Little Jiu Yue Woke Up

January 18th, 11:00 p.m.

Inside a luxurious residence beside the beach, Lu Ran gently held her precious daughter, who had cried herself to sleep, in her arms.

Looking at Su Qi's unconsciously furrowed brow, Lu Ran felt nothing but heartache.

As she reached out and gently smoothed away that crease between her brows, Lu Ran's thoughts slowly returned to that autumn thirteen years ago.

The autumn of 2012 had been an unusually cold one.

Feeling sorry for her parents because of the cold, Lu Ran took them, the vacationing Su Lujun, and five-year-old Su Qi, who had not yet started elementary school, on a holiday to Hainan City, far away from Zhe City.

Unlike Shanghai and Zhe City, Hainan City had a climate with distinct seasons.

Here, all four seasons were summer. Even during autumn, the temperature remained high, making it an excellent place for vacations and recuperation.

Since they were on vacation, they would naturally be staying for a while.

So, for convenience, after arriving in Hainan City, Lu Ran rented a small three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

Since it was a rental, there would inevitably be traces left behind by previous tenants.

As someone who loved cleanliness, Lu Ran naturally could not tolerate such traces.

So before moving their luggage into the apartment, she began a thorough cleaning.

After cleaning the apartment, just as Lu Ran was about to throw plastic bottles, cardboard, and other trash into the garbage bin outside, a crisp little girl's voice called out, "A-Auntie, can you give the bottles to Jiu Yue?"

Hearing the voice, Lu Ran instinctively looked ahead first, but she did not see anyone.

When she lowered her gaze, however, she quickly spotted the little girl in a white dress who called herself Jiu Yue.

The little girl's white dress was very