After dinner.
Shen Shiqing chuckled, "Madam, you go ahead and take Young Master to rest."
What he implied was that they were all there and would take care of things.
Gu Xinzhou knew she couldn't be of any help, she was just worried about George.
Holding McDull's little hand, she said, "Come, mommy will take you for a bath."
McDull slumped in his dining chair, "I can't move anymore, mommy~"
Gu Xinzhou looked at his coquettish behavior, helpless, she bent down to lift him, "Mommy will carry Little McDull upstairs!"
McDull hung on Gu Xinzhou's body, completely content.
Gu Xinzhou felt that it had only been a few days, yet her son had gotten heavier again?
She pinched McDull's waist, speechless, "McDull, you have no waist now, how did you get fat again? You can't keep getting fatter, otherwise you won't look good."
"It's all because food in China is too delicious!" McDull squinted his eyes contentedly, listing off treasures, "Grandma makes me so much breakfast every day, I'm so stuffed. At the nursery school, there are also snacks, usually biscuits + yogurt, or egg tarts + soy milk. Lunch is mostly steak rice, chicken steak rice, beef rice. There are snacks in the afternoon too, usually meat buns, vegetable buns, corn breads + juice."
Gu Xinzhou: "..."
Kids these days really live a blessed life; even the nursery school food is so good!
The moment Gu Xinzhou carried McDull into the room, McDull suddenly started giggling.
Gu Xinzhou: "Why are you laughing so smugly?"
McDull said somewhat sheepishly, "I'll tell you, this afternoon's snack was Little Xiahua, and I ate four in one go!"
Gu Xinzhou, speechless: "Don't your teachers control the portions? There should be a set amount for every child, they couldn't possibly let you eat non-stop, right?"
"Yes, everyone gets one Little Xiahua, two cookies, one cup of orange juice!" McDull said a bit proudly, "But a lot of kids don't like Little Xiahua, so I ate them all! Hahaha! I love Little Xiahua the most, hehehe~"
Gu Xinzhou: "..."
When she stripped McDull bare, Gu Xinzhou didn't have the proud smile she usually wore.
A flash of melancholy and sadness crossed her face.
Gently placing McDull in the bathtub full of white bubbles, his little toys still in there, McDull happily played with a small car, talking to himself and looking very cheerful.
Gu Xinzhou felt a sting in her nose, and the tears were about to fall.
She turned to leave, "Mommy will step out now, call me when you don't want to soak anymore, and I'll come wash your hair."
McDull: "Okay!"
Gu Xinzhou returned to her room, tears already streaming down her face.
If time could be turned back, she definitely wouldn't have acted so stubbornly strong!
She at least would have called Song Zhen as her due date approached, and honestly told him everything, then perhaps George wouldn't have had to suffer so much.
And even though McDull didn't have a father, he still grew up healthy and happy these past years.
Gu Xinzhou covered her mouth, feeling terrible and full of self-reproach.
Just then, the phone rang.
Officer Zhang.
Gu Xinzhou hurriedly answered, "Officer Zhang?"
Zhang Wei: "Mrs. Song, it's like this, Chen Shan said she wants to meet you. What do you think about that?"
"Yes!" Gu Xinzhou dried her tears and said, "When does she want to meet me?"
Zhang Wei: "The sooner the better. I was also thinking to arrange for you to meet in the interrogation room, so we can monitor it, or maybe you can get some words out of her that can help with the case."