Chapter 209 - Do You Call the Shots (1/2)

Chapter 209: Do You Call the Shots

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Song Jinning’s two personal caretakers were called Auntie Xing and Auntie You Gu Nianzhi remembered their names clearly; she had met them once

“I don’t know Why don’t you ask her?” Huo Shaoheng did not look up fro Gu Nianzhi a chance to talk to Song Jinning privately

Gu Nianzhi quickly finished her porridge and left the kitchen to look for Song Jinning

She walked about the roo in a se triangular shawl embroidered with the flowers of a Chinese crabapple tree She stood before the , staring vacantly at the sky outside

The bedroos took uplooked expensive, but it was simply too much for the senses: the room felt stuffy and oppressive

It was the sas inside, there would be very little space breathe, to turn around, and see things fro

A tiny, cluttered rooical issues to live in

Gu Nianzhi had suffered froer, caused by the trauma of her car accident

Back then, she had suffered froht terrors, and had had a mental breakdohenever she was left alone in a confined space Open fires had been a trigger for her, too She had eventually gotten over her trauma, thanks to the co

She was certain that her psychological issues would have worsened if she had been forced to live in a room as small and oppressive as the one she was now in back then She would never have recovered

Gu Nianzhi’s sy of kinshi+p—Song Jinning was Huo Shaoheng’s mother, after all—but it noent beyond that: Gu Nianzhi rele with mental trauma, and her heart ached for the wo was standing by theShe had been ill for ly attractive Her desolate frailness added to her beauty; she was like a precious flower, singularly beautiful, that had bloomed fora sunset: a breathtaking sight that eluded description

Huo Shaoheng was just as hauntingly beautiful It was apparent now that he shared the sahed wistfully She walked over to Song Jinning and said, in a gentle voice, “Mrs Song?”

Song Jinning turned to smile at her “All done? Did you enjoy the food?”

“It was delicious” Gu Nianzhi nodded vigorously “Have you had breakfast?”

“No” Song Jinning let out a sh “I don’t have the appetite for it”

A thought occurred to Gu Nianzhi She reached out and gently wrapped a hand around Song Jinning’s wrist—she was all skin and bones

Song Jinning was already laboring under the weight of serious ical issues If her physical health were to decline as well, she would turn into a bed-ridden vegetable It would be a death sentence for her

Unease bubbled within Gu Nianzhi Her intuition had never let her down, and it was now telling her Song Jinning could not be left as she was Gu Nianzhi was extre, especially since they were both woine what it o out for a walk?” Gu Nianzhi put a hand on Song Jinning’s ararden? It’s my first time at the Huo residence—you’re part of the Huo fa flushed “I… I’m not married yet You can’t call otten about this

Song Jinning had not protested when the other ” before this

Why was she objecting to it now? Was her condition worsening? Or was she actually getting better?

Gu Nianzhi did not knohich it was, but she knew so’s condition was deteriorating, then it would be necessary to put her on a different treat, then it would be necessary to figure out what they were doing right and double down on it to speed up her recovery