Chapter 303 - Mum, Let Us Not Lose Hope
These words, “People died, and the plane crashed.” Started a commotion among the crowd, and everyone’s expression changed drastically. They were all talking amongst themselves.
Yin Shuiling walked over to Ning Qing’s side and softly said, “Ning Qing, what is Zhou Zhilei’s intent? Whether Young Master Lu is dead or not, nobody can be sure of that right now. What rumours is she trying to create?”
Song Yajing had a solemn expression on her face as she said, “A person’s words can cause much harm. Once the news of Shaoming being in a plane crash gets out, the results would be out of our control. That is the reason that we have been suppressing the flow of this news. How did Zhou Zhilei find out that Shaoming was involved in an accident? Those old things could not have revealed the news that Shaoming was in an accident to anyone else, as they wanted to keep this a secret and quickly replace Shaoming. They would never go attract these journalists and media outlets. What does Zhou Zhilei want exactly?”
Ning Qing pursed her red lips together and did not speak.
Xiao Zhou, who was on the other end of the line, could not help but ask, “Ning Qing, what should we do right now? Could we actually allow Zhou Zhilei to continue on? Should you go out and make a rebuttal?”
Ning Qing shook her head and said, “I can’t. Ever since I got pregnant, I dedicated myself to a year-long hiatus from the entertainment industry, and now that this matter has occurred, it would definitely attract the attention of many journalists. The Lu family is in a mess right now. I cannot attract more attention from these journalists and media outlets.”
“Ning Qing, what do you want to do then?” Yin Shuiling asked.
She had been waiting for news, and now, the news had finally arrived.
“What news? Say it quickly.” Song Yajing walked forward briskly.
The butler handed the thing in his hands over to Song Yajing. “Old Madam, Old Master found Young Master’s watch in the lower stream near the forest of Lake Baikal.”
Song Yajing held the wrist watch in the centre of her palm. The tears in her eyes flowed down her face, and she choked up as she looked towards Ning Qing. She handed the watch over to her while she said, “Qingqing…”
Ning Qing walked forward, and her expression was confused as she received the watch over.
Her small, pale fingers caressed the glass of the watch. The glass on the front was already shattered, and it was a bad premonition.
But the hands of the watch were still ticking, and it did not rest for a single moment.
The tip of Ning Qing’s nose was very sour, and she was totally unable to control the tears in her eyes. It was not wrong, this was Lu Shaoming’s watch. It was his.
She was once mesmerized by his wrist watch.
She could only confirm one point; he really was involved in that plane crash.
Was this piece of news: good or bad?
“Did they just find a single watch? Did Old Master have any other news?” Song Yajing asked the butler.
The butler carefully glanced at Ning Qing’s facial expression and spoke in a low voice as he said, “Old Master had only said that this watch was found in the forest, and that forest had a beast appear in it before. Old Master asked Old Madam and Madam to prepare their hearts.”
“Prepare our hearts?” Song Yajing’s face was deathly pale as she took a step back, and she shook her head and asked, “What mental preparation? Shaoming was on the plane when it crashed; there is a very slim chance of him surviving. Now that forest that he is in has beasts that have been recorded to be there, is it… Can we even locate his body right now?”
“Aunt, don’t be too negative…” Yin Shuiling said.
But at the next moment, Song Yajing shut both of her eyes, and she started to collapse.
“Old Madam!” The helpers quickly came to help her up.
“Mum.” Ning Qing came forward and said, “Mum, what is wrong with you? Quickly, bring Old Madam to her room. Butler, call the family doctor over.”
“Yes, Ma’am!” The entire Lu family was busy and in a total mess.
…
Song Yajing slowly opened her eyes. She looked at that familiar crystal chandelier above her head, and she knew that she was lying in her own bedroom.
She heard a gentle voice in her ear. “Mum.”
Song Yajing looked sideways, and Ning Qing was sitting beside her bed. She was looking at her with beautiful, worry-filled eyes.
The tears in Song Yajing’s eyes came out once again.
“Mum, don’t cry anymore.” Ning Qing took a tissue and wiped her tears for her. “It is still not the time to give up yet, we…”
“Qingqing.” Song Yajing stretched out her hand to hold onto Ning Qing’s small hands, and her voice was full of emotion as she said, “Qingqing, Mum had a dream just now. I dreamt of Shaoming when he was young. He was especially intelligent, and he knew how to say Daddy and Mummy when he was only 6 months old. But it was only to pity that I was too busy at that time. I totally did not have any time to accompany him. When he learned how to walk, which date his birthday fell on, what kind of girl that he liked — I did not know a single thing…
“After that, I woke up, and I wanted to treat him well. I wanted to mend the years of regret that I had towards him, but… but he turned around…and he disappeared…”
“Mum, Shao Ming understands it all. He knows about it all, so you don’t have to feel regret. You gave him life, and it was you who brought him to this world to look at the luxury on earth; you are a good mother.”
Song Yajing shook her head and said, “Now that I turn back to have a look, I don’t even know where the years went. I have worked hard for half of my life, and it wasn’t until now that I learned that the most important thing in life is family, but Shaoming…”
“Mum.” Ning Qing held onto her as she helped her to sit up, “Mum, let us not give up hope, okay? Let us not despair.”
Song Yajing sat on the edge of the bed, and both her feet touched the ground. She looked outside the door and asked, “Where is Little Young Master Lu?”
Ning Qing stretched out to wipe her tears before saying, “Mum, Little Young Master Lu saw you faint, and he has been crying non stop. Shuiling is holding him now.”