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.

please tell Dad that I miss him so much. He said he would pick me up from school, but he never showed up. I really

should never be a victim of

will let

He has sowed a seed in Lily's heart by saying that.

undue pressure for that. And it all comes to Lily like a

along. Drowning in them, she indulges in drinking. One night, bathing in the moonlight, she dials that number drunkenly in front of

dialed it so many times that she can recite it,

the screen with her fingertips. The light is

year, but she worries about Adair too much to keep that

strong, but she is still a woman,

her teeth, she turns on the phone and types quickly, sending a short

...

and the addictive substance has dropped to a stable value. However, he is still facing some problems and

He is weak despite his strong bones. Lee

at night, he would double his efforts. Finishing a round, he hears the phone ring on the table. The phone serves no purpose other than getting information about Lily and Adair

picks it up. Tapping the screen, he is petrified

is no other than Lily

her photos when the emotions are too overwhelming. They haven't met or heard from each other for half a year

message is enough to

the bed and bends down slightly. His fingers shaking with the phone, he taps