Seeing her daughter's conflicted expression, Cecilia could not bear it. "Nana..."
"Hm?" Kiana snapped back to her senses and looked at her mother blankly.
"You still want to see him again, don't you?"
Kiana froze slightly at those words, then honestly nodded. "Yes."
Just as expected.
Cecilia sighed softly. It was exactly as she had imagined.
"Then do you remember what he once said? That he wanted to take the 'Cecilia' from another world back with him, to make the 'Kiana' of that other world happy?"
Kiana nodded. That had indeed happened.
But that was the other world's 'Kiana's' business. What did it have to do with her?
Another her...
Through some of Ren Yu's leaked memories,
she could tell that the mysterious Mr. Ren had actually been quite indulgent and doting toward that other 'Kiana.'
At the very least, he had thought something along the lines of, 'Even if heaven and earth turned upside down, I would still protect her and let her live carefree.'
The thought made Kiana feel rather uncomfortable, a stifled frustration rising in her chest. "If I were that 'Kiana,' or if Ren Yu belonged to this world from the start, how wonderful would that be?"
If that were the case, perhaps there would not have been so many tragedies in this world, and perhaps she could also...
Just as Kiana sank into her fantasies, Cecilia suddenly spoke again.
"Kiana, the Cecilia from the other world is still inside Mom's body."
She took her daughter's little hand and said gently,
"So don't worry. That mysterious Mr. Ren will come back again. When that time comes, won't you be able to meet once more?"
"..." Kiana fell silent.
Cecilia gently rubbed her cheek against Kiana's profile and comforted her. "All right, don't be sad, Nana... Besides,