Chapter 9: Sold Out By Her Own Mother

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Mum, Mum, get the camera! Take his picture, quickly,” Shui Anluo exclaimed excitedly. If her son ever becomes as icy and cold like a certain someone, she could use this to commemorate the fact that her son had once been adorable.

Long Manyin looked at her daughter helplessly as she cleared the dining table.

Shui Anluo placed her son on the sofa as she took photos of his silly and cute face with her mobile phone.

“Mum, I ran into Chu Ningyi today,” Shui Anluo murmured as she took more pictures of her son.

Long Manyin paused as she was wiping the table. The corners of her lips still retained a gentle smile.

“How did you run into him?”

“He knows about the little darling, so…” Shui Anluo slowly replied in a disturbed voice.

“When you were pregnant back then, it had been such a big matter and I never agreed for you to keep it from him. Now that he knows, it could a good thing as well,” said Long Manyin. She put her cleaning cloth down and washed her hands before taking a seat next to Shui Anluo. “What did he say?”

“He wanted the child but I don’t want to give the baby to him. I was the one who gave birth to this little one,” Shui Anluo replied, depressed. She always felt that the child was hers alone. Otherwise, she would not have hidden it when she was pregnant.

For someone who was soon to become an ex-wife, there was no need to mention that she was expecting, right?

Long Manyin knew that her daughter was still bothered by the events which had happened a year ago. She reached out to stroke her head while saying, “But he’s the little baby’s father, isn’t he?”

“I just don’t want to give in to him. I gave birth to him and raised him… Why should I hand him over just like that?” Shui Anluo childishly replied and pulled her son into her arms.

The little baby blinked his large eyes. He tried to push his mother’s face with his tiny hands but to no avail. His tiny arms were too short and he could not reach her. He could only gurgle in place.

Long Manyin stared at her daughter helplessly. “Then what do you plan on doing? You don’t understand Chu Ningyi’s character. There’s nothing he can’t do if he puts his mind to it.”

Shui Anluo knew this very well and it was the reason she was upset.

“Why don’t I take the baby and run away?” Shui Anluo stared and blinked at her mother, feeling that this was not entirely impossible.

Long Manyin rose to her feet straight away. She was too lazy to even spare her daughter a glance as she replied, “You think about it. Whatever Chu Ningyi wants you to do, it’s best that you do it. Even better, don’t drag me, your mother, down with you.”

The corners of Shui Anluo’s mouth pricked up as she stared at her mother who was walking back to the bedroom. She could not stop herself from blinking.

“Mother, I’m your flesh and blood,” cried Shui Anluo. How is it possible that a mother could be like this? She really wanted to cry.

“Rubbish. If you’re not my biological child, do I need to fear being dragged down as well?” Once Long Manyin had said her piece, she shut the bedroom door.

Shui Anluo pursed her lips and lowered her head to gaze at the gurgling little baby. She was curious how Chu Ningyi had suddenly found out about the little one as he was clearly in the dark all this while.

Early the next day, Shui Anluo was yanked up from the bed by Long Manyin while she was still asleep.

“Chu Ningyi called and asked you to hurry over. Quick, get up,” said Long Manyin as she slapped her daughter’s bum.

Shui Anluo yelped. She then sat up and stared resentfully at her own mother. Even if her mother was selling her own daughter off, would anyone else be in such a hurry to get rid of her?

” I don’t want to go, I want to sleep ¹ ,” replied Shui Anluo. She lay down once again, clearly expressing that she did not want to move.

Long Manyin had packed all her possessions along with the little baby’s things.

“Get up, quickly. There’s only one room here and you shouldn’t sleep with your mother all the time,” said Long Manyin as she pulled her daughter up from the bed.

Shui Anluo cried out and scratched her head as she stared at Long Manyin. “Mum, why do I feel as if you’re selling me off out of hostility?”