Chapter 26 A Sad Memory With Her Mommy

Zhou Liying looked out of the window and at the familiar streets that she used to visit as a child. Many memories of hers got refreshed. Her heart became heavy with sadness.

"Are you taking the route of royal streets?" she asked, recognizing the route.

"Yes, miss."

Zhou Liying sighed and rolled down the windows and the next second, the building of the Qin corporation came into her sight. She looked at the building and her heart twisted with pain.

So many times, she had visited the Qin corporation with her mother.

"Mommy, when I will become big like you, I will help you in handling the corporation. This is a promise of TianTian to mommy."

Zhou Liying closed her eyes and a tear slipped out of them.

Her mother was also a businesswoman like her. When Qin Yanze choose his heir from his children, instead of choosing his son, he gave up his seat as CEO for his daughter, Qin Lijuan, mother of Zhou Liying.

At that time, Zhou Liying was only one year old, and her mother was struggling with the memories of her father. So, to divert her mind, Qin Lijuan accepted the seat of CEO.

She was a dedicated woman. She took Qin corporations to a great height. In her leadership, many deals were cracked, and many big offers were received.

Zhou Liying followed her mother to the corporation many times. Qin Lijuan also loved to work in the presence of her daughter. She knew she was working hard and earning money for her daughter only.

From time to time, Qin Lijuan gave many tips to her little princess. Even though Zhou Liying did not understand what her mother was saying at that time, but she loved it whenever her mother talked about her work with her.

"Oh mom, I am sure, you are going to be very proud of me, seeing that I have become a successful woman, just like you." Zhou Liying sighed and closed her eyes. Many happy and sad memories of her with her mother surfaced in her mind.

"Miss, we are here, but the shop is closed." Min Yue spoke.

Zhou Liying opened her eyes and looked at the familiar shop. She loved the ice cream in this shop very much. She came here with her mother many a time.

Ice-cream of Barista was a magic trick which her mother used to coax Zhou Liying whenever she was angry at her mother.

"There is a small door beside the shop. Ring the bell. A man will come out. Tell him that Qin Tian is here and she wants to have her favourite chocolate ice cream."

After hearing the instructions of Zhou Liying, Min Yue left the car and made her way toward the door which Zhou Liying referred to.

Zhou Liying looked out from the window and at the streets, another memory of her with her mother surfaced in her mind.

"Is my princess liking this ice cream?" Qin Lijuan asked her five-year-old daughter.

"Yes, mommy. This ice cream is delicious." Qin Tian licked the ice cream and gave her mother a toothy grin.

"Is mommy forgiven now?"

"Yes, she is. If mommy keeps treating her princess with such delicious ice cream, then how can her princess remain angry with her?" Qin Tian tugged at her mother's leggings. "Do you want to taste it?"

"No. You enjoy it." Qin Lijuan looked at her daughter with love and dotting in her eyes. "Princess, do you know today is your father's birthday?"

"Really." Qin Tian looked at her mother with a wide smile. On getting positive affirmation, she looked up in the sky and at the brightest star. "Happy birthday daddy. TianTian loves you."

She then sent a flying kiss to the star.

Qin Lijuan chuckled and carried Qin Tian in her arms. She made her way toward their parked car.

"Mommy, you should not carry me. I have become heavy. If you keep carrying me like this, then you will also have back pain like granny." Qin Tian looked at her mother's face with concern.

"Don't worry princess. You are not so heavy. Mommy with not feel any pain." Qin Lijuan smiled and gave a wet kiss on the cheeks of Qin Tian.

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Zhou Liying unconsciously placed her hand over her cheeks, feeling as if her mother kissed her. She then looked up in the sky and at the two brightly shining stars, believing them to be her parents.

"Mom, Dad, I love you."

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"What, Qin Tian is here?" the owner of the Barista ice cream, Mister Han looked at Min Yue with wide eyes. "Where is she?"

Min Yue pointed toward the parked car. Without wasting any second, Mister Han ran toward the car. Seeing him coming in her direction, Zhou Liying rolled down the glasses.

"It's you." Mister Han smiled. "It has been such a long time since you have last visited my shop."

"It has been quite a time." Zhou Liying acknowledged. "I hope you haven't stopped making my favourite."

"How can I? How can I? You wait here, I will return with your ice cream in within a minute." Mister Han grinned at her. With enthusiasm, he ran inside his house to bring the favourite ice cream of Qin Tian.

Min Yue walked toward the car and looked at Zhou Liying with an amused expression on her face.

"That old man likes you. He was angry when he saw me at the door. But the moment I told him that I was here to get an ice cream for you, there was a three-sixty degree turn in his behaviour." Min Yue chuckled, and Zhou Liying smiled.

"This shop was going to be closed twenty years back. But knowing that I liked the ice cream in this shop, my mother decided to invest in it. Mister Han is just thankful to me and my mother." Zhou Liying informed, and Min Yue nodded her head.

"Your mother was also kind-hearted like you."

Zhou Liying chuckled and shook her head. "She was but I am nothing like her. She was an angel walking on the earth."