"Miss Gu, may I presume to ask you a question?"

Gu Shengge lifted her beautiful, dazzling eyes to look at the man standing in front of her, who she had met only twice before, and nodded her head.

He was the potential suitor introduced to her by the patient she took care of. Although he seemed a bit old-fashioned, he compensated for it with his down-to-earth personality.

Lin Nan blushed and appeared somewhat embarrassed. He took a sip of his coffee before slowly asking, "I heard from Mrs. Wang that you have a child, is that right?"

"Do you mind?" Gu Shengge asked calmly and serenely.

The reason why she agreed to the blind date was for the sake of her child.

She has accepted her tragic life of over two decades; she doesn't yearn for love, she just hopes her child won't repeat her mistakes.

"I want to know, who is the father of the child?"

This question must have been asked countless times already.

Gu Shengge smiled gently, as warm as the wind in March, "The child's father has passed away."

Lin Nan was taken aback by her reply, but her smile gave him an inexplicable feeling.

"I heard rumors, saying that you had a sexually promiscuous past, which is why you had a child and didn't know who the father was..."

"So who told you that?" Gu Shengge asked in the same gentle tone, but Lin Nan could feel a pressure emanating from her exquisite, lovely eyes.

"Who said it isn't important, I just want to know if it's true?"

"Rumors stop with the wise. I believe Mr. Lin should be able to judge for himself."

Lin Nan stared at this composed woman and thought that she might have been maligned by others, but there was still a thorn in his heart.

"I believe that Miss Gu is by no means the person you described. I have another question, if I may."

Through their two encounters, he felt this woman was gentle, generous, mature and intellectual. Marrying her would undoubtedly inspire the envy of others.

"Go ahead."

"If we were to get married, I hope to adopt our child to my aunt and uncle. They've been married for many years and yet have no children. Trust me, they will treat the child as their own. As for us, we'll surely..."

"I'm sorry for interrupting, but I think this would be as far as we go. A distinguished man like Mr. Lin would have no difficulty finding a beautiful woman without a child."

Saying so, Gu Shengge picked up her things from the table and left without waiting for Lin Nan's response.

If it weren't for her daughter needing a residence permit to go to school, she wouldn't even consider blind dating.

No one treats a child who is not their own well, the man just now is a case in point.

Meeting twice and already planning to give her child away, she held her temper out of the respect for others.

Ding, ding, ding–

Gu Tuantuan's special ringtone sounded, and Gu Shengge’s impatience faded as she picked up the call.

"Mama, mama, when are you coming back? Tuan Tuan is hungry and her stomach is growling..."

"I'm on my way home, Tuan Tuan. Be a good girl and sit still, don't run around and fall."

After hanging up, Gu Shengge went to the market to buy fresh ingredients, and then headed home to cook for her daughter.

It was strange how while on the bus ride home, Lin Nan's query echoed in her head.

"Where is your child's father?"

She'd like to know where he is as well.

But perhaps it no longer mattered, because having Tuan Tuan was already enough for her.