Chapter 69
Chapter 69
69. My Father Doesn’t seem to Know How to Joke
Jessie couldn’t help but pinch his arm. “I don’t have brains and you still want to look for me? Who exactly is the one who is even more brainless?”
“It is precisely because my brain is too good that I find a brainless person to complement each other.”
Jessie simply did not speak to him anymore. She struggled off his leg and went to get her luggage.
Alex went out to ask Felix and Fia to come in and carry their luggage.
Fia carried a small windmill in her hand and scuttled in. “Aunt Jeje, look, I won this! I won by playing rock-paper-scissors with a little brother. Isn’t it beautiful?”.
Jessie hurriedly caught her and smiled as she kissed her tender little face, “My little darling i s really amazing!”
Felix also walked in and saw the luggage in the living room. He nudged to Jessie’s side, “Are we leaving now?”
“Yes, we are going back to my house for the Mid-Autumn Festival.” Jessie also hugged him and kissed him. Now she only needed to see the two tender little guys. She couldn’t help but want to hug and kiss them. Speaking of mid-autumn, only then did she recall the Laurent family in R City. She couldn’t help but look up at Alex, who had just come out of his bedroom with his wallet and car keys. “Is Felix and Fia’s grandparents also waiting for them to go back and celebrate the holidays?”
Alex also took out her coat from the bedroom and handed it to her. “It’s fine. They socialize more during the holidays. They won’t mind.”
Jessie finally let out a sigh of relief.
She knew that she was being selfish, but now that she knew about the children’s backgrounds, she really wanted to be with them every minute and every second. She wanted t o compensate them for all the company and care that she owed them in the past five years.
Alex had expected what she was thinking, but he did not tell her. It wasn’t just the two old men from the Laurent family, but also the people from the North City had called him more than once, wanting the three of them to spend the holidays with them. They had pretended to forget about the festival just now, so that she would feel less burdened. When they heard that the two little fellows had gone home with Jessie for the Mid-Autumn Festival, they were very excited. Previously, they were unwilling to leave the resort. Now, they were moving their legs and diligently packing their luggage in the room. They stuffed the little toys into their schoolbags behind their backs.
Jessie saw that they stuffed their school bags until they were bulging and worried that their school bags were too heavy. She took out the heavier ones and put them in her bag. Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.
“Aunt Jeje, and that one! Auntie gave me fruit mooncakes yesterday. Help me put them in my bag.”
“Aunt Jeje, help me take the plane in the cabinet.”
“Aunt Jeje…”
After everything was settled, they went out.
After putting everything in the trunk, Alex sat in the driver’s seat. Before he was about to start the engine, he turned around and looked at the backseat. The three of them had a good relationship. He paused and said, “Felix, Fia.”
“Yes, father!” The two little fellows were in a very good mood. Even though their father’s tone was very serious, he did not feel afraid as usual. His four big round eyes sparkled as he looked at him.
Jessie also looked at him with a smile in her eyes.
Alex’s dark and deep pupils fixed on her face. “If you have no objections, you two don’t call her aunt Jeje again.”
The two in the backseat were puzzled. “What? Why? What should we call her then?” Alex retracted his gaze and started the car. “Call her mother.”
After Alex start the car, everyone fell into an unprecedented silence.
After a long time, Jessie was the first to regain her senses. Although she had just heard his words and her heart was greatly shaken and she had been looking forward to it for a while, she had already calmed herself down. She even felt that changing the call like this was too embarrassing, not to mention Felix and Fia.
She reached out to rub Felix’s head and Fia’s head. She smiled again. “Dad is joking with you. Don’t take it seriously.”
Felix looked up at her with eyes that were as pretty as black grapes. “My dad doesn’t seem to know how to joke.”
Fia also stared at her and nodded seriously.
She couldn’t help but look at the man sitting in the driver seat.
Although she was very touched that he could help her recognize the children, she also blamed him for being too fast.
After Alex threw down the word, he no longer participated in their conversation and calmly and attentively drove.
Jessie originally hoped that he would help her again. She saw that he did not have any intention to speak again and was trying hard to organize the words in her heart. As she was thinking about how to resolve
the awkwardness in front of her, a soft and warm little hand drilled into her palm. Then, a small hand also reached into her other hand.
The two small hands suddenly seemed to warm Jessie’s heart until it became sweet. It was not important to call her anything anymore.
“Mom.” Fia raised her small face and her eyes turned into a beautiful crescent moon. She called her very conveniently.
In an instant, Jessie could not control the sourness in her nose and tears welled up in her
eyes.
Felix snuggled into her arms and raised his beautiful little face, “Mom, let me tell you a secret. Ever since we first met, Fia went back and said that you were like our mom. That brainless person was finally right for once.”
“You’re the one who doesn’t have a brain!” Fia snorted and pushed him out. She threw herself into Jessie’s arms and hugged her neck as she giggled, “I really have a mother. This time no one dares to call me a wild girl without a mother and no one dares to say that I am a good liar!”
