The Cage Of The Past

"Yes! That's it, Mr. Ni will talk to you tomorrow about the price!"

"Thank you, sir!" Xiaoxi Chen never thought it will be like that, so faster conversation. Then the other side went offline.

Xiaoxi Chen turned over and looked at her son, relief and pain were shown on her face at the same time. Chao was lying on the bed, holding his feet, waiting for the result.

"Oh my god! Son, you are a genius!" She sat down and hugged her son and gave him a big kiss on his face. "Baby, someone's buying your designed game!"

"Mommy, what I said was true! Did uncle say, how much?" Chao sat up because of excitement, his voice was still like a little kid full of joy. Xiaoxi laughed happily, this little boy is amazing.

"Didn't say, tomorrow Mommy will help you to take a leave at school and bring you to discuss with them the amount they will pay for it, so relax okay?"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"Great! Right, Mommy, my teacher said I could skip grades and jump to a higher level!"

"Skip grade?"

"Yes, skip from kindergarten to primary school!"

"Oh my god!" Xiaoxi Chen exclaimed in a voice of incredulous shock and startled a pretty little face tell him he could skip a grade.

"Yes!" Chao doesn't understand why his Mom is so surprised.

"Son, how does your little brain grow that big?" Xiaoxi Chen can hardly believe it. "But do you want to skip? Primary school is not as comfortable as kindergarten!"

"Goes to primary school by going to primary school, can save a lot of tuition fees, Chao also want to finish the studies quickly and look after Mommy!"

"Son!" With a breaking heart, Xiaoxi Chen hugged him. "Mommy, don't want you to work hard, don't skip grades. Mommy wants you to be as happy as a normal kid, okay?"

"Mommy but I don't work hard! I like to study primary school because the kids at the kindergarten were all childish!"

"Well!" God, he is just five years old yet detests other children as childish. "Really? not hard to jump higher grade?"

"Yes! After we sold the game then I can study primary, would you allow me?"

Xiaoxi Chen nodded after she thinks for a while."Alright, as long as you don't feel tired and you'll be happy, Mom will support you!"

The next day, afternoon, Xiaoxi Chen bring her son to Jimmy's restaurant.

"Miss is there any Mr. Ni came here?"

The waiter shook his head. "No!"

"Mommy is it here?" Chao frowned and raise his little face.

Would it be the man is a liar? Xiaoxi Chen also muttered, actually he said someone will going to meet us here. She looks at her watch, the exact time they agreed over the chatbox. Why would nobody's coming?

"Mommy, uncle is not coming?" Chao asked again.

"Chao doesn't worry, we will wait for a while!" Xiaoxi Chen rubs his little face, her son looks depressed at that moment. "Mommy …. Is uncle teasing and playing with me? Uncle said Chao game is fun, why would he hadn't come yet?"

The little child said and dropped his head and lowering his voice.

"Don't worry let Mommy ask again!"

Waited for fifteen minutes at Jimmy's restaurant but there was no one arriving. Xiaoxi Chen looks at her watch and look at her son' disappointed face, couldn't bear to ask him to leave. "Chao, Mommy order a fruit juice for you, Chao should drink first!"

"No!" Chao shook his head and whispered to Xiaoxi's ear: "Mommy the juice here is so expensive, Mom let's go! The uncle is probably playing with me."

With a breaking heart, Xiaoxi Chen began to blame herself for lack of ability, can't afford a glass of juice and also make her son consider her financial issues, she is useless.

The guilt deepens in her heart, Chao can't suffer with her. She can suffer alone but not with her child.

"Son, let's wait for a while more, Mommy will buy some fruit juice for you, don't worry I can afford it!"

"Mommy, I don't want to drink fruit juice anymore!" Chao shakes his head and said sensibly. "Fruit juice is not nice to drink!"

Xiaoxi Chen looked away, tears flashing in her eyes, but beckoning to the waiter. "A kiwi juice, miss!"

"Mommy!"

"Chao's favorite is kiwi juice, a good son, no matter whether your game is settled on by others or not in my eyes you are the best! It doesn't matter whether we succeed or fail. What matters is that we tried, didn't we?" Xiaoxi Chen worried about Chao being sad she timely comfort him.

"Mommy, I know!" Chao cleverly nod.

The waiter had served their juice, but Chao pushed it in front of her. "Mommy, you drink, your lips are a bit dry!"

Xiaoxi Chen slightly startled touched and almost broke into tears. "Mommy doesn't want to drink this one!"

"If Mommy won't drink it first, Chao neither does!" The little kid knows that his Mom has no money. He saw his Mom never wear makeup and expensive clothes like other kids mother. The kid thinks that she only buys his dress and food for them because her salary is enough for their needs.

"Mommy, you drink! You drink first!" Chao had passed the straw to Xiaoxi and asked her to drink it.

Xiaoxi Chen shook her head but when she saw her son's face her heart was worried and nodded. "Mommy will drink first!"

She took a sip. The sweet and sour taste was delicious, nodded with satisfaction and happiness. "Well, it taste good, Chao should have to taste it! C'mon you drink!"

