Chapter 52 (2/2)

“All right…” Xiaotu snuffled, and then she nodded and asked in a choked voice, “After that, will Daddy be able to come to my preschool’s parents meetings?”

“Yes.”

“Will you be able to attend the sports meets with me?”

“Yes.”

“All the other children have their fathers accompanying them to the sports meets…”

“Yes, I know, I know. You have to be strong, Xiaotu. After next summer, Daddy will take you and pick you up from school every day, all right?” Feeling saddened by her words, Xiaotu’s father’s eyes had also gotten slightly red as they teared up. He realized that he had truly spent too little time with his daughter as she was growing up.

Yet he was a six-foot-tall burly guy after all, so he couldn’t possibly start weeping like Xiaotu…

Xiaotu’s father lowered his head, took a deep breath, planted a kiss on Xiaotu’s cheek, and stood up to leave.

WAH! WAH! WAH! “Daddy, please don’t leave…” Xiaotu finally couldn’t help but start wailing as her little hands firmly gripped her father’s trousers. She refused to let go no matter what.

“Xiaotu…” Looking at her helplessly, her father was overwhelmed with sadness. “Daddy has to go.”

“No, no, I don’t want Daddy to go…” Tears streamed down Xiaotu’s face as she howled at the top of her lungs.

Xiaotu’s mother and Cheng Zhiyan’s mother tried to persuade Xiaotu as well, yet she clung to her father’s leg for dear life and refused to let go.

At their wit’s end, they could think of no other solution. Cheng Zhiyan’s mother turned around to glare at Cheng Zhiyan, who was watching aloofly as if it had nothing to do with him, and her eyes sent forth an intense message:

“You good-for-nothing, hurry up and come help!”