So Wang Yue put on a smile, looked at the young Ling Xiao, and said very seriously, "Ling Xiao, you're different from me. At least you're your parents' biological child. Even if they get divorced, at least one of them will take you in. So you don't have to worry that nobody will want you!"
Ling Xiao looked at Wang Yue's comforting expression, which plainly said, You're good at comforting people. Next time, just don't.
Ling Xiao really didn't want his parents to get divorced. He didn't want to become part of a single-parent family. He'd seen plenty of kids from single-parent families get bullied, and he didn't want to become one of those poor little things.
So he stood up and turned to leave!
Wang Yue shook his head helplessly. Ling Xiao was so quiet and reserved every day that he'd assumed he was a very steady kid. He'd only thought a child like that would be fun to tease, and just wanted to mess with him a little. He hadn't expected to upset him so quickly.
Still, Wang Yue didn't go after Ling Xiao to apologize. After all, if he hadn't been an adult on the inside, Ling Xiao's words would have hit him hard just now. This was more or less mutual damage!
A few days later, the news had spread, and plenty of people knew what had happened to Wang Yue's family—including the landlady.
After looking around the apartment and realizing that there really was only one child left, the landlady asked awkwardly, "Little Yue, what are you planning to do from now on?"
Wang Yue understood where she was coming from. She was renting out her apartment, and no matter how kind she was, she couldn't let him live there for free.
He didn't want