Inferior A After Having a Baby with the Top Boss 106

Chapter 106: Mother and Reunion

Ming Fei only released two sky lanterns.

One for Grandma Jing, and one for the 181 members of the Timon tribe branch.

The reason she didn’t release any for her mothers was because, for matters without a definite conclusion, she still held a sliver of hope in her heart, even though she knew it was slim.

But—

As the lanterns along the riverbank were all lit, she clearly saw the two people standing under the lights, as if having transcended time and space, completely overlapping with Yan Nanzhi and Yu Qingyan from the holographic recording. Time hadn’t even left any traces of aging on them.

Hot tears fell before any sound could escape her lips.

Ming Fei cried silently.

From two meters away, her tears were also clearly visible to Yan Nanzhi under the lantern light. Therefore, Yan Nanzhi couldn’t help but wonder, why was this stranger suddenly crying?

And why did she feel… inexplicably sad?

It was strange.

She hesitated to speak. A gust of wind suddenly blew past, ruffling the stranger’s hair, revealing her beautiful features, which seemed increasingly familiar.

She tugged on Yu Qingyan’s arm, about to ask if she also found the person in front of them familiar, when Yu Qingyan suddenly gripped her hand tightly, her eyes filled with turbulent emotions.

—She saw it.

She saw the pheromone bracelet on the stranger’s wrist, saw… the petal-shaped birthmark behind her ear.

Identical to their daughter’s birthmark.

The branches and leaves by the river rustled in the wind, green leaves falling and covering the ground. Little Ming Zaozao ran to Ming Fei’s side and anxiously asked her mommy what was wrong. And Zhu Yiqiao, who had also seen the holographic recording, understood everything when she saw the two women’s faces.

She turned sideways and wiped away Ming Fei’s tears with her fingertip. Actually, Ming Fei didn’t want to cry, but the silent tears were uncontrollable.

Fortunately, her loss of composure was only for a brief moment.

She blinked, smiled at Zhu Yiqiao and Ming Zaozao, and said, her voice carrying a hint of comfort,

“I’m fine, don’t worry.”

Ming Zaozao wasn’t convinced, because she had seen the tears. If Mommy was sad, she would be sad too. She wanted to make Mommy happy and was about to perform a magic trick to cheer her up when the two strangers suddenly walked over.

Or rather, their gazes had never left Ming Fei.

A complicated silence enveloped the five of them.

As the distance between them closed, Yan Nanzhi’s eyes flickered, and her grip on Yu Qingyan’s hand tightened until her knuckles turned white. She looked at Ming Fei, her lips trembling, whispering with longing, concern, and hope,

“…Xiaobao (Little Treasure).”

Instantly, Ming Fei’s tears flowed freely.

—Her mothers recognized her.

Before this, they hadn’t spoken to each other, she had only seen the unfamiliarity on her mothers’ faces, but in just a few minutes, they recognized her.

Her tears fell even harder.

Yan Nanzhi quickly comforted her: “Don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Her mother’s voice brought a light to Ming Fei, who had once walked through dark, snowy nights. She turned her head, brushed her hair aside, revealing the birthmark she had had since birth, her voice hoarse.

“…It’s… it’s me.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Nanzhi leaned forward and hugged her. A belated, trans-temporal hug, filled with tears and longing, erased all the unfamiliarity.

Yan Nanzhi’s emotions were very expressive. She comforted Ming Fei, telling her not to cry, while her own tears fell like pearls off a broken string. Soon, as if in disbelief, she released her daughter from the embrace and patted Yu Qingyan next to her.

“Pinch me.”

Yu Qingyan looked at Ming Fei intently, then really pinched Yan Nanzhi’s cheek, but very gently, as if complying with the request out of helplessness.

Facing the three adults and one child, Yan Nanzhi covered her face and said with joy, “It feels real, it’s real. Qingyan, we’re not dreaming.”

Yu Qingyan’s emotions were more restrained: “…Mm, it’s real.”

Under the bright moonlight, Yan Nanzhi started examining her child, her gaze sweeping over her eyes, nose, mouth, and the birthmark. She reached out and pinched Ming Fei’s cheek, her tears turning into a smile.

“Mama’s treasure has grown so big.”

Ming Fei paused.

…Mama’s treasure…

This phrase had never appeared in her childhood. Whether in the orphanage or during her brief adoptions, she had always been the least cared for, the one who could be discarded at any time.

Although she knew from the holographic recording that her mothers loved her and hadn’t abandoned her, this phrase, “Mama’s treasure,” still stunned her.

She let Yan Nanzhi hug her. After a while, she softly called out,

“…Mama.”

Yan Nanzhi’s joy brought tears to her eyes again.

She knew that she and Yu Qingyan hadn’t fulfilled their responsibilities, and they had always been worried about their two precious daughters all these years, but the world was too vast, the universe too vast, they couldn’t go back, and could only wait day after day, waiting for a reunion with no appointed time.

Fortunately—

They had waited.

And her treasure was still willing to recognize her, still willing to call her “Mama” at their first meeting.

Her tears dampened the fabric of Ming Fei’s shoulder. Yu Qingyan, standing next to them, timely patted their shoulders and also joined the hug.

And Ming Zaozao was completely clueless about what was happening.

At first, she frowned, looking worriedly at her mommy and the two strangers who made her mommy cry.

Zhu Yiqiao quickly reacted, picked her up, walked to a tree not far away, and gave the three, reunited after so many years, time and space.

She pinched Ming Zaozao’s cheek and softly explained everything to her. Ming Zaozao’s eyes widened, and the metaphorical stars within them lit up.

