If You Are a Dodder Flower

Part 1

The cool breeze in early summer night is quite refreshing, it has dispersed the heat remained from the daytime.

Just the right time for families to gather for a dinner.

There's no exception even for the Cao's family.

The main house of the Cao's family is very historical, not only has the owner of the house changed quite a few times in the past decades, it has been repaired, renovated, and even rebuilt for many times. Still, the house manages to remain how it originally looks like. Compared to other newly built modern houses, the masonry constructions of the building, the huge arc of glass panes on top and the heavy thick curtains made it looked like it was soaked under the sunlight, solemn yet elegant.

Currently, inside the dining room, except for the fourth son who have not returned yet from studying abroad, the chief commander from the east warzone, Cao Xiong, sat down by the dining table with his eldest, second and third son, having a quiet dinner.

Four men dining together is usually quiet, sitting up straight although their posture is relaxing. Even though after they have come home and changed their uniform to casual clothes, it is not hard to notice that they were trained from the army.

Even for the second son, Cao Bin who did not enter the army but chose for political career, was strictly trained by his father since young, he was not inferior at all compared to three other men who wears uniform.

The dining atmosphere is somber and heavy, only the sound of chopsticks slightly touched the side of the dishes and the chewing sound can be heard.

However, this is not because their father-child relationship is bad, nor because there is nothing to say between themselves, but because the eldest person here, Cao Xiong, looked overcast with his gloomy face.

Three of his sons made eye contact with each other hoping that their brother could take the initiative to comfort their father. However, nobody had any idea on how to start.

Cao Xiong as their father is depressing because his lover passed away, as his sons, what could they say to give comfort?

Thus, they had no choice but to continue eating on their own.

The first one to speak up, was Cao Xiong himself.

Without any notice, suddenly he announced a made decision: "Your Aunt Cheng is no longer here, but her daughter is still small, I have told Butler Zhou to take her over in these two days, she will be living with us until she turns into an adult."

The eldest son, Cao Yang and the second son, Cao Bin made eye contact with each other.

The third son directly asked: "Does she not have any other relatives?"

"No. She was the only child and her grandparents have already passed away. They had no contact with any other relatives. These few years, she......" Cao Xiong stopped a while, then said: "Only me. I have promised to take care of her daughter, so she could rest assure."

The first sentence was still talking about the girl that she had no other family, but after that the conversation switched back to that woman again.

The second son, Cao Bin and the third son Cao Xing both looked at their eldest brother, Cao Yang.

Cao Yang has a broad shoulder with a tight waist, his body is tall and solid, exactly looks like Cao Xiong when he was at a younger age. He sat over there and did not move away his eye from his father and said: "Fine, let her live in our house. It's only the matter of increasing an extra pair of chopstick, since these few years Aunt Cheng has always stayed by your side, at least we did not disappoint her."