Yee Len rounded up a few of their elite bodyguards and rushed up north.Mua Kong walked out of his study chamber to find Elder Mae and his son. He went to the kitchen hall to find them but they were nowhere to be found. Mua Kong asked one of the maids who was putting the dishes and silverware away, "Where is Elder Mae?"
The maid turned around and bowed before replying, "Last I heard Elder Mae said she will take the little boy for a bath."
Mua Kong rushed out to the bath area where everyone bathes and there he found Elder Mae standing next to his son who was sitting in a bucket splashing waters. Elder Mae had finished bathing him but he wanted to play in the water so she let him. It has been a long time since there was children around. Elder Mae quite enjoy seeing the Young Master"s smiling face. Mua Kong"s heart melted when his son"s laughing voice pierced his ears. He smiled and walked slowly towards them.
Noticing that Mua Kong had approached them, Elder Mae bowed and asked, "My Lord, the Young Master wanted to play some more. Would you like me to get him out?"
When Little Superglue heard this, he shook his head furiously, "No, no, mommy always lets Houa Houa play after a bath. Houa Houa still wants to play."
Mua Kong looked at his son and replied, "I"ll let you play for a little while, but your uncle is waiting for you. You can"t make him wait for long." Mua Kong pulled a chair and took a seat next to his son.
"Does mommy always lets you play every time you bathed?" Mua Kong asked with curious eyes. He misses her so much, anything related to her brings him closer to life.
Hue Houa nodded his head, "Mm..mm.. And then mommy cuddled Houa Houa to sleep." At this point, Little Superglue"s expression saddened, his eyes teary and he pursed his lips, "But Pao Pao said mommy is far away and Houa Houa has to sleep with Pao Pao. Houa Houa miss mommy a lot." When Little Superglue said a lot, he opened up his arms and looked at Mua Kong to express his longing for his mother.
Mua Kong got up from the chair and leaned down to his son"s height, although he was still slightly taller but he was close enough to express the same sorrow with his son. Mua Kong patted his son"s head softly and gently spoke, "I know. I miss her a lot too."
Hue Houa"s eyes widened, with his big round eyes, he asked, "Uncle, you miss mommy too? Do you know my mommy?"
Hearing the word uncle from his son"s mouth, Mua Kong paused, he was not sure how to respond to the word uncle but he was not around when his son was born. It was only natural that his son does not know him. After a moment, Mua Kong responded, "Mm.. I know her for a long time."
Elder Mae watched the sorrowful father and son duel, she interrupted, "My Lord, won"t you tell the Young Lord who you are?"
Little Superglue glanced at Elder Mae and then at Mua Kong, with his witty mouth, he asked, "Uncle, who are you?" Mommy always warned him to be cautious of stranger man but he is easily distracted and always forget.
At this point, Pao Hua arrived. He went up to them and crouched down to Hue Houa. He looked at his nephew with firmed serious eyes. When Little Superglue saw his uncle"s expression, he knew that it is something serious and he has to listen. Since the absence of Hli Ja, Hue Houa had behaved a little. He wanted to be a good boy so his mother would come back. "Hue Houa, listen to what uncle is going to say. This big uncle here is your daddy. When mommy had you, daddy was away. Now you are going to be living with daddy until mommy comes back."
Hue Houa"s looked at Mua Kong with his big round eyes for a moment before uttering, "Daddy? But mommy said daddy is very far away. I will not see him for a long time." A child at this age does not have concept of time and distance yet. How far is far, they do not know. How long is long, they have yet to grasp.
Recently when they were in town, Hue Houa saw some children with both parents. One family walked past them with the father carrying his child on his shoulder. He envied to have a seat on daddy"s shoulder too. It was then that Hue Houa asked for his daddy but mommy said that daddy is very far away.
"Well, he"s your daddy. Your mommy loves daddy as much as she loves you. She will be happy when she comes back to see you and daddy get along together." Pao Hua explained.
Hue Houa gasped in excitement as he rolled his big round eyes up to look at his father. "I have a daddy. I can sit on daddy"s shoulder and be up high like the other children?"