In the Mo mansion, Yuan Yuan rode his tiny bicycle around the house after he finished his dinner. He played in the living room on the first floor of the large house. He had grown a little taller and stronger, so he would ride this small bicycle around the house a couple of times each day.
He had gradually grown accustomed to life at the Mo mansion after living here for almost a month. He would still call for his mother and he still missed his mother, but he stopped kicking up a fuss here. He made many new friends here and these uncles and aunties would buy him loads of toys. He also had a grandmother but for some reason, he wasn’t very close to her.
Mo Ye stood in a corner and he bit his thin lips as he watched Yuan Yuan ride the small bicycle around. He had tried to ride this bicycle but he couldn’t get it to move and didn’t know how to cycle.
Mo Ye followed Yuan Yuan wherever he went and finally, Yuan Yuan stopped at the doorway and looked at this child who was almost the same age as himself. He knew that this child was named Ye Ye.
Yuan Yuan got off the bicycle and pointed at it as he gestured for Mo Ye to get on.
Mo Ye looked at Yuan Yuan, then at the bicycle and finally got on after some hesitation. He tried to step on the pedal and mimicked Yuan Yuan’s earlier actions but he couldn’t get it to move.
Yuan Yuan moved to stand behind him and pushed the small bicycle with all his might. Then, the small bicycle moved forward a few meters and Mo Ye laughed in excitement, revealing some of his newly grown teeth. He felt the pedals move and his feet moved along with those pedals.
He was extremely excited as though he had made a new discovery and smiled at Yuan Yuan.
Yuan Yuan shot him a smile in return.
Soon, the two boys ran into the colorful ball pit and started throwing balls at each other and had lots of fun together.
The sound of children’s laughter could be heard in the living room for a while and these children had become more playful now that they became friends.
The two boys were still playing happily when Mo Yixuan came home and a blissful smile appeared on his face. He stopped putting in so much time at work ever since Yuan Yuan returned home and longed to spend more time at home.
He walked over to the ball pit and stretched out his hands as he said, “Yuan Yuan, come here. Let me hold you.”
Yuan Yuan crawled out from the ball pit when he saw that his father was home and let his father hugged him.
However, he hardly ever said the words ‘Pa pa’ to Mo Yixuan.
Mo Ye rubbed his hands together when he saw his father carrying Yuan Yuan and he softly said after a while, “Pa pa…” but he did not ask to be carried since he knew that his father would only carry Yuan Yuan and refused to carry him.
The nanny carried Mo Ye out and gently patted his small face. “Alright, Ye Ye. Let’s go to bed,” she said.
Then, she led the child to the children’s room on the right.
Mo Yixuan carried Yuan Yuan to his own room. Yuan Yuan had been sleeping with him most of the time these days and he had also gotten used to sleeping with him.
Yuan Yuan was very well-behaved and no longer threw tantrums. All he needed to do was to change his diaper and made him a cup of milk.
However, Yuan Yuan would always remember to grab his phone every night because this was the only way he could see his mother.
As usual, Yuan Yuan immediately stretched out his small hands the moment that he saw Mo Yixuan take out his phone.
Mo Yixuan smiled as he unlocked his phone, opened his Wechat application, looked for the number that he had already committed to memory, and pressed the video call icon.