Nth months passed...
Late one night, Susu heard the sound of doors opening and closing from her bedroom. Chen Mu had received a call a day ago and rushed out without telling her anything.
"Chen Mu, is that you?" She called out without hearing a response from the other party. Grabbing her phone and her pepper spray, she slowly opened her bedroom door. There were no movements in the hallway, making her extra alerted.
Flashing the light from her phone, she started searching around the apartment. The moment her flashlight landed on Chen Mu's body leaning against the wall with his hand combing his hair backwards, she jumped.
Switching on the lights, she sat beside him and asked, "Did something happen?"
"Susu.." He took her hand in his and squeezed it tight.
"Hmm?"
Leaning his head onto her shoulders, he closed his eyes. "Let me rest on your shoulder for a bit."
Understanding what he needed at the moment, she leaned her head on top of his. "Sleep. You must be tired."
Chen Mu ran out after receiving Zhi Hei's call. Zhi Hei's girlfriend, Shi Xue and his sister, Huang Hui Yan had gotten into an explosion accident. According to the bodyguards, the two of them were in the car during the explosion, and their corpses were burned beyond recognition.
Hearing such devastated news, Chen Mu rushed over to do an autopsy and DNA test. Since he was Zhi Hei's most trusted friend, he was the one who studied the corpses. At the end, he confirmed their identities. Indeed, the bodies belonged to Shi Xue and Hui Yan.
After a day at the autopsy room, he ended up taking care of Zhi Hei and his assistant, Shen Qi. Their girlfriend's death came too sudden and unexpected that they had no time to cope with their loss. They spoke and spent time in the autopsy room before chugging alcohol down their system.
Chen Mu took care over them overnight and waited for them to wake up before coming back. He remembered seeing the two girls not too long ago. Now, they weren't there anymore. They died and investigations were going on.
Susu didn't know what went wrong, but she could tell something was definitely off. Without another word, she let him rest on her. When Chen Mu woke up, he didn't know how to break the news to Susu at all. He kept the truth to himself and decided to tell her when he was ready for it.
Not long after this incident, Chen Mu received another phone call which made him rush over to meet Zhi Hei again.
Chen Mu thought his friends were hallucinating when they said Shi Xue and Hui Yan were alive! "I know you can't accept the girls are gone, but I've done the DNA report twice. I was the one who did the autopsy. They are gone."
Zhi Hei didn't know how to explain it to him. "Just come over to me right now. You'll understand once you come over. It's hard to explain."
When Chen Mu got to Zhi Hei, he saw Shi Xue sitting obediently. Blinking at the girl in the room, Chen Mu made his way to her and pinched her cheeks. He took her pulse and felt the warmth of her body. Pointing towards the girl, he asked, "When did you succeed in making human robots? Where's her barcode? It's impressive how fast your employees could work!"
Zhi Hei slapped Chen Mu's hands and said, "She's alive, not dead."
Shi Xue nodded and spoke. "It's true. Chen Mu, I'm flesh and bones."
"What??" Chen Mu almost lost his balance and thought about the autopsy he had performed on the two bodies. "That's not right. I was sure you girls died from the explosion when I inspected the burned bodies."
At this time, Zhi Hei and Shi Xue couldn't properly explain anything to him as they had promised someone to keep it a secret. It wasn't until a while later did the couple tell Chen Mu about the mysterious person who saved Shi Xue and Hui Yan.
Once he heard the person's accomplishments in creating clones and used it to save the two girls, Chen Mu somehow thought of Qian Ling. Since the couple didn't seem to know about Qian Ling's relationship and her past, he played along until she was ready to be introduced to him.
Within the next months, the Shi family was destroyed as family members were exposed at a party for their schemes. Shi Xue's assassination and the truth behind many incidents from the past years were all over the headlines. At the end, Shi Xue managed to take over the company under Zhi Hei's assistance.
Everything seemed to have passed quickly that it was reaching the deadline Qian Ling had promised. When Zhi Hei introduced Qian Ling as Shi Xue's mother to Chen Mu after everything was over, they greeted each other.
Qian Ling gave Susu a body examination and smiled, "You're in good condition to operate. Good thing you listened to me and took the pills I've given you."
Susu asked, "Does that mean I could recover completely afterwards?" Her hands trembled slightly from excitement in Qian Ling's.
"Yes, but it would take some time. Before I continue with the treatment, I need to talk to you and Chen Mu alone." She glanced at everyone in the room and requested for them to all leave. Chen Mu stayed behind and held Susu's other hand.
"What is it?" Chen Mu took a deep breath before asking.
"Do you two plan on having children anytime soon?" She straightforwardly asked.
"Not that soon. We need to wait until Susu is recovered and ready first." Chen Mu responded nervously.
Sighing in relief, Qian Ling explained. "I can heal her completely, but she cannot conceive within the next five years. If you two want children, you must take precautions. My treatment is effective, but her body will be slow to recover. If she gets pregnant anytime between the five-years periods, her condition will reverse. Understand?"
"What kind of treatment..." Susu's voice trailed off as Qian Ling cut her off.
"Even if I explain it, you won't know it. It's beyond what medicine could do for your body. Can you two guarantee the pregnancy condition before I schedule the date for her?"
Understanding the consequences, the couple agreed to her condition. Besides, pregnancy could come later as long as Susu recovers first!