Chapter 455: A Promise Made
Chenglei was a bit surprised by the question he asked and he was a little offended by the way he asked it.
"Why not?", he asked with a menacing smirk.
But then it dawned in him, in a way, the Water Emperor is right to think of him as who is incapable of loving someone dearly who is not of his blood. He has gained such a name in the past. Only his Xing, his brother and select few like Lin Mubai, Aunty Ling, looked at him like a human being. Others always considered him as a notorious beast and he was one, still is.
Chenglei couldn’t pinpoint exactly his source of attraction on one thing. It’s a lot of things, actually.
"He is such a cute little boy... Who wouldn’t love him? And...", he paused as the image of Xing emerging the carriage holding Xinxin came to his memory. And when those little, soft fingers clasped his fingers, he wanted to protect him. But the most important thing...
" Li WeiXin... She named him", Chenglei smiled...
" We were separated then... My wife, named him with my surname. She wanted to raise him as ours. And so I will", Chenglei’s face had the gentleness that he rarely let’s out when he is with others.
Little Xinxin who saw sand for the first time, wanted to get down and play and the Water Emperor let him down and watched him play clumsily. He couldn’t walk properly and in the sand his walking got more worse and it was funny to watch for the adults. Seeing sand for the first time, little Xinxin was excited.
After placing his hand in the sand and playing for a while, Little Xinxin found sand sticking his hands and his face went all contorted. He didn’t like that gritty feeling in his hands.
"Dada", he complained to Chenglei, holding his hand towards him. As Chenglei got Little Xinxin’s one hand wiping the sand off, the Water Emperor got his other hand.