Chapter 176

Ye Ran knew nothing of what was happening back home. Recently, Lu Linshen had hired a speech therapist for Suisui. The teacher spent two hours a day with the child, playing, talking, and helping her recognize pictures and words, and the results were remarkably evident. At the very least, Suisui had learned to correctly say "Mommy" and "Daddy," and her vocabulary had grown from single words to four or five-word phrases. The teacher warned, however, that while progress was rapid at the start, there would be a plateau later on; nonetheless, she insisted that with persistence, Suisui would eventually learn to speak normally. Ye Ran was heartened by this. One day, as the teacher arrived for the usual session, Ye Ran went to the kitchen to cut some fruit and juice two glasses, carrying them into the living room before quietly slipping away so as not to disturb them.