When Rex goes downstairs to have dinner, Lily has already worn out after playing with Adair for a long
while. Rex washes his hands, and then seats himself at the table, and looks at them with his eyebrows
slightly raised, “Will you leave today?”
The question is quite normal, but in Lily’s ears, it somehow bears his joking.
She turns her face awkwardly and hums in a voice as low as that of mosquitos, “Yeah.”
She then hastily adds, “Adair wants to stay since you’ve promised to go hiking with him.”
What she means is that it is Adair who wants to stay, not her, and that she has to stay too to
accompany Adair as she is worrying about him.
But this silly girl has no idea that her words are just a clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure.
Knowing that Lily is thin-skinned and that she would choose to dig a hole on the ground to hide herself
if he keeps joking at her, Rex chooses to end the topic and shoots her a meaningful glance and says,
“Go and have dinner.”
Lily secretly heaves a sigh of relieve. She then sends food to her mouth while feeding Adair.
She hasn’t eaten the dishes cooked by Fanny for five years. Therefore, when she takes a bite, she
feels the nostalgia and sighs with emotion.
“Fanny, your cooking skills are improved a lot.” Although Lily doesn’t like to eat greasy food at night,
this time, she still eats a lot of stewed pork.
“It’s great that Miss Lily likes it. I have no specialties other than cooking!” Fanny feels quite delighted
upon hearing Lily’s words.
“By the way, is your son married?”
“Yeah. He got married last year. After all, he was not young and therefore we urged him to get married.”
“Is his wife a native person in this city?”
“Yes. And she’s very filial. They have bought two houses and two cars by themselves, and I feel at
ease." Actually, Fanny is not short of money. It’s just that she feels boring and wants to do something
that she chose to work for Rex.
It must be so hard for Fanny to raise her son by her own. Lily, who has been a single mother for five
years, deeply understands it.
"Miss Lily, what about you? Marriage life has its fun." Fanny persuades.
Lily is stunned. Sensing the scorching lines of sight from Rex, she lowers her head and scoops the
soup, pretending to be calm, "No hurry, let's talk about it later."
She doesn’t discern that Rex frowns upon hearing her words. Judging from her attitude as well as her
tone, he can tell that she never considers about marrying him.
They then eat quietly. Lily talks to Adair from time to time, while Rex throws one or two questions to
Adair. But the two adults didn’t talk with each other.
After the dinner, Lily stays in the room, accompanying Adair to draw and to build LEGO blocks. On the
one hand, she hasn’t seen Adair for several days and wants to give him more companies; on the other
hand, she is shunning Rex, since she doesn’t know how to face him.
They play the LEGO until ten o’clock, and Adair is so sleepy that he even can’t open his eyes. Lily
helps him wash up, takes a story book from the bedside table, and reads the story in a low, slow voice.
Maybe it is because that his mother is by his side, Adair holds Lily’s arm and falls into sound sleep.
After the dinner, Rex chose to watch TV in the living room. The programs he chose are most about
finance and economy, in which some experts are talking about their insights into the industry and the
news in the industry. However, Rex had known about these “news” two month ago.
The timeliness of information is the most important thing in the finance sector. In this industry, one can
only find exactly what he should do next by paying attention to the policies and the changes in the
industry all the time.
Therefore, Rex didn’t listen to it carefully.
Seeing that Rex keeps looking up to the second floor from time to time, Fanny feels an urge to ask him
whether she should go upstairs to invite Miss Lily. But after all, she’s not that acquainted with Rex,
hence she gives up.
It is soon ten o’clock. Seeing that Lily didn’t walk out of the room the whole night, Rex can’t sit still
anymore. He throws the remote control onto the sofa and walks upstairs with an imposing aura.
Adair’s bedroom is on the left of the master bedroom, right near his room. He walks over and raises his
hand. But as if he suddenly thinks of something, he doesn’t knock the door; instead, he leans over and
eavesdrop what they are doing in the room.
The room is silent, and he can’t even hear any sound of talking.
Although the villa has a good sound insulation effect, it’s not that good to the point that he even can’t
hear anything.
Being swayed by considerations of gain and loss over the past five years, Rex suddenly feels restless.
He raises his hand and turns the door handle. With a cracking sound, the door is opened. And then
room under the dim light is gradually presented in front of him.
Lily just turned on the wall light. There are some toy bricks scattering on the carpet, and Lily and Adair
are sleeping soundly on the bed. When seeing Adair, who curls up in Lily’s arms, Rex’s heart softens.
The nervousness in Rex’s eyes gradually fades away, and a trace of tenderness flashes. He looks at
the mother and son softly, and walks over the bedside gently. Seeing them in a closer manner, he feels
more touched.
Lily had turned the light to a warm one. The dim light cascades on her fair, flawless skin, adding some
charm to her. Although she looks unchanged after five years, he still notices two freckles under her
eyes, and that her hair is not as thick as it was before. No matter how subtle the changes are, he can
still discern it although he doesn’t say it out.
This is the aging process caused by delivery. Other woman may feel at ease to accept Ryan’s
unconditional help or treat Ryan as her backup. But Lily is not that kind of person. She’s highly self-
esteemed and independent, therefore it would be hard for her to request for something
It’s hard for him to imagine how Lily felt and what she had gone through when she was facing the
anxiety caused by survival right after giving birth to Adair, since no one could offer her support in that
foreign country.
And he was the cause of all her sufferings. She gave birth to the child for him, brought up Adair for him,
and resented him for making her suffer a lot yet she had no way to vent her grievance.
He was not present during the five years, and owned her a lot, to the point that he can only
compensate her for a lifetime.
The thought makes Rex turbulent in heart. He raises his hand to rub his eyebrows, as if he’s trying to
suppress the sourness and pity for Lily in this manner.
He looks down at the story book beside Lily and picks it up. It’s the story about “The Prince Who Turns
into a Fog”. He can imagine her tenderness when she was reading the story for Adair.
Rex’s lips curl into a smile and his heart softens because of this imagination. He casually puts the book
on the bedside table and leans over, intending to carry Lily. But just as he puts some strength on his
arms, Adair tightens his grip on Lily, as if he has sensing that someone is trying to steal his mummy.
And he murmurs subconsciously, “Mummy. I want mummy…”
Rex’s eyelids twitch. He retreats his arms and takes away Adair’s fat, tender arms, and whispers, “Bad
boy, you know well how to compete with Daddy for your Mummy now.”
He looks down at the story book beside Lily and picks it up. It’s the story about “The Prince Who Turns
into a Fog”. He can imagine her tenderness when she was reading the story for Adair.
Rex’s lips curl into a smile and his heart softens because of this imagination. He casually puts the book
on the bedside table and leans over, intending to carry Lily. But just as he puts some strength on his
arms, Adair tightens his grip on Lily, as if he has sensing that someone is trying to steal his mummy.
And he murmurs subconsciously, “Mummy. | want mummy...”
Rex’s eyelids twitch. He retreats his arms and takes away Adair’s fat, tender arms, and whispers, “Bad
boy, you know well how to compete with Daddy for your Mummy now.”
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