"Mom, I feel like I’m very lucky..."

"..."

Bai Sixian had mixed emotions; in the past, she also felt that Xiao Meng was a very lucky little girl.

Now it seems, she really can’t see where this girl is lucky anymore.

Su Xiaomeng’s lips gently curled up,

"You know... I’ve been a countryside girl from Chengdu since I was little. Though we lived in the city, thinking it over, I was just a kid from an ordinary family, right?"

"..."

"Who knew, after going to Beijing for university, I’d fall in love with a bigwig’s son. Then to find out my mother is actually..."

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but laugh as she spoke,

"All of a sudden, I’m not ordinary anymore... But the aura brought by this family background, I have to match it with real effort and achievements."

"Otherwise, why would I go to Bath? Why would I be passionate about studying? Why would I meet so many excellent, unique people?"

Bai Sixian had to admit that Xiao Meng was right.

Maybe the strong inner self and the resolute qualities of her daughter now come from what she encountered in this more than three years, the people, the events, the things.

These little influences slowly accumulated to create a radiant woman. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"I’ve met so many people, heard so many stories..."

"Some people may never meet the right person in their entire life, may never be able to truly love someone."

"Mom, I’ve already found him, even spent over a thousand days and nights with him. Looking back, I can’t believe it, over a thousand days and nights have passed..."

"Everything I experienced with him is my lifelong treasure. There won’t be a second person..."

"Fortunately, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang are here, otherwise..."

Su Xiaomeng laughed softly.

Bai Sixian’s heart tightened, and her hand, holding Su Xiaomeng’s, became sweaty.

The words her daughter didn’t say, she already had the answer in her heart.

"That day, Meng Meng told me... she doesn’t want to love someone desperately like I did, love until she’s burned to ashes, and in the end has nothing left."

As she spoke, Xiao Meng looked at Bai Sixian,

"Mom, don’t you think Meng Meng is silly? By saying this, isn’t it proof that she’s already desperately loving someone?"

"..."

"On one hand, she loves deeply, on the other hand, she is very afraid..."

Because Bai Sixian really loved, Su Xiaomeng’s words at this moment were irrefutable for her.

Every word struck her heart and lungs, reminding her of the brash years of youth, where loving meant never looking back.

After gaining some things, she ultimately lost some things too.

"Shixiu, didn’t he... burn himself out to ashes? For this, if I really have to spend the rest of my life as a widow for him, what’s so hard about it?"

"..."

"Mom, if others persuade me, I can listen, but you, I won’t listen."

Su Xiaomeng fixed her gaze on Bai Sixian,

"He’s not here, no amount of excitement, no amount of hospitality, is anything but loneliness."

Watching Xiao Meng return inside with Shuangshuang and Huang Huang, the door closing, Bai Sixian sat alone, dazed, on the living room sofa.

She truly hadn’t thought...

That the will she wrote back then was seen by Su Xiaomeng.

Covering her face with her hands...

Lucky?

Bai Sixian pressed her lips, her smile bitter, how is this lucky...?

————

Su Xiaomeng returned to her room.

The beds of Shuangshuang and Huang Huang had been moved to her room, filling the large master bedroom with their strong presence.

The siblings were sleeping close together.

Su Xiaomeng sat on the bed, her head slightly tilted, looking at the deep blue night sky outside the window.

The sky was full of twinkling stars...

Tears fell from her eyes, and the phone in her hand remained silent.

Did she... guess wrong?

Eric’s arrival... really had nothing to do with him?

She’s about to marry someone else, and he still refuses to show up?

Shixiu...

How could you be so heartless to me?

She lost count of how many sleepless nights she’s had like this.

In the two months without him by her side, time has aged her heart.

"Papa..."

The night was silent when suddenly, a childish murmur sounded in the room.

Su Xiaomeng looked at the children’s bed...

Prince Huang held Shuangshuang tightly, and under the dim night light, Prince Huang’s mouth moved slightly as he murmured a call.

Su Xiaomeng covered her mouth, her tears breaking free like a breached dam, blurring all her vision.

Did you hear it?

Don’t just appear in their dreams, don’t let them, at such a young age, lose their father... don’t leave me... alone.

————

The next day, Su Xiaomeng went to the company with red and swollen eyes, and even though she tried to hide them with heavy eye makeup, they were still noticed by Chen Lan’s sharp eyes.