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Bai Xiaoche hadn't expected Huang Yimei to let her visit the child. She hurriedly agreed, feeling deeply grateful.
They talked a little longer about the child. On the surface, they were coordinating arrangements, but in truth, they were also testing each other.
Bai Xiaoche couldn't quite put a name to what she was feeling. She did have regrets, but she also understood that after things between their families had come to this, there was no turning back for her and Wang Yue.
Over the next month, while Wang Yue and Huang Yimei were away on their honeymoon, Bai Xiaoche really did make time each day to visit Wang Yue's home and spend time with the child.
Wang Yue's parents couldn't make sense of the situation, but they couldn't stop the child from seeing their mother, so they welcomed Bai Xiaoche warmly.
After more than a month of visits, Bai Xiaoche had grown familiar with Wang Yue's parents, and things between them became natural. Sometimes, while playing with the child, she couldn't help smiling. The shadows that had lingered over her face for years seemed to vanish.
When Wang Yue and Huang Yimei returned from their honeymoon that day and entered the courtyard, the first thing they saw was Bai Xiaoche holding the child and laughing happily. Her smile was radiant.
But when she saw Wang Yue and Huang Yimei, her smile froze, as if she had gone from spring straight into winter.
Bai Xiaoche was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do. If she hadn't been holding the child, she might have fled.
Huang Yimei knew that some things were safer kept right under her nose. Besides, the more magnanimous she was, the more guilty Wang Yue would feel, and the stronger their relationship