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Mò Chén was almost eager to find out about Gu Bāo's whereabouts. Since their separation, he had been tracking her every move until he discovered that she attended Milan University during this period. This was the happiest time in Gu Bāo’s life. In all the photos Mò Chén could see, Gu Bāo always wore a radiant smile and was close to her family members, shining brightly yet retaining some of her familiar air-headedness.

He liked seeing this side of Gu Bāo. His fingers touched the girl on the computer screen; he felt happy but shamelessly wondered if she could remember him during such joyful times or had forgotten everything about him

Given her personality, it was possible that she didn't even recall the promise made in childhood when she said she would marry him. But one of Mò Chén’s most frustrating realizations was that Gu Bāo wasn’t the only boy to whom she’d made this pledge as a child. He recalled during his recovery period, an extremely handsome German guy came to their small town. Every day, Gu Bāo chased after him like crazy. The German man, being eighteen and preferring mature women, found no interest in such a childish girl. She even dressed up provocatively to show off her figure, which made Mò Chén angry for days. In conclusion, Gu Bāo was a troublemaker.

At least when she was young, she was indeed troublesome; she likely couldn’t remember how many boys she had promised to marry as an adult. Only he foolishly believed those naive words from her, and only he had been waiting for ten years.

The search also lasted ten years but yielded nothing until later on when he received shocking news: Gu Bāo at fifteen was admitted into the fashion department of Milan University as a special student and started directly in her third year. A year after enrollment, she became pregnant without being married Mò Chén’s eyes bulged out; he rubbed his own eyes in disbelief. He had checked through the royal archives where both glorious and scandalous histories of C Kingdom were recorded. The prince and princess's marriage was broken by Gu Bāo. Hospital test reports showed that Gu Bāo wasn't biologically related to the prince. Furthermore, when she became pregnant and refused to give up her child, the prince expelled her from their home and forced her out of the country.

Gu Baby changed her name by adopting her mother's surname, and she became known as simply "Baby."

Mos Chen felt heartache when he realized that he had somehow missed Gu Baby becoming pregnant at sixteen without being married. His primary concern was how the innocent girl would survive after being expelled from her family; he could not believe how cruel her father was to subject his baby girl to such suffering at such a young age. He worried about what would happen with her pregnancy—would she have an abortion, or keep the child Who would take care of her Mos Chen urgently wanted to know more about Gu Baby, but the royal records ended there as Gu Baby had been expelled from the royal family and all information regarding her life after being cast out was missing.

Where did she go

Mos Chen, a man of great influence, managed to track down the small town of Paris through cross-referencing information. After seeing what followed in the records, Mos Chen sat rigidly in front of his computer for a long time, unable to speak, only muttering her name.

"Baby..."

At three o'clock in the morning, Mos Chen couldn't wait any longer and wanted to return to Rome because he had found that Gu Baby's last known whereabouts was an information record of a flight from Paris to Rome. He also discovered her entry details into Italy. He called his pilot who was woken up in the middle of the night by him, demanding the use of the plane. However, the pilot couldn’t take off because the checks hadn't been completed and maintenance needed another day; it wouldn’t be ready so quickly. Mos Chen then checked for the nearest flight schedule, finding that the earliest available would be at eight o'clock in the morning.

He was impatient to fly back to Rome, having completely forgotten about his new girlfriend Avril. He wanted to drive but the journey by car would take at least four hours and it was too exhausting for such a long trip. The thought of taking a train struck him; this mode of transport hadn't occurred to them before.

Mos Chen checked the timetable and found that there was a train departing in just forty minutes. He quickly packed his belongings, paid for his room early, and rushed to the railway station where he managed to buy a ticket right as the doors closed. At this hour of night, the train was nearly empty, much like how Mos Chen felt inside, an emptiness that nothing could fill except for the warmth of her embrace and her lovely smile.

He was seated in a second-class compartment, which wasn't very comfortable. As the train set off, there was a young couple sitting beside him, seemingly exchange students traveling at their own expense. They spoke Italian haltingly and occasionally switched to Chinese. They seemed tired from their journey; the girl rested her head on the boy's shoulder. This was a common scene, yet it stirred Mocheng's myriad emotions.

After all these years, Baby had raised their child alone, enduring so many hardships. When she felt exhausted, where was he Why didn't he give her a comforting embrace

Mocheng focused solely on Gu Baby; astonishingly, he even forgot about the time they consummated their marriage and when they conceived their child. This question had puzzled him before as well, but since it remained unanswered, he wasn’t inclined to dwell on it.

It would be quicker to ask Baby.

His precious Baby.

Mocheng opened the files stored in his computer and looked at the photos of the three babies. He gazed upon everything she had endured over these years with their child, and tears welled up in his eyes...

Baby, I'm sorry.

It's because I lacked the ability to find you all these years, leaving you exposed to hardship and suffering.

He swore that he would never let her disappear from his life again.

No more.

Mu Chen returned home early in the morning, and at Mu Family Villa during the early hours, it was quiet. Ye Wei and Xi Yi were all early risers; they were exercising on the playground behind the garden, a habit as steadfast as thunder.

The few people spoke softly, none of them noticing Mu Chen until Mou Baiwei encountered him in the living room and was startled. "Little brother, when did you come back"

Mu Chen ignored him, quickly heading upstairs to change clothes and check on intelligence about where Gu Babao now resided. Before Mou Baiwei could speak, Mu Chen had already returned to his own room. Upon entering, he immediately sensed something amiss—there was someone in his room.

He frowned with disgust; who dared to be so bold as to sleep in his room With so many guest rooms at the Mu Family Castle, why come and sleep here This person had no manners whatsoever. Among those he knew, there was nobody who would sleep in his room.

Mu Chen approached, his brow furrowing tighter. A pale white leg was exposed outside of the blanket; her sleeping posture was terrible, hugging a bunched-up blanket to her chest. He saw that on top of his white pillowcase sprawled a long and black mane of hair. you would be as easy as stepping on a cockroach. Clean up your mouth; if I hear another bad word about Xue Ru from you, the next time I'll shoot this flying dagger into your mouth."His voice was cold...