“Are you working?” Jane responded, “I haven’t fully returned to work yet. I go occasionally to take care of business. Ben asked me to wait until the children are six months old before I go back. They are growing quickly, and soon they will become clingy. In the past, I could leave them with their grandparents for a day, but that’s no longer possible. We hardly see each other for several hours, and my son, who has never been a crybaby, now cries so hard that no one can comfort him. I have to come back and hold him to soothe him.” Serenity replied, “That’s true; now that I can walk, I prefer to stick to myself. I have a little follower, Sonny, who is with me wherever I go. Things will be easier once he starts kindergarten. You can see how my sister handles Sonny. She’s doing really well, and I help her share the load; Sonny is also happy to follow me.” Jane looked at the child and said, “Honestly, I can’t bear to leave him. Ever since I became a mother, whenever I go out, I constantly think about my child, worrying that he might cry or get hungry.”

Suddenly, Sonny ran over, threw himself into Serenity’s arms, looked up, and asked, “Auntie, can you give me a younger sister? I don’t want a younger brother.” Sonny liked Avah very much, but she was Titus’s, not his. He didn’t have a little sister. With a playful expression, Serenity replied, “But you said that what’s in your aunt’s belly belongs to your little brother.” Sonny pouted, realizing he couldn’t change what he had said.