Chapter 203: Chapter 199: What Law Am I Breaking by Hugging My Own Daughter? (Part 2)
Xixi particularly cherishes her little water bottle. Whenever she goes to school, it’s an essential item for her.
If there’s ever a day she forgets to bring it, the usually agreeable little girl becomes particularly troublesome and hard to deal with!
Jin Jumo and Hanhan watched anxiously as Xixi’s expression suddenly changed.
"Xixi..."
"Mommy, do you not like Xixi anymore?" Xixi looked at Jin Jumo with teary eyes and choked up.
Jin Jumo thought, oh no!
"Xixi drinks, drinks, drinks water with her little bottle every day." Xixi didn’t cry out loud, but tear drops rolled continuously from her big, dark eyes, and her small shoulders shook.
It was exactly this that made it all the more heart-wrenching.
"Yes, yes, Mommy knows, Mommy knows Xixi drinks water with her little bottle. Mommy didn’t forget." Jin Jumo wiped her tears gently.
With teary eyes, Xixi pitifully pinched Jin Jumo’s thumb that was wiping her face, her big eyes red as she looked at her. "Then why did Mommy forget to bring Xixi’s little bottle? Mommy must not like Xixi anymore, that’s why she forgot!"
Who did this bizarre logic inherit from?
Jin Jumo was getting a headache, "Baby, Mommy promises you, I will never forget to bring Xixi’s little bottle again. Can Xixi forgive Mommy this once?"
Xixi covered her eyes with her other hand, crystalline tears seeped through her chubby little fingers, crying so sadly yet saying, "Hmm, Xixi will be good."
"..." Jin Jumo’s heart was shattered.
Not only was Jin Jumo’s heart shattered, but the two men sitting in the front and passenger seats had their hearts broken too.
Rong Mochen looked at the little one crying "heartbroken" and repeatedly saying she’d "be good" through the rearview mirror, and said in a deep voice to Gu Yan, "Turn around."
Gu Yan understood immediately, turned around without hesitation, and drove directly to Yu Yang Apartment.
With her beloved little water bottle in hand, Xixi stopped crying and smiled, hugging Jin Jumo’s neck affectionately and acting spoiled.
Jin Jumo helplessly tapped the tip of her nose, "You little mischievous thing!"
Due to this little incident, without a doubt, Xixi and Hanhan were late to the kindergarten.
After sending Xixi and Hanhan into the kindergarten gate, watching as the teacher led Xixi and Hanhan towards the classroom, the little ones occasionally turning around to wave their little hands at her, Jin Jumo felt content.
She thought she’d be happier if certain someone wasn’t standing beside her!
As the figures of Xixi and Hanhan disappeared from view, the gentleness in Jin Jumo’s eyes vanished. Without looking at the man beside her, she turned and walked away.
Rong Mochen turned his dark eyes from the kindergarten’s direction, staring coldly at Jin Jumo’s indifferent back. His thin lips pressed together, he furrowed his brow and followed, grabbing her wrist.
A flicker of impatience flashed quickly in Jin Jumo’s eyes. She pressed her eyebrows, turned and looked at him, "Is there anything else?"
Rong Mochen’s dark eyes flickered slightly, "I’ll take you back."
"There’s no need, I can go back myself." Jin Jumo refused immediately, her expression indifferent.
"What if I insist?" Rong Mochen fixed his gaze on her, speaking slowly, word by word.
Jin Jumo stared back at him for a long time, then coldly pulled at her lips, "Then it can’t be helped."
Rong Mochen watched the cold ridicule that surfaced in her peach blossom eyes, his long brows deeply furrowed.
The car slipped into Yu Yang Apartment and stopped. Jin Jumo didn’t open the car door immediately but looked at the man sitting beside her with eyes void of any warmth, "We’ve arrived, Mr. Rong wouldn’t insist on sending me upstairs too, right?"
Rong Mochen glanced at her, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
Jin Jumo raised her eyebrows slightly in a cold manner, then opened the car door and got out, walking towards the apartment without looking back.
Rong Mochen’s dark eyes fixed on Jin Jumo’s retreating figure, his resolute face tightened slightly.
Gu Yan watched Jin Jumo walk into the apartment, licked his lips, and looked at the backseat’s deeply brooding man through the rearview mirror, "Boss Rong, how do you plan to win Little Mo Mo back next?"
Rong Mochen squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Yan, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"..." Gu Yan was startled, completely not expecting the seemingly omnipotent man to actually take the initiative to ask for his advice.
After a brief surprise, Gu Yan instantly felt a sense of heroism, finally having a place to showcase his talents, gathered his spirits and said, "Boss Rong, as I see it, if you want to win Little Mo Mo’s heart, judging from Little Mo Mo’s current attitude towards you, it’s pretty much impossible."
"..." Rong Mochen’s eyebrows sank, his voice dropped eight degrees, "You can shut up now!"
"Boss Rong, don’t be hasty. I wasn’t done saying. Listen to the entire thing." Gu Yan sat up straight, shamelessly bragging, "What I mean is, it’s basically impossible if you start from Little Mo Mo herself. But you can try from other angles. Maybe it’ll work."
"For example?" Rong Mochen frowned.
"Appeal to her interests, love what she loves, you’ve heard of those, right?" Gu Yan prompted.
Rong Mochen furrowed his long brows tightly, staring straight at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan clicked his tongue, "Boss Rong, think about what Little Mo Mo loves the most, what is most important and indispensable to her."
