"My mother's distant niece gave birth to the child at a very young age. The child was never registered and was raised in the countryside. After my cousin got married, her husband found the truth and made a fuss for several days.
"It's nothing she can do but give him to us, and we don't have any children anyway."
Susan led the child to sit down and touched his head lovingly.
"Oscar, he is your dad from now on. Now call him Daddy."
Raising his head to look at me, Oscar called out to me in a crisp voice.
"Daddy."
I looked into Oscar's eyes, feeling that they were somewhat familiar.
Grace pulled the child to her side and handed him an apple.
"Dear, I'll be your mommy from now on."
Seeing this scene, Susan poked me and rolled her eyes at me.
"Since Oscar called you, you should have given him a gift, but you didn't even bother to respond. You're so rude.
"Luckily, Grace doesn't mind. In my hometown, we think men who cannot have children are no different from eunuchs.
"Even so, my daughter brought you a son to raise. You should be content. It makes me angry just looking at you stupidly. Hurry up and cook the meal. Otherwise, Oscar will get hungry."
Looking at the child's clean clothes and fair face, I finally realized what was wrong.
Children raised in rural areas were mostly naughty and liked to play in the fields, so their skin couldn't be so tender and fair.
It seemed like they lied.
2
"Grace, come in with me. We need to have a talk for a moment."
I lowered my eyes and turned into the room.
Grace followed me in impatiently, pointing at me and scolding me as soon as she entered the door.
"Billy, are you crazy today? My mom just said a few words to you, but you looked so gloomy. Who are you doing this for?
"She brought the child back to us for our own good. He's a boy and can take care of us in our old age. What else do you want?"
I glanced at Grace, who looked arrogant. She seemed to have forgotten who the infertile person was.
"Grace, we agreed earlier that we would not have children but live on our own in the future. Besides, my money is enough for us to support ourselves in our old age. I don't need a stranger to do it."
When Grace realized that I was angry, her expression changed immediately. She hugged her chest with one hand and poked my shoulder with the other.
"Billy, what do you mean by that? Susan has taken the child back, do you want to kick him out?