Pei Yang had no idea what Madam Liu had endured in this family to end up like this. Unable to keep talking to her, he turned and left, clutching the heavy wristwatch.
As he headed toward the door, Liu Ke was still muttering as though chanting a prayer. "I've already lost one son... I've already lost a son. I want... I want Wanting to be free. I want, want him to be happy..."
Once Pei Yang was gone, the housekeeper brought Liu Ke her medicine and helped her take it.
Liu Ke calmed down a little, but her eyes remained empty. Staring at the door Pei Yang had left through, she murmured dazedly, "I thought Wanting would spend his whole life alone. Thank goodness he has someone with him. A man or a woman, either is fine... either is fine..."
The housekeeper's heart ached at the sight. She went along with her, agreeing over and over.
"But..." Liu Ke brushed the hair that had fallen over her forehead behind her ear and murmured, "I keep thinking that boy looks so familiar. As though... I've seen him somewhere..."
"He's a handsome boy. Could he look a little like some actor on television?" the housekeeper ventured.
Liu Ke shook her head. "No... definitely not."
A sudden pain struck her head, and she pressed her fingers to her temples.
"If you can't remember, don't dwell on it." The housekeeper moved to support her. "Let me take you back to your room to rest, madam."
"No..." Liu Ke insisted. "Look into him. His background, his family, everything about him. Look into all of it..."
The housekeeper answered, "I'll remember."
Bored out of his mind, Wei Ziyun had settled into the garden to chat with the gardener. Unlike the gardener, he wasn't covered from head