"Take to et your parents now, I’d like to thank them in person for raising you, and for treating you so well."
"Let’s talk about it later." Zhong Li released Qi Weidong, walked over to Han Xi and held her hand: "This is my little sister."
"Hello, Uncle." Han Xi greeted Qi Weidong politely.
Qi Weidong wiped the tears from his face and bowed solemnly to Han Xi: "Thank you, thank you to your whole family, truly."
Han Xi quickly helped Qi Weidong up: "Uncle, please don’t do this."
Qi Weidong looked up at Zhong Li, waiting for Zhong Li to call him dad.
Zhong Li tightly clutched her dress at the sides, clearly eager to reconnect with her biological parents, yet the word "dad" just wouldn’t co out.
Gu Nanxi held Zhong Li’s hand: "No rush, take your ti."
Zhong Li bit her lip hard, her clear eyes filled with a misty fog, and after a while, she choked out the word "dad."
Qi Weidong cried out "aye" and reached out to hug Zhong Li: "My good child... Dad will take you to see your mom now."
"Okay." Zhong Li raised her hand to wipe away her tears, turned around to look at Han Xi: "Xiao Xi, you go ahead and focus on work, I’ll call you later."
"Go on."
After seeing them get on the elevator, Han Xi then returned to work.
...
The car soon stopped at a nursing ho, and a few people got out of the car together. Zhong Li looked at Qi Weidong in astonishnt: "Why is my mom here?"
"It’s all my fault." Qi Weidong looked at the woman in the gazebo hugging a doll, his eyes filled not just with guilt, but also with profound tenderness: "Back then, I was arranged to work at a branch in An City by your grandfather. Your mother was an employee here, very capable, and kind-hearted. I liked her from the mont I saw her, and we eventually got together."
"Initially, when your mom and I fell in love, your grandparents disagreed. I thought they would agree after you were born, but it wasn’t the case. They even hired people to take back abroad and confined for an entire year without any communication devices. I couldn’t contact your mom at all, nor could I rember how many tis I tried to escape, but it all ended in failure."
"Then what happened to my mom, why did she end up like this?"
Looking at the woman in the gazebo holding a doll and gazing blankly into the distance, Zhong Li felt as if her heart was pierced by countless needles, aching painfully.
"By the ti I returned to An City, it was already three years later, but I couldn’t find your mom anywhere. She was originally an orphan with no one to rely on, and I couldn’t even imagine how she managed to live alone with such a young child."
Qi Weidong wiped the tears from his face, paused, and continued: "Returning to where we used to live, I asked the neighbors and learned that in the second year after I left, your mom took you out to look for work, and you got lost. Since then, she has been searching for you everywhere, her ntal state gradually deteriorating, and later the neighbors also lost track of where she went."
Zhong Li’s tears kept falling, realizing that she was lost while looking for work with her mom, not abandoned.
Gu Nanxi felt heartache as she hugged Zhong Li tightly: "Don’t cry, silly girl."
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