Chapter 6: Are You Willing to Go with Mom?

Lu Nuonuo still got a fever.

When Lu Xining realized that her daughter, lying on her shoulder, felt a bit warm, she immediately packed up the child's commonly used items.

Sounds of "clang clang clang" came from inside the house.

The sofa where Liu Xixi had sat and the carpet she had stepped on, as long as they were "contaminated" by her, were all thrown into the empty space outside the courtyard.

After a while, Lu Xining, holding her child and in a rush, left without looking back and drove away from Yunqiao Village.

With a loud snap, the courtyard door was locked, as if Lu Xining would never return.

Ji Muye's eyes darkened as he watched the fear in the eyes of the two children; she had no place for her sons in her eyes!

Ji Ze, holding his brother's hand, had red eyes and didn't even listen to Liu Xixi's comfort, unable to forget the last look Lu Xining gave him.

Ji Chao, standing next to him, was also very sad. He had offered his sister candy before leaving, but she ignored him and no longer smiled at him.

With red-rimmed eyes, Ji Chao asked, "Dad, do Mom and sis not want us anymore?"

While crying, Ji Ze said, "She doesn't want me, well I don't want her either!"

Ji Muye ordered people to keep a close watch on the direction the car was heading.

He touched the children's heads to comfort them, "No, that won't happen."

Liu Xixi's nails dug into her palm; as she watched their attitude toward Lu Xining, her sense of crisis intensified. She had to get pregnant with Ji Muye's child as soon as possible, at which point everything at the Ji Family would belong to both her and her child!

Two days later, at Shi'an Group's top floor.

Ji Muye stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with an indifferent expression and slight irritation, "Still no trace of her?"

Yan Dong reported with his head bowed, "None."

Ji Muye's people had lost track of Lu Xining's car.

She and her child had once again vanished from his world.

After much hesitation, Yan Dong still spoke up, "President Ji, Miss Lu knew we would be looking for her. Right after leaving Yunqiao Village, she switched cars and deliberately avoided surveillance along the way, that's why we lost her."

The man's deep black eyes narrowed, recalling the scared and crying faces of his sons, frost covered the depths of his eyes, "Keep looking!"

Ji Muye turned around, his face tense, his voice extremely cold, "Also, send another group to investigate her past two years' experiences, every single detail, find out everything."

A cold smile played at the corner of his mouth, "Especially that man she remarried!"

Yan Dong immediately agreed, not daring to meet his boss's eyes, and quickly left the office.

Jingzhou, a private hospital.

Lu Xining had known that upon seeing him again, Ji Muye would not let her off.

So, after leaving Yunqiao Village, she switched cars twice before finally taking a private plane to a neighboring city.

Before boarding, she acquired special medication and treated her daughter to reduce the fever.

She then immediately sought refuge with her good sister Ming Yuan and waited for her daughter's full recovery.

As the young miss of the Ming Family and a popular actress in the entertainment industry, the Ming Family's security system was top-notch in the country, with first-class confidentiality.

Most importantly, Ji Muye did not know the relationship between Ming Yuan and her.

Naturally, he couldn't trace her.

In the small garden, Lu Xining had just finished flying kites with her daughter who, after playing for a while, grew tired and fell soundly asleep on her shoulder.

She whispered in a low voice, "Ningning, do you still remember the handsome boyfriend you dated in college?"

Lu Xining thought for a moment and replied, "Why does everyone say I dated in college? Are you talking about Lin Henian?"

Ming Yuan pulled out her phone, pointed to the man on it, and said, "Nowadays he goes by the surname Song, the Song from the Song Family in the south of the city. He seems to have fallen ill and is staying in this hospital too."

Entering his hospital room under the identity of classmate Song Henian, Lu Xining couldn't help but sigh at how fast time passed.

Seven years had gone by, and the slender, fair youth from her memories had grown up and lay there with his eyes closed.

Lu Xining did not linger long in the hospital room, leaving right after delivering the gift.

However, just as she was exiting the room and passing a corner, she accidentally glimpsed through the window to the sickly Ji Chao downstairs.

