Feng Qing and Lawrence hadn't reached a conclusion when suddenly Feng Qing felt her phone vibrating. She interrupted Lawrence, took out her phone and glanced at it.
It was a message from Sheng Yan: "Does your daughter have sleepwalking disorder?"
Feng Qing found it a bit strange and also felt that something was off. She turned around and walked outside.
Just now, in order not to wake Cathy, they had specifically hidden in the storage room.
Now they had no idea how Cathy was doing. After seeing Sheng Yan's message, Feng Qing immediately turned around and ran towards the bedroom, only to find that Cathy, who should have been sleeping in the bed, was nowhere to be found.
Lawrence's expression turned solemn at this sight. Seeing his expression, Feng Qing anxiously asked him, "Did you hide something about Cathy from me?"
"Why didn't you tell me that Cathy has sleepwalking disorder?" Feng Qing anxiously questioned Lawrence and then immediately ran to Sheng Yan's house to look for Cathy.
The door of Sheng Yan's house was not closed. As she rushed over, she saw Sheng Yan in his home clothes, looking exhausted as he leaned against the wall, watching Cathy in the living room.
Just as Feng Qing was about to approach Cathy, Sheng Yan grabbed her and whispered for her to keep quiet. "She's still young. She'll be scared if woken up."
Lawrence followed closely behind. Feng Qing was worried about Cathy on one hand and angry at Lawrence for hiding the truth on the other.
"Sorry, Sheng Yan. Could you please take care of Cathy for me? Lawrence, come with me. I have something to ask you."
After Feng Qing and Lawrence left, Sheng Yan stood there, staring at Cathy sitting on the ground.
So her name was Cathy.
Just as he was about to go to bed, he heard a knocking sound. It was soft but regular. At first, he thought he had misheard, but when the sound kept going, he went to open the door.
He never expected it to be Cathy knocking. The little girl was standing in front of his door in her pajamas and bare feet. Just as he was about to ask what she was doing, the little girl walked right past him into his house. He tried calling her several times but got no response.
He even took a look at Feng Qing's house, but all he could see was the open door. He didn't know what was going on there. Worried about Cathy, he could only send a message to Feng Qing while keeping an eye on Cathy.
But judging from the situation just now, the atmosphere between Feng Qing and Lawrence was quite delicate.
It seemed that Feng Qing had no idea about Cathy's condition at all.
Indeed, Feng Qing didn't know. She took Lawrence back home and questioned him angrily.
"How long has Cathy been like this?" Feng Qing was worried. When she returned to her home country a few months ago, Cathy didn't have this problem. Why did Cathy change like this just after she had been away for a while?
"It's been a few months." Lawrence averted his eyes. He felt guilty about Cathy's condition. He didn't mean to hide it from Feng Qing. It was just that Feng Qing was busy with her own things back in her home country and couldn't rush back to the foreign country immediately. "I was just afraid you'd worry. I've consulted a doctor. This condition won't last long and will disappear naturally as she grows up, so you don't have to worry."
"I'm still Cathy's mom. How could you hide this from me?"
Although Feng Qing wasn't as worried as before, she hoped that Cathy would be completely healthy, preferably without the sleepwalking disorder.
What really scared her was Lawrence's hiding of the truth. If Cathy hadn't sleepwalked, Lawrence might have continued to hide it.
"Forget it." Feng Qing rubbed her forehead. She didn't want to quarrel with Lawrence. "Let's take Cathy home first."
It was not until the wee hours of the morning that Cathy staggered back to Feng Qing's room to sleep. Only then did Feng Qing finally relax. After thanking Sheng Yan, she fell asleep.
Feng Qing thought that Cathy's sleepwalking disorder was already enough to give her a headache, but who would have thought that a phone call from Jian Jiaojiao would scare her half to death.
Feng Qing was still sleeping when she received Jian Jiaojiao's call. When she answered it, she was still groggy and her mind was in a daze.
"Hello? What's up?"
"Thank goodness you finally answered the phone, miss." Jian Jiaojiao's voice wasn't exactly urgent, but rather a bit confused. "Now the news that you're married and have a child a few years old is spreading everywhere. Aren't you going to do anything about this crisis?"
Feng Qing woke up instantly. She sat up in bed. "What do you mean?"
"Don't you know?" Jian Jiaojiao could tell her confusion over the phone. "But didn't this news come from Fengxing?"
Feng Qing rubbed her hair. Worried about waking Cathy up, she walked out of the room. "I've been on vacation recently. I haven't been back to the company for a while, so I'm not very clear about it."
"Wow, the story is so detailed. They say your husband is a foreigner and your baby is a mixed - race kid who looks three or four years old." As she was speaking, she burst out laughing. "If I didn't know you didn't have time to get pregnant, I would have believed it."
Feng Qing was silent for a few seconds and finally told the truth. "Sorry, Jiaojiao. Although I never meant to lie to you, the husband and the child are real."
"What!" Jian Jiaojiao was completely shocked and still couldn't believe it. "Are you kidding me?"
"If you come to my place now, you can meet a cute little one."
Although Feng Qing sounded quite relaxed when talking to Jian Jiaojiao, she didn't feel good inside. If the news was spreading so vividly in the company, it was very likely that it was the person they met in the supermarket last time.
Jian Jiaojiao came quickly. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Cathy sitting on the living - room floor, playing by herself. She was completely stunned.
"Feng Qing, you really know how to surprise people. You haven't been back to your home country for a few years, and as soon as you come back, you bring such a big surprise." Jian Jiaojiao was so happy to see Cathy that she even forgot that she had come here to question Feng Qing at first.
Jian Jiaojiao and Cathy had a great time playing. Cathy rarely met an adult who was willing to be so childish with her, and the whole house was filled with Cathy's laughter.
When Lawrence came back from buying groceries, he ran into Jian Jiaojiao face - to - face. As soon as Jian Jiaojiao saw his face, she seemed to remember something.
"Isn't he...?" Before Jian Jiaojiao could finish her sentence, Feng Qing suddenly grabbed her arm.
When Jian Jiaojiao looked again, she found that Sheng Yan had also come. Although she didn't know what Feng Qing was thinking, she still closed her mouth and said nothing.
Sheng Yan came to return the hairpin that Cathy had left at his place yesterday. He also reminded Feng Qing to go back to the company as soon as possible. Throughout the whole process, he looked unhappy and left soon after giving the reminder.
After greeting Lawrence, Jian Jiaojiao looked at Feng Qing. "I thought he didn't know about this. It seems he does."
"I used to think that since you were single, you might have the urge to rekindle your old relationship. But looking at your current situation, it's not appropriate for me to say anything else."
While teasing Cathy, Jian Jiaojiao was talking to Feng Qing. Suddenly, she thought of something.
If Sheng Yan also knew about this...
"Could it be him who spread the news?"