My Ex-Wife Disappeared for Years and Had My Babies-Chapter 221 - 164: Let Uncle Shen Be a Daddy for Once

"Why does Uncle Shen have to go? Mom can go alone, when is it starting?"

"Monday."

"Okay, mom understands, go do your homework now."

"No, you promised to let Uncle Shen come with us!"

Su Nian frowned at her daughter, "Don’t be capricious, go play with your brother, mom is cooking."

However, Su Zhen was so anxious she almost cried, "Uncle Shen must go! You can even choose not to, but Uncle Shen must go!"

Su Nian felt jealous and sat Su Zhen down on the sofa, "Tell me, why must Uncle Shen go and mom can stay?"

Yet, her daughter’s answer made her heartache, "Because some classmates look down on Su Bao and me, they say we are wild children without a father!"

Su Nian fell silent in pain, her child’s stubbornness wasn’t wrong.

"Would it be okay if Uncle Liang went with us instead?"

Su Zhen blurted out, "No way! Uncle Liang isn’t my dad!" After thinking, she felt it was inappropriate to say that, glanced at her mom’s expression, and quickly added, "The news said that you and Uncle Shen are a couple, so you can’t go with Uncle Liang anymore."

Su Nian was stunned, her daughter made sense, and it was unnecessary to trouble Liang Yizhou, she should avoid asking him now; she was already in his debt.

But how would she approach Shen Hanxiu about this matter?

It’s been a long time since they communicated, and with Ye Jiayao coming back, he probably didn’t have time to deal with her troubles now.

Seeing her silent, Su Zhen urged, "Mom, just call Uncle Shen and ask him to come with us!"

Su Nian collected her thoughts, still refusing, "Mom can go with you. If other kids say you don’t have a dad, just tell them your dad is very busy working, that’s why he couldn’t come."

Su Zhen looked at Su Nian with tears rolling down, pitiful as can be, pouting and red-eyed, stared at Su Nian for a long while, and shouted, "Mom, you’re so annoying!"

Then she ran into her room.

Su Nian stood up, looked at her daughter’s room, her heart feeling sour.

She grew up in a single-parent family too, she understood completely what Su Zhen and Su Bao were going through.

She once thought, she must provide a complete family for her children, yet reality often goes against wishes.

Su Nian thought Su Zhen was just pretending to be angry, so she didn’t bother her and went to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

Jin Qiu, upon returning after delivering parcels, asked, "Eh? Why is it so quiet today, where is your little cutie?"

Su Nian stuck her head out of the kitchen, "She’s sulking! Why are you back so early today?"

"Ah, don’t mention it, this job is simply unbearable. I plan to change to a new job after the New Year. Nian’nian, is your company’s advertising department hiring?"

"Advertising department? I’ll ask tomorrow, oh right, I forgot you studied advertising in college."

"Yeah, if I don’t get back into it soon, I’ll forget everything; ask for me, and if they aren’t hiring...." Jin Qiu said mischievously, "I can still pull some strings through your Third Young Master Shen."

Su Nian rolled her eyes, "You’re not in a rush, I’ll let you know when they are hiring. Why bother him?"

Jin Qiu pouted helplessly, "You just don’t appreciate your good fortune, bringing it upon yourself! How good it would be to be with Third Young Master! You just don’t get it! What’s in your head?"

"Rather than sitting idle, come help me wash some vegetables."

"Forget it, forget it, I’m almost falling apart already, just remember to ask for me tomorrow."

As Jin Qiu sat on the sofa, her phone chimed with a message notification.

"Who’s that?" Jin Qiu muttered as she pulled out her phone and lit up the screen.

It was from an unknown number with a string of digits, yet the message was very familiar, "Are you free tonight?"

Jin Qiu frowned, wondering who this could be. Could it be that she blocked Tang Ge, and he changed to a new number?

That couldn’t be right; Tang Ge doesn’t have the habit of texting.

Then who could it be? Besides relatives, coworkers, and Su Nian, no one else knew her number.

"Nian’nian, did Lanlan change her phone number?"

Su Nian, who was cooking in the kitchen, replied, "No, why?"

"Never mind." Jin Qiu puzzledly texted back, "Who is this?"

The reply came quickly: If you want to know, come to the Gold Coast, I’m waiting for you here.

Jin Qiu cursed silently, ’What a freak.’

Meeting at a hotel without even seeing each other’s face, she must be crazy to go!

Thinking that knowing who this person is isn’t important, she put her phone away, not replying anymore.

Su Nian finished cooking and Su Bao, being conscientious, washed the dishes and chopsticks.

Su Nian then went to call Su Zhen.

Seeing a small lump formed on the small bed, she thought Su Zhen was hiding under the blanket playing with her phone again, so she went over and gently patted the lump: "Little princess, time to eat." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

The little thing in the blanket moved but didn’t crawl out. Su Nian frowned slightly, lifted the blanket, and found the little one crawling on the bed, butt up in the air, hands covering her face, and sobbing.

