The next morning.
It was Saturday, and the kids did not have to attend school.
Early in the morning, Chessie ran into Susan's room and stayed by Susan's side.
"What happened?" Susan could not help but ask.
Chesney looked up at Susan, and a trace of worry could be seen in her innocent eyes." Mommy, you... Are you going to find Chessie a stepdaddy?"
Susan was taken aback for a second, then asked amusedly, "There's no such thing. Why the sudden thought?"
Chesney pouted her lips. "I accidentally overheard from the servants at home. They said that Daddy found himself another woman, so Mommy should've gotten herself another man a long time ago."
Susan was left speechless at that moment.
Julius had only sent her home!
Unexpectedly, the servants would gossip up until this point.
Susan squatted down immediately and looked directly into Chesney's eyes in a solemn manner. "Chessie, you're the most important person to Mommy. If Mommy has to make any decision, Mommy will definitely tell you. So if Mommy didn't tell you anything, no matter what others say, don't worry about it."
"Really?" Chesney felt a little relieved.
"Yes.” Susan nodded affirmatively.
Having heard that, Chesney was completely relieved, and after a while, she could not help but ask hesitantly, "Mommy ... Daddy found himself another woman. What does that mean?"
Susan was stunned for a moment, and for a while, she did not have an answer to that question.
She could not help but nibble her lower lip.
Over the years, she did not know how to explain the matter between her and Julian to Chessie. She only gave the little girl some vague remarks all the time.
But now...
Susan felt that she could not keep the secret anymore.
Julian was about to have another child already, and this matter could be kept from Chessie for a while, but could it be kept from her for a lifetime?
"Mommy, why aren't you talking?" Chessie glanced at Susan, and a hint of anxiety flashed through Chessie’s eyes.
Susan took a deep breath and explained slowly, "Chessie, there are many relationships in this world, there's kinship, there’s love, and there’s friendship. Kinship is bound by blood, it's a relationship that comes with you from the moment you were born, and one can’t break away from such a relationship. For example, Chessie is Daddy and Mommy's child, and Daddy and Mommy will always love you."
Susan tried to reduce the damage that could be done to Chessie by tactfully choosing her words.
Chessie gazed at Susan ignorantly. "Then... what about love and friendship?" "Both love and friendship are relationships established by two strangers due to various reasons. Does Chessie have many good friends in kindergarten?"
"Yeah." Chesney nodded.
"Now you see, when you went to kindergarten in Jerucity, you had many good friends, but after coming back to Skyking City, those friends that you made in Jerucity, how many of them have you not contacted anymore?”
Chesney nodded again.
Susan rubbed her hair softly. "So, we all will have different friends at each stage of our lives, and there are very few who can accompany us forever. The bond of friendship is, most of the time, not as deep and strong as kinship.”
Chesney seemed to have understood some parts of it. "Then Mommy, what about love?"
"Love..." Susan said gently, "Love is the attraction between two strange souls. If the love between two people is strong enough, they will form a family and have cute kids. Just like Mommy, Daddy, and Chessie.
Because of love, Mommy and Daddy came together, and because of that, Chessie was born."
Chessie listened very attentively, Susan organized her words before continuing, “ However, love is a relationship that will disappear. If the two souls are no longer attracted to each other, then continuing life together becomes torture. Mommy and Daddy came together because of love, but if there's a time when we don't love each other anymore, it's only natural for us to separate from each other.”
So, Daddy and Mommy don’t love each other anymore?" Chesney's eyes widened.
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