Chapter Three-Hundred and Ninety-Six: Unease

Yun Zhang smiled. He reached out to tuck Yun Liu's hair behind her ear and uttered gently, "It's been a while, Yun Liu. How are you?"

For some reason, Yun Liu shivered and took two steps back, at a loss. Yun Zhang turned his body slightly to reveal Gu Wei behind him. The woman looked Yun Liu over with a complicated gaze, and her smile was forced as she greeted, "Yun Liu."

"Mom?" Yun Liu blurted out in surprise and then hastily and subconsciously turned around to look at Zheng Xiu in the living room.

Gu Wei detachedly said, "I raised you. Even if you've acknowledged your biological parents, I should still deserve being called 'Mom' by you, shouldn't I?"

Yun Liu was alarmed. She quickly smiled and looped an arm around Gu Wei's. "Mom, what are you saying? You've always been my mother and always will be. We're mother and daughter for the rest of our lives."