Lin Qing's heart stirred slightly.
"Just letting Xiao Wu and Wu'er meet earns a reward?"
He had only wanted to fill the void in his daughter's heart where her mother should have been, to give her a complete birthday memory.
He had not expected to stumble into satisfying the system's complicated hidden criteria.
This system could be pretty sensible sometimes.
He chuckled to himself.
It seemed he would also have to find a chance to bring Qing Zhu and Rou Rou's mothers back for them to meet.
But clearly, now was not the time to claim the reward.
His attention returned to the two girls in the courtyard.
At the entrance, Xiao Wu was still frozen in place.
That cry of "Mom" was like a bolt of thunder, blasting her mind completely blank.
Mom?
Was she calling me?
She looked at the girl in the pink dress on the stone steps, who seemed almost carved from the same mold as her younger self.
An overwhelming sense of absurdity collided with an indescribable tremor rising from deep within her bloodline.
What was going on?
Why did this human girl look so much like her? And why did she call her... Mom?
After crying out that one word, all the longing and grievance Wu'er had been holding back burst forth like a broken dam.
She no longer cared about the birthday surprise or Dad's instructions. Her little legs moved, and she charged toward the "Mom" at the entrance.
The hem of her pink skirt flew up in the night breeze.
"Mom! Mom, you finally came back! Wu'er missed you so much!"
As she ran, tears pattered down her face, but her smile bloomed like a flower.
It was the brightest, happiest smile Lin Qing had ever seen from her.
As Wu'er rushed