He promised that he wouldn't let anything happen to them.
But now, what he brought back was not peace and joy, but tragic news.
He had never broken his word to her, but this time, he couldn't fulfill his promise.
Huo Jingting's eyes were downcast, even afraid to look at the expression on her face. The desolation in her eyes felt to him like daggers stabbing into his heart.
He took a few deep breaths and his heavy voice sounded again, "I called Jiang Qian over, but the situation... doesn't look promising."
Gu Nanqiao's expression was numb. She stared blankly in the direction of the door, where only Chengcheng stood.
She wasn't there.
The person she had resented, hated, and loved in her confusion wasn't there.
"I'm sorry." Huo Jingting didn't know for how many times he repeated those words, "Blame me, it's my fault I didn't protect her."
That was her biological mother. Now that this had happened, he knew she was in pain.
