Chapter 26: Lost and Found
And at this time Jeffrey from the amusement park’s flower room to see the sky has reached the evening tinted with dusk. He came out leisurely, thinking his purpose had been achieved, and used the pocket money he had on him to buy a bunch of cotton candy from the side and bounced towards the center of the playground.
Sansa Ran is now in a desperate state of mind, having searched from morning until almost dark, and even she doesn’t know if there is any hope.
Sansa Ran saw a child dressed in red running towards her in the distance, Sansa Ran carefully identified that it was Jeffrey, Sansa Ran ran up and crouched down to hug Jeffrey with emotion.
Sansa Ran could no longer control the tears in her eyes and let them flow on Jeffrey’s shoulders.
Dean Lan followed and stood behind the two, at this point he also wanted to hug Jeffrey and ask what was going on, but the inner ambiguity prevented him from doing so.
Jeffrey, still unsure of what was going on, said cautiously, “Mom, what’s wrong?”
Sansa Ran hugged Jeffrey tightly, lest she let go and Jeffrey disappeared again.
Jeffrey saw that his mother did not answer, so he looked at Dean Lan and said, “Daddy, did you bully mommy?”
Dean Lan did not expect to just stand there and lie down again, helplessly said: “Where did you run? Your mother is looking for you looking for anxiously cried.”
Jeffrey sulked and did not make a sound.
Sansa Ran finally sure he had found Jeffrey, let go of him, two eyes looking at Jeffrey said, “You tell me where you ran away?”
Jeffrey was scared and didn’t know what to say, both hands kept rubbing together because of the tension.
Sansa Ran saw that something was wrong with Jeffrey, grabbed his hand and questioned, “Where did you go? Who gave you the marshmallow in your hand? Didn’t mommy tell you not to eat other people’s things?”
Jeffrey looked down at the ground and whispered, “I was at the amusement park, and I bought that marshmallow myself.”
Sansa Ran knew that Jeffrey would lower his head once he made any mistake. Sansa Ran was afraid that she would scare Jeffrey and said gently, “Look up at mommy, and you tell mommy what is going on. Who took you to the other place? Did he hit you?”
Sansa Ran’s mind guessed a lot of thoughts, she was afraid that Jeffrey really fell into the hands of traffickers.
Jeffrey looked up with panic in his eyes, not knowing that his little trick would bring fear to Sansa Ran. He used his little baby fingers to wipe Sansa Ran’s tearful face and whispered, “Mom, I told you not to get mad.”
Sansa Ran sniffled and said with a heavy nasal voice from crying, “You said that if you didn’t make a mistake, mommy wouldn’t be angry.”
Jeffrey said coyly, “I … I ran a place to hide myself.”
Sansa Ran did not think she had taken the trouble to find someone only he simply hid, Sansa Ran held back her anger to know what happened and said, “Then tell mommy, why did you hide? Didn’t you hear me looking for you on the radio? Don’t you know that mom is very worried about you!”
Jeffrey lowered his head and didn’t dare to continue.
Dean Lan saw that Sansa Ran was about to get angry, so he went up and squatted down and said to Jeffrey, “Tell Daddy, why are you hiding?”
Jeffrey lowered his head and was silent.
Sansa Ran could not hold back any longer and shouted, “Say something! Why don’t you listen more and more? Why did you go into hiding?”
Jeffrey was so frightened that he burst into tears.
Dean Lan took out paper and wiped Jeffrey’s tears, saying soothingly, “Tell mom the truth, or she’ll get even more angry.”
Sansa Ran turned her head and also covered her face and cried secretly.
Jeffrey went up and pulled Sansa Ran’s clothes, choking back tears and said, “Don’t be angry, mom, I’ll tell. I … I wanted to leave you alone with dad and hid secretly. I didn’t hear the radio, I amusement park flower room that old grandfather there fell asleep.”
Sansa Ran was so angry that she turned around and was about to spank Jeffrey.
Dean Lan pulled Jeffrey to his back and stopped Sansa Ran from spanking Jeffrey, saying, “Forget it! He’s still young, let’s talk to him properly.”
Sansa Ran was now furious and shouted, “Get out of my way, you’re spoiling him so much, you’re making him learn. Maybe you had a hand in this.”
Dean Lan didn’t expect the matter to come back to himself, and helplessly explained, “How could it have anything to do with me? If I knew what he was thinking, wouldn’t I have stopped him? Would I have gone with you to find him? I’m his father anyway, I wouldn’t let him do something so dangerous.”
Sansa Ran didn’t want to hear so much explanation and just repeated the same words she had just said, “Get out of my way.”
Dean Lan hurriedly pulled Jeffrey, who was standing behind him, and said, “Quickly apologize to your mom and tell her you were wrong.”
Jeffrey stood behind him and lowered his head in fear. He had never seen Sansa Ran angry before, and it was scary to think that his own mother was angry.
Sansa Ran saw Dean Lan, who had been defending Jeffrey, get angry and run to the front bench to sit and sulk.
Dean Lan turned to look at Jeffrey who kept his head down and said, “Don’t think you’re doing the right thing by running away to a place to hide, do you know how worried Mom and I were about you today? She has been anxiously crying several times. You are wanting me to be with your mother you can say. This is a matter for us adults, we will discuss it ourselves.”
Jeffrey realized his mistake and said weakly, “I know it’s wrong.”
Dean Lan pulled Jeffrey toward Sansa Ran and said, “Now that you know you were wrong, go apologize to your mother.”
Jeffrey walked up to Sansa Ran and grabbed her hand, “Mom, I was wrong. Forgive me, okay? I promise I won’t do it again.”
Sansa Ran pulled her hand away and deliberately turned her head to the side.
Jeffrey climbed up on the chair and gave Sansa Ran a kiss on the cheek and said, “Mom, don’t be angry, okay? I really know I’m wrong, from now on Jeffrey will be a good boy and never make mommy angry again.”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
Sansa Ran still ignored Jeffrey, ready to let him learn a lesson this time.
Jeffrey didn’t expect Sansa Ran to be so angry and turned his head to look at Dean Lan helplessly, who shook his head and told him to figure out his own way.
Jeffrey kept holding Sansa Ran’s arm tightly to keep Sansa Ran from pulling out, and Dean Lan was about to ask for Jeffrey’s help when Sansa Ran’s phone rang.