Chapter 940 - 937

Chapter 940: Chapter 937

Gu Xiaoning woke up in surprise; the roof was leaking.

Gu Xiaoning hurriedly got out of bed, took a basin from the bathroom, and placed it where the rain was leaking. Looking up, she couldn’t help but frown... She’d better urge the landlord again tomorrow; if this house remains unrepaired, it’s really uninhabitable. If the landlord continues to ignore it, she’ll have to find a place to move.

In that case, it would require another sum of money.

It’s not that Gu Xiaoning didn’t have money. For the past two years, she did experiments for Su Hang and got a decent reward when she left.

However, she couldn’t spend this money lightly.

A month ago, she left F City and returned to Holy City.

Su Hang went to the airport to see her off, "Are you leaving? You don’t have any relatives left in Holy City, your mother doesn’t understand you, and your husband..."

Gu Xiaoning smiled, "But they are still my family! My mother, brother, and daughter are all in Holy City."

"...Alright then." Su Hang knew he couldn’t persuade her to stay, so he patted her shoulder, "Call me if you need anything; we’re friends, right?"

Gu Xiaoning nodded with a smile, "Of course."

Just like that, Gu Xiaoning returned alone.

She rented this shabby apartment and settled down.

Drip-drip all night, Gu Xiaoning didn’t sleep well. The rain stopped at dawn, just when sleepiness came, but she couldn’t sleep anymore.

Gu Xiaoning entered the bathroom to wash up, dressed up beautifully, and went out.

She transferred several buses and went to a famous early education center in Holy City.

This was information she got from a week of keeping watch outside Lezheng Family’s doorstep...

Gu Xiaoning missed her daughter dearly. She had only held her daughter for a little while when she was born... The little one hadn’t fully grown out yet, all wrinkled and small. Every time she woke up in the middle of the night, Gu Xiaoning’s heart felt twisted.

She wanted to see her daughter, but... she couldn’t be discovered by Le Zhengsheng.

She knew that her daughter would come here for two hours every Saturday and Sunday morning.

Le Zhengsheng would drop off his daughter and leave for a bit, coming back to pick her up when the time was up.

Gu Xiaoning arrived very early, waiting far from the gate, fearing that she would be discovered by Le Zhengsheng.

She held a piece of bread and took a bite, feeling a little choked, forgetting to buy water, oh well... just chew it like this, what if she left and missed seeing her daughter?

In her line of sight, Le Zhengsheng’s car arrived.

Gu Xiaoning quickly swallowed the bread; she didn’t want to miss anything about her daughter.

The car stopped, and Le Zhengsheng stepped out holding Jiujiu.

"Ah!" Gu Xiaoning covered her mouth, tears were about to fall... This was the behavior she couldn’t control every time she saw her daughter after returning.

Today Jiujiu was wearing a puffy dress, her hair styled into a bun with rhinestone hair clips, her features resembled Le Zhengsheng more... A little beauty with mischievous features and chubby cheeks, which she took after Gu Xiaoning, plump and cute.

Le Zhengsheng held his daughter with a doting expression, "Jiujiu be a good girl, Daddy will come back to get you in a little while!"

"Ya," Jiujiu nodded, very obedient to her father.

Le Zhengsheng handed Jiujiu to the teacher and drove away.

Gu Xiaoning turned her back the whole time, and only when Le Zhengsheng’s car was far did she wipe the corners of her eyes and entered the early education center.

This early education center had quite strict management.

As soon as Gu Xiaoning entered, someone approached, "Excuse me, ma’am... are you here to inspect, or is it your child or a relative’s child enrolled here?"

"I..." Gu Xiaoning stammered, "I want to see my daughter, she’s over a year old..."

"I see." The receptionist nodded with a smile, "Then please come with me, I’ll arrange for someone to show you around. We are quite famous here in Holy City and cover a wide range of areas... We inspire the first steps in life according to each child’s characteristics."

"Mm." Gu Xiaoning nodded with a smile.

Before long, someone came to accompany her on the tour.

"Madam, please follow me."

"Alright."

Did Gu Xiaoning have any mind for a tour? She only wanted to see her daughter.

Stopping in front of a large classroom, inside, the teacher was guiding four or five children on some exercises... Jiujiu was prominently among them.

"Jiujiu, listen to the sound of the bells, follow it, okay?"

Jiujiu smiled, showing a few baby teeth. "Hehe, ya..."

Gu Xiaoning watched, unable to move her feet. Her daughter was really so adorable!

"Oh dear!"

