"What on earth is going on?"
Seeing Liu Xiaolin speak, Liu Zijian and his mother were overjoyed. Mother Liu even pulled the boy into a tight hug.
"Oh, my poor grandson!" she cried.
Liu Zijian took a large gulp of wine and sighed heavily before he began to explain.
It turned out that Liu Xiaolin had been born prematurely. To make matters worse, his wife had left him before their son was even a year old, which led to Liu Xiaolin being malnourished from a young age. When he was just a few months old, Mother Liu had told him not to worry, saying that many children are naturally slow to start talking. But when he turned two and still couldn't say a single word or even walk, Liu Zijian grew both heartbroken and anxious.
