Gu Junbo closed his eyes, leaning against the hospital bed. Did he not want to tell the child the truth? But Qiao Qiao had suffered from severe depression due to the blows of the past twenty years. It was only with his meticulous companionship over these years that she had shown improvement. If she were to learn now that her child from that year was not dead but had been swapped with a stillborn by the woman who stole her love, and that she now recognized that woman as her mother, it was feared her condition would relapse comprehensively.
Recently, due to her daughter's illness, she had shown signs of relapse, which made Gu Junbo afraid to take the risk.
Qiao Qiao was the woman he loved most in his life, and the only one he deeply loved. He had failed her once, and he could not fail her again.
If he had to choose between two, he would choose his beloved without hesitation.
All of this was the sin created by that woman, Su Ying!
...
Ye Wan fell asleep in the car and was only woken up by the driver after returning home. She looked around blankly, then realized where she was and said, "When did I fall asleep?"
"You fell asleep just a few minutes after getting in the car. I even drove slower, wanting you to sleep a little longer," the driver said, feeling reluctant seeing how tired and sleepy she was.
Ye Wan raised her hand and rubbed her forehead. "I'm really so tired. I'm going back to sleep."
When she entered, Sun Ma asked if she wanted to eat anything, but Ye Wan refused. She went back to her room, didn't wash up, and fell back asleep.
When Gu Yunting returned and saw her asleep without changing her clothes, he changed her clothes, covered her with the blanket, and walked towards the bathroom, wondering why she was so sleepy. She didn't even wake up when he changed her clothes.
But this thought only flashed in his mind for a moment before he went to wash up. After bathing, he came out, embraced Ye Wan, and fell asleep.
Gu Yunting felt a bit sleepless after lying down. He thought of Gu Junbo's words from today, and his heart felt uncomfortable again. He could only hold the little person in his arms tighter to make himself feel a little better.
...
That night, Jiang Mi packed her belongings as soon as she returned home. She also terminated her lease and prepared to escape Jing Shi with her daughter, finding a small town to temporarily carry her pregnancy.
She would arrange surgery for her daughter before the child was born.
With the money she had now, as long as she didn't spend it recklessly, it would be enough for her and her daughter to live until her delivery and after her daughter's surgery.
After making all the preparations, she went to the hospital to pick up Mian Mian and her godmother.
After leaving the Jiang family, even though she knew where her biological parents were, Jiang Mi did not go back to find those who had sold her. Firstly, she was pregnant and did not want the Jiang family to know, and secondly, she did not believe that parents who would sell their child for money could be good people. Since they had already sold her, she considered their kinship severed for this lifetime.
She met her godmother when she was pregnant. Two people with no one to rely on decided to live together for mutual warmth. Later, when Jiang Mi gave birth to Mian Mian, her godmother helped her raise the child. She worked part-time to support the grandmother and granddaughter, and her godmother doted on Mian Mian. With her taking care of the child, it was convenient for Jiang Mi. Her godmother, with Mian Mian's company, also became more lively, despite her previously withered existence.
Now, the bond between the three of them had deepened to the point of being inseparable. Jiang Mi truly regarded her godmother as her own mother.
After buying the train tickets, Jiang Mi called her godmother to tell her to get ready, and that she was coming to pick them up.
But when the phone was connected, she heard her godmother Yang Qian's crying, "Mian Mian is missing! I just went to the restroom for a moment, and when I came out, she was gone. I thought she had run out on her own again, so I didn't pay too much attention. Half an hour later, when she hadn't returned, I came out to look for her. But I've searched everywhere and haven't found her. I asked the nurses, and they haven't seen her either! Mi Mi, hurry and come!"