Xia Wanfen's heart was beating violently in her chest, and beads of sweat oozed from her palms.

Can she "write" to Brother Hongyuan? Can she "tell" Brother Hongyuan the "situation" over there? Can she decide whether Brother Hongyuan will continue to care about her, or... give up completely?

Xia Wanfen stood up suddenly, rushed to the desk, opened the drawer, took out a few sheets of letter paper, and used the original envelopes.

She took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and began to imitate the handwriting of the letter.

After writing, he carefully folded the forged letter and stuffed it into the original envelope.

After doing all this, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he pretended nothing had happened and handed the letter to Yu Hongyuan.

"Brother Hongyuan, I really read your letter."

When Yu Hongyuan saw that it was sent from Northeast China, he immediately put down the work at hand and took the letter excitedly, "Let me take a look."

Xia Wanfen's heart was in her throat and her nails dug deeply into her palms.

She held her breath and stared at Yu Hongyuan's face, observing every subtle change in his expression.

Yu Hongwei's hand holding the letter paper suddenly froze, and suddenly began to shake violently!

He murmured to himself: "No, it can't be like this."

His lips trembled violently, but he could not make a sound. His Adam's apple rolled up and down with difficulty, like a person who was about to suffocate.

The body also lost its supporting strength and shook violently.

Xia Wanfen let out a cry of surprise with a crying tone at the right time, as if she was frightened.

He rushed forward to support his shaking body: "Brother Hongyuan! Brother Hongyuan! What's wrong with you?! Oh my God! What did the letter...what did the letter say?!"

"Gone... one body, two lives."

"Is she dead? Brother Hongyuan, this is not your fault, don't be sad." She pretended to comfort him, but she smiled triumphantly in her heart.

After Yu Hongyuan learned the news, he wanted to rush back to Northeast China to see Chen He.

Yu's mother pretended to be sick and said, "Hongyuan, I'm sick. There's no one at home to help me. We who are alive are more important than the dead. You still have to look forward, cough cough cough."

Yu Hongyuan had no choice but to stay despite the pain.

Little did I know that this delay would delay half my life.

Back to the present, Xia Wanfen looked painful and hesitated: "It's not me, how could I do such a thing?"

"Besides you? Who else?"

My mother-in-law had passed away a few years ago, and Xia Wanfen wanted to put all the blame on her.

"Hongyuan, I really don't know. It must be my mother-in-law. It must be my mother-in-law who did this!"

Yu Hongyuan stared at the woman in front of him, feeling strange, "You don't know? I don't believe it at all."

Xia Wenjie poked his little head in. He was frightened just now, and now when he heard his father's furious roar and his mother's crying in the study, he instinctively rushed in to protect his mother.

Seeing the usually gentle father now with fierce eyes and the mother sitting on the bed crying in embarrassment, how could the child understand what was happening?

The huge fear made him cry “Wow——”

"Dad! Have you had enough of this? Can't you just live a peaceful life? We've already been through this! Wenjie and I are still here! Why are you harping on those trivial things from decades ago? That country woman! Those children! They should have disappeared from your life long ago! Do you have to destroy our current family to be satisfied?"

Yu Shanshan's words were like a poisoned dagger, piercing Yu Hongyuan's heart!

"You guys." Yu Hongyuan moved his lips, but finally stopped getting angry in front of the child.

He turned around and slammed the door and left the house. He could no longer stay in this house.

…

At this time, Lu Qingyang was already riding his bicycle slowly on the road.

He passed by a busy supply and marketing cooperative with