In the elevator, leaning against Chu Zhaoyang's legs, he closed his eyes and dozed off again, his little head hitting Chu Zhaoyang's legs bit by bit.
Gu Nian looked at him dumbfounded and wanted to pick him up.
As a result, she was stopped by Chu Zhaoyang.
"I'll hold him." Chu Zhaoyang lowered his head and glanced at the little guy who seemed to be fleshier than the previous days.
Said slightly disgustedly: "He is too heavy."
The little guy was now half asleep and half awake. He was too dazed to bother to refute Chu Zhaoyang.
When Chu Zhaoyang picked him up, the elevator arrived.
Chu Zhaoyang carried the little guy out of the elevator, and Gu Nian followed behind.
When he arrived at the door of his house, Chu Zhaoyang said, "Come and open the door."
Gu Nian looked at him in surprise, Chu Zhaoyang raised his eyebrows: "Why, after three years, you can't open the door to your home anymore?"
The door of her home.
Gu Nian was startled, and suddenly felt a little timid.
Yes, in the past, she regarded this place as her home.
Opening the door every day, so skillful.
Her fingerprints were also recorded on the fingerprint lock.
Going in and out of here was a normal thing.
Now, she felt a little shy about being close to home.
"Your fingerprint record is still there." Chu Zhaoyang said, his voice was low and a little hoarse. "It has not been deleted and kept. In the past three years, I have always thought about it. It may not be one day when I am at home and you suddenly came back, opened the door by yourself outside, walked in, and said to me, 'Zhaoyang, I'm back.'"
It's just that he didn't wait for three years.
Gu Nian's eyes filled with sourness and warmth. She felt sad when she thought about how he had managed to survive at home in the past three years and how he held on to hopes that he knew were illusory but could not help but hope.
This man was obviously so rational, and he also knew that those of his were just fantasies and impossible at all, but he just relies on those hopes and imaginations to get through day by day.
She couldn't imagine how he stayed at home.
Perhaps he was sitting on the sofa, listening to the sounds outside.
When there was a little noise, he rushed to the door, thinking it was her coming back.
Every time he heard the door open, he held out hope that it was her coming back.
He went day by day, like a neurotic, holding on to expectations at home.
Gu Nian closed her eyes to cover the tears in her eyes.
She huffed her sour nose a few times before slowly opening her eyes.
His eyes were still covered with moisture, and the mist inside became thicker and thicker. It was about to turn into real water droplets and fall down at any time, but it rolled inside and refused to fall.
"Zhaoyang." Gu Nian called softly, with a nasal voice and choked up, "I'm back."
Chu Zhaoyang opened his mouth, as if something was stuck in his throat.
After a long while, the corners of his mouth slowly curved, and he said hoarsely: "Nian Nian, welcome home."
Gu Nian couldn't help but burst into tears, and the tears that had been held in for a long time burst into her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I came back so late." Gu Nian said in a low voice.
The little guy who was still dozing off suddenly woke up.
"Mom, why are you crying?" the little guy said worriedly, "Mom, don't cry, Little Millet Cake is good."
Gu Nian shook her head, still unable to stop the tears in her eyes.
She walked towards the little guy and gently rubbed his head a few times: "Mom is fine, it's just... I'm so happy to be back here."
The little guy didn't quite understand, wasn't this his father's house?
"Mom used to live here." Gu Nian wiped away her tears and explained with a smile, "Little Millet Cake, let's go home."
"Go home?" The little guy didn't understand very well, "Isn't our home at grandpa's place?"
Gu Nian shook her head: "That's our home, and so is this place."
"Grandpa's house is the home of mom and Little Millet Cake. This is the home of dad, mom, and Little Millet Cake, the three of us." Gu Nian explained.
"Is this the home of Little Millet Cake?" The little guy was a little confused and a little hopeful.
"Yes." Chu Zhaoyang's mellow voice sounded. It was only one word, but it was particularly convincing.
Gu Nian reached out to the fingerprint reader, and was about to put her index finger on it, but paused and subconsciously looked back at Chu Zhaoyang.
She saw Chu Zhaoyang nodding towards her, as if encouraging.
Gu Nian then put her index finger on it and felt a slight vibration.
Suddenly, a "beep" sound was heard, and the door lock was unlocked.
When Gu Nian opened the door, Nanny Yu also heard the sound of the door opening in the house and hurriedly came out, calling "Sir".
When she saw Gu Nian, she was stunned.
Standing there like a stone statue, with her mouth open, looking at Gu Nian in shock.
Seeing the old person again, she felt timid about being close to home, but she still miss her.
She used to live here and spent a lot of time with Nanny Yu.
Especially when Chu Zhaoyang was on a business trip, she and Nanny Yu were almost always together.
So when she see Nanny Yu again, she thought of the past.
Exceptionally kind.
"Gu... Gu Nian!" Nanny Yu finally came back to her senses and exclaimed.
"Nanny Yu." Gu Nian's eyes were still red. Seeing Nanny Yu's shocked and happy look, she couldn't help but feel sad, "You're back."
"You are finally back!" Nanny Yu took two steps forward and took Gu Nian's hand. "If you don't come back, sir..."
"Nanny Yu." Chu Zhaoyang said calmly from the side.
The voice was not loud, but Nanny Yu stopped talking immediately.
Then, she smiled and pulled Gu Nian in: "Come in quickly!"
"When you come back, don't leave again." Nanny Yu asked, looking at Gu Nian earnestly.
"Yeah." Gu Nian nodded, "I won't leave when I get back."