Su Lu wasn’t entirely sure either, so she turned her head to look at Zhao Xiaole, but Zhao Xiaole’s guilty posture with his head bowed couldn’t have been more obvious. So there was no doubt about it.
Surely it was Little Stinky Treasure, who had just been whispering into his phone watch, tipping off Bo Jingshen.
And he had been constantly fussing about going camping after the checkup.
He must have planned it all along, wanting Bo Jingshen to join them.
Bo Jingshen stood at the door waiting, and when he saw the mother and child come out, he smiled. It was not the superficial kind of smile, but a bright and sunny one.
Su Lu was dazzled by his smile, feeling somewhat dazzled herself.
His smile seemed to have crossed numerous spans of time, rushing towards her like a tsunami, that long-lost feeling.
She remembered the times she had seen him smile so brightly during their college days when they were dating. Back then, Bo Jingshen, although always aloof outside,
was very indulgent to his girlfriend, hence the bright and doting smile he showed her.
Back then, Su Lu always felt wholly satisfied by such smiles. After all, the seemingly cool guy, who appeared standoffish to others, only smiled so brightly and radiantly in front of her.
It was truly very fulfilling and moving psychologically.
"Mmm... I came to pick you both up." Bo Jingshen, seeing her silent, took the initiative to speak, "Xiao Le had his checkup today, and his suffering is partly my fault. I’m worried, so I want to accompany you. You don’t mind, do you?"
Bo Jingshen felt Su Lu’s gaze drift a bit far, and unable to gauge her mood for a moment, he probed.
Su Lu’s gaze slowly focused, landing on his face, she asked, "What if I said I do mind?"
"Then..." Bo Jingshen smiled a bit, his smile brighter than before, "then I’ll just wait outside the clinic."
Su Lu almost laughed out in exasperation, outside the clinic? What difference did that make from going with them?
Moreover, Bo Jingshen had this little helper pulling gently at Su Lu’s sleeve, his big watery eyes looking up at her, pleading softly, "Let Ah Shen come with us, please."
"..." Su Lu looked at Little Stinky Treasure, feeling quite helpless.
And what was more helpless was that Little Stinky Treasure, had a lot of excuses ready, immediately telling Su Lu, "And Ah Shen’s leg should be checked too, he got hurt because he was playing with me."
Su Lu cast her eyes down at Bo Jingshen’s legs, he wasn’t using a cane today, and he had been standing still from the moment he arrived, so Su Lu couldn’t see how his legs were doing.
Bo Jingshen, noticing her gaze, quickly said, "It’s recovering well, not as serious as before."
Su Lu silently sighed lightly and said, "Let’s go."
"Okay!" Bo Jingshen responded, his deep eyes lighting up, then he dropped his gaze to look at little Bo Jingshen for a moment.
Father and son, both with sparkling eyes, looked like they had succeeded in their scheming.
"I drove here." Bo Jingshen said, scooping up Zhao Xiaole, he hurried a few steps forward to catch up with Su Lu.
And Bo Jingshen felt it wasn’t an illusion; he noticed that Su Lu indeed slowed her pace a bit.
Su Lu could see, his legs were better than before, but that quick walk just now showed that he was still somewhat clumsy.
Su Lu turned her eyes towards him, "Stop carrying him, he’s quite a heavy kid now, let him walk by himself."
After saying that, Su Lu continued walking forward, stopping after a few steps to add, "Lest your foot injury worsens."
Zhao Xiaole egged on from the side, "Mommy, Mommy! You’re really nice to Ah Shen."
Su Lu paused, then quickened her pace moving forward rapidly.
Bo Jingshen smiled happily, "Xiao Le, you really are Daddy’s good treasure."
"Hehehe." Zhao Xiaole laughed, hugging Bo Jingshen’s neck, then obediently said, "Ah Shen, put me down, your foot isn’t healed yet, I can walk by myself."
Bo Jingshen then put Zhao Xiaole down.
Zhao Xiaole walked briskly by his side, hopping and skipping, utterly delighted, continually asking him about camping that day.
"Is it really the kind of place where we can have a barbecue?"
"Can we grill the fish we catch?"
"Does Ah Shen know how to fish?"
"Does Ah Shen know how to grill fish?"
"Ah Shen is really impressive!"
"The grilling might not taste very good."
"It doesn’t matter! I will eat it all up! I’m so happy!"
Zhao Xiaole said this as he spun around on the spot, jumping up and down.
"What about the tent?"
"We have that too. There’s a tent, a small waterfall, and a pond where I can take you to splash around. It should be quite cool. We just won’t spend the night there, otherwise, it would be beautiful to watch the stars there."
"Stars! Stars! Watch the stars!"
Zhao Xiaole shouted this as he rushed toward Su Xiaolu ahead.
Although Su Lu walked in front, the back-and-forth dialogue between father and son was clearly heard by her keen ears.
Sometimes, she felt she was quite pathetic, but she had to admit, scenes were indeed very warm.
And perhaps, they had even appeared in her dreams. In those dreams, Bo Jingshen hadn’t left, they were together, very happy.
Although she couldn’t remember the specifics of the dreams when she woke up, the warm feelings lingered.
At this moment, she felt that the scenes in her dreams that she couldn’t remember upon waking must have looked just .
Hearing the pitter-patter of little running footsteps from behind, Su Lu knew what Zhao Xiaole was about to do.
Sure enough, Zhao Xiaole came up and hugged her legs, "Su Xiaolu! Su Xiaolu!"
"Can we not go back tonight? Stay in the tent? Ah Shen said, if we stay there at night! we can watch the stars! Watch the stars!"
Zhao Xiaole thought for a moment, then pouted, "There are no stars in Beijing."
The light pollution in such a large city was more than just a little, truly, stars were nowhere to be seen throughout the year.
The bright starry sky was something only seen on TV.
It was normal for Zhao Xiaole to long for the starry sky, after all, which child doesn’t dream of it?
Feng City and Beijing are similarly scaled metropolises, and stars are not visible in their city areas either.
"Don’t you want Granny anymore?" Su Lu raised an eyebrow and looked down at Zhao Xiaole as she asked.
Zhao Xiaole was indeed a bit hesitant but after thinking it through he said, "Then... then I’ll ask Granny?"
Su Lu thought to herself that asking was pointless, Zhao Ying certainly couldn’t resist indulging her grandchild.
She sighed softly, "Never mind asking then. Looking isn’t enough? Staying overnight outside requires a lot of preparation."
Bo Jingshen whispered from behind, "I... have prepared everything."