Chapter 416

With only two weeks left of summer break, Ethan Shaw pretty much holed up at home, barely stepping foot outside. Once the break was over and September rolled in, it’d be time to send Leanne off to boarding preschool. For Ethan, that felt like having a piece of his heart carved out. So every day, he bent over backwards to spend time with his daughter. Wanna go to the amusement park? Done. Craving ice cream? Let’s go. Wanna see pandas at the zoo? Sure thing! “But not this big panda! I want the little one! The tiny one!” In front of the panda exhibit, little Leanne, all dolled up in a matching panda-print dress, pouted her cheeks in frustration, gesturing wildly with her small hands and feet. “Daddy, the one I saw on TV isn’t this one. I wanna see the little one—Xiao Nuomi!” Ethan tried to reason with her, keeping his tone patient, “Aren’t all giant pandas kinda the same?” “Not even close,” a nearby visitor chimed in. “Xiao Nuomi’s like, the celeb of pandas on the internet right now. It’s