The Custody; A Single Parent Love That Cannot Be Spoken

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Yibo was lost in his thoughts over the situation that he had put Zhan into, he never knew that his action would cause Zhan to be bullied by fans and admirers. He never consider his action would cause someone a miserable life. He was gazing at his phone watching the same viral video where Zhan was bullied by three boys and two girls, adding to this the news on the custody case; Zhan's children were going to be stolen from him by a millionaire. Yibo felt bad and pity for Zhan for everything that came to him, unexpectedly. Yibo thought that Mr. Chao won't do anything rather than just pay a visit to Zhan's house. He didn't know that Mr. Chao would file a custody case over Zhan's children. Yibo learned a lot from the custody case about Zhan through the news reporter who reported the authentic news.

Yibo discovered that Zhan was from a rich background due to circumstances his fate changed- those two kids belonged to his late sister who was once wedded to Mr. Chao's son.

Cheng Xiao walked into the living room, she was going into the kitchen to get herself Ben and Jerry's ice cream in a container, she was graving for it. She stopped on her way when she heard the voice of people coming from Yibo's phone. She turned her head in that direction and saw that Yibo was gazing at the phone he didn't notice Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao walked in his direction and sat on the couch beside Yibo. "Are you alright?"

Yibo was startled by her voice and was present in the living room beside him on the couch. He turned off his phone. "ye-yeah." He stuttered.

Cheng Xiao rested her hand on Yibo's hand. "It's okay to tell me. I am your wife."

"I am fine," Yibo assured her with a smile. "Why are you not sleeping?"

"I can ask you the same question," Cheng Xiao said and rested her head on Yibo's shoulder.

"I don't feel like sleeping in this recently," Yibo said.

Cheng Xiao was getting the hint that Yibo was wondering about something. She got to her proper sitting position and looked at Yibo's face, "Is something bothering you?"

Yibo shook his head. He lied to Cheng Xiao that nothing was bothering him while he was blaming himself for whatever was happening with Zhan. He was blaming himself for those chaoses in Zhan's life.

Cheng Xiao understood that Yibo wasn't going to tell her the truth and that he was bothered by something. She got up and said, "I am getting myself, Ben and Jerry."

"Stay here, I'll get you," Yibo volunteered to get her the ice cream from the kitchen refrigerator. He put his phone on the table.

Cheng Xiao got a glance at the display of the phone before it went off and that there was Zhan's picture on the lock screen in his teenage look. She felt a bit of envy for Zhan for taking her place on Yibo's phone lock screen. She turned her gaze to Yibo who went inside the kitchen. She wanted to scream in anger but the realization hit her hard that she was married to Yibo and she doesn't need to worry about anything also Zhan had moved on from Yibo. He was having kids to take care of and he was fighting for his kids with Mr. Chao.

"Here's your ice cream," Yibo returned with a container of Ben and Jerry. He sat on the couch beside Cheng Xiao. He noticed that Cheng Xiao was off. "Are you alright?"

"No!" Cheng Xiao whined. She took the container from Yibo and opened the lid.

Yibo thought that She had her mood swinging because at a certain time she was concerned and then suddenly her mood swing several times and he was getting used to it.

"I kept a promise," Cheng Xiao stated as she scooped a spoon of ice cream from the container.

Yibo frowned at her confession, "Promise?"