“Hahahaha!” Lisa was amused by his vivid expression.

  “Your daddy is so cute.” “My daddy? oh, he’s alright!” In Little Yichen’s opinion, Mu Yazhe was not cute at all! It was awful to use the word “cute” to describe him.

  “My daddy is very fierce. When I was young, I was afraid of him! He always had a serious expression and never smiled. At that time, I felt that there was no one in the world who was so difficult to get along with!” Pausing for a moment, Little Yichen suddenly smiled. “But later, I understood. It’s not that he didn’t love me; he just didn’t know how to express it. After being with Mommy, he gradually learned how to get along with me!”


  Lisa listened and yawned softly.

  “Honestly, Lisa, I think it’s a shame.”


  “A shame?”


  He turned around and stared at her intently.

  “After you came into this world, killings and violence were all you knew. You didn’t have a daddy to give you hugs or a mommy to dote on you, you even missed a large part of your childhood. Don’t you feel lonely?”


  Little Yichen said regretfully, “If you had a mommy like mine who would read you bedtime stories, buy you beautiful dresses to wear, and pamper you, you would have such a blissful life!”


  Lisa looked somewhat startled.

  Little Yichen also realized that his words might be hurtful. His expression darkened. “Sorry… Did I say something I shouldn’t have…”


  Lisa turned and smiled, however. “No.”


  There was a long silence between the two children.

  Lisa suddenly sighed. “It’s just that something you said isn’t quite right.” “Uh huh?”


  She looked up at Little Yichen and said with no uncertainty, “How can I miss something that I’ve never had?”


  Taken aback, the boy was momentarily speechless.

  “I never had that thing, so you said it was a shame. But I don’t feel that way. It’s just…”


  What Little Yichen had said made her rather envious. Just as Little Yichen had said, if she had a mother, like Youyou and Little Yichen did, she would have had such a blissful life, right?

  “Just because you didn’t have these things in the past doesn’t mean that you’ll never have them.”


  Little Yichen immediately patted his chest and said, “From now on, my house is your house, my mommy is your mommy, and my daddy is your daddy!”


  “Really?” Lisa asked jokingly, “And in the future, will your wife be my wife too?”


  Little Yichen immediately turned red and snapped, “It’s not like you like women!”


  “In any case, since you’ve said so, whatever’s yours will be mine, from now on! It’s a deal.”


  The girl stuck out her pinky and asked curiously, “I heard that you guys make promises this way!”


  “It’s called pinky swear.”


  “Yes, pinky swear.”


  Lisa cleared her throat. “You have to keep your word.”


  Little Yichen laughed and shook his head. “Okay, pinky swear.”


  He held out his pinky and hooked it around hers.

  “Pinky swear.” “Uh huh! Pinky swear!” The night breeze was getting stronger.

  That night when Lisa returned to bed and pulled the covers up. For some reason, she felt a new anticipation for the future.

  “Lisa! Wake up!”


  She slowly woke up from her dream. When she opened her eyes, she was met with Little Yichen’s excited expression.

  “We’re here! We’re almost at the port!”


  Lisa woke up in a daze. Even though she was still drowsy, she was shaken awake by Little Yichen!