Su Nian realized something was wrong, quickly picked her up, and by then Su Zhen was already a tearful mess, her eyes and nose red, her face streaked with tears, which made Su Nian feel extremely heartbroken. She quickly held her in her arms and softly asked, "What’s wrong? Were you treated unfairly at school?"

Su Zhen sobbed even harder.

"What’s wrong, baby, tell Mom..."

Su Zhen turned her head away and didn’t speak.

She was clearly very upset, and Su Nian’s eyes began to moisten as well: "Let’s eat first, and then you can talk to Mom properly, okay?"

Su Zhen wiped her tears with her little hand, looked up at her with a choked and husky voice, "Only if you call Uncle Shen and ask him to come to the parent-teacher meeting too, otherwise I won’t eat!"

Su Nian sighed softly, stroked Su Zhen’s head and said, "There are many things between adults that you don’t understand, Mom has her own difficulties."

Su Zhen, with red eyes, seriously said, "But children have their own difficulties too. In school, people always bully me and Su Bao, and Su Bao told me not to tell you..."

Listening to the kids’ grievances, Su Nian felt quite troubled. The child’s words were not unreasonable. She was only considering her own difficulties and had neglected the children’s feelings...

Su Zhen glanced at the closed door, seeing that Su Bao couldn’t hear her, she whispered, "Mom... why don’t Su Bao and I have a dad?" If Su Bao was here, he definitely wouldn’t let her ask this, but she really wanted to know the answer.

"Because you two are special kids..."

"That’s not true! Mom, you are lying again!"

"Mom is not lying to you, do you see how you and Su Bao are braver than those kids who have dads?"

Su Zhen pouted and muttered, "But I still want a dad..." Then she hesitantly asked, "Mom, wouldn’t it be good if Uncle Shen could be mine and Su Bao’s dad?"

Su Nian was silent, unsure of how to explain this issue to the child.

Perhaps, she should consider blind dating, at least to provide a father figure for the children. Maybe the children are not fixated on Shen Hanxiu, but just on the role of a ’dad’...

Not getting an answer from Su Nian, Su Zhen thought she was upset, so she carefully bargained, "Just once, okay? Just let Uncle Shen be a dad once, then no one will bully me and Su Bao anymore."

Faced with Su Zhen’s pitiful look, and considering that her request wasn’t excessive, Su Nian didn’t know how to refuse.

She felt torn; if she didn’t agree with Su Zhen, she felt unreasonable and guilty for letting the children down; if she agreed, how should she discuss this issue with Shen Hanxiu?

He would definitely think she was manipulative—previously when he chased after her, she kept refusing, and now that he had let go, she was bothering him again.

"Is that okay, Mom?" Su Zhen cuddled in her arms coquettishly.

After thinking, Su Nian said, "You call Uncle and ask him. If he agrees, then it’s settled." It was best to have the child bring it up.

However, Su Zhen replied, "Last time you upset Uncle, he doesn’t answer my calls anymore... You call him! Use some sweet words, he won’t be mad then and will agree."

Su Nian thought to herself, if he doesn’t even answer the child’s calls, would he answer hers?

This dilemma was giving her a headache: "Alright, Mom will call, but let’s eat first."

Hearing that Su Nian agreed, the little one ran off to eat.

Jin Qiu saw Su Zhen’s state and hugged her sympathetically: "Oh my, little darling, what happened? Has your stepmom bullied you again? Your little face is all tear-stained."

Su Zhen took the opportunity to place blame: "Mom spanked me."

Su Nian walked over and glared at her, "Speak nonsense again and I’ll fetch the clothes hanger, hurry up and eat."

Su Zhen disdainfully looked at her mom: "Sister Qiuqiu, look how fierce she is..."

"Ha-ha, like a fierce tiger mama, let’s ignore her, Sister will give you some meat to eat."

These past few days, Jin Qiu shamelessly squeezed into the children’s bed with Su Zhen, while Su Bao had been staying at Haohao’s house.

Tonight, Su Nian was naturally restless, lying in bed idly handling her phone for a long time, before finally entering a string of phone numbers, took a deep breath, and pressed the dial button...

Soon, a rhythmic "dudu" sound came from the other end of the phone, accompanying the sound, Su Nian’s heart also hung in suspense, almost feeling her heart beating faster due to nervousness.

The opening remarks she had planned before dialing were completely forgotten.

Her hand holding the phone also gradually tensed, but still, no one answered the phone...

Mentally ridiculing herself, although she had anticipated this outcome when Su Zhen mentioned that Shen Hanxiu didn’t answer her calls, the actual occurrence was nevertheless disappointing...

Thinking of hanging up, but recalling her children’s little wishes, she couldn’t bear to give up...

Not trying and failing to achieve are completely different things.

The "dudu" sound continued, she couldn’t remember how many times it had rung, but Su Nian knew, if she didn’t receive an answer soon, the call would end.

Just when she felt dejected and thought he wouldn’t answer, the "dudu" sound was cut off, and there was a response from the other end of the line...