Star City.
A spacious apartment in an upscale residential complex.
Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, a sea of lights stretched beneath us.
On the bed where I slept, there was only one tricolor cat.
A meter behind me stood three little girls, all terribly serious.
My three young daughters wore identical solemn expressions on their pretty faces, as though they were enduring the most agonizing trial of their lives. They didn't dare let even the slightest smile show as they all stared in unison at the big cat on the bed.
"Remember, this is my mother."
"She's your mother's mother."
"She's also the person I respect most..."
"You must respect and cherish her just as you do me."
The three little ones answered together, "We know."
I drew back my gaze, satisfied.
Yangyang was the first to leave formation. She came over to me and asked, "Mom, when will Grandma wake up?"
"That question..." I looked at Ye Qingxian. "You'll have to ask your Mom Ye Qingxian."
Ye Qingxian coughed.
The arrangement now—Junior Sister's family of four, together with an elder—made her feel a little out of place.
Standing beside Junior Sister as her Senior Sister, with neither a proper title nor a proper claim, why did she suddenly feel like part of a warm family of five honoring an elderly relative?
After she finished muttering to herself, Ye Qingxian answered honestly, "She'll wake up in three days at most."
She had already done everything she could.
She'd even gathered the True Spirit that had scattered.
If nothing unexpected happened, they only had to wait for the True Spirit to come together, and Cat mother would awaken once more.
I finally felt at ease. I took Ye Qingxian's large hand and smiled sweetly. "Senior Sister, thanks for all your hard work.