It must be incredibly heartbreaking to raise a child who isn't close to you.

"Um, um...would you like to come up and sit for a bit?"

Gu Xingze shook his head. "I should go back now. You should get some rest."

Su Jin nodded; their current relationship was indeed not suitable for them to stay under the same roof.

She walked Gu Xingze to his car, waved, and said, "Bye-bye."

He lowered the car window and gazed intently at Su Jin. "Goodbye."

He was reluctant to leave first, and waited until Su Jin couldn't take it anymore and turned to leave before starting the car.

...

Su Jin was startled awake early in the morning.

She felt something cool nibbling at her feet, and she looked up sharply.

The dog was licking her feet.

"...What? Just wake me up if you're hungry."

The puppy tilted its head; it couldn't speak, so it could only lick her awake.

Lin Shi called, and she answered.

"What's wrong? It's so early in the morning."

Lin Shi sighed speechlessly, "So early in the morning? Open your eyes and see what time it is."

Su Jin rubbed her sleepy eyes; it was almost 11 a.m.

No wonder the dog was so hungry it was almost talking.

He rolled over and put the food in the dog's bowl.

"Then why did you call me in the middle of the day?"

"Didn't you receive a message from Shen Yanxiu?"

What information?

Su Jin opened WeChat to check. Shen Yanxiu had asked her at seven o'clock: "Are you awake, Teacher Su?"

After receiving no reply, he muttered to himself half an hour later, "If you're awake, do you want to come have a meal with us?"

The next message basically said that he didn't mean to disturb her rest, and asked her to reply when she woke up. He sent several apologies in a row.