Song Yu-Heng hadn't even had time to snatch the photo from the little guy's hand when Bae Ho-Yeol had already run out, holding up the photo he had just snatched from his younger uncle's hand. He ran straight into Song Yu-Jiao's arms.

  "What's wrong? So happy?" Song Yuqiao protected the little guy, careful not to let him fall.

  "Look, little uncle is hiding a photo of my dad!"

  "It wasn't hidden!"

  Song Yuqiao had already taken the photo from Pei Hangyu's hand and brought it over, seeing the person in the photo, he suddenly froze for a moment.

  This photo...

  The photo was indeed Pei Sheng, but... The Pei Sheng in the photo wore a camouflage uniform, with no buttons on his chest, revealing a well-defined torso. His hat was tilted to one side, and he had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, giving off an unmistakable air of a soldier. His gaze seemed to be fixed directly at the camera lens, as if staring right at her. Song Yuqiao's heart skipped a beat.

  This should be a photo taken during Pei's two years in the army, why is it in Song Yuexiang's hands?

  Song Yuqiao's face was a bit hot, looking at Song Yuheng, Song Yuheng cleared his throat and said: "In Vancouver, Uncle Dengken's villa. Wasn't I living in your original room? Then when cleaning the room, I found it, and there were some photos, I brought them all over, sister, come with me."

  Song Yu-Heng turned around and entered the room, followed by Song Yu-Qiao.

  Behind him, Pee-yuon immediately followed, and was directly picked up by Bae Su-yeong and thrown onto the sofa. "Sit still, don't always think about eavesdropping."

  Pei Hangyu looked up at his dad with a raised face, clasped his hands together and let out a hum from his nose. He only held this pose for three seconds before looking up to see that his dad was already standing by the door, so he quickly got up and ran over to stand beside him.

  This big and small, it's like blocking the door to death.

  Song Yuqiao never intended to hide from Pei Si Cheng, so the door behind him was never closed.

  She squatted down with her brother and watched as Song Yuqiao rummaged through the suitcase, pulling out several photos from the very bottom. Possibly due to the packing issue, two of the photos were creased, which she smoothed out by hand and placed on her knees.

  Song Yuqiao took the photos from her brother's hand, one by one, and looked at them. All of them were Pei Shichen, some wearing formal military uniforms, some in casual clothes, and some wearing down jackets with a snowy background. The last photo was a back view, under the dim streetlights, two people walking side by side, hand in hand.

  It was Song Yuqiao herself and Pei Sheng.

  It seemed like there was some kind of response in general, Song Yuqiao slightly turned his head and looked at Pei Si Cheng who was behind him.

  Pei Si's hands were inserted into his pockets, his eyes calm as water, quietly watching Song Yuqiao.

  While Pei Si was standing beside him, the little guy on the other side, leaning against him, also learned from his dad's appearance, with his hands in his pockets, although the pockets were a bit small and his chubby hands couldn't fit in.

  Song Yu-Heng was afraid that his sister would misunderstand, so he explained: "Most of the things in the room had already been put away by mom, these photos were pressed under the bed board, I only found them when I lifted the bed last time, I wanted to call you before but was delayed because of some enrollment things, this time mom asked me to come back and I remembered to bring them for you."

  A tall black shadow loomed behind her and naturally took the photo from Song Yuqiao's hand, "Does your mother know?"

  Song Yu-Hang shook his head: "She just cleaned the room, and the things under the bed were still found by me when I was searching for something under the bed myself, and she didn't tell me about it. Oh, right, there's also a notebook."

  As he spoke, Song Yu-Heng found a notebook from the very bottom of his luggage.

  This is also the reason why he knew Pei's full name.

  It's an ordinary hardcover book with a beautiful landscape painting on its cover.

  Song Yuqiao's hand trembled slightly as she opened the book, and what entered her eyes was a whole page of names, all with only three characters, all of which were "Pei Si Cheng". Turning back one page, it was still a whole page of names.

