Rebirth from the Ashes

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Chapter 453: A Decade-Long Wait

“Honey!”

Mama Fu screamed with all her might, pouring in all her emotions. In record speed, she bolted towards the figure.

The sudden joy after the despair from a decade-long wait was screaming in every cell of her body. She was over the moon but afraid to come away empty-handed all at once.

“Fu Handing!”

She shouted at the top of her lungs, forgetting where she was. Like a girl about to meet her lover, she was filled with joy, happiness, timidity, and worry.

Mama Fu pushed through a crowd, fumbling in her footsteps before arriving at the location he was earlier. However, there was nothing there. It was as though the figure she saw was all in her head.

“Fu Handing!”

She let out a heart-wrenching cry. Looking at the huge supermarket and the crowd of strangers bustling, her vision turned blurry as tears poured down her cheeks.

With public eyes on her, she clutched her chest and silently kneeled onto the ground. She murmured croakily and heartbreakingly, “Fu Handing.”

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

The feelings of dashed hope and heartrending hurt came flushing down on her like a tide.

He would have made it home if he was alive and well.

“Li Jingran!”

With someone in the crowd yelling out this name, many swiftly gathered around Mama Fu.

This was a Chinese supermarket after all. Since Li Jingran was the queen of China’s silver screen with many productions, it was unsurprising to be recognized.

Fu Qingxuan caught sight of the approaching crowd while returning with a bottle of dark soy sauce. He quickly tossed the bottle in hand and ran over. “Mom.”

The person on her knees curled up into a ball as despair and pain took over. The sight tore Fu Qingxuan up. He tried to help her up, but the latter lost her strength to sobs. In the end, he lifted Mom and walked away from the crowd.

As soon as he left, security personnel arrived to ask onlookers to gather. They were asked to delete pictures and not to speak of the incident.

In the car in front of the supermarket.

Mama Fu was crying her eyes out while holding onto Fu Qingxuan’s hand. With tear-filled eyes, she gazed at him. “It’s your dad, Xuan. It’s your dad. I saw him, but then he disappeared.”

She really saw him!

Why did he disappear?

“Mom, I’ll get the surveillance checked. We’d soon find out if it’s Dad.” Fu Qingxuan preciously wiped away her tears and checked on the wound on her forehead. His eyes were filled with self-blame and remorse.

Why was he so dumb to take Mom to the supermarket and get her hurt? Qingli and Qingye would never let anything happen to Mom if they were here.

Soon.

The store manager personally came and knocked on the car window.

Fu Qingxuan got out of the car.

The manager respectfully handed him a photograph. “We’re sorry, Young Master Xuan. We have carefully examined the footage in the last three hours, and we can’t find the person in this photo.