Gu Susu couldn't help but roll down her car window and look at the child. His big eyes and clever expression were exactly the same as the child in her dreams. This was her child, her child indeed. She longed to get out of the car and hug him.
Seeing that Xiao Xingxing was about to walk away, she quickly said to Chang Qingchuan, "Can you drive a bit further? I want to see him more."
Chang Qingchuan lightly pressed the accelerator, letting the car drive slowly, leisurely following Xiao Xingxing and Xiao Mei.
Gu Susu watched Xiao Xingxing talking to the girl picking him up from school the entire way, but she couldn't hear what they were saying.
The more she watched, the more heartbroken she became. She couldn't even remember such a cute son. She couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Xiao Xingxing held Xiao Mei's hand, talking to her as they walked about what he wanted to eat for dinner. He inexplicably felt as if his mother was by his side, calling him.
"Sister Xiao Mei, is my mother back?"
His sudden question stunned Xiao Mei, who didn't know how to answer him.
Even though Miss Gu had fallen out with the young master again, she hadn't contacted Chen Ma for over half a year, as if she had completely forgotten her child.
She also began to doubt, perhaps it was true what the young master told Chen Ma, that Miss Gu didn't want Xiao Xingxing, ran off with another man, and would never return?
Xiao Xingxing grabbed her hand, stopping her from walking further, and insisted, "Don't you believe me? I'm telling the truth, Mom is back, I can feel her coming back to see me!"
After speaking, Xiao Xingxing shook off Xiao Mei's hand and turned to look back.
Chang Qingchuan was startled, thinking they had been discovered. He quickly pressed the automatic window closing button, shut all the car windows, and stopped the car by the roadside.
Xiao Xingxing looked around but didn't find Gu Susu. He drooped his head in disappointment.
These days, he had dreamt countless times of his mother returning, happily opening her arms to him and saying loudly, "Xingxing, I'm back."
Then he would rush over and throw himself into his mother's arms, telling her how much he missed her.
Seeing him dejected, Xiao Mei took his hand again, took out another candy, and offered it to him, comforting him, "Little young master, your mother must be very busy these days, so she doesn't have time to see you. When she's done being busy, she'll definitely come back."
He continued walking with Xiao Mei, biting the candy, and asked, "Mom, she won't abandon me, right?"
Xiao Mei nodded, "Little young master, you are so cute and sensible, everyone likes you so much. Who would bear to abandon you? Don't worry, your mother must miss you too and will be back soon."
Gu Susu kept staring at Xiao Xingxing through the car window, trying to tell herself that she could definitely remember, she would remember everything.
"Susu, we can't follow them anymore. If we keep following, we'll be discovered," Chang Qingchuan said, turning to look at her.
"Okay, I know. Let's go." Gu Susu withdrew her gaze, closed her eyes, and some scenes of her and Xiao Xingxing together flashed in her mind. Some memories seemed to be on the tip of her tongue, yet felt stuck.
Chang Qingchuan saw the tears still on her face, sighed softly, and drove her back.
He couldn't tell Huo Jin about this yet. If Huo Jin found out, he would surely scold him.
Huo Jin had already had Yang Sijie thoroughly investigated. Some rumors about Yang Sijie in the New York business world were truly terrifying. Competitors who had crossed Yang Sijie either died mysteriously or disappeared strangely. That was why he had achieved his current success and had a fearsome reputation abroad.
As Xiao Xingxing and Xiao Mei were talking, Qin Tianyi drove up to them, got out of the car, and had deliberately taken a detour to pick up Xiao Xingxing.
But as he picked up Xiao Xingxing, he saw a familiar car drive past him.
He recognized the car as Chang Qingchuan's at a glance. In a fleeting glimpse, he saw a woman sitting in the back, though it was not very clear through the dark tinted windows.
He guessed that the only woman who could be in Chang Qingchuan's car was Huo Jin. However, he still couldn't figure out why Chang Qingchuan would be driving past here at this time.
"Dad, I felt like Mom came to see me just now," Xiao Xingxing said, hugging his neck and rubbing his little head against his neck with some sadness.
Qin Tianyi snapped out of his curiosity, thinking Xiao Xingxing was missing his mother again, and patted his back, "Let's go, we're going home."
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Chang Qingchuan took Gu Susu back to her residence and advised her not to think too much, to take care of herself first. Soon, he and Huo Jin would take her to see the best doctors, and her amnesia would surely be cured.
After he left, Gu Susu could no longer suppress the headache and collapsed on the sofa, rolling back and forth, holding her head, in inexpressible pain.
She didn't take any painkillers, letting the headache drag her into purgatory. Some familiar scenes flashed through her mind like a comic strip.
She didn't want to miss any scene, only wanting to piece them together into her lost memories. But the more she tried to piece them together, the more her head hurt, until she fainted from the pain.
She didn't know how she had gotten through these days. She would faint, wake up, feel better for a while, and then her head would feel like it was about to explode from the pain.
She didn't ask Huo Jin and Chang Qingchuan for help, not wanting to trouble them further. She endured it all by herself.
A few days later, Huo Jin and Chang Qingchuan came to her place together and took her to a private hospital.
In the hospital's consultation room, experts from the neurology and brain departments had gathered.
They spent a whole day conducting a comprehensive consultation on Gu Susu, and the conclusion was that there was still hope for recovery.
Fortunately, as far as they could tell, only a small part of Gu Susu's brain nerves were damaged, and it could be repaired through surgery.
As for whether her amnesia could be restored, no one could say for sure, but as long as she had more contact with familiar people and environments, there was a possibility of regaining her memories.
Hearing the experts' conclusions and suggestions, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back, Chang Qingchuan was driving, while Huo Jin and Gu Susu sat in the back. Huo Jin happily said to her, "If we cooperate with the experts and receive proper treatment, you will definitely get better."
Gu Susu couldn't be happy. She expressed another concern, saying, "But I also heard that the treatment fees are too expensive, and I'm afraid I don't have that much money."
"Money is not a problem." Huo Jin had already decided to help her completely. Since he had helped her escape, he would definitely help her recover her memory. "Just focus on receiving the treatment with peace of mind."
Gu Susu still felt that there was no need for treatment, saying, "Thank you. Actually, I've already returned to the familiar Lancheng, and my memory will be restored sooner or later. I really don't need surgery, and one of the experts just said that surgery has risks. I'm afraid of having surgery on my head. Can I choose a conservative treatment method? As long as my memory doesn't deteriorate further and remains as it is, I'll be very satisfied."