“Mommy?”
“Mommy!” Seeing that Han Muzi’s face was as pale as a piece of paper, Little Bean frowned under the mask as he felt a little unhappy.
He initially wanted to test his mother, but he didn’t expect her to resist. Sigh!
Little Bean waved his little hand in front of Han Muzi in an attempt to pull her back to her senses. However, Han Muzi seemed to be caught in her thoughts and she couldn’t snap out of it. In that case…
Little Bean suddenly remembered something and didn’t dare to wake Han Muzi up again. Instead, he hurriedly reached out to hug Han Muzi’s neck firmly. When he touched her, it was exactly as he had assumed—her neck was cold and she had broken out in a cold sweat.
“Mommy! Mommy!!!” Little Bean called Han Muzi vigorously, but she didn’t react at all.
Seeing her like this, Little Bean was so terrified and he almost sobbed out loud. “Mommy! Talk to me!”
Then, he burst out crying. It was only at this moment that Han Muzi suddenly jerked back to her senses. When she lowered her head and saw him hugging her with red eyes, she suddenly realized that something had happened just now.
“Little bean,” Han Muzi called out his name blankly as if she had just survived a disaster.
“Mommy, I’m here. Please don’t scare me, okay?” Little Bean took off his mask while replying to Han Muzi. Then, he put his warm face on Han Muzi’s cheeks to warm her up.
After Han Muzi recovered her senses, she gradually returned to normal. Little Bean’s physique was very good, so his warmth was continuously passed to her through his clothes. To Han Muzi, it felt like someone had pulled her out of the darkness.
Is he my salvation? Han Muzi pulled Little Bean into a tight embrace and muttered to herself, “Little Bean, no matter what happens, you will always be my baby.”
“Yeah.” Little Bean nodded vigorously. “I will always be your baby. Mommy, don’t be sad anymore…”
He was a considerate person, so he did not ask her any questions. Han Muzi also knew that, since young, this child has been more kind than other children, and she didn’t say anything else. Instead, she just touched his head. “I’m sorry. Did I scare you again?”
Little Bean shook his head. “Don’t be sad, Mommy. I will always be with you.”
“Really?” Han Muzi looked at Little Bean with teary eyes. “What if… someday, someone wants you to leave me?”
The expression on Little Bean’s face suddenly became serious and solemn. “No such thing will happen.”
“I know, I’m just asking what if…”
Little Bean took her hand and put her palm on his cheeks. Then, he gently snuggled in her warm palms. “That day would never come. I will always belong to you and only you. Don’t worry about it anymore, alright?”
“Alright.” Han Muzi forced her tears back and squatted there for a long time before recovering her composure. Then, she handed the mask to Little Bean. “Put the mask on and go back to the room to wait for me. I’ll just take a look at Aunt Yan to see how she is doing.”
“Aunt Yan?”
“She accompanied your Uncle Qing to a business gathering. She probably has drunk a lot of alcohol, so I’m going to check up on her.”
“Hmm.” Little Bean seemed to be lost in thought. His small eyes flicked from side to side as he whispered, “Mommy, I thought you have always wanted to match up Uncle Qing and Aunt Yan?”
Hearing that, Han Muzi was taken aback for a moment, and then she quickly realized what he meant.
“Uncle Qing is already so old. He would be miserable without a wife. Mommy, why don’t we go home first? Hehe, I’m going to sleep with you tonight!”
Han Muzi didn’t know how to reply to him in that instant.
In the end, she helplessly stretched out her hand and pinched Little Bean’s nose. “You mischievous little kid! You must not let your uncle hear you say such things. If he heard you calling him old, he would be very angry with you.”
“Hmph, but you often say that he is old as well.”
“Do you think I say that for fun? It’s only when your uncle wants to set up a blind date for me, that I have no choice but to retaliate that way.”
While they were chatting, unknowingly, Han Muzi’s grief and uncertainty from just now had been driven away by Little Bean. At this moment, she felt that her heart was full, probably because of Little Bean’s reassurance that he would never leave her. Because of that, she felt that she had nothing to be afraid of anymore.
She got up and held Little Bean’s hand and walked back. “Let’s go and pack up our things first. Then, let’s go home.”
“Yeah!” Little Bean nodded vigorously. As he was holding Han Muzi’s hand, he had to tiptoe a little when he walked, and he looked very cute when he did that. He then asked curiously, “Mommy, why don’t you want to go on a blind date ?”
When he brought up this matter, the smile on Han Muzi’s face faded a little. “It’s better for children not to know so many things. You are still so young; why are you such a busybody? You aren’t planning to be a paparazzo in the future, are you?”
Little Bean was speechless upon hearing that and glanced at Han Muzi a little irritably while he pouted. “You don’t care about me at all. I have mentioned before that I want to contribute to the country when I grow up.”
“Hmm.” Han Muzi thought for a while. “If you entertain the public and make them happy, it’s also considered a contribution to the country.” With that, she laughed teasingly.
“Mommy, you are so naughty! I’m going to ignore you now!” With that, Little Bean shook her hand off and ran forward.
Han Muzi watched the little guy run far with a smile on her face, but as she quickened her pace, the smile on her face had faded slightly. Hopefully, that day won’t arrive.
Little Bean was the only support of her soul now. If he was taken away from her one day, she would break down.
…
While the dinner party was still going on, Yan’s phone suddenly vibrated. She paused just when she was about to make a toast, eliciting a sideways look from Han Qing, who was sitting beside her.
“I’ll look at the message first.” Yan smiled awkwardly as she pulled the zipper of her bag open and took out her phone. After she looked at it for a while, she raised her head. “Muzi said she is tired, so she took Little Bean back to rest first.”
When she said this, Yan’s face was a little red, and she looked at Han Qing shyly. After all, there was a sentence in the message that made her blush.
As soon as she finished her sentence, Han Qing felt his pocket vibrate too. He paused for a moment and took out his phone to look at it. Like Yan, he received a message from Han Muzi as well. She had sent the same message that she sent to Yan to him—that she was tired, so she would take Little Bean back to rest first. After that, she added a rather suggestive sentence.
‘Take care of Yan. If she gets drunk, remember to help me send her back. Or you can take her back to the Han residence since there are many rooms there. Good luck, you middle-aged loner!’
