Lin Xiaoying came back to her senses and looked up at the girl standing in front of her. A hesitant glint appeared in her eyes and she mumbled, "Sister Qingqing."

Seeing the expression of wanting to say something but not wanting to say it, Lin Qingqing chose a seat next to her and sat down.

"You're telling me that you don't look like you're okay. Tell me, what happened?"

Lin Xiaoying looked at her in embarrassment, "Sister Qingqing, I just received a call from the village. The village chief said that my biological mother has come to the village and is looking for me."

Lin Qingqing stared at her for a while, and seeing the hesitation in her eyes, she held her hand distressedly, "So what do you mean, do you want to meet her or not?"

Lin Xiaoying shook her head. "I don't know. I really don't know, Sister Qingqing. Actually, when I was little, I thought my biological mother could come find me. But, when my family bullied me day and night, I stopped thinking about it. I thought she must not like me, so she abandoned me and left alone."

She spoke calmly, with no expression other than red eyes.

However, Lin Qingqing still discovered that the child still longed for maternal love.

"If you want to find her, I'll go back to my hometown with you and we'll meet her."

"No, the village chief said that after the woman heard that I was not in the village and found out that I was here, she left."

Looking at her calm face, Lin Qingqing worriedly held her hand tightly, "If you want to cry, just cry in my arms. I won't laugh at you."

Lin Xiaoying burst into laughter, tears slowly seeping out of her red eyes. "I won't cry. Anyway, I haven't had a mother for so many years. Now it doesn't matter to me whether I have one or not. I just want you guys, that's enough."

The two hugged each other in the yard for a long time.

It was so long that Xiao Wen saw the two of them hugging each other when he came back.

"What are you doing?" He strode over and separated the two of them.

He was in a good mood and was in a good mood to come home and have lunch with his wife at noon today, but when he arrived home, he saw his wife hugging another woman.

When Lin Qingqing saw the man coming back, her eyes lit up and she said happily, "You're back."

Xiao Wen looked at the two of them and said unhappily, "It's a good thing I came back. If I hadn't, I don't know how long you two would have been hugging each other."

After saying that, he immediately pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

Lin Qingqing struggled to break free from his embrace, looking at him with a look of confusion. "What are you talking about? Something happened to Xiaoying, and she's sad. I was just trying to comfort her."

"You don't have to hug her to comfort her. You can hold her hand, but you can't hug her."

"I haven't hugged you yet." He said the last sentence in a low voice.

Lin Xiaoying looked at the loving couple and really envied them. In the future, she also wanted to find a man who loved Sister Qingqing as much as Brother-in-law Xiao Wen did.

The next afternoon.

A fashionable and noble-looking woman came to the Xiao family.

When she arrived, the Xiao family was happily eating dinner.

Xiao Leng heard a knock on the door and went to open it. When he came back, he brought the woman in.

Lin Qingqing, who was sitting at the dinner table, put down her chopsticks in surprise when she saw the woman coming in.

"Comrade Qiao Yan." She called out the name in surprise.

When Qiao Yan heard someone calling his name, he looked at her in surprise, "Do you know me?"

When Lin Qingqing saw the other person's expression, she knew that she was a forgetful person and had forgotten that she had ever looked for her.

"I went to your house to look for you a few days ago, but you seemed to have something important to do at that time. You said a few words to me and then left."

Qiao Yan said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry."

Lin Qingqing quickly waved her hand to interrupt her apology, "You don't have to apologize to me. It's understandable that you did this. After all, we don't know me, so it's only natural that you don't chat with me."

Qiao Yan felt extremely embarrassed again.

After a while, her eyes searched around the dining table.

Soon, her eyes were fixed on Lin Xiaoying who was sitting at the dinner table.

"Are you Lin Xiaoying?" she asked with tears in her eyes.

Lin Xiaoying was stunned, not knowing how this woman knew her name, so she nodded honestly, "I'm Lin Xiaoying, how do you know my name?"

"Of course I remember your name. Your name has been in my mind for so many years. Every time I wake up in the middle of the night, I cry and call this name." When she said this, the tears that had been gathering in the woman's eyes suddenly burst out like a dam and fell down.

Lin Qingqing half-closed her eyes and looked at her crying, and she already had a little answer in her heart.

"Comrade, may I ask if you are Xiaoying's biological mother?" He asked the question in his mind directly.

When Qiao Yan heard her question, he immediately wiped his tears and looked over. "I am, you are Lin Qingqing, right? Thank you for saving my daughter. I have heard from the village chief about Xiaoying's situation in the village. If it weren't for you, this child would probably no longer be in this world."

Having said that, she looked towards Lin Xiaoying, and tears fell from her eyes again.

When she returned to the village this time and asked the villagers, she found out that her biological daughter had suffered so much during her absence.

What’s even more hateful is that the man’s later wife shamelessly asked her for money.

After getting the answer she wanted, Lin Qingqing politely replied, "You don't have to thank me. I'm not helping Xiaoying for thanks."

Qiao Yan wiped his tears and nodded, "I understand. I know you are sincerely trying to help Xiaoying."

After saying this, she immediately turned her head and looked at Lin Xiaoying, who was already dumbfounded at the dinner table.

"Child, Xiaoying, I am your biological mother. Do you still remember me?" she asked cautiously.

Lin Xiaoying came back to her senses, her face suddenly cold, "Why did you come back? Didn't you already abandon me? Why did you come back to find me?"

Qiao Yan felt even more distressed when he saw her cold attitude towards him. He explained with tears in his eyes, "It's not that I don't want you. It's just that it was difficult for me to survive alone back then. If I took you away with me, I'm afraid both of us would die. Rather than following me and potentially dying, I'd rather you follow your father. Do you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Lin Xiaoying, also in tears, interrupted her impatiently, "Do you know that I would rather follow you and possibly die than stay in that village? Do you know how I've lived these years? I've lived a life worse than death. I would rather go out and die with you than stay in that house. Do you understand?"