The familiar scent suddenly returned to her, just like she had just woken from a dream.

Ye Mingmei acted like a madwoman, starting to search room by room from the end of the corridor.

Her intuition told her that Yu Xiuzhun must be here, somewhere not far from her.

Why doesn’t he come out to see her? Why doesn’t he come out to see their daughter?

"Bang—"

Ye Mingmei searched three rooms in a row, all of which were empty.

Inside, apart from some equipment, there was nothing else.

She collapsed dejectedly on the ground, hugging her knees with her hands, unable to hold back her tears.

Was she wrong?

Or did she miss Yu Xiuzhun so much that she hallucinated and thought he was by her side?

Ye Mingmei didn’t know how long she sat there before she supported herself against the wall and stood up again.

She staggered back towards her own room.

The nurse had already left, there was no one in her room.

Ye Mingmei froze for a few seconds, her gaze sweeping around the spacious room, checking every possible hiding place.

She even rummaged through the boxes and cabinets filled with clothes.

Finally, clutching the messy clothes in disappointment, she was in tears.

She really was just daydreaming, there was no way Yu Xiuzhun could be by her side.

She must be crazy to think he was near her.

"Ah—"

Ye Mingmei frantically tugged at the clothes in her hands, clutching her head in agony, collapsing on the floor, curling into a ball.

Tears blurred her vision.

In her daze, a figure of Yu Xiuzhun, tall and handsome, seemed to appear before her eyes.

Ye Mingmei suddenly lifted her head, but Yu Xiuzhun disappeared from sight.

Ye Mingmei’s gaze was fixed on the wall.

The mural, like a door, was particularly striking.

She sat on the ground for a long time, unmoving.

She had been to the room next door not long ago, but it was just a dark pane of glass, with nothing visible.

There was no one there...

Yet this mural gave her an inexplicable feeling.

Ye Mingmei got up, approached, and reached out to carefully explore the wall.

"Miss Ye, what are you doing?"

Diwu Zexuan’s assistant had walked into the room at some point, holding the peacefully sleeping Meimei in his arms.

Seeing Ye Mingmei practically glued to the wall, he opened his mouth in confusion.

"..."

Ye Mingmei stiffened, quickly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes before stepping forward to take Meimei from the assistant’s arms.

Without explaining her unusual behavior, she held her daughter as if she were her greatest treasure, walking to the bedside and gently laying her down.

Softly soothing Meimei, who stirred as if about to wake.

The assistant, witnessing this, said nothing further, glanced at the wall Ye Mingmei had touched, and then exited the room.

-

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, Meimei was already a month old.

Early in the morning, Ye Mingmei got up, sitting quietly by the crib, watching her daughter sleep peacefully in her swaddling clothes.

Her calm eyes showed no emotion.

"Is everything packed?"

Su Yiru appeared around ten in the morning, walking up to Ye Mingmei and calling her several times, but Ye Mingmei didn’t respond.

Su Yiru furrowed her brows, worriedly patting her daughter’s shoulder, calling again, "Mingmei, what’s wrong?"

"...Nothing."

"What were you thinking about, so absorbed that you didn’t hear your mother calling?" Su Yiru affectionately touched her forehead, reassured when she found no signs of illness, and let out a sigh of relief.

She sat beside her, holding her hand. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Don’t tell me nothing’s wrong. I’ve watched you grow up, any worries you have can’t escape my eyes."