  Her heart was pounding violently.

  A notebook, filled with page after page of the name "Paisley".

  "Sister, you should be able to recognize this, is this your handwriting?"

  Song Yuqiao didn't answer, but instead tucked the photo into her notebook and stood up.

  Maybe it's been a while since I crouched on the ground, and once I suddenly stood up, I felt a bit dizzy, my eyes went black, and I saw stars.

  A pair of big hands had already been placed on her shoulders from behind, and she leaned into a warm embrace.

  "I'm fine now."

  Three seconds later, Song Yuqiao's line of sight recovered clarity again, and he smiled at Pei Si Cheng behind him.

  Before leaving Jinshui apartment, Song Yuqiao went to see her sister and asked: "Will Brother Han come over tonight?"

  It's possible that Song Shuying was too relaxed during the early stages of her pregnancy, so now that she's in the later stages, her calves have started to swell up a bit. Recently, no matter what she eats, she's been vomiting, and originally being thin, her chin looks even pointier now.

  "You don't need to worry about me, I can take care of myself."

  Song Yuqiao said: "If Han Ge doesn't come, I'll stay here with you tonight."

  Song Shuying waved her hand indifferently, but when she reached for her phone, she felt a bit awkward because of her belly. "I'll call him right now, okay?"

  Song Yuqiao saw her sister call Han Ge with her own eyes, but after the call was connected, she didn't know what Han Zhenni said on the other end of the phone. Song Shuying's tone began to turn cold and hard, "I called you just to let you come over? Don't come over, see if I'll open the door for you when you arrive."

  Song Yuqiao walked over directly, took the phone from Song Shuying's hand, turned around and called out to the receiver "Brother Han".

  Han Jinyu's voice came from the receiver, "Yu Qiao? I'll be back later, don't worry."

  Song Yu nodded, "My sister may have pre-eclampsia, which is common in pregnant women. Brother Han, you should spend more time with my sister."

  On the phone, Han Jinyu hadn't said anything yet, when Song Shuying said: "Yu Qiao, your elbows are starting to stick out, my temper has always been bad, I want to smash things and smash them all, what prenatal syndrome, it's not going to happen at all."

  Song Yuqiao hung up the phone and put her mobile phone a little further away, "Sister, these electronic products have radiation, you don't use them often, when you're free just read books, call Yu Heng to come and talk to you."

  "Come on," Song Shuying waved her hand, "when did you become so talkative."

  Song Yuqiao smiled and turned around, and the little guy behind her rolled over like a ball, running directly to Song Shuying's bedside and even reaching out to touch Song Shuying's round belly.

  "Goodbye little sister, big brother will come visit you again."

  Song Shuying couldn't help but laugh at Pei Hangyu's cautious tone, "How did you know it was little sister?"

  "Because I can have a sister as cute as Xuan Xuan, I don't want a brother."

  However, Bae Ho-young's wish may not be fulfilled in a short period of time.

  ………………

  Pei Si Cheng used to come alone, but now the three of them walked along the roadside, the darkness of night was deep, and the streetlights stretched their shadows.

  Bae Ho-young was like a runaway wild horse, running back and forth on the road, from this utility pole to the next one in front, then running over to Song Yu-jo, taking a sip of water from his thermos, having Jo wipe the sweat off his forehead, and continuing to run back and forth.

  Song Yuqiao put the thermos back into Pei Shuai's large backpack hanging from his arm, and when he withdrew his hand, it was grasped tightly by the wrist.

  Pei Si Cheng's fingertips brushed against Song Yu Qiao's wrist twice, then moved down to wrap around her hand. His fingers drew a line on the center of her palm, and Song Yu Qiao immediately clenched her fist, her eyes flashing with a hint of shyness as she looked at Pei Si Cheng.

  "Don't think about anything messy on the street, okay?"

