The numbers were written by a child who just started learning numbers.

They were so crooked that they almost fell apart.

Song Shuang couldn't help smiling when he looked at them.

"Shen seemed to get the handwriting from his mother."

Shen was Gu Baisheng's first child.

When he was five, his handwriting was exactly like his mother's at that age.

It seemed that Gu Baisheng's genes were very powerful.

Surprisingly, Shen got the same handwriting.

But after Gu Baisheng grew up, her handwriting improved a lot.

Her handwriting became very aesthetically pleasing.

If that kid could grow up, he might have the same handwriting as grown-up Gu Baisheng, too.

After all, Gu Baisheng was a mother who enjoyed teaching her kid about reading and writing.

She also told stories to him every night.

Unfortunately, that kid died way too young.

On thinking of that kid's death, Song Shuang's eyes darkened.

He became a bit sad.

It would be good if that kid was still alive.

If that kid was still alive, everything would be much better.

His Shengsheng would remain his.

Song Shuang closed the picture book.

When he was about to pick up the last book at the bottom of the carton, his phone started ringing.

Song Shuang glanced at the screen and found it was from Gu Baisheng, so he answered the call.

"Are you sleeping?"

She asked gently.

Song Shuang smiled and answered gently, "No."

"I..."

"Yeah?"

Song Shuang didn't know what she would say on hearing her sweet tone.

Gu Baisheng hesitated for a while.

She finally continued, "I can't go back tomorrow."

"Why?"

In fact, he felt safe when Gu Baisheng lived at Hu Hui's house.

But he needed a reason.

"Bobo made an appointment with the therapist tomorrow. I need to go with her, so I want to stay at Auntie Hu's home and keep her company."

"Then I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow."

Song Shuang agreed.

Gu Baisheng pressed her lips.

She didn't really want to hang up the phone.

She had been living with Song Shuang recently.

Song Shuang was always by her side when she slept.

She was used to having Song Shuang's company.

She liked listening to Song Shuang's voice and being held by him.

She also enjoyed Song Shuang's warm chest and gentle kisses.

So, she called him late at night.

Qu Xiaobo noticed that Gu Baisheng didn't want to hang up and shook her head, "Well, you miss him a lot."

Then she covered her eyes and walked out.

Song Shuang noticed that Gu Baisheng was silent and not in a rush to hang up, so he asked, "Do you want me to go there now?"

Gu Baisheng was surprised, "What?"

On hearing Gu Baisheng's silly question, Song Shuang explained smilingly, "If you want to see me now, I can go there now."

Gu Baisheng hadn't made up her mind.

But when she recalled the time, she refused it, "No, it's too late. I'll go back the day after tomorrow."

"Then you can keep talking to me. I'll hang up after you fall asleep."

He was willing to talk her to sleep.

Gu Baisheng flushed, "You don't have to. I'm not a little kid."

"Can I discuss something with you?"

"What is it?"

Gu Baisheng was curious

"I want to invite you to dinner."

"Tell me why you want to invite me to dinner." Gu Baisheng asked him to tell her the reason first.

Song Shuang smiled, "It's just about inviting you to dinner."

"Invite me?" Gu Baisheng was confused.

They were a couple and lived in the same place. They didn't have to invite each other to dinner because they ate together all the time.

"You're not the only one who is invited."

"Who else is invited?" She knew that it was not so simple when she heard the word "invite".

"Take Qu Xiaobo with you." Song Shuang wanted to live up to the promise that he made to Mo Shaoyan.

Gu Baisheng was confused, "Why do you ask that?"

Was there anything that Song Shuang wanted to tell Qu Xiaobo?

Otherwise, he wouldn't ask her to take Qu Xiaobo with her.

Gu Baisheng thought to herself.

Song Shuang knew that she would start overthinking after feeling curious, so he said, "Did you bump into Mo Shaoyan when you shopped at the supermarket?"

"Yeah." How did he know that?

Did Mo Shaoyan tell him?

"Mo Shaoyan told me about it. He wanted to invite Qu Xiaobo to dinner to apologize to her. But he knew that Qu Xiaobo would refuse it, so he invited us, too."