Yes!" Chao immediately feel happy and took a sip with a smile on his little face. "Mommy this one is delicious!"

Xiaoxi Chen holding her tears that nearly fell, if Chao is not good or not sensible she might be having trouble. But her young boy is so considerate, obedient and make her feel happy often. She thinks that Chao is a precious gift from God.

Two of them sat near the corner of the window inside the restaurant, looking out of the window of every car pass by but no sign of Mr. Ni.

After they finished the drink Chao said: "Mommy, uncle played with me I think, so let's go I will not let you wait here for long anymore. It's been an hour of waiting, let's go home!"

The child's reaction was upset.

"Son let's wait for a while! Xiaoxi Chen did not want to give up, not because of the money but she could not bear to see her son disappointment. After all, it was his first work, and it's very important for him.

"Mommy, I know uncle will not come, let's go!" Chao has adjusted his mood.

While they are talking a tall figure hurries into the door of the restaurant. As soon as the man came in he immediately approaches the waiter. Wearing a vintage silver-grey suit and purple tie, creating an invisible circle of light in the place where he was standing. All eyes were focused on him. Xiaoxi Chen did not notice him.

Just saw that he hurried to the front desk, but before he begins to speak he raises a dazzling smile and said: " Miss is there anyone who is looking for Mr. Ni?"

"Well!" The waitress was in a daze, a little silly. What a handsome man, with beautiful eyes!

"Miss?" Zion Ni asked with a smile and patience.

"Well! Well! Sir, the mother, and son over there have been looking for Mr.Ni." pointed at Xiaoxi Chen's side.

She was lowering her head and helping her son with his clothes. Zion Ni looks over and thanks to the waitress. "Thank you!"

Stride over, Chao saw Zion Ni first, seen this uncle before, it's the beautiful uncle that were together with big bird uncle!

"Hey! Beautiful uncle!" the little kids opened his mouth first.

Zion Ni sees that smart little boy again. The child that make Rouzhen Gu nearly embarrassed, can't help and smile. "Wow! It's you, little friend!"

Xiaoxi only felt the voice was somewhat familiar. She raised her head and saw Zion Ni and she opens her mouth in surprise. "Manager Zion, what brings you here?"

"Xiaoxi, is he the genius kid mentioned by Rouzhen?" Zion Ni look around and there are no other kids and he felt surprised.

"Manager Ni, you come here for?" she was not sure what's the purpose of Zion to came in that place and don't dare to ask any question.

"Rouzhen suddenly wanted to develop game software and ask me to discuss with someone!"

"It's you!" Xiaoxi Chen stunned and smiled suddenly. "I thought that we were lied to by someone else!"

"Well! Sorry, traffic jam!" Zion Ni sit down in front of them. "Seems like it is both of you, hahaha this is fate!"

"Uncle, does big bird uncle send you over?" Chao can't wait and opened his mouth.

Xiaoxi Chen's face turns red when she heard about it and her mind is thinking if the so-called big bird uncle Chao been mentioning is Rouzhen Gu.

"Hahaha... " Zion Ni can't help but laugh hard. "Good boy, what's your name?"

"Chao Chen!" Chao answered loudly without fear.

Zion Ni got shocked, "Surname is Chen? Xiaoxi, this kid is yours?"

"Yes, he is my son!" Xiaoxi Chen laughed and answered.

"Hum!" He nodded and think about it seriously and asked, "Whoa, Xiaoxi, you, you are married?"

He could not have imagined that such a young girl as Xiaoxi had already a child and it struck like thunder to him which is more shocking than the normal news he uses to hear.

This is the painful part of Xiaoxi Chen she does not like to say in front of people about the origin of Chao and will not open to explain about it, she just nodded. " Yes, Manager Ni, I was married!"

Zion Ni swallowed his saliva and digesting what she said.

Chao looked at Xiaoxi Chen with doubt, unsure why did his Mom said it to the man in front of them.

"Oh!" Zion Ni nod, it was a bit of a shock and he still can't absorb it. "By the way, does Rouzhen know that Chao is your son?"

Xiaoxi Chen was stunned and shook her head. "I don't know if he knows! Should not know!"

"Oh god, now I don't believe you when you say that the child is not yours because he resembled you a lot. Everyone could confirm that you are his mother." Zion Ni looked at them seriously and said those words.

"Huh!" Xiaoxi Chen heart was in a panic, pulled the stiff lower lip angle, why does everyone say that Chao looks like her? Sigh! This is good in case he doubted what she said that she's married already because Chao resembled her even though he is not her biological son. Looking back at Zion Ni's smiling face she replies: "Yes, my son looks like me a lot!"

"What a beautiful child, Chao, how old are you?"

"Five years old!" quickly the little boy answered

"Xiaoxi, you are married at an early age?" He remembered that she had written on her resume an age of twenty-four, she had given birth at the age of nineteen to be exact!

"Yes!" Xiaoxi Chen nodded awkwardly and looked down, it was wrong to lie, but she could not say she became a surrogate mother for a man's child.

"Uncle, can my game work?" Chao finally broke in and speak his words. He didn't forget the purpose of why they meet him.