"Dean, stop joking, this isn’t funny at all, I’m off to work!" Bai Xiao’s tone grew cold.
The Yu Family, why they acknowledged her, she did not know! Perhaps they, like the Shang Family, thought that her medical skills were passable and that she had married a man with a powerful background, now considered a rare commodity, so they were willing to acknowledge her.
But she was unwilling.
Whoever wanted to acknowledge her, no way!
"Bai Xiao, this is no joke. I am your biological uncle, your biological mother is Yu Shaoya, and you look almost exactly like your mother, Bai Xiao, listen to me," Yu Shaohua had discussed with his family the previous night and decided that they must acknowledge Bai Xiao.
This was his only niece, his sister’s only flesh and blood. It was okay when they didn’t know before, but now that they did, how could they let this child wander alone? All these years, this child must have suffered so much; they had not fulfilled their duties.
Yu Shaohua regretted that he should have pushed through his illness back then to manage Yu Shaoya’s affairs after her passing. Maybe then they wouldn’t have let their careless, negligent young sister handle things in such a sloppy manner.
He wouldn’t have let his sister’s flesh and blood wander alone all these years. Regardless of the circumstances, Yu Shaoya’s mistakes were caused by that era; it wasn’t solely Yu Shaoya’s fault. Back then, it was common for spouses and parents to clearly define their boundaries; this matter was already unclear.
"Dean, if you’re not joking, then let me ask you, if my biological mother is indeed Yu Shaoya, why didn’t you acknowledge me all these years? What’s the point of acknowledging me now? Not realizing for twenty years that Yu Shaoya had a daughter, and now suddenly discovering her and being eager to acknowledge me, why?
I’m already accustomed to my life over these years; I get by quite well, so there’s no need to disturb me. I also don’t want any uncles or the like. I have no connection with them."
Yu Shaohua was struck by Bai Xiao’s words, feeling as if a cold night wind had poured into his chest.
The child did not want to acknowledge them.
At that moment, embarrassment, guilt, and regret once again swept over him, his eyes reddened with a sour feeling, "I am a failed uncle, having missed your past twenty years of life, and I have no right to ask for your forgiveness. But there are many reasons for this situation. I’m not making excuses or finding reasons, but you should at least sit down and listen, then you can decide whether to forgive us or not."
Yu Shaohua recounted the whole story, an old cliché story that most people involved in that movement probably experienced during that period—the turmoil of their youth and the confusion of their life’s goals. Yu Shaoya, like most active members of that era, harbored resistance and resentment towards their father, a pianist considered a ’stinky number nine’ with capitalist thoughts, and due to her unapproved love with Monk Feng, incited by Shang Feng, she firmly reported her parents’ background to the authorities and distanced herself, trying to strive for progression.
Thus, overnight, the entire Yu Family got swept up in the movement, the old couple of the Yu Family was sent to a rural village, confined to a cowshed for criticism and re-education, commonly called denunciation.
His siblings and him couldn’t escape either; thus, they were all sent to remote rural areas, and Yu Shaoya couldn’t escape it either, due to her family’s background, she was sent to a place near Liupan Village.
The later situation was that after the vindication, the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Yu were left with severe physical impairments and felt so disheartened that they no longer wished to return to their old circle in the Capital City, instead settling in the city to which they had originally been sent. His siblings each found their own lives in other places.