Lunch lasts nearly an hour. During this time, Bree and Harry still keep on asking questions in worry.
When there’s a question that Lily can’t answer, Rex will help her to take the question. The two
cooperates well. Therefore Bree and Harry do not notice anything wrong.
They stay there for a while more after eating. It is three o’clock, and it is almost time for school
dismissal. As they are finally back now, Lily and Rex decide to pick up the child from school
themselves.
On the way to the school, as it is still early, they stop the car in front of an import toy shop. They go in
and pick two boxes of beautifully crafted models before getting back on the road.
It is 4:20 when they arrive at school. The gate of the school opens. As the most prestigious primary
school in J City, the children at the school are wealthy and have high status. During dismissal, there are
all kinds of luxury cars parked in front of the school.
Soon, the children led by their teachers form a long line and walk out of the school in an orderly
manner.
Seeing this, Lily keeps searching in the crowd for the face that she has seen countless times in the
video. The time spent in waiting is always the most excruciating. The children come out one after
another, but there is no sign of Adair. Her palms are covered in cold sweats.
“Why isn’t he out yet?” Lily can’t help but whisper to the man beside her.
As if her wish has been heard. Before Rex speaks, a lovely, eye-catching, familiar face appears from
the queue.
The handsome face that distinguishes him from the other children, and the mature and calm aura that
he carries, make Lily immediately notices this child.
Who is it if not Adair?
His small body is dressed in a fitting uniform of a dark blazer and white shirt. The school’s badge is
pinned to his chest, and there’s a blue tie on his collar. He looks both gentlemanly and cute.
Bree is usually the one who picks him up. So as soon as he leaves the school, Adair stands under a
big tree at the parents’ waiting area, waiting for his grandmother to show up.
All the students around him have their parents with them, but he is the only one standing alone. His big
eyes that look around are filled with envy. Even from so far away, Lily can see that clearly.
But, she is not the only one who feels bitter.
When Rex sees this, he feels bad about it. He immediately opens the car door and gets down, then
walks over to his poor little son.
Lily follows close behind. Her small hand is clutched in his palm, which lets her feels a little more
secure.
“Adair,” when they get closer, Rex opens his mouth and calls his name, only to find that his voice is a
little hoarse. He clears his throat and calls again, “Adair.”
Adair, who is standing under the tree and waiting for his grandmother to come and pick him up from
school, does not notice at all. Although he seems to hear someone calling out to him, he does not raise
his head.
Neither mum nor dad is here. Surely it’s not them. It’s other children’s parents,
Adair thinks that. It is only when Rex walks to him and stands in front of him, Adair finally cranes his
neck. When his eyes see the incredibly familiar face, he blinks a few times as if in disbelief.
His small body freezes at a loss. Surprise, bewilderment, disbelief, appear one by one in those big
eyes which should have been childlike. Rex feels as if someone has hammered his heart. It feels so
painful that his breathing quickened.
His tall body squats down. He reaches out to take the child into his arms, not daring to use too much
force as he doesn’t want to frighten him, “Adair, mum and dad are here to pick you up.”
When he hears these words, it is as if an on button is pushed. His energetic eyes immediately shed two
lines of tears. His young little face is filled with the dilemma of wanting to get close to him but not
knowing how to do so.
A child in this age is supposedly the purest and most innocent of all. But due to the repeated separation
with the adults, the child matures too early. When facing the sudden appearance of his parents, Adair
doesn’t know what to do. He doesn’t even know whether to be happy or not.
He has always looked forward to his mum’s and dad’s return. But when they do return, he feels at a
loss.
All of this, Rex sees in his eyes, and he feels pain in his heart. He doesn’t want to burden the child in
his childhood. He just wants him to have a simple childhood and feels happy. But in the end, he is not
able to do so.
Lily looks at the child who is almost an exact replica of Rex. Even if she had doubted the authenticity of
this matter, she now has to believe it.
They look too alike. Anyone can see that they are father and son.
The moment she sees the child’s tears fall, it is as if she has a sensation in her heart. Before she even
thinks about what is she going to do, she immediately caresses the child’s little head, as if her body has
memories.
“Adair, don’t cry, first get in the car with dad and…mum,” although she feels a bit conflicted while saying
the word mum, the child in front of her doesn’t feel unfamiliar.
The family of three goes back into the car. To accompany Adair, Lily sits in the back of the car. Rex
drives, from time to time he glances the rearview mirror to look at the mother and son.
“We’re going to eat now, does Adair wants anything?” After all, she has no memory of being a mother
and is a bit awkward when it comes to looking after the child. But despite this, she still tries to
overcome this slight feeling of a discrepancy.
Adair has been looking out of the window since he got into the car. His two tiny hands which are on his
lap are playing with the seatbelt that is in front of his body, obviously absent-minded, “Anything is fine.”
Anything is fine?
Rex raises his eyebrows and glances the little body in the mirror, “Don’t you like that children’s
restaurant on River Street?”
He remembers that last time, now and then he would ask to go there. Since Lily didn’t really like
children eating junk food, he always asked him for help.
He thinks that he will make the same request this time, but he doesn’t expect that he shows such a
casual attitude.
Rex frowns slightly. This is not a good sign.
“Ryan has took me to the children’s restaurant many times. I don’t want to go there,” this sentence is
deliberately said loudly, as if Adair is trying to tell them something.
Although the words feel arrogant, his expression is clearly exasperated.
Hearing the words Ryan, Rex’s heart panics as if it is a reflex. He is just about to open his mouth but
hears Lily asks, “Ryan is…”
Before she finishes her question, he quickly interrupts, “Ryan took you there? Has Ryan been taking
care of you while mum and I were away?”
Lily quickly keeps quiet. She realizes that the Ryan mentioned by Adair should be a very good
acquaintance of hers.
Adair is a child, after all. He doesn’t realize the sensitive conversation between them and nods
vigorously, “Yes, Ryan has been so nice to me and even took me on a trip!”
Looking at his proud face, Rex is a bit jealous, “Hasn’t dad ever take you on one?”
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