Chapter 93 Reconciliation

Lu Fengqing never expected Rui Rui to be so clingy to her.

In her mind, she was just Rui Rui's aunt, and she was trying her best to play that role well.

Rui Rui was sent away when she was just a month old. She was raised by the Dou family for many years until she was brought back to City A last winter.

When he first came back, he was a little timid. Although he smiled and answered everyone's questions, he wouldn't say a word all day if no one asked. Just like Sister-in-law Dou said, he seemed obedient and well-behaved to everyone, but in reality, he was not very willing to get close to people. He was quite aloof for his young age.

But strangely enough, the little guy adored her. Whenever he saw her, he would follow her around like a little shadow, calling out "Auntie" in his clear voice every now and then.

In fact, the little guy has only known her for about half a year, and during that time, he has spent very little time with her. Except for a week before summer vacation, he has spent no more than two days with her most of the time.

It wasn't that she didn't want to spend more time with Rui Rui, but that she knew she couldn't keep him.

She lost her mother when she was very young, so she didn't know what maternal love was like. But she knew that if she kept Rui Rui by her side, he would become dependent on her. When he was taken away from her again, he would be very sad and upset, and she wouldn't feel good either. It would be better to keep a distance that was neither too close nor too distant, which would be better for everyone.

Sister-in-law Dou continued, "The little guy is sick and vulnerable, and he just wants to talk to the person he likes. He woke up this morning and stared at his watch. I asked him what was wrong, and he said he wanted to call you. I asked him why he didn't call, and he said you were busy and he was afraid of bothering you. I encouraged him to try, and he hesitated from morning until noon, and only now has he mustered up the courage to call you. If you have time, please talk to him for a while."

"How about Rui Rui chats with her aunt for a while and then takes a nap? The doctor said that you need to rest more when you're sick, and your aunt will worry if you don't get better."

The last sentence was said to Rui Rui, but also to Lu Fengqing.

Rui Rui obediently replied, "Okay."

"Good boy/girl."

Then I heard footsteps walking away.

“Auntie,” Rui Rui’s voice came, “It will be alright, don’t worry.”

He was sick himself, yet he comforted her instead.

Lu Fengqing burst into tears, wishing she could fly to the Dou family right now and bring the little guy back.

Rui Rui: "Auntie?"

Lu Fengqing opened and closed her mouth several times before finally finding her voice, "Rui Rui, no matter how delicious ice cream is, you can't eat too much. You have to listen to your great-aunt, okay?"

Rui Rui whispered, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Lu Fengqing said. "Rui Rui is still a child, it's normal for her to be a little greedy. But next time she wants to eat something, she should tell an adult in advance and discuss it with them. Our Rui Rui is so cute, no adult would be willing to stop her from eating even a little bit more. She can't eat it secretly, understand?"

Rui Rui: "Okay."

"Don't set the air conditioner too low at night. If Rui Rui can't control herself from kicking off the small blanket, ask your great-aunt to give you a big blanket and tuck the four corners to the side of the bed. That way, no matter how Rui Rui tosses and turns in the blanket, she won't kick it off."

"good."

Rui Rui was like a little gentleman, listening quietly and attentively no matter what Lu Fengqing was nagging about.

No matter what Lu Fengqing said, he agreed.

Lu Fengqing remembered that Rui Rui still needed to take a nap, so she coaxed the little guy with one last thing: "Auntie is planning to make a boy's room for Rui Rui at home, the kind with a little climbing ladder and little turtles drawn on the walls. When Rui Rui comes back after summer vacation, he can live in the little room that Auntie has prepared for him, and Auntie will take him to school every day, okay?"

This time, Rui Rui didn't say "okay," he said, "Pinky promise."

Lu Fengqing chuckled, "Okay. Pinky promise, for a hundred years, no take-backs!"

Rui Rui then nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, alright, Rui Rui should take a nap now. Call Auntie when you wake up." Lu Fengqing paused, then said seriously, "Auntie isn't busy. Rui Rui can call Auntie anytime she wants to talk to her."

After coaxing Rui Rui to hang up the phone, Lu Fengqing sat on the floor, lost in thought for a long time.

The sentence her grandmother told her most often from childhood was: "It's hard to persuade others, and it's hard to change certain things. If you've tried your best and it still doesn't work, you can try to make peace with yourself. If you can't convince others, you can't convince the world, so convince yourself. Don't be unhappy; nothing is more important than living happily."

So she learned to make peace with herself from a young age.

It doesn't matter if her grades aren't good; she has a skill, so even if the Lu family goes bankrupt, she won't starve. It doesn't matter if her classmates ostracize her, calling her an orphan without parents; they may have parents, but they don't necessarily get more pocket money than her. It doesn't matter if the girls who want to befriend her have ulterior motives; at least she's no longer the one ostracized in class. It doesn't matter if she breaks up with Gu Suixing; even if she never finds someone she likes as much again, she'll always find someone who likes her.

It's okay if Rui Rui's grandparents want to send him away. At least he's still in this world. Even without her, the only little one with direct blood ties to her will live a good life, free from want. Is that heartless? Giving birth and not raising is certainly heartless. But aren't the grandparents who raised him to death just to keep him by their side heartless? Giving birth and not raising is worse than not having a child at all; isn't aborting the child in the first place heartless? Some things are simply impossible to have both ways of.

So look, once you understand these setbacks, big and small, in your growth, you'll find they're actually quite simple.

The same path, but what they can't let go of is Lu Yunsi, who abandoned her young daughter and committed suicide at home, while what they can let go of is Lu Fengqing, the glamorous and enviable young lady of the Lu family.

She didn't know how much time had passed until her "plastic sister" called to urge her to get up, at which point Lu Fengqing finally mustered the energy to stand up.

I bought a lot of things on my last trip to France, and a few of them were for my "plastic sisters" as a way of thanking them for reminding me.

Lu Fengqing took out those items, changed her clothes, and went out.

As soon as the car left Xingheli, Lu Fengqing received a call from Lu Fenghe.