"Little Lyle, you are my best friend, I will always remember you!"

Sweetie put the apple into her handbag, then took out two White Rabbit milk candies from the bag and placed them in Liu Lai'er's hand, saying, "You gave me a big apple, and I'll give you a big milk candy. So, you have to remember me too."

"Okay." Lyle solemnly closed her palms and clenched the milk candy tightly. "Sweetie, don't worry, I will always, always, always remember you."

"Liu Lai'er, you're back, why aren't you coming in? Why are you lounging outside? Hurry up and come start the fire for me."

Just then, Li Dan's voice suddenly came from behind. Liu Lai'er shrank back and quickly replied, "Coming."

Before parting, she said goodbye to Tian Tian with reluctance: "Tian Tian, ​​I'm going back now, please remember me."

Sweetie nodded, looking a little confused.

She was too young, and the separation came too soon, so much so that she didn't even understand what had happened.

It wasn't until several days later, after searching the entire residential compound and never seeing Liu Lai'er again, that she belatedly realized what separation meant.

After that day, Tian Tian lost interest in playing. Every day after school, her favorite thing to do was sit on the stone bench at the door and look towards the alley entrance.

Li Dan, who was sitting next door, was humming a song while rubbing her flat belly. As she was about to go out, she saw Tian Tian sitting motionless on a stone stool and greeted her with a smile: "Tian Tian, ​​why are you still sitting here? You're practically a statue."

Whenever Tian Tian saw Li Dan, she would think of Lai'er on the day they parted. She felt sad and, for the first time, disregarded the politeness taught by her parents and teachers. Not only did she not greet Li Dan, but she also snorted and turned her back.

Li Dan was turned away by Tian Tian, ​​but her mood was not affected at all.

She finally got pregnant after she turned thirty. Overjoyed, she was in high spirits and didn't bother arguing with a little kid.

She walked away humming a song.

Sweetie's eyes welled up with tears as she snuggled into Fang Qiao's arms for comfort.

"Auntie, I miss Lai'er. Will I never see her again?"

"How could that be?" Fang Qiao took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Tian Tian's eyes, saying softly, "Don't cry, Tian Tian, ​​she'll be back soon."

"Really?" Sweetie was a little incredulous; this was different from what Lyle had told her.

Fang Qiao nodded: "Of course it's true. Think about it, when has Auntie ever lied to you?"

Sweetie tilted her head and thought about it, and it seemed to be true.

My aunt always keeps her word and never lies to me.

She finally cheered up: "When will she be back?"

"Don't worry, it won't be long," Fang Qiao assured her.

Li Dan has a very pointed chin, messy and unruly eyebrows with broken lines, and a slightly crooked philtrum with horizontal lines. All three of these features indicate that she has a negative influence on her children's health.

One problem at a time has limited impact on a person, but she has all three, which makes her luck with children quite poor. At best, she has a weak bond with her children; at worst, she may never have her own children. This is why she has been unable to conceive despite trying various methods for several years after getting married.

There is a folk saying that if a woman is destined to be childless, she can adopt a child who is destined to have siblings. In this way, the child will bring her siblings into the woman's womb.

Lyle is a child destined to have many brothers and sisters.

So Li Dan adopted her and, as she wished, became pregnant with her own child.

But what she did was wrong; it was extremely immoral.

She got pregnant through adoption, and instead of treating the adopted child better, she planned to send the child back as soon as she got pregnant. Her scheme was so loud that she could hear it from over the 1.8-meter-high wall.

Everything in the world has a cause and effect; you must give back what you receive.

Is there any good thing in the world that you can only want to receive without wanting to give anything in return?

Just wait, retribution will come sooner or later.

Li Dan's retribution didn't take long to come.

The next afternoon, Fang Qiao heard that something had happened at Li Dan's house next door. The woman's panicked sobs and the man's helpless attempts to comfort her woke up the people who were taking a nap.

After a commotion, Li Dan was taken to a nearby hospital.

She bled.

This pregnancy is very dangerous.