Back to Seventeen (4)

"Mhm, I'll make sure to check up on everything from now on. I won't be used as a puppet anymore." After speaking, Mrs. Qin checked her watch. "It's late, you two should rest up. I'm going to go now."

"Okay, bye."

After seeing Mrs. Qin out, Huo Mian went to shower upstairs and got into bed with Qin Chu.

"My mom is superstitious, don't mind her," Qin Chu explained to Huo Mian.

"It's a good thing, maybe the Guanyin might really give us a baby."

"You really believe in stuff like this?" Qin Chu was a little surprised.

"Sometimes, I have to believe…" Huo Mian laughed with a hint of hopelessness.

She wanted a child too, but she was out of options. So, she put her hope in the gods, wishing a way out of the dead end she was in.

Qin Chu hugged Huo Mian a bit heartachingly...

"Don't be sad, we'll have a baby. She or he might already be on their way here…"