Chapter 1: Encounter at the Bar

  Only when Ou Mu Xuan had left did the little girl emerge from a shrub in the green belt beside them.

  At this moment, he had changed his clothes and was holding two full bags in his hands, which were filled with all kinds of dishes, including chicken wings and lobster, Mom's favorite food.

  Serve the good queen's stomach well, and the little milk baby will not be able to refuse! Besides, the money that certain someone gave today is enough for them mother and son to eat several delicious meals, a free dinner, naturally rich and abundant.

  "Mommy!" The little baby carried the dishes and trotted over on his short legs, "Kiss Mommy, you're back so early today!"

  Thinking of the little boy selling flowers I met today, Ye Xuanmu looked up and down at her son, although that face was not her own son, why did his back look so similar?

  "Son, where did you go today?"

  "Buying vegetables," the little milk baby blinked with pure and innocent eyes, "these days, dear mom has encountered many unpleasant things, so the son plans to make a big meal to show respect for mom!" After finishing speaking, the little milk baby handed a bag to Ye Xuanmo, "Tonight there's mom's favorite honey chicken wings and pepper salt shrimp!"

  "Really!?" Ye Xuan's eyes lit up instantly, and any unhappy things were thrown to the back of her mind. As for what happened today... forget it, whether he was her son or not didn't matter anymore.

  "Mommy, let's go home?"

  "Go!" Ye Xuanmo immediately took over the bag from her son's hand, her son's strength was for cooking, as for physical labor, Ye Xuanmo had it all covered!

  Having a son is enough, as for Situ Luotian... forget it, past events have passed, even if they live in the same city, he's married and she has a son too, they won't have any intersection again.

  On one side, in a secluded corner, a man stared blankly for a long time, until the mother and son's figures disappeared into the room, his line of sight still not leaving.

  She was as beautiful as when he first saw her in his childhood, slender and pitiful, yet stubbornly refused to show her weakness.

  The man just quietly looked on, the corners of his lips rising with a dazed and indulgent smile, Foam, between us... can we start all over again?

  The craftsmanship of the son is absolutely at the level of a five-star chef, and the taste he produces is not something that ordinary people can keep up with. In those years, the son casually made a mashed potato, and she could eat it for a month without getting tired of it!

  Pepper salt shrimp, just made, Ye Xuanmo couldn't wait to get started!

  Many girls either because of tender flesh or because of pretentiousness, generally will not peel shrimp shells, but Ye Xuanmo peeled them neatly and efficiently. In the past when eating shrimp, there were also gentlemen who took the initiative to help her, only to end up embarrassing themselves.

  "Come on, baby, have one too. You've had a hard day today!" Ye Xuan placed the peeled shrimp into her son's bowl.

  Little milk doll was eating elegantly, and curiously asked, "Mommy, among all the foods, you seem to be most skilled at eating shrimp!" Especially that peeling shrimp shell action, neat and efficient, done in one breath.

  "Of course I like to eat it, and I'm good at peeling it!" Ye Xuan said, peeling the shrimp shell with ease, without even lifting her head.

  "But mom, you're a woman, these things should be done by men!"

  "Then hurry up and grow up, and help Mommy peel shrimp!"

  "Mom, after you went out today, a man named Situ Luotian came looking for you."

  The movement in his hand suddenly stopped.

  "Mommy, I opened the door, but I didn't tell him about our relationship," Little Milk Bottle saw Mommy's expression was off, so she immediately explained, "If you think he will misunderstand, next time we meet him, I'll explain to him that we are siblings, not..."

  "It doesn't matter!" Ye Xuanmo raised her head, with a bright smile on her face. "My son is so talented, I'd be delighted if the whole world knew about it!" She didn't intentionally conceal the fact that she had a son, nor would she deliberately make it public, otherwise it might affect her son's normal life.

  "But Mommy, he saw me and looked very unhappy." Little milk baby blinked with amber-colored eyes, a face full of innocence.

  "We're alive, not to please him, why should we make him happy every time?" Ye Xuan's tone was light and proud, as if she really didn't care about the other person's opinion, but the peeled shrimp in her hand revealed her concerns.

  What's the big deal if she's not happy? It was him who didn't want her in the first place, is she supposed to just stand there waiting for him to come back? Yes, she wasn't being careful with herself and lost control after drinking, but what does any of this have to do with him anymore?

  "Mommy, shrimp can cause fire in the body after eating, eat some green vegetables!" Little milk bottle helps Ye Xuanmo find an excuse.

  "Baby, eat some more!" Ye Xuanmo also picked up some vegetables for her son and savored the delicious dish he made.

  A table full of dishes, Ye Qiong forgot to eat her favorite honey chicken wings, and she didn't take a bite of the shrimp. Although her face remained expressionless from start to finish, Xiao Naiwa knew that Mommy was heartbroken, and he wasn't indifferent to that man.

  Although he didn't quite like the man, if Mom liked him, he could accept him as his father-in-law. It's just that... in comparison, he preferred Ou Mu Xuan a bit more. If only Mom could like Ou Mu Xuan too...

  But when it comes to emotional matters, forcing things doesn't work. As long as Mom is happy, everything else is unimportant.

  In dreams, it is memories buried in the dead corner of the heart.

  That day was her eighteenth birthday, she wore the most seductive clothes, standing in his room, throwing away her dignity, biting her lower lip tightly, unbuttoning the buttons on her body one by one...

  She wants to stay by his side, wants to be with him for all eternity, although she is of humble origin, but isn't love above everything?

  "Wait!" He stopped her hand just before the last piece of clothing left her body. "I'm sorry!"

  "......I'm already an adult!" She blushed and insisted stubbornly that she was already grown up, so between them, it could be more than just siblings.

  "Misty, I am the heir of the Situ family. Every decision I make must be responsible to the Situ family, so... I can only fulfill the marriage contract!"

  "...if...if I asked you?" Her voice was low, almost inaudible, "Brother, if I asked you not to marry her, asked you to stay by my side, would you..."

  "I must marry her!" This was the first time he interrupted her words, "Momo, you are my sister..."

  "But we don't have any blood relation between us!" She insisted stubbornly.

  "You're an orphan, and the woman I'm going to marry must be one who will bring benefits to the Situ family, and make my status even more honorable. Do you understand, Mo Mo?"

  Her thin body shook violently, his words like a sharp sword piercing her heart. Yet she stood still, her dark eyes fixed on the ground, looking at her toes, watching as her own dignity was trampled underfoot, only to be replaced by another humiliation!

  She understands, his meaning is that she doesn't match up to him, everything was just her foolish fantasy. Now, with the status of a star, she can fully match any man in this world, so what else is she afraid of?