After Zhang Tiantian's death, Xiao Rong was alone in Gui Town.

He knew no one here and the locals didn't welcome this outsider.

So, she had a feeling that Xiao Rong would live a hard life here.

All she could help Xiao Rong with was money.

Xiao Rong held the money and had mixed feelings.

He really wanted to go back to Beicheng.

Even if he would come across lots of difficulties, at least, he got Gu Baisheng.

He would find the scariest place warm as long as Gu Baisheng was there

But he couldn't go back.

Song Shuang wouldn't let him go back.

Song Shuang was unwilling to help him with the power of the Song Family.

If he couldn't have Song Shuang's help, he had to rely on himself.

But it was not easy to do so.

Xiao Rong looked down at the money and clenched his hands.

Gu Baisheng couldn't stay for long, so she bid him goodbye, "I have to go now. Please remember what I said to you."

Xiao Rong nodded.

Mo Shaoyan called her again from the outside.

Then she turned around and walked out.

Qu Xiaobo lowered the window and looked outside.

She noticed after Gu Baisheng walked out, Xiao Rong was still watching them at the door. She sighed, "Are we really going to leave Xiao Rong here alone?"

Zhang Tiantian was dead.

Xiao Rong would be so lonely in Gui Town.

"He refused to go back to Beicheng because he wanted to spend more time with Tiantian."

Gu Baisheng explained.

Qu Xiaobo looked down sadly, "She's dead. What's the point?"

She felt that everything was gone after a person's death.

They had no emotions or feelings. Even if someone alive stayed in front of their graves, they were completely unaware of it.

"I'll pick him up whenever he wants to go back."

Gu Baisheng said.

Qu Xiaobo twitched her lips, "You're so kind to him."

Then she looked at Song Shuang and added, "As kind as you were to me."

Gu Baisheng seemed to recall what had happened between herself and Qu Xiaobo and smiled.

They had known each other for a long time.

Qu Xiaobo was disliked and made fun of due to her family background.

But it was never a problem for Gu Baisheng.

Qu Xiaobo even said that Gu Baisheng was like a rubbish-collector.

It was quite accurate.

When Qu Xiaobo was looked down upon by others, Gu Baisheng took her home.

Now Xiao Rong was the one who got looked down upon.

Gu Baisheng helped Xiao Rong tirelessly.

It was so similar to the past.

Song Shuang heard their conversation.

He glanced at Gu Baisheng sideways.

Gu Baisheng smiled when their eyes met.

Song Shuang looked down without speaking to her.

Gu Baisheng was surprised by his quietness.

She reflected on herself, too.

Did helping Xiao Rong all the time make him unhappy?

After some careful thought, she realized that he was always a bit against it.

But she had to help Xiao Rong all the way through once she had started.

She had already helped Xiao Rong so much and it did no harm if she helped him more.

...

When they returned to Beicheng, it was already very dark.

Mo Shaoyan's drinking friends couldn't find him for a few days. As soon as he got off the plane, his friends who picked him up from the airport planned to send him to the bars again.

Song Shuang seldom went to those places.

So, they just made some friendly gestures and then stopped inviting him.

On their way to a bar, Mo Shaoyan's friends gossiped.

"After Song Shuang is married to Gu Baisheng, he seldom hangs out with us."

On hearing this, Mo Shaoyan smiled, "He has a family. Unlike us, we have much time to have fun."

"Doesn't he get bored?"

The beautiful girl in a tank top asked while fixing her makeup.

Mo Shaoyan laughed when he thought about the calm and affectionate look Song Shuang gave to Gu Baisheng, "Why would he feel bored if he's with a woman he loves?"

"A woman he loves?"

The girl closed her power compact smilingly and said jealously, "Mr. Song's ex-wife and new wife are so lucky to marry such a loyal man."

Mo Shaoyan looked out the window without denying it.

The neon lights looked very enchanting at night.

The girl's comment was the general comment that all girls in Beicheng gave to Song Shuang.

In the upper class of Beicheng, young masters and ladies were all bound with interests, so it was natural to get married out of common interests.

They looked glamorous on the outside, but they had to go through all kinds of difficulties if they wanted to marry someone they liked.

Only a few were brave enough to fight against arranged marriages. And even fewer succeeded.

Most of the heirs married someone who would bring benefits to them, as their parents wished.

