Everyone on the estate knows that Lord Laike An is waiting for a woman.
People say he’s obsessive and imperious, yet after drinking, his eyes always redden as he murmurs, “My beloved is just having fun and forgot to come home… Once I find her, she’ll never leave again.”
Then one day, the legendary “old flame” really did return.
As everyone watched in astonishment, the usually arrogant lord pulled her tightly into his arms, trembling. His voice hoarse, he said, “So you do know how to come back…”
Yue Xi gently returned his embrace, her voice as tender as ever. “Forgive me, darling.”
Their youngest son, Ailian, secretly clutched her skirt and looked up at her. His eyes held a darkness no child should possess.
“Mother, you won’t leave again this time, will you?”
Yue Xi smiled and bent down to promise him, “I won’t. I’ll never leave you again.”
She didn’t see the calm, fathomless look the father and son exchanged.
This time, they would never let her “forget” to come home again.
This time, they had already built her a gentle cage.
