Ye Chen had called Olvia "Auntie" earlier, but it hadn't taken him long to switch to "Mom."
Olvia was quick-witted. After a moment's thought, she understood why. It was because of Robin, of course.
She didn't mind. She had suffered so much and spent every day dancing on a knife's edge, never knowing when she might lose her life. What more could she ask for?
Besides, Ye Chen and Robin had grown up together. Robin was far closer to him than she was to Olvia. And the fact that he could call Olvia "Mom" proved that, even after all these years, his feelings for Robin had stood the test of time.
Still, it was strange—almost unbelievable.
After all, they had only been children when they parted. If they had been lovers who still missed each other after years apart, that would have been easier to understand.
Olvia smiled at Ye Chen as an odd thought struck her. Did Ye Chen already have his eye on my daughter when she was little?
Once Ye Chen stopped crying, they both had plenty to say. He told her about his experiences without holding anything back—until he got to Hancock. He wasn't foolish enough to tell his future mother-in-law the whole truth. She would surely lose her temper and ask why, instead of looking for Robin, he had set his sights on another woman.
"Olvia, what about you? How have you spent all these years?"
He had called her Mom, but he still wasn't used to it. With so many friends around, it felt awkward, as though he were a child who had never grown up.
His emotions had overwhelmed him earlier. Along with missing Robin, he felt he had let her down, and the word had slipped out.
But Ye Chen wasn't used