Watching the three children play, Princess Iron Fan felt very relieved in her heart. It had been a long time since she had seen her child, and now he had grown up, made his own friends, and matured. That was good, she thought, since maybe one day when he heard the bad news he would be able to bear it on his own.
"By the way, mother, why is my father not here?" Red Child suddenly asked.
His question sent a wave of panic through Princess Iron Fan's heart. She suppressed the chaos within her and, trying to appear calm, she coldly said, "Where else would he be but amusing himself with the newly-wed Fox Spirit, indulging in pleasures without a thought of us?"
Red Child keenly sensed a slight change in his mother's expression and, after a moment of contemplation, said, "Then I will go look for father soon. It's been many years since I've seen him, and I really miss him."