Gu Baisheng understood it. It was all because of Mo Shaoyan.

But all in all, it was not good if Song Shuang's friend and her friend were enemies.

She would like to help with this, so she nodded, "I'll ask Bobo out. Maybe tomorrow night?"

"OK, I'll tell you the address later."

Gu Baisheng nodded, "OK."

The arrangement was nice. She could go to dinner with Qu Xiaobo after seeing the therapist.

Why not accept the free dinner?

But how should she tell Qu Xiaobo about it?

Gu Baisheng was a bit distressed.

After telling her about the dinner, Song Shuang smiled and asked her, "When do you plan to go to bed?"

"Soon."

Gu Baisheng pressed her lips and listened to Song Shuang's words while her heart was racing.

She was unwilling to hang up.

So, she started to chitchat with Song Shuang.

While chatting with him, she was on her iPad and accidentally opened a video software.

She clicked a video randomly and started watching.

She didn't pay much attention to the video.

She focused solely on Song Shuang's voice.

But when she glanced at the screen, she suddenly came up with something else.

It was something important, but not so important.

She bit her lip and stopped talking to Song Shuang.

She moved her finger and started to check the clips of the new year's gala.

She clicked the clips one by one to confirm the program.

She remembered that she saw a young man in a green uniform in the audience before.

He had a closeup.

She found his face familiar and wanted to take a close look, but she was interrupted by Song Shuang.

Now she wanted to check out that young man while using the video software.

Her slender fingers slid over her iPad screen.

After finishing washing up, Qu Xiaobo saw Gu Baisheng talking on her phone and watching her iPad at the same time.

She got closer and took a look.

She found that Gu Baisheng was looking for performances in the new year's gala.

So, she asked, "Which performance are you looking for?"

"I can't remember its name, but I can recognize it after watching it for a while."

"You can keep talking with Song Shuang. I'll help you to find it."

Qu Xiaobo offered to help.

She reached out her hands.

Seeing this, Gu Baisheng smiled and passed the iPad over to her.

It seemed that Song Shuang was doing some reading before going to bed.

Gu Baisheng could hear the flipping sound on her phone.

"What are you flipping through?"

"Some old books."

Song Shuang was organizing the books given by Hu Hui and locking them into his bookshelf while talking to Gu Baisheng.

When he put the last book on the shelf, there was not enough space.

So the book suddenly fell to the ground.

Song Shuang reached out to the book.

When he picked it up, he found a photo on the ground.

There was a little girl and a teenage boy on it.

The boy was in a military uniform and the girl's face was dirty.

But she was smiling at the camera when she was held by the boy.

This photo was taken when the girl was saved from human trafficking.

And the boy who was holding her was Cheng Bi.

The photo was oil-stained.

Although it was carefully cleaned, the oil stains could still be seen.

It could be clearly seen that it was kept carefully after being cleaned.

And it showed how much the owner cared about the photo.

However, this photo shouldn't have existed in this world.

Song Shuang put the book on the shelf.

But he took out the photo and threw it into the bin after tearing it in half.

Qu Xiaobo's voice suddenly sounded through Gu Baisheng's phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing. I have an emergency and need to use the iPad right now!"

"Let me have a look at the clip first."

"No, it's an emergency."

"Hey!"

Gu Baisheng reached out her hand in a hurry and tried to stop Qu Xiaobo.

But Qu Xiaobo was unstoppable at this point.

Song Shuang heard the noise and asked, "What's going on?"

"Bobo suddenly has an emergency and takes my iPad!"

She finally saw the clip that she looked for when Qu Xiaobo was searching for it.

Before she had the time to take a look at the closeup, Qu Xiaobo took the iPad away from her.

She didn't know what happened.

"What did you do on your iPad?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to rewatch a clip of a performance in the gala."

"A performance in the gala?"

Song Shuang squinted.

Gu Baisheng answered gently, "Yeah."

"Have you found it?"

"Yes, but when I just found it, Bobo took my iPad. I didn't have time to watch that performance."

"Don't worry. You can watch it later."

Gu Baisheng didn't insist on watching the performance right now.

Song Shuang said, "You need to see the therapist with Qu Xiaobo. Have a good sleep tonight."