His birthday gift

  Tang Ji quietly muttered these things in her heart, suddenly it felt like something was scooped out of her chest, the heavy past floated up, but the position in her heart was empty.

  Just like the day she left, Tang Jiji ran into her already empty room and searched everywhere for any trace of her.

  What was found was repeatedly confirmed to be fruitless, what was found was a despair that seemed as if the sky was about to collapse.

  At last, Tang Ji sat on the ground, frantically tearing down the curtains she had just pulled up, hoping to see the light outside. But what entered her eyes was a gloomy sky, and the raindrops falling from the sky hit her face, bringing back her consciousness.

  In an instant, she was as if placed in a black house dripping with rainwater, unable to see anything in the darkness. The empty house only echoed with the sound of raindrops, like her unshed tears falling drop by drop.

  She suddenly started shouting for that person who had never truly loved her. "......Mom, where are you? Tell Jiji, okay?"

  The sound of raindrops was still echoing, Tang Jiji thought to open her eyes wide, but she was dazed and couldn't see anything. "Mom... don't leave Jiji and Dad, okay? Okay? We will listen to you, really..."

  Suddenly, Tang Jiji's hands, which were searching everywhere in the darkness, were grasped by a pair of strong hands, and she was also pulled into Tang Qianyu's arms. "Jiji..." Tang Qianyu called out to her softly, his voice hoarse as if he had aged several years all at once.

  Tang Jiji turned her head and leaned on his shoulder, asking again and again: "Won't Mom and brother come back? Where did they go? Are they going on a long trip? Do we have to wait for a very, very long time before they come back?"

  At that time, Tang Jiji wished her father could make up a lie to comfort her, even if it was so clumsy that she, who was still so small, could see through it.

  Unfortunately, he didn't in the end.

  Tang Qian stretched out his hand to wipe away her constantly falling tears, and said seriously: "Ji Ji, Dad and Mom are divorced, and they won't be together again in the future..."

  "But does that mean we won't be having dinner with Mom and them anymore, is it...?" Tang Jiji's voice was trembling as she tried to say something more, but was cut off by Tang Qianyu.

  "He said: 'Ji, you're getting bigger and bigger, you need to learn how to face these things by yourself. No matter if they make you happy or not, you have to be brave enough to face them. Daddy hopes that Ji will become a strong person...'"

  Tang Jiji opened her small mouth, wanting to say something, but tears kept falling down uncontrollably.

  "Ji, Ji, why are you crying?" Her mother's voice brought her back to reality, and she finally came to herself, only to find that she was tightly hugging her mother and wouldn't let go, probably due to what she had just thought.

  She quickly let go of Shen Mu, turned her head to wipe away tears and then smiled apologetically at Shen Mu. "Auntie Bei, I just remembered a lot of things, and the wind blew sand into my eyes, so I kept tearing up."

  Zhuang Yu's eyes were complex, but she didn't expose the lie. She reached out to help Tang Ji wipe away her tears and smiled slightly: "Ji, all of this will pass, don't think too much about anything, that way you'll be happy."

  Tang Jiji squeezed out a faint smile and nodded: "Mm."

  But in her heart, there were a few sarcastic thoughts lingering, the past? Will the past really pass? She herself had said countless times that she wanted to forget the past, but every time she remembered it, it made her fall into the edge of collapse.

  The atmosphere suddenly became a bit subtle, Zhuang Yu Bei pulled her hand and smiled to change the subject: "Ji Ji, yesterday was Ah Dou's birthday, what gift did you give him? He always complained that you never gave him a gift before, so you must have given one this time?"

  "Uh..." Tang Jiji didn't want to disappoint Shen Mu, so she shamelessly said: "Of course I sent it, if you want to see it, Northern Auntie, just ask him for it."

  Shen Mu nodded, a warm and gentle smile made her scalp feel numb.

  Yesterday didn't deliver it after all, looks like I'll have to take that gift to Shen Nanxiao when I go back later!