At the International Airport of the capital,A beautiful girl in a casual black dress walked out with a small, about 4-year-old kid who resembled the girl a lot, looking like siblings because of her young age. It can be said that when the kid grows up, she will be dead-drop gorgeous, just like the girl with her, or maybe more beautiful than her. As they walk out, everyone around them is just staring at them.Seeing the stares at them, the little kid became a little nervous, so she asked the girl in English, "Mama, why are they staring at us like that? The people here are a little bit weirder than the place where we were living."
"Baby, you don't have to be nervous. People here are not weird; you shouldn't say like that. It's rude. And are you not happy to be here where Mama was born?" The girl replied in Chinese to her.
"Mama, I am happy to be here, and I can meet my grandmother and grandfather daily....hehe".
"You just care about your grandparents, not about me," the mother commented while pretending to be upset.
Seeing her mom upset, the little girl asked her mother with a hand sign to come at her height and gave a kiss on her check. "How can I not care about my beautiful mama? You are the best mama in the world," the little girl said with a cheeky smile.
Hearing her daughter's words, she gave a beautiful smile, "Alright,alright, now stop flattering me. Now let's go to the car your grandparents sent for us. They must be waiting for you at home."
"Hehe," the little girl giggled upon hearing her mom.They went near a car and saw a familiar person. The butler saw a little bit of a familiar girl with a kid walking towards him. "How are you, Uncle Lin? It's been a long time," the girl asked.
Hearing a familiar voice, Uncle Lin came back to his senses. He couldn't believe his young miss had come back. He missed her, as she was like his own daughter, whom he had seen grow up. "Young Miss, you finally came back....all of us missed you a lot here. It's good you finally came back home."
"I missed you guys too. Didn't Father inform you that I was coming back ".
"No, master asked me to come to the airport and wait....when I asked whom I had to pick up, he said an important guest, and she would find me by herself. I didn't know it was you." The butler replied with a happy smile.
Suddenly, a sweet kid's voice interrupted their conversation impatiently: "Mama? Can we go to grandpa's home now?".
"Baby, it's rude to interrupt when elders are talking."
"Sorry, mama, I won't do that again," the little girl apologized to her mother immediately.
"Good girl. Yes, you can meet your grandpa soon...first say hello to this grandpa. He is your grandpa Lin."
The little girl looked at Uncle Lin and said with a sweet smile in broken Chinese, "Hello, Grandpa Lin.... I am Ai Yun. It's, hmm, what was the word in Chinese? ....yes!! It's nice...hmm.. meet you."
Uncle Lin laughed out loud upon hearing her cute voice. "Haha. It's pleasant meeting you, little miss. You are really very cute."
Ai Yun pouted, "Hump.... I am not cute; say I am beautiful like my mama."
Uncle Lin laughed at her antics. "Yes, yes, little Miss is very beautiful, like her mama." Hearing the praise, she thanked him.
After that, they all got in the car, and after a few minutes, Ai Yun suddenly called her mama, "Mama?".
"yes, baby?... Is there something wrong with you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
"No, mama, I just want to ask you something....can I?"
"of course...."
"Mama, did you meet...hmm...dad in this country?" Ai Yun asked hesitantly. As she also wants to know about her dad like any other kid, she also wants to spend time with him like others. But she didn't ask about him a lot to her mother, as she was afraid to sadden her because every time she asked about him, she had a sad smile and seemed to be lost somewhere. So she stopped asking so much.
Bai Lu was at first surprised to hear her asking about her dad, as she didn't ask much about him. She used to wonder why her daughter never asked much about her dad. "Yes, I met him in high school, where we both used to study," she answered with a sad smile. and again seem to be lost somewhere.
-----flashback-----
She met him when both of them were 16—on the way to her school, where she had recently transferred.
She transferred to school because she didn't like those pretentious schools where they behave according to whose background is powerful. There, they used to flatter her; all the people wanted to be her friends because of her family background, not for her. So she transferred to the middle high school of Capital, which is also another pretentious school. This time, she came without revealing her family background. Her information is written as she is from a middle-class family from another city, and her family transferred here for her father's job.
on the first day of high school,
After finishing her breakfast, Bai Lu took her bag and said, "Mom, I am going to school...bye"