"Sigh, when my brother said he had a child back then, I didn't believe him. Turns out it was true." Qiao Hui warmly held Bai Xiao's hand, "If I had believed him sooner, I wouldn't have let you drift outside all those years."
"Oh!" Bai Xiao blinked and asked, "Then where is my father now?"
"I don't know either." Qiao Hui's eyes reddened, "He likely passed away! Otherwise, why hasn't he shown up all these years?"
Bai Xiao frowned, "Should I call you Big Aunt or Aunt?"
"Call me Aunt!" Bai Lin interjected, "Your father's identity is a secret, the family doesn't know."
"Thank you for telling me this secret." Bai Xiao smiled lightly, not genuinely, "Big Aunt, have you not seen my dad for many years?"
"It's been twenty-two years." Qiao Hui sighed, wiping her eyes, "Ever since he and your mother broke up, I haven't seen him."
Bai Xiao calculated the time in her mind; she would turn 22 next month, which was also when Bai Lan became the family head.
