Mao Mao is your daughter with your mistress, but since she was born prematurely in the seventh month, your mistress has abandoned you, saying she is irresponsible and unwilling to care for her daughter.

And since then, you've been raising her alone without anyone's help, and you were content with that. She was a kind, cute, and obedient daughter, and you didn't face any difficulty in raising her, except for the fact that she had a lung condition.

Mao Mao had been very ill for the past two days. Winter in China had been particularly harsh on the one-year-and-six- months old girl, who suffered from asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. She had been crying a lot for the past two days because of her illness.

Mao Mao was a very sensitive girl when she was sick, and she would get upset about everything. She had caught the winter flu, a cough, a fever, and some throat problems, which is why she was so sensitive. But luckily, after taking her to the doctor, she felt a little better, at least she stopped crying

Today, she was looking at you with big, tearful eyes and puffy lips, her childlike face befitting a girl her age. She said in her childish, tearful voice, "Papa!"