Song Zhen's figure came to an abrupt halt.
But it was only for two seconds before he continued to move forward.
Seeing him really enter George's room, ignoring her, Gu Xinzhou could only suppress her dejection, change her shoes, and walk inside, holding McDull's hand.
McDull did not want to go upstairs; his eyes were fixed on George's door as if some force was pulling him towards it.
"Mommy, I want to see George."
"You have school tomorrow, it's late now, hurry up and sleep."
"Mommy, I don't want to go to school tomorrow."
"Don't you want to see Little Xiaohua?"
"I... want to see him, but I want to see George more!"
"Go to sleep."
"Mommy~"
"Be good, mommy is very tired, go to sleep!"
Gu Xinzhou was very reassured by McDull's reaction.
She led McDull upstairs, into his room, helped him change into his pajamas, then she took her own pajamas and went to the bathroom for a shower.
Soaking in the bathtub, she reflected on her behavior, and then sent Song Zhen a message, "Sorry, I shouldn't have gone to see Chen Shan without telling you, and I shouldn't have taken McDull with me. He's so young; I shouldn't have taken him to a place like that."
Gu Xinzhou waited several minutes without a reply from Song Zhen.
She quickly finished showering and dried her hair.
About to return to the bedroom, her phone chimed.
She picked it up to see a message from Song Zhen: A promise.
Just three words.
Gu Xinzhou muttered to her phone speechlessly, "Really! Give you some colors and you open a dye workshop! Song Zhen, I'm warning you, enough is enough!"
After speaking harshly, she replied with another message, "How many words?"
Song Zhen almost instantly replied, "Sincere."
The implication was that it didn't matter how many words, the promise needed to be written sincerely and truthfully.
Gu Xinzhou: "..."
Gu Xinzhou came out from the washroom to find McDull still lying in the quilt.
Not far from the bed was a story machine, which was narrating the tale of "The Three Little Pigs".
McDull blinked his big eyes, looking at Gu Xinzhou, "Mommy~"
Gu Xinzhou walked over and lay down beside him, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
McDull climbed into her arms, holding her, with his little feet on her, in a dominating pose, "Mommy, am I a twin with George? The kids in kindergarten say that, Little Xiaohua says so too."
"Yes," Gu Xinzhou hugged him and explained gently, "Mommy got pregnant five years ago and gave birth to twins in Italy. At that time, Mommy felt unwell and fainted. When I woke up, the bad doctor lied to Mommy, saying that your brother had died, so Mommy has been living with you up to now."
McDull finally understood the series of events, "So, McDull originally had a brother. And now, that brother is George, who was taken away by bad people and has been abused until now."
Gu Xinzhou's eyes moistened, "Yes."
Suddenly, McDull began to cry with a hoarse voice, "Although I wish Daddy and Mommy only had me as their child, George already exists in this world, and I can't change that. I hope Daddy and Mommy won't stop loving me because of George. I hope we can all love George together, and I hope you both love me too."
Finally, Gu Xinzhou let her tears flow, embracing her son in silence, "Of course! We always planned to love you both! Baby, you must remember, you and George are twins, you are brothers whose fates have been closely linked since before birth, understand?"
McDull: "I remember."