novelraw Chapter 294 - 272: What Does It Have to Do With Me
Chapter 294 - 272: What Does It Have to Do With Me
Gu Qimiao pursed her lips, "I came to see you. Don’t you want me to come?""To see how pathetic I look sitting in a wheelchair?"
Hearing him say that, Gu Qimiao couldn’t help but frown, "Why do you say things like that? Haven’t I seen you at your worst? It stings. Have you gotten used to working here?"
"None of your damn business."
"Can’t you talk properly? I came all this way to see you, and this is the attitude I get? You’re not even inviting me to lunch? I’m starving!"
Mo Ming put down the pen in his hand, looked at her and asked, "What’s this? Is Shen Yanchen so poor that he can’t even feed you?"
"I want you to treat me." She looked at her belly and smiled softly, "Your little nephew is hungry too."
"You’re pregnant?"
"Mm, it’s been three months."
Mo Ming looked at her already somewhat protruding belly, and instead of feeling upset, he thought about that woman, who was also pregnant. Her belly must be very big now too, right?
The last time she was in the hospital, they said there was a risk of miscarriage. Is her health better now?
Gu Qimiao saw he was lost in thought and didn’t know what he was thinking about. She walked over to him and softly asked, "Moming Ge, are you really not planning to see Xiaoxiao?"
Hearing that name, Mo Ming suddenly snapped back to reality. Clearly, he was concerned in his heart, but he pretended to be indifferent, "Why should I see her? What does she have to do with me?"
Gu Qimiao knew sometimes he was stubborn, but now she couldn’t tell if he truly didn’t want to know or if he was just being contrary.
"So... are you planning to go back to Mai City?"
He didn’t answer, stood up, picked up the car keys, and replied off-topic, "Where do you want to eat?"
"Anywhere."
Knowing her preferences, he took her to the type of restaurant she liked.
Sitting at a table by the window, the two faced each other. Gu Qimiao looked out the window at the familiar intersection, her smile somewhat wistful, as she said lightly, "I used to live on this street, every day searching for food in the trash cans, baking under the sun in summer, curling up in a corner freezing in winter. At that time, I was so small and ignorant, not understanding why I had to live like that. I only knew that if I was hungry, I had to find something to eat, if I was cold, I had to find a warm place to hide..."
"Sometimes, older kids would bully me, snatching my things and my sleeping spot... Many times I thought I would die, until the day I met Brother Yan Chen..."
Mo Ming looked up at her, listening to her recount the past. He felt something strange in his heart, wanting to ask her if she would have liked him the same way she likes Shen Yanchen now if he had been the one to save her back then.
But then he thought, some feelings are better left hidden. At this point, it’s best not to mess with her heart. Being her brother is good enough. Besides, his desire to possess her seemed to have faded now. Seeing her live well, with a man who loves her, and soon to have a baby, a happy family together, this outcome was quite satisfying.
Her gaze fell on the intersection outside the window. She didn’t notice the change in Mo Ming’s expression and continued speaking, "At that time, I didn’t know this man would become so important in my heart. I just thought about getting a meal and a place to sleep, so I went back to the Gu family with him..."
Looking out the window, the intersection was the same, but the buildings on both sides had changed drastically over the decades. But the scenes from that time still imprinted in her heart.