FATHER'S SIDE

[Kang Xiao Zhi POV]

Long Mansion

The sound of laughter from the garden quickly caught her attention as she entered the wooden double door of the mansion. Even from afar, she recognized the giggling sound of her son, Mikhail, and the voice of her father loudly playing peek-a-boo with the baby.

"Pa!" Li Jun greeted the old patriarch with his hair completely white.

"How's your vacation in Paris?" Liu Wei asked.

"Good! We had fun looking around the city," the actor lied.

After the photoshoot, she left the actor behind to shop but every man that walked past reminded her of the billionaire. And a part of her wanted to go back and be a coward who hid her child like her father did. Waiting for the time to be recognized for what she truly was and her family.

"X-Xiu… I mean Xiao Zhi… how are you?"

"I'm good. Thank you… Pa," she replied, hesitating to call the old Long as a father.

"I'm glad to know you're okay, Xiao Zhi."