Chapter 1

The holiday was approaching. I had just booked the hotel and plane tickets for the whole family.

I couldn't wait to call my father, only to discover that the video call connected to my dad five years in the future.

I said happily to the camera:

"Dad, this time I'm taking you guys to Hawaii to stay in an ocean-view room. You can watch the beach and the bikinis."

There was no answer on the other end. Instead, I heard heart-wrenching coughing.

I asked with concern:

"Dad, isn't Sophia taking care of you? Five years from now, did I marry far away and can't take care of you?"

Father turned the camera around to face the hospital bed. In the frame, a child was stepping on his oxygen tube, laughing gleefully.

Seeing this scene, I said angrily:

"That must be my child with Jasper! Tell him to discipline this kid properly."

Under my shocked gaze, he trembled as he turned the camera back to himself:

"Actually, five years ago, I gave the house you bought for us to Sophia. This child is Jasper and Sophia's kid."