Chapter 125 - The Missing Stem 3 (2/2)

After that, he received a sticker with a bunny smooching a heart with the word, ”okay,” inside of it. He can now rest peacefully with her in his arms.

By the time everyone woke up, Susu and Chen Mu were still asleep. Lily stayed behind as Chen Nan and Ariana went out to grab some breakfast. Meanwhile, Lin Que went back to the lab to see if he could find more information about the drug.

Even though the reports came out with different types of immunosuppressant results, a part of him felt that something was off. Although he didn't understand what's not connecting about these reports, he still wanted to triple check just in case something was overlooked.

While he did that, Lily folded the blankets and stacked the pillows that they used last night. Lily took out her cellphone to edit some pictures and videos from last night, but noticed something unusual on Susu's right side between her neck and the collar that blocked off her shoulders.

The video only showed it for a few seconds, but there was clearly a mini shadow that appeared and then went away. She walked up to Susu and checked her right shoulder to make sure nothing was there.

”That's weird...I swear I saw something from this video.” She scratched her head and rewatched her video.

As she swiped left and right to decide on which edits to use on the video to see the shadow clearer, Susu started frowning in her rest. Lily quickly woke Chen Mu up to check up on her while calling Chen Nan and Lin Que's phone.

Susu was in deep slumber and the more they tried to wake her up, the more she struggled with strong fists clenching on her blanket.

In her dream, she heard multiple voices calling her name. She wandered and followed the voices, but discovered nothing but darkness. A path appeared, and she decided to walk in the direction where steps started to form.

As she walked a step forward, the previous steps would disappear. She started seeing bits of memories as she continued up the steps. The memories reflected the times that she spent with her mother when she was young. She smiled as she recollected how her mother had taught her how to make the rose design.

Towards the end of these memory pieces, the steps also stopped developing. She progressed to the last step where the last pieces of memory floated around her.

Her mother's voice repeated, ”remember. This rose will only be complete with the stem. Mommy will keep the stem, and you protect the flower. When we meet again, we'll put this design to make it one piece. When that time comes, mommy will tell you everything.”

”rose?” She watched her mother place the blossomed rose in her hand and put the stem in a separate box. Her mother patted her on her right shoulder, and she felt a little sting. It was a light pinch to her, but she could see the bitterness in her mother's eyes when that took place.

Her eyes concentrated on her mother's lips as it mouthed, ”go to sleep.” Just when she wanted to take a step further, she realized that there were no more steps left. Not only that, the current step that she was standing on was about to disappear as well.

She could sense her body dropping from a high distance into a bottomless pit. A hypnic jerk startled her awake as she gasped and sat up after opening her eyes.

”Susu! You're finally awake. We were so worried about you!” Susu turned her sweaty forehead towards the source of the voice, ”Lily? Chen Mu?”

”How are you feeling?” Chen Mu gave her a quick check up and asked followed up questions. Lin Que had prepared all machines and examination rooms for Susu after hearing about her deep slumber problem. Chen Nan and Ariana also rushed back from the bakery.

Susu's eyes widened and grabbed Chen Mu's arm, ”rose! The rose!”