Chapter 56 - It's just a game

Seeing the complex emotion on her face, Guang Ying nodded. "Alright… I won't tell him. If this is what you want, then so be it. However, my boyfriend will have to know. Since he would be the father…"

Xiao Lei agreed. She knew that it would be unfair for Guang Ying to keep such a big secret from Callum. "Alright… As long as it's only between us...and Dr. Phillip…"

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After dropping her back at Hotel W, Guang Ying went back to the high-end apartment that Callum bought for him as their first year anniversary. The apartment was placed in both their names.

Guang Ying had thought of it as stupid and wasteful, but to Callum, it was not wasteful. At the moment, their country had not legalized g*y marriage yet.

It bothered Callum that they could not be together legally, and after some thinking, this was what he came out with. He felt that even if they could not get married legally, as long as their names appeared in legal doc.u.ments together, it would be as if they were married.

And just with this thought, he was happy enough.

When Guang Ying went into the apartment, he saw his mother playing checkers with the maid while they both sat on the floor.

His mother had two pet bunnies, and they were seated on her lap at the moment.

She had named the bunnies after Guang Ying and Callum. The white one was Ying Ying and the brown one was Xun Xun.

His mother was so deep in her thoughts that she did not realize that Xun Xun had hopped out of her lap. When Xun Xun arrived at Guang Ying's feet, he picked it up and cradled it in his arm before walking toward his mother.

"Young Master Luo…" The maid stood up and greeted him the moment she saw him.

"Thanks for staying with my mum when I'm not here. You can go back now. I'll continue the game with her," Guang Ying said with a slight smile.

The maid nodded. She then quickly went to the room and packed her stuff up before she said to Lin, "Bye, Lin. I'll see you tomorrow…"

Lin smiled and nodded at her. Once the maid left the house, Lin turned to look at Guang Ying. With a worried expression, she asked, "You're back earlier than I expected. How's your grandfather?"

"He's fine. He would be home later, but I might have to stay over at the old house for a few days…"

When he saw his mother frowning, Guang Ying quickly asked, "Would you like to stay at Du Mansion for a few days?"

Knowing the history between his mother and his a*shole father, Guang Ying would never ask his mother if she wanted to go with him to the Luo Mansion.

"I don't know…" Lin said before she made a move on the checkers' board.

Guang Ying quickly made a move before he said, "You can take Xun Xun and Ying Ying with you. I'm sure Little Monkey would like to play with them. You can also go shopping and hang out with Old Madam Du and Ms. An as well."

When Lin did not say anything, Guang Ying added, "Or I can ask the maid to come and stay with you again? But I'm not leaving you alone no matter what."

After hesitating for a while, Lin sighed and nodded. "Don't call for the maid. I prefer hanging out with Qi Yan and Old Madam Du... You can stay with your grandfather, but only for the weekend, alright?"

Guang Ying nodded. "Of course."

He then continued, "I'll give Kai Xin a call to ask her first but I don't think she would have a problem with it. If she's fine with it, I'll ask Old Mo to rearrange the position of the butlers so that they would stay out of your way. As for Du XiAn..."

Guang Ying waited for his mother to make her move before continuing, "I'm sure he would either be at work or busy with Little Monkey. If I'm not wrong, Kai Xin's checkup is this Saturday. So, they would be out during the day. At most, you would probably only see him during dinner time. So, don't worry about him."

Even though DX had always kept his distance in the rare occasion that they met, but to Lin, DX's cold expressionless face still scared her. Well, DX's demeanor scared a lot of normal people, so it was not surprising that a woman who had been severely traumatized before would be afraid of him.

Guang Ying knew about this as well and that was why he had to reassure her that DX would not be there all the time.

Lin listened carefully as her son drone on and on.

"As for Sima Erden…"

Lin suddenly said, "I'm fine with Erden…"

"Oh?"

She smiled as she explained, "He's nice and quiet, and he's not big on skin contact, and he always smiles at everyone. Besides, Qi Yan said that he would still be working at a fair this weekend…"

"Great then…" Guang Ying said before he purposely made a move so that his mother could eat two of his pieces. "Oh, damn."

Lin laughed softly. "You did that on purpose…"

"It's just a game…" Guang Ying smiled. He then patted his mother's hand gently before he said, "If it gets too overwhelming for you, you can always call me and I'd pick you up right away, alright? My grandfather is important, but you are more important than him."

Lin nodded. As she looked at her precious son who had grown up without her, her heart ached slightly. It had always bothered her that she could not be there to protect him. In her mind, the image that appeared whenever she thought about her son was the 10-year-old Guang Ying who had the darkest and most beautiful hair that she had ever seen.

Suddenly, without any warning, she leaned forward to ruffle his hair.

Guang Ying, who was packing up the checkers board at that time, looked at his mother curiously. With a gentle smile, he asked, "What was that for?"

"For being you…" When she sat back down, she said, "Your roots are changing in color…"

Unconsciously, Guang Ying reached up with a hand to touch the back of his head. He then placed it down before he said, "Yeah… It's black…"

Guang Ying had given up hope of ever having black hair, and it was something that he had long accepted. However, to his surprise, when he was in the shower a few days back, he found out that his hair roots were black.

Actually, Callum was the one who found out about it first. If it was not for him, Guang Ying might not even know it until way later.

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