When the two of them returned to the room, Bradley went to get the food for Freya. After watching her finish it all, he was about to take her out for a walk.

However, Freya shook her head, pulled him down to sit, and said, "You've been really tired recently. Let me give you an acupuncture treatment to relieve your fatigue."

Although she said this, Freya's main purpose was to treat his hearing impairment.

Bradley understood her concern and didn't say anything. He obediently lay down.

Freya fetched the acupuncture kit and began to insert needles into the nerves around his ears.

After a round of acupuncture, she tested Bradley's hearing. Although the man's reaction wasn't very sensitive, he still heard her voice.

With a few more acupuncture treatments, his hearing should gradually recover.

After putting away the acupuncture kit, just as Freya was about to get the medicine, her phone rang urgently.

She picked it up and saw that it was a video call from Madeline.

Freya quickly swiped to answer it, and on the screen appeared the cute face of Xin Yao.

Little Xin Yao could already talk and called out "Mummy" in a babyish voice.

Freya gently touched the screen with affection, as if caressing the child's face. Then she turned the phone to Bradley and said to little Xin Yao, "Baby, Daddy is here."

"Daddy..."

Seeing Bradley, little Xin Yao giggled and even stretched out her hand, wanting Daddy to hug her.

But obviously, she couldn't reach Daddy. Little Xin Yao began to pout, and the next second, she burst into tears, wailing, "Daddy, hug me, hug me."

She kept saying this, which made Freya feel extremely sorry for her. Even Bradley, who was lying on the bed, sat up and tried various ways to soothe the child's emotions.

It is said that a daughter is her father's lover in his past life, and this saying is indeed true.

No matter how Freya tried to soothe her, it didn't work. But Si Mochen managed to make the child stop crying and laugh with just a few words.

"Baby, Mummy will be jealous if you're like this," Freya deliberately frowned and pretended to be unhappy.

Only then did little Xin Yao change her words and ask Mummy to hug her, and Freya smiled again.

"Freya, how long has it been since you made a video call back? Has something happened there?" At this time, Madeline's face appeared on the screen.

Freya thought about it. Indeed, since they left, they hadn't sent any news back.

No wonder the child missed Daddy and Mummy, and that was why Madeline had made the video call.

"Some things did happen, but they've all been resolved," Freya didn't mention her own physical condition in order not to make Madeline worry.

However, Madeline stared intently at Freya on the screen. After a moment, she frowned and said, "Freya, you seem to have lost weight."

"No, I haven't!"

Freya tried to cover it up. "Bradley takes good care of me with delicious food every day. I've actually gained weight."

"But your face doesn't look very good either. Are you sick?"

Madeline had sharp eyes and immediately noticed that something was wrong with Freya.

The main reason for making the call was that Xin Yao missed Daddy and Mummy. Of course, Madeline had also heard a lot of things from Patrick.

She heard that Freya had gone to the Dark Web, restored Gabriel's memory, and found the biological parents for the two children. However, Lan Xiaoling had left with the two children when the truth was revealed.

Madeline was curious about the follow-up. When she asked Patrick, he didn't explain clearly, so she made the video call to find out.

"Maybe it's because of the bad lighting that my face looks bad," Freya made up an excuse casually.

Madeline let out an "oh" and then got straight to the point. "By the way, what's the situation with Lan Xiaoling? Have you found her?"

Freya shook her head. "No. It's as if she's disappeared from the world. Even Young Master Lu searched for a long time in a helicopter but couldn't find her."

Until now, Freya still couldn't figure out where Lan Xiaoling could have gone.

Moreover, she was taking two children with her and had no income. How could she support them?

"Maybe she's hiding and doesn't want to be found. After all, such a big change would be difficult for anyone to accept."

"We can only wait until she figures it out and see if she can bring the children to reunite with Young Master Lu!"

Freya let out a deep sigh. Although she didn't have much contact with Lan Xiaoling, she somewhat understood Lan Xiaoling's character. She was kind and tolerant, and most importantly, her feelings for her sister were very deep.

As a result, when such a thing happened, her first decision was to flee and fulfill her sister's happiness.

But where could a weak woman like her, with two children in tow, hide?

Here, they were filled with worry, not knowing that Lan Xiaoling and the two children were living a happy life.

Because she had taken the children away from the superior environment and out of school, Lan Xiaoling took the two children to live in a remote mountainous area.

The conditions here were very poor. Children of Yuanyuan and Yuanbao's age all helped their parents work in the fields and had no chance to study outside.

When Lan Xiaoling first arrived, it was the village chief who took pity on her and took her in.

In order to repay the village chief, Lan Xiaoling decided to help develop education for the children in the village.

So, the villagers raised money and contributed labor from door to door. Finally, they found a suitable classroom and used the raised money to buy some learning supplies. The only school in the village was thus established.

As the only teacher, Lan Xiaoling not only taught the children to read and write but also taught them English. In her spare time, she would also cultivate the children's hobbies.

She did this because she wanted her two children to continue their education. Even if it wasn't as good as before, they wouldn't fall behind.

She had thought that the children wouldn't adapt to the environment and conditions here. But unexpectedly, Yuanyuan, who had been pampered since childhood, adapted better than Yuanbao.

Even more, they showed infinite love for this place.

One day, Yuanyuan said a sentence to Lan Xiaoling, which made her break down emotionally and cry with her face covered.

Yuanyuan said: Mummy, no matter where you go, Yuanyuan will follow you, because you are my real mummy.

At that moment, Lan Xiaoling's guilt towards him grew infinitely.

After all, since childhood, he had been doted on like a young master by Gabriel and others. He lived in a big villa, ate delicious food carefully prepared by chefs, and studied in a top-notch educational environment.

Yet, because of her own selfish desire, she had made him suffer with her.

But Yuanyuan comforted her in return, which made Lan Xiaoling cry while caressing the child's face at night several times.

"Mummy, I can do this problem!"

At this time, it was a math class. Lan Xiaoling wrote an arithmetic problem on the wall, and Yuanyuan happily raised his hand.

Looking at the smiling child below, Lan Xiaoling's heavy thoughts gradually returned, and she nodded at him.

"Then let Yuanyuan answer it. There are five children, and there are six apples on the plate. One of the children takes away two. How many children don't get an apple, and how many apples are left?"

This was a simple problem, but for the village children who had never received an education, it was undoubtedly a difficult one.