The most loved?
Rong Mochen lowered his long black eyelashes.
Gu Yan widened his eyes, looking at him with anticipation, "Do you understand?"
Rong Mochen raised his right eyebrow slightly and glanced at Gu Yan indifferently, "Not really!"
"..." Gu Yan wiped his sweat, impatiently saying, "Boss Rong, you’re such a smart person, how come you don’t get it at crucial moments!"
Rong Mochen tugged at his lips, watching Gu Yan with a half-smile.
Gu Yan’s eyes flickered as he coughed awkwardly, "I didn’t mean it that way, don’t misunderstand, okay?"
Rong Mochen sipped his lips, remaining silent.
Gu Yan glanced at him cautiously and lowered his voice, speaking in a remarkably good-natured tone, "Boss Rong, what’s most important to Little Mo Mo right now is nothing more than those two little kids. Xixi is adorable and soft, and she likes you..."
At this point, Gu Yan noticed someone curling his lips, knowing he liked hearing this.
With a slight roll of his eyes, he continued, "But have you noticed that between Little Mo Mo and Hanhan, Xixi listens more to Hanhan. And Hanhan, for some reason, doesn’t seem to be very fond of you.
So even if Xixi likes you, if her brother doesn’t like you, it doesn’t matter. Your priority is to win over Hanhan’s heart and have him stand by your side and support you.
Once Hanhan likes you, Xixi will only like you more. With the support of both children, winning back Little Mo Mo’s heart is just a matter of time."
Rong Mochen was silent for a moment after listening to Gu Yan’s words. He lifted his gaze slightly toward Gu Yan, "You’re finally being useful as an assistant."
"..." Gu Yan twitched his mouth. Was that a compliment or an insult?
The sound of a vibrating phone came from a hidden compartment in the car.
Gu Yan glanced at the phone and handed it to Rong Mochen, "It’s your brother’s call."
"Mm." Rong Mochen took the phone and put it to his ear, "Brother."
"Mochen, how’s everything over there? When will you bring Mo Mo back to Z City?" Rong Sinan’s gentle voice couldn’t hide his anxiety.
Rong Mochen was silent for a few seconds, looking through the car window towards Yu Yang Apartment, his voice low, "It might take some time."
"..." Rong Sinan was silent for a while before speaking again, his voice somewhat hoarse, "I understand. Don’t rush too much. After all, four years ago, it was us, we who didn’t do well and hurt Mo Mo’s heart."
Rong Mochen’s grip on his phone tightened. After a moment, he replied in a deep voice, "Mm."
After hanging up the call, Rong Mochen pinched the bridge of his nose, his heart twisted painfully by some emotion. Lowering his hand, he looked toward Yu Yang Apartment and said hoarsely, "That day, she asked me if it wasn’t her grandfather who died, but her or the child in her womb, what would I do. I didn’t give her a direct answer.
Four years later, the image of her looking at me in despair with red eyes keeps resurfacing in my mind. I often wonder, if I hadn’t been selfish back then and given her justice, would she and the child still be alive, living in a place I could see.
Four years later, meeting her again, knowing she’s not dead and that she had two children for me and raised them so well... If four years ago I... maybe we wouldn’t have had these four years of missing."
"..." Gu Yan’s heart skipped a beat as his frivolous doll-like face turned serious, watching Rong Mochen through the rearview mirror.
Knowing him for so long, it was the first time he had heard him say so much at once.
He was born reserved and aloof, handling matters with force.
If it weren’t for Jin Ju Mo’s appearance.
Gu Yan thought that this man might have no feelings.
But the colder and more detached a man is, the deeper he falls when ensnared by emotions, overwhelming and consuming him, making people sigh and lament.
"Boss Rong, the past can’t be changed, but there’s hope for the future. Since fate has brought you and Little Mo Mo back together again, it proves there’s still destiny between you two. I believe sincerity conquers all." Gu Yan said earnestly.
Sincerity conquers all...
Rong Mochen’s thin lips pressed tightly, a dark light flashing quickly through his deep black eyes.
Back at the apartment, Jin Jumo immediately used the apartment’s landline to dial Jian Liangtong’s number.
Having returned to the apartment to pick up Xixi’s little water bottle, she hadn’t seen Jian Liangtong and Jian Chenghao there, causing Jin Jumo to feel a pang of unease.
But because someone was present, she couldn’t immediately call, so she held back until now.
The dialing tone rang for a long time, but no one picked up.
Just as it was about to disconnect automatically, someone finally answered.
"Liang Tong, where are you? I didn’t see you and Hao Hao when I got back to the apartment, and I’m worried," Jin Jumo immediately said.
"Oh, I’m fine. Hao Hao and I are on our way home, don’t worry. Xixi and Hanhan went to kindergarten, right?" Jian Liangtong’s voice was cheerful, no different from usual.
"Mm, I just dropped Xixi and Hanhan off at kindergarten and came back. You and Hao Hao come back soon, I’ll make something for you to eat when you do." Jin Jumo paused, then said softly.
"Mm-hmm."
Putting down the phone, Jin Jumo’s heart felt heavy.
Half an hour later, the apartment door opened from the outside. Jin Jumo, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen and saw Jian Liangtong leading Hao Hao inside. Pressing her lips lightly, she wiped her hands on the apron and went over to hand them indoor slippers.