Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Mr. Shen looked at Li Datou, “Xitong was indeed adopted by our family, but when she was adopted, the director of the orphanage also said that she was an orphan and was sent to the orphanage because her parents died and there was no one to take care of her. Yet, now you suddenly jumped out to say that you are her biological parents, how should this be explained? Are you lying? Or was the dean of the orphanage lying?”
Li Datou rubbed his hands, his face was very embarrassed, then Tian Cuifang opened her mouth, “Actually, it’s all my fault. If it wasn’t for my disappointment and incompetence, we wouldn’t have thrown Sanya away.”
She blushed, and continued, “Our hometown is in southern Shonan, which is a small backward mountain village, people in the village rely on farming to support themselves, and their lives are difficult. In our place, if there is no son, they will be said to be extinct. I had been married to her father for five years and gave birth to three daughters. The family has very little land and only a little food. It was difficult to support even two adults. How could we afford to support three children? At that time, I was pregnant again. They all said that the next one in my stomach would be a son, so I discussed this with Sanya’s father about wanting to give Sanya to someone else to raise.”
She paused here, and glanced at Shen Xitong, who had an ugly face, “But Sanya is a girl, and at that time she was already five years old and sensible, people didn’t want her like that, so…”
“So you sent her to the orphanage?” Chu Yunrong said, her voice was slightly cold, it was the daughter she had raised, so it was natural for her to be distressed to hear about her experiences.
Tian Cuifang was embarrassed, but said with even more difficulty, “Madam, you have never lived such a life. How do you know that how it feels when you can’t even feed yourself and your children after eating the last meal? Madam, like you, even if you kill me, I won’t want to lose my child.”
She knew what Tian Cuifang said was wrong, but Chu Yunrong’s face suddenly turned pale, which shocked everyone. Shen Qian knew what his wife was thinking, so he glanced at Shen Qinglan who had no reaction, silently held his wife’s hand, and exerted a little force.
When Chu Yunrong came back to her senses, her heart still seemed to be in some pain, making her face still look pale.
Tian Cuifang was startled, and stayed there for a while, at a loss.
How did she know that just the word “lost” reminded Chu Yunrong of losing her own daughter.
“Since you’ve already lost her, why are you looking for her now?” Chu Yunrong asked in a hoarse voice.
Tian Cuifang became more and more embarrassed, and the expression on her face became more miserable and helpless, “It’s because we didn’t want to find Sanya earlier, but when we regretted it and wanted to bring Sanya back, she had already been taken away, the dean said that she was adopted by a rich family. We asked her for the address, but she said she didn’t know. We have never given up looking for her all these years. Her father and I even left our hometown for many years, worked outside, and went to many cities to inquire about Sanya, but after so many years, we couldn’t find her.”
Tian Cuifang cried while talking, watching her tearful performance, Shen Qinglan had to give her a thumbs up.
How did this family find their daughter suddenly? They had been away from home for many years, and they wandered in many cities because their hometown was too poor to support their children. In order not to starve to death, they had to come out to work. Back then, Shen Xitong was older and knew how to work. No one wanted to give it away. It was a pity to lose her. In fact, she was afraid Shen Xitong was not the only one who was lost.
Later, the fate of the two daughters was not much better. One married an old bachelor in the village when she was just fifteen years old, and the younger one was also married when she was eighteen. It was not even a nice family, it was a worker they met on a part-time job, but the bride price was 20,000.
Then they left the village with their only son and left their second daughter there alone, which was equivalent to selling their daughter for 20,000 yuan.
This time, if Shen Qinglan hadn’t hired someone to find them and tell them that the youngest daughter they had threw away was adopted by a big family and was very rich now, they wouldn’t have rushed over before the end of the year.
Their current rhetoric was also told to them by Shen Qinglan’s people in advance.
They didn’t believe it at first, but the man took out Shen Xitong’s current photos and the photos of her frequent visits to various high-end places before they started believing it.
They didn’t ask them why they believed this was their lost daughter, even if it was not, as long as they insisted, then Shen Xitong would be seen as their daughter.
Chu Yunrong felt sorry for her, she had experienced the despair of not being able to find a child, and seeing Tian Cuifang crying, Chu Yunrong’s heart softened.
“Since you didn’t find her before, how did you find it now?” It was Shen Qian who asked the question this time.
