Chapter 1220: Chapter 597: Zuo Yuqing Doesn’t Want Chu Munan to Know About Their Daughter

This child... is the child of Chu Munan and Zuo Yuqing.

This little girl is just as cute as Huanhuan was back then, no... to be exact, she’s a bit cuter than Huanhuan was.

The little girl looks a bit chubby and her features are very beautiful.

No wonder Chu Munan seemed quite strange to her a few years ago, it was probably because of the situation with Zuo Yuqing.

Her gaze fell directly on Zuo Yuqing, her lips moved, but in the end she couldn’t say a word.

What should she say?

It seemed like she had a lot to say, but couldn’t find a reason to speak, nor did she know how to say it properly.

Lu Jingchen’s gaze fell on the little girl, and after a glance, he looked back at Zuo Yuqing and asked, "Have you been here long?"

Zuo Yuqing, holding her daughter, pulled the corner of her mouth into a smile, "About an hour, I think."

It seemed like an hour, yet it also seemed like it wasn’t; even she didn’t know how long she had been there.

"Mom... I’m hungry." At this time, the little girl in Zuo Yuqing’s arms softly spoke.

Lu Jingchen looked at Zuo Yuqing, his tone softening a bit, "If you haven’t had dinner yet, join us."

He and Song Qiao had already eaten dinner, but they could still sit together for a while.

Moreover, he knew that his young wife must have many questions and doubts she wanted to ask Zuo Yuqing. Here, she perhaps didn’t know how to start, but in a restaurant, she might find a way to speak.

Zuo Yuqing didn’t refuse, she nodded, "Okay."

Lu Jingchen chose a reputable Chinese restaurant near the hospital. The little girl liked cake, but there was none in the restaurant, so Lu Jingchen asked the waiter to buy a piece from a nearby cake shop.

Because Zuo Yuqing was a public figure and the outside world didn’t know she had a daughter, to avoid unnecessary commotion and trouble, Lu Jingchen booked a private room, and when leaving the hospital, Song Qiao carried the child.

The little girl was not shy and hugged Song Qiao’s neck tightly all the way, speaking in a sweet voice, "Auntie, you smell nice..."

Song Qiao finally showed a smile, her gaze falling on the little girl’s face, and the more she looked, the more she liked this child. She replied warmly, "You smell nice too."

The little girl immediately let out a silver-bell-like laugh, then said sweetly to Song Qiao, "It’s the nice smell from Mommy... Mommy holding me, so I smell nice..."

It was clear that the little girl was very attached to Zuo Yuqing.

Wearing sunglasses, Zuo Yuqing entered the private room and then took her daughter from Song Qiao’s arms.

In the private room, the little girl sat beside Zuo Yuqing, with a small cake in front of her. She carefully took a small fork to put a piece of cake into her mouth, smudging her mouth with cake immediately.

Zuo Yuqing gently and carefully wiped the cake from the corners of her daughter’s mouth with a tissue, then spoke softly, "After you finish the cake, you have to eat your meal, alright?"

The little girl immediately nodded.

Song Qiao sat across from Zuo Yuqing, and after a long silence in the private room, she finally asked, "Is the child Munan’s?"

Zuo Yuqing paused, even though she knew Song Qiao probably had guessed it, hearing the question made her stop, and then she nodded, "He is."

"Why didn’t you tell him? He doesn’t know he has a child with you. If he knew, your family wouldn’t be separated..."

Zuo Yuqing turned to look at her daughter, her face showing a faint expression, her eyes half-closed, leaving her emotions unreadable.

Tell Chu Munan?

She was afraid that instead of being together as a family, they would end up fighting for their daughter’s custody.

After a long while, she looked up at Song Qiao, speaking slowly, "He and I ended three years ago. The child is mine alone now. If possible, Song Qiao... I’d like to ask you not to tell Chu Munan about the child’s existence."

It’s not that she cruelly didn’t want her daughter to live with her biological father; she just didn’t dare take the risk of letting her daughter recognize Chu Munan, fearing that if Chu Munan fought for their daughter, she wouldn’t stand a chance.

Her daughter was born after ten months of pregnancy, and when she gave birth, she almost didn’t make it due to excessive bleeding. If Chu Munan knew of their daughter’s existence, or even the Chu Family found out, she couldn’t imagine the consequences.

The only thing she could do was keep her daughter by her side, undiscovered by the Chu Family.

Song Qiao originally wanted to say something, but upon seeing the balloon-like expression on Zuo Yuqing’s face, she immediately fell silent.

As a mother herself, Song Qiao could understand Zuo Yuqing’s feelings.

Especially considering how, in the past, she was afraid Lu Jingchen would find out about their daughter and take her away, too.

But... she and Lu Jingchen are now happily together.

She worried that Zuo Yuqing and Chu Munan might miss out on unnecessary opportunities.

After all, Chu Munan has been single these years, with no woman by his side. Song Qiao was sure that Zuo Yuqing was the only woman Chu Munan had been with.

Her heart was more conflicted, but she eventually promised Zuo Yuqing not to tell Chu Munan about this.

After all, they were both mothers.

Since Lu Jingchen and Song Qiao had already eaten, they didn’t eat much, merely accompanying Zuo Yuqing symbolically. Zuo Yuqing didn’t eat much either, partly because she had to take care of her daughter’s meal, and partly because thoughts of the unconscious Chu Munan in the hospital stripped away her appetite. Yet she knew she had to take care of her health, so she forced herself to eat a bit.

After dinner, they didn’t leave the restaurant immediately but continued sitting in the private room.

The little girl, full, drifted off to sleep in Zuo Yuqing’s arms.

Lu Jingchen looked at Zuo Yuqing and mildly asked, "I heard you plan to go abroad?"