He heeded her words loud and clear and recollected the incidences that happened twenty-eight years back. He reheard his mother's words, again and again, inside his head, but his mind still denied to speculate her thinking.
"And what if baba did it only to save his family members life, not for the prejudices he followed? Maybe he misunderstood uncle Bai and took him as a threat to his family? What if uncle Bai and aunt Mian were serious about calling the police?"
Song Jun said looking at her, the words that took him so much courage to say that out loud to his mother.
"You still don't believe in your mama? You still trust your mind over your heart, just like uncle Bai. You are the same as him. You are the Song Bai."
She almost cried out her heart in front of Song Jun but his ten-year-old self stopped him to believe her completely. She sat near him and said in a miserable voice,
"Juju, just tell me what should I do then you will believe me, not in your father?"