Ice and Fire

In the evening, the Chu family was having their dinner together in the family residence. Joe was enjoying his food in front of the table without saying a word. But he was thinking whether to tell his Mommy about what had happened earlier in the afternoon or not.

Cherry and Jackson were both busy eating while also occasionally chatting with Andrew, so they didn't notice any difference in their son's behavior.

After dinner, Joe finally decided to talk with his Mommy about the doubts he had in his heart. He wanted to make things clear, and when he saw that his Mommy and Daddy were walking towards the balcony, Joe hastily walked in front of his mother, and said,"Mommy, I want you to help me do my homework! There are some questions that I don't know how to answer."

Cherry was a little surprised to hear that. This was the first time that Joe had taken the initiative to ask her to help him with his homework.

Cherry took a look at Jackson and then turned to her son and asked,"Do you have a lot of homework today?"

Joe looked into his Mommy's eyes and nodded.

Cherry could tell something from the look in her son's eyes. It was just like the saying "What happens to children is of vital interest to parents," Cherry realized what Joe wanted to do.

She turned her head to Jackson, and said,"How about you have a chat with Grandpa? I'll go upstairs and help Joe do his homework."

Jackson was a little disappointed, because he had intended to look at the night scenery in the balcony together with Cherry, and now he had to accompany Grandpa instead.

said Jackson, as

Joe then went

his room, Joe appeared to be absent-minded because he was pondering something in his

her son's mind, and asked,"Joe, what

Mommy, nodded his head and said,"Mommy, I want to tell

son's head. She wanted to hear everything that her son wanted to

to track

her mouth wide in astonishment after she heard him.

mouth to gesture his Mommy to lower her voice. He then continued to

going on?" asked Cherry.She was a little angry, because whoever intended to hurt her son must have surely had a death wish! Her son was everything to her, and nothing could have been more important to

saw two security guards following me from behind. I knew that they were the same bodyguards that had once stood in our courtyard because they wore the same clothes. Then I stopped them to ask what's the matter. They admitted to everything after I put on fierce look

about her son's safety, and she didn't expect

looked at her son, and in a tender voice, said,"Joe, don't mind them. They're just

Joe nodded, and continued

this, Cherry didn't know how to reply to him. Joe was still a child, and she couldn't possibly tell him all of those things at such a young