The little guy, dressed in a hospital gown, was looking down dejectedly, holding something and sitting on a lounge chair on the hospital patio, accompanied by the Ji Family's housekeeper.

He was surprised to see Lu Xining, "Young Madam, what are you doing here?"

Ji Chao, initially listless, quickly turned his head and the moment he saw his mother, tears instantly slid down his face.

He rushed into her arms, clutching the hem of Lu Xining's dress tightly with both hands.

Ji Chao's voice choked with a hint of trepidation, "Cough, cough, Mom... I'm sorry, really sorry... I regret not stopping my brother, I thought I would never see you again..."

The call of 'Mom' from him tugged painfully at Lu Xining's heart, and pity welled up uncontrollably.

No matter how cold-blooded she acted, seeing her child sick, all previous displeasures were cast aside.

She squatted down and held him tightly in her embrace, "Xiao Chao, don't be afraid, Mom is here."

From the old butler, she found out that Ji Chao had been sick since returning from Yunqiao Village, suffering from frequent fevers at night and incessant coughing.

Ji Muye then admitted him to this private hospital and arranged for a caregiver to tend to him round the clock.

Seeing Ji Chao's current state, Lu Xining's delicate eyebrows inevitably turned angry, "24-hour caregiving, and where is Ji Muye? His child is hospitalized, and where is the father?"

The old butler sighed, "Young Master is at the company, busy with business lately, he can't make the time..."

Just then, Lu Xining's cellphone flashed with a news alert.

[Shi'an Group CEO personally escorts the rising starlet Liu Xixi to her filming set, rumored romance exposed]

He can't make time for his hospitalized child but can take his sweetheart to a film set?

Lu Xining gripped her phone, her face deathly pale, eyes flashing with rage, "This is what he's busy with?"

The old butler went silent upon seeing the content, the person in the photo was indeed Ji Muye.

"Young Madam, there's been a misunderstanding."

"Don't call me Young Madam, I have no relation with Ji Muye anymore!"

Ji Chao in her arms nervously glanced at her.

Lu Xining gently patted his back, softly asking, "Xiao Chao, do you want to come with Mom?"

He looked into her eyes and hesitated before nodding.

Lu Xining suddenly lifted Ji Chao into her arms and headed towards the elevator.

The boy, slightly embarrassed, clung to her neck, "Mom, I'm heavy, I can walk on my own."

Lu Xining sootheed him with a glance, "You're not heavy, it's just right for Mom to hold you."

The old butler rushed up to stop her, "Young Madam, you cannot take the young master away."

Lu Xining stopped in her tracks, surrounded by a palpable aura of rage.

"Tell Ji Muye if he can't take care of his child, then I'm taking him away."

"He can continue to be 'busy' with his sweetheart for as long as he pleases!"

Lu Xining swiftly returned to Ming Yuan's estate with Ji Chao and Nuonuo.

To shake off any tails, she had Monkey bring in some people.

After giving Ji Chao a thorough physical examination and ensuring there were no major concerns, Lu Xining breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Chao was still a bit nervous when he saw Lu Nuonuo again.

But the one-year-old held no grudges and immediately beamed a sweet smile upon waking up and seeing him.

Lu Nuonuo grabbed his hand: "Brother~"

Ji Chao smiled in return, taking out the candies he always carried, and handed one to her.

Lu Xining knew that taking Ji Chao would enrage that man.

Luckily, Monkey had already taken care of the residence in Jingzhou.

She planned to take her son and daughter there, to prevent Ji Muye from finding Ming Yuan's location.

Though he was reluctant to part, he still respected her decision.

Ji Muye, having received the message from the old butler, rushed to the hospital in a hurry.

Yan Dong was already looking into the hospital's surveillance footage, only to see Lu Xining holding a child, getting into a black car.

It seemed they were prepared, having shaken off his men.

Ji Muye's face was grim, his dark eyes flickered with flames of anger, "Keep searching!"

Before leaving the hospital, a thought suddenly struck him.

The man's voice was low and cold, "Check what Lu Xining did at the hospital."