"Mm.. You can be up high on daddy"s shoulder." Mua Kong replied in warm gentle tone.When Little Superglue heard that he could sit on daddy"s shoulder and be up high, his lips curved up like the crescent moon. He opened his mouth and shouted excitingly as he jumped up in down while still in the bucket.
Although it was night time, with all the lights around, one could still tell how happy Little Superglue was.
Pao Hua sighed in relief as it was so hard for him to calm down Little Superglue after they got separated from Hli Ja. Little Superglue cried all night asking for his mommy and it took lots of reminder that mommy will only come back when he becomes a big boy by stop crying.
Mua Kong turned to Elder Mae and asked, "Elder Mae, please prepared a better room for Pao Hua.
He will be living here. I have hired a live in tutor to help him."
"Will do." Elder Mae replied. She does not question his decision, she can always guessed what his aims are based on the next few steps that he takes.
A gust of wind breezed through, brushing against Little Superglue skin causing him to shivers in coldness. Noticing his son shivered, Mua Kong quickly grabs a blanket on the shelf nearby and covered the blanket over his son, at the same time he swept his son into his arms. "It"s getting late and cold, let"s go back inside. Mommy will be sad if you get sick." Mua Kong coaxed his son.
Little Superglue didn"t want mommy to be sad. He replied in a cute stern voice, "Mm mm.. I will not make mommy sad." His life has revolved around no one but mommy and that has made him into quite the mamma"s boy.
"Elder Mae, from now on, bathes the boys in my bathhouse. And please bring them new sets of clothes." Mua Kong instructed.
The regular bathing area for the guards and maids have unsealed walls, wind can still seeped through the cracks and openings. Although Elder Mae had heated the water for Little Superglue, the water gets cold eventually and with fall season approaching, some nights, the breeze can get a little chilly.
"Will do." Elder Mae replied. Before Mua Kong could walk far with the boys, Elder Mae asked loudly from behind, "My Lord, will you go to the main chamber tonight?"
Mua Kong paused, his eyes dimmed as if he"s contemplating about spending the night in the room he shared with his wife. After a moment, he replied with just one word, "Mm.."
The answer made Elder Mae sighed in relief as she wiped a teardrop off her eye. It has been three years since Lord Mua Kong set foot in the main sleeping quarter. Maybe, the Young Master could heal the deep scar in her Lord"s heart. After Mua Kong and the boys vanished out of sight, Elder Mae turned off all the lights before leaving.
Elder Mae went to the storage room and dug through a few storage boxes before finding some clothes. She happily took out a few sets of clothes all in different sizes. She looked through some of them and estimated the size. A few sets looked like they could fit the Young Lord and Pao Hua, so Elder Mae folded those sets, stacked them neatly before heading over to the main sleeping quarter with the stacked clothes in her arms. Those clothes are Mua Kong"s when he was young, she had saved a few sets at every age for keepsake.
The boys can wear those clothes for the night and tomorrow until she can get some clothes made for them.
Even though Mua Kong had not set foot in the main sleeping quarter, Elder Mae dedust daily and kept the room clean all these years. When she entered into the room, she saw the two boys sitting on the bed while Mua Kong sat on the chair reading a book.
Elder Mae rushed up to the boys and changed them into sleeping clothes. Mua Kong knew that the night was late and a room was not yet prepared for Pao Hua so he allowed the two boys to sleep together. They had grew up with no one around but Hli Ja and just them two. They both are in a new environment; Mua Kong thought it"ll be best to let them be together for a few nights to allow them both to adjust into the palace.
After Elder Mae changed the boys, turned to Mua Kong, "My Lord, a room for the young boy will be readied tomorrow morning."
Although he did not turn his head to look at Elder Mae, Mua Kong slightly nodded his head to let Elder Mae know that he heard her. "I"ll leave the daily life of the boys in your care whenever I"m not around."
Hearing her Lord bestowed the responsibility of the boys to her, Elder Mae felt honored. She gasped in excitement, bowed and accepted the responsibility, "They"ll bring so much joy to the palace. The young boy is very mature and the Young Master can be witty once he warms up to people."