"The Xu couple are both honest people. Even the old doctor and his wife we saw today, although they live in the countryside, drive a car, which shows they’ve got so capability. Moreover, they’ve managed to put two kids through university, which is extrely difficult," Gu Hai mused after leaving the village, "The child is truly blessed."
Although the child couldn’t grow up in the Gu Family, the Xu couple loved her dearly. Presumably, she must have been happy throughout her childhood.
"Dad, the Xu Family seems reluctant to acknowledge kinship." Jiang Jing noticed this after entering the Xu household.
The gifts they brought didn’t elicit much reaction from Xu Qinghe or even his wife, Ji Ying. Upon seeing the gold jewelry, she was slightly surprised but showed no sign of flattery.
In another family, without ntioning anything else, considering the gifts brought today alone, they would have been eager to recognize their daughter’s biological parents right away.
But the Xu Family, Jiang Jing felt, was not like that.
Gu Hai raised an eyebrow, and Fang Yue who was beside him, impatiently jumped in, "Xiaojing, they aren’t fools, why wouldn’t they want to acknowledge kinship? You, just like Mingzhu in my family, are too kind-hearted and don’t realize that so people... have big plans."
Fang Yue had bottled up her frustration during her visit to the Xu Family. Ever since she beca Mrs. Gu, everyone apart from her mother-in-law had treated her with utmost respect. Where was she used to such attitude?
It was clear that Mingzhu was her daughter, so why did the Xu Family act as if they were the ones begging to reclaim their daughter?
If it weren’t for Mingzhu, she wouldn’t have even bothered searching. What difference did it make if the child grew up in the countryside and turned out to be pretty?
Attending university was because she took after her father. Did she really think she was sothing special?
The daughter she bore should listen to her.
"Mom, not everyone..." loves money.
Jiang Jing’s words were cut off by Fang Yue, who interjected.
"Xiaojing, you are just too young to know how treacherous people can be. It could be that they see we are wealthy and want to take a big bite. No, the gifts we brought today already cost seven or eight thousand yuan, and they’re just country folk..." Fang Yue got more agitated as she spoke, but when she looked up, she saw Gu Hai’s cold gaze.
Fang Yue had a lot more to say but had to swallow her discontent. She couldn’t afford not to, for what if she upset Gu Hai? What would she do then?
"I, I just felt that the Xu Family’s attitude was poor," Fang Yue awkwardly explained.
"If you found a child and raised her for twenty-one years, using Mingzhu as an example, and soone ca to claim her, could you imdiately smile and let the child recognize her kin?"
Gu Hai countered.
Without thinking, Fang Yue put herself in that situation. If her daughter, who she had raised for twenty-one years, was suddenly to be taken back, she said, "Of course I’d drive them out. I raised her for twenty-one years, why should I just acknowledge them because they say so..."
Seeing Gu Hai’s seemingly amused glance, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. Clearing her throat, she said, "Hai, I misspoke, I was just, just anxious to recognize the child."
"Now that I think about it, we owe a lot to the Xu Family for raising the child well and allowing her to attend university," Fang Yue quickly added, fearing that Gu Hai might get angry.
"Mom, the kindness of giving birth and the kindness of raising a child are equally important. I believe that if Nianhua knows how genuinely you love her, she will surely accept you," Jiang Jing said gently and elegantly. Despite not approving of Fang Yue’s thods sotis, Mingzhu was her mother, so he could only persuade her with kind words.
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