Nuonuo seems to need to go to the toilet."

"Okay, I'll take her there, you guys go play something else first.

Xu Weixi nodded and took Nuonuo to find a public toilet. Unexpectedly, Ranran also took her hand and looked at her pitifully.

"I want to go too."

"Let's go, I'll take you there."

The four of them walked to the public restroom and found a long queue of women. Xu Weixi saw that Gu Mochuan had already led Ranran in, and felt envious. He looked up at the slowly moving queue and stroked his forehead.

...

"Sister Weixi, let's go over there and wait for a while."

As soon as Xu Weixi came out of the bathroom, she saw Ranran standing at the door waiting for her. Thinking that Gu Mochuan was still in the bathroom, she followed him to a bench to rest without thinking much.

There were two girls on the bench who were probably freshmen. They looked energetic and seemed to be discussing a handsome guy.

"Wang Jing said she was watching people climbing the mountain at the rockery."

“What’s so interesting about climbing a mountain?”

"She said someone had already got the biggest doll."

“And he’s very handsome.”

Just when Xu Weixi was listening attentively, the sun was suddenly blocked above her head. She looked up and saw the man in front of her holding a big doll in one hand. She heard the girl's excited voice in her ears.

"It's him, it's him..."

Xu Weixi reacted for a moment before realizing that the handsome guy the two girls were talking about was Gu Mochuan.

Gu Mochuan pretended not to care and stuffed the doll into Xu Weixi's arms.

"I haven't climbed a mountain for a long time. I was a little bored just now, so I went to have some fun. I didn't expect there would be a prize."

"Boys don't like this kind of doll either. Take it back."

Xu Weixi looked down at the doll in his arms and fell into deep thought.

Was Gu Mochuan scared by the blind date? Did he think that he was better in comparison? Then what was he doing now? Pursuing him?

But he didn't look like it, Xu Weixi suppressed his doubts and said,

"Thank you...Nono, say thank you to your uncle."

"Thank you."

Gu Mochuan nodded proudly and looked at the time.

"It's almost two o'clock, let's go get something to eat."

"So handsome, but it's a pity that he's already married and has kids."

The two girls' voices rang out again. Gu Mochuan didn't know they were talking about him. He picked up the two children, one in each hand, and walked towards the restaurant.

Before they even reached the restaurant, Nuonuo was attracted by the children's castle on the roadside and insisted on going down to play. Xu Weixi had no choice but to say to Gu Mochuan,

"You guys go eat first, I'll take her out to play for a while."

Ran Ran glanced at Gu Mochuan and said sensibly, "Sister Wei Xi, I'll take my sister out to play, you guys go eat."

How could I leave a five-year-old and a three-year-old here playing by themselves? Someone must be watching them.

"You go eat, I'll watch them."

Originally Xu Weixi thought he would decline, but unexpectedly he turned around and left. Looking at Gu Mochuan's back, she apologized for her unrealistic and presumptuous thoughts.