Song Shuang was the only son of his family, but he dared to disobey his parents' arrangement and marry a normal woman. He was one of a kind.

"Where are we going to, Mr. Mo?"

"Cloud Sea Palace."

Mo Shaoyan said smilingly.

The girl touched her shoulder straps and smiled, "Great! Let's drink and enjoy to the full!"

Mo Shaoyan smiled and leaned against the seat.

He somehow recalled Qu Xiaobo's face when he was looking at the pretty girl who was smiling at him.

Qu Xiaobo lost her boyfriend but was pregnant with his baby. How could she live a life like that?

The girl saw him being deep in thought.

She smiled and asked him with her beautiful voice, "What are you thinking about, Mr. Mo?"

"Someone unimportant."

After Mo Shaoyan said so, the girl reached out her hands from the passenger seat.

Mo Shaoyan held her hands.

She asked him smilingly, "Why would you waste your time thinking about an unimportant person?"

Mo Shaoyan answered smilingly, "Not on purpose. She just slid into my mind."

...

Gu Baisheng went to Hu Hui's house on the first night she returned to Beicheng.

Song Shuang visited Xia Juan and Bai Dahai's house.

The youngers were supposed to visit the elders in the new year.

Although the Song Family had greeted Xia Juan in advance, she was flattered when she saw Song Shuang.

She was very busy pleasing Song Shuang. But she was a bit confused when she didn't see her daughter.

So, she asked him after a moment of hesitation, "Shengsheng..."

"She just returned from a business trip and is very tired, so I asked her to have a good rest at home."

"Oh, I see."

Xia Juan was a bit disappointed.

But when she recalled what she had done to her daughter, she could understand why her daughter refused to visit her. She felt a bit guilty about that.

She wanted her daughter to be the legit young mistress of the Song Family.

Xia Juan awkwardly tried to rush them to have a kid.

"It's the perfect time for Shengsheng to have a baby because she can recover from it quickly. Do you have any plan to have one?"

Xia Juan asked Song Shuang.

Song Shuang didn't want to share too much, "Shengsheng said let it be."

Xia Juan felt that her daughter was so stupid.

In order to guard her place, she needed to waste no time giving birth to a baby after marrying into such a powerful family.

"When is Shengsheng home? I want to visit her. I miss her."

It seemed that she needed a serious talk with her daughter.

Otherwise, her daughter could never understand how insecure her position was.

"I'll let her contact you when she has time."

On hearing it, Xia Juan nodded happily.

Song Shuang then bid her goodbye.

Without Bai Dahai, Xia Juan didn't have much to worry about.

She was living her single life and Gu Baisheng would send money to her monthly.

That was why she didn't make a scene at Gu Baisheng's place lately.

She knew that she needed to keep it down after her daughter married into a rich family and sent her money.

After all, everyone knew that she and her husband would enjoy their lives by relying on their daughter.

But no one knew that she was not their original daughter.

Gu Baisheng and Song Shuang went to different places.

One visited Xia Juan and one visited Hu Hui.

Hu Hui also knew about Zhang Kai's death.

She sat on the sofa and cried for a while.

Zhang Kai and Qu Xiaobo had been with each other for years and Hu Hui took Qu Xiaobo as her own daughter and Zhang Kai as her son-in-law.

Hu Hui couldn't accept the tragedy.

Gu Baisheng handed over tissues to Hu Hui and comforted her. After she thought about Qu Xiaobo's current situation, she said, "Qu Xiaobo rented the flat with Zhang Kai. I guess that Bobo won't live in that place for long after Zhang Kai's death. But she's pregnant and I'm worried about her if she lives alone. So…"

"Ask her to move here."

Before Gu Baisheng finished her sentence, Hu Hui spoke up, "Let her live here. I'm a bit lonely living alone. I always take her as my daughter. It's a perfect choice to let her live here. I can take care of her because I have experience in taking care of pregnant women. When Shengsheng was..."

Hu Hui noticed that Gu Baisheng was watching her, so she suddenly stopped.

But she still kept saying, "Let her move here. I can take care of her."

"I'll talk with Qu Xiaobo."

Gu Baisheng knew that she needed to discuss it with Qu Xiaobo first.

It was not easy to persuade her because she hated to bother anyone, let alone move into Hu Hui's place and enjoy her generous help.

"You need to persuade her."

"Yeah."