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"Baby, please don't cry, okay? I'm sorry, I got too emotional just now, um..." Rafas sincerely apologized to her, but Wushuang was not buying it at all and didn't want to pay him any attention.
Wushuang wiped the tears from her cheeks and turned to look at him with red-rimmed eyes, saying, "Do you know how annoying you are, Rafas?"
"I know... I know I'm annoying, I'm bad, I'm not a good person, but I love you. You should know that by now," Rafas admitted his mistakes, taking her hand and sincerely apologizing.
However, Wushuang didn't listen to what he said at all; she pulled her arm back and turned away to avoid his gaze.
Rafas felt like a defeated child, unsure of what to do. His eyes were fixed on her the entire way, afraid he would miss any expression on her face.
Time and again he left this ancient castle, but in the end, he always returned here—the familiar garden, the familiar living room, the familiar bedroom...
Yan Wushuang walked into that familiar bedroom. It was just as it had been before she left. Her belongings were still quietly arranged on the vanity, the sheets were neatly spread on the bed, and even the air still carried her scent.
Rafas followed her upstairs back to the room and locked the door from the inside. Today, he didn't want anyone to disturb them.
In front of the bed, Yan Wushuang stood quietly as if lost in thought.
Behind her, Rafas slowly approached her. Seeing her wounded body and spirit, he opened his arms and tightly embraced her, saying, "Shuang'er, please don't push me away. Let me tell you a story, okay?"
Yan Wushuang was taken aback for a moment, unsure of what he intended to do. But her intuition told her that the story he wanted to tell must be related to him.
Rafas buried his face in her neck and gently kissed her before slowly speaking: "Thirty years ago, a Chinese couple brought their one-week-old son to New York City through smuggling. They thought they could have a better life here, but they couldn't find jobs or a place to stay. The child was crying from hunger. At that moment, a very luxurious car stopped by the roadside because its owner heard the child's miserable cries..."
"Stop the car..." A deep and magnetic voice rang out.
The driver parked the car at the entrance of an alley, where the sound of a baby crying could be heard from within.
The car door opened, and a middle-aged man, around fifty years old, slowly stepped out. With two men in black closely guarding him, he walked step by step into the dark alley.
"Be good, baby, don't cry. Daddy will be back soon. When Daddy returns, we'll have something to eat!" In the narrow, dark alley, illuminated only by the moonlight, a woman could be faintly seen holding a child.
No matter how the woman tried to soothe the baby, the child continued to cry persistently, sounding very sad and exhausted. Eventually, the cries became hoarse.
The man slowly approached her, looking down at the child in her arms. The child's large, bright eyes seemed to recognize that someone had come; after crying non-stop just moments ago, it suddenly quieted down.
The man called over one of his bodyguards and instructed him with a few words. The bodyguard immediately turned and left the alley. At that moment, the child's father hurried back, holding three loaves of bread and a bottle of water, rushing past the man.
"Wife, hurry and feed the baby! These are the leftovers from today at the shop. The manager felt sorry for me and let me take them home. There's also this bottle of mineral water; drink it quickly!" The man's thin clothing contrasted with his smile; at least tonight his wife and child wouldn't go hungry.
The woman tore the white bread into small pieces and placed them in a small bowl. After soaking them in water to soften them, she fed them to the child. The family huddled together, pitifully eating a few hard and dry pieces of bread.
The man in the darkness kept his gaze fixed on the child in the woman's arms. The bodyguard who had left earlier returned to the man's side again, this time holding several food containers. The man waved for him to set them down.
The poor family had no idea what he intended to do. This man had been standing there for quite some time, watching them without saying a word!
The bodyguard stepped forward to place down the containers and added, "This is from my master for you to eat. Please fill yourselves up; he is waiting for you in the car outside!"
The man turned and walked out of the alley, leaving behind a couple with puzzled expressions. They were truly hungry; one loaf of bread was hardly enough to satisfy their needs. The husband reached out to open one of the containers inside, revealing steaming white rice along with chicken and fish...
Since they smuggled over, they hadn't had a proper meal, and the child was also going hungry. Now, seeing the food, they were broke anyway, so if that man wanted them to pay, he would have to work for him.
