Mama had changed all of that.
The reason everyone could smile every day while enjoying delicious food was because of him.
"The swing too. And Rui and Yue's house only exists because Mama was here."
"He was eccentric enough to rebuild an entire house."
Albe nodded in agreement, though there was a hint of exasperation in his expression.
"And the reason I can teach you all these things is because Mama taught me first."
Before they had even learned to read or write, they had been living each day without knowing whether they would survive until the next.
The hand Qiong Xing had reached out to them had been warm, and it had given them far more than they had ever dared hope for.
No matter how many times fear had brought tears to his eyes, Qiong Xing had always embraced him just the same.
"And... I'm the one who started calling him Mama. I was the one who said I wanted to call him that."
