Gu Ning's eyes sparkled as she looked at the tall, beautiful woman before her.
At that moment, she felt like a lost, straying beast cub who had finally been found by a powerful mother beast.
Meira's presence, her personality, the help she'd offered, and the words she'd just spoken—it all made Gu Ning feel an irresistible urge to trust and defer to her.
Menela asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Gu Ning blinked. 'Is it too late to call you Mom?'
Menela raised an eyebrow. "Thinking of calling me Mom?"
Caught, Gu Ning gave a light cough and wrote half-jokingly, "I want to cling to someone powerful."
Meira smiled. "You can call me Mom, and you can cling to me for support. But for anything else, you'll have to figure it out yourself. I won't do it for you."
She sighed and patted her daughter's cheek. "After all, your mom is just an ordinary little squad captain in the Fifth Military District. There's only so much I can do."
