Huobai slowly woke up, in a less grim mood than yesterday. Because when he woke up, he immediately remembered the drunk guy from yesterday.
Before he could successfully gave him to his driver, he heard mumbling. The drunk mumbling he only understood nice and smell.
Huobai heard a knock on the door. He smiled when his mother came in. His smile stunned her so much, it was such a difference from the day before that she halted her steps and looked at him, speechless.
And that got him annoyed. His smile slowly faded, and a frown appeared on his face once again. His mother hurried to the bed and started panicking, sitting down next to him.
"Don't, keep smiling, don't mind me. Don't frown, please…" she started up strong, but then her voice kept fading until only sobs could be heard.
Huobai couldn't take more than thirty seconds of that and hugged her. He squeezed her a bit, to show her he was still big and strong. Even though inside he didn't feel that okay.
