From North City all the way to the Great Northwest... I don’t regret leaving North City with your birth mother. When we finally settled in a remote town in the Great Northwest, both your birth mother and I were very happy. One day, your birth mother told she was pregnant, and at that mont, I was so overjoyed, like a fool, spinning her around several tis."
After pausing briefly, Jiang Boya’s deep, magnetic voice ca forth again: "I was eighteen that year, and your birth mother was the sa age as . We were so happy about your arrival, eagerly anticipating your birth,
but little did we know, when your birth mother was about a month away from giving birth, I went to the street to buy her favorite pastries, not expecting... that’s when your grandfather’s n, who were sent to find , happened to run into . Without a word, they dragged back to North City.
I told your grandfather about your birth mother and , that we were already married, but he was resolute, not giving an inch on the matter. He locked in a room and arranged for over a dozen people to guard outside the door and around the courtyard, to prevent from escaping again.
Hunger striking was useless. Until one day I was so unbearably thirsty that I drank the tea a maid brought into the room... I woke up at sea. When I learned that your grandfather had drugged with the tea and taken out of North City, almost forcefully sending abroad, I tried several tis to jump off the ship, but every ti the people watching stopped in the nick of ti..."
A bitter smile lifted the corner of his mouth: "The later parts of my story, you know. Due to circumstances, I couldn’t return to China to find your birth mother and you, but I remained unmarried abroad, always thinking that one day our family could reunite...
But who would have thought, when I arranged for a lawyer to return ho to find your birth mother, and thereby find you, your birth mother not only used an impostor to pose as you to acknowledge , but also soon after I was forcibly separated from her, she gave birth to you preterm and then abandoned you... and that sa year married another man.
In fact, I should have expected it. Your birth mother, being so shrewd, would never wait for with a newborn when she knew my situation.
I wasn’t angry about her marrying soone else, after all, she’s just a weak woman with a newborn, struggling to survive. What infuriates is her abandoning you. Was it just because you were premature and deed hard to raise by the doctor that she abandoned her own flesh and blood?
Even if she were to abandon you, why couldn’t she leave you in a populated area, or at least at a crossroads sowhere? Why did she leave you in a trash bin in a restroom at the clinic? If she had any genuine feelings for , she could have at least left you in North City with your grandmother, but she didn’t... She was so selfish and cruel, letting you fend for yourself. With such a woman, I just hate myself for being blind enough to be with her."
In this mont, Jiang Boya’s eyes were cold, his tone mocking, "Lili, how could she treat you like this, yet have the audacity to bring an impostor to find your father? You have no idea..."
He recounted being found in a hotel by Fang Su during his return to the country in the ’80s and, how he had street thugs seize Fang Su’s bag to inform Kang Li of it, Jiang Boya sneered: "Isn’t your dad terrible? But that’s exactly what I wanted to do. Why should I give money to a woman who abandoned my daughter? I’d rather donate it in my daughter’s na to those in need than give it to her."
Kang Li was surprised: "Did you really donate it?"
"Yes." Jiang Boya nodded, "I donated it in your na and even added a bit more to it."
"That’s my dad, really amazing!"
Kang Li, full of smiles, gave Jiang Boya a thumbs up in praise.
"With such an outstanding and amazing daughter, I, as a father, certainly can’t be any less." Jiang Boya’s mood visibly improved, he said, "Today, I took the two kids to the departnt store, and I ran into your birth mother. She suddenly appeared in front of and looked at as if I were a savior. Isn’t it funny?"
Hearing this, Kang Li couldn’t help but laugh out loud: "It wasn’t you she saw as a savior, but your money." Teasing Jiang Boya, Kang Li said, "What Guoguo calls grandma must be referring to that person." It was not a question but a statent.
Jiang Boya nodded: "It’s her. She changed her na a long ti ago to Fang Su."
"Dad! What did you say?"
Kang Li’s eyes were full of astonishnt: "Fang Su? Did you say that person is called Fang Su?"
"Why, do you know her?"
Jiang Boya looked puzzled.
"If it’s the Fang Su I know, then yes." Kang Li’s expression returned to normal: "I know a kid nad Feng Yi, and his mom is nad Fang Su. Because of my little brother, I even slapped that woman once."
This ti, it was Jiang Boya’s turn to be surprised: "Are you sure you have..."
Kang Li nodded and said flatly: "That Fang Su tried to hit without a word. I couldn’t just stand still and let her, so as a natural reflex, I smacked her face."
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