Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 1391: Chapter 1405: Does This Count as Dating?

An Ran looked at him cautiously, feeling indescribable emotions.

Back then, Wang Xia was intent on becoming Mrs. Mu, willing to use her child’s feelings as a bargaining chip for many years, but never asked the child what he wanted.

She knew that back then, Hairong truly didn’t know about Haigang’s existence, and in his eyes, Mu Xingfeng was his father. Her appearance led him to believe Mu Xingfeng didn’t like him anymore because of her.

Children have a certain possessiveness, like the innate sense of territory in animals, and with Wang Xia’s provocation, his hostility towards An Ran was natural.

Fortunately, Hairong was an exceptionally sensible child; otherwise, he wouldn’t have radically changed his demeanor after learning who his biological father was.

It’s true that An Ran was a victim in this matter, but the greatest victim was the child.

”Yes, it’s me,” An Ran said, reaching out to stroke his soft hair, ”Why aren’t you playing with the other kids, not getting used to it here?”

She wanted to ask him if he missed his mom, but the words didn’t come out.

Hairong looked down again, fiddling with the toy car in his hand, and after a while, he replied, ”It’s quite nice here.”

”Why did you want to come to Nan’an?” An Ran asked again.

Back then, she found Hairong’s request strange, especially when Mu Xingfeng mentioned that on the day he sent someone to check on Hairong, the six-year-old child was so calm it was almost indifferent when told of his mother’s accident.

She didn’t know what made the child so fond of Nan’an.

Hairong’s small hand paused as if he was considering how to answer, and finally, he said with his head down, ”I feel closer to Dad here.”

An Ran knew that the Dad Hairong referred to was Haigang.

After Haigang’s death, his ashes were buried in the Nan’an Martyrs’ Cemetery.

Her heart tightened bit by bit, and An Ran’s eyes began to feel a little sore. She finally rubbed Hairong’s little head, ”If you need anything, you can find Aunt Ran. The dean has my phone number, you can also call me, and I’ll come to visit you when I’m free.”

Hairong finally lifted his little head, his big eyes sparkling as he asked, ”Will you?”

An Ran nodded, ”I will, definitely.”

”Then... will Uncle Mu... visit me?” Hairong asked cautiously, watching An Ran’s expression.

”He will,” An Ran replied affirmatively, ”Your Uncle Mu is not with the Nan’an troops now. If he comes to Nan’an, I’ll come with him to visit you.”

With An Ran’s answer, Hairong’s little face lit up, and he lowered his head again to continue fiddling with his toy car, his fingers moving much more cheerfully.

The sunset’s afterglow painted the sky with brilliant colors, and the autumn wind blew, causing leaves to swirl down.

Lin Junyang finished a day of training and took out his phone while heading to the troops’ cafeteria.

As expected, many people had sent unread messages, and seeing those hundreds of unread messages in the brotherhood group, he considered whether he should mute it.

Skipping past those hundreds of messages, he opened the message signed by ”Foolish Woman.”

There weren’t many messages, only three, but each one had quite a few words. Reading through the uninspired information made him curl his lips slightly, and he read them several times before moving to the next one.

When he opened the last message, he was surprised that it was brief, yet it made his smile freeze on his lips.

”Lin Junyang, what do we count as right now? Are we dating?”