CHAPTER 484: CHAPTER 484 A MOTHER

Shen Siyuan was about to approach, but seeing the little girl chatting with Dou Dou and Duoduo, he stood from afar and did not move forward.

Sometimes, communication between children can bring them closer together more than with adults.

When he saw a middle-aged woman walking towards Dou Dou and them, Shen Siyuan finally walked over.

"Hello, everyone." The middle-aged woman greeted the three little ones with a smile.

Dou Dou looked at the young lady beside her, then at the approaching middle-aged woman. The two looked very similar: round faces, big eyes, slightly upturned lips, as if always smiling.

"Is she your grandma?" Dou Dou asked curiously.

"She’s my mom!" The little girl said, a bit angrily.

"But she looks like a grandma." Dou Dou argued.

The little girl fell silent at this.

At this time, Duoduo first responded to the other person.

"Hello."

Upon hearing this, Dou Dou immediately said, "Hello, Auntie."

It seems she accepted the young lady’s opinion and didn’t call her "grandma."

Only Tang Tang didn’t hear a thing, continuing to carve little animals in the sand.

"Do you live here or are you here on vacation?" The middle-aged woman asked with a smile.

Her smile was sweet and very friendly.

"We’re here to play." Dou Dou took over the conversation, while Duoduo continued to dig in the sand.

"What’s your name, and how old are you?"

Seeing that Dou Dou was outgoing and cheerful, the middle-aged woman started chatting with her.

"My name is Dou Dou. I’m Shan Shui years old, soon to be Shui." Dou Dou said proudly.

"It’s three years old, soon to be four years old." The middle-aged woman instinctively corrected.

Then she praised, "What a cute and smart little girl."

"Hehe..." Dou Dou blushed a bit from the compliment.

So she modestly said, "Missy is also smart and cute."

The middle-aged woman looked at Duoduo upon hearing those words and said, "She’s your sister, right? Indeed, she’s very cute too."

Duoduo appeared noticeably older than Dou Dou, while Tang Tang seemed about the same as Dou Dou, making it difficult to tell who was the older sister and who was the younger one.

"No, I meant Auntie’s little baby. She’s also very cute, with big eyes and long eyelashes..." Dou Dou said, pointing at the young lady beside her.

The middle-aged woman was taken aback, then smiled, "Auntie doesn’t have a baby."

However, her smile seemed a bit forced.

Dou Dou was a bit stunned when she heard, looking towards the young lady beside her and whispered, "She says you’re not her baby, are you sad? Are you angry?"

The little girl rolled her eyes and said, "I’m dead, so of course she doesn’t have a baby."

"How could that be? I’m dead too, but I’m still my mom’s baby." Dou Dou argued.

The middle-aged woman, seeing Dou Dou talking to the air beside her, thought to herself, Is this child mentally disturbed? Or is it me who is mentally disturbed?

Thinking about her own condition, she couldn’t help but feel a wave of sorrow.

But she managed to suppress it and casually asked a question.

"Who are you talking to?"

"Your baby! You two look so much alike, except... except for the nose. Missy’s nose has a mole that looks so mischievous, haha..." Dou Dou giggled.

However, upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman’s mind went blank, the sound of the wind and the waves seemed to recede instantly, the world faded and stretched out in her eyes, and she felt a dizziness as if about to fall over.

"Mom..."

The little girl moved forward worriedly, trying to support her, but her hand just passed through, leaving her anxious.

"Auntie, are you okay?" Dou Dou asked curiously.

"Are you sick? If you’re sick, you should see a doctor?"

"But doctors are scary, they love to use needles."

"But I’m not afraid, I never cry when getting shots, I’m super brave, right?"

Hearing this, Duoduo couldn’t help but glance at her, knowing Dou Dou was boasting again.

But the middle-aged woman only saw Dou Dou’s small mouth open and close; she didn’t hear a sound.

She fought off her physical discomfort and asked in a somewhat dry voice, "Little... little girl, what did you just say?"

Dou Dou scratched her head, feeling puzzled, I didn’t say anything special.

"Dummy, because you can see me, my mom is surprised," the little girl reminded from the side.

Dou Dou showed a sudden realization.

Then she turned around and started running back to where she was before.

The little girl hurriedly reached out to pull her.

"What are you doing?"

"Going to dig a castle," Dou Dou replied.

The little girl: ...

Is this really the time to dig a castle?

"My mom is asking you something." The little girl urged.

"Oh."

"Just ’oh’? Hurry up and answer her," the little girl prodded.

"Answer what?"

Seeing Dou Dou’s cute and clueless face, the little girl couldn’t help but put a hand on her forehead, speechless.

She then turned to Duoduo, placing her hopes on her.

The middle-aged woman gradually came back to her senses, covering her rapidly beating chest, and asked with as gentle a tone as she could, "Little girl, can you tell Auntie what you saw?"

"The young lady." Dou Dou said.

"What kind of young lady?" The middle-aged woman hurriedly asked.

"A young lady who looks just like Auntie."

"With a mole on the nose?" The middle-aged woman added.

Dou Dou nodded, then carefully examined the young lady in front of her and the Auntie, trying to spot any other differences.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she excitedly smacked her palm in revelation.

"Ah, the young lady’s ears are different from yours; her ears are like this." Dou Dou said, pushing her own ears forward with her hands.

The little girl had a pair of protruding ears, which was the biggest difference from the middle-aged woman.

Yet, upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman’s eyes widened in disbelief because she finally confirmed that the young lady in Dou Dou’s words was indeed her daughter.

Her daughter’s pair of protruding ears were inherited from her father. Her grandmother often teased her about those ears not being conducive to making money.

But her daughter had been deceased for many years now. Could it be that her daughter isn’t dead, and the little girl had met her?

But on second thought, that couldn’t be right, because she had seen her daughter’s body with her own eyes, seen the tragic state after she was murdered.

Then she thought the little girl might have seen a photo of her daughter.

But quickly, that didn’t seem possible, as the little girl was too young, not even as old as the time since her daughter’s death.

Seeing the middle-aged woman staring intently at her, Dou Dou felt a bit uneasy and quietly turned around, presenting her back to feel less scared.

At this point, Tang Tang stood up, ran over to grab Dou Dou, wanting to show her masterpiece.

The middle-aged woman, seeing Dou Dou about to leave, instinctively reached out to hold her.

But her hand was halfway out when it was grabbed by another hand.

The middle-aged woman looked up at Shen Siyuan, paused for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew her hand.

"Sorry, I didn’t mean any harm." She hastily apologized.

"I know, if you have any questions, just ask me, don’t disturb the children."

"No... nothing... Sorry for the trouble." The middle-aged woman said and turned to leave.

Shen Siyuan: ...

Watching the middle-aged woman leave, the little girl standing next to him immediately wanted to follow.

But at this moment, she heard Shen Siyuan say, "Has your mom always been like this?"

The little girl turned abruptly, eyes wide, looking at Shen Siyuan.