Chapter 1112 - 1154: Chance Encounter

Chapter 1112: Chapter 1154: Chance Encounter

Ling Yueyue nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Yeah! Also, from now on, don’t interfere with anything regarding my parents, and don’t contact them privately. No matter what happens, let me handle it myself! I’m already twenty-one years old, a mother, and I have the ability to discern right from wrong. I know what to do and what not to do!"

Huo Junmo agreed readily, "Alright, no matter what you say, I’ll agree with you! Having seen a ghost, am I still afraid of the dark? This time, it was my miscalculation!"

With Huo Junmo’s assurance, Ling Yueyue’s expression changed immediately, squinting her eyes and smiling, she said happily, "Okay, I’m fine now! Let’s just consider what happened today as chalk wiped off the board! Let’s not bring it up or think about it anymore!"

"Mm!" Huo Junmo nodded, speaking softly, "It’s very late, and you’ve had a tiring day, go take a shower and rest early!"

"Mm!" Ling Yueyue nodded, stood up, and walked towards the bathroom!

At the moment the bathroom door closed, the smile in Huo Junmo’s eyes suddenly disappeared, replaced by a cold expression.

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Time crept by silently, and suddenly it was spring of the new year!

With a child, Ling Yueyue’s daily life now revolved around her baby! The baby was being breastfed, so generally, Ling Yueyue took care of her herself, except when she was really tired and wanted to rest, then she’d hand the baby to the nanny!

In the blink of an eye, Tiantian was already five months old! That day, the weather was sunny and the air was good! Having stayed at home for five months without going out, Ling Yueyue was restless, and after feeding and holding Tiantian, she went shopping alone!

For Ling Yueyue, who hadn’t gone shopping for five months, she suddenly found shopping to be such a wonderful experience!

In just a short while, she had bought a lot of things!

Because she bought so many things that she couldn’t carry them all, Ling Yueyue left her address for home delivery!

Once she finished buying about everything she needed, Ling Yueyue started heading home with her shopping bags!

Just as she walked out of the elevator, her phone rang in her pocket! Ling Yueyue held the shopping bags in one hand and reached into her pocket with the other! Because of this moment of distraction, she accidentally bumped right into an oncoming person.

"Clatter...!"

"Ouch...!" All she heard was the sound of something breaking and a startled yelp as Ling Yueyue unexpectedly fell to the ground, her shopping bags scattering across the floor.

Ling Yueyue quickly reacted, hurriedly gathering the scattered items back into her bags, stood up, and without looking at the person she bumped into, she apologized with her head down, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it was an accident, I didn’t see you! I’ll pay you back for whatever broke!"

Immediately, a gentle female voice responded, "It’s alright, no worries! It was just a vase, nothing valuable!"

Upon hearing this familiar yet strange voice, Ling Yueyue was stunned, instantly raising her head to look at the person in front of her!

Just as Ling Yueyue looked at the woman, the woman also looked at Ling Yueyue!

When they saw each other’s faces, both were taken aback.

Especially Ling Yueyue, who widened her eyes in disbelief.

The woman stared at Ling Yueyue for a long time and finally, after a while, started to regain her composure, pointing at Ling Yueyue with a trembling finger, incredulously asking, "You...you are Yueyue...!"

Seeing that the woman could call her by name, Ling Yueyue barely dared to trust her eyes, incredulously asked, "Are you really Auntie?"

Hearing Ling Yueyue call her Auntie, Ling Shenglan’s eyes filled with tears, she reached out and grabbed Ling Yueyue’s hands, all excited, "Yueyue, is that really you?"

Startled by Ling Shenglan’s demeanor, Ling Yueyue was at a loss, unable to react for a while!

She felt that, though they hadn’t seen each other for years, her aunt had changed a lot! It wasn’t just her appearance; her personality had changed even more!

She was brought to Jin City by her aunt when she wasn’t even a month old and was raised there! They always lived together, her and her aunt! Her aunt was unlike other people’s aunts, who might shower their nieces with love, even if not excessively, there was still a lot of affection!

But her aunt was completely different, never giving her a kind face from childhood to adulthood and being very strict, even requiring more of her than one would of a boy!

Sometimes she wondered if this was really her biological aunt, and if so, why did she treat her this way!

Moreover, when she was in the first year of high school, her aunt married a man and decisively left her to go abroad with him! From that point on, she completely lost touch with her aunt, and they had no further contact! It was from that time that she started her half-study, half-work life!

She never thought, in her lifetime, that she would ever meet her aunt again!

And not only that, it seemed like her aunt was a bit different towards her than before!

Seeing Ling Yueyue just staring blankly at her, not speaking, Ling Shenglan smiled and asked, "Yueyue, have you been well all these years? While abroad, Auntie really missed you!"

Faced with Ling Shenglan’s enthusiasm, Ling Yueyue uncomfortably tugged at the corner of her mouth, pulling her hands away from Ling Shenglan’s grip, forcing a smile, "I’ve been doing well!"

For some reason, hearing her aunt say she missed her just seemed laughable!

If she missed her so much, why hadn’t there been even one phone call all these years, why had she never come to see her!

Now, upon meeting, she says she missed her; who would believe that!

Ling Shenglan said excitedly, "You know, I actually came back half a year ago! When I returned, I went to our old place first thing, but unfortunately, it was already demolished! These past six months, I’ve been looking for you, going to many places, but I couldn’t find any trace of you! I figured, given your age now, you should be in college! But even when I inquired at colleges, there was no news of you! I thought I might never have the chance to see you again in this lifetime! Fortunately, heaven was kind, letting me see you the day before I was to leave Jin City!"

"Oh!" In response to Ling Shenglan’s long speech, Ling Yueyue only replied mildly.

Because, besides this response, she truly did not know what to say! She never had a deep relationship with this aunt, and now, after such a long separation, she felt even less attachment to her! For someone she had no attachment to, she found it hard to engage.

She knew perfectly well why her aunt couldn’t find any information about her at the school. Ever since her parents had caused a scene at the school last time, Huo Junmo completely sealed all information about her to the outside, so anyone who went to inquire about her at the school would be met with silence.