Chapter 208: A Gentle Kiss

He hurriedly opened the lunch box, pushed it in front of her, served her a bowl of soup with a disposable bowl, and then asked, "Nannan, are you willing to forgive me now? There is really nothing between Mo Wanqing and me. I haven't contacted her for years, nor have I asked about her news. I swear."

"You don't have news of her? Then do you want me to ask around for you?" Bai Shunan picked up the lunch box and said while eating, "Didn't you used to make me listen to news about her every so often?"

After saying this, Bai Shunan couldn't help but curse herself: the version of herself back then was truly pathetic enough.

Gu Yunting said, "Don't ask around. It was all my fault before. It was I who neglected you and missed out on you. I am an idiot!"

Bai Shunan continued, "I actually do have news of her. I heard that after she broke up with you, she relied on hype to become briefly popular, but the entertainment industry is not that easy to navigate. So many people with backing and connections can't even get popular, let alone her, since her singing isn't good and her acting isn't good either. Later, she was gradually forgotten."

Seeing Bai Shunan bring it up, Gu Yunting simply joined in the discussion, just like an ordinary person gossiping about a celebrity: "That is truly a pity. She is the type who wants to be famous too much, so she performed with too much force. If she could have relaxed a bit back then, based on her conditions, she should have been able to make it as a second-tier star."

Bai Shunan then asked, "Tell me, what conditions does she have?"

"Just... she looks okay, and she knows how to use hype."

"Then tell me, in the entertainment industry, who has the same looks as her?"

"Let me think..." Gu Yunting really started to think seriously: "The standards for men and women might be different. I think her looks don't reach the level of Xiaolongnu, so she can't take the fairy route, and she doesn't belong to the cute type, so she can't take that cute idol route. She is 30 now, and as for the mature woman type, it seems she can't pull that off either. Acting in roles like a mother, she doesn't have the life experience, and no one would believe it if she acted it out. She is still suited for playing the instrument. If she didn't focus on fame and fortune, being an obscure musician would be fine, but what she wants is to be famous at home and abroad."

Bai Shunan clicked her tongue: "It seems you really don't love her anymore. You can look at her conditions objectively. Before, you had a filter for her and felt that she was the best woman in the whole world."

Gu Yunting ate his meal and added, "The bystander sees clearly while the person involved is confused. I pulled myself out long ago, so naturally, I can look at her objectively. Besides, I'm not bad-mouthing her; I'm just speaking the truth. After all, she does have her own merits."

"For example?" Bai Shunan asked. Her tone was curious, but her gaze had already become sharp.

Gu Yunting dared not say any more.

He said, "Merits are not something that can be generalized. Some things are merits in your eyes, but they might not be in others' eyes. Of course, if you truly love someone, everything about them is a merit. That is how I see you now."

Bai Shunan gave a cold snort: "You were the one who said it back then, telling me not to fall in love with you, that I wasn't worthy."

"I clearly didn't say that. Back then, I told you not to fall in love with me because I had someone in my heart, but there hasn't been anyone else in my heart for a long time. I only have you. I swear, for these past few years, the person I've been thinking of has always been you. I have been silently watching over you and keeping myself pure for you; I haven't touched any other woman."

"You have 10 minutes left. Once you finish eating, you have to leave."

"But what if I don't leave?"

"Then I won't let you come up next time. You can livestream if you want; it won't affect me anyway."

Gu Yunting had no choice but to eat his meal obediently. He wanted to come tomorrow, and he wanted to come the day after tomorrow as well.

Saturday.

Bai Shuruo used two days of rest time to trade for someone else's one day.

Because on this day, the kindergarten was holding a parent-child activity, and the kindergarten had notified them that it was best for both mom and dad to come.

Xiaofeng had specifically called her the day before, telling her she must go, and Bai Shuruo had already promised Xiaofeng.

To avoid awkwardness, after getting off the subway, she took a taxi directly to the kindergarten to wait.

The entrance to this kindergarten was usually crowded, but it was even more so on this day. The parents who came were all driving luxury cars.

Fortunately, there were many parking spaces nearby, otherwise, it would have been completely jammed.

Bai Shuruo stood at the entrance waiting for ten minutes or so when she saw Han Yangting and Xiaofeng arrive.

Xiaofeng also saw Bai Shuruo. She ran over excitedly, then held Han Yangting's hand with one hand and Bai Shuruo's hand with the other, then hopped and skipped as she said, "Today, I have a dad and I also have a mom. I'm so happy."

Bai Shuruo glanced at Han Yangting and saw that Han Yangting was also looking at her, and he even nodded at her.

She couldn't help but nod back at him; it was only polite to return the gesture.

The kindergarten's parent-child activity was quite rich. Its purpose was to deepen parent-child communication, strengthen the parent-child relationship, and build a harmonious family.

At the beginning, they stood together by class, then listened to the principal's instructions on the stage and followed the principal to play games.

"Dads and moms, you can now take a look at your cute babies, and then work together to lift your babies up."

Bai Shuruo and Han Yangting followed suit.

The principal said again, "Now, please kiss your babies together, each of you kiss one side of their face."

Bai Shuruo felt that this step wasn't considered awkward yet. In any case, Xiaofeng was still between them, so nothing would happen even if they kissed.

After they finished kissing, the principal said again, "The husband-wife relationship is the foundation of family harmony. Only when dads and moms are loving will your babies be bathed in the spring breeze of love every day. Therefore, now please dads, kiss your moms, so that your babies know that your dads love your moms."

However, the principal added, "Of course, if some parents here are already divorced, you don't have to follow this instruction. But, even if you are divorced, you can still be friends, right? In the process of raising children, you are still teammates, so you can give each other a kind hug."

Bai Shuruo glanced at the parents nearby.

Most of them were kissing. They kissed very naturally, and some even took the opportunity to kiss for a long time. Their children, seeing them kiss, all had an expression of being used to it; clearly, they often saw such scenes and were accustomed to it.

There were also some who chose to hug. This hug was very light, just a brief touch. Presumably, they were already divorced and had only come together for the sake of the child.

Then, Bai Shuruo looked at Xiaofeng.

Xiaofeng had never seen a man and woman kiss. She appeared very curious. She believed that men and women kissing only happened on television. She had asked why the uncle and auntie on TV were kissing, but she had told her not to watch.

Therefore, Xiaofeng felt that this was something that could not be done.

However, Xiaofeng was now looking at Bai Shuruo and Han Yangting expectantly and said to Han Yangting, "Dad, kiss Mom."

Bai Shuruo was just about to say that they could just hug, there was no need to be intimate.

However, Han Yangting held Xiaofeng with one hand, pulled Bai Shuruo over with the other, and kissed her on the cheek.