"cocoa."

The deep voice, accumulated over time and rich in experience, is different from ordinary people's experiences. When it falls on your ears, it is like a heavy book, tinged with yellow, weighing on your heart, making you unable to take it off.

Lin Lian kept holding the water glass with her eyes lowered, as if this way, all her emotions would not be revealed.

But at this moment, the look in her eyes as she looked at the table was endless, and all the expressions in her eyes were gone.

Without warning.

She is like a soulless body, her body is there but her heart is gone.

All her thoughts followed this voice, returning to that year, and then started wandering from that year, like duckweed, with nothing to rely on.

Hou Shude and Hou Shuyu kept looking at Lin Lian. As Zhan Lianshi's voice came from the phone and watch, Lin Lian's face changed.

Unlike just now, everyone was completely unconscious.

The person sitting opposite them now is just a puppet.

A soulless puppet.

Hou Shude's heart ached for a moment, as if someone was hitting it with countless hammers. It wouldn't bleed or break, it just hurt.

It hurts so much that you don't know what to do.

At this time, Hou Shuyu was also worried.

She had never seen Lin Lian like this before, and such Lin Lian made her worried to the point of fear.

It’s as if this child would do something stupid, but at a time like this...

Hou Shuyu looked at Zhan Keke. As Zhan Lianshi's voice came, Zhan Keke happily forgot about everyone. She clutched the phone and watch with her happy little hands. Her eyes were wide open, full of light, and she looked at them without blinking.

Phone watch screen.

"dad!"

She screamed happily, her voice so loud that it drowned out all the sounds in the restaurant, and everyone around her couldn't help but look over.

Zhan Keke didn't notice it at all. She was immersed in her own happy world and forgot about Lin Lian.

Zhan Lianshi listened to the voice on the phone. It was so quiet. It seemed that Zhan Keke was the only one who was quiet.

His bony fingers were slightly closed, and his eyes were retracted. He looked at a platycodon plant very close to him. The flowers were gone, and only the branches and leaves were swaying in the wind.

The youthfulness I once had is gone at this moment.

"Um."

The low and slow monosyllable sounds so light that it seems to be blown away by the wind.

When Zhan Keke heard this, her happy little body twisted on the chair, like a water plant, dancing happily.

"Dad, have you eaten?

Keke has missed you so much these past two days, but Keke knows that her father is busy, so she didn’t call or video chat with him.”

"But Keke really wants to call and video chat with her dad."

"It's amazing!"

The child's spontaneous words fell into the ears of several adults, and the mood became even heavier.

Especially when looking at Lin Lian's face, which suddenly turned pale, it made people feel distressed.

Hou Shude couldn't help it anymore and reached out to hold Lin Liang's hand. Hou Shuyu was more direct, got up and came to Lin Liang's side, pushed Lin Liang away, and sat between Lin Liang and Zhan Keke.

Zhan Keke was about to look at the forest curtain, but unexpectedly Hou Shuyu sat next to her and separated her from the forest curtain.

The little girl was stunned.

What happened to Grandma Yutai?

Hou Shuyu didn't look at Zhan Keke. She winked at Hou Shude and asked Hou Shude to take Lin Lian out temporarily.

Hou Shude understood what she meant, held Lin Lian's hand, and was about to take Lin Lian away. Unexpectedly, Lin Lian lowered his head and closed his eyes.

She clutched the cup tightly with her fingers and her body was bent, as if she was enduring great pain.

But even though it hurts, you can still see her struggle and effort.

She is calming herself down.

No matter how painful it was, she would endure it.

Hou Shude couldn't take Lin Lian away because she could see that she didn't want to leave.

She wants to stay here.

Whether it's the child or her.

At this moment, Hou Shude's heart was bleeding.
Chapter completed!