68 The Real Lady of the House 6yr

Translator: LonelytreeEditor: Millman97

"Lin Lin, where were you?" Old Mrs. Xi was the first after Tianxin to recover from the shock. She posed the question to salvage the strangely awkward situation.
Still holding onto his parents' hands, Lin Lin lifted his head and answered sincerely, "Grandma, I saw Mom outside."
Xinghe's heart trembled when she heard the word 'mom'.
Lin Lin knew she was his mom…
He managed to recognize her with just one look.
Xinghe found it difficult to describe to bittersweet sensation that rose in her heart.
Xinghe felt the world fall away and she took in her son's cute face hungrily, memorizing every detail, making up for lost time.
She didn't realize Mubai was staring at her intensely, an unreadable complication communicated through his eyes.
He wasn't expecting his ex-wife's captivating arrival. He knew she was a beauty but only in the way like how a mannequin is beautiful, a pretty shell.
But that night, her beauty came alive. If her beauty in the past was passive, like that of a beautiful mannequin on display, her beauty that night was active, reeling your attention in and never letting it go.
It was a charm on Xinghe that he hadn't noticed before, one that squeezed his heart. It