The thing He Shuqin regretted most in his life was probably losing his temper with the kid.
He had raised the kid himself, bringing him home when he was little. Although he had only been a half-grown child himself at the time, he had still worked hard to learn how to be a parent.
He had poured all his love into this child, so much so that he never noticed when those feelings began to change.
"Shuqin, aren't you being a little too strict with Keke?" The family's old butler had once hinted at it. Keke had received a love letter from a classmate and put it in his schoolbag, where He Shuqin happened to find it while organizing his things that evening.
For the first time, He Shuqin lost his temper with the kid. He warned him to stay away from that person, threatening to have the classmate transferred if they kept seeing each other.
The kid cried terribly that night, accusing him of no longer loving him and scolding him in the middle of the night. Whatever the case, it was their first fight on that scale.
Although He Shuqin eventually gave in first and apologized, the kid really did become very obedient after that. He stopped interacting with outsiders and grew somewhat withdrawn.
He couldn't help regretting it. Had he restricted the kid's freedom too much? Distraught over it, he coaxed the kid to go out and have fun several times, but the kid always insisted that he come along.
Naturally, he could only accompany him without complaint.
But because of that, he failed to notice that the way the kid looked at him had begun to change. Or perhaps he had noticed, but subconsciously chosen to ignore it.
"Uncle-no, He Shuqin. I like you."
It happened