“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.

came alive. If her beauty in the past was passive, like that of a

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

eyes were glued onto Xinghe the moment

at hand, Lin Lin’s answer

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

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

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 life suddenly materialized

Xi could empathize

Lin was a kid after all and this was his first time meeting his mom.

a smile and said,

his head and pulled on Mubai’s hand, pleading, “Daddy, can Mommy join us? I want us

deny a birthday boy’s wish to celebrate his birthday with his

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

wanted her to be part of

turning to the

“Understood, Mr. Xi.”

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

stared at the four dancing flames and

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