“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.

the past was passive, like that of a beautiful mannequin on display, her beauty that night was active, reeling your attention in and never letting it

squeezed his heart. It was like admiring a mystifying painting, his attention kept

himself didn’t realize his eyes were glued

the business at hand, Lin Lin’s answer

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

was public knowledge that after Xinghe’s divorce, she

time when the mother he hadn’t seen for most of his life suddenly materialized before

Mrs. Xi could empathize

was a kid after all and this was his first time meeting his mom. Even though she wasn’t particularly

smile and said,

hand, pleading, “Daddy, can Mommy join

a birthday boy’s wish to celebrate his birthday with

with this

himself wanted her to be

turning to the hotel worker, ordering, “We

“Understood, Mr. Xi.”

the size of a dinner table

stared at the four dancing flames and she was temporarily lost

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