Let's Get Married

Lily is taken aback. "You miss him?"

"Yes, it's been a long time since I saw him," Adair says, slowing down with his food. Lily is sad to see him like this.

"Adair, Daddy is away on a business trip, but you must know that he misses you. He misses you all the time, understand?"

Lily has said things like that to him countless times over these months, for fear that Adair would see his dad in a different way, or that it would affect Adair as he grows up.

Adair usually nods obediently, but today....

He suddenly puts down the chicken leg, and asks, his big dark eyes full of puzzlement, "But Mom, if Dad really misses me, why doesn't he come back?"

Lily frowns slightly. Thinking what the teacher has said, she realizes something bad might be happening. Does Adair feel inferior because he discovers that other children's dads are around but his isn't?

Lily has been taking care of Adair herself. Kids in the kindergarten don't pay attention to such details. Now that he is in a primary school in China, where the parents are overly caring, he might truly feel that way.

Rubbing her son's little head, she reassures him with an aching heart, "Trust me, he will be back soon."

It has been nearly half a year since that man left for his treatment, and he should probably feel better now. Lily tends to avoid such thoughts and bury herself in work. As the deadline approaches, she grows increasingly anxious. What if he doesn't get better?

She knows a turning point is around the corner. But she chooses to blindfold herself, staggering into what is supposed to be a bridge, or a godforsaken abyss.

he never showed up. I really

feels nothing but heartache. A child should never be a victim of his parents' drama, but now it

Mom will

in Lily's heart by saying that. And every time she thinks

promise is about to expire. The child is under undue pressure for that.

carry along. Drowning in them, she indulges in drinking. One night, bathing in the moonlight, she dials

tapped that number until now. She has dialed it so many times that she can recite it, but that fact has made it so hard for her to

fingertips.

leave him be for half a year, but she worries

to decide. She is strong, but she is still a woman,

Gritting her teeth, she turns on the

...

However, he is still facing some problems and needs medicine. And he has to take it for another six months to be free

is weak despite his

he would double his efforts. Finishing a round, he hears the phone ring on the table. The phone serves no

the screen, he is petrified

no other

how he can just talk to her photos when the emotions are too overwhelming. They haven't met or heard from each other for half a

is

and bends down slightly.