Suddenly, with a thud, Jiujiu fell forward.

"Ah!" Gu Xiaoning was startled and rushed in, picking Jiujiu up, "Baby, baby did you hurt yourself? Does it hurt?"

The teacher was startled, where did this person come from?

The person accompanying her also looked puzzled.

"..." Jiujiu didn’t hurt from the fall, she even started laughing, "Hehe, ya..."

"Hm?" Gu Xiaoning looked at her daughter’s smiling face, her heart melted.

"Jiujiu..." Jiujiu corrected, "it’s Jiujiu."

Jiujiu... Gu Xiaoning understood, this was her daughter’s name.

Ah Sheng gave his daughter this name, she instantly understood. He wished that their daughter would be healthy and live to ninety-nine, right?

"Ma’am..." The teachers approached, "Please don’t disturb our class, okay?"

The person accompanying her felt Gu Xiaoning was a bit odd and dared not relax anymore, "Ma’am, the visit is over, how about you take some brochures with you and decide if you want to enroll your child here, okay?"

Gu Xiaoning was unwilling, but she could only leave.

After leaving the early education center, Gu Xiaoning went to an autism treatment institution.

She knew Xiao Zheng had been receiving treatment here, still attending school on the side.

Although she hadn’t met her mother, today was the school’s open day, her mother should come to see Xiao Zheng, right?

Thinking this, just getting off the car, she saw Aunt Gu.

Aunt Gu had aged a lot over the past couple of years and lost a lot of weight. At first glance, she saw her daughter, thinking she was dreaming, blinked incredulously.

"..." Gu Xiaoning was choked for a moment, smiling, "Mom."

Aunt Gu was stunned, this girl in front of her... Was she really her daughter? How come she became so skinny? Where was the chubby face?

"Mom." Gu Xiaoning stepped forward.

"You..." Aunt Gu couldn’t believe it. She originally thought she would never see her daughter again in this lifetime.

Gu Xiaoning’s eyes were red and swollen, "Mom, I’m back."

’Snap’!

A slap, heavily landed on Gu Xiaoning’s face.

Gu Xiaoning clutched her cheek, her eyes filled with tears. An immense sense of grievance inside her, yet... she couldn’t speak.

Aunt Gu was trembling with anger, "Why did you come back? After you left, why come back? I don’t have a daughter like you, and Xiao Zheng doesn’t have a sister like you!"

Chapter 636, Sheng’s Extra, Dismissal

"Mom." Gu Xiaoning was filled with grievances.

Aunt Gu’s eyes were also red, "Why are you crying? Do you still have the face to cry? Since you left so resolutely, don’t come back! Go on and live well with that man!"

"Mom..." Gu Xiaoning choked up, misunderstood by her own mother, could there be anyone more aggrieved than her?

Xiao Zheng was brought out by a teacher, "Aunt Gu."

Aunt Gu and Gu Xiaoning both looked up, and as soon as Xiao Zheng saw his sister, he immediately grinned and ran over.

Xiao Zheng was simple-minded. He didn’t know what had happened, only knew that the sister who loved him most was here!

"Sister!"

"..." Gu Xiaoning was shocked, Xiao Zheng could address her as sister now?

Gu Xiaoning cried tears of joy, "Xiao Zheng, you’re... amazing!"

She gave a thumbs up to her brother.

However, Aunt Gu pulled Xiao Zheng back, "Xiao Zheng, let’s go!"

"Mom." Xiao Zheng didn’t understand, looked at his mother, "Sister!"

Aunt Gu’s eyes were red with clenched teeth, "This person is not your sister! Xiao Zheng, remember, you don’t have a sister! Not anymore!"

"..." Gu Xiaoning’s whole body trembled, it felt like being thrown into an ice cellar, cold to the bone!

"Xiao Zheng, let’s go!" Aunt Gu dragged Xiao Zheng and turned to leave.

Xiao Zheng couldn’t bear to leave his sister, looking back every few steps, "Sister, sister."

"Hurry up! Stop looking!" Aunt Gu couldn’t bear it either, but she couldn’t forgive such a daughter... How could she abandon her husband and child?

"Mom."

Gu Xiaoning quickly stepped forward, grabbing her mother, "It’s okay if you don’t recognize me... I have some money here."

She spoke as she took an envelope out of her pocket, "Mom, take this..."

"What?" Aunt Gu was surprised, "Take it away! How did you get this money? Is it from that man? I don’t want it! Spending this kind of money would give me nightmares!"

With a swing, she knocked her daughter’s hand away and dragged Xiao Zheng away.