The woman's face was expressionless, her eyes sharply defined in black and white, as if she were wearing colored contacts. Her irises looked especially large.
She had put on makeup earlier and looked quite pretty, but now her whole face was deathly pale, and her lips were bright red. It was very strange.
Ren Pi had gone silent. His body was trembling slightly.
The woman turned her head back and curled her lips into a smile again. "...It'd be best if you could make some time. Then we can take Mom to the capital together. The little darling can come with us. If the test results are good, we'll only have to stay there for a week at most. We can take Mom and the little darling sightseeing, too. I think the last time we went to the capital was five or six years ago, right? The little darling was so tiny back then..."
Ren Pi didn't dare say a word. He just stared at the woman.
The woman kept talking, reminiscing about the family's past vacations. After a while, she said she really wanted the whole family to travel around the world, then listed several famous tourist cities.
Suddenly, a car horn sounded behind them.
Ren Pi was so startled he almost jumped. When he came to his senses, he saw that the cars ahead had started moving, while his own car was still at a standstill.
Ren Pi took a deep breath, trying to calm his racing heart, and drove after the cars ahead.
The traffic seemed to be easing. The cars gradually began moving at a normal speed.
The woman's voice slowly fell silent, too. She turned to look out the window. Her face was visible in the rearview mirror. She looked relaxed, and there was nothing