Chen Rou naturally replied as she always did, "Just like your son, you're dreaming."
Deep down, she still had no intention of having another daughter. However, after falling asleep that night—perhaps because of the old adage that one dreams of what one thinks about during the day—she had a dream. In it, she was back to the time she gave birth to Xiao Ayuan, but she was seeing things from Nie Zhao’s perspective. She saw him hurrying into the hospital, walking down the long corridor all the way to the ultrasound room. She saw his legs trembling and sweat streaming down his temples. She saw him with one arm linked through Song Yuanchao’s and the other through Secretary An’s, while Secretary An was busy dabbing the sweat from his face.
She also saw Nie Zhao enter the ultrasound room alone, leaning against the wall for support.
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