  "Who's got a dirty mind here? I just held hands with her, that's all!"

  Song Yuqiao was speechless and simply didn't speak, anyway now it's better to say less is better, so she just shut her mouth.

  Pei Si Cheng held Song Yu Qiao's hand, his large hand completely wrapping around hers, and said: "So, I was wondering why there were so many fewer photos when I was organizing the album. It turns out you hid them."

  Song Yuqiao's cheeks flushed slightly, "I don't remember, maybe it was you who gave it to me."

  "Even if I gave it to you, isn't it customary to give me a gift in return?" Pei Si Cheng said, "I don't want several photos, just one will do."

  "I don't have photos, they're all on the computer, no physical photos." Song Yuqiao directly refused.

  "That photo in your wallet will do," said Pierce, "I've seen it several times already."

  Pei Si Cheng finished speaking and directly wrapped his arms around Song Yu Qiao's waist, with the other hand pulling over the bag in her hands to reach for the wallet inside.

  Song Yuqiao was pinched by Pei Si, and her waist itched. She couldn't help but laugh and bend her waist, "Now on the main street, can't you be more restrained..."

  Pei Si supported Song Yuqiao, not letting her crouch down and curl up her body. With the other hand, he quickly and neatly took out the wallet from Song Yuqiao's bag.

  Song Yuqiao lost his smile.

  Pei Si Cheng always showed himself to be particularly mature and refined, gently brushing away the hair behind her ears. However, sometimes perhaps due to his own missteps, he would become overly forceful, kissing with great intensity, and in bed, he would want to crush her into his flesh and bones.

  Sometimes, it's like now, as if he were a big boy, grabbing things from her and negotiating terms with her.

  In front of Pei Hangyu, he turned around and saw his dad bullying Qiaoqiao again. He immediately ran over with a flying leg, directly drilling into the two people, stretching out his small arms and legs, looking up at Pei Si Cheng with his head raised, "Dad, don't bully Qiaoqiao! You're a bad guy!"

  Bai Huanyu said, still pouting, and pushed Bai Si Cheng with both hands, but after all, it was a matter of strength, and Bai Si Cheng, who was standing in front, didn't even budge. Bai Huanyu grunted and turned around to hug Song Yuqiao, turning his back on his father.

  Song Yuqiao touched the little head of Pei Haoyu in front of him, and his mouth still had a smile on it. He looked at Pei Sicong but he was stunned.

  How deeply in love must one be, to fill an entire notebook with a single person's name, written stroke by stroke?

  Song Yuqiao didn't know, but after she took the photos and notebook from Song Yuhuan's hands, her previous doubts were all dispelled.

  During her time of amnesia, she indeed loved Pei Sheng Xue.

  And now, I'm falling in love little by little.

  ………………

  These days, Xu Wanli felt that her mood was still okay, because the ugly scar on her belly had faded a bit.

  She hadn't called her mother Xu Yuanyi for a long time, but suddenly remembered today and made a call. However, Xu Yuanyi seemed busy and only said two sentences before asking, "Anything else? If not, I'll hang up."

  Because of this bland tone, Xu Wenli thoroughly lost her temper.

  She knew that since her mother had a younger brother, she was no longer concerned about herself. Originally, she wasn't very considerate of her, and now that she's in C City, she got pregnant and had a miscarriage, yet there wasn't a single comforting word from her, instead showing impatience.

  "Mom, even if you don't like me, I'm still your daughter! Every time I call you, you're so indifferent. How can you treat me like this?!"

  Xu Yuanyi was clear in her mind that Xu Wenyue, although sharing the same surname as hers, was actually Song Jierou's daughter. Now that Song Jierou had taken her to C City, she didn't need to worry about it anymore. However, she did wonder why Song Jierou hadn't told Xu Wenyue the truth directly.

