“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.

of a

that he hadn’t noticed before, one that squeezed his heart. It

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

hand, Lin Lin’s answer was a bit

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

that after Xinghe’s divorce, she hadn’t been a part of Lin Lin’s

Lin to lose track of time when the mother he hadn’t seen

could empathize with Lin

mom. Even though she wasn’t particularly fond of

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

and pulled on Mubai’s hand, pleading, “Daddy,

could deny a birthday boy’s wish to celebrate his

not everyone was particularly satisfied with this arrangement but it would be indecorous

Mubai himself wanted her to be part of Lin

return before turning to the hotel worker, ordering, “We

“Understood, Mr. Xi.”

the size of a dinner table

top of it were four lit candles. Xinghe stared at the four dancing flames

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