"Yes, this photo should be from when I was about twenty, just after Xiaolie was born." Jiang Wanru looked at the photo, her gaze softening a lot. She remembered, when the photo was taken, Su Jinrong was walking towards her, holding Su Lie, his entire demeanor became much gentler, and this moment was captured by the photographer.
Su Jinrong later always said that this photo was taken particularly well, as it captured the love in her eyes when she looked at the father and son.
"But how come it looks so much like Nianhua?" Su Xi murmured to herself.
Jiang Wanru felt a jolt in her heart and asked, "Xiaoxi, do you also think it looks like Nianhua?"
Jiang Wanru examined the photo, having seen it many times before, and couldn’t recall Xu Nianhua’s appearance as being particularly similar.
"It does."
Su Xi nodded, chattering about the photo she had seen at the previous photography exhibition. She said, "When I saw the photo before, it felt familiar. Now looking at this one, I feel like they’re the same person."
"The same person?"
Jiang Wanru pressed, "Can you find that photo?"
"I can." Su Xi said as she called Pei Yining. When Pei Yining heard that Su Xi wanted the photo, she asked curiously, "Why do you want that photo?"
"I have something very important to check with that photo, Yining. When are you home? I’ll go to your place to get it?" Su Xi asked seriously.
Pei Yining didn’t immediately agree. Jiang Wanru took over the phone, suppressing her doubts, and said, "Xiaoxi, this is your Aunt Jiang. It’s like this, I have a photo on my side that Xiaoxi insists looks exactly like Nianhua’s profile photo, so I want to see just how similar they are."
"Ah..."
Pei Yining was so surprised she even forgot to call her ’Aunt’.
After hanging up the phone, Pei Yining informed her family and went out. She rushed home to get the photo and headed to the Su Family, feeling very curious about how people can look so similar to each other.
"Sis-in-law, you know what? You and Nianhua do actually look quite alike," said Fei Meishu, who was also Professor Fei, Su Xi’s mother, flipping through the large group photo from last summer. Comparing Xu Nianhua’s sweet smile to Jiang Wanru, they really did look alike.
"Don’t you think this brow and eyes resemble my brother’s?" Fei Meishu glanced again at Jiang Wanru and said, "The temperament and charm are like yours."
"Could it be..." Jiang Wanru scrutinized the photo, a very absurd idea entered her mind, only to be immediately suppressed.
During the wait, Jiang Wanru thought about many things, but in the end, she didn’t ask anything.
When Pei Yining finally brought in the photo, Jiang Wanru instinctively stood up.
"Aunt Jiang, the photo..." Pei Yining had just extended the photo when she realized it was already gone from her hand.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Wanru was holding the photo, and upon seeing it, she was also greatly shocked.
"Jinrong." Jiang Wanru, holding two photos, walked up to Su Jinrong, who was chatting about business with Su Jinfang and the others, and asked, "Look at this."
"Where did this photo come from?" Su Jinrong was about to praise it, but realized something was off. Though it was a color photo, the person looked like Wanru in her younger days.
Su Lie moved closer, took a glance, and said, "Mom, you looked really beautiful when you were young!"
"Beautiful indeed, but did we have color photos back then?" Su Jinrong furrowed his brow, thinking.