"For all these years, we’ve been looking for you, how could you call me auntie?" Fang Yue said, tears streaming down her face, capturing the essence of a mother pining for her child with just a few short sentences.
She was deceived by that kind of face once before.
Yesterday, because of Li Jianbin and his party, Xu Nianhua and Pei Yicheng, had already made themselves known to the doctors, nurses, and patients on this floor. Today, when Fang Yue and Gu Hai came over, and Fang Yue cried and talked, everyone was stunned.
Ji Ying was afraid of any misunderstandings and quickly explained, "Young lady, please don’t cry, Nianhua is a filial and sensible child. It’s just that she has always thought she was our biological child, and suddenly telling her she’s not, she’s finding it hard to accept. Young lady, you need to give her some time."
Ji Ying intentionally raised her voice so that the onlookers could also hear her words.
Many people whispered among themselves, agreeing with Ji Ying’s view. The kindness of giving birth and the kindness of raising a child both deserve a lifetime of gratitude. If one must compare their importance, there would likely be a hundred different opinions from a hundred people.
"Mom, to me, they are like strangers, I can’t make myself call them that," Xu Nianhua took the opportunity to stand behind Ji Ying, her dependence on Ji Ying clearly visible to anyone with eyes.
"Nianhua, I’m your real mother," Fang Yue said, moving forward eagerly, wanting to hold Xu Nianhua’s hand, but Xu Nianhua stepped backward, leaving Fang Yue looking deeply hurt as she said, "I just want to make it up to you, to give you a better life. It’s all that damned thief’s fault for stealing you away from me. Otherwise, you would have grown up by my side, instead of..."
"I was found by my mom under the Big Locust Tree," Xu Nianhua corrected.
"That damned thief must have seen how small and weak you looked and that’s why he abandoned you there," Fang Yue choked up, quickly retorting.
"My dad and mom have been very good to me, and I’ve had a good life. If not for them, how could I have gotten into college last year? Furthermore, how could I have attended university in Ningbei?"
No sooner had Xu Nianhua finished speaking than someone asked, "Aren’t you the one who scored full marks in English last year? The top student in our entire county?"
Xu Nianhua proudly said, "That was me, all thanks to my parents’ good upbringing."
"Uncle, aunty, I came back this time because I heard that my mom’s Chili Sauce Factory had some troubles. I was planning to go to South City during the summer vacation," Xu Nianhua suddenly mentioned.
Fang Yue stared blankly at Xu Nianhua, Gu Hai said with a smile, "Nianhua, no matter when, your mom and I will be waiting for you at home, waiting for you to return. Your sister and brother are also looking forward to you coming home soon."
"We came here because we heard about your foster mother’s Chili Sauce Factory having problems and wanted to see if there was anything we could do to help. Now that things are resolved, we’ll head back first."
After Gu Hai spoke, he began to lead Fang Yue out, but she was reluctant to leave, staring blankly at Xu Nianhua.
Gu Hai explained with a smile, "She’s always been thinking about the child and can’t bear to leave."
"Fang Yue, let’s go, we’ll go back. In the summer vacation, she’ll come home," Gu Hai said as he escorted Fang Yue out, his voice fading into everyone’s ears.
"Sigh, it’s tough on her indeed, to yearn for a child of her own like that."
"Exactly. But the Xu family has also really raised the child well. Over twenty years of emotions, how could they just disappear? If someone suddenly claimed to be our parents, we wouldn’t be able to accept it, right?"
"Of course not. How could I change the parents I’ve recognized all my life?"