"Oh, oh, no problem," Ai Yiwei quickly put away her skirt and jewelry, saying to her, "Go to the third floor, I'll call Sister Lin out, and you can go in to see the child yourself. Don't stay too long, come out as soon as possible, lest Mom and Dad find out I let you see the child privately and be unhappy."
Gu Susu responded coldly. She really wanted to run away with Xiao Xingxing right now, but she kept telling herself that impulsiveness was useless. To completely escape the Ai family's control over her and her child, she could only endure for now. One day, she would make all these people pay.
As soon as she walked to the third floor, all the nightmarish memories of the past rushed towards her.
The Ai family villa was of a pointed-roof European design. Before Gu Susu came to the Ai family, the third floor was a storage room like an attic.
Less than a month after she was taken to the Ai family, she became an eyesore to everyone. So, Ai Shunan thought of the storage room on the third floor, had a small room cleared out, and made it her room. A mere six or seven square meters, just enough to fit a desk, a small bed, and a narrow wardrobe. There was no window, and no sunlight could be seen all year round. It was not as bright and spacious as the dormitory in the orphanage.
At that time, she felt like a poisonous insect or a plague living in this house, unable to see the light. She could never understand why her closest blood relatives would treat her like this. She even felt that she had done something wrong, that she was not good enough, and even developed extreme inferiority complex.
It wasn't until later, in prison, that she finally understood. She was not wrong at all. Ai Yiwei was behind it all, destroying the family bond between them. It was also because her biological parents were snobbish and vain, unable to accept a daughter who had not grown up by their side, who was rustic, and who completely lacked the demeanor of a lady from high society. Even if they were biological parents, what did it matter? In the world of fame and fortune, blood ties meant nothing.
After understanding these things, she no longer suffered from this kind of familial affection. She just wanted to start a new life with her child after being released from prison and completely sever all contact and relationships with the Ai family. Unexpectedly, they found that she still had some value, and they were unwilling to let her go. Were they going to squeeze her dry before they would rest?
But she would not wait for death. This time, she would fight against fate to the end!
Ai Yiwei went in first, quietly called out Sister Lin, and whispered a few words to Sister Lin in front of Gu Susu before letting Gu Susu in.
Gu Susu walked into the small room where she had lived. The layout of the room had not changed, but the desk and cabinet she had used were now piled high with杂物. Xiao Xingxing lay with his eyes closed on the single bed where she had slept. Excitedly, she sat by the bed, reached out to caress his cheek, and couldn't help but shed tears. The child she had been thinking of with heartache for so long was now before her. She couldn't help but kiss the child's little face again. How she missed him!
She touched the child's growing hair. It seemed no one had cut his hair during this time. His clothes were torn, and he hadn't been given new ones. His little face looked thinner. Did these people feed him enough at every meal? The more she looked, the more her heart ached. It seemed she had to find a way to get the child back to her side as soon as possible and take care of him herself.
Xiao Xingxing seemed to sense something in his sleep and suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing his mother in front of him, he thought he was dreaming. He reached out and hugged Gu Susu's waist with all his might, murmuring, "Mom, I dreamed of you again..."
Only a mother would know how much she missed her child. She doted on Xiao Xingxing's embrace, wiping the tears from her face. Gu Susu gently stroked his back, "Good boy, Mom will bring you to my side soon."
Just as Xiao Xingxing was about to fall asleep again, he felt the warmth of the mother he was hugging in his dream, and her voice was so real. He let go of Gu Susu, rubbed his eyes hard, and tried to open them, not letting himself fall asleep again. He looked at Gu Susu and was pleasantly surprised to find that he was not dreaming. He happily jumped off the bed and hugged Gu Susu's neck, "I'm not dreaming, it's really you, Mom. You've come to pick me up!"
Gu Susu was happy to see him so happy, but hearing his last sentence, her heart felt unusually heavy. Today, she still couldn't take him away. She could only look at him, hug him, and kiss him... "Yes, my good boy, you're not dreaming. Mom misses you so much and has come to see you." She hugged him and kissed him fiercely.
Xiao Xingxing immediately broke free from her, his eyes instantly filled with tears. He was as sensible as an adult, "Mom, you're just here to see me? You're leaving again, aren't you taking me with you?"
Gu Susu explained with a heartache, "Mom wants to take you too. But Mom has to work first to earn money. When Mom has money and her own house, I'll take Xingxing away, okay?"
Xiao Xingxing shook his head desperately, crying, "No, I want Mom to take me away now. I don't want a house or money, I just want Mom by my side..."
"Be good, be obedient. Mom promises I'll come to pick you up in no time."
Xiao Xingxing started crying loudly, "No... Mom, don't abandon me... I want to be with you..."
The door was pushed open from the outside. Sister Lin rushed over and covered Xiao Xingxing's mouth, saying worriedly, "No crying, no crying, if Mr. and Mrs. hear this, it will be terrible!"
Gu Susu wanted to snatch Xiao Xingxing from Sister Lin's hands, fearing that covering the child's mouth like this would hurt him.
Ai Yiwei said angrily to Gu Susu, "What are you doing? Why did you wake the child up and make him cry like this? Are you trying to kill Sister Lin!"
"The child can't leave me, he wants to be with me." As soon as Gu Susu saw Xingxing, she couldn't bear it anymore. She didn't want to care about anything else, she just wanted to take him away, even if it meant fighting them. "I don't care about the Qin family anymore, and I won't be threatened by you anymore! I can't be separated from Xingxing anymore..."
Before she could finish, Ai Yiwei slapped her across the face and glared at her, "You're already married, what are you going crazy about now? Do you think you'll be fine if you ignore your biological parents and the Ai family's life and death?"
Xiao Xingxing saw his mother being hit, struggled free from Sister Lin, waved his little hands at Ai Yiwei, "Don't you bully my mom!"
Ai Yiwei was so angry that she was about to slap Xiao Xingxing again. Gu Susu quickly hugged him into her arms, avoiding Ai Yiwei's slap, and said indignantly, "You and Ai Shunan promised me that as long as I stayed obediently in the Qin family and listened to you, you wouldn't hit the child and would take good care of him! You broke your promise, and I won't be your puppet anymore!"
"It's not up to you anymore! Do you think if you run away with Xiao Xingxing like this, the Qin family will let you and the child go when they know you deceived them into marriage?" Ai Yiwei said, "The Qin family is a powerful family that controls everything in Lancheng. Do you think you can escape?"