The sky grew dark.
As night enveloped the heavens, and stars dotted the universe, twinkling. Rong Jingyang’s lips curved slightly, the only smile to grace his weary face in days.
He called to have everything prepared, then dialed his mother’s number again.
“Mom, tell Du Ruoxin to look out the window.”
Feng Linwan was playing tennis with her granddaughter when she heard her son’s words. She paused her game. “Now?”
Rong Jingyang: “Yes, it’s a surprise for her.”
Feng Linwan frowned. She couldn’t see Du Ruoxin. She’d heard Ruoxin was ill that evening and wanted to visit with Dou Dou, but the bodyguards had stopped them, refusing to let them get close.
However, she couldn’t refuse her son’s request. “Okay, I’ll call you back later.”
She had to find a way.
Feng Linwan’s mind began to race. Suddenly, her gaze fell upon her granddaughter.
The Rothschild family was wary of her, but not of Dou Dou. So, she couldn’t get close to Du Ruoxin, but Dou Dou could.
Feng Linwan took out her smart watch and put it on her granddaughter’s wrist. “Dou Dou, your daddy has prepared a surprise for Mommy.”
Rong Dou Dou looked around. “Where’s Daddy? Is he here?”
Feng Linwan shook her head. “Don’t rush. Go tell Mommy to look out the window and count to five. Maybe Daddy will fall from the sky.”
Rong Dou Dou bounced with joy. “Yay, yay!”
Feng Linwan instructed, “Remember, it’s a surprise. Only after Mommy sees it can you say Daddy’s name.”
Rong Dou Dou nodded earnestly. “Okay.”
Carrying her grandmother’s sacred mission, the little girl ran into the bedroom without any hindrance. “Mommy, Mommy.”
Du Ruoxin was lying in bed reading. Hearing her daughter’s call, she put down her book and turned to Dou Dou. “Sweetie, what’s wrong?”
Rong Dou Dou ran to the edge of the bed and touched her mother’s forehead, asking with concern, “Are you feeling better?”
Du Ruoxin chuckled softly. “Much better.” Her heart warmed, and she couldn’t help but kiss her daughter. “Does Dou Dou want to sleep with Mommy?”
Rong Dou Dou shook her head, then pulled her mother toward the window. “Mommy, there’s a surprise.”
Du Ruoxin stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, raising an eyebrow. “What surprise?”
Rong Dou Dou tilted her head, acting like a little adult. “Close your eyes and count to five.”
Du Ruoxin was a bit bewildered. “Huh?”
Rong Dou Dou urged, “Close them, quickly! I’m going to start counting.”
Du Ruoxin complied with her daughter’s request and obediently closed her eyes.
Rong Dou Dou said in her childish voice, “Mommy, let’s count together.”
Du Ruoxin: “Okay.”
Mother and daughter began to count down. “Five, four, three, two…”
Feng Linwan heard the countdown from her granddaughter’s smart watch and quickly called her son.
As “one” fell, the dark night sky was instantly illuminated by fireworks.
“Boom—”
The sky was incredibly beautiful, like blooming peonies, dazzling the eyes.
“Wow, so pretty, so beautiful!” Rong Dou Dou clapped her hands and cheered.
Du Ruoxin smiled and stroked her daughter’s head, wondering – who had prepared this surprise? Was it just fireworks?
Just then, the sky was lit up again.
Rows of colorful drones formed lines of text.
[Du Ruoxin]
[I’m here to pick you up]
[Come home with me]
The four words, “Come home with me,” seared into the woman’s heart like molten lava.
Du Ruoxin’s heart, which had been as calm as a lake, was stirred by waves.
Rong Jingyang!
It was Rong Jingyang!
He—
Looking at those four words, a mist of water gradually gathered in her eyes.