Chapter 286: Momo And I Are Children Without A Father
Jiang Yuan sat in front of the dressing table, lifted her eyelids, and looked at herself in the mirror.
After about ten minutes, she replied to Zhou Shuyu with a voice message: “Shuyu, just reply however it’s convenient for you. It doesn’t affect me much.”
After sending the message, Jiang Yuan searched on the Little Orange Book for places suitable for children to play.
Within ten kilometers, there was a camping base that had set up a large children’s playground with colorful slides, a dreamy carousel, challenging climbing nets and rock climbing walls, swings, a sandpit, and a shallow pool… various play facilities that children couldn’t resist.
There was also a bustling flea market filled with toys and snacks.
Jiang Yuan made her decision: this was the place.
This place is very suitable for parent-child play. Adults can rest and drink tea under the tent when they are tired.
She contacted the person in charge of the camping base overnight to book a spot, and sent a screenshot to the family group chat: 【 Let’s go here for Children’s Day tomorrow~~~】
The next day.
Jiang Yuan woke up and saw Deng Rui had already prepared many bags of things.
“Mom, what are you doing? Moving?”
Deng Rui pointed to the prepared bags and explained, “This bag is for Zhan Zhan and Momo’s clothes, this bag is for snacks, and this bag is for cut fruit…”
“Then what about this bag?” Jiang Yuan looked at the tote bag closest to Deng Rui.
Deng Rui showed a rare shy smile, “These are my clothes. That place is so beautiful, don’t I need your dad to take more photos of me?”
“That makes sense.” Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement.
Blueberry learned early in the morning that everyone was going out for Children’s Day and wanted to join. Seeing Jiang Yuan get up, it nimbly leaped up and onto her shoulder. Its little paws playfully stepped on her shoulder, giving her a massage, and its fluffy tail wagged gently.
“Yuan Yuan, comfortable?”
Jiang Yuan turned her head to look at it, raising an eyebrow slightly, “Do you have something to tell me?”
“Hehe, can I also celebrate Children’s Day?” Blueberry looked at her expectantly with its round cat pupils.
“Wait a moment, let me see if they allow small animals there.” Jiang Yuan took out her phone and asked the person in charge of the camping base.
Blueberry waited nearby, its fluffy little face showing some nervousness.
“Cats and small dogs are allowed.” Jiang Yuan raised her hand and rubbed its head, smiling, “Alright, you can come with us. No need to be so serious.”
“That’s great!” Blueberry meowed joyfully, “Can Xixi come too?”
“Of course,” Jiang Yuan smiled, “Let’s invite Pudding too.”
Speaking of Pudding, Blueberry let out a nonchalant “meow” and leaped down lightly.
The dogs were left to guard the house, and Jiang Yuan and her group set off for camping in the two new cars they had just bought a few days prior, bringing their three cats.
Zhan Zhan and Momo were very excited all the way, their eyes sparkling brighter than the sunlight outside the car windows.
The moment they stepped into the camping base, both children were stunned.
“Wow, it’s a rainbow slide! And a sparkling carousel over there!”
“Yeah! And the rock climbing I’ve always wanted to try…”
Jiang Yuan didn’t expect that Zhan Zhan had always wanted to try rock climbing.
If he wanted to try it, why didn’t he say so?
Jiang Yuan didn’t ask, walked over to them, and said with a smile, “So, do we want to play together now, or separately?”
Momo tilted her little head, blinked her bright eyes, and said softly, “I’ll listen to my older brother!”
“Let’s play together!” Zhan Zhan shouted, “Let’s play what my sister likes first!”
Jiang Yuan patted his head, “Okay.”
Jiang Yuan and Jiang Die first took the two children to play, while Deng Rui and Jiang Dashan took the three cats to drink tea under the reserved tent.
Blueberry and Pudding didn’t get along, and Xixi was caught in the middle, finding it difficult, so it stuck to Deng Rui the whole time.
Zhan Zhan and Momo played until they were sweating profusely, so Jiang Yuan and Jiang Die took them to change into clean clothes.
Emerging from the changing room, Zhan Zhan looked up and said, “Mom, Auntie, I need to go to the toilet.”
After telling the adults, he walked into the men’s restroom by himself.
After a while, Jiang Die couldn’t help but murmur, “Why is Zhan Zhan taking so long?”
“Yes,” Jiang Yuan glanced at the time on her phone, “He’s been in for seven or eight minutes. Should we ask Dad to come take a look?”
“Mom, I saw Zhang Zhixin!” Momo suddenly pointed towards the entrance of the men’s restroom.
Zhang Zhixin was a classmate of Zhan Zhan and Momo’s from kindergarten. Jiang Die was worried about Zhan Zhan and responded indifferently, saying to Jiang Yuan, “Let’s ask Dad to come take a look.”
“Okay.” Jiang Yuan called Jiang Dashan, who immediately ran over.
“I’ll go in and take a look.” Jiang Dashan greeted them and rushed into the men’s restroom.
Seeing this, he was terrified, “Zhan Zhan, what happened?”
The little figure stood by the sink, his usually porcelain-white face now covered in tear tracks and scratches.
Jiang Dashan held the child in his arms, his face full of heartache, “Tell Grandpa what happened, who bullied you?”
“Grandpa…” Zhan Zhan clutched his grandpa’s clothes, his tear-stained eyelashes trembling slightly, his voice choked with sobs, full of helplessness and confusion, “Grandpa, why do other children have daddies, but Momo and I don’t have a daddy?”
“This…” Jiang Dashan didn’t know how to answer the question. He scanned the people around him and said worriedly, “Zhan Zhan, first tell Grandpa, who scratched your face?”
Zhan Zhan sobbed wronged, “It was Zhang Zhixin. He laughed at me, saying that Momo and I are children without daddies…”
“Where is he?” Jiang Dashan suppressed the anger in his heart.
Zhan Zhan sadly shook his head, “He left with his dad.”
“Come out with Grandpa first.” Jiang Dashan carried the small child out of the men’s restroom.
Seeing the scratches and tear marks on her son’s face, Jiang Die’s eyes instantly welled up. Her heart felt as if it was being squeezed by an invisible, large hand, causing her to gasp for air.
“Zhan Zhan, does it hurt?” She held his face, examining it carefully.
Seeing her brother hurt, Momo cried sadly, “My brother is in so much pain…”
Jiang Yuan’s eyes were full of worry, and her expression was solemn, “Is Zhan Zhan injured anywhere else?”
“Yes, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere else?” Jiang Die quickly asked.
Zhan Zhan lowered his little head and whimpered, “Mom, why don’t Momo and I have a daddy… other children always laugh at us for being children without daddies…”
“Yeah,” Momo also sobbed, “The children at kindergarten always say that my brother and I are like grass because we don’t have dads.”
Tears instantly streamed from Jiang Die’s eyes, the hot tears splashing onto the back of her hand, her voice trembling slightly, “I’m sorry, it’s my fault, it’s all my fault…”
Jiang Yuan’s lips pressed into a thin line, her gaze darkened, and a wave of bitterness and self-reproach surged within her.
