She didn’t understand why she couldn’t gain Jiang Wanru’s favor, yet Xu Nianhua, who had known her for only half a month, had somehow caught Jiang Wanru’s interest in acknowledging her as a goddaughter?
And it was a serious consideration, indeed.
After the initial shock had passed, Xu Nianhua regained her composure, stood up, and said earnestly, "I’m sorry."
The hopeful light at the bottom of Jiang Wanru’s eyes seemed to dim at that very instant.
"Why?" Su Jinrong furrowed his brows, puzzled by Xu Nianhua’s action.
Not just anyone can be the daughter of Su Jinrong.
You must know, if Su Jinrong were to put out the word, that he wanted to acknowledge a goddaughter, there would be countless people wanting to be that person.
Yet now, with such an opportunity before Xu Nianhua, she actually refused.
"Nianhua, why won’t you agree?" Su Xi asked, tugging at Xu Nianhua’s arm, inquisitively.
"Aunt Jiang, I have a dad and mom. Even though they are not my biological parents, they raised me, and I love them very much," Xu Nianhua explained, "I also have an elder brother and a second brother, and they cherish me a lot."
"My aunt did not ask you to sever relations with your uncle and aunt, though," Su Xi looked at Xu Nianhua, puzzled. She was almost dying of anxiety sitting there. Did she or did she not realize what it meant to acknowledge her aunt as a godmother?
There were so many who wanted to become a goddaughter to her aunt; such a pie-in-the-sky opportunity wasn’t common at all!
"But I feel that having them is enough for me."
Xu Nianhua, the person concerned, had a clear gaze and was acutely aware of what she was declining. She smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang, I like you very much too, and I’ll come to visit you when I have the time. Actually, you don’t necessarily have to be a goddaughter, right?"
Xu Nianhua tried to express her thoughts clearly. With Gu Hai and Fang Yue, her biological daughters, she already felt quite overwhelmed, and she hadn’t thought about acknowledging godparents.
In her lifetime, having her parents’ love was satisfying enough for her; she was not greedy.
"All right," Jiang Wanru looked at her, with clear, decisive eyes that made her appreciate Nianhua even more.
When leaving, Jiang Wanru gave her a bag of things, all ordinary yet exquisite gifts, making it impossible for Xu Nianhua to refuse.
"Nianhua, why, why don’t you want to acknowledge my aunt as your godmother?" Su Xi specifically asked while leaving with Xu Nianhua.
"It’s for the reason I mentioned before."
Xu Nianhua answered casually, thinking if she should bring a gift for Aunt Jiang next time she visited from home.
"Ah, Nianhua, you have no idea how many people want to be my aunt’s goddaughter!" Su Xi lamented. Seeing that Nianhua seemed indifferent, she couldn’t help but sigh internally. But then again, if Xu Nianhua were like those others with ulterior motives who wanted to be her aunt’s goddaughter, would her aunt have taken a liking to Nianhua in the first place?
Seeing Jiang Wanru’s spirits were low, Su Jinrong couldn’t help but criticize, "She really doesn’t know what’s good for her."
Jiang Wanru gave him a look and said, "It’s exactly Nianhua’s character that I like. If she had agreed without any hesitation, wouldn’t you have said she had ulterior motives and was vain?"
Su Jinrong touched his nose guiltily. Outside, he was the impressive President Su, but at home, his wife was the supreme authority.
"If Nianhua doesn’t want to, let it be. Perhaps this is fate," Jiang Wanru murmured. In the past, she had refused many people who had wanted to make her their daughter’s godmother, always declining for fear someone would take Xiaoyu’s place.