Chapter 5

Chapter 5

“I gave it to Mom!” I spread my arms to shield her. “You’re not allowed to bully Mom.”

Mom added, “Don’t you dare yell at the child.”

Dad looked at Mom, then at me, before closing the door with a cold expression.

He was acting so strange.

After how we treated him, he actually didn’t lose his temper?

I decided that Dad wasn’t beyond saving. I couldn’t just reform Mom; I had to reform Dad too.

I used my own allowance to have Aunt Zhang buy a lot of books: *How to Be a Good Husband*, *Busy Dad, Good Dad*, *The 9 Rules for Being a Good Husband*…

I arranged these books in the study and waited by the door. When Dad came home, I took his hand and led him to the study.

He looked a bit flattered.

Lately, I had been ignoring him, let alone holding his hand.

His entire demeanor softened as he picked me up and carried me into the study.

Then, he saw the books.

He couldn’t help but chuckle.

He kissed my forehead. “Did you buy these, or did Mom? Is Dad not good enough?”

My eyes turned red as a wave of grievances welled up in my heart.

Dad panicked, frantically wiping away my tears.

Then, he apologized to me.

“I’m sorry, Yaya. I’m sorry. It’s Dad’s fault. I shouldn’t have neglected you and Mom.”

He began to read those books earnestly, trying hard to learn how to be a good father. He also attempted to explain things to Mom.

“Yibao was born after Anxin was raped. Anxin is in poor health; she can’t take care of Yibao and doesn’t want to see her, so she left her with a nanny. Yibao is very pitiful and insecure, which is why I pretended to be her father.”

Mom softened, but she still stood her ground.

“You could have told me instead of hiding it and waiting for me to find out on my own. Yibao is pitiful, but that’s not my fault. Besides, you let Yaya see all of this, and it has hurt her.”

Dad fell silent, eventually giving a complex-sounding “Mm.”

“It won’t happen again. I won’t hide anything from you from now on.”

Things were slowly improving, and it felt like we were going back to the way we used to be.

But things often take a turn for the worse just when they seem perfect.

Not long after, Anxin returned from the hospital.

Dad went to pick her up personally.

One moment, she was all smiles, but the next, her face twisted the moment she saw Mom.

“Who is Song Mingze to you? Are you his sister? Let me leave! I refuse to live under the same roof as a rapist’s sister!”