“He does, he doesn’t verbalize it but I can see it in his heart.”

“Why are you telling me all this?”

“It’ll be Lin Lin’s 4th birthday soon. If you don’t mind, I would like you to attend his birthday party. I know we’re divorced but I won’t stop you from seeing our son.”

Mubai told her the same thing when they divorced. From this and other observations, she knew Mubai would be a great father. It was the main reason she could bring herself to leave her son in his care in the first place.

In the past years, Xinghe had had acute episodes where she yearned to see her son but she stopped herself every time. She couldn’t bear to let her son know his mother was such a useless person.

But now, things had changed.

“Okay,” Xinghe accepted. For some reason, Mubai felt relieved when he heard her answer.

He thought she would reject him again. He had no idea why he would be looking forward to hearing her say yes.

The rest of the journey was spent in silence.

around to meet his eyes once. Mubai saw her disappear into the hospital and

her uncle’s sick bay, Xinghe’s thoughts

in the world but when

able to recognize

Xia Zhi

sister over the past few

that she was back, he felt

took

a nod, “Yes, it’s

“Sis, have you eaten?”

“I have.”

had prepared quite a feast for him, there was even

a satisfied glow in his eyes. He asked, “Sis, when did you find time to prepare

“I did.”

this meal at our new place. Where is it, how big is it and how much is

see soon enough,” Xinghe chided him lightly. She didn’t know how to explain so she opted for an evasion tactic, adding, “How’s

the medicine and went back to sleep…” Xia Zhi answered as he took another generous bite of the steak. There was utter bliss on his face when he said, “Sis, it’s been so long since I’ve had such a delicious

his meal size due to their budget constraint. Under such conditions, he still managed to grow to 180 centimeters, but he was all

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