  "Lily, it's not that mom doesn't care about you, it's just that things are really busy here. You know I have to take care of your little brother who is only four years old and also help with some things at Songyue uncle's company. So please forgive mom for not having time to go to S city to visit you, can you also find some time to come back home?"

  Xu Wanli's tone softened as she listened to her mother, and she also murmured in agreement, "I'll head back with Auntie."

  Song Jieyou has been busy with some work-related things recently, Xu Wanli thinks it's boring to be alone, her body is almost recovered, and she wants to go shopping with friends. However, her friends are all in S city, and C city hasn't been here for long, so there aren't many close friends. When Zheng Xiaoxia came to remind her to go to the hospital for a re-examination in the afternoon, Xu Wanli suddenly thought of Qiao Mo.

  This time there was no need for Zheng Xiaoxia to help Xu Wanli make a phone call, she had left Qiao Mo's mobile phone number last time and thought of it afterwards and called him immediately.

  "I'm Xu Wanli, are you free today? I have a follow-up appointment at the hospital this afternoon and no one to go with me."

  Xu Wanli's lie was quite convincing, and she even picked up a grape from the edge of the table with two fingers and tossed it into her mouth.

  Sometimes lies told repeatedly become a habit.

  "Okay, I'll drive over and pick you up later," said Qiao Mo on the other end of the phone.

  Xu Wanli was delighted when she heard this and said: "Just right, we can go shopping together."

  ………………

  Qiao Mo hung up Xu Wenli's phone, holding a cup of freshly brewed chrysanthemum tea, and sent it to Ye Zenan's office. "President Ye, I have something this afternoon and would like to take a two-hour leave."

  Ye Zenan nodded: "Okay."

  "Afternoon meeting minutes, I let SuSu replace me, her work ability is still pretty good."

  "Uh-huh."

  Facing Ye Zenan, Qiao Mo bit her lip, seemingly struggling in her heart for a long time before finally saying the words in her mouth: "Zenan, I don't want to ask you for any results, but as a woman, I have a private mind. I only have these few years of youth, and I want to get an accurate answer."

  Ye Zenan looked up and glanced at Qiao Mo, and for a moment, he felt that the woman standing in front of him was actually Song Yuqiao.

  The same professional attire, hair that doesn't like to be tied up, likes to flow down the shoulders, face always with light makeup or no makeup at all, a faint expression on her face, and in some past moment when she was questioned, tears glistened in her eyes, pain in her voice.

  Ye Zenan closed his eyes and slightly shook his head, wanting to dispel the illusion in his mind and the resemblance of the person in front of him.

  It's not Song Yuqiao, even if it's similar, it's still not Song Yuqiao.

  "Don't worry too much about my mom, if you have someone you like, you can go find them yourself. I'll explain to my mom, when you mentioned wanting to work before, I also said that coming here is just a temporary stepping stone for you, and in the future if you find a better place, you can leave."

  Qiao Mo's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, which trickled down her cheeks. "I liked you from the start! You've always been oblivious to me, haven't you? I'm not just grateful to you for saving me, that's why I like you. From the beginning, I've liked you, Ye Zenan. Look into my eyes, okay? The eyes are the windows of the soul. Take a look and see if you can see my heart."

  Ye Zenan rubbed his brow, picked up the chrysanthemum tea that Qiao Mo had just brought over, took a sip, and closed his eyes. Facing Qiao Mo like this, he really didn't know what to say anymore. In fact, from the very beginning, it was because he saw Song Yuqiao's shadow in Qiao Mo that he was moved. However, now, he increasingly felt that the two were not only similar in personality but also in their attire and demeanor. Every time he saw Qiao Mo, he had an irrepressible feeling inside, yet he could no longer distinguish whether it was directed at Qiao Mo or Song Yuqiao.

  Perhaps in his heart, the lingering feelings he had for Song Yuqiao have all been transferred to Qiao Mo.

  As for Qiao Mo, perhaps, there is a feeling.

