Ruan Lingyu said with a stern face, "With Xiaonan taking care of her, does she still need my concern? I think she doesn’t treasure my care at all, does she?"
To tell the truth, if she had found her biological daughter and discovered that she was living a hard, miserable life, Ruan Lingyu would definitely have felt an overwhelming sense of motherly love and tried to compensate her daughter as much as possible. But unexpectedly, not only was her daughter living well, she was also with someone Ruan Lingyu disliked. After a few unpleasant incidents, Ruan Lingyu’s sympathy for her had dissipated.
Even when she thought of Shen Mianmian as her daughter, she felt a surge of repulsion.
For her to humble herself and ask Shen Mianmian to return to this family was out of the question, unless Shen Mianmian came to apologize to her.
Ruan Yiqian furrowed his brows, "Mom, what do you mean by that?"
"It means just what it says," Ruan Lingyu’s attitude was very firm, "If, just because she is my daughter, she expects to posture in front of me and wants me to beg her to come back, then that’s impossible. She can come back to this home if she wants, or stay away if she prefers. I won’t force her."
Hearing this, Ruan Yiqian finally understood Ruan Lingyu’s meaning. She was still dwelling on the past unpleasantness with Shen Mianmian. It was clear they were in the wrong from the start; Mianmian had never instigated any trouble with them.
Now at this point, still expecting Mianmian to beg to come back, if that was the case, Mianmian might never want to return for the rest of her life. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅✦𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾✦𝗇𝖾𝗍
"Mom, are you planning to disown Mianmian for life over some trivial past issues?"
"If she can disown me as her mother over those trivial matters, then I don’t prize her as my daughter either. I carried her for ten months and gave birth to her, not to have her confront me. These years, she was raised by that couple in the countryside without manners. Bowing her head and returning home is a test for her," Ruan Lingyu’s attitude was stubborn, clearly indicating that if Shen Mianmian wanted to return, she had to bow her head and apologize.
As for her going to bow her head to bring Shen Mianmian back, that was impossible.
Ruan Yiqian was left speechless by her words. Although the woman before him was his mother, he couldn’t help but look at her helplessly, at a loss to understand how the mother he knew, who usually had such a good understanding of propriety, could suddenly become .
Ruan Feng looked at Ruan Lingyu with a face full of disappointment, "Lingyu, Mianmian is our daughter. How can you, as a mother, hold a grudge against our child? You’re so lenient with Xining, why can’t you embrace Mianmian with the same heart?"
Having lost Mianmian once, he already felt a deep guilt towards his daughter. Now that she had finally been found, he couldn’t let her be left outside again, to be an orphan without family.
"If she were as sensible as Xining, how could I not accept her?" Ruan Lingyu, hearing her husband’s criticism, immediately became angry and her words grew even more extreme. "Xining is the child I watched growing up. Although not my biological daughter, she is no different from one. Even after finding my biological daughter, I would still love her just the same. I wouldn’t neglect her like you all want, favoring Mianmian now that she’s been found."
"Mianmian is already very sensible. Even if she weren’t, she is still Ruan Feng’s daughter. Regardless of whether you agree or not, I am determined to recognize Mianmian as mine." This was the first time since Ruan Mianmian had been lost that Ruan Feng spoke to Ruan Lingyu with such firmness.
Ruan Lingyu found this hard to accept. Staring at Ruan Feng, she asked, "What if I said that for this home, there’s no place for both her and me?"
"Lingyu, don’t be unreasonable," Ruan Feng said sternly. "You’ve been clamoring to find our daughter, and now that she’s been found, you’re unwelcoming. How can you be a mother ?"