Chapter 92 Yue Yiyue: Vigilance

Yue Yiyue watched as his mother seemed to be sending something, and then her phone started ringing, as if something urgent had happened.

She felt a little guilty, thinking that her mother was still so busy as the year drew to a close; successful people really do have a tough time.

My mother works so hard for her money, and it's really a sin for me to spend her money like this.

Noticing Yue Yiyue's gaze, Mom silenced her phone, put it in her bag, and dragged the photos from the group chat into a folder named "Puppy."

Ignoring the barrage of distressing messages popping up in the group chat, she shut down her computer and explained, "It's nothing much. I finished all my work-related tasks before I got back."

“It’s just some personal matters.” Mom gave a standard smile. “You invited me to celebrate the New Year with you, so I started preparing. But some friends are curious about you and want to hear about you. I told them we’d talk about it after the New Year.”

Put everything else aside for now; spending the New Year with Yiyue is the most important thing.

"Baby, after we finish eating, let's go shopping for clothes together. Will you sleep with me tonight?" Mom took out a small box from her bosom and opened it.

A gleaming gold ring, engraved with intricate patterns, appeared in the box.

Next to it are matching necklaces, earrings, and a bracelet.

"Sweetie, it's been so long." Mom took out another box: "I'll give you the contents of this box when we get back. I always feel like you're all bare."

"Let's go out and buy something else together tonight."

"We should hoard some gold. By the way, are you interested in any houses here?"

“I’ve heard that teenagers like these things.” The mother smiled gently. “I don’t really understand young people’s thoughts, but my colleague said that we should prepare what needs to be prepared.”

Yue Yiyue looked down at the things in his hands, feeling the boundless love of a mother.

It didn't say it was Kingsoft.

Looking at these things, Yue Yiyue hesitated.

The mother is not her own mother; she came into this world through certain means.

If the mother knew that her former daughter had been replaced by an ordinary "she".

The guilt he had been trying to ignore was like an invisible hand gripping Yue Yiyue's throat.

When Yue Yiyue was fighting wits and courage against the monster and was almost burned to death, he could only feel grateful that it was her.

When he received the valuable item, Yue Yiyue began to hesitate, wondering why it was her.

Yue Yiyue looked down at his hand, not daring to take it.

"Don't you like this?" Mom frowned slightly, her brows furrowed.

Yue Yiyue shook his head: "No, it's just that these things are too expensive."

“Baby, these are all things you deserve.” Hearing this answer, her mother’s gentle gaze was like a warm spring, making Yue Yiyue feel immersed in it.

"I'm just sorry it's only now that I'm giving it to you." A faint red flashed in her mother's eyes. Yue Yiyue nodded hesitantly, and the gentle voice in his ear kept repeating, "This is something you should have. You are my only baby."

Only you...

Yue Yiyue, looking dazed, curled up his hands and took the things from his mother's hands: "Thank you, Mom... Is this my reward for coming here?"

"No, this isn't a reward; it's something you were entitled to all along, but I've been twelve years late in delivering it to you—"

As soon as she finished speaking, memories of her time in the orphanage, memories she had almost forgotten, surfaced in Yue Yiyue's mind.

She was an auntie, an auntie who would take her to the amusement park and buy her clothes.

The aunt couldn't adopt her, but she made a pinky promise with her that there would be a chance later, and that she would become her mother.

A few scattered fragments flashed through my mind.

Overwhelmed by the memories, Yue Yiyue lay down in the comfortable car seat and fell asleep peacefully, with only one thought in her mind: It's good that they didn't lie to her; she kept her promise.

The mother turned the car heater up even higher and covered Yue Yiyue with a thin blanket.

The driver saw the woman's actions in the back through the rearview mirror and clicked her tongue: "Do you think Yiyue would hate us if he knew the truth?"

He didn't respond, but just looked at Yue Yiyue's peaceful sleeping face.

Just when the person in front thought they would not get an answer, a faint voice rang out: "Hate lasts longer than love."

The driver tapped the steering wheel lightly with his little finger: "Yes, hate lasts longer than love."

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When Yue Yiyue woke up, she was lying in bed. Looking around the room, she felt as if something had been added.

For example, a jewelry box in the corner.

Then there are some strange and unusual trinkets, such as wooden cat carvings and Russian nesting dolls with interesting patterns.

There was also an extra blanket on the bed, colorful and very comfortable to the touch.

These must be little trinkets that her mother collected. She mentioned them to her mother when she was little, and she really liked them!

The feeling of being remembered so easily after mentioning something was so heartwarming that Yue Yiyue's eyes sparkled as she played with these cute little gadgets.

She picked up a clean blue woolen cardigan from the side, put it on, and walked out of the bedroom.

In the living room, Gu Nanqiu was pouring water for her mother.

The TV is playing a financial news channel.

"You're awake?" Gu Nanqiu looked at Yue Yiyue's clothes and said, "Aunt Yue Lu, you have such good taste. The clothes you bought for Yiyue are just right."

Yue Lu smiled, picked up her cup and took a sip: "You put together Yiyue's outfit for today, right? It looks great."

The atmosphere between the two was pleasant. Yue Yiyue scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I probably didn't sleep well last night, sorry."

