"Listen, she really is your mother. Be a good girl and go home with Mommy. Big sister has things to do." I kissed Yitian on the forehead and handed her over to the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman hugged Li Yitian tightly, overwhelmed with emotion, "Xiao Tian, come home with Mommy, you've finally woken up, Mommy is so happy. Do you know how scared Mommy was, seeing you like that before?"
"Let go of me, you're not my mom, help... Mommy... Hug... me..." Li Yitian's eyes suddenly brimmed with tears as she stretched her little arms out toward me.
My mom waved at Li Yitian's mother, "Take her home quickly, she'll get used to it, and it's not safe with the strong night winds."
"I'll go ahead then, my husband and younger son are waiting at home for me to take care of them." The middle-aged woman carried Li Yitian hurriedly toward a place in the dark of night.
Li Yitian looked back at me from afar, suddenly bursting into loud sobs, her voice becoming hoarse, "I don't want to leave Mommy, you are a bad person!! Mommy, Mommy, I want my mommy..."
Suddenly, Li Yitian bit the middle-aged woman's shoulder angrily.
The bite was driven by a desperate instinct to survive, causing the middle-aged woman to cry out in pain and then slap Yitian's face hard, "What's wrong with you? Biting people randomly, let go at once." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel✦fire.net
Li Yitian had taken a slap square on her small, now-swollen and bloody face, but she continued to cling to the middle-aged woman's shoulder, refusing to let go.
She clung on with all her might, as if her life depended on it.
The middle-aged woman, even as the natural mother, had to defend herself, only able to repeatedly slap Li Yitian's cheeks, trying to make her release her grip.
The scene unfolding before me made it seem as if a real mother trying to take her daughter home was no different from a child trafficker abducting a child.
I just couldn't stand by idly. I hurriedly stepped forward to block the middle-aged woman from hitting the child, "Stop hitting her, she's still little, and she only hurt you out of panic from her amnesia. Please, stop hitting her."
"But she bit me very deeply, I... I'm in so much pain..." The middle-aged woman said, her forehead veins bulging and her body covered in cold sweat.
Fortunately, the little girl's teeth were delicate; otherwise, she could have ripped off a piece of flesh.
I wrapped my arms around Li Yitian's little head and brought her into my embrace, "Mommy's here, be good, don't just bite people."
Hearing me claim to be Li Yitian's mother, the middle-aged woman looked at me with scorn.
But as soon as I finished speaking, Li Yitian obediently let go and snuggled into my embrace, her voice filled with utmost grievance, "Mommy... Mommy... Wuu wuu wuu..."
"Ma'am, I'd like to discuss something with you," I said, gently patting the back of Li Yitian's head.
"Half of her soul has been taken away, and she only has two days left to live. If you let me take care of Yitian, I will try my best to help take care of her and attempt to retrieve her soul. Is that okay?"
"What... what if you can't find it?" The middle-aged woman's expression was complicated.
Yu Longting couldn't bear to listen any longer, stepping beside me with a cold demeanor, "What does my wife have to do with your daughter losing her soul? If it can't be found, are you planning to blame and punish her?"
"..." The middle-aged woman was left speechless, staring dumbfounded at the tall man who looked down at her disdainfully.
Yu Longting's eyes lifted at the corners with a roguish and arrogant air, and he exuded an almost divine oppressive force with a cold smile, "Considering the girl has a connection with my wife, we'll try to look for it. If we find it, it's her good fortune. If not, it's her own fate for not being strong enough, understand?"