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A strange yet familiar female voice rang and Yu Xingqiao subconsciously looked over. However, the smile on his face immediately disappeared. YTfk9c

It was a woman in a long navy blue dress, her long light blonde hair was braided and her hair rested lightly on her shoulder and the crystals on her dress sparked brightly ——

She embodied the classic boss queen trope shown in anime.

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The woman is beautiful, with exquisite features, a maturity that can only be bestowed upon with experience; a gentle and appealing temperament that gave this goddess outfit a totally different demeanour .

She curled her red lips slightly, her star-like eyes looking at the youth as she gently said, “Qiaoqiao, you sang so well just now.” CDH9nv

Yu Xingqiao looked at her familiar eyebrows. They were the ones he would often see when he looked in the mirror.

Father had said that his eyes were like his mother’s.

He used to feel joy and pride in this, but later on, he didn’t dare to look at it closely in the mirror anymore. For fear that he would remember the woman who abandoned him ……

Seeing Yu Xingqiao staring blankly at her, the woman smiled even more gently.

She called out softly, “Qiaoqiao ……”

“Who allowed you to come?” Yu Ting, who was next to her, frowned, interrupting her.

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The woman looked at him as a few pangs of hurt were revealed from her eyes. She said, “How can I, as Qiaoqiao’s mother, not attend his birthday party?”

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“Yu Huasheng, why do you have to put it so harshly? And in front of the children?”

Pei Yi’s brow furrowed as she confronted her ex-husband and lost her pretence momentarily. d3ZeVo

“Isn’t what I said the truth?”

“What truth? What’s wrong with a mother attending her son’s birthday party? You really haven’t changed one bit after all these years.”

“’Aren’t we the same……”

Yu Xingqiao watched them bicker and argue, and his expression got worse and worse. Until he felt his hand being pulled, and he turned his head sideways to meet Yu Ting’s concerned eyes. P0yHCm

He reluctantly smiled at his older brother and withdrew his gaze again, looking at the woman in the gorgeous dress.

She hadn’t changed one bit even after all these years. She was still the beautiful mother in his memories.

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She and his father divorced when he was five years old.

At first, he didn’t know what divorce meant, only that his mother didn’t live with them anymore, but would still visit him. xk0Cws

As he had always been staying in the sterile ward, his family would not have been able to be with him all the time, so he didn’t realise any difference from before.

Until, he noticed that his mother hadn’t visited him for a long time.

He was much weaker as a child, getting sick every now and then. Once he was accidentally bitten by an ant and was very very sick.

At that time, he especially missed his mother. 3XaoGV

But his mother didn’t turn up.

When he got better and picked up his little life with difficulty, she still hadn’t shown up.

At that time, he always wondered if he was too clingy and refused to let his mother go whenever she came, and that was why she didn’t come to see him.

Finally, one day, he couldn’t stand it any longer and sneaked out while the nurse was taking him for a walk in the garden. mHPNbU

But he had no idea where his mum lived. He only remembered how hot it was, how his two legs felt like breaking, and how the oxygen tank he was carrying was getting heavier and heavier.

But the thought of finding his mum kept him going.

He would definitely see his mum!

In young Xingqiao’s short life, he had never walked such a long way. TkDAhY

But it wasn’t until he was picked up by his sullen-faced brother, that he realised —— he had walked for such a long time and was so tired, yet he never even made it out of his family’s garden.

Although his brother looked fierce, he did not lecture him. He just sat there and gently gave him a whole hour of ……

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After he learnt that he sneaked out as he missed his mother, his brother was silent for a long time and eventually decided to hide it from his father and brought him to the car. ce91tQ

It was the first time he had ever been out of home, apart from going to the hospital.

He remembered how excited he was, looking out at the heavy traffic and imagining how happy he would be to see his mother later.

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Then, their car stopped along a road with trees running along it.

Little Xingqiao didn’t quite understand why they had to stop here, wasn’t his brother taking him to see his mother? But looking at his brother’s dark, sullen face, he dared not ask. x7f8C

He waited patiently.

Through the car window he saw a particularly blue sky, a marshmallow-like cloud, and the wind blowing against the trees along the road- their shadows waving happily on the ground.

Then he saw his mother.

Before a smile could appear on his face, it had already faded. uB6LkG

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