In fact, he really didn't think of telling his parents at that time. After all, although he was immoral, he wasn't that bad. However, as soon as he got home, he met his grandfather.
At that time, he was in a mess and looked very pitiful. In the end, his grandfather caught him. The old man asked him what happened. He didn't dare to say that he was beaten for flirting with a good woman, so he stammered and put the blame on Qin Zixi.
Who would have thought that his grandfather would come directly, and he would be beaten up again. How pitiful!
After beating his grandson and expressing the excitement in his heart, the old man asked the question again.
Shao Qing said calmly, "I'm from S City. I'm 27 years old this year. I don't have parents. I was picked up from the garbage bin by an old lady who was picking up scraps. So I don't know my birthday, and I've never celebrated it."
For a person who had a hard time even living, birthdays were really dispensable. She would only celebrate Mu Lin's birthday once a year. She would treat it as celebrating her own birthday as well.
The old man held back his tears and said, "Child, now I suspect that you're my child. Because you look exactly like my wife, except for your eyes. And your eyes are like mine."
"You're joking." Shao Qing smiled and said softly, "Today was really a farce. I don't want to pursue what happened before. That's it. Godfather, I'm going to rest."
Old Master Qin glared at the old man who was about to snatch his daughter and snorted. You said she's yours, so she's yours? You want to snatch something good when you see it, even my daughter! Don't even think about it!
The old man looked at Shao Qing helplessly. In fact, he couldn't be sure, but Shao Qing was too similar to his wife, and she was an orphan.
He couldn't help but think of his lost daughter.
His wife had given birth to six children for him, five boys and one girl. Four of them had died in the war, one of them was the father of the young man beside him, and the last one, who was also the youngest girl, had been lost.
His wife cried day and night because of this. She fell ill and passed away just like that.
Before she left, she even held his hand and told him that no matter what, he had to find his daughter.
The old man couldn't help but recall the first time he held his daughter. Her soft and small body was very delicate. He didn't dare to use any strength. His body was frozen in that position, afraid that he would accidentally hurt the delicate baby in his arms.
His hands, which had held guns all his life, could not hold a small baby. His hands, which could be very steady when killing people, were trembling as if he had Parkinson's disease.
He was so happy that he wanted to tell the whole world that he had a daughter. At that time, he even discussed with his wife what name they wanted their daughter to be named.
He flipped through the dictionary and listed all the beautiful words: wisdom, beauty, softness, and immortality. His wife had said that she didn't want her daughter to be too intelligent, because wisdom was bound to hurt. She didn't want her daughter to be too beautiful, because beautiful women would have short lives. She didn't want her daughter to be too gentle, because with their tolerance, it was fine as long as his daughter was happy.
In the end, they named their daughter Tan Xiao, and her nickname was Ping 'an. They hoped that their daughter would be happy every day, that her smile would never disappear from the corners of her mouth, and that she would be safe and happy for the rest of her life.
But he didn't expect that … it wasn't Ping, but Ping.
Ping as in duckweed.
As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he wouldn't give up.
When the old man left, he bent his back, which had never collapsed in his entire life, like the most ordinary old man. He bent his back, looking as though he had aged many years. Slowly, slowly, he left the Qin family.
When he left, Shao Qing was actually standing by the window on the second floor, watching silently until the grandfather and granddaughter left the Qin family.
Yan Qiyue walked over and whispered, "Do you believe it?"
Shao Qing didn't say anything. After a while, she muttered, "The wind is blowing. It's a little cold."
She had yearned for her family, but that was twenty years ago. She was leaning against the window, staring at a cream cake while drooling silently. A little girl in a flowery dress was sitting in the shop, eating pudding, and then innocently asking her mother, "Is she a beggar?"
Back then, she would fantasize that her mother would come looking for her, holding her in her arms with heartache, and calling her name.
But later, day after day passed. In order to survive, she was covered in cuts and bruises. Bit by bit, she saw this world full of evil clearly. She no longer had such beautiful fantasies.
More than twenty years later, she had already lost what she should have lost and possessed what she should have. But someone stood up and said that she could very well be her child.
At this moment, Shao Qing's heart didn't fluctuate much. She just leaned against the window, wearing Yan Qiyue's clothes and quietly reminiscing about the past.
Mu Lin stood to the side, feeling very conflicted.
She didn't know how to persuade Shao Qing. She didn't have much expectations for this late kinship, but she didn't know what Shao Qing was thinking.
After a long, long time, Shao Qing asked her, "Do you still remember when we were adopted?"
"Yes …" Mu Lin covered her mouth, holding back the urge to cry.
Shao Qing had been very beautiful since she was young. Even though long-term malnutrition made her look a little thin and weak, she was still the most beautiful among the group of children.
Many people tried to adopt Shao Qing. Every time, Shao Qing would insist, "Can I take Mu Lin with me?"
Mu Lin was the same.
The two of them were like two little hedgehogs, spreading their hard thorns to the world and leaving their soft abdomens to each other.
Mu Lin had actually been adopted once because the aunt told her that if she followed her, there would be a lot of delicious food.
She didn't want Shao Qing to be beaten black and blue just to steal some food. She didn't want Shao Qing to drool over those snacks. She followed the aunt because she wanted to get a lot of food. That way, the two of them wouldn't have to worry about winter anymore.
When Shao Qing sent her off, her gaze was very gentle. She whispered, "Ah Qing, wait for me to bring back delicious food."
Shao Qing smiled and didn't say anything.
She knew that Mu Lin would go to another city, which was very far away.
About two weeks later, Mu Lin came back. She was dirty and looked very disheveled. She stood at the entrance of the orphanage and was scolded for a long time by the aunt of the orphanage because she sneaked back.
But Mu Lin was very happy. She held a bunch of candies and said to Shao Qing, "I won't leave alone. Look, I brought you something."
At that time, Shao Qing thought that Mu Lin didn't rely on her. They relied on each other.
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