"Sisi, don't be afraid. The baby is still here," Huo Cheng said softly as he wrapped his arms around both Gu Sisi and the baby, offering comfort.
"Is the baby okay? My little darling. You've had such a rough time," Yang Qian exclaimed as she rushed up to Gu Sisi. Her face was filled with concern as she looked at the child.
"Come on, stop getting so close," Jiang Lihao said as he walked up and gently pushed Yang Qian's head aside. Although he still had his usual nonchalant look, his eyes were full of worry.
His gaze met Huo Cheng's in the air, and it seemed as if they had reached some kind of silent agreement.
Jiang Lihao gave Yang Qian a gentle push forward. "Take good care of your Sister Sisi. We'll be back soon."
Huo Cheng also let go of Gu Sisi. "Sisi, don't be afraid. Wait for me to come back."
The two men left quickly, leaving only Yang Qian and Gu Sisi. "The baby is so brave! Not scared at all. You're amazing!" Yang Qian said as she took out a small toy and tried to amuse the baby.
Gu Sisi looked down and saw that, indeed, the baby didn't seem scared at all. The baby's big eyes were looking at her curiously. Truly, a newborn calf isn't afraid of tigers.
"You're not scared at all. You've worried Mommy so much," Gu Sisi said with a smile as she gently scraped the baby's little nose. Fortunately, everything was okay. She didn't want to lose a child again.
Gu Sisi really didn't expect that the eldest sister and the second brother of the Huo family would be so persistent. They were determined to take their child away. Even when the child was safely at home, there was still danger.
She couldn't even imagine what would happen if the child was in another place. Suddenly, Gu Sisi thought that maybe the child in the Huo mansion was safer than the baby here because of the invisible rules in the Huo mansion.
At least, the child's life wouldn't be in danger...
Based on Gu Sisi's interactions with the eldest sister of the Huo family, she knew that if the baby fell into the eldest sister's hands, there wouldn't be a good outcome.
Gu Sisi couldn't help but shiver, and she tightened her hold on the child.
"Who are these people? How dare they try to snatch someone in broad daylight!" Yang Qian said with a lingering fear as she recalled what had just happened. She quickly patted her chest to calm herself down.
"She... the woman is Huo Cheng's eldest sister, and the man is his second brother," Gu Sisi said, looking into Yang Qian's eyes word by word. She watched as a look of disbelief spread across Yang Qian's face.
"It's hard to believe, right? I also find it hard to believe, but this is the truth," Gu Sisi said as she gently patted the child in her arms. She wasn't sure if she was comforting the child or herself.
"Sister Sisi..." Yang Qian looked at Gu Sisi, hesitating to speak. For some reason, she always felt that Gu Sisi had experienced something, something very painful, which was why she looked so sad.
"Sister Sisi, although I don't know what you've been through, if you trust me, you can tell me. Even if I can't solve your problems, it might make you feel better to talk about it," Yang Qian finally summoned the courage to say to Gu Sisi after thinking for a long time.
"Shh~"
Gu Sisi put her finger to her lips to signal Yang Qian. Yang Qian looked down and saw that the baby was slowly closing its eyes.
The sleeping baby with long eyelashes and a pink, chubby face looked even more adorable. Yang Qian stared at the baby's peaceful sleeping face, wishing that time could stand still at this moment.
When she looked up, she saw that Gu Sisi was also staring at the baby. Presumably, they had the same thought.
The two of them carefully carried the baby upstairs and put the baby on the bed. Although the eldest sister and the second brother of the Huo family had been taken away this time, neither of them dared to go too far. They just stayed by the baby's bedside.
The two of them were silent. No one spoke.
Gu Sisi was thinking about what Yang Qian had just said. Before this, Gu Sisi really hadn't thought about talking about these things. She didn't know why.
If she remembered correctly, Gu Sisi realized that she hadn't even mentioned the things she had experienced in the Huo family to Huo Cheng.
Those memories weren't very pleasant. The Huo family was a very mysterious place. Although the Huo family was extremely wealthy, everything Gu Sisi had experienced there was far from pleasant.
Schemes, frame - ups, poisonings, ridicule, cold looks...
These were things she had never experienced in her own family. She had never imagined that such things could happen within a family, but she had experienced them all in the Huo family.
Should she talk about these things?
Gu Sisi asked herself this question. For her, it was really not an easy thing. It was like tearing open a wound that had already scabbed over.
Yang Qian was also thinking about what she had said just now. She felt a bit regretful. She regretted being so reckless. She just felt that Gu Sisi had experienced something, but she hadn't considered Gu Sisi's expression.
Presumably, what she had experienced was not something simple. By asking like this, would she cause any trouble for Sister Sisi?
"Sister Sisi, don't take what I said just now to heart. I didn't think it through. I'm really sorry. If it's hard for you to talk about, I take it back," Yang Qian said as she hugged Gu Sisi's arm and shook it gently while keeping her voice low.
"Just pretend I didn't say anything, okay?"
Gu Sisi looked at Yang Qian. This girl had accompanied her through many difficult times, even through life - and - death situations. She had long regarded Yang Qian as her younger sister.
"Don't think like that. Come here. I'll tell you slowly. The story is a bit long, so listen carefully," Gu Sisi said with a smile as she looked at Yang Qian.
Yang Qian couldn't help but think that, perhaps it was just her imagination, but there seemed to be a hint of bitterness in that smile.
Gu Sisi and Yang Qian went to the balcony, and Gu Sisi began to tell the story of when she first entered the Huo family. She talked about many things.
The uneasiness when she first entered the Huo family, the nervousness of keeping her head down and not daring to look at Father and Mother Huo, the various frame - ups and sarcasms from the eldest sister of the Huo family, the time when she almost drank the chicken soup with the abortion pill in it, and how sad she had felt for a long time...
The suffocating feeling when she accidentally stepped into the restricted area of the Huo family and was interrogated;
The feeling of uneasiness when she couldn't find Huo Cheng anywhere;
The joy when she first met the fifth sister of the Huo family and started to feel cared for in the Huo family;
The guilt when she mustered up the courage to find Huo Cheng and used the fifth sister of the Huo family;
All the caution and trepidation in the Huo family...
All the emotions she had felt at that time, Gu Sisi told them all to Yang Qian. Those were the past events that she had thought she would never mention again. She had originally thought that it would be very difficult to talk about them again, but when she actually did.
Gu Sisi found that it was so smooth and easy. It was as if these words had always been in her heart, and she just needed to say them out.
It had been a very long time after she finished talking. Throughout the process, Gu Sisi remained calm. Her voice showed no trace of emotion, as if the person who had experienced all these things was not her.