Ling Yue went to Chou Country with her parents when she was two years old. At that time, both Ling's father and mother had to study, so they could only tie her to the bed with a rope. The length of the rope only allowed Ling Yue to play in her own small room and prevented her from running around.

At noon, one of them quickly brought back food for Ling Yue and then continued to study at the university.

At that time, Ling's father and mother had just met Qian Zilin. As they were both from Long country, they naturally felt a sense of sympathy for each other. One night, the two of them brought Qian Zilin and his wife to visit. Jiang Lanying was very perceptive and discovered Ling Yue tied up in the room at that time.

Feeling sympathetic, he discussed with Qian Zilin and came to pick up Ling Yue in the morning, and then waited for Ling's father and mother to get off work in the evening to take her back.

Others can roughly express what they mean when they are two years old, but Ling Yue is still babbling.

Jiang Lanying jokingly taught Lingyue to call people, calling them "Jiang Mommy" all the time. Later, the name was never changed until she was seven years old and became pregnant with a baby. Lingyue still stayed by her side.

Ling Yue's memories of many things about the little girl were very vague, but she remembered Jiang Lanying very clearly.

Some people spend their entire lives healing their childhood, while others use their childhood to heal their entire lives.

The little girl belongs to the latter, while she belongs to the former.

Ling Yue raised her head, opened her mouth hurriedly, and said, "Jiang..."

She couldn't say the word "mother". In Ling Yue's own memory, these two words were just ordinary words that were repeated by the orphanage's robot nanny without any emotion.

Mechanical and cold, not even as warm as an elder sister or aunt.

Qian Zilin seemed to see Ling Yue was in a dilemma and jokingly said, "Alright, alright, Ling Yue has grown up so much, she must be embarrassed."

"Xiaogang, Xiaozhen, come here and call for help." Qian Zilin called out to the two children who were hiding outside and secretly looking into the house.

When they heard Qian Zilin calling them, they ran out and stared at Ling Yue curiously.

"This is your sister Ling."

After greeting shyly, Xiaozhen hid behind Jiang Lanying and secretly glanced at Lingyue.

"Xiao Yueya, please sit down first. Your aunt and I will go cook."

Qian Zilin made some arrangements, then pulled Jiang Lanying out the door: "You go cook first, I'll help you."

There is no kitchen, but there is a small stove in a small corner of the yard. The stove core is made of loess and can burn both firewood and coal. However, those who have the means here use round honeycomb coal.

A small shed is built above the stove with a few cotton tiles, so you don’t have to worry about getting wet even if it rains.

Jiang Lanying asked softly, "What happened to Xiao Yueya? From what I saw this time, she seems to have changed a lot."

Qian Zilin sighed and said harshly, "It's all the fault of those people from Ugly Country. Ling Yue was a bit depressed originally, but at least she's slowly changing."

"You know everything that happened after that. Ling's father was arrested and interrogated twice. Xia Zhi said that Ling Yue never left her room since then. She locked herself in her room and refused to speak to anyone except Ling Fengnan and the other two."

Jiang Lanying wiped away her tears in self-blame. She had watched Ling Yue grow up. She was a soft and sweet girl when she was young, and she was obedient and smart.

"If I could go see her, or take her over, this wouldn't have happened."

Qian Zilin patted Jiang Lanying's arm and consoled her, "Don't blame yourself. We were in a difficult situation back then, and you also had to take care of two mischievous children, Xiaogang and Xiaozhen. How could you possibly have the energy to do that?"

"Besides, the further away we are at that time, the better it is for them."

The two of them were talking while cooking. Qian Zilin could also cook, but he didn't cook often since he usually ate in the cafeteria. The main reason was that he didn't have time.

After the two adults left, Ling Yue was the only one left in the room, along with the two shy children.

The little girl had seen Xiaogang in her memory, but he was still in his infancy at that time.

"Come here," Ling Yue waved with a smile, took out the red envelope from her bag, and handed it to the two of them: "This is for you."

Xiaogang shook his head. He was older than his sister and knew what it was. The elders also gave it to them during the Chinese New Year, but it was not the Chinese New Year now, so they could not take it.

Ling Yue raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Last New Year's Day, I was out and didn't have time to come over. This time, this is for you. Take it."

After some hesitation, Ling Yue successfully put the red envelopes into the two people's pockets.

Xiaogang pursed his lips and asked awkwardly, "You are my father's colleague, right?"

Ling Yue nodded: "Yes, why do you ask?"

Xiao Gang pinched the hem of his clothes, lowered his head and said shyly, "I...I want to ask you, can you let Dad come back on October 21st?"

Ling Yue was stunned for a moment: "Why is it October 21st?"

Xiaogang bit his lip sadly when he heard this.

Xiaozhen didn't have so many concerns. She was younger and therefore braver: "That day was my brother's birthday. Dad hasn't celebrated his birthday with us for several years."

The two children grew up in the West and pay much attention to this aspect. When they were in the Ugly Country, the family would sit together for dinner every birthday, but since Qian Zilin came back, they have never done that again.

Ling Yue didn't expect this to be the reason. At that time, she felt that she was right not to get married and have children.

"Okay, I'll help you remind him then."

"Really?"

Seeing Ling Yue nod affirmatively, Xiao Gang just revealed his childish innocence.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy." Qian Zilin came in and asked, looking at the peaceful atmosphere.

"We..." Xiao Zhen just said one sentence, and Xiao Gang covered her mouth: "We are asking Sister Ling questions."

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