Past position

Alix stood in front of the Liu family the next day with complicated feelings. The guards let her in and she walked towards the villa with slow and deliberate steps.

"Pastry aunt?"

A small head popped out of one of the small bushes in the garden. Alix stared at the little boy.

Then three more heads popped out one after the other.

"..."

They multiplied…

Aang, Taio and Baihu circled her curiously as if she was some historical specimen.

"Don't bother pastry aunt!" Ailun harrumphed.

"We are only playing with her!" Aang defended himself.

"She doesn't want to play with you."

He looked up at her and smiled with pride. "Pastry aunt likes me more."

Alix raised her brow.

Baihu frowned. "Ailun is silly. She cannot like you more because I am more charming than you."

Ailun's brow twitched. He let them be and asked her with a beaming face, "What is pastry aunt doing here?"

"Your father invited me for lunch."