  Qiao Mo wiped the corner of her eye one last time, "Sorry, Ye Zong, I lost my composure, I'll leave now."

  Ye Zenan watched Qiao Mo close the door, took a deep breath twice, and drank a mouthful of chrysanthemum tea before feeling slightly better.

  Lately, I don't know why, but I've been having this feeling of palpitations, as if my heart is being tightly gripped and can't breathe, causing chest tightness.

  But they are all intermittent, and it takes two or three days for one episode to occur.

  I should go to the hospital for a full body check-up now.

  ………………

  In the afternoon, Song Yuqiao accompanied her sister Song Shuying to the hospital for a prenatal examination, with Han Jinyu following behind.

  Song Yuqiao truly felt embarrassed, if she had known that Han Ge was there, she would have absolutely not come to be a light bulb and accompany her sister again.

  "Sister, Han Ge is here, or I'll leave first, it just so happens that I still need to go to the Pei's mansion to pick up Pei Huai Yu."

  "You're just going to leave me, a pregnant woman, in the hospital and run off?" Song Shuying poked Song Yuqiao's shoulder with her finger, "Have some conscience, I'm your own sister, not someone you picked up from the street."

  Song Yuqiao simply gave up and shrugged his shoulders at Han Jinyu behind him, making a very helpless expression.

  Han Jin Yu was actually very busy today, but amidst his busy schedule, he still wanted to take out time to accompany Song Shu Ying for her prenatal checkup. However, in the end, he wasn't even allowed into the ultrasound room.

  Song Shuying said: "You just wait outside for a while, okay? I'll come out soon. With Xiao Qiao accompanying me, nothing will happen."

  Inside the B-ultrasound room.

  Song Shuying lay on the bed, looking at the outline of the baby in her abdomen from the B-ultrasound display instrument. Those shadows intersected, and she felt a bit of heartache.

  Song Yuqiao was particularly excited, especially when looking at the shadow of the baby on the instrument display, her mouth involuntarily curled up.

  However, Song Shuying's fetal position is still not correct, and the baby's head has not come down yet. If you want to have a normal delivery, you need to cooperate with some corrective postures now, persist for a week, and then see the effect.

  At this time, separated by a partition, I heard a female nurse outside saying: "Sir, there is a pregnant woman inside. Are you looking for someone?"

  Right after that, I heard Han Jinyu's apologetic voice, "Sorry, I'll go wait outside."

  Song Yuqiao pursed her lips, wondering if she should go out and call in Han Ge. Song Shuying had already spoken up: "Xiao Qiao, go call him in."

  "Good!"

  Song Yuqiao immediately stood up and walked outside to see Han Jinyu leaning against the wall, staring at the blank wall in front of him.

  "Brother Han!"

  Han Jinyu turned her face and looked at Song Yuqiao, "Huh?"

  "My sister told you to go in."

  Han Jinyu's footsteps paused for a moment as she walked in, seemingly wondering if her sudden appearance was appropriate. Song Yuqiao said from behind her, "Hurry up, my sister is still lying down waiting for you."

  Song Yuqiao didn't know if Han Jiayou had accompanied Song Shuying for prenatal check-ups before, but he should have. However, as a soon-to-be father, he must be worried that he might not do something well, even if it's the all-knowing Han Ge.

  She felt that although Han Jinyu was cold and gloomy towards others, he had always been careful and gentle when it came to his sister.

  Han Ge should be in love with Ai Jie's sister.

  Han Jinyu walked to the bedside, first standing, lowering his head to take a look at Song Shuying, then raising his head to take a look at the fetal outline shadow on the instrument.

  The doctor repeated the pre-sleep fetal position correction exercise again, including some actions that should be done, and Han Jinyu listened very seriously.

  "First persist for a week, and then come back to check again after a week to see if the fetal position has corrected itself."

  Song Yuqiao stood by the partition for a while, smiled, and then turned around and walked out. At this time, it was left to the two people who were about to become parents.

