Being a bug in a survival game

In the study room.

"When you come back this time, why don't you stay a little longer? You can also spend some time with Lin'er." The old man suggested as he looked at the mature woman in front of him who was well-dressed and dignified.

The woman raised her wrist and glanced at the time on her watch: "No, I just came back to pick up a few things and leave tomorrow."

"As for Lin'er, with you here, I believe you will raise him well."

The old man sighed: "Sigh... Actually, you can take Lin'er there for a while, and between you mother and son, you can also..."

"Dad, I've made an appointment with someone for afternoon tea. I'm leaving now. It's getting cold. Please take care of yourself."

The woman interrupted the old man's words. Although she didn't show anything on her face, it was obvious that she didn't want to continue the current topic.

The woman turned around and was about to leave the study.

But when she tried to unscrew the door handle, she found that the door was not locked at all. She gently pulled it and it opened.

Outside the door, stood a boy of several years old.

The boy raised his eyes and said nothing, just watching the woman quietly.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then she reacted, a smile appeared on her face, she bent down, reached out and touched the boy's head, and said in a soft voice:

"Lin'er, have you had your lunch?"

The boy's eyes lightly passed over the woman's face, which was a bit unfamiliar, but also revealed a hint of familiarity.

The boy nodded his head, his expression as calm as water: "Eat."

"That's good." The woman seemed very satisfied. She held the boy in her arms. After two seconds, she let go and raised her hand to touch the boy's little face. Her tone was coaxing: "After dinner, it's time to take a nap." Okay, so you can grow taller."

The boy lowered his eyes and gently lifted his lips: "Mother."

"Um?"

"Are you leaving?" the boy asked.

The woman's expression paused for a moment, then returned to normal, and replied with a smile: "Mom has made an appointment with a friend, and she has to go to the appointment. She can't break her promise."

"How many more years will we have to go this time?" There was no light in the boy's dark and deep eyes. He was very calm, more like lifeless.

His tone was too flat, as if he was asking about the weather rather than pleading with a mother to stay longer.

The woman looked at the boy and shook her head slightly: "Not necessarily."

"Will you come back?"

"maybe."

"..."

The boy got the answer, lowered his head slightly and murmured: "...Is this so?"

...just a little kid.

The woman looked at the boy's emotional changes. She was a little impatient at first, but suddenly she calmed down in a rare way. She couldn't hold it back and said a few more words:

"Lin'er is good, my mother is going to do what she wants to do, but she also hopes that Lin'er can grow up healthily in the Qin family. When Lin'er grows up, whether she continues to stay in the Qin family or goes out to explore, It’s Lin’er’s freedom.”

A woman does not want her life to be tied down by the children she gives birth to through marriage.

not worth it.

But her Lin'er is very sensible and obedient...

The woman felt a little regretful and a little bit guilty.

But that little bit of newly born maternal love was not enough to change the woman's choice.

She will not stay in the Qin family.

Thinking about it, the woman felt a little stupid.

Why is she telling a child this?

How could Lin'er possibly understand...

The boy suddenly asked: "Mom, are you happy to leave here?"

Hearing this, the woman looked startled, "Mother is very happy, so Lin'er..."

"Mother, please leave." The boy's voice was calm, like an insignificant stone falling into the lake. It only created layers of ripples that would soon dissipate.

"If leaving makes you happy, just leave..."