Xiao Li said, "Aunt Lin works at the supermarket and won't be back until after nine o'clock at night."
"Then I'll co back later." The woman didn't mind that my mom worked the night shift and hurried off after speaking.
By the ti I walked over, the woman had already gone far, so I didn't think much of it and just asked Xiao Li, "Is she the one who ca looking for my mom with a child last ti?"
"No, the one who was looking for your mom was younger; this woman is a bit older." Xiao Li said.
I pondered for a mont; the middle-aged woman's children's palace looked extrely thin.
She should have sons and daughters, but they all suffered from serious illnesses.
That's why I mistook her for the woman who ca to my mom with a child.
At lunchti, my pregnancy reactions were particularly severe; I felt like vomiting at the sight of any dish.
Surprisingly, I even had cravings for raw at and the urge to drink blood.
This thought was so bizarre that I ntioned it only to Xiao Li.
Xiao Li said that many pregnant won develop strange cravings and that wanting to eat raw at was not unusual.
She prepared various types of fruits for , which I managed to eat with much difficulty.
Around nine o'clock at night, the restaurant was at its busiest.
There weren't enough bowls and chopsticks to go around, so I was assigned to wash and disinfect the dishes in the back kitchen.
"Wanwan, the kitchen is too hot and smoky; it's not suitable for you." Yu Longting gently embraced from behind.
I blushed instantly and, looking around to see the chefs busy cooking and not paying attention to others, I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You're back."
"With Yu Rongling holding the fort over there, I ca back for a bit. You don't look very well," Yu Longting whispered.
The feeling of heaviness in my abdon had worsened throughout the day, but the restaurant had been so busy that I didn't want to ask for leave.
I really wanted to tell Yu Longting about it, but there were too many bystanders around.
So I didn't say anything to him and just dismissed it with, "Maybe I've been cooped up too long."
"I'll do it," he said.
I didn't make a fuss and simply nodded.
Yu Longting helped up and led out of the back kitchen, "Get so fresh air and don't rush back to work."
"Okay," I answered quietly, my head hung low.
I felt a warm sensation inside.
I found a place to sit down and caressed my heavy abdon.
The woman who had co looking for my mom at noon was now pacing back and forth anxiously at the entrance of the restaurant, holding a two- or three-year-old girl in her arms.
The girl had her hair tied in two buns and adorned with pink hair clips.
She looked plump and rosy, as if she should be lively and adorable.
But her eyes were dull and motionless in the woman's arms, as if she were a puppet.
A chill went through my heart. Why did the girl look like a doll?
Just as I was about to go over and ask what was happening, my mom arrived.
Having just finished her night shift, my mom hadn't even had ti for a sip of water before she headed straight toward the woman, "When did this girl start to beco like this?"
"Just this morning. I heard you could bring back a child's soul, so I ca to give it a try," the woman said anxiously to my mom.
My mom touched the child's little hand, her expression darkening, "I retrieved Ming Jiaojiao's child's soul because her condition had only occurred for two hours; yours has been too long."
"But when I ca to look for you, it was still early! It was... that young girl who told to find you at night." The middle-aged woman glared at Xiao Li.
I hurriedly pulled Xiao Li behind , protectively saying, "Mom, it's not Xiao Li's fault; it's all my fault."
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