"Mom, you have to work hard too! I'll try to get a red star every day, and you should too. Then you can come back for Chinese New Year!" Luo Bing looked at his mother with hope, waiting for her reply.
"Okay... Mom promises you, I'll definitely get a red star and come back to spend Chinese New Year with you," Zhang Huan's nose stung as she looked at her son, who was much more sensible than before. She quickly said.
"Pinky promise, a hundred years, no take-backs!"
Luo Bing said, extending his little finger.
Zhang Huan extended her finger and made the promise with her son.
"Daddy!"
Xun'er also ran out at this time, excitedly coming to Lin Xiao's side. When she saw Zhang Huan, she quickly called out sweetly, "Auntie!"
"Eh."
Zhang Huan responded quickly. She hadn't been good to Xun'er at all back then. Yet Xun'er was still so polite seeing her now?
"Let's have dinner together tonight, sister-in-law."
Luo Qinghan also came over to say hello.
"I..."
Zhang Huan glanced at the time. "I don't have enough time."
She really wanted to agree to Luo Qinghan and spend more time with her son, but she knew even better that she couldn't make any mistakes now. She had to return within the stipulated time, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to come back for Chinese New Year.
"...Alright."
Only then did Luo Qinghan realize that Zhang Huan was supposed to be serving her sentence.
"Mom, are you leaving?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Bing immediately grabbed her hand, a look of reluctance on his face.
But the next second, he let go. He knew he couldn't hold onto his mother.
"Yes, I have to go back... Mom promised you, I'll definitely be back for Chinese New Year." Zhang Huan squatted down and hugged her child, her lips trembling slightly, her arms trembling as she held him.
If she could, she really didn't want to go back.
"Mom, you must come back for Chinese New Year!"
Luo Bing hugged his mother, repeating this sentence over and over.
"I will, I definitely will..."
Zhang Huan's voice became a little tearful. Finally, she kissed Luo Bing on the forehead, then stood up and said to Lin Xiao, "It's time to go."
"Mm... Wife, you take them back first, I'll see my sister-in-law off." Lin Xiao said.
Finally, watching Zhang Huan get into the car with Lin Xiao, Luo Bing ran to the car window. "Mom, come back for Chinese New Year!"
"You must come back for Chinese New Year!"
"You promised me, you must come back for Chinese New Year!"
Zhang Huan sat in the car, rolled down the window, and repeatedly assured Luo Bing.
"It's time to go, we're running out of time,"
Lin Xiao said at this moment.
The car started.
Luo Qinghan pulled Luo Bing back, preventing him from being hit by the car.
After the car had driven far away, Luo Bing, who had been biting his lip to hold back his tears, finally couldn't help but cry out loudly, "Mom... Mom!"
"Be good, your mom will be back for Chinese New Year, it's okay, it's okay..."
Luo Qinghan quickly comforted him.
Xun'er stood beside Luo Bing and, like an adult, patted his back and comforted him, "Brother, don't cry, don't cry. Brother, you told me before that men shouldn't cry easily. Don't cry, don't cry."
"Uncle-in-law told me that a real man should cry when he needs to, otherwise he won't have the chance later," Luo Bing replied earnestly.