Chapter 318: Waiting for the Flowers to Bloom

In February, the Imperial City was still draped in a dull gray, but as the Maybach traveled south, the gray outside the window gradually lightened, turning into shades of green. The scenery started to become more pleasing.

From dawn until sunset, the Maybach moved along, stopping intermittently.

Xiao Bao finally realized that this was a spontaneous trip.

But occasionally, his gaze outside the window revealed a fleeting flash of fear.

Ye Li took one look and instantly understood why.

His first birthday was never celebrated.

On his second birthday, he was taken back to the Fu Mansion. The little one, though unaware of what a birthday meant, had memories engulfed by the trauma of being kept in a cage. That day—Lantern Festival—became an untouchable fear buried in his heart.

In the past two years, because of Xiao Bao, not to mention birthdays, even Lantern Festival celebrations at the mansion had been subdued, with everyone simply eating a bowl of tangyuan quietly in the morning.