North Ring Mountain Manor.
Butler Li stood in the corner of the living room, his already wrinkled face looking rather listless. He looked at the lonely little figure sitting on the carpet with worried eyes.
Li Zixiao sat cross-legged, her small hands tightly hugging her knees, her gaze blank, like a waiting-for-husband stone, staring blankly at the doorway, not even blinking.
Mommy... Mommy will come back, right?
Mommy loves him so much, she definitely won't abandon him, right?
But the more he thought about it, the more worried and uncomfortable he became. What if Mommy disappeared again like before?
Suddenly, the elevator doors behind him opened, and Li Zhanting walked out, impeccably dressed in a suit.
"Young Master, you're finally back!"
"What happened?" Li Zhanting's long, strong fingers unbuttoned his suit jacket, casually handing it to the butler beside him. He rolled up the cuffs of his white shirt and looked in the direction of his son, Li Zixiao. "He's been sitting like this all afternoon?"
The housekeeper said worriedly, "Isn't that right? Miss Momo seems to have something to do today and hasn't come to check on the young master yet. The young master has been sitting here since he woke up this morning, neither eating nor drinking, his eyes are fixed on the front door. I've tried to persuade him several times, but he just won't give me any response. I've already reheated the dishes several times."
Li Zhanting frowned, his deep eyes filled with worry. "Have the kitchen prepare some of the young master's favorite food and send it to his room. I'll take him upstairs first."
He quickly strode over to his son.
Li Zixiao remained motionless on the carpet, his expression indifferent. Despite being only five years old, he seemed to have seen through everything.
Li Zhanting realized that the only person in the world who could make his son's emotions fluctuate like a child's was Gu Momo.
Li Zhanting pulled up his suit trousers, one of his long legs kneeling on the carpet, the other half squatting in front of Li Zixiao.
He gently rubbed Li Zixiao's head with his large hand, his gaze tender and affectionate. "Zixiao, I heard from Butler Li that you've been sitting here all day. Be a good boy and listen to your father. Go back to your room first."
Li Zixiao remained unblinking, staring intently at the entrance hall, treating Li Zhanting, who was squatting to the side, as if he were invisible.
She even stretched out her soft little paws and nudged Li Zhanting.
The implication is that you're blocking my view of Mommy.
Li Zhanting: "..."
Oh well, what can I do when he's my own son?
He was truly at his wit's end, so he could only deliberately put on a sullen face and say, "If you continue like this, I won't let Gu Momo continue being your family doctor, understand?"
Li Zixiao turned to look at Li Zhanting, "You won't, because no one is better at medicine than Auntie."
Li Zhanting: "..."
He was completely defeated by his son.
Unable to do anything about him and not daring to force him, Li Zhanting could only place his hopes on his daughter, Li Qingling.
Therefore, Li Zhanting had no choice but to obediently call Li Qingling out.
Li Qingling was wearing white pajamas with a strawberry pattern. Gu Momo had brought them from home a couple of days ago when she moved in. She loved them and would wear them whenever she wasn't going out.
She walked to Li Zixiao's side, knelt on the soft carpet, sat on her own two little feet, grabbed her brother's hand with her little hand, and said in a soft voice, "Brother, not eating is not being a good child, Auntie won't like it."
Li Zixiao gently stroked his younger sister's head, saying sensibly, "Be a good girl, brother isn't a child anymore, you don't need to coax me."
Li Qingling whispered into Li Zixiao's ear, "Brother, if you really want to see Mommy, just pretend to be sick! Think about it, she's our family doctor now. If you're sick, Daddy will definitely call her right away and ask her to come back!"
Li Zixiao turned his head and met Ling'er's clear, spotless eyes, expressing his agreement.
The next second, he collapsed onto the carpet.
Li Qingling's bright eyes were full of surprise. Wow~ Brother's movements are too fast!
After realizing what had happened, she quickly shouted to Li Zhanting, who was standing nearby, "Daddy, brother fainted! Brother fainted! Come quick!"
Upon hearing the noise, Li Zhanting rushed downstairs.
Just then, Gu Momo arrived at the Li family villa from outside. The two women's eyes met, and they both froze for a second before running to Li Zixiao.
Gu Momo rushed ahead of Li Zhanting and helped Li Zixiao up, carrying him to the bed.
Li Zhanting frowned, his expression cold and stern. "How is Zixiao?"
Gu Momo had no time to pay attention to Li Zhanting. She took her son's wrist out of the quilt, pressed her slender, fair fingers on his wrist, and found the pulse.
She has never liked using Western medical methods of repeated examinations when treating illnesses.
However, after she felt her son's pulse, a faint playful expression appeared on her originally worried face.
Is Zixiao faking illness?
Just then, Li Zixiao's little hand suddenly grabbed her little finger and pinched it gently. Gu Momo looked up in even greater shock, and Li Zixiao blinked a few times.
Gu Momo: "..."
This kid has actually learned to be naughty?
She knew her darling missed her, so she turned around and said to Li Zhanting, "I need to give him some simple treatments now, and I need absolute peace and quiet. You're disturbing me a lot. Mr. Ting, why don't you leave first?"
Li Zhanting's entire attention was focused on Li Zixiao. Hearing Gu Momo's words, his sharp brows furrowed, and a hint of irritation flashed in his eyes. "Gu Momo..."
He wanted to warn her that this was his son.
Does he not even have the right to care about his own son?
Gu Momo couldn't help but chuckle. She looked at Li Zhanting indifferently, "Mr. Ting, you invited me to the North Ring Mountain Manor to be your son's private doctor. Although you are the child's father, shouldn't you follow the doctor's orders?"
She gazed indifferently at Li Zhanting with her fair and radiant face, her glass-like eyes sparkling with a stubborn light. Her inherent aloofness captivated Li Zhanting.
Her eyes are so beautiful, clear and pure, like natural crystal.
Li Zhanting was slightly dazed; he actually felt that these eyes were somewhat similar to Liu Li's eyes from that night...
He would never forget that dark night, when the girl lay timidly beneath him, her clear, glassy eyes gleaming like crystal in the moonlight…
The night was so dark, yet those eyes, reflecting the moonlight, were so deeply etched into Li Zhanting's mind.
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