"I am your husband, just say it, and I’ll help you come up with a solution." Seeing her look so troubled, Jiang Jing felt even more heartache.
Gu Mingzhu lowered her eyes, seeming to wrestle with herself for a while before she said, "Actually, I have a younger sister."
"Ah..." Jiang Jing had thought it was a business matter and had prepared himself for anything, ready to help no matter what happened.
But after all this time, was what Mingzhu talking about not business related?
"A sister?" Jiang Jing asked uncertainly, "Could it be that Dad..."
Gu Mingzhu heard him and knew he had misunderstood, she immediately said, "Jiang Ge, you’ve misunderstood. It’s a sister my mother gave birth to."
Jiang Jing looked at Gu Mingzhu suspiciously.
Gu Mingzhu explained half-truthfully that her sister had been taken away when she was young. At that time, her mother was alone in Gaoliang County, scared and just given birth. Gu Hai went to the hospital and didn’t see the child, only seeing his mother alone in the ward crying, so he thought the child was gone.
Fang Yue didn’t dare to tell anyone that the child had been taken away right under her eyes, so a beautiful misunderstanding occurred.
His mother-in-law was really unreliable, wasn’t she?
How could she not report it to the police when the child was taken away?
And how could she let her family think the child was gone just because she was scared?
"Jiang Ge, my mom was just too scared at the time, and all these years, she has been especially upset every September 23, tormented by guilt and self-reproach. She was only in her twenties then, alone in Gaoliang County giving birth..."
Gu Mingzhu’s soft voice made one’s heart ache to hear it.
Seeing her wipe away tears, Jiang Jing sighed and said, "Don’t cry, this isn’t your fault, Mom..."
Jiang Jing paused for a moment before continuing, "Mom didn’t mean to do it, the most urgent task now is to find the child."
Who knew whether the child was still alive after so many years had passed.
"Yes, so, I’ve been asking around these past few days, and I didn’t realize until I inquired that my sister has been very fortunate." Gu Mingzhu’s eyelashes were still wet, and she looked pitiful with a smile through her tears.
"You found her?" Jiang Jing was a bit surprised.
"Yes, she was adopted by a family, but I’m afraid my dad will blame my mom." The joy in Gu Mingzhu’s eyes slowly faded.
"How can I help you?" Jiang Jing asked uncertainly.
Gu Mingzhu was somewhat embarrassed; she blinked her eyes, and her damp eyelashes fluttered like feathers, touching the sensitivity of her heart.
"Jiang Ge, you tell my dad that you are the one who found her, just say..." Gu Mingzhu paused, then continued, "Say the child was not well, that the person who stole her left her under the Big Locust Tree, and eventually a couple picked her up."
"Jiang Ge, I know Dad trusts what you say the most." Gu Mingzhu looked at him pleadingly and said, "Jiang Ge, please help my mom. I don’t want my parents to have a rift because of this, and I don’t want my sister to be left out there. She’s already suffered enough, and I want to bring her back and make up for it."
Gu Mingzhu’s sincere words made Jiang Jing feel that Mingzhu was really too kind. He reached out, gently wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "Mingzhu, don’t worry, I will help you. It’s not your fault that the sister was lost; you don’t have to blame yourself."
"I just feel that I was too young at the time. If I had been older, I could have gone back with my mom, and my sister wouldn’t have been lost." Gu Mingzhu spoke of this with much self-reproach, then plunged into Jiang Jing’s arms, her low sobs falling one after the other, like onto Jiang Jing’s heart.