Chapter 744 - A Secret (1) (1/2)

No matter how obedient and mature Xiaojie was, he was still a child who was only a few years old.

Hearing that he needed to wait a few more days to be able to see Pretty Zhizhi, his lips pouted, and sparkling tears flowing out of his eyes immediately.

Seeing that he was like this, Mu Sihan comforted Xiaojie gently. “Daddy promised that I’ll bring Pretty Zhizhi back to you, but you have to go back first, okay?”

Hearing this, Xiaojie immediately shook his head. “I don’t want to go back, I want to go back with Pretty Zhizhi!”

Mu Sihan’s expression darkened slightly, his large hand wrapping Xiaojie’s soft ones. “Listen to me, I will definitely fulfill what I promise you.”

Xiaojie drooped his long lashes, teardrops falling from his eyes one by one.

He was not a child that liked to cry. Even when he was going through the pain of leukemia treatment, when that pain so bad that even adults could not withstand it, he was able to hold it in and not shed a tear.

However, now, he was crying.

He retracted his small hand from Mu Sihan’s large one, staring at Mu Sihan with red eyes, saying slightly emotionally, “You say this every time, but ever since Pretty Zhizhi got together with you, she keeps getting injured.”

His face was covered in more tears. “When we still didn’t have Daddy, Pretty Zhizhi never left me. But ever since we had Daddy, I haven’t been able to be with Pretty Zhizhi properly!”

It was Xiaojie’s first time being angry at Mu Sihan ever since they found each other.

It was also the first fight between the father and son.

Mu Sihan’s expression darkened, pursing his lips tightly and not speaking.

Xiaojie was totally hysterical, his slightly red nose trembling nonstop. “If Daddy cannot protect Pretty Zhizhi, then I’d rather not have Daddy!”

Xiaojie lifted his hands, wiping his red eyes as he turned around to run away.

Bo Yan, who had been waiting by the harbor, felt something was wrong as he hurriedly walked over.

He happened to hear Xiaojie’s last sentence.

He hurriedly pulled Xiaojie’s hands, though Xiaojie struggled out of his hold and ran up the speedboat.

“Yanzhi, look after Xiaojie.”

Once Bo Yan was done instructing Lan Yanzhi, he went up to Mu Sihan, who looked extremely lonely and cold standing alone in the dark.

Hearing footsteps, Mu Sihan knew that Bo Yan had come over. He did not turn his head, saying hoa.r.s.ely, “Do you have a cigarette?”

Bo Yan took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, pa.s.sing Mu Sihan a cigarette.

After Mu Sihan lit it up, he inhaled a breath of smoke before he said hoa.r.s.ely, “To be honest, the brat is right. Ever since she got together with me, she’s always gotten into trouble.”

Bo Yan stared at Mu Sihan’s well-defined and sharp features. He looked down to stare at the sea in front of them. “If you have this kind of thinking, how are you going to continue with her in the future? Your status and ident.i.ty will never let you have the life of a normal person.”

At the thought of Xiaojie’s tearstained face, Mu Sihan felt a sharp pang in his heart.

He was thinking, thinking whether the mother and son would be able to leave a safe and normal life if he let go of them.

Could… Could he let go?

Could he set them free?

Could he bear to?

Bo Yan could read through Mu Sihan’s thoughts, feeling slightly shocked.

Sihan’s personality was overbearing and stubborn, any decision he made for something or someone would be for forever.

He would not choose to let go easily, but now, he actually had the thought to let go in order to let Nan Zhi have a calm and normal life in the future.