Gu Xinzhou gave him a blank look: "Yeah."
Song Zhen added another question: "If it's tasty, shall I make it for you again at noon?"
And...
Unless there was an accident, the evening meal would probably be the same.
"I'm going back in a bit," Gu Xinzhou picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth, looking at Song Zhen: "You haven't told me about last night yet. Did the police come?"
Song Zhen seriously recounted the events of the previous night to her.
Of course, he omitted the incidents with Doctor Li and the video on the tablet.
Gu Xinzhou listened silently.
Are they really getting a divorce?
Did Zhuang Xiuya really get hospitalized?
Originally anxious to leave, she now didn't know how to face Dad and Gu Xinfei.
The cell phone suddenly rang.
Gu Xinzhou hurriedly took out her phone to look—it was Cassie calling.
She glanced at Song Zhen and then raced toward the bedroom!
Gu Xinzhou rushed into the room and then into the bathroom.
After she closed the door and leaned against it, she answered: "Cassie?"
Cassie: "Xiaozhou, something suddenly came up in Italy, and I must go back first.
I've talked to McDull, and McDull will first return to Italy with me.
We are already at the airport.
You don't need to worry, I will take good care of McDull.
And you too, take good care of yourself, and take this time to have a proper talk with Song Zhen.
I think, since he is still pursuing you, there may really be some misunderstanding between you two."
"You're going back to Italy?"
This was very sudden for Gu Xinzhou!
And Cassie chuckled softly: "Don't be so nervous.
After all, we were originally in Italy, right? We didn't heed your advice and acted rashly by coming over.
And besides, McDull really isn't safe here; he is at risk of being exposed at any moment.
Don't worry, I will take good care of McDull.
Once you've dealt with things over there, I'll either bring McDull to you or you can come back to Italy and be with her; it's all up to you."
Gu Xinzhou felt her heart in turmoil.
She didn't want to part from her son.
Yet she couldn't delay Cassie's urgent matters.
Moreover, lately, the Gu Family had indeed not been peaceful—it was not a good time for McDull to stay.
"Where's McDull?" Gu Xinzhou's nose felt sour, unable to bear saying goodbye to her son: "Let me talk to McDull for a moment."
Soon, McDull's voice came through the phone: "Mummy! I'm going back to Italy, Uncle Cassie has some family matters, and he must go back!
Mummy, don't worry, I will be good, I will listen to Uncle Cassie!
You have to take care of yourself, okay?
McDull will video call you every day to make sure you're eating well!"
Gu Xinzhou held the phone with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, feeling self-reproach and distress.
She wasn't a good mummy.
She hadn't fulfilled her responsibility to always put her child first and take care of him properly.
"Don't worry," Gu Xinzhou tried not to cry: "Mummy will definitely take good care of herself. I will deal with everything here as soon as possible and then go to Italy to be with you."
After mother and son finished talking on the phone—
McDull sat on the seesaw, looking at Cassie: "Uncle Cassie, isn't it kind of bad that we're deceiving Mummy this way?"
Around them, the scent of flowers was intoxicating.
This community was the one Cassie found online overnight and then rented.
He had taken McDull away from the hotel today and moved here.
Cassie fondly ruffled McDull's hair and said: "Silly boy, only when your mummy doesn't have to worry about the back can she put all her heart into dealing with her own issues.
If she and your daddy make up, you can also appear in front of them as quickly as possible, right!"