"What’s the matter?" Gan Yuan turned her face, gazing at him curiously.
The little fellow stopped his massaging motion, his big eyes brightly fixed on her.
"I don’t want to leave this city, let’s not go, can we continue to live here?" Seeing that she hadn’t agreed, he pursed his little mouth and added two more words, "Please!"
Inherently proud, even for things he deeply desired, he had never said the word "please" to Gan Yuan.
This was the first time the little fellow pleaded with her in such a tone.
Gan Yuan straightened up, her eyes filled with affection as she gazed at Gan Tang’s delicate little face.
Ever since he could remember, the two of them had moved here, and after almost three years, this city had indeed become an important presence in his brief life of just over five years.
He was familiar with this city, where he could effortlessly locate bookstores, supermarkets, banks... Leaving suddenly for an unfamiliar place was certainly not easy for a child.
It was the first time her son had pleaded with her, how could she bring herself to refuse.
In such a large city, as long as she was careful, he would be unable to find her.
With time, he would surely think she had left, and then he would gradually forget...
With that thought, she curved her lips into a smile.
"Okay, Mommy promises you!"
"Hooray!" The lips that the little fellow had been nervously pursing immediately curled into a smile. He lunged forward to hug her, his voice laced with excitement, "Thank you, Mommy, don’t worry, as long as you promise not to leave, I’ll agree to whatever you ask."
"You said it!" Gan Yuan laughed and hugged him, gently patting his back, "Then... go to sleep!"
The little fellow saluted her militarily and then trotted into the bedroom.
Lying on the bed in the bedroom, the little fellow raised his small hand to rest behind his head, and began murmuring to himself softly.
"Huangfu Jue, I’ve already helped you keep Mommy here. If you still can’t find her, then you’re just too dumb and don’t deserve to be my..." The long-absent term "dad" hovered on the edge of his lips, but he didn’t utter it, instead changing his words, "You don’t deserve to be my Mommy’s man!"
Hearing footsteps outside, the little fellow immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The door was opened gently, and Gan Yuan tiptoed in, reaching out to check his forehead to make sure the little one was unharmed. Only then did she pull up his blanket and retreated outside the door.
She settled onto the sofa and grabbed her backpack for a quick reorganization.
In the backpack, there was only a set of spare clothes, and the rest were her identification and wallet.
There wasn’t much cash left in the wallet. She opened it to check the few cards inside, took out her phone to check the balance, and shook her head slightly.
The total amount in the cards didn’t exceed ten thousand, which wouldn’t last long. After a moment of thought, she fished out a checkbook from a hidden compartment of her backpack.
There were only three items in the checkbook, two bank cards, and additionally, a drawing given to her by Huangfu Jue.
Of these two bank cards, one was a gold card from the Swiss Bank and the other was a new card she had opened for Gan Tang a few days earlier.
In this card, there were the two million in compensation that Huangfu Jue had paid to the little guy. The contract could not continue, and that two million could be considered education fees he had given to his son, which she had no qualms taking.
This money was for Gan Tang. Gan Yuan did not want to touch it. The money in the gold card was enough for her and Xiaotang to squander into old age, but unless absolutely necessary, that money couldn’t be used either, as it could potentially bring disaster upon her and Xiaotang.