Um!I'm the stepfather

Another weekend.

After sending Xiao Yukai back to the old house, it started to rain heavily, and the two elders of the Lin family took advantage of the opportunity to leave the young couple to spend the weekend together.

To Zhuang Yuqin's delight, Lin Xiedong and Ling Yue became much closer.In the past, when the family was watching TV in the living room, the couple sat on the sofa on one side.So what did she see just now?Xiaoyue and Zaizai were sitting side by side watching cartoons together, Dongdong walked over and picked up Zaizai and put it aside, and he himself took the child's place and naturally wrapped his arms around Xiaoyue's shoulders... More than just intimacy, it was simply Puppies abuse.

Zhuang Yuqin felt uncomfortable, but she was not unhappy in her heart.Dongdong has been married twice, but his performance in the first marriage can be rated negatively.

Whenever thinking of her son's first marriage, Zhuang Yuqin always feels complicated and guilty.At that time, she was afraid that her son would have trouble in communicating and hurriedly arranged for him to marry, but his son accepted it without any objection.As a result, the son really doesn't know how to get along with his lover, and has always respected Zaizai's mother like "ice".However, he consciously solved his son's lifelong affairs, was busy traveling, beauty and socializing all day long, and seldom cared about the life of the young couple, so he was completely unaware of the abnormal state of the couple.Later, Zaizai's mother went to see a psychiatrist for half a year, but the whole family didn't know anything about it...

This time, because of my anxiety, I couldn't help arranging Dongdong's remarriage. After the dust settled, I was also worried that my wishful thinking arrangement would make the family repeat the same mistakes.Although it is impossible for Xiaoyue to be like Zaizai's mother, if she divorces because of bad relationship, then Dongdong will be married again.Fortunately, the son who has experienced a marriage has obviously matured a lot. Not only has he started to take the initiative to care about his partner, but he has more vivid emotions.Became a normal person.Seeing that his relationship with Ling Yue was getting better and better, Zhuang Yuqin finally let go of her worries.

On a rare rainy day, the whole family nestled in the corner of the villa to pass the time.Lin Xiedong played chess with the old man, Zhuang Yuqin learned knitting with Sister Lan and Mama Zhang on a whim, and Xiao Yukai finally seized the opportunity to let the little daddy read picture books to him.This is the recommendation of Ling Yue's mixed parenting circle - the parent-child picture book "Love You Forever" with warm painting style.The protagonists of the picture book are the mother rabbit and the little rabbit. The mother rabbit always accompanies the little rabbit and gives the little rabbit a lot of love.When the little rabbit is lonely, the mother rabbit grows carrots with him; when the little rabbit is scared, the mother rabbit tells him stories about adventurers; In the picture book with a small lens, at the end Ling Yue read:

"...I love you, love you very much. If one day, I am not by your side, you should also remember that I love you forever." Ling Yue closed the book, "I'm done reading."

Uncharacteristically, Xiao Yukai did not ask to read it again, but asked: "Why is the mother rabbit not with the little rabbit? Has she gone to the sky?"

Ling Yue thought about how to answer this question: "Little Daddy doesn't know either, maybe she's gone to the sky, maybe she's on a business trip, or maybe she just went to the supermarket to buy something."

"Does she still love the little rabbit in the sky?" Xiao Yukai asked anxiously.

"Of course, no matter where she is, she will always love Little Rabbit." Ling Yue knew that the little guy must be thinking of his mother, "Honey, do you still remember Mom?"

"Zaizai remembers mom, and mom loves Zaizai very much. But grandma said, mom has gone to heaven." Xiao Yukai was very calm and didn't show feelings of loneliness or sadness. When he said this, he said, " The ice cream made by Aunt Lan is delicious" in the same tone.Ling Yue felt a little distressed when he heard it.He vaguely knew that Xiao Yukai was only a week and a half old when his mother passed away. The little guy said he still remembered that his mother loved him very much. Does such a young child know the loneliness of losing the person closest to him?Ling Yue couldn't help hugging Xiao Yukai on his lap.

"Little dad, can you help me read my mother's book?" the little guy asked with hope.

Ling Yue was a little surprised at first, he knew that Xiao Yukai's mother was Qi Meizhen, the daughter of the rich local Qi family, and he had never heard of her publishing a book.It wasn't until Xiao Yukai took out an iron box from the wardrobe, and there was a beautiful notebook in the box, that he suddenly realized.Xiao Yukai refers to all paper products bound into volumes as books, whether it is a picture book for reading or a sketchbook for drawing.Then he was a little curious about what would be written in this notebook.

I don't know if it's appropriate to read the late Mrs. Lin's private notebook in my own capacity, staring at Xiao Yukai's expectant gaze, he gently flipped open the rather textured paper.There are words written on almost every page of the thin notes, the content is not much, three or five lines long, and only one sentence short.The master's handwriting is beautiful and beautiful, although the font is small but very clear.Yu Kai's mother should be a quiet and careful person.What I want to say in my heart is left on the paper, and every word is neatly arranged on the horizontal line of the paper.

There are many essays similar to sentiments recorded in the notes. Although there are only a few pens, it is enough for people to know what the person who wrote this sentence must have experienced at that time.There is also a copy of an entire Buddhist scripture and a few excerpts from the Tao Te Ching.

Under Xiao Yukai's expectant gaze, Ling Yue selected some things related to Xiao Yukai to read to him.

"Baby, thank you, you taught me what love is."

"The baby woke up, I laughed, and the baby laughed too..."

"Kaikai, my dearest baby, I hope that there will be no sadness and sadness in your life, only full of happiness."

Most of the notes in the book are the gratitude and blessings to the children, and occasionally some insights into life, all written in a calm and gentle tone.

Ling Yue read these warm sentences calmly, until he turned to the last two pages, he stopped.

"I hope there is someone who can replace me and give you a lot of love. I hope there is someone who can teach you courage and optimism, and don't fall into the inescapable despair like me..."

"Afraid that you will be left alone, afraid that you will encounter loneliness that you cannot bear

should i take you away

this is your life, your way

You will definitely go smoother than me."

……I see.Ling Yue understood, no one knew better than him what these endless few words meant.The outside world has always been unclear about the cause of Qi Meizhen's death. He only learned from his stepmother that Qi Meizhen died of suicide before he married Ling Xiedong.And this note made Ling Yue understand the reason for Qi Meizhen's suicide - depression.

Every time Zhuang Yuqin mentions Xiao Yukai's mother, she always has a guilty look on her face. Maybe it's because of the death of her daughter-in-law that she feels responsible for deciding this marriage without authorization?

"I want to take him away... Is it because I'm afraid that he will be alone..." Ling Yue muttered to himself, his usually clear eyes were rarely distracted.

"Little dad, Zaizai didn't hear what you said." The little guy looked at the blank little dad suspiciously.

Ling Yue came back to his senses and bowed his head with a smile: "It's nothing. Your mother loves you very much. Even if she is no longer by your side now, she still hasn't forgotten to love you. Her love will always be with you."

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In the evening, time for routine chat.

Ling Yue was still immersed in the shock of the day and hadn't fully recovered, so he appeared extraordinarily silent.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiedong lightly touched Ling Yue's cheek.

"Today, I read the notes left by Yu Kai's mother..." Ling Yue paused, not knowing how to tell Lin Xiedong about this.

"..." Lin Xiedong's heart lifted slightly.He knew the notebook, but he didn't know what Ling Yue thought about Qi Meizhen.

"You know...does she suffer from depression?" Ling Yue asked.