“Wow, that’s great!”

Zhu Yiqiao responded: “Mm, it’s great.”

Ming Zaozao threw herself into Zhu Yiqiao’s arms, occasionally glancing at the others.

The riverbank and Teng trees in their peripheral vision turned into a display screen and controller.

The five of them left the River of Rebirth and got into the hovercar. Ming Fei, Zhu Yiqiao, and Ming Zaozao sat in the front row, and Yan Nanzhi and Yu Qingyan sat in the back.

The seats in the back could be adjusted, and they changed the arrangement to face each other.

Ming Zaozao was already a little sleepy.

She was happy and also very curious about the two unfamiliar grandmothers, her crystal-clear eyes looking at them for a while before she couldn’t hold on any longer and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Yan Nanzhi offered, “Ah Fei, let me hold her.”

Actually, the reason they had been standing next to Ming Zaozao at first was because she found the child incredibly cute and felt an affinity for her. Worried that the child, waiting alone, would wander off to play, she and Yu Qingyan had stayed with her, planning to go over after the other two finished releasing the lanterns.

Unexpectedly, fate began to turn from this moment.

Ming Fei carried Ming Zaozao over. As soon as Ming Zaozao was close to Yan Nanzhi, she held her hand, mumbled something in her sleep, and then quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Yan Nanzhi smiled gently, then suddenly asked,

“Yiqiao, are you from the Empire’s royal family?”

By the River of Rebirth, the first person they recognized was Zhu Yiqiao. After all, Chief Judge Zhu’s name was known throughout the country and internationally, from high-ranking officials to ordinary citizens, almost everyone knew her.

But because the light and shadows at the time had obscured her pheromone bracelet, they hadn’t thought too much about it.

After the reunion, Ming Fei introduced Zhu Yiqiao and Ming Zaozao to them, and after briefly explaining the circumstances of the misused genetic sample, they learned that Zhu Yiqiao was also a transmigrator, also from the Ole Empire.

And based on her striking appearance, they deduced her royal status.

Hearing this, Zhu Yiqiao admitted honestly, “Yes, although I was a member of the royal family, I was also a member of the Mehertaer faction.”

Yan Nanzhi looked at her features, feeling more and more that she resembled an old friend, so she asked for more details.

“Is it convenient to tell us which family?”

Zhu Yiqiao: “The Anrui family of the North.”

The air in the hovercar froze for a second, then quickly resumed its flow. Ming Fei, sensing her mothers’ emotional change, asked uncertainly,

“Mama, what’s wrong?”

Yan Nanzhi shook her head and smiled brightly: “Nothing, just didn’t expect that she was actually the child of an old friend.”

Ming Fei looked at Zhu Yiqiao: “An old friend?”

Zhu Yiqiao was also puzzled.

Their identities were very mysterious. After all traces of their lives were erased, even though Zhu Yiqiao had been a member of the royal family, she only knew that they had worked at the highest Academy of Sciences.

Yan Nanzhi and Yu Qingyan exchanged a look. Looking away, Yan Nanzhi took the initiative to explain what happened back then.

“We were old friends with your mother, Dai Li.”

Mentioning the past, a smile appeared in the corner of her eyes: “If it weren’t for what happened later, you and Xiao Fei might have grown up together.”

“Back then, Qingyan, Dai Li, and I grew up together. Later, Qingyan and I secretly joined the Mehertaer faction. Dai Li, after accidentally finding out about this, strongly opposed it and tried to persuade us to leave the Mehertaer faction immediately. She was kind-hearted, and even though she couldn’t persuade us, she didn’t expose us. It’s just that later, we gradually drifted apart, and after we left the North, we lost contact.”

Yan Nanzhi’s gaze was filled with nostalgia: “She was a tsundere. Although she never replied to our messages, she secretly went to see us in the East the year after we left.”

Zhu Yiqiao hadn’t expected such a connection between her and Ming Fei. She did remember that when she was little, her mother would occasionally be lost in thought while looking at an old photo in her study.

She had found it strange at the time. There was only her mother in the old photo, what was her mother looking at repeatedly? It wasn’t until this moment that she understood that her mother was looking at her two erased friends.

The hovercar soon arrived at the hotel. Yan Nanzhi carried Ming Zaozao, who was sleeping soundly, out of the car, Yu Qingyan carrying their luggage, and Ming Fei and Zhu Yiqiao followed behind.

Entering the hotel and walking towards their reserved family suite, Ming Fei took Ming Zaozao from Yan Nanzhi and returned to the suite with Zhu Yiqiao.

After placing Ming Zaozao on the sofa, Ming Fei held Zhu Yiqiao’s hand, kissed her cheek, and said with a smile,

“What a coincidence, so we had this connection all along.”

Zhu Yiqiao also felt it was a coincidence, but also felt it wasn’t enough. Fate should have bound them together since childhood.

That way, she could have met Ming Fei earlier.

Through her gaze, Ming Fei understood her thoughts, then turned and bent down, kissing her.

They exchanged a kiss.

Listening to each other’s heartbeats.

After the kiss ended, Ming Fei, usually shy, whispered in Zhu Yiqiao’s ear,

“I also feel it’s not enough.”

“Zhu Yiqiao, I want to be with you for all eternity.”

A person’s life was actually very short. She was greedy, and even though she hadn’t believed in past or future lives before, she now longed for eternity. And she wasn’t the only one with such thoughts. Zhu Yiqiao kissed her again and replied softly,

“Ah Fei, me too.”