This question obviously had a “standard answer”. The people who came to them had already told them the questions they might be asked and the things they might encounter. All they had to do was to do what the person said.
“It was my second daughter who accidentally saw Sanya’s performance, and then told us that this girl looked somewhat similar to her younger sister, my youngest daughter. We wondered if it could be our Sanya, so we only found her this time, when we came here.”
“Since this is the case, you are actually not sure whether Xitong is your daughter, why did you insist that it is her?” Shen Qian frowned, obviously did not expect the couple to recognize their relatives so hastily.
“We were uncertain at first. We just wanted to come and take a look, but as soon as I saw her, I was sure. She is my flesh and blood. How could I not recognize my daughter?” Tian Cuifang’s face was full of sincerity, and her eyes were full of affection when she looked at Shen Xitong.
Shen Xitong didn’t feel that the gaze was warm, but her whole body was cold. She held Chu Yunrong’s arm with one hand, and there was panic in her eyes, for fear that the Shen family would let the couple take her away.
Seeing Shen Xitong’s pitiful appearance, Chu Yunrong felt distressed, and said to the couple, “Xitong is an adult now, and she has the right to choose her own life whether you are her biological parents or not.”
The couple didn’t quite understand what she said. They were both illiterate people, not to mention high school, they didn’t even go to junior high school.
“Madam, what do you mean by that?” Tian Cuifang glanced at Li Datou and asked Chu Yunrong.
“Since you have confirmed that Xitong is your daughter, you don’t mind going to the hospital for a paternity test, right? If when the results come out and Xitong is really your daughter, you can ask her if she would like to go back with you. If she doesn’t want to, you can’t force her, how about this?” Old Man Shen said.
Li Datou and his wife had known for a long time that they would be asked to do a paternity test, but they were not afraid at all. The person who asked them said that Shen Xitong was their daughter. Even if they did a hundred tests, the results would be the same. Since this was the case, what would they be afraid of.
“Okay, okay, what do we need to do?” Li Datou agreed, fearing that they would suddenly go back on their word and not let them recognize their daughter.
“No, I don’t want to do a paternity test, and I don’t want to go back with them, they are not my parents, they are not.” Shen Xitong screamed, holding Chu Yunrong’s arm, crying, “Mom, I am not their daughter, I am your child, do you not want me anymore?”
As she spoke, she really cried out, this situation was something she never expected, since she came to Shen family house, she never thought of wanting to find her biological parents, whether they were alive or dead, she had always treated them as dead.
Looking at her, Chu Yunrong felt distressed, and hugged her, “Why won’t Mom want you, you are my daughter, and you will be my daughter for the rest of your life.”
“Mom.” Shen Xitong cried louder.
“Shen Xitong.” Old Master Shen scolded sharply, and Shen Xitong’s crying stopped abruptly.
She just looked at Mr. Shen full of grievances, her voice choked up, “Grandpa, they are not my parents, I don’t want to do a paternity test, and I don’t want to leave you, I don’t want to.”
“This matter is settled like this, tomorrow you go to the hospital with them to do a paternity test, and wait for the results to come out.”
Even Shen Qian had to listen to what the old man decided, let alone Shen Xitong.
“Shen Qian, book a hotel for them and take them to the hospital yourself tomorrow.”
“What’s going on at home, why is it so lively?” Shen Junyu came in from the outside, and saw everyone gathered in the living room, and thought that someone had appeared at home. After seeing two strangers, especially with Shen Xitong having red eyes from crying, he couldn’t help asking.
“You came just in time, book a hotel for these two and arrange for them to stay in.” No one answered his words, so Shen Qian directly opened his mouth to order.
Shen Junyu agreed, and took a look at Li Datou and his wife. The Shen family had a good family education and never looked down on others for no reason. Even though Li Datou and his wife were dressed in shabby clothes, Shen Junyu’s eyes did not show any abnormality, and even his brows did not frown a bit.
Shen Qinglan looked at the scene in front of her with interest in her eyes, but she concealed it very well, except for Fu Hengyi, no one else could see it.
Fu Hengyi took Shen Qinglan away and said, “Grandpa, I’m going back to the army tomorrow. I’ll go back today first, and I’ll come to see you some other day.”
Mr. Shen nodded and didn’t say anything to keep him from staying. The two families lived in the same compound, so it was okay to go.
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