Zhou Chunhua nodded.

“Then… Lu Ming, he…”

After letting out a long sigh, Gu Yao took out a letter and handed it to her.

"This is..." Zhou Chunhua took the envelope with a puzzled look, only to find that it was signed by Lu Ming.

She looked up at Gu Yao.

Gu Yao said, "He handed this to me personally before he went to Ganxi Village. He said that if he didn't come back, he would ask me to give you this letter."

"Thank you." Her eyes welled up with tears as she looked at the name Lu Ming.

Zhou Chunhua's hands were trembling when she opened the envelope.

She sniffed and slowly opened the folded envelope.

Spring Flower, Greetings:

By the time you read this letter, I will no longer be in this world...

It was just one page, but she looked at it for a very long time.

Finally, she folded the letter back and put it back in the envelope.

“Gu Yao, when we return to Jiang City, can we take Lu Ming with us? In his letter, he said he wanted his mother to see him one last time. He said he was afraid his mother wouldn't believe he had already passed away.”

At this point, Zhou Chunhua finally couldn't hold back her tears.

"Okay. I'll arrange it."

"Thank you. Without you all, I definitely wouldn't be where I am today." She looked at Gu Yao with red eyes.

Gu Yao didn't say anything, but simply reached out and brushed her loose hair behind her back.

...

For the next two days, Zhou Chunhua locked herself in her hospital room.

Apart from her two children and Gu Yao, she didn't see anyone else.

On the morning of the third day, Qin Donglai arrived at the hospital early and excitedly.

A boy came with him.

To be precise, he arrived in a wheelchair.

The boy, his face deathly pale, sat hunched over in a wheelchair. Yes, his complexion was beyond pale; the word "deathly pale" barely did it justice.

He was so thin he was skin and bones, so much so that his big eyes looked like an alien.

His hands, resting on the armrests of his wheelchair, were not only skin and bones, but the veins and meridians beneath the skin were also bulging out. It looked quite frightening.

If you didn't know he was still a child, anyone who saw him would think he was a terminally ill old man.

"Is he... Chen Cheng?" Zhou Chunhua whispered.

She couldn't even imagine what the child had gone through after being stolen.

"Yes. A paternity test has already been done."

Zhou Chunhua reached out her hand, but Chen Cheng suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, covering his head with his hands and trembling.

This reminded her of Nini, and she quickly withdrew her hand and took several steps back, which eased Chen Cheng's fear.

“Those beasts who killed millions not only ruined this child so much that he can never stand up again, but also made him suffer from a serious mental illness like Nini, with even the most basic communication problems.”

Zhou Chunhua quickly took another step back, because Nini had always been very afraid of contact with strangers.

"Let's go. To Old Chen's ward." Qin Donglai pushed Chen Cheng toward Old Chen's ward.

She led Nini and Tongtong by the hand, walking side by side with Gu Yao behind them.

Upon entering the ward, Qin Donglai did not rush to push Chen Cheng to Old Chen's bedside. Instead, he stopped, walked over to Chengcheng, squatted down, and whispered, "Chen Cheng, when you see your dad later, can you call him 'Dad'?"

The next second, Chen Cheng was heard repeating in a hoarse, withered voice, "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad..."

The sound was like someone was choking you.

Or perhaps... the vocal cords or throat have been severely injured.

While she was still thinking, Qin Donglai pushed the wheelchair to the bedside.

Now, the bandages on Old Chen's body have been removed, and he lies motionless on the bed as if he were asleep.

Chen Cheng, however, remained expressionless, repeating over and over again, "Dad, Dad, Father, Dad... Dad..."

Zhou Chunhua stared at Old Chen without even blinking.

However, as time passed, Old Chen did not open his eyes as they had hoped.

The expectations in everyone's eyes slowly turned into disappointment.

Zhou Chungong didn't know why, but tears welled up in his eyes instantly.

She finally couldn't hold back and cried out, "Old Chen! Chen Cheng has been found! Wake up, open your eyes and look at your son, please? Please, wake up..."

The negative emotions that had accumulated over the past few days, like a flood, instantly destroyed the dam she had spent seven years building.

All the disappointments, grievances, resentments, and pain... turned into tears, gushing out.

"Old Chen! Please wake up!"

For a moment, she even felt like she was born a human being.

"Okay, don't be sad. There will definitely be another way to wake him up," Gu Yao said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

The warmth of his palm seeped through his clothes, into his skin, into his blood, and flowed throughout his entire body.

Zhou Chunhua then felt that the suffocating sense of embarrassment had been somewhat relieved.

"Never mind, let's go back." Just as Qin Donglai was about to turn his wheelchair around, Chen Cheng's hand was suddenly grabbed by a large hand.

"Old Chen!"

"Old Chen!"

She and Qin Donglai exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

The next second, as Chen Cheng called out "Dad" repeatedly, Old Chen slowly opened his eyes.

"It worked! He's awake! Gu Yao, look, Old Chen is awake!" Zhou Chunhua jumped up excitedly, hugging Gu Yao and shouting like a madwoman.

Gu Yao let her hug him, looking down at her without saying a word, but with a smile on his lips.

A short while later, a group of doctors and nurses came in.

They were pushed aside and then began to examine Old Chen.

After a long while, the doctor finally came over and said, "Don't worry, he's just a little weak because he hasn't eaten for a long time, but otherwise he's doing very well. He can stay for a few more days to recover and then he can be discharged."

After the doctor left, Zhou Chunhua rushed to the bedside.

"Old Chen, look, this is your son, Chen Cheng."

Old Chen, who had been smiling at her, suddenly looked down at Chen Cheng. Tears streamed down his face and onto the pillow.

The unbearable sense of devastation made the temperature in the entire ward drop several degrees instantly.

Zhou Chunhua quickly said, "It's already a great blessing that the child can come back. As for the rest, they can all be treated."

Perhaps her words had an effect, because Old Chen's complexion improved slightly.

"Don't worry, Qiao Nan has already been arrested," Qin Donglai said, patting his chest. "As for the others, including She Yalan, none of them will be let off the hook!"

Zhou Chunhua frowned: "Didn't she... escape abroad?"

Qin Donglai smiled mysteriously: "Xiao Zhou, just keep your eyes open and watch carefully. We'll see how we arrest She Yunjiang and She Yalan!"

"You mean, you will..." Zhou Chunhua asked, unable to bear the thought.