Those two young people had found her today... She had seen the doll she thought she would never see again... She remembered long-buried memories...
Regret...
The intense regret almost made the middle-aged woman feel as if she couldn't breathe.
"Auntie?"
Meng Jixi frowned slightly.
"Ah!"
The middle-aged woman suddenly came to her senses.
Seeing the concern on the two young men's faces, she waved a hand. "I'm fine."
But the strained smile on her face made her words less than convincing.
The middle-aged woman sighed.
"I was just thinking about the foolish thing I did back then..."
"...and regretting it."
The middle-aged woman was about to speak when she saw Xiao Xiao smile at her and gently shake his head.
She didn't understand.
Then a voice sounded beside her.
"Hello..."
A waiter had brought over the coffee they'd ordered earlier.
After all, they'd taken seats at an outdoor café, so it would have been awkward not to order anything.
Once the waiter had left, the middle-aged woman gave Xiao Xiao a grateful smile.
She'd been so absorbed in her emotions that she hadn't noticed the waiter approaching.
Even if what she was about to say wasn't a state secret or something shameful...
No.
Or perhaps, in a way, her memories really were a little "shameful."
The middle-aged woman smiled bitterly.
So she didn't want too many people to hear them—at the very least, she didn't want unrelated strangers listening in.
The middle-aged woman picked up her coffee and took a small sip.
Its rich aroma, its bitter taste.
She'd only had one sip, yet it felt as if her heart were already full of coffee, its bitterness almost unbearable.
The middle-aged woman took a deep breath.
She was just about to speak when she