"When Dad gets a long vacation, or when Little Uncle returns to his hometown, Mom will take you back."
At this point, Kang Li remembered that she needed to call Second Brother Kang Guosheng to offer New Year's greetings. She pulled out a palm-sized hardcover notebook from the small drawer under her coffee table, flipped it open to find the landline number Second Brother left, picked up the receiver again, and dialed a string of numbers.
Milk Bun Ming Han blinked his big bright eyes, responded in his sweet little voice, and then quietly leaned against his mom's leg, tilting his head to watch her make the phone call.
As for his brother Min Rui and little Xiao Ming Wei, the two were standing next to Dad, but both pairs of eyes were similarly fixed on Kang Li.
"Hello? Second Brother's Wife, it's Li Bao. Yes, it's me, Happy New Year..."