Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Tao Yinyin Refuses to Eat Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Tao Yinyin Refuses to Eat Tao Yinyin neither cried nor fussed, sitting on a little stool, her eyes dark and hollow, very empty.
“Still refuses to eat?” the principal asked.
The middle-aged woman shook her head, complaining, “Isn’t that too heartless? No matter what, she raised her for six years and won’t even come to take a look!”
“Stop it, they are not obligated!”
“She’s getting thinner and thinner, refuses to eat, surviving only on nutrient injections. If this continues, she will die.”
“I… will think of something else.”
“Principal, could you make another call to ask if Ms. Liu really doesn’t want to come? Just tell her the child is dying, she might want to come to see her for the last time, right?”
“How can you say such things!”
The middle-aged woman said irritably, “I don’t want to see her die either. She’s such a young child, it’s truly pitiful!”
While the two were discussing Tao Yinyin, someone came looking for the principal, “She’s here, someone has come to see Tao Yinyin!”
The three of them didn’t notice the faint glint that passed through Tao Yinyin’s hollow eyes.
The light quickly faded, and she started to laugh foolishly, crying out, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy…”
The principal rushed out to see, but he didn’t see Ms. Liu, only a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy.
Tao Shen introduced himself, “Tao Shen, Liu Mingzhu’s eldest son.”
The principal automatically processed it as, “You must be Tao Yinyin’s older brother. Come, come, sit down, let’s talk about Tao Yinyin.”
“Principal, you might have misunderstood something.”
“Ah? What misunderstanding?”
“I am Liu Mingzhu’s son, but not Tao Yinyin’s older brother. I have my own biological sister.”
The principal, seeing his indifferent, distant eyes, understood that he wasn’t here out of concern for Tao Yinyin.
It seems… the visitor bears ill intention.
The principal sighed, advising, “She’s just a child. Whatever the previous generation did wrong, it has nothing to do with her.”
Tao Shen smiled, “I know.”
Your expression doesn’t seem to show that you know.
The principal’s brow furrowed slightly.
Tao Shen repressed his emotions, sighed, and pretended to be helpless, “I used to dote on her the most; it’s just that things happened so suddenly, I couldn’t accept it at first, but later, I somewhat let go.”
The principal was skeptical.
Tao Shen continued, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come in person.”
The principal, finding some sense in his words, asked, “Would you like to see her?”
“Naturally, I came to see her.”
“Come, I’ll take you to see her.”
“Alright, thank you.”
“No trouble at all, ah, seeing that child not eating or drinking, we all feel very distressed, I hope you can persuade her.”
“I will make her eat.”
The middle-aged woman looked out the door, surprised to see him bringing a young man forward.
She strained to look behind Tao Shen, hoping to spot Ms. Liu, but there wasn’t anyone.
No one followed behind them.
The principal stood before her and introduced, “This is Ms. Liu Mingzhu’s eldest son.”
“Then he must be Tao Yinyin’s older brother?”
Tao Shen faintly smiled and did not respond.
The principal awkwardly said, “Tao Yinyin is inside.”
Tao Shen walked in, and the middle-aged woman tried to follow, but the principal held her back.
The principal rebuked, “What are you doing following them!”
“I just want to see…”
“See what? Go do your work, don’t loaf around here!”
The principal shooed her away and waited at the doorway.
Tao Yinyin kept her head down, muttering, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy…”
Her downcast gaze fell upon someone approaching, but those shoes were not Liu Mingzhu’s leather shoes, but a pair of sneakers worn by young people.