Mingming is Lu Xingchi's only child. He is only three and a half years old this year.
When Lu Xinghe sought out Lu Xingchi, the timing was fortuitous. At that moment, Lu Xingchi's late wife had encountered a difficult labor, where the child survived, but the mother was lost.
By the time Lu Xinghe arrived, Mingming was barely over two months old.
Though a wet nurse was hired, perhaps due to the lack of a mother, the child cried incessantly and was especially unruly.
Lu Xinghe, a man who had never married, patiently cared for Mingming alongside Lu Xingchi, raising the child amid hardships.
Lu Xingchi held favor in King Shu's court, and at the time, many matchmakers visited to propose marriage alliances.
However, firstly, Lu Xingchi was focused on pursuing his career, and secondly, Mingming was too young. If he were to find a stepmother for Mingming, and she treated him poorly, Lu Xingchi would struggle to confront her.
It would only bring misery to the child.
