Rex carries Adair into the car. He doesn’t hear anything when he helps Adair to buckle up his seatbelt,
so he reminds him patiently, “What should you say?”
Adair seems to be a little awkward, “Thanks, Uncle Rex.”
Rex raises his eyebrows, “You’re calling me uncle now?”
A man and a boy... The atmosphere between them is rather complicated. However, if you look closely,
you will find many similarities between them, especially when they are stubborn.
They both stares at each other. In the end, Adair surrenders. He looks reluctant but in fact, he is just
shy. He calls Rex shyly, “Thanks, dad.”
Rex feels satisfied. He smiles and strokes Adair hair, “Good boy.”
It is hard enough to get Adair to call him dad the first time. He doesn’t want to be an uncle to him
anymore. Who knows when will be the next time that Adair calls him dad if he is so used to calling him
Uncle Rex.
Rex closes the door. He then helps Lily to take the lunchbox when he sees Lily is holding it, “What’s
this?”
“Dumplings.”
“For me?”
“Yes, from my mother.”
“What?” Rex pauses his steps when he hears what Lily said.
“My mother said you should try it,” Lily says softly. Thinking of what Bree did, both Rex and Lily feels
warm, “Have you eaten?”
In fact, Rex and Orson have eaten something at the noodle shop near his office before coming here.
He is not hungry at all now but hearing what she said, it doesn’t matter if he is full or not.
Looking at the lunchbox, Rex feels like he is showered in the wind of spring, even if it is night time now.
His relationship with Bree and Harry never gets better from what happened five years ago. Both of
them sees him as the enemy, a foe. No matter what he did to make it up to them, they never forgive
him.
But now…
Rex clenches his fist and says in a hoarse tone, “Let’s get into the car.”
Lily nods and gets into the car.
Rex sits at the driver seat and places the lunchbox in between the driver and the passenger seat. On
their way back home, Adair has fallen asleep. Both Lily and Rex don’t talk much as they are afraid of
waking Adair up.
The car finally stops in front of the Imperial Villa. Fanny has arrived before them. She quickly
approaches them when she sees their car pullover. Rex hands Adair to Fanny then holds Lily’s hand
and walks slowly at the back.
After getting into the house, Rex doesn’t even bother to change. He quickly opens the lunchbox in the
dining room.
The dumplings aren’t as bulging as when they are fresh out of the pot. Instead, they shrink a little. Bree
gives them many dumplings, so some of the dumplings stick together, and some of the fillings have
even got out. Rex can clearly see the filling made out of mutton and carrots. They look funny if you’d
ask.
Lily looks at him and says, “Let me reheat it for you.”
She reaches out her hand to the lunchbox but Rex stops her, “It’s fine.”
The next second, he picks up a dumpling with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, regardless if it is
already cold. He enjoys the food with a compliment, “Your mother’s cooking is good.”
Rex is a person that don’t usually give compliments to food, even if it is in a high-end restaurant. Lily
didn’t think much when she brings the dumplings back. It is now only she realizes how touched Rex is,
and it is all because of the dumplings she brought back.
“Rex…” Lily calls his name softly. She has never seen him eating like this before.
“My family likes to cook dumplings during festivals. It’s a tradition from the older generation but there’s
never a time where I think they are delicious,” Rex replies calmly. He is reminded of the dumplings he
had during festivals at his house. It’s not that the dumplings aren’t nice at home nor how fancy Bree’s
dumplings are. It is about the meaning it was given.
It is very rare to have someone to cook for him just because they want him to have a good meal. It is all
very superficial. The love of a family? Rex hasn’t felt that in many years.
It was not entirely the fault of the others. Rex stayed away first. However, being born in such a family, it
is hard not to change yourself. He didn’t want to put anyone in a difficult situation, so he stayed away
willingly.
But deep in his heart, he always wanted to feel that love again.
Rex eats very fast. He has already eaten most of the dumplings in less than ten minutes. Lily stops him
when there are only a few left in the lunchbox. “Stop eating. It is hard to digest all that before bed. If
you like it, I will reheat it for you tomorrow.”
Rex finally stops after Lily promised to reserve the dumplings for him for tomorrow. He walks into the
kitchen to wash his hands.
At the same time, Rex’s phone rings. It is already almost ten o’clock in the evening. Whoever calls
anyone during this hour is inconsiderate.
Rex frowns and picks up the phone. It is the management office of the Imperial Villa. “Hello?”
“Mr. Rex, there is a Ms. Vivian looking for you at the guardhouse and her car is blocking the way. If you
didn’t know her, I’ll ask people to tow her car.” The manager of the management office says in an
apologizing tone.
Lily is right next to Rex, so she could roughly hear the conversation through his phone. Vivian had left
quite an impression to her, so Lily immediately remembers who the manager is talking about.
Blocking the way in the middle of the night?
It doesn’t look like what Vivian would do though.
“Do you have to report everything to me? Do you think I…”
Before Rex could finish his sentence, Lily covers his mouth and says, “We’ll go meet her. The more we
avoid her, the more she will want to come sneaking into our life. We should get everything clear by now
anyway.”
Rex looks at Lily while his heart fills with curiosity. He then replies the caller, “We’ll be there soon.”
The manager immediately agrees to him, “Yes, Mr. Rex. Take your time.”
After ending the call, Rex stares at Lily with a face full of questions. Lily stares right back at him as if
she is challenging him. “Who ask you to use Vivian as a tool to make me angry? You see, now that she
came and look for you. Don’t you think that is also considered fooling around?”
Rex frowns, “What are you talking about?”
“I didn’t make it up. You did hold her hands in front of me and rejected me.”
“I was angry with you and Ryan,” if it wasn’t them, he wouldn’t have to use Vivian to trigger them.
Lily twitches her lips and says, “But Ryan doesn’t block any places in the middle of the night.”
“He wishes! All his time are used in developing projects against me. I don’t think he has got the time to
do so even if he wants to.” Rex will always be mean to his rivals, in work and in love.
“You!”
“Alright, I will go out and see her now,” Rex looks at Lily who is about to get angry, he raises his hand
and strokes her head. It is different on how he strokes Lily and how he strokes Adair. He always
strokes Lily harder.
When Lily sees him walking towards the exit, she quickly follows him, “Who ask you to go alone? I’ll go
with you too.”
Rex is wearing his shoes and he stops when he hears what Lily says, “You’ll go with me?”
“You won’t need to explain anything if I’m with you, isn’t it? Things will all become crystal clear now.”
The lights from the entrance hit Lily’s face and it makes her eyes look bright and shiny. At the same
time, there’s also an inexplicable light shining in Lily’s eyes.
“Ha!” Rex smiles and hugs her in her waist. He asks her in a frivolous tone, “Are you jealous?”
Lily blinks her eyes and avoids eye contact with Rex, “No, I didn’t…”
“Come, let me see if you are blushing.” at the same time, Rex tries to pull her into his arms.
Lily dodges and slightly raises her voice, “Are you coming’?”
Rex shakes his head and smiles, “What a joy killer.”
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