"What if Mianmian likes Xiaonan, and Xiaonan just happens to like Mianmian too?" Ruan Yiqian asked.
Ruan Lingyu stared at him strangely, "Yiqian, what’s wrong with you today? What are you trying to say?"
The two talked for a long time, but Ruan Lingyu couldn’t understand why Ruan Yiqian was suddenly so fixated on this question.
"Mom, I just want to tell you not to spoil Xining too much, and to remind you that when Mianmian is found, don’t just consider Xining’s feelings and neglect Mianmian."
"Mianmian has been missing for so many years and must have suffered a lot. When we find her, I’ll be too busy doting on her, how could I possibly neglect her?" Ruan Lingyu felt her son’s worries were completely unnecessary.
Mianmian was the flesh of her flesh, born after ten months of pregnancy. No one could cherish Mianmian more than she did.
Ruan Yiqian took a deep breath, "That’s good, I’ll be going out now."
Having said that, he turned and walked out.
Ruan Lingyu watched his retreating figure, her heart filled with a tumult of emotions. She went back to her room, took out her daughter’s photo, and started looking at it. Over the years, whenever she missed her daughter, looking at her photos had become a habit.
Although she appeared very strong on the surface and seemed to be doing well, only she knew how much pain was in her heart.
After Mianmian went missing, she resented her husband, and their relationship became tense. Although her son seemed nice to her on the surface, in reality, they were not that close.
If it wasn’t for the resolve to find her daughter, she would have given up long ago.
As for Cheng Xining, it was because she had lost her daughter, her husband was absent, and her son was busy with his career, that she gradually transferred her love to him.
While thinking, a wave of sorrow overcame her, and Ruan Lingyu started to cry. A tear fell onto the photo, and she nervously hurried to wipe it off. As she wiped, she suddenly stiffened.
She had a fleeting thought that Mianmian and Shen Mianmian looked somewhat alike, which startled her. Upon looking more closely, they seemed not to resemble each other after all.
Her thoughts in disarray due to this sudden realization, she no longer had the heart to look at the photo and quickly put it back in the drawer.
Ruan Yiqian arrived at the Cheng Family home, where Cheng Xining was at home, crying and sobbing, with her mother comforting her, while her father had a stern expression on his face, saying nothing.
Seeing Ruan Yiqian’s arrival, he said, "Stop crying. Now that Yiqian is here, let him accompany you."
For this sort of matter, neither he nor Cheng’s mother wanted to be involved. If someone recognized them, his career would be ruined.
Although Cheng Xining was reluctant, she knew she had no control over the situation, so she followed Ruan Yiqian out of the house and got directly into the car.
Throughout the drive, Ruan Yiqian remained silent, and Cheng Xining, angry that Ruan Yiqian wasn’t taking her side, also kept her mouth tightly shut.
Upon arriving at the shopping mall, they went straight to the shop where Shen Mianmian had bought clothes. Several people were browsing in the shop, and Cheng Xining felt embarrassed to admit to anything with others present, so she kept quiet. Newest update provıded by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝓷𝓮𝓽
The shop assistant, however, noticed her and found her somewhat familiar. After thinking carefully, he recognized her as the person who had come and gone the day before, and according to Shen Mianmian’s words, this person was a thief.
Worried that she might steal something, the shop assistant subconsciously watched her every move.
Cheng Xining became angry at being stared at, "Why are you watching me all the time?"
Lacking evidence, the shop assistant couldn’t accuse her of theft and could only say, "Hello miss, I see you standing still without looking at the clothes. May I ask if you haven’t found anything you like?"