Shi Jingfang heard her daughter’s words and kept staring at Yunyi. "It’s all my fault. That time I visited your Aunt Zhiran’s house, I should have waited for the child to come back and meet me before leaving. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have met without recognizing each other.
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As she spoke, she started walking towards Yunyi’s group.
Ye Wenhui reached out, trying to grab her. "Mom, Mom, Mom, where are you going?"
Shi Jingfang didn’t know why, but she just felt like personally going over to inquire about the girl’s background. Whether or not she was her best friend Ding Zhilan’s daughter, she just felt that this girl was fated to cross her path.
Ye Wenhui had no choice but to turn to the educated youth behind her and say, "Sorry, I’ll go have a look and come back in a bit."
The young man behind her was very easygoing. "Okay, go ahead, I’ll save your spot for you."
Ye Wenhui thanked him and hurried over.
She heard her mother asking the new doctor in the clinic with a smile, "Young lady, what’s your name?"
Yunyi looked at the gentle woman in front of her and replied with a smile, "Chuyunyi."
No sooner had she finished speaking than she saw the woman staring at her intently. "Is your mother Ding Zhilan?"
Yunyi, looking confused, asked, "You know my mom?"
At the same time, Shi Jingfang also asked, "Is your father Chu Yuanzhan?"
Shi Jingfang said with some excitement, "Then there’s no mistake, child. I am Shi Jingfang. Has your mother ever mentioned me to you?"
Before Yunyi could answer, she added, "You should call me Aunt Fang."
Yunyi searched through the original host’s memories and looked at the woman in front of her. "I remember now, there is a photo of you and my mother together at home. You are my mother’s good friend, Aunt Jingfang."
Tears welled up in Shi Jingfang’s eyes. "Yes, yes, yes, it’s me. You’ve grown so much. I saw you a few times when you were little, but then I got busy, and it’s been many years since I saw your mother.
"Once, when I was on a business trip, I purposefully made a detour to visit your mother, but unfortunately, you weren’t home because you were at school. I was in a hurry to catch my transport and didn’t get to see you."
Thinking of her good friend, tears fell from her eyes. "When your mother passed away, I was in the south. By the time I received the news, it was three days after your mother had been buried, and I missed the chance to bid her farewell."
Worried that she might hurt Yunyi on their first meeting, she quickly wiped away her tears. "The year before last, when we returned to the Capital to visit relatives, I went to your house.
"But at that time, you had gone to Yimeng Mountain with your grandfather to visit old friends. You hadn’t returned to the Capital by the time we left, so I didn’t get to see you."
Yunyi searched through the original host’s memories. "So the clothes and dried seafood were from you?"
Shi Jingfang nodded. "Yes, since I couldn’t wait for anyone, I had to leave the items with your next-door neighbor, asking them to pass it on to you."
At this point, Ye Wenhui took over the conversation. "Not long before I went down to the countryside, my parents had just been transferred back from the south. It was only after we settled in that we learned what had happened to your family. By then, you had already gone to the countryside.
My mother found an acquaintance to ask about the place you’d gone to in the countryside and told me to visit you when I had time. However, when I arrived, it coincided with the autumn harvest, so I couldn’t get away.
I was thinking of visiting you after the winter set in, but my mom saw you and after talking with you, she felt you were the person I was supposed to look for. So she couldn’t wait and came over to confirm it with you.
Fortunately, we weren’t mistaken, or else..." She chuckled sheepishly. "Or else, that would have been quite embarrassing."
As she was speaking, she heard someone’s voice, "Move along, if you want to talk, step aside. I’m starving to death over here."
Yunyi looked back at the person who had spoken and apologized, "Sorry."
Shi Jingfang also hurriedly apologized to the person, "It’s all my fault, I’m so sorry."
As Yunyi walked forward, she said, "Aunt Fang, let’s get food first. We can chat afterwards."
Shi Jingfang handed her lunchbox to Ye Wenhui. "You go get food, I’ll stay here and talk with Yunyi."
Ye Wenhui took the lunchbox. "As you wish."
Having said that, she ran back to her previous place in line.