Chapter 26: I Will Miss You

“Of course, it’s Master Shen’s decision.” Butler Lin gave her a glance, seemingly feeling that her question was unnecessary.

“Master Shen’s decision…” Qin Yuwei’s face turned pale in an instant, “How could this happen… How could Master Shen treat me like this…”

Over the years, Gu Nanyan had caused trouble in the Shen household, while it was Qin Yuwei who had stayed by Xiao Mumu’s side, patiently teaching him.

Even though she wasn’t Xiao Mumu’s biological mother, she had been a kind of foster mother to him.

How could he treat her this way?

“Teacher Qin, from now on, your dining location will be the same as everyone else’s, in the servant’s quarters,” Butler Lin reminded her again.

Qin Yuwei bit her lip. The servant’s quarters… That was where the servants ate.

She wasn’t a servant!

Qin Yuwei glanced at the inside but turned and left.

At that moment, her eyes were filled with resentment.

It must be Gu Nanyan. It must be Gu Nanyan who instigated this.

Why did Master Shen trust Gu Nanyan so much?

Had he forgotten everything Gu Nanyan had done in the past?

No, she couldn’t let Gu Nanyan manipulate Master Shen with her sweet words.

She had to win back Master Shen’s heart.

“Flowers bloom, birds sing, and the sun laughs; brush your teeth, take a bath, I am a good baby; love mommy, love daddy, I want to grow tall quickly…”

In the dining room, Xiao Mumu was sitting across from his parents, happily singing.

Gu Nanyan was charmed by his cute appearance, her eyes softening as she turned to look at Shen Boyan. Even his cold, distinguished face had a faint smile.

The family of three, the atmosphere warm and harmonious.

After dinner, Shen Boyan was holding Xiao Mumu with one arm, ready to head out.

Gu Nanyan walked beside them, and Xiao Mumu kept reminding her: “Mommy… you stay home and be good, Mumu will come back in the afternoon. Don’t miss me too much, okay?”

“You can miss daddy. Daddy will definitely miss mommy too, right?”

Xiao Mumu looked at his dad’s cold handsome face and thought that maybe he didn’t smile enough, which was why mommy didn’t like him. If only he could smile more and say sweet things, mommy would like him more.

Suddenly being called out by his son, Shen Boyan’s expression froze for a moment.

Probably not wanting to disappoint his son, he gave a low “Hmm.”

Gu Nanyan’s face turned slightly red when she heard him respond.

“Xiao Mumu, mommy will wait for you to come back.”

She said gently to Xiao Mumu.

“What about daddy? Don’t you wait for daddy to come back?” Xiao Mumu immediately asked.

Gu Nanyan’s face reddened further as she looked at Shen Boyan, slightly awkward as she said, “I… I will wait for you to come back too.”

Shen Boyan didn’t speak. His deep, dark eyes looked at her.

Under the morning sunlight, Gu Nanyan’s delicate, fair face turned rosy, like a fresh, juicy peach that made one want to bite into it and taste her.

Just thinking about it made his throat dry.

Shen Boyan quickly averted his gaze.

His throat still felt a bit parched.

“Master Shen, Xiao Mumu, Nanyan.”

A sweet female voice suddenly rang out, and Qin Yuwei, dressed in a white dress, walked over with a smile.

Xiao Mumu gave her a glance, obviously not fond of her, and lay quietly on his dad’s shoulder.

Gu Nanyan paused for a moment, then coolly looked at Qin Yuwei.

“Teacher Qin, is there something you need?”

Shen Boyan spoke indifferently, glancing at his watch, showing a lack of patience.

“Master Shen, I won’t take up too much of your time. I just wanted to tell you that there’s a children’s painting competition being held in the city. I saw that Xiao Mumu is very talented in drawing, so I’ve already signed him up. Recently, his lessons will focus on painting. I’m very confident that he’ll win a big award.”

Qin Yuwei’s words seemed to have moved Shen Boyan.

