Happiness
In the end, Vivian went to school alone.
Meanwhile, Sasha was a little sad in the mountains when she heard the news. However, it was a
critical moment for her, and she couldn’t afford to relax. Hence, she had no choice but to bear the guilt
and remain on the mountain.
“Ian, how’s your daddy today?”
After waking up that morning, she hurried to the room without washing her face.
Ian had been guarding Sebastian since the night before.
“Nothing happened.” Ian suddenly showed a look of disappointment when he met his mother’s reddened
eyes.
Sasha kept quiet.
Looking at Sebastian still lying unconscious on the bed, she walked over and patted Ian on the shoulder.
“It’s okay. I did some research last night. We have been using the black stones for your daddy’s
acupuncture, but the method might not be potent enough. So I’ve decided to boil the black stones in
water and use it for his bath from today onward.”
“Huh?”
Ian suddenly raised his head.
A bath?
Daddy is unconscious. How is he going to have a bath?
The sixteen-year-old boy was very worried.
However, after Sasha laid out her plan, she immediately took action.
After a quick shower, she ate two buns she got from the temple’s dining hall and looked for Shin.
To bathe Sebastian, she must prepare the right equipment. The black stone is a kind of crystal. So it’d be
better if it’s done in a hot spring where it’s full of minerals.
Therefore, she went to look for Shin for advice.
However, although Shin agreed with Sasha’s idea, there was no such suitable location in the temple.
“Sasha, it’s not that I don’t want to, but there’s no hot spring on this mountain. Is it okay if we build one
instead, then you boil the water and pour it in?”
Sasha knitted her brows upon hearing that.
Ian, who accompanied her there, suddenly thought of a place after hearing Shin’s words.
“Mommy, should we just take Daddy to Jetroina? Back then, Aunt Ichika invited us to go to the hot
springs. That sounds like a perfect place. You even felt better after soaking in it.”
“Huh?”
Sasha was stunned for a moment.
That sounds like a good idea.
But is it okay for us to go there now? It’ll be a bumpy ride there, and we don’t know if we’re allowed to
enter the hot spring.
Sasha was a little perplexed.
However, Ian, who couldn’t wait to wake up his father, called Solomon after seeing his hesitant mother.
“Uncle Solomon, it’s Ian. Mommy said Daddy needs to take a bath with the black stones to regain
consciousness. It’ll activate all the pressure points in his body, but there are no hot springs in the temple.
Can I ask Aunt Ichika if we can take Daddy to the hot spring?”
That was the first time he talked about family matters with Solomon, and he sounded desperate.
When Solomon heard him, he felt contented because he had witnessed Ian’s courageous moment when
the latter’s father was not around.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
That’s how he should be.
Solomon readily agreed.
“Sure. I’ll call your aunt now. I’ll let you know after she contacts Jetroina and confirms a date. Okay?”
“All right. Thank you, Uncle Solomon,” Ian responded happily.
Then, Solomon hung up the phone.
When he got off work at noon, he didn’t stay in the company. Instead, he went straight home.
Meanwhile, Ichika was taking care of their baby at home. Yoel Hayes, who was three years old, was
adorable and well-behaved. Although he was a boy, he was different from his cousins.
He was gentle and quiet. And he was so obedient that everyone in the Hayes family liked him.
He was probably like his father.
“Yoel, are you hungry? Come here. I’ve cooked some spaghetti.”
“Okay.”
The cute little boy put down the building blocks he was playing with and obediently went over to where
his mother was.
Ichika’s heart melted as she watched Yoel slowly approach her. She then placed the spaghetti on the
table, picked up her son, and sat him on the chair.
“Mommy, here. Have some too.”
As soon as Yoel picked up his little green spoon, he tried to scoop up a shrimp from his bowl for Ichika.
He was a well-behaved and sensible child, but his tiny hands were still clumsy. After struggling with the
spoon to scoop up the shrimp for a long time, he did not succeed. He was only three, after all.
Ichika wanted to giggle at his uncoordinated attempts.
“Mommy…”
“Good boy. Here, let me help you.”
Then, she held his tiny hand and scooped the shrimp into her mouth.
Yoel smiled happily, feeling satisfied.
Upon seeing that, Ichika couldn’t help but flash a warm smile as well.
Educating a child might vary according to different parts of the world. If this had happened in an ordinary
family in Chanaea, they would generally refuse the child’s offer, letting the kid have all the food.
However, Ichika was not like that. She would do anything to fulfill her son’s wishes.
By doing that, she taught him not to be selfish and to become accustomed to sharing with his parents as
a child, whether it was material or emotional stuff.
While the mother-and-son duo was eating, Solomon arrived home.
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