At the entrance of the nunnery, Xingchen looked at the na of the nunnery: "Jingkong Temple. Mom, what exactly does this nunnery do?"
"It is a place where female religious practitioners who have left ho to cultivate live. It’s all won in here, and they have to shave their heads and live here permanently."
"Shave their heads? Mom, girls shaving their heads looks so ugly."
"Yes, but that’s how it is with nuns." Gu Lili led them inside.
"What can I help you with, donor?" asked a middle-aged female monk.
"Hello, we are here to visit a little girl nad Tan Ruyue who just arrived. Where is she?"
"Please follow ."
The mother and her two children followed, winding through a long path until they arrived at the door of a shabby house, "She’s inside."
"Thank you."
Gu Lili pushed the door open to enter. Inside, the room was extrely simple. Tan Ruyue sat on the bed wearing a nun’s ash-colored clothes, hugging her knees and crying silently.
Seeing them, she wiped her tears and got off the bed, "Auntie, Lingting, Xingchen."
"Why are you crying again? Here, my mom bought this for you, it’s very pretty." Xingchen handed her the clothes, "Mom said you have to wear the uniform here, but you can wear this when you leave."
Tan Ruyue took it, "Thank you, Auntie."
Gu Lili smiled slightly, "You’re welco. When did you arrive?"
"Last night." Tan Ruyue choked up as she spoke, "Dad said he would never co to see again, he doesn’t want anymore because I embarrass him. My existence is a mistake, he said I have to stay here forever."
Gu Lili’s heart tightened; what mistake has a child made in adult’s errors?
She knelt down and wiped Tan Ruyue’s tears, "Do you want to go back to find your dad?"
Tan Ruyue shook her head, "No, I don’t want to. He doesn’t like , nor does he want to see ."
"Then how about your mom? Do you want to find her?"
"No." She cried until she lost her voice, "Mom doesn’t want either, no one wants ."
"Don’t cry." Xingchen took the initiative to wipe her tears, "Aren’t I still here for you? I’ll co visit you often, and bring you snacks."
These words...
Made Gu Lili want to laugh.
How innocent is a child’s world?
"Thank you, Xingchen." Tan Ruyue looked at him, "Really, thank you all for coming to see ."
"No need to thank us."
Seeing this child being so understanding at such a young age made Gu Lili’s heart ache.
As they left, Lingting asked on the way down the mountain, "Mom, can our family adopt Tan Ruyue?"
"We can’t, it’s not allowed by law. The first reason is that she has her biological parents, and the second reason is that mom already has you. Only orphans or children whose parents have no ability to raise them, and when the adopter has no children, can legally be adopted."
Both she and Long Yubei were notable figures, and adopting without eting the criteria would cause quite a stir in the news.
"Oh, I see, she really is so pitiful."
"You can often ask Uncle Tang Qingli to bring you to see her, play with her, talk to her, bring so warmth, like teaching her to read, buying her literary supplies, sending her clothes and shoes, anything to help her within your capacity."
"That sounds good too." Lingting nodded.
***
"Change the bedsheets and bedcovers, Zhuozheng wants to go swimming, so I will accompany him to the hot spring at Yu Bei’s ho, especially since there’s no school today, the twins are definitely at ho." Nan Yuesheng said, holding towels and a change of clothes.
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