Nan Yuesheng sat down holding Mo Ningyi, lifted her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and choked up, "Sister Lili, I’m so scared."
"What are you scared of?"
"I don’t know." She hugged the child tightly, "We haven’t seen each other for two or three years, and during this time, where he has been, whether alive or dead, we have no knowledge at all. I’ve been searching for him for so long without success, anxiously waiting day and night for his return. Now that there’s news he is alive, I feel even more uneasy."
Gu Lili comforted her, "As long as he is alive and comes back, that’s the greatest news."
"If he has come back, why would the Mo Family deny it?" Nan Yuesheng wondered, "It will be announced sooner or later, won’t it?"
"It’s hard to guess their intentions." Gu Lili reached out and gently pulled Mo Ningyi’s little hand, "Seeing that the child also has tears in his eyes, with Yu Bei around, if he really returns, even if the Mo Family disapproves, he can still let you meet. Just be reassured."
Nan Yuesheng nodded with red eyes.
They waited until three in the afternoon when Long Yubei finally returned.
He went to the Mo Family in City B under the identity of Long Chan and investigated the Mo Family without revealing his presence.
Seeing him enter the door, Nan Yuesheng got up holding the child, "Yu Bei, it’s him, he’s back, right?"
"Absolutely certain, he has come back."
"I knew it, I knew it." Tears streamed down Nan Yuesheng’s face, "I knew he would come back."
"Yuesheng..." Long Yubei couldn’t bear to tell her what he knew, "Do you know why the Mo Family told you he hadn’t returned?"
"He doesn’t remember you, and moreover, he came back last night with his wife, the princess of the Royal Family of K country. I went to the Mo Family today and saw him very affectionate with his current wife. He had an accident years ago and injured his head, thus he has completely forgotten you and Ningyi and started a new life. The Mo Family people saw it first in the newspapers and then went to find him."
Nan Yuesheng could hardly believe his words, and after a few sobs, she began to collapse, but Long Yubei quickly supported her, "Yuesheng..."
Heart-wrenching cries filled the entire room; at that moment, Gu Lili seemed to see her former self and her tears also began to fall.
Nan Yuesheng fainted, and Long Yubei carried her to another bed next to Gu Lili.
"How could this be..." Gu Lili looked at the unconscious Nan Yuesheng, her heart aching, "A woman waiting painfully with a child for news of her loved one, how utterly despairing her heart must be upon hearing this news."
"Daddy..." Mo Ningyi clinging to Long Yubei’s leg, "What’s wrong with Mommy?"
Long Yubei picked up Mo Ningyi and placed him on his lap, "Mommy is just tired, she will wake up after a little sleep."
Mo Ningyi obediently lay in his arms, not crying or making a fuss, instead appearing somewhat tranquil.
The room grew silent for a moment.
"If I hadn’t gone to the underworld to find you, you might have been happily together with Ling Qi and Lin Yueer just like them, perhaps Lin Yueer could have even borne you a litter of little foxes. It seems like I’ve disturbed your good fortune, truly my fault."
Long Yubei did not respond; because she spoke the truth, had she not gone to the underworld to find him, he would have been ignorant of the affairs of the mortal world and naturally wouldn’t remember her.
"What should we do now?"
"Let Yuesheng make her own decision when she wakes up. I feel there’s no need to see each other anymore, had I known this would be the outcome, I wouldn’t have gone to the underworld to find you. But her life needs to be decided by herself; nobody can make decisions for her."