The vivid red seemed to bring a touch of color to the child's pale face.
The child's eyes grew brighter.
"So pretty..."
the child murmured.
"Do you like it?"
Madam Xiao smiled.
She studied the child.
Her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
She sighed silently to herself.
The child had lost weight.
She had visited just a few days ago.
In the short span of those few days...
The child had already been so thin that he had lost the baby fat typical of an infant his age.
But today, the child...
had grown even thinner.
His tiny, slender body made one's heart clench.
His frail body made his disproportionately large head look even bigger.
The only thing that offered some comfort was the light in the child's eyes.
The child turned his head, and Tangerine immediately knew what he wanted to do.
Tangerine took the child's flower arrangement down from the windowsill.
"Here."
Tangerine placed the vase on the little table in front of the child.
Child's Dad had just set it there.
The child looked at his flower arrangement with shining eyes.
Then he lowered his head to look at the flowers he'd just received.
The child gestured, trying to decide where to put the new flower.
Everyone else watched the child with smiles.
The child tilted his head.
A hint of indecision appeared on his face.
He tentatively put the flower in one spot.
But soon, he pulled it back out.
The child seemed a little tired.
He put his hand on the bed.
Hm?
The child tilted his head.
The flower in his hand drifted slowly toward the floor.
He instinctively tried to catch it...
"Bao Bao!"
Tangerine immediately caught the child.
"What are