After a long time, Tai Yang had cried himself into quietness. It had been a few hours, and Mr. Li hadn't come back. At the same time, neither Li Nun nor Tai Yang had said a word. They hadn't moved either, and Li Jun vaguely wondered if Tai Yang had fallen asleep. Considering this, it took Li Jun by surprise when Tai Yang spoke quietly, his voice uncharacteristically raspy.
"I'm n-not scared of w-what they did, y-ou know." He said into Li Jun's shoulder. Li Jun didn't know if Tai Yang wanted him to respond or not, so he simply carried on with his soothing ministrations of stroking Tai Yang's hair without speaking.
"... The child." Tai Yang said.
Li Jun frowned slightly. 'What about the child?' He wondered without asking aloud.
"He looks j-just like Liu Bingwen w-when he was a kid... And Bingwen looks just like his father." Tai Yang said. Li Jun considered the words. Tai Yang must have not liked seeing someone look so familiar.