He weighed his options and ultimately decided to give up, making a gesture to his companion to retreat. The man nodded, turned around, and seamlessly blended into the crowd.
Although the man was walking with Ling Chuxia in his arms, he kept a vigilant watch for any movement behind him. Noticing that the man had suddenly turned and left, he knew they were safe. However, he didn't immediately let go of Ling Chuxia but continued to hold her shoulder, a full sense of smug satisfaction rising in his eyes.
Yesterday, when he was at the orphanage, he had encountered Ling Chuxia unexpectedly. God knows how shocked, amazed, and delighted he had felt at that moment…
As a child, he too had been in the orphanage—a year before Ling Chuxia arrived. At that time, he was five years old, while Ling Chuxia and Ling Yunshu had been found at the orphanage's doorstep by the director, still very young, hardly a year or two old, knowing nothing and understanding nothing.
