"No. I'm just not quite used to seeing them yet." Edward said and smiled sadly. His parents were the exemplars of a happy marriage around the city. His father showed excessive fondness for his mother, but showed little love for him. Edward thought his father loved no one but his wife, not even Edward. He thought that the only reason he was in their lives was because of his mother, and he had gotten used to the thought already. He also thought he would be cool with it when he heard they were coming back. However in reality, he was overwhelmed and not ready yet.
"Daddy, don't be afraid. You still got me!" Justin felt bad when he saw the sad look on his daddy's face. He didn't know why his daddy looked like this, but he could tell his daddy was depressed. He had seen the same look on his mommy's face a lot before.
"Yeah! I still have you, my little pumpkin! Come on! Let's go home."
Edward put Justin down, with a warm smile on his handsome face. He decided to focus all his love, which his father had never given him, on his own son to make up for the loss and emptiness he had been through before.
"Are you going home now, Mr. Edward?" Anna asked Edward when she saw the two coming out, like she still had something to tell him.
"What's the matter, Anna?" Edward said with a deep frown. He knew this look. It meant there must be something he wasn't willing to deal with, but had to.
"Well, I came here to tell you that the president of Ouyang Foreign Trade is here. He is waiting at the reception room." Anna had become more cautious since she knew the president of Ouyang Foreign Trade was Edward's father-in-law. She tended to remain wary about telling Edward this, knowing that he didn't like the old man and it was always a test of endurance to meet with him.
"Oh! What is he doing here?" Edward didn't want to deal with him, because he had someone else at home to deal with already. He supposed his father would be waiting at the house to argue with him, because he didn't pick them up at the airport, which made his mother sad. So at this moment, he didn't have the energy to deal with Leo. If Leo came here for Daisy, that would be another story, but he didn't.
"I don't know. He didn't mention anything." Anna could feel Edward's impatience although she didn't know why. 'Aren't you supposed to like your father-in-law because he's your wife's dad? Then why are you so averse to his visit every time?'
"Okay. I got it. I'll see him. C'mon Justin! Let's meet your grandpa." Edward knew that most of time Justin thought like an adult, so he didn't want to hide anything from him. After all Justin would know everything sooner or later. Now that Leo was here, why not take this chance to introduce them? He'd like to see how Justin would react when he saw his grandpa.
"Grandpa…… Daddy, I'm almost overwhelmed by all these people. Grandma and grandpa, then another grandpa. Are there still some relatives I don't know coming by later?"
Justin said and shook his head. He felt he was here just to meet all these relatives today.
"Yes! Theoretically, there are, but you can ignore them." Edward didn't think the Ouyang family would see Justin as their family, so they could be ignored.
"But why?" It was good for a kid to ask questions. Besides, Justin was a good and smart kid, so he never felt ashamed to ask questions.
"You'll know later. But don't feel disappointed. Because there are still lots of people loving you even without them." Edward wasn't sure if Justin could understand what he had said, but he knew he probably would. He realized Justin was a kid with high intelligence, because he hacked into his computer before.
"It seems they don't like me, right?" Justin did get the point. He thought this so-called grandpa was just a name for him.
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