He hid the slight impatience from his face and glanced at the son resting on his shoulder. “Then it’s much appreciated, Teacher Qin.”

“It’s my duty,” Qin Yuwei replied with a graceful smile.

Shen Boyan didn’t say anything else and directly carried Xiao Mumu to the car. As they were getting into the car, Xiao Mumu kept waving at his mommy.

Gu Nanyan smiled and waved back. Just as the car began to drive away, Qin Yuwei’s cold voice came from behind: “Nanyan, do you remember how the art teacher once compared us? Like clouds and mud. I’m the cloud in the sky, and you… you’re the muddy mess on the ground.”

“Is that so?” Gu Nanyan turned around, her face calm as she looked at Qin Yuwei. “Who is the cloud and who is the mud? It’s not up to you to decide.”

“Haha.” Qin Yuwei couldn’t hold back her laughter. “Did you forget? That painting you did in high school, the one that made the whole class laugh? After that, you didn’t even dare to touch a paintbrush. And you still don’t know who’s the cloud and who’s the mud?”

“Times have changed. Who knows? Maybe you’re the mud from back then.”

“Gu Nanyan, that’s the funniest joke I’ve heard today.”

Everyone knew that Gu Nanyan didn’t have any artistic talent.

People without artistic talent would never learn to paint well!

“I think you’re the joke.”

Gu Nanyan threw the words out without hesitation and turned to leave.

Qin Yuwei stood there, her smile disappearing as she clenched her fists.

Gu Nanyan, what are you so arrogant about?

You’re nothing compared to me, so why are you acting so arrogant?

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After returning to her room, Gu Nanyan opened her computer and found that all the emails she had sent had been replied to.

Her brother had sent her three emails.

Gu Nanyan clicked one open and found that the case her brother’s hospital had been researching had successfully completed the surgery.

Her brother said that without the effective data she provided, the surgery would have been impossible.

The media would be interviewing him tomorrow, and he wanted to thank her in front of the camera, so he asked for her name.

Gu Nanyan quickly replied: “I’m just someone passionate about medicine, my name is not important. I’ll create a group shortly, and everyone in it is passionate about medicine. You can join anonymously, and we can all discuss medicine there.”

She was tired of replying to emails one by one.

Creating a group was much more convenient.

No one in the group knew anyone else, purely discussing medicine.

If there were questions, she would answer them.

Her brother replied: “Okay, senior. But what about the meeting you mentioned earlier? When will that happen?”

It was clear that her brother was eager to meet her.

She had mentioned that once the timing was right, they would meet, and he had been remembering it.

Gu Nanyan replied with two words: “Soon.”

Then she created the group.

The day she went back to her family’s home would naturally be the day she met her brother.

It wouldn’t be too long.

The group was quickly set up.

Gu Nanyan’s nickname in the group was “Y.”

The initial of “Y” for her name.

The others all used various pseudonyms.

Once the group was created, it quickly became lively.

Meteor: “Does anyone know Y’s real name?”

C: “No.”

SS: “Nope.”

Y: “@Meteor, I created this group to discuss medicine, not for you to investigate my identity.”

Meteor: “Sorry, Y-senior, I won’t do it again.”

NB: “Hahaha.”

Group notice: NB retracted a message.

Meteor: “What message did you just retract?”

Abyss: “…

Gu Nanyan watched the chat for a moment, feeling that none of these big shots were serious.

She turned off group chat notifications, then stared at her empty friend list, thinking for a moment, her fingers suddenly searching for Shen Boyan’s phone number.

To her surprise, he had registered an account.

His profile picture and nickname were very simple, just a solid black image with a single period as the nickname.

Gu Nanyan hesitated, then clicked to add him.

After waiting for a while, no one accepted the request.

She thought for a moment and added a note: “I’m Gu Nanyan.”

She sent the request again.

This time, it didn’t take long for the friend request to be accepted.

Gu Nanyan looked at the chat box with Shen Boyan, her heart racing so much she almost dropped her phone.