Xia Sinian woke up only to see his children, looking at him.
"Mamaaaa! Papa is awake!" Xia Mengjie exclaimed happily.
"Papa! Awake!" Xia Liqin followed.
Xia Sinian turned and saw Li Bingbing peeling and slicing the apple. Her eyes were red and puffy as if she was just done crying.
Just by seeing her that way, Xia Sinian knew that Li Bingbing has finally found out about his real condition. He only wished that she has come to accept it just like he did.
Li Bingbing"s eyes softened up when she saw him awake. She placed the knife aside before she handed the sliced apples that were on a plate to her daughter before she asked Xia Sinian, "Are you hungry?"
Xia Sinian nodded a bit, "Yeah, I would love to eat something."
Li Bingbing adjusted his bed so that it would be easier for him. She placed a pillow on his back to make it more comfortable for him. "I will get something for you."
She turned to her daughter, "Mengmeng, watch over your brother and father, okay?"
Xia Mengjie nodded with a smile on her lips, "Don"t worry mama, Mengmeng will watch over them."
Li Bingbing leaned and kissed her forehead before she turned and was about to leave but Xia Sinian stopped her when he grabbed her hand. "Bingbing."
She forced out a smile for him, "Sisi, I"m alright. Let"s not talk about it right now, okay?" She removed his hand from her wrist before she left the room.
His heart ached when he saw how bad she looked like. He knew how hard it was going to leave his family and how hard it was going to be for them.
If he continued to avoid her back then, things would be different for them and maybe it would have been easier for them both but Li Bingbing was stubborn and in the end, he gave up.
"Papa, say aaahhh." Xia Mengjie was holding a piece of the sliced apple and was reaching it out to him.
Xia Liqin copied his sister and reached out another slice to his father, "Ahhhh!"
Xia Sinian smiled when he saw his young children, his eyes started to become misty when he thought that he was going to leave them. He reached out to them and hugged them close to him, "Mengmeng, Qinqing, papa loves you both so much."
"Mengmeng loves papa a lot too!"
Xia Liqin nodded, he hugged his father back, "Love you!"
Xia Sinian tried his best not to cry. He kissed both of his children"s forehead before he released them from his hug. "Mengmeng, I want you to talk to someone."
The little girl blinked a few times, "Talk with someone?"
Xia Sinian took the phone that was beside his pillow before he started inputting someone"s phone number.
It rang a few times before it was answered. A man"s deep voice was heard from the other line, "h.e.l.lo?"
"It"s me," said Xia Sinian.
Lu Xian Yu was surprised to get a call from Xia Sinian. There were still a few months left so why did he call him now?
"I have something to tell you."
"Papa, who"s that?" Xia Mengjie asked, leaning closer to him.
When Lu Xian Yu heard a child"s voice, he felt his heart shattered to pieces, especially when he heard how the kid addressed Xia Sinian.
Xia Sinian inhaled deeply before he said, "Mengmeng, meet your daddy."
"Daddy?"
"Yes, he"s your real papa," explained Xia Sinian.
Lu Xian Yu"s brows were knitted together when he heard Xia Sinian"s conversation with Xia Mengjie.
"Mengmeng has only one papa!" She huffed and crossed her arms. "Mengmeng can"t have two papas."
Xia Sinian knew how to deal with his daughter that"s why he said, "You only have one papa that"s why he"s your daddy."
Xia Menngjie blinked a few times, "Does Qinqing have a daddy too?"
"No, only Mengmeng has a daddy."
He knew that one day, when Xia Mengjie would grow up, she would be able to understand her situation more, although while she was young at that moment, he just had to trick her to it.
"Xia Sinian, what do you mean?" Lu Xian Yu finally spoke up. "I-Is she... mine?"
"Yes, she"s yours. Her name is Mengjie." Xia Sinian turned to Xia Mengjie, "Mengmeng, why don"t you say "hi" to your daddy?"
Xia Mengjie leaned towards the mouthpiece and said, "Hi, daddy!"
Lu Xian Yu"s heart trembled when he heard how she addressed him. He has a daughter? How could that be? Why wasn"t he told about it?
"h.e.l.lo?" Xia Mengjie said when she heard no reply from the other line. "Daddy, are you still there?"
Just then, the call was suddenly ended and when Xia Mengjie saw that, she sulked, "Papa, daddy didn"t want to talk with Mengmeng."