Chapter 2059: Chapter 2057: Intertwined Time and Space, Transformed Lives (5)

Just as Gu Qiaoqiao was lost in thought, the two of them began to step down the stairs, and halfway down, the white cat lying on the carpet suddenly stood up, meowing in her direction.

She couldn’t understand a thing, but those eyes of the white cat, like purple gemstones, were fixed on her.

It seemed like the first time she’d seen a cat of such color; it was incredibly beautiful, but an odd feeling stirred within her heart.

Because it felt as if the cat was speaking to her with its meows.

She continued following Qin Yize down the stairs, and the young cat seemed patiently waiting for her to come down. The moment she stepped onto the carpet, the white cat suddenly dashed over, so swiftly, like a streak of white light, reaching Gu Qiaoqiao in the blink of an eye.

Qin Yize naturally knew, within this house, his son sensed Gu Qiaoqiao’s peculiarity, and Xiao Bai did too.

When he came upstairs earlier, Xiao Bai and the White Wolf just arrived; he didn’t get a chance to speak yet, but although he was skilled in martial arts, he couldn’t communicate with Xiao Bai.

Still, he frowned slightly, squatted down, and gently patted Xiao Bai’s head, whispering in a voice only Xiao Bai could hear, "Yesterday your master set up a barrier here; clearly, the calamity was inevitable. You can probably guess, but I don’t have time to explain now. I’ll take Qiaoqiao back to Gu Garden first. Take good care of Xiao Bao and Xiao Bei, especially Xiao Bao. He’s very sad now..."

Xiao Bai understood, though the two couldn’t speak verbally; she looked up at Gu Qiaoqiao standing behind Qin Yize.

After pondering for a bit, she nodded, meowing a couple of times, then dashed towards Xiao Bei and the others, noticing Xiao Bei seemed ready to run over, calling for mom. Quick-witted, she used her paws to burst a few balloons Xiao Bei had painstakingly blown up.

Xiao Bei angrily chased after her, yelling.

In contrast, Xiao Bao obediently sat on the carpet, gazing at his father and Gu Qiaoqiao beside him with eyes like black grapes.

He was also watching his sister.

Qin Xiaoyu and Nana began tidying up the toys; when she entered the room earlier, she’d learned that something seems wrong with the Old Patriarch of Gu Garden. Worriedly she stood up, about to speak, but unexpectedly, her brother gestured for her to keep quiet, then noticed her sister-in-law appearing quite upset.

She swallowed back her words and didn’t come over, so Qin Yize led Gu Qiaoqiao out of the large living room.

Xiao Bao was extremely sad, with tears finally welling up uncontrollably in his eyes. To prevent his sister from noticing anything unusual, he quickly turned away, sitting on the carpet, looking at his picture book.

He had read this book countless times, could recite it backward; then, tear after tear fell onto the picture book, yet his small fists clenched tightly, his eyes seemed to ripple with countless stars. If you looked into his eyes now, you’d find them as splendid as a night sky full of stars.

He vowed to find mom; dad couldn’t be without mom, nor could he and his sister.

Besides, he promised dad to protect his sister well and to wait patiently for mom to come back. Mom’s so capable; she surely would return.

Oddly, he felt no rejection or resentment toward the current fake mom in front of him; he thought, just as mom had said, there were countless intriguing things in this world awaiting his discovery and exploration, and then he would see how beautiful the world truly was.

But a world without mom, no matter how beautiful, would lack color.

So he must find mom.

Therefore, tonight he wouldn’t stay up; he’d sleep early. Maybe in his dreams, he could glimpse mom through one window after another.

Xiao Bao finally calmed down, stood up, and went to play with his sister and Dongdong.

Meanwhile, Qin Yize and Gu Qiaoqiao had already left through the main door, unexpectedly encountering Shen Manru.

Because the incident happened too suddenly, Qin Yize couldn’t inform everyone at home.

Shen Manru briefly hesitated upon seeing them rushing out, but her face carried a smile.

Before she could speak, Qin Yize said in a deep voice, "Mom, Old Patriarch’s health has encountered some issues; I’m going to Gu Garden with Qiaoqiao now..."

Shen Manru was taken aback.

Involuntarily she looked at Gu Qiaoqiao, standing there with tightly pursed red lips, and spoke, "Qiaoqiao, don’t worry; the temperature difference between day and night is large now, maybe it’s just catching a slight cold."

The voice was gentle, causing Gu Qiaoqiao to look up at Shen Manru; she was indeed very familiar with her. She didn’t know why, but after divorcing Qin Yize, the person she’d seen the most was her, yet they’d never faced each other, and Shen Manru had never known.

But she remembered Shen Manru clearly.

Seemingly in the year before her divorce from Qin Yize, Shen Manru had spoken to her more gently, but it was entirely different from the present, as was her own state.

The last time she saw her, her hair was already graying, her brows tightly furrowed, looking older by more than ten years than her actual age, far from the current, with full black hair, not a trace of wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

This was a completely different Shen Manru.

Her eyes were genuinely filled with concern.

Gu Qiaoqiao once hated her, but over the ensuing time, she let go of that hatred.

In their eyes, their world, their views, she was never suited for her son, not to mention all those things that happened later, and her subsequent hysteria; she could understand.

She nodded gently, saying, "Yes, I understand."

Qin Yize subtly breathed a sigh of relief, without delay said, "Mom, we’re leaving."

Then he strode ahead, Gu Qiaoqiao naturally followed quickly, disappearing behind the Moon Gate in the blink of an eye.

That was the direction to the garage; Shen Manru furrowed her brows with concern; with New Year’s around the corner, how could Old Patriarch’s health have issues, but oddly she wasn’t very worried, instead felt today’s Qiaoqiao seemed a bit different from usual, yet she couldn’t pinpoint how.

Still, Shen Manru had no time to think about it so much; after all, today was New Year’s Eve, and family members were here at the Qin Family for the celebrations; she could only shake her head and head towards the kitchen.

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