“Nan Qiu came down to pick you up. You’ve found a good roommate.” Yue Lu got up, picked up another cup that Yue Yiyue used, and placed it in Yue Yiyue’s hand: “Drink up, let’s sit together for a while, and then we’ll go out to eat.”

"Yiyue, what do you want to eat during the Chinese New Year? I haven't cooked for you in a long time. Nanqiu and I will cook together during the Chinese New Year."

Mom felt very comfortable here and was very familiar with the house.

But his attitude towards Gu Nanqiu...

I don't know how to say it.

Watching the two of them chatter back and forth, Yue Yiyue felt that they seemed to know each other but were pretending not to.

After observing the two of them quietly for half an hour, Yue Yiyue increasingly felt that they were deliberately avoiding each other.

This feeling was too absurd, and Yue Yiyue looked at his watch several times.

Her sanity level was normal, and she secretly pinched her arm again; it hurt a little.

Well, maybe it's because she often talks about Gu Nanqiu.

"Yiyue, are you still asleep?" Mom asked with concern, looking at Yue Yiyue's listless appearance. "After you fell asleep, I found out that there were several car accidents on the way to the airport."

"I won't go into the details, but it's not a good omen for the Lunar New Year. Were you frightened?"

Recalling the accident on the way there, Yue Yiyue trembled slightly for a moment. At that moment, she felt something staring at her, but the next moment, that thing moved its gaze away because of something else.

"...I shouldn't have seen anything?" The numbers on the watch slowly decreased, then began to rise rapidly the next moment.

Yue Yiyue looked into his mother's eyes, where a hint of dark red flashed.

The things in front of me started to distort, and the feeling of drowsiness returned.

A voice seemed to whisper in her ear, "It's normal for Mom and Gu Nanqiu to be familiar with each other."

“It’s normal that Mom is very familiar with this house.”

“Yi Yue, you are in a very dangerous world. You are only safest when you are with Gu Nanqiu and your mother.”

Something in the corner glanced at Yue Lu sitting on the sofa, and then quietly slipped back inside, seeing her ambiguous smile.

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Gu Nanqiu watched as Yue Lu skillfully wrote down Yue Yiyue's understanding.

Indeed, if one's power is strong enough, one cannot be bound by those things.

Fortunately, the strongest one in the slice is only interested in being Yue Yiyue's mother.

She propped her chin up and watched as Yue Yiyue swayed and sank into the sofa.

The dark red in Yue Lu's eyes completely disappeared, and her face changed accordingly: "My mother came to see me some time ago."

"He said the body fits the leap very well."

Gu Nanqiu's pupils contracted slightly, but quickly returned to normal: "Rebooting the third life can be considered as finding a suitable method."

She relaxed slightly on the sofa and complained softly, "It's just that the script Ye Qiu wrote is really terrible. The epilogue should have set us up as a couple in love from the very beginning."

"Of course, you can also write that I have had a crush on Yue Yiyue for many years."

After thinking about it, she rejected the idea: "Impossible. With this perfect face, it's impossible for me to have a crush on someone. I wouldn't try to coax Yue Yiyue away the moment I see him."

Listening to Gu Nanqiu's wild imagination, Yue Lu chuckled softly: "Your idea is good. Ye Qiu will probably discuss it with his friends and write it when he has free time. But judging from the current situation, Yi Yue is having a lot of fun, isn't he?"

"We finally raised her well, unlike the second time, when she was so wary of you, always keeping her distance no matter what, and finally silently succumbed to gluttony, her body collapsing, leaving only a bewildered soul."

If it weren't for the forensic doctor returning the favor to Yue Yiyue and locking Buba in the house that time...

Otherwise, this soul would have been thrown into a pot by the vengeful glutton and boiled into a thick soup long ago.

Just like when Gluttony and Yue Yiyue first met, it was because Gluttony was bored that he gave Yue Yiyue some soup.

This led her to meet the forensic doctor, who was even more insane than a madman, and ultimately dragged her into chaos, where she suffered endless torment.

Yes, Gu Nanqiu looked at Yue Yiyue, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa. Apart from those two years when they used the power of the main god to rebuild this place and were unable to accompany Yue Yiyue, they had been a part of Yue Yiyue's past and present.

The two of them got up and sat down next to Yue Yiyue.

Holding Yue Yiyue's hand, Gu Nanqiu watched TV and asked somewhat confusedly, "You said her life is all predetermined, will she really accept it?"

For them, human life is just a fleeting moment.

But the moment Yue Yiyue reached out his hand to her, everything about him became entangled with her, preventing him from dying a natural death.

I've forgotten how many years have passed, but my monstrous heart will always race faster because of Yue Yiyue's actions.

Especially after experiencing City A.

Gu Nanqiu learned a new emotion: jealousy.

She was jealous that Yue Yiyue had found a new topic to talk about with others.

She was jealous that Yue Yiyue would call Ye Qiu late at night to chat about movies.

These inexplicable emotions made Gu Nanqiu feel more and more like a human being.

Yue Lu poked Yue Yiyue's chubby cheek with her finger: "Don't think about things that haven't happened yet."

"Yiyue will forgive me." Yue Lu said to herself, "Yiyue is a very good child, she can understand my good intentions."