The silence lasted for three minutes.
The vibration of the cell phone sounded louder than ever in this silence.
Gu Qingjiu took her cell phone out and realized that the call was from Qi Yuefeng.
Seeing that her mother called, her mood turned for the better and the edges of her mouth curled up into a smile. She answered, “Mom.”
When she talked to Qi Yuefeng, her voice softened a lot, making her sound gentler than usual.
“Qingjiu.”
Qi Yuefeng’s voice was neither high nor low. It didn’t sound like she was happy, but it didn’t sound like she was unhappy either.
“Hm?”
“What are you doing right now?”
When she asked about what Gu Qingjiu was doing, the tone of her voice seemed to soften.
Gu Qingjiu smiled as she answered, “What else can I do in the camp? I’m just fiddling with my phone and daydreaming. Mom, is there a reason you called?”
Qi Yuefeng replied, “It’s nothing. I’ve missed you, so I called you.”
This statement made Gu Qingjiu feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
No matter what, the people who cared most for her were still her parents.
Recalling what had happened when Gu Qingmo visited the camp, Gu Qingjiu asked in a worried tone, “Did big brother say anything after he went back?”
“He said nothing, just that he was a little unhappy that you joined the military.” She sighed.
Qi Yuefeng’s sigh caused Gu Qingjiu’s heart to clench tightly. “Mom, I will go back soon. Just three months. I will go back after three months.”
“Then after those three months?”
Qi Yuefeng asked.
“…”
Gu Qingjiu had nothing to reply.
She knew that her mother wanted her to go back.
Qi Yuefeng understood Gu Qingjiu’s thoughts from her silence, so she sighed. “I won’t stop you from doing what you want but Qingjiu, but let me ask you something else.”
Qi Yuefeng’s voice seemed to have become serious suddenly.
“Hm? Mom, just ask.”
“If…” Qi Yuefeng still sounded hesitant when she started. “If your biological parents came to find you, will you return with them? I’m not asking you about your choice to enter the army but about your biological parents…”
“I won’t go back with them.”
Gu Qingjiu replied coolly and decisively.
Why would she return to the hell hole of the Yu family?
Her parents never hid the truth that she wasn’t their biological daughter.
But Gu Qingjiu felt that something was strange. “Mom, why are you suddenly asking me about this?”
Why was her mother already asking about this?
Wasn’t there still a few more months before the Yu family came to them?
It was supposed to happen when her high school examinations are almost due.
“Nothing… It’s nothing. I’m just asking casually.”
Qi Yuefeng’s voice seemed to hesitate a little before she hastily said, “I’m still stir-frying something. I will call you back some other time.”
After that, she immediately cut off the call.
What a strange reaction? Naturally, it raised suspicions in Gu Qingjiu.
She vaguely recalled in her previous life that her parents were acting strangely for a period before she even returned to the Yu family.
It had been far too long. When that was coupled with her happiness at being reborn, there were many details which she couldn’t recall.
The phone call from her mother had undoubtedly shattered the image of a peaceful and stable dream she had.
What if the Yu family was already operating in the dark?
Her heart trembled. She wanted to call Qi Yuefeng right away, but a cold voice sounded from the woods behind her—
“I’m really seeing you everywhere I go.”
