After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

"Back then—"

Li Chunfang was about to say something when she was interrupted by the man's cell phone ringing.

Lu Xiyan glanced at the incoming call, then at Li Chunfang before answering the phone and turning to leave.

Li Chunfang stood there, her unfinished words turning into a long sigh.

"Xi Yan, I suddenly have a craving for the dessert shop across from your company." Cheng Wanwan's voice was gentle on the phone. "Could you bring it over for me when you come over later?"

"Hmm, what do you want?"

On a high-rise building, inside the glass railing.

Cheng Wanwan stood by the window, watching the figure below turn and walk towards the front door. She smiled and said, "My favorite mousse cake, blueberry flavor."

The man replied softly, "I understand."

Cheng Wanwan hung up the phone, and the smile on her lips faded.

west Yan, why have you never remembered my preferences since we were little?

Her gaze slowly shifted to the emaciated woman.

Both mother and daughter are equally detestable!

......

After completing the transfer procedures, An Ning went to confirm Li Chunfang's specific surgery time with the doctor.

The cancer cells were spreading faster than she had anticipated, and surgery was urgently needed.

When she returned to the ward, the empty room was completely deserted.

An Ning panicked instinctively and was about to go out to look for her when she saw Li Chunfang coming out of the elevator and walking this way.

"where have you been?"

In the quiet hospital corridor, her slightly loud question echoed, "Didn't I tell you to go upstairs to your room and rest? Why are you running around?"

Li Chunfang was clearly taken aback by her tone.

Seeing that she was angry, he explained guiltily, "When I stayed in a regular room before, I could chat with the lady in the next bed. But it's too quiet in this big room all by myself, so I thought I'd go downstairs for some fresh air."

Realizing that her tone had been a bit harsh, An Ning said in a gentler voice, "I've already discussed the surgery with the doctor. You'll just rest in your ward for the next few days and cooperate with the doctor for the examinations. The VIP suite is different from the regular ward; the nurses will come up when you need to have an examination, so you won't have to run around."

Anning walked to the bedside and pointed to a large tablet screen, telling her, "If you need anything, just press here, and the nurse will bring it to you."

Li Chunfang looked at the huge ward; the living room alone was bigger than her own home, complete with a sofa, TV, refrigerator, washing machine, and other appliances.

"This...how much is this a day, Anning?" she asked hurriedly. "Where did you get so much money?"

An Ning didn't say anything, but took it upon herself to put the toiletries she had brought back into the bathroom.

Li Chunfang suddenly asked in surprise, "You didn't go to Xiao Lu to ask for money, did you? No wonder he said he was trying to squeeze more money out of him. I was wondering why he's been talking so rudely lately..."

An Ning paused, then turned to look at her.

His eyes were filled with disbelief.

"You saw Lu Xiyan?"

Before Li Chunfang could answer, An Ning asked again, "What did you say to him?"

Li Chunfang was taken aback. "I ran into him in the elevator. I wanted to give him your phone number—"

"Have I not told you that things are impossible between us?"

Anning shouted, her eyes almost red with tears, "I'm already divorced from him, and he's getting engaged. Can you please stop interfering in our affairs?"

Li Chunfang got angry at what she said, "I just wanted to explain to him what happened four years ago—"

"It's been four years, what's done is done, what's the point of explaining now!" Anning stared at her, her eyes stinging. "Have you forgotten why we were getting a divorce when everything was fine?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfang fell silent, opening her mouth but remaining silent.

Tears fell, but she wiped them away with her hand. "We owe him, can you please stop bothering him?"

Li Chunfang sat down, supporting herself on the edge of the bed, and murmured, "I know... I know..."

Anning took a deep breath and said softly, "Just focus on getting better, don't worry about anything else, especially don't look for him."

After a long while, Li Chunfang looked up at her, her face full of guilt, "Anning, thank you for your hard work."

An Ning turned her face away and quietly continued packing her things, but her hands were trembling uncontrollably.

"There's something I haven't asked you since you came back... and I haven't dared to ask."

Li Chunfang moved her lips, her thin, bony fingers interlocking. "Do you resent your mother?"

An Ning looked over and met her apologetic gaze.

"I have resented it."

It would be a lie to say I don't resent it.

But one can't live with resentment forever.

"Then..." Li Chunfang asked hesitantly, "why do you still want to treat Mom's illness?"

An Ning's fingertips trembled, and she lowered her eyes and said softly, "If you die, Yu Can and I will become orphans. I don't want to become orphans with him."

With a mother around, at least you still have a home and a way home.

Upon hearing this, tears welled up in Li Chunfang's sunken eyes.

"Four years ago, I gave you information about Chen Laosi. Didn't you find him? Didn't you find any news about your biological parents?"

"no."

An Ning uttered two words softly as she walked out of the bathroom.

Over the course of four years, nothing was learned about her background.

We found nothing.

Even Chen Laosi, who sold her to An Tianhua and Li Chunfang, has vanished without a trace.

Hearing this, Li Chunfang felt a mix of emotions.

Just then, a sweet, childlike voice came from the doorway—

"Mother!"

The two people in the room immediately turned to look.

A small figure rushed in through the doorway, shouting, "Mommy! Xuanxuan found Mommy!"

An Ning's usually cool and aloof expression suddenly softened. She immediately knelt down to catch the tiny child, a smile curving her lips. "My darling is here?"

Twenty minutes ago, Zhao Li called her, saying that An Xuan was having a good time at the amusement park, but suddenly insisted on looking for her mother, and no amount of comforting could stop her.

An Ning had no choice but to give Zhao Li the hospital's address and ask her to bring him there.

Zhao Li followed her in, smiling broadly, "Miss An, Xuanxuan was so happy to hear that she was coming to see her mother that she was dancing with joy the whole way."

Anning held the sweet and soft little boy in her arms and kissed his fair little face again and again.

Then, stroking his soft black hair, she pointed to Li Chunfang, who was still in shock on the hospital bed, and said gently, "Xianxian, this is your mother's mother, and also your maternal grandmother."

"grandmother?"

"grandmother?"

Two voices, one large and one small, spoke at the same time, expressing their doubts.

The chubby little boy blinked his big eyes, tilted his head, and looked at the elderly woman in front of him—thin, with yellowish skin, and looked nothing like his mother; he had never seen her before.

Li Chunfang stared into his eyes. The child was about three years old, with skin as white as ice cream, big eyes, a high nose, and red lips. His features were very delicate.

At first glance, it seems somewhat familiar.

She looked at Anning in astonishment, "You have a child?!"

An Ning gently squeezed An Xian's soft little hand. "His name is An Xian, my son, and he's three years old this year."

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfang immediately jumped up from the hospital bed, "You and Xiao Lu have a son?"