The Sudden Appearance of an Old Flame and the Mother - Son's Response

"Mommy! I'm here," Zhuang Weixin had an after - school daycare class this afternoon. He thought the English class was too childish, and the computer class teacher's explanations were too simplistic. His level was already far beyond those courses. So he spent the whole afternoon practicing the piano in the music room. At least the concert grand piano in the daycare center was better to use than the practice piano at home.

When the time was up, thinking that his mom didn't drive today, he took the bus to her company to wait for her to get off work. And he was smart enough to call her on her cell phone first. He didn't want to go into the building to wait in the air - conditioning at all. Also, he hated people asking him all sorts of annoying questions and didn't want to act like a fake good kid.

Zhuang Weixin waved to Zhuang Bao, who was coming out of the building, on the sidewalk.

"Are you hungry?" Zhuang Bao felt at ease as soon as she saw her son. First, she would take him to the nearby supermarket to do some shopping, buy some things, and by the way, refill the almost - empty fridge and have dinner.

"Mommy, do you still want a drink?" Zhuang Weixin was really thirsty and wanted one, but he asked his mom if she wanted one. It wasn't out of kindness but because he wanted her to pay.

"Green tea. The same for you," she knew his trick, of course. But the weather was really hot, and she was also very thirsty.

Watching her son happily run to buy drinks, she really felt very satisfied. How nice it would be if life could always go on so peacefully.

Beep... Zhuang Bao's cell phone rang. Hmm? Who could it be?

"Hello? Hi, may I ask who's speaking?" Zhuang Bao asked tentatively. She was so polite because she was afraid it was a teacher from Weixin's school calling.

"Baobao? Is that Zhuang Bao?" The voice on the other end was polite but a bit hurried.

"May I ask who you are?" Zhuang Bao was puzzled. Usually, only close friends called her Baobao. How could this person call her Baobao right from the start?

"Sigh... Baobao, have you forgotten me? But I've often thought of you over the years. I..." The person on the other end seemed to want to say more, but the public phone seemed to have cut off.

Zhuang Bao stared at the phone in a daze. He... he... Oh! My God! Couldn't be! Was it that man who should have disappeared ages ago! Damn it! Why did he show up at this time! This was really... Sigh, why did she feel like God was deliberately causing trouble?

Were they all showing up?

The cell phone suddenly rang again. Zhuang Bao was so startled that she stared at it for a few seconds before remembering that she could see who was calling on the screen. After looking at it, she answered.

"Baobao, this is Ziyun. Someone called for you this afternoon. I forgot to tell you. He said his name is Xu Dingyuan, a friend from Kaohsiung. He's on a business trip and wants to invite you to a casual dinner..." Ziyun chattered on, but Zhuang Bao couldn't listen anymore.

"You said his name is Xu Dingyuan?" Zhuang Bao asked, trying to stay calm. She never expected that after all these years, hearing this name would still make her heart flutter.

"Yeah, he's so polite, and his voice is so magnetic," Ziyun said.

"So you told him my cell - phone number?" Zhuang Bao guessed casually and knew the answer.

"Er... He was so polite that I accidentally let it slip. I'm sorry," Ziyun said coquettishly.

"Baobao, have you been having good luck with love lately?"

"Boring!" Zhuang Bao scolded softly. "Okay, if there's nothing else, I'm going to hang up."

"Er... Er... That... I also told him your address. Okay! Bye!" Ziyun immediately hung up the phone after saying that.

Zhuang Bao stared at the phone, with a lot of swear words in her mind that she wanted to say!

Why were all the people who should have disappeared popping up? A bit annoyed and in a daze... Xu Dingyuan? Humph, what did he want? They hadn't seen each other for so many years. Back then, she was the one he abandoned. What did he say? Forget it. She wished she had never known him.

Zhuang Bao's mind couldn't help but delve into memories. She was so young back then, so she was attracted by the faint melancholy in his eyes. She thought true love could... Humph! In the end, he still married the daughter - in - law his mother wanted! He said the other person had been waiting for him for years and he couldn't not be responsible. Then who was going to be responsible for her? Was she活该 to be played with? Zhuang Bao gave up on the memories. If she thought about it further, she would hate men even more.

She pulled her gaze back to the present. Oh! Her son was talking on her cell phone? Her eyes met Zhuang Weixin's. Her son grinned at her and then handed the phone to her. She could swear by her son's malicious smile that it was so much like his father's!

"Hello?"

"Baobao, is he our child?" The voice on the other end was very excited. "He's my son! He must be! Why didn't you say anything? You've been so hard all by yourself... Now my mom won't have anything to say. You're not the bad woman she thought you were..."

"Wait, who are you?" Zhuang Bao interrupted his rambling.

"It's Dingyuan. Have you really forgotten my voice? You're doing it on purpose. You've given birth to a son for me, and you still don't dare to admit me?" Xu Dingyuan's voice was filled with joy.

"Who told you he's your son? And what did you mean just now?" Zhuang Bao started to get a bit angry and glared at Zhuang Weixin, while her son just shrugged and continued to drink his drink.

"You... Are you angry?" Xu Dingyuan could still catch her emotions quite well. "I called you just now, but it was the son who answered. He said Mommy was busy. I was very surprised that you had a child. I remember your older brother Zhuang Qi said you're still unmarried. So I asked the son how old he is. He said he just turned seven, and it's been exactly eight years since we separated. We never used contraception, and the last time I..."

Xu Dingyuan slowly explained his speculation. "I'm really happy that you gave birth to a son for me, really! You've had a hard time these years. I'll figure something out..."

"He's not your son!" Zhuang Bao doubted how she could have fallen in love with such a selfish man before.

"Baobao, don't be like this. Let's talk when we meet, okay? I know you're still angry that I married someone else, but that was inevitable. You also know the pressure from both families..."

"I'll say it again. He's not your son," Zhuang Bao couldn't help but tell him, "Can't I date other men? You could sleep with someone else for years and then tell me you love me. Can't I do the same?"

"Baobao, can you come down? I'm right outside your building..." Xu Dingyuan believed she was just being stubborn. She had always listened to him. "You... Forget it. Just keep waiting. I won't see you," Zhuang Bao hung up the phone and turned to her son. "What the hell did you say to him?"

"Hehe! Mommy, someone is eager to be my dad. How can I not play with him? Besides, if it weren't for him, how could you have met my dad?" Zhuang Weixin said mischievously.

"Oh? So I should thank him?" Zhuang Bao snorted, not agreeing at all.

Now what? She didn't want to see him, but where could she go? Was she going to wander around with her son? Oh! Without a car, where could they go? "It's all your fault. You talked nonsense, and now we can't go home!"

"Why are you blaming me? And how can you not go home?" Weixin was confused.

"He's waiting downstairs in our building. How can we go back? I don't want to see him!" Zhuang Bao's stubborn temper could be quite astonishing.

"I'm afraid I'll throw up if I see him again!"

"Mommy, do you hate that person?"

"No, it's not hate. It's nausea! Fortunately, you don't have his genes," Zhuang Bao was really glad she hadn't been stupid enough to be a resentful woman.

"Mommy, where are we going to stay tonight?"

"…" Zhuang Bao couldn't answer. Her mind was in chaos.

"Mommy, I really want to take a bath," Zhuang Weixin said.

"Let's go home. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Zhuang Bao made up her mind with an open - minded attitude. No matter what the future held, at least she had truly had all of this. She patted her son's head. "You'll be on Mommy's side, right?"

"Duh! Of course!" Zhuang Weixin replied discontentedly.