At that time, Li Xiao didn't have much feeling about the relationship between men and women, but Li Xiao had a faint idea that if his girlfriend was pregnant, he would definitely choose to get married and have the child, instead of letting his girlfriend go to the hospital to abort the child.
That was because anyone who had studied biology would know that abortion was very harmful to women.
Therefore, when he heard Jiujiu say that the child was hers but she wasn't married, Li Xiao's first reaction was not that Jiujiu was indecent, but that when Jiujiu was pregnant at that time, her boyfriend's choice should be like most people, asking her to abort the child. Thinking of Jiujiu's self-study and Jiujiu's unmarried situation, it wasn't difficult for Li Xiao to imagine what difficulties Jiujiu had experienced to get to where she was now.
Although everyone now claimed that men and women were equal, Li Xiao knew that most people's equality in their hearts was equality when they worked, but when there was a conflict of interests, it was not equality at all.
Jiujiu was a woman who had a child out of wedlock and didn't even have a degree. What kind of efforts did she have to go through to get to where she was now? Not only did she have a degree, but she also had other things.
At this moment, Li Xiao didn't mean to despise Jiujiu at all. Instead, he was full of heartache.
Li Xiao wasn't a particularly soft-hearted person, and it wasn't that he didn't have beautiful women pursuing him in the past. However, when he saw Jiujiu, he inexplicably found that his heart, which was originally as hard as steel, was as soft as water in an instant. Even the resistance that he was proud of had become somewhat weak. Even when he knew that Jiujiu was pregnant out of wedlock, he didn't even think of staying away from Jiujiu. He only thought that if he really wanted to pursue Jiujiu, he would be willing to accept Jiujiu's child without any reservations. He didn't know if Jiujiu would be willing to accept him.
Jiujiu didn't know about Li Xiao's dilemma, so she directly drove to Gu Xiaobao's school to pick up Gu Xiaobao and go home.
Gu Xiaobao was a good child. Although he looked obedient and harmless, he wasn't as naive and sweet as his appearance suggested. Especially since he was raised by Jiujiu since he was two years old, he was called smart.
Because there were many cases of children being abducted in society, Gu Xiaobao didn't want to leave his favorite mother's side. Therefore, after school, no matter how late Jiujiu came back, he would either stay in the teacher's office or the guard uncle's small pavilion. In short, he always had to wait for Jiujiu's arrival.
Today, Jiujiu came to pick up Gu Xiaobao a little late. In order not to disturb the teacher, Gu Xiaobao stayed in the guard uncle's small pavilion and chatted with the guard uncle.
The guard uncle only had one grandson this year. Now that he saw Gu Xiaobao's fair, tender, obedient, and polite appearance, he simply loved him very much.
Gu Xiaobao had just entered the school not long ago. His hands and pockets were stuffed full of small snacks given to him by the guard uncle.
Gu Xiaobao was small, but he had a sweet mouth. The guard uncle treated him very well. Although he didn't give the guard uncle the same benefits, he called him 'Grandpa' again and again. The guard uncle cherished Gu Xiaobao so much that he wished he could give everything to Gu Xiaobao.
Just as the guard uncle and Gu Xiaobao were asking and answering questions, Jiujiu arrived at the school gate.
Gu Xiaobao was small and had good eyesight. When he saw the familiar car, he was exceptionally polite and said to the guard uncle, "Grandpa, my mother is here to pick me up. I'll take my leave first."
"Aye, Grandpa will send you over." The guard uncle hurriedly stood up from his seat and held Gu Xiaobao's small hand as he sent Gu Xiaobao to the car.
Jiujiu saw this and hurriedly thanked the guard uncle before she stuffed Gu Xiaobao into the backseat of the car.
After getting into the car, Gu Xiaobao obediently fastened his seatbelt. He stuffed the fruit candy the guard uncle gave him into his mouth as he smiled and shared with Jiujiu what happened at school today.
When she heard Gu Xiaobao talk about what happened in class, Jiujiu's lips involuntarily curved into a faint smile and responded from time to time.
The two of them first went to the supermarket downstairs to buy some fresh vegetables before returning home.
Jiujiu went to cook while Gu Xiaobao went to do his homework.
Gu Xiaobao was halfway through his homework when the house phone rang.
Although Jiujiu had installed a phone at home, the phone at home had only rung a few times ever since it was installed. It was either a teacher calling or an insurance salesman calling.
Ever since Jiujiu said that she used a wheelchair to travel, there were no more insurance salesmen. Now that the phone suddenly rang, Jiujiu guessed that it was Gu Xiaobao's class teacher calling.
Jiujiu was busy cooking, so she let Gu Xiaobao answer the phone first.
Gu Xiaobao obediently put down the pencil in his hand and climbed down from the stool. He picked up the phone and said in a childish voice, "Hello."
After hearing the childish voice from the phone, Li Xiao was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized that this should be Jiujiu's child.
Li Xiao thought that it would be a long time before he could interact with Jiujiu's child. He did not expect that when he called, the person who answered the phone was not Jiujiu, but Jiujiu's child.
After feeding the child, Gu Xiaobao did not hear anyone speak for a long time. His delicate face did not knit and his bright red lips flattened as he continued, "If you don't say anything, I'm hanging up."
When he heard that Gu Xiaobao was about to hang up, Li Xiao quickly said, "I'm looking for your mother."
"Looking for my mother?" When he heard that the other party was looking for Jiujiu, Gu Xiaobao blinked his eyes. He thought of Jiujiu's previous complaints about insurance and immediately said mischievously, "Oh, uncle, you sell insurance, right? Let me tell you, my mother uses a wheelchair to travel. She doesn't need your insurance."
Li Xiao: "…"
When Jiujiu, who was cooking, heard Gu Xiaobao's words, she almost fell to the ground.
Jiujiu quickly walked to the phone and snatched the phone from Gu Xiaobao's hand. She coughed lightly and said, "Hello, who is this?"
"It's me, Li Xiao." Li Xiao pursed his lips and said softly.
When she heard that it was Li Xiao, Jiujiu's eyelids twitched involuntarily. When she thought of what Gu Xiaobao said just now, she coughed awkwardly again and said, "Sorry, it was my son. He was just joking with you."
Li Xiao: "Your son is really humorous."
Jiujiu laughed dryly and said, "… Haha, yes."
Li Xiao pursed his lips and said, "I'm calling to inform you that you will be on a business trip for two days in three days."
Three days later, it happened to be Friday.
If Gu Xiaobao was a little older, Jiujiu could leave Gu Xiaobao alone at home without worry. However, Gu Xiaobao was only eight years old now. Although he looked smart, Jiujiu really did not feel at ease leaving Gu Xiaobao alone at home for two days.
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