[ the smile is good. it's infectious, and lin jingheng does smile back. ]

Sometimes, our family is scattered to the stars. And sometimes, they're just there waiting for you to meet that.

Life is strange like that.

[ it's the most he's spoken at once. conversationally, lin jingheng doesn't waste his energy with words, saves them for these moments only. he glances downwards at zhanlu briefly and smiles. ]

Zhanlu is as much apart of my family as well. He's all I have left of my father.