"You’re talking nonsense," Fang Yue snapped, like a cat that had its sore spot stepped on. She was gasping for breath, her voice had grown considerably louder as she said, "I’m your own mother, how could I possibly lose you on purpose?"
"You might refuse to acknowledge me, but I am the child you carried for ten months and gave birth to with great difficulty," Fang Yue said with great emotion.
"You might refuse to acknowledge us, but you can’t doubt a mother’s love for her child," Gu Hai stood by Fang Yue’s side and declared loudly, regardless of whether he really doubted it in his heart. At that moment, Gu Hai was defending Fang Yue, and defending Fang Yue was also defending the face of the Gu Family.
Otherwise, if word got out that Fang Yue had abandoned her own daughter, would the Gu Family have any dignity left?
"Mr. Gu, Nianhua might not be able to accept this for the moment," Xu Qinghe immediately stood up and explained on behalf of Xu Nianhua: "Nianhua has always been well-behaved and sensible. We were a very happy family, and suddenly telling her she’s not our biological child is something she can’t accept in her heart."
"Exactly, Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, don’t rush her. Nianhua is an obedient and sensible child. She will understand your difficulties," Ji Ying said, trying to smooth things over. "We’ve just gotten off the train, and I’m already hungry. Nianhua, can you go see when the food will be served?"
Xu Nianhua cast her eyes downward, turned, and left the private room. After speaking with the waiter about serving the meal sooner, she didn’t hurry back to the room. Instead, she stood at the entrance of the restaurant, head drooping as she sorted through her messy thoughts.
She felt that Fang Yue had really lost her and now, because something had happened to Gu Mingzhu, they suddenly remembered her, right?
They indeed had gathered very accurate information.
Could it be that Gu Mingzhu had just discovered she needed Panda Blood and required her assistance now?
Xu Nianhua’s thoughts were in turmoil when she faintly heard someone call out ’little sister.’
She thought she had misheard and, surprised, looked up. When she saw Xu Nian’an, she blinked in shock and asked, "Second Brother, how did you get here?"
When Xu Nian’an saw Xu Nianhua, he let out a long sigh of relief. He had run all the way from the Medical University to Beining University. After searching the campus for Xu Nianhua and then asking her dormitory roommates, he guessed that she might be at this restaurant and rushed over.
Fortunately, he happened to see Xu Nianhua standing at the restaurant’s entrance.
"Big Brother called me. Did our parents come?" Xu Nian’an looked at Xu Nianhua. From afar, he had seen that her mood seemed downcast.
"Mm-hmm," Xu Nianhua nodded and said, "They are all in the private room, about to have dinner."
Xu Nian’an raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder, giving her strength as he said, "No matter what, you are my own little sister, and we will always be a family."
His words were resolute, instantly clarifying Xu Nianhua’s jumbled thoughts.
Yes, no matter what, she was still her parents’ child. What did it matter what the Gu Family did?
She was no longer the Xu Nianhua of the past, no longer the one controlled by the Gu Family.
Nor was the Xu Family any longer that poor family who couldn’t afford to send their kids to school.
Having realized all this, Xu Nianhua’s face blossomed with a radiant smile: "Second Brother, we will always be a family."
Xu Nian’an clutched his heart and exaggeratedly said, "Little sister, you go and smile at Yicheng in the future. I’m afraid I won’t be able to find a girlfriend otherwise."
"Why?" Xu Nianhua’s smile at the corner of her mouth had not yet faded as she asked instinctively.
"Of course, because my little sister is as beautiful as a flower. The sister-in-law I find for you in the future can’t be too far behind you, right?" Xu Nian’an’s exaggerated expression cleared away Xu Nianhua’s gloom in an instant.