Jessie’s heart could not tell if it was more sour, more painful, or sweeter. When she heard what Fia said, she could no longer suppress the surging emotions in her heart. She hugged her two small bodies and cried bitterly.
Alex saw her overflowing maternal love through the rearview mirror. He simply turned his gaze away and no longer looked at the rearview mirror.
After a long while, the corners of his thin lips couldn’t help but curve into a charming arc.
Alex originally planned to return to R City on the same day after bidding farewell to Jouvita and the others.
Seeing Jessie stay for the holidays, he also changed the flight ticket to the next morning.
When they were making dinner together, Jessie looked at her mother who was flipping fried potato chips. She brewed for a while before saying, “Mom, I’m preparing to go to R City again.”
Jessie did not expect that her mother would not be surprised at all, “En, going to R City is good. Young people should just barge into the big cities. What kind of experience can they have if they stay in our small village?”
“When I settle down over there, I’ll buy a new house and come back to pick you up.”
“No need. The people of our age can’t compare to you young people. The outside world is already not used to it. Not to mention… Besides, your grandfather and grandmother are here too. There’s also such a huge garden. Even though I can’t help them much, I can still help them, so don’t worry about us. You and Alex can just live a good life together.”
Jessie felt embarrassed in her heart, “Mom, what did you say? I still don’t know what will happen between us in the future.”
Actually, she still did not dare to think deeply about her future with Alex. Every time she thought of this matter, she couldn’t help but be afraid.
If it wasn’t for Felix and Fia, she would never agree to have any relationship with a man like him.
Jouvita used a spatula to lightly knock her. “The children have already run all over the ground. If you don’t live well, what else do you want?”
Jessie’s small face was slightly pale. Suddenly she understood why her mother was worried that the Laurent family’s gate would b e too high and she was worried that she would be injured. Later on, she helped Alex again and again and even deliberately let him be with Jessie in the open and in the dark.
She just didn’t know when Alex told Jessie about the child.
“Back then, you wanted to be with Mike. We didn’t agree. You wanted to marry him, and I thought you had suffered a lot since you were a child. I thought that I would let you have whatever you like, and that’s why I agreed to let you go with him. But at that time, We were still worried. Mike was a utilitarian and had too many desires. He will never be satisfied. How could a person like Mike be with you all the time?”
“Alex is different from him. He manages so many people in such a big company. He lives in the glory of wealth, but he does not have the slightest bit of enjoyment and impetuousness. Only a man like him can live his life in a considerate manner. It’s your fortune that he likes you. Although I don’t know why you had a child with him so many years ago, Let bygones be bygones. Don’t think too much about it, just treat it as a blessing from the heavens. The difference between our family and theirs is huge. But I believe in Alex. He has the ability to handle all these matters.”
For some reason, Jessie felt sour in her heart when she heard her mother’s words.
Could Alex really be that kind of man? Actually, she was still uncertain in her heart. He was too deep and complicated, and she could not figure it out at all.
Sometimes, she felt that he still cared about her in his heart. But in reality, she didn’t even dare to ask him for a promise.
Although after experiencing a marriage, she knew that even if it was a promise made by the Mountain and Sea Alliance, it wasn’t trustworthy at all.
As the two of them were chatting, Fia ran in with her hair disheveled. She pulled Jessie up and walked out, “Mom, quick!”
“What’s wrong?” Jessie still wanted to help her tidy up the dust and messy hair, but the little
girl only followed her and ran forward.
They walked out of the main door of the house and only then did they see a few children fighting at the door.
The one in the middle was Felix, who had always been calm and collected like his father!
Jessie saw her son getting beaten up and wanted to protect him. She let go of Fia’s little hand and rushed over, pulling the little guys away. She put on a stern face and said, “Who allowed you guys to fight?”
When the few children saw Jessie’s fierce face, they immediately fled.
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Jessie pulled the dusty Felix up from the ground. Felix stood up very calmly. “I’m fine. Fia told them that you are our mother. No matter what they would not believe it. It was so infuriating that we fought. Mom, you’re not angry with us, right?” Fia put her hands on her hips and raised her chin and shouted, “You ignorant little bastards, d o you believe it now? She is our mother! Real mother, not a single word is fake!”
The children were all from town and knew Jessie. They had never seen her have such a big child. Moreover, seeing that Fia and Felix were outsiders, they refused to believe what they said that they were Jessie’s children. After saying a few words to each other, they could not convince the other and immediately started fighting.
After Jessie heard it, her heart ached and she felt guilty. She used a tissue to help Felix wipe his face full of dust. “The next time we encounter this kind of thing, call me over and I’ll prove it to you. What my babies said was the truth. You are my children, absolutely true. Don’t fight anymore. What if you get hurt? Mom will feel very sorry for you, okay?”
Felix and Fia looked at her. They were so touched that their eyes were red. They nodded heavily.
Jessie looked up and saw a tall and handsome man standing at the door of her courtyard. She remembered what she said to the children just now and could not help but blush.