“Lin Lin, where were you?” Old Mrs. Xi was the first after Tianxin to recover from the shock. She posed the question to salvage the strangely awkward situation.

Still holding onto his parents’ hands, Lin Lin lifted his head and answered sincerely, “Grandma, I saw Mom outside.”

Xinghe’s heart trembled when she heard the word ‘mom’.

Lin Lin knew she was his mom…

He managed to recognize her with just one look.

Xinghe found it difficult to describe to bittersweet sensation that rose in her heart.

Xinghe felt the world fall away and she took in her son’s cute face hungrily, memorizing every detail, making up for lost time.

She didn’t realize Mubai was staring at her intensely, an unreadable complication communicated through his eyes.

He wasn’t expecting his ex-wife’s captivating arrival. He knew she was a beauty but only in the way like how a mannequin is beautiful, a pretty shell.

If her beauty in the past was passive, like that of a beautiful mannequin on display, her beauty that night was active, reeling your attention

one that squeezed his heart. It was like admiring a mystifying painting,

Mubai himself didn’t realize his eyes were glued onto Xinghe the moment he saw

hand, Lin Lin’s

because he suddenly stumbled into his mom outside of the hotel that he

she hadn’t been a part of Lin

was understandable for a 4-year-old child like Lin Lin to lose track of time when the mother he hadn’t seen for most of his

could empathize with Lin

first time meeting his mom. Even though she wasn’t particularly fond of Xinghe, the fact was, she was Lin

things be. Her downturned mouth shifted into a smile and said, “Well, now that Lin Lin’s back, let’s

pleading, “Daddy, can Mommy

wish to celebrate his

this

wanted her to be part of Lin Lin’s

he whispered in return before turning to the hotel worker, ordering, “We

“Understood, Mr. Xi.”

tune of ‘Happy Birthday’, a mousse cake the size of a dinner table was

stared at the four dancing flames and she was temporarily lost in

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