Next door.
Long Yan lay on the couch, rummaging through the medicine box to tend to himself, while taking in the room.
"Tsk, to think he rented a place right next door, 'the nearer to the water, the earlier to the moon,' eh!"
Gu Hangshen lay on the opposite couch, his eyes closed, his face sickly flushed, breathing heavily.
Xiao Nian knew Daddy was sick and in a lot of pain, so even though he was very sad and didn't understand why Mommy suddenly stopped paying attention to him, he didn't cling to Daddy with questions and sat quietly to one side, hugging the almost human-sized plush toy that Mommy gave him.
"Hey, are you really going to leave her alone over there?" Long Yan crossed his long legs atop the coffee table and kicked Gu Hangshen's couch on the opposite side.
He had just heard Xiaoqiao's last words—
"If you want me to believe you, if you want to prove that you truly don't want to hurt me, please take the child and leave my world, and never appear again."
