Dou Dou's adorable voice suddenly rang over the phone.
"I just called to give you a reminder, so remember to include me in your life back home. If not, I will be very unhappy and keep crying to cause a huge fuss in front of Grandpa and Grandma and make you all flustered. I don't believe that you will still be able to laugh then."
Mu Chuqing gritted her teeth. "You're cruel!"
"Hehe, it's you who is too dumb!"
"Heh, I'm the dumb person who gave birth to you!"
"That's the only thing I am grateful to my father for."
"…"
Mu Chuqing was once again left speechless with her dear daughter's words and could only give herself an out.
"All right, all right, I'll stop bickering with you. Don't be late for school!"
"Remember, I'll come back to China soon. Room, school, insurance, you better prepare all of it!"
"Yes, yes, I understand, my little senior!"
Mu Chuqing hung up the phone. She was happy, yet also worried about her little daughter's intelligence.
Little Dou Dou placed the phone down. She hopped off the bed and crawled below her bed and took out a small box. With her chubby little hands, she opened the box and took out a photograph from a stack of photos.
It was a group photo. Her mother, Mu Chuqing, was wearing a pure white dress while being embraced by an extremely handsome man as she smiled dazzlingly at the camera.
Dou Dou could tell that her mom was at her happiest moment at that moment.
If she guessed correctly, the man hugging her mother must be her father.
Dou Dou reached out her chubby hands to point at the nose of the man in the photo. She pouted and said, "You will definitely have to pay the price for making Mommy suffer so much!"
...
Mu Chuqing stopped her car in front of a flower shop. She got down and walked into the flower shop. When she came out, she was carrying a bouquet of fresh sunflowers and margarita flowers.
The car stopped at the foot of the West Mountain. Mu Chuqing hugged the flowers as she alighted from the car.
The sky was gray and cloudy. Thick dark clouds were looming above, making one feel suffocated and difficult to breathe.
Mu Chuqing stood by the car. She looked up at the countless steps of stairs. At the top of it, it looked like a layer of foggy mist covering everything, only some lush green trees vaguely showing signs of life.
Mu Chuqing's expression was sad, and her cold eyes filled with pain. Her delicate collar-bone moved slightly as she lifted her feet, beginning her slow step-by-step ascent up the staircase.
Mu Chuqing finally stood before a fine white jade tombstone. She bent down and placed the fresh bouquet on the tombstone. Then she straightened up and quietly looked at the tombstone.
There was no picture on the tombstone, it only had five cold white words engraved on it.
"Grave of My Beloved Child."
There wasn't even a name.
Mu Chuqing's cold and beautiful eyes were already shedding silent tears. She held onto a corner of the tombstone, and her unstoppable tears splashed onto the clean and bright white jade as if a dam had released its waters. The sight could cause one heartache.
"Baby, Mommy… is here to see you…"
"Sorry…"
Mu Chuqing continued crying silently, her voice strangely careful and gentle, as if she was afraid of scaring someone delicate.
Her son, who stayed in her womb for two months. She failed to protect him. He hadn't even taken a breath of air when he…
Mu Chuqing was afraid to think about it any further. She was worried that she wouldn't have the strength to walk out of this cemetery.
Mu Chuqing stayed in the graveyard for an entire afternoon. If her phone didn't ring, she would not have even thought of leaving.
She picked up the phone. "Chu Qing! Chu Qing! Are you back?"
Su Yuan's explosive and anxious voice rang through the phone. Su Yuan didn't give Mu Chuqing any chance to speak.
"You've probably arrived. I've missed you so much! That damned Zhou Bapi. Yesterday he kept being wishy-washy and didn't approve my leave, so I couldn't go to welcome you back. I'm sorry, Chu Qing!"
Mu Chuqing pursed her lips together and smiled. "Don't worry, work is more important!"
"What do you mean by 'work is more important'? You're the most important!"
"…"
"Hey, tonight, Bai River Residence, my treat!"
"Sure!"