Of course Shen Mo knew.

　　His face felt slightly hot, and he couldn’t answer.

　　Ji Mingxuan smiled, waved his hand, turned and left.

　　Shen Mo stood at the door for a while before he lay back on the bed wrapped in the quilt. He had hardly slept last night, so he slept very deeply this time, without even a dream. When he woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

　　Shen Mo remembered Ji Mingxuan’s instructions, took out the paint he used last night, and painted a similar ring on his left hand. Although it was for inspection, he painted it very seriously. After finishing, he raised his left hand, looked at the ring on his hand in the sunlight, and laughed to himself for a while.

　　Not long after, Ji Mingxuan knocked on the door. He changed his clothes and drove Shen Mo to a restaurant outside for dinner.

　　Shen Mo looked around but couldn’t find Ji Ning, so he asked, “Where’s Xiao Ning?”

　　”Ji Ning has a nanny looking after him.” Ji Mingxuan said, “It’s rare for us to have a meal alone.”

　　As he spoke, he grabbed Shen Mo’s left hand, looked at it over and over again, and after confirming that their rings were a pair, he held his hand and walked forward.

　　”Mr. Ji,” Shen Mo said a little embarrassedly, “This is outside.”

　　Ji Mingxuan held him tighter. “What are you afraid of? No one knows us.”

　　He was generous and natural, holding Shen Mo’s hand all the way out of the hotel, and drove to a restaurant with a very local flavor. The restaurant was built by the water, decorated with green plants everywhere, and there was a green pond next to the dining table. The environment was quiet and peaceful.

　　Ji Mingxuan ordered a few special dishes and chatted with Shen Mo while eating. Neither of them was a talkative person, so they just casually chatted about their relationship after they separated.

　　Ji Mingxuan’s life was dull. Apart from work, most of his energy was spent on Ji Ning. Shen Mo realized how difficult it was for a grown man to take care of a child. His love for Ji Ning was naturally unquestionable.

　　As for Shen Mo, there is nothing much to mention. He just opened a painting studio and lived a leisurely life.

　　”You also hired someone to work?” Ji Mingxuan keenly caught the information, “A man or a woman?”

　　Shen Mo said truthfully: “Female.”

　　Ji Mingxuan said “hmm” thoughtfully.

　　Shen Mo immediately added: “She already has a boyfriend who is ready for marriage.”

　　Ji Mingxuan still said: “Yeah.”

　　His face turned from cloudy to bright, and he casually put a few pieces of meat into Shen Mo’s bowl and said, “You seem to have lost some weight.”

　　Shen Mo didn’t feel that he had lost weight, but since Mr. Ji had said so, he still ate more than usual. After eating, he was so full that Ji Mingxuan dragged him to the beach.

　　Shen Mo had long been tired of the seaside scenery, and had no intention of appreciating it anymore. He just followed Ji Mingxuan wholeheartedly. When he was tired, he just found a place to sit down and rest, without any destination.

　　The sea breeze blew gently, and Shen Mo felt that such time was both short and long.

　　It was so short that it was dark in the blink of an eye.

　　It’s so long that it seems like it will last the rest of my life.

　　They watched the sunset at the beach before going back. It was already late when they returned to the hotel, so they had dinner in the hotel restaurant.

　　Shen Mo had been wondering why the paint on Ji Mingxuan’s hands hadn’t faded, but after watching him wash his hands, he realized what was going on. He washed very carefully, turning the faucet to the lowest setting and avoiding that small area.

　　Shen Mo was touched and embarrassed. He rarely showed his strength and forced him to wash the ring on his hand.

　　Mr. Ji was not very happy about this and had a gloomy face the whole evening.

　　Shen Mo had no time to coax him because he was being pestered by Ji Ning to tell a story.

　　Ji Ning saw them just before going to bed, and after a short while of excitement, he was forced to go to bed by Ji Mingxuan. He lay in bed aggrieved, and asked to listen to the story of the big gray wolf and the little white rabbit.

　　Shen Mo sat on the bed and told him a story.

　　After listening to this, Ji Ning blinked and pouted and said, “It’s different from what Dad said last time.”

　　”What did your father say?”

　　”Dad said that the big gray wolf and the little white rabbit will be together forever.”

　　Shen Mo’s heart moved, and he turned back to look for Ji Mingxuan. Only then did he realize that when he was telling Ji Ning a story, Ji Mingxuan had fallen asleep leaning against the bed.

　　Ji Ning rushed over and shouted: “Dad——”

　　Shen Mo quickly hugged him and said in a low voice: “Shh, let Dad have a good sleep.”

　　He was exhausted from last night to today.

　　Shen Mo stuffed Ji Ning back into the quilt, coaxed him to sleep, then brought a quilt from next door and carefully covered Ji Mingxuan with it.

　　Ji Mingxuan was still sleeping soundly.

　　Under the dim light, Shen Mo discovered that his eyelashes were particularly long, casting a faint shadow on his face.

　　Shen Mo watched and felt a little distracted.

　　Ji Mingxuan and Ji Ning were both asleep, and there was no one else in the room. He remembered one day many years ago when he was so tired that he fell asleep on the sofa, and Ji Mingxuan walked back and forth beside him many times.

　　Shen Mo’s heart was beating fast, and he was a little nervous. He supported himself on the edge of the bed with both hands, and moved closer to Ji Mingxuan little by little, putting his lips on his face and kissing him gently on the cheek.

　　Just like many years ago.