"An Ruo, I've had very little time with the child, and I don't want our relationship to become more distant."
"So you want my relationship with him to become distant?"
"No..."
"Kangkang has always been under my care, he can't leave me. I'm begging you, can't you stop fighting me for him?"
The man paused, then said, "Ke Ren must have talked to you about her proposal, what do you think of it?"
"Let the child stay with you for a year, and if he still wants to live with me, you'll send him back to me?"
"Yes, a year isn't very long. You're Kangkang's mother, you can't be without him, and I can't be either. I'm his father, and a child's growth needs his father. Can you give me a year?"
This time it was his turn to plead with her.
An Ruo was already a person easily moved by compassion. She found it hardest to resist when others pleaded with her. When he spoke to her in a submissive tone, she began to waver.
