Lu Ting Cheng, wearing grey lounge pants and a dark navy T-shirt, sprawled sideways on the long couch, one arm folded under his head as he lazily scrolled his phone with half-lidded eyes. But when a funny line played on the TV, he chuckled softly, his lips curving up into a rare boyish smile.
At the far end, Lu Zi Zhen lounged in a bean bag, wearing a plain black hoodie and sweatpants. He had his headphones slung around his neck as he scrolled something on his tablet, but he kept glancing up at the movie, a faint smirk playing on his lips when the characters bickered on screen.
"Mom," he suddenly spoke up, looking over at Wan Ruyi with his eyes softened, "You used to watch this movie with me when I was little, I didn't understand its message back then until when I was grown!"
In the middle of the night, when everyone is asleep, they could sit in the darkness and watch the movie on repeat. At one point he wanted to understand why she liked the movie but couldn't get himself to ask her...
She smiled warmly, her eyes soft with nostalgia, "Mn… you used to sit on my lap and mimic the character voices. You memorised every line." But he didn't know how his presence at that time made her pass by each day in the Li mansion. It was because of his company that she felt like it was worth it!
It was because of those mimics and laughter that would encourage her and light her world every single day, it was because of them that she found the courage to face the following day with a smiling face.
He might have been young to understand, but his hugs and little cuddles meant a world to her; that's why she didn't dare decline his request to take him away.
Looking back, she wonders what life he could have had if she had left him back at the Li mansion.... Sometimes she wonders if he does regret following her abroad,....
Would he feel bad that he left his other triplet brothers behind? She made him call her mother and her 'husband' father when he had his own biological parents.....
She turned around slightly and gazed at him, he winked back at her while blowing a kiss and showing their little secret sign.
Lu Wan Ruyi giggled, feeling at peace, coming abroad had definitely benefited Lu Zi Zhen the most, even though she he had taught him, he had all these opportunities because of Lu Zhi Hao.
"Thank you...." She was glad he had given her that opportunity back then... She was glad that he had flown them abroad even though they didn't know each other... She was glad that he did everything to legalize their stay abroad...
It's been a journey of six good years, and there was nothing to regret about...
Old Master Lu chuckled, shaking his head with fond exasperation, "And now look at you, taller than everyone else here... And so muscular." He had heard snippets of their life in the Li mansion, and when they had been taken in by his son, he was so little, fragile, and sickly. He looked too little for his age.
Zi Zhen rolled his eyes lightly, muttering, "Grandpa, I'm not that tall…"
"You are," Lu Ting Cheng said lazily without looking up from his phone, "Even Dad complains every day that you are catching up to him."
Lu Zhi Hao scoffed lightly, his lips curling in amusement, "I don't complain and I'm proud. He is my son." Yes, to him from that moment he had married Lu Wan Ruyi, he became his son. He had always treated them all equally.