Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Liberty put her arms around her son, softened her serious tone, and said, “Recently, I’m too busy, so I neglect you and don’t
spend time with you. After going to kindergarten for two days, the weekend will be off. This weekend, I will take you to the beach
to play. OK?”
Sonny: “Is Auntie going?”
Liberty: “We can make an appointment with your aunt, and your cousin and the others.”
Sonny happily said: “Okay, Mom, I’m sorry, I will never say that I can’t go to kindergarten again.”
Liberty let go of her son, smiled, and said: “Sonny, you understand mom, mom is very happy, and corrects when she knows
she’s wrong, she is still a good mom. “
As she spoke, she kissed her son’s little face.
Sonny also kissed her back.
“Mom, we’re going to kindergarten.” Sonny took her mother’s hand and walked towards the door of the house.
He also said to Liberty: “Mom, let me carry my schoolbag by myself.”
Liberty handed him the schoolbag, he carried the schoolbag on his back, and went out with his mother.
After leaving the house, Sonny stood aside and waited for his mother to lock the door.
After Liberty locked the door, she turned around and was about to hold her son’s hand, but saw a man standing not far away
looking at the mother and son.
That man was the same drunk man she met in the elevator last night.
The drunk looked much more sober than last night, but his eyes were still terrifying.
He stared at Liberty, and when Liberty picked up her son and was about to leave, he suddenly grinned and said, “So you live on
this floor.”
Liberty’s heart tightened.

She ignored him and hurried away with her son in her arms. When she reached the elevator, she was relieved to see people on
the same floor waiting to take the elevator down to buy vegetables.
“Auntie, did you see that man just now? Why is he on our floor, I haven’t seen him before. “
Liberty greeted the aunt she knew, and asked her this question by the way.
The aunt said: “You mean that man who smells like alcohol. He lives on the top floor. I heard that he has recently broken up in
love. He goes out to drink every day. He lies around when he is drunk. He sees women and stares at him. From a woman’s point
of view, many people are afraid of meeting him.
I’m an old woman, so I’m not that afraid, but when I meet him, I also walk away. He rarely comes to our floor. I don’t know why I
got nervous and ran to our floor today.
Liberty, you live with Sonny, go home early at night, lock the door early, don’t be stared at by that drunk, who knows if he will do
something with the strength of alcohol.”
Liberty had lived here for so long, and everyone on the same floor was familiar with her. Everyone knew that she was a divorced
woman who lives alone with her son.
Auntie reminded her kindly.
Liberty hummed, “I will.”
The elevator door opened, and Liberty led Sonny into the elevator with the aunt.
“Wait a minute.”
When the elevator door was about to close, someone rushed over. Hearing the yelling, Liberty instinctively pressed the key to
allow that person to enter the elevator.
A burst of alcohol came to her face.
The man who rushed into the elevator was the drunk man who had lost his love and couldn’t take his eyes off a woman.
He rushed into the elevator, stood still, and smiled at Liberty.

Liberty didn’t respond to him, and instinctively took her son back a few steps to distance herself from him.
He kept staring at Liberty.