"Sometimes I feel there were two Xiulans in my life, " An Qinyan said with a sad smile. "It's a weird feeling. I don't know how to explain it to you. I had a dream where you came to me dressed in the clothes that you were wearing on your 16th birthday telling me how it was time to say goodbye. I cried and asked you not to leave me. I begged her to not leave me and I promised her that I will be the best mother to her. You smiled at me and said you were going but someone will come to me who needs motherly love more than anyone and before I could ask you what you meant, the dream ended. I still recall that dream vividly. I don't want to lose you. I don't care in what form I have you but as long as you are with me, I am happy. I don't have any big expectations from my kids except they live a healthy and happy life."
"Mom, what if your real daughter is gone and there is someone else in her place?" An Xiulan ended up asking.
