Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 126: Soft Spot~

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Soft Spot~

Her appearance was truly pitiful, causing Shen Hongxiu to feel an unexpected wave of sympathy.

She sighed and said to An Ge, "An Ge, it’s not that Ah Rou and I are deliberately targeting you, it’s just... you see, your elder sister Baoying is pregnant with Ah Yan’s child, and they will be engaged tomorrow. For them, this will be a very good beginning. But Ah Yan always finds fault with Baoying because of you. We don’t want you to ruin things for them. Baoying’s child is the Huo Family’s eldest grandson—his birth must be dignified. Even a marriage forced by pregnancy is a far better outcome than being an illegitimate child without name or status. Do you understand?"

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of An Ge’s lips, but she said nothing.

At that moment, Xiao Chaofeng, who had just finished a phone call, asked Shen Hongxiu and Fu Rou, "Why did you both suddenly come here?"

"I heard that Tang Jiuze’s birth mother knows some leads about An Ge’s mentor. Ah Yan has brought her people here, and we wanted to ask what happened, if any valuable clues were found."

When Huo Shaoyan was interrogating Wen Qing, Xiao Chaofeng was also there.

He said, "The lead dried up. That woman died. However, according to Wen Qing, the woman had seventy percent of her body burned, with severe facial disfigurement. In this regard, it has some connection to the extermination case of the Qin family in the Imperial City."

An Ge was not the least bit interested in their conversation; she only wanted to know where Jiang Fengmian was at that moment.

She interrupted Xiao Chaofeng and asked, "Excuse me, how long until Young Master Jiang arrives at the hospital?"

Just then, An Ge’s phone vibrated.

It was Sister Li calling.

With trembling fingers, An Ge answered the call, "Hello, Sister Li, how... how is my mom?"

"I’m sorry, your mom... she’s gone."

An Ge’s heart was wrenched to the extreme, and tears poured out of her eyes uncontrollably.

In the astonishment of all, she ran barefoot out of the private room.

The doctor called after her, "Hey, you can’t leave yet! The glass shards in your feet haven’t been cleaned out..."

Xiao Chaofeng’s handsome face turned grim as he grabbed the jacket by his side and chased after her.

An Ge caught a taxi at the entrance.

Just after she got into the car, Xiao Chaofeng’s call came in.

An Ge wiped her eyes, took a deep breath, and then answered Xiao Chaofeng’s call.

She said, "No need to trouble Young Master Jiang, thank you."

She only said this one sentence before hanging up on Xiao Chaofeng.

On her way to the hospital, Sister Li, facing Bai Meilan, told her, "I’ve done as you instructed. Can you release my son now?"

Bai Meilan curled her lips, "Don’t worry, I’ll cover your son’s gambling debts. Moreover, I’ll have a word with the casino so they won’t cut off his hands."

She paused, "However, our secret must be taken to the grave. Otherwise, not just your son, but your daughter too, I won’t spare any of them."

Sister Li said, "Got it." She paused and asked, "Now that things have come to this, I’m forced onto your ship. Can’t you tell me, what exactly did you order me to inject into Ms. Wen?"

Bai Meilan sneered, "Are you courting death? The more you know, the faster you die."

When An Ge arrived at the hospital, Ms. Wen’s body had already grown cold.

Yet An Ge knelt calmly by her bedside, unable to shed a tear.

She used a warm towel to gently wipe Ms. Wen’s now cold body over and over, hoping to warm it with the towel.

But it was futile.

In this world, the last person who truly loved her had also left.

Thinking this, tears finally spilled uncontrollably from An Ge’s eyes.

She changed Ms. Wen’s clothes and lay by her side.

She gazed at the ceiling—the lamp above stung her eyes.

She closed her eyes, trying her best to recall every little moment with Ms. Wen. But the memories were so pale, the time spent together was but a short collection of fragments.

An Ge closed her eyes.

Tears flowed fiercely and silently.

Her mother had been her Achilles’ heel and her armor.

Now, she had lost her Achilles’ heel and her armor, too.

No, she had only lost her Achilles’ heel. She promised to become her own armor, otherwise, her mother would worry, unable to rest in peace.

An Ge thought to herself, speaking as if in conversation.

"Mom, from now on, it’ll just be me."

"Mom, winter has come. Will it be cold where you are in this season?"

"Mom, I will never have a mother again..."

"Without a mom, there’s no home..."

"I have no home..."

"...But it’s okay, soon enough I’ll have two adorable children. I will... try my best to be a very good mom..."

An Ge had a long dream, where gentle hands caressed her face over and over.

She couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly, but she knew, it was definitely her mom.

In her dream, she called her Xiaoqi—a refreshing nickname indeed.

Upon hearing of An Ge’s mother’s passing, Xiao Chaofeng called Huo Shaoyan.

But, for some reason, he couldn’t reach Huo Shaoyan.

Afterward, he encountered Nan Xiao with a stranger in the emergency hall and got caught up with that incident, so by the time he remembered to contact Huo Shaoyan, his phone was already dead.

In any case, the news of An Ge’s mother’s passing only created an upheaval in An Ge’s heart, while in others’ worlds, it didn’t even cause a ripple.

The next day, An Ge contacted the funeral home by herself, preparing for Ms. Wen’s cremation.

On her way to the crematorium, An Baoying’s call came in.

After some thought, An Ge decided to answer.

At that moment, facing the dressing mirror, An Baoying was trying on her engagement banquet dress, feeling elated.

She called deliberately to upset An Ge.

An Ge knew this, but she wasn’t afraid.

Because she had lost her Achilles’ heel; she could finally take down the white lotus.

"An Ge, today truly is a good day. Would you like to have a glass of my celebratory wine?"

As An Baoying said this, she feigned surprise and corrected herself, "Oh, sorry, I forgot, you won’t have the time. You’re busy arranging your mother’s funeral. Regretting it now, aren’t you? Last night, I said you were unfilial, leaving your mother to seduce my man. Now you’re facing retribution, aren’t you? Look at poor Aunt Wen, suffering for so many years, and when she died, her only daughter wasn’t even by her side—truly pitiful."

After she finished speaking, An Ge calmly replied, "Of course, I will attend your wedding banquet."

As soon as she said this, An Baoying on the other end of the phone lost her composure.

She yelled angrily, "You wretched girl, did you think I really wanted to invite you?"

An Ge hung up on her.

After that, Huo Shaoyan’s call came in.

Looking at his caller ID, An Ge’s heart was swallowed by a heavy, sour emotion.

Surely, he was like An Baoying, wishing to kick her when she was down.