Song Tingshen handed her the cup of brown sugar water. âItâs no trouble at all. Iâll take Little Wang downstairs to eat. Have a good rest. Iâll take care of Little Wang today. We wonât go anywhere. Weâll be right next door. If you need anything, just call me.â
Ruan Xia was even more moved. âOkay.â
Little Wang was reluctant to part from his mom. He kept turning back on the way out. âMom, are you really okay?â
For lack of a better option, Ruan Xia explained again, âIâm okay, really. Baby, donât worry.â
âThen Iâll go eat breakfast with dad. Mom stay here and have a good rest. If you want me to come back to play with you, then just...â Little Wang showed his phone watch. âCall me. Iâll come over immediately.â
âOkay, okay.â Ruan Xia just wanted to lie down on the bed after finishing breakfast.
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Song Tingshen held Little Wangâs hand as they went to the hotelâs restaurant. The father and son found a quiet place by the window to sit.
Little Wang wasnât interested in the breakfast on his plate. He was still thinking about his mom a lot. He persistently asked, âIs it okay to leave mom alone in the room? Mom was bleeding earlier!â
He remembered the blood on the bed sheets and his momâs deathly pale face.
Song Tingshen was troubled. He didnât know how to explain this matter to his son. It was obvious that Ruan Xia wasnât feeling well today. Although she didnât say anything about it to Little Wang, this incidental still left a deep impression on him. Trying to fool him wouldnât work.
Faced with having to explain the scientific facts of female physiology to his son... Song Tingshen was under great pressure.
âLittle Wang, you know there are differences between boys and girls, right?â
âI know. Dad and I are boys and mom is a girl.â
Song Tingshen gave him a thumbs up. âThe differences in gender is because of different physiological structures. That is to say, mom has stuff that we donât have and we have stuff that mom doesnât have. Itâs precisely because of this that there are differences between men and women. Mom is a girl. When she reached a certain age, her body went through obvious changes. One of them is having a menstrual cycle. Menstrual cycles are different for every girl. Some girls will have it every month, and other girls will have every other month. During this time, theyâll bleed for a few days. Theyâll be fine after that. So, you donât have to worry. This is normal.â
Little Wang had no clue what his dad was saying.
âMom will bleed for a brief period every cycle, but this is very normal. You donât have to worry.â Song Tingshen thought it over and said, âDuring those days, mom wonât feel well. So, we shouldnât anger her during this time, Little Wang. We have to protect her and take care of her. Do you understand?â
With Little Wangâs current level of comprehension, it wasnât possible for him to understand what a menstrual cycle meant, but since his dad had said mom was going to be okay, that meant she had to be okay.
Little Wang vigorously nodded. âGot it. Donât make mom angry. Protect and take care of mom because mom is very unwell and this is hard on her.â
Rather gratified, Song Tingshen said, âLittle Wang is so clever.â