When Jiang Wanru saw Xu Nianhua, her eyes filled with tears in an instant. Her lips moved, but she found that she couldn’t say a word in the end.
"Nianhua, we decided to come at the last minute and forgot to call you," Su Xi walked forward. Seeing Nianhua again, she was also very excited. She had previously thought of her as a potential friend, but now discovering they were blood-related, first cousins, made her feel miraculous.
"That’s perfect, we’ll have a treat. These small river shrimps are super delicious," Xu Nianhua said with a big smile.
"I’ll take the things, you go chat with... them," Ji Ying quickly took the items from Xu Nianhua’s hands and whispered in her ear.
"Aunt Jiang, I’m sorry, we went hiking today. Aunt Jiang, stay for dinner tonight. I’ll make you delicious stir-fried river shrimp and steamed bass. They’re freshly caught from the river," Xu Nianhua greeted Jiang Wanru warmly after washing her hands, looking at Jiang Wanru with a bright smile, but somehow felt her gaze seemed too fervent today and that her eyes were filled with tears.
"Aunt Jiang, are you alright?" Xu Nianhua looked at Jiang Wanru with concern.
"Nianhua, my aunt is just too emotional," Su Xi explained by the side.
"Grandma is happy."
Su Hong’en squeezed in next to Xu Nianhua. He enjoyed the aura around Xu Nianhua, staying by her side made him happy.
"I’m happy, very happy," Jiang Wanru quietly wiped her tears.
Xu Nianhua: "..."
Seeing her, so happy that she wants to cry?
"Nianhua, is it you who came back?" Xu Qinghe and the others were strolling outside. Hearing the car, seeing Pei Yicheng’s Jeep, they guessed Xu Nianhua had come back. He was leading Su Jinrong and the others home.
"Uncle Su? Brother Su?"
When Xu Nianhua saw Su Jinrong and Su Lie, she felt even more puzzled. Why did they all come?
Like Ji Ying, she wondered if they came to recognize her as their goddaughter, meeting her parents deliberately in the village?
"Nianhua, there’s something I want to tell you," Ji Ying, having placed the shrimp and fish in the kitchen, looked at the big family in the living room, then seriously said to Xu Nianhua, "They are your biological parents."
"Pfft!"
Xu Nianhua, having just taken a sip of water, instantly sprayed it all out hearing Ji Ying’s words.
"Mom, are you kidding?"
Xu Nianhua wiped the tea from the corner of her mouth, looking at her parents and the Su family’s serious expressions, she was shocked.
They’re all from Ningbei, how could she be their daughter?
"Nianhua, this is true," Ji Ying replied as seriously as one could, simultaneously recounting how Jia Sufen swapped Jiang Wanru’s daughter with Fang Yue’s in detail. Anything missed, Su Xi filled in on the side.
"Nianhua, I’m sorry, I didn’t protect you well," Jiang Wanru looked at Xu Nianhua with tearful eyes. Besides apologizing, she didn’t know what else to say.
She was a mother who lost her child; it was all her fault.
"Wanru, it’s not your fault. It was I who didn’t protect you both, causing you and your daughter to be separated for twenty-two years," Su Jinrong supported Jiang Wanru. Seeing his tall and graceful daughter, that instinctive sense of closeness made him feel deeply regretful. If, if all this hadn’t happened, wouldn’t his daughter have grown up in his arms, from babbling, learning to walk, to now blooming so beautifully. Unfortunately, all of it was missed.
Fortunately, fortunately found her back.