Yang Mei sat with Zheng Huan for a while, and then Tang Cuifang came in carrying bags of groceries.
"Aunt Tang." Luo Fei and Yang Mei immediately stood up to greet her.
"Yang Mei, Luo Fei, you’re here, please sit down, I’ll go make you some food."
As the saying goes, joy brings a radiant spirit. Today, Tang Cuifang was smiling particularly happily as she carried her bags to the kitchen.
Yang Mei quickly followed, "Aunt Tang, let me help you."
"No, no, you sit down, I can handle it myself!"
"It’s alright, I’m not doing anything anyway, might as well give you a hand."
The two chatted and laughed as they entered the kitchen. After putting the groceries down, Tang Cuifang got busy.
Yang Mei often helped her own mom at home, so she didn’t need instructions. She simply sorted the vegetables accordingly.
Feeling bored sitting around, Luo Fei decided to join them. "Let me help too. Is there anything I can do?"
"Then why don’t you pick through these vegetables?" Yang Mei said, handing him two bags of greens.
Luo Fei naturally took them and started squatting in a corner to sort the vegetables.
Seeing this, Tang Cuifang, who initially wanted to send them back to rest, just let them be.
She took out the cutting board and the beef she just bought and skillfully started cutting.
While washing the vegetables, Yang Mei leaned closer and asked quietly, "Aunt Tang, how are you getting along with Huanhuan? She hasn’t upset you, has she?"
Generally, children who have been abducted and away from their birth families for a long time need time to readjust when they return.
But each child’s situation is different, so the extent and time for adjustment vary.
Especially since Zheng Huan had left Tang Cuifang for almost ten years. If she resisted this mother, Tang Cuifang would be even more heartbroken...
Meeting Yang Mei’s worried gaze, Tang Cuifang beamed with a smile.
"No, no, Huanhuan is obedient and sensible. She even took the initiative to discuss changing her name back, she wouldn’t upset me. Don’t worry."
Hearing this, Yang Mei was relieved.
"But there’s one thing... she wants me to write a letter of forgiveness to plead for leniency for her adoptive parents."
As she said this, Tang Cuifang’s smile gradually faded, "But if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have been separated from Huanhuan for so many years. I really don’t want to write this letter."
After reuniting with her daughter yesterday, she inevitably asked about what her daughter had gone through all these years.
Learning how Liao Mingjin and his wife treated her to prevent her from accepting the new family made her want to kill them.
But after her daughter finished speaking, she instead pleaded for the couple and hoped her mother would forgive them.
That moment was incredibly painful for her.
Because she knew, even if her daughter was willing to come back and recognize her as her mother, she still felt affection for that family.
For any mother, this is like a knife to the heart.
Yang Mei anticipated this situation and patted Tang Cuifang’s back, "Aunt Tang, I understand your feelings. It would be hard for anyone to forgive in this situation."
"But Huanhuan’s return is a blessing amidst misfortune, so try to see it that way. Besides, although that couple is indeed abhorrent, at least Huanhuan grew up safe and sound."
"You might as well write the letter for Huanhuan’s sake. If you don’t agree, it could create a barrier between you and her, do you understand, Aunt Tang?"
Yang Mei advised earnestly.
"I understand what you’re saying. It’s not that I won’t agree, I’m just upset. They are accomplices who harmed our family, yet my daughter is pleading for them... I’m really afraid she might give up on me for them."
"Aunt Tang, don’t overthink it. Huanhuan lived with them for nine years, it’s normal to have some feelings. But her choosing to come back to you shows she loves you more, so don’t overthink it."
"As long as you get along well with her and make up for the lost years, she’ll always be your daughter, and no one can take that away."
"Hearing you say that makes me feel so much better. Alright, I’ll write a letter of forgiveness tomorrow and send it over."
With Yang Mei’s persuasion, Tang Cuifang opened her mind.
As she spoke, she gratefully glanced at Yang Mei, "Child, thank you."
"Aunt Tang, no need to be so polite with me! Just take my advice. Since Huanhuan just came back, if anything seems off, talk to her nicely, and be patient. She’ll grow closer to you sooner or later."
"I know, she’s been through so much hardship, my heart aches for her, how could I bear to scold her."
"Then why did I see her eyes red when I came in? I thought you had scolded her."
Tang Cuifang shook her head, "I didn’t scold her, she found out about Old Zheng..."
Surprised this was the reason, Yang Mei fell silent for a long time, "... Aunt Tang, don’t be sad. If the master is watching over us, he would be very happy to see Huanhuan return."
"Now that Huanhuan is found, if Old Zheng’s case could be solved, I could die in peace."
"Psst, what are you saying! Don’t talk about dying, you finally found your daughter, life will only get better from here. Don’t say such inauspicious things."
"Alright, alright, I won’t say it. But Yang Mei and Luo Fei, I haven’t had the chance to ask you, how did you find Huanhuan? Was it when you asked me last time that you found out something?"