Marriage in crisis

My eyes turned red, and I quickly coaxed her, "Don't cry, it's not your fault! Be obedient, Second Aunt can't cry. If you cry, Second Aunt will want to cry too!"

Now, I don't really care what she's called. I'll just call her Second Aunt! This is also a fact that can't be erased. Wei Qingchuan is the second child anyway.

I told her the truth. The child was sensible and immediately stopped crying. She still looked at me with tears in her eyes, "She...she fell down to save me. I don't want her to die!"

When she talked about death, she was still very sad and vented it out loud.

I silently hugged her again, held her in my arms, and rubbed her head. She was too thin, so thin that it felt like there was nothing in my arms no matter how I hugged her.

The pain was heart-wrenching. How much suffering had this child endured? She had really been through hell in the past year, and now she had finally climbed ashore.

I hugged her for a long time until she calmed down, then I took her and walked into the house. Then I saw another child, a slightly plump, fair-skinned boy who looked a bit like Gina Ami, and quite good-looking.

He huddled there timidly, looking at the bustling crowd with fear in his eyes, shrinking back little by little, trying his best to reduce his presence.

I waved to him and said, "Come here!"

He was startled and stood there, looking around at everyone in panic, not knowing what to do. He nervously kept swallowing, but his eyes were fixed on me.

Erbao walked over and said to him in English, "This is my mother. She wants to see you. Don't be afraid. She is a very good person!"

Then I pulled him towards me. I was afraid that he would be nervous, so I reached out and held his hands. He instinctively wanted to pull them back, but stopped halfway and looked at me.

"What's your name? How old are you?" I also spoke in English.

He swallowed and spoke after a long while, "My name is Bai...Bai Wenxi. I'm 12 years old, and I can speak some Chinese!"

"Oh?" I deliberately showed surprise, "Really? Then learn more Chinese from now on! It will be convenient for us to chat. Auntie's English is not very good!"

I said this on purpose to relieve his stress.

He looked at me and said nothing, so I continued to ask, "What's your brother's name?"

"Bai Wenchen." he said.

I complained in my heart that Gina Ami was really something and actually gave both of her children the surname Bai, but neither of them was from the Bai family.

"Don't be afraid. You are safe now. Your mother..." I paused, turned my head, and then said, "Your mother was forced to go to the new country. Your mother asked me to take care of you."

He blinked and looked at me, then asked after a long while, "Can she... come back?"

I was shocked. This was a very sharp question. Can I come back? How would I know?

But of course I couldn't tell him the truth.

"Well... I'm not sure. If everything goes well, she will come back!" I really don't want to hit a child who has just gone through a disaster at this time. But probably, his mother will not come back.

He lowered his eyes and stopped talking. He looked at his fingers and also at my hands.

I looked him over and suddenly asked, "Have you ever been to your mother's campus?"

He still hung his head and shook it, "No, I've never been there."

I felt a little relieved, fortunately, Gina Ami didn't take him there.

"So do you usually go home after school?" I asked, wanting to get to know him better.

"I'm at the International Royal Academy in Myanchuan and need to live there!" His voice was very soft.

"Where did you learn Chinese?" I asked curiously. Logically, no one in the Bai family would speak Chinese.

"It is taught in school, and there are Chinese children there!" He answered my question very passively.

"Oh! That's great. You can also learn more Chinese by being with them!" I pointed at Yunlan and Erbao.

He nodded, a little disappointed.

I pulled him over and gave him a hug. Everyone has a child!

I noticed that he was choking up a little, and his arms awkwardly wrapped around me. I patted his back gently, speechless. Really, I didn't know what to say.

His little shoulders were shaking like a wounded little animal.

"Be happy, it's safe here, no one will touch you anymore, you will definitely be safe in the future, no one will dare to threaten you anymore! After a while, when school starts, I will let you go to school." I said, rubbing his head.

He nodded to show that he understood!