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She decided that she would try her best to come back home earlier so this child wouldn’t have to wait up for her.

“Elder Sister, what is that?” She suddenly heard the child ask.

Xia Ling turned and realized that his nanny had brought a blue box into the room. It was the blue box that Li Lei passed to her.

“This is…” She thought for a while before deciding to tell the child the truth. “This is a present from an Elder Brother for you.”

The child gave a yelp of excitement as he struggled to free himself, wanting to go over to open the present. He managed to open the box with difficulty after struggling with the wrapping paper with his stubby fingers for a long time, revealing the contents inside.

Chapter 662: Social Circle
Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

It was actually a toy gun.

It was very similar to a real gun, with a metallic case and bore some weight.

Xia Ling did not expect Li Lei to give this to the child. In her impression, this wasn’t a toy that a pure and naive child should own or play with. Maybe this wasn’t a big deal for the black triads, but there was no way she would want Shaohui to have anything to do with a cold, ruthless tool like this.

Shaohui fiddled with the toy out of curiosity.

Xia Ling slapped his hand away. “Don’t touch it.”

Shaohui had never seen her this fierce and looked up at her with a look of innocence and confusion. Xia Ling sighed and toned down. “This toy isn’t fun to play with. I’ll get you something else, alright?”

Shaohui hesitated for a while as he looked at the toy gun longingly.

Xia Ling scolded Li Lei a few times over in her heart, and finally understood why Li Rui had such a horrid temper. How could any child be respectful and refined growing up in such an environment?

She suddenly felt fortunate that this child did not live with Li Lei.

This thought scared her… if the other Shaohui, her biological son, was still alive; if the three of them were one happy family, would the father and son be playing with this toy gun together?

“Sister, are you unhappy?” Shaohui tugged at her sleeve gently.

She came back to her senses and forced a smile. “No, I’m not unhappy.” She kept the toy gun and said, “Sister will get you a toy car tomorrow, okay?”

The child still looked at the toy gun longingly.

“This isn’t anything good.” Xia Ling was at a loss for better words.

“But, Sister,” Shaohui said, “Didn’t you say an older brother gave me this? Why would he give me something that isn’t good?” He looked at Xia Ling with clear, innocent eyes.

Xia Ling’s heart ached.

She didn’t know how to respond to the child. Maybe Li Lei was just giving him what he thought was the best, but from her perspective, it was harmful.

It was just like their love life, full of obstacles for so many reasons.

She ruffled that boy’s hair. “Go to sleep.” She called the nanny over and asked for the box containing the gun to be taken away.

Shaohui’s eyes followed the nanny.

He held his teddy bear with one hand and Xia Ling’s hand with the other. “Alright, let’s go to sleep.”