Not thinking too much about it, the husband brought the food over and shared it with his wife as they devoured it hungrily. After more than ten minutes, the family of three walked out of the alley, with the woman securely holding the child in her arms. The child seemed to be full and had already fallen asleep.
The bodyguard saw them come out and leaned by the window to report the situation to the man inside. The man in black glanced outside and slightly twitched his lips: "Have them get in the car!"
The couple sat in the back of the car with their child, while the man in black sat in the front passenger seat. His anger was somewhat strange, making the couple feel uneasy as they held their child tightly.
"No need to be so nervous; I'm not a monster that eats people. As for why I’m looking for you, I won’t beat around the bush. It's a flat rate of one million dollars; I want your child!" The man in black didn't turn to look at them but lit a cigar and exhaled thick white smoke.
"What? Buy my child? I won't sell him! No matter how hard it gets, I will never sell my own child!" The woman, who had been silent, suddenly became agitated and quickly held her child tightly in her arms, fearing that this terrifying man would take her child away.
The man in black waited calmly for the father's response. From his hesitation, he could tell that he was already tempted.
"Madam, think carefully. With your current living conditions, you don't even have a place to stay, let alone a proper meal. If your child continues to follow you, he will eventually starve on the streets. If he comes with me, I will ensure he has a bright future!" The man smiled slightly, directly appealing to their innermost feelings.
The woman, who had been resolute before, looked down at her child after hearing his words. He was right; following them would only bring suffering and poverty to her child, even leading to starvation on the streets. But her child was still so small; she couldn't bear to let him go.
"Honey, why don't we sell the child to him? It’s better for him to go with a good family than suffer with us!" The husband finally lost his patience.
"Woo woo woo... I know that our child won't have a good outcome with us, but I can't bear it! I really can't bear to part with my child! I won't sell him! I won't sell him..." The woman insisted, but this made her husband grow increasingly anxious.
"Wife, think about it; what future can our child have with us? Besides, we are still young; if we want more children later on, it won't be difficult. Don't be so stubborn; just give him the child!" Saying this, the man began trying to take the child from his wife's arms.
The man in black sitting in front gently shook his head. This is human nature... Greed can lead someone to sell even their own child; this man is destined to be a failure.
"Madam, if you can't bear to part with your child, I can agree to let you stay by his side as his nanny. However, you absolutely cannot tell anyone, especially the child, that you are his biological mother. Do you understand what I mean?" The man calmly thought of this method. After all, the child is only about one year old now; it will be at least six years before he can start his plan. So he could give her a few years, but once the child turns six, she must disappear.
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately became excited. As long as she could watch her child grow up healthy and didn't have to call her "Mom," she could manage that. As long as his future was bright, she was willing to pay any price!
"I agree to your terms. I can give the child to you; I can be the child's nanny and stay by his side. But I don't want any money; as long as you treat my child well, I will be satisfied!" Her husband, hearing this, thought this crazy woman had lost her mind.
The man in black nodded in agreement with her conditions, but her husband did not think so. Ignoring whether the child was still asleep or not, he forcefully snatched the child away: "The child is not just hers; if you want my child, you must pay!"
"Give him back to me, give him back..." Little did she expect that after coming from China to America, he would remain unchanged. If it weren't for his gambling addiction and the debts he owed that led people to come after him, they wouldn't have ended up smuggling themselves into New York in such dire straits.
She had hoped he had turned over a new leaf, but when it came to money, he would still act like this, even willing to sell his own child.
The man in black ordered his bodyguard to bring out the money. One million dollars was right in front of him. For this million dollars, he personally sent away his wife and child. Getting out of the car with the million dollars in hand, did he still need to worry about finding a woman to bear him more children? Hahaha!
The woman was in tears, holding the child who had just been startled awake. She never expected her husband to be so inhumane. At least now she saw his true colors; although she could not reunite with her child in the future, being able to watch him grow up was enough for her.
The luxury car sped through the neon lights of nightlife. As for the man who sold his wife and child, ever since he got that million dollars, he disappeared from that area...
Fifteen years later, that baby who was only one year old is now sixteen. The mother who always wished to be by her son's side passed away ten years ago after a sudden illness.
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