"What’s the good news?" Fei Jiayi sized up Su Xi and Xu Nianhua, feeling that this good news had something to do with Xu Nianhua.
Su Xi affectionately linked arms with Xu Nianhua, appearing closer now.
"Nianhua is my dear dear dear cousin." Su Xi, linking arms with Xu Nianhua, said with pride.
"Ah..."
Fei Jiayi was stunned for a moment, then matched the cousin with the daughter of Su Xi’s aunt’s family. She asked, "Wasn’t the daughter of your aunt’s family gone shortly after birth? Where did this dear dear cousin come from?"
"That was a mistake, Nianhua is indeed the child of my aunt." Su Xi was visibly excited and said, "Jiayi, aren’t you surprised or shocked?"
Seeing no anticipated shock or excitement, Fei Jiayi quickly accepted it and looked at Xu Nianhua, saying, "Nianhua, does that make us relatives, too? Su Xi and I are cousins, and you and Su Xi are cousins, too. By rounding up, you’re like my cousin too."
"Cousin, did you bring me anything delicious?" Fei Jiayi’s reaction was completely unexpected by Xu Nianhua and Su Xi.
...
In dorm 30, Xu Nianhua distributed the local specialties she brought to her classmates and also mentioned that she wouldn’t be living on campus this year.
"Nianhua, you’re... not staying on campus?" Ding Guo felt the food in front of her lose its appeal instantly.
Liao Jinling asked excitedly, "Then where are you going to live?"
"Isn’t the small yard behind your shop being occupied by Sister Wei?" Chang Hui asked curiously.
Zhou Wanwan also said, "Yeah, I saw Sister Wei opening the door when I went to buy stuff yesterday."
"Well..." Xu Nianhua hesitated for a moment, not sure how to explain. Her background was somewhat complex.
Fei Jiayi remained silent; Xu Nianhua was the Su Family’s recently recovered child, so it was expected for her to live with the Su Family.
"Jiayi, do you know something?"
Liao Jinling looked at Fei Jiayi inquisitively. Besides Xu Nianhua, Fei Jiayi seemed to be the only one unfazed and not asking questions in the dorm.
"Ahem." Fei Jiayi cleared her throat and looked at Xu Nianhua. This was Nianhua’s personal matter. Whether to disclose it or not was up to her.
"Well, actually, it’s related to my background. I found my biological parents, so my biological parents want me to live at home." Xu Nianhua’s words were like a massive stone thrown into the water.
Fei Jiayi, unable to hold back any longer, told Xu Nianhua’s story with emotion.
Everyone in the dorm was astonished. When Xu Nianhua’s parents came before, they mentioned briefly that she was raised by adoptive parents; no one thought much of it. But no one imagined that Xu Nianhua’s background was so peculiar.
When Fei Jiayi mentioned the Su Family, they didn’t ask much, but when they heard that Su Hong’en was Xu Nianhua’s nephew, they marveled at the coincidence.
"Regarding my background, I’d like to ask everyone not to spread it around." Xu Nianhua had initially intended to keep it a secret, but on second thought, it wasn’t something shameful. Lying about why she was living with the Su Family made her feel it’d be better to just tell them.
Just to avoid trouble, she asked them not to talk about it.
Chang Hui and the others assured her they wouldn’t discuss it, and when they later learned that Xu Nianhua’s biological parents were from the formidable Su Family, whose simple foot stomp could shake Ningbei three times, they were too shocked to speak.