Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
On this side, Li Xiyun brought her two sons home. Of course, it was not the Li family, but a small apartment that she had bought outside.
In the car, Li Xiyun carefully asked the two children how they met Grandpa Huang today.
“Mom, big brother is really awesome today. Two fierce bad guys came to catch us. Big brother, um–”
Hearing his mother’s question, Xiaobao immediately said excitedly. He had always loved to play and make fun of things. He treated this thrilling incident as a fun game.
Halfway through his words, Xiaobao’s mouth was covered by Dabao’s hand.
Xiaobao blinked his eyes. He did not know what was going on, but he had always listened to Dabao and did not struggle.
“Mom, today, Xiaobao and I played catch the bad guys. Xiaoabao is too stupid and I catch him every time. Then, he accidentally bumped into Grandpa Huang. We saw him on TV and said that he was a big philanthropist. We followed him out of curiosity.”
Dabao knew very well that if his mother knew what happened today, she would definitely blame herself and be sad. He did not want his mother to be sad.
“Okay, mom understands.”
Although she said that, a tear rolled down Li Xiyun’s face where the two children could not see. She knew that with Dabao around, she would not be able to get anything out of Xiaobao. She also accepted Dabao’s good intentions that he did not want her to worry.
He was only a five-year-old child after all!
Sometimes, she hoped that Dabao would not be so smart and mature.
But sometimes, she felt lucky that Dabao was always so capable and could take care of himself and his younger brother.
Sometimes, she wondered if it was because she was too unreliable as a mother, which forced the two children to grow up quickly to protect themselves.
“We won’t be going back to the Li family today. We won’t be coming back in the future. We’ll live in our own home.”
Hearing that their mother would not bring them back to the Li family, the two babies cheered. They did not like the Li family either.
Their step-grandmothers and aunts always scolded them, and their grandfather always favored their step-grandmothers and aunts. Although they were still young, they knew that the Li family did not like them. It was just that they knew that their mother was working very hard, they never said anything to make their mother not worry.
When Li Xiyun heard the happy voices of the two children, her heart ached again. She had suffered for so many years for those unrealistic thoughts in her heart.
Her heart was even more determined to leave the Li family with the children.
When she returned home, Li Xiyun asked for the opinions of the two children. She made two meat dishes, one vegetable soup. They had a beautiful dinner.
While she was bathing Xiaobao, Li Xiyun asked Xiaobao, “why is Xiaobao so dirty today? Did you fall down?”
“No, I didn’t fall down today. It was big brother who fell down.”
Li Xiyun did not expect that she would get such an answer out of a casual question. She did not find any wounds when she was bathing Dabao, so she became anxious immediately.
“Where did brother get hurt? Was It serious?”
“Um… No, Xiaobao was wrong. It was brother who knocked down the bad uncle.”
Li Xiyun was relieved after hearing Xiaobao’s answer. Hearing Xiaobao mention the bad uncle again, her heart also turned anxious.
“Did the bad uncle catch you guys?”
Xiaobao had obviously forgotten Dabao’s advice. He had not been close to his mother for a long time, so he was happy to say everything.
“No, when the two bad uncles caught us, we ran to the street. There were many uncles and aunties selling fruits nearby. The bad uncle insisted that he was our father, so my brother picked up a fruit from every stall and ate it. When the uncles and aunties selling fruits asked the bad uncle for money, we met Grandpa Huang.”