  I don't know if it's a matter of time, but at this moment, there aren't many people in the corridor, only a few scattered ones.

  Song Yuqiao stood on the right side of the public bench, took out her mobile phone to take a look, and there was no message from Pei Cheng. It seemed that today was indeed busier than usual. In the morning, Song Yuqiao saw Yu Na arranging an afternoon meeting, with a delegation coming from the south for an inspection tour.

  Song Yuqiao planned to wait for her sister Song Shuying to come out, then use the company's affairs as an excuse to slip away first, leaving space for Han Ge to be alone. After all, they still had to go to the Pei family's mansion for dinner tonight and needed to make preparations in advance. Every time Song Yuqiao faced Pei Linfeng, she felt that she needed to muster up her spirits to face him, fearing that she would be slightly inadequate.

  She was thinking like this when suddenly someone in front of her called out "Song Yuqiao?!"

  Song Yuqiao raised her head, and she never expected that she would meet Xu Wanli again here.

  Xu Wanli obviously didn't think of it either.

  She suddenly remembered that the last time she and her aunt forged a certificate of infertility for Song Yuqiao, could it be that this time Song Yuqiao came to the obstetrics and gynecology department to re-examine?

  Song Yuqiao didn't say a word to Xu Wanli, turned around and walked forward, but after taking two steps, Xu Wanli behind him had already caught up.

  "Song Yuqiao!" Xu Wanli followed closely, "Last time it was all your fault, my child had a miscarriage. You don't even apologize when you see me, and now you want to leave directly?"

  Song Yuqiao turned around: "You don't splash dirty water on others, are you uncomfortable all over? Xu Wenyi, I'm telling you, how you are has nothing to do with me."

  "You've already divorced Ye Zenan, why is he still thinking about you?! You must have seduced him again?!"

  Xu Wanli had looked for Ye Zenan before, but every time she found him, she was rejected. She only then realized that the ones who could get close to Ye Zenan were all those who fawned on Song Yuqiao. Now that Song Yuqiao and Ye Zenan are divorced, this nominal younger sister of Song Yuqiao is no longer needed.

  Song Yuqiao suddenly sneered after hearing Xu Wanli's words: "You're in charge of the sky, you're in charge of the earth, can you also be in charge of whose heart belongs to whom? Xu Wanli, if Ye Zenan really had eyes for you, that would be blind."

  Actually, Song Yuqiao felt a hint of indifference in her heart when she said this.

  They have already parted ways with Ye Zenan, although the sentence "If we can't be lovers, let's just be strangers" is true. However, Song Yuqiao also hopes that in the future, if they happen to meet on the road, she can ask him a question "Are you okay?" and Ye Zenan can answer her with a sentence "I'm fine."

  That's the kind of genuine and sincere one.

  She would never forgive Ye Zenan for the harm he had done to her and still hoped that after their separation, they could both live well.

  Xu Wanli was so angry when she heard Song Yuqiao's words that she couldn't catch her breath. Originally, the child in her belly had already taken shape and was supposed to be a reliance for her to hold onto Ye Zenan, but it was all because Song Yuqiao was kidnapped that she got implicated. Now Song Yuqiao didn't even say a word of apology, instead, she sarcastically mocked her?!

  She grabbed Song Yuqiao's arm and said, "Tell me clearly, what exactly..."

  She hadn't finished her sentence when a cry of surprise came from the doctor's office next door, "You can never get pregnant again?"

  Song Yuqiao felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, and she tilted her head to look inside, recognizing the woman holding the inspection sheet as the same one who had rear-ended her car a few days ago.

  The doctor said: "Yes, because a seven-month-old fetus is already fully formed, and after induced labor, there will be sequelae..."

  Xu Wanli's eyes widened in shock, mechanically turning her head to look inside the doctor's office, a white light piercing her eyes.

  Because, Qiao Mo came to the doctor's office with her review test results!