Chapter 1600
Bertha didn’t want to discuss Sophia any longer with her daughter. “That’s enough, Lea. Stop talking about it and go play with Tristan.”
Lea shrugged her shoulders and glanced at Tristan, who was playing with his toys on the couch. “Mom, I think Tristan seems a bit different from the last time we met.”
Upon hearing this, Bertha glanced toward Tristan, looking puzzled. “What do you mean? How is Tristan different?”
Lea tilted her head, feeling a bit frustrated. “He used to be a very introverted kid. He didn’t talk much and rarely smiled. But today, he was a bit shy at first and then began to talk a lot.”
Bertha thought her daughter was overthinking. “Kids are pure-hearted; once they feel comfortable, they open up. Don’t overthink.”
Really? Lea wasn’t so sure.
“Also, Mom, the older Tristan gets, the more familiar he seems. He reminds me of someone I’ve met before.”
Bertha asked curiously, “Reminds you of someone? Who?”
Lea furrowed her brows in annoyance. “I can’t remember exactly where I’ve seen him, but there’s just this vague sense of familiarity.”
Bertha playfully patted her daughter’s head. “You and your cartoons! Always thinking there’s some kind of magic in the world. Now, stop thinking and go play with Tristan. Later, we’re having a family dinner.”
Lea responded absentmindedly and headed towards the couch to find Tristan.
Family dinner? She never felt like she, her mom, and Sophia were family.
“Auntie, can you help me with this?”
After seeing Lea approach, Adrian held up his Mechanical Hero toy, struggling to attach the arm. He had been trying for a while but couldn’t get it.
Lea took a look at the toy Tristan handed her, then looked up at Tristan before taking the toy and helping him attach the arm.
It was actually pretty simple. Tristan was just too little and didn’t have enough strength to snap the pieces together.
Adrian, looking at his now fully assembled Mechanical Hero, was ecstatic.
Lea found it boring and yawned. “You keep playing; I need to do my homework.”
Adrian looked up from his Mechanical Hero at Lea. “Auntie, you have homework, too?”
“Of course I have homework. I’m in school, and my teacher gave me a lot of it.”
Adrian sympathetically looked at her while hugging his Mechanical Hero. “Then I’ll do it with you.”
Lea raised an eyebrow. “You can come in, but you can’t disturb me.”
Adrian nodded earnestly. “Okay.”
And so, the two children, one big and one small, entered Lea’s room together.
Lea took her homework out of her bag and placed it on the desk, accidentally letting some of her drawings fall to the floor.
As she was about to pick them up, Tristan’ had already done it for her.
Adrian, upon seeing the beautiful scenery on the drawing, exclaimed, “Wow, Auntle, did you draw this?”
Lea nodded, taking the drawings and neatly putting them away. “Yes, it’s my art homework.”
Adrian curiously asked, “Did you imagine the place on the drawing, or does it really exist?
“It’s a real place. My art teacher took us on a field trip to sketch it, and I tell you, the real scenery is much more beautiful than the drawing.”
Adrian felt a surge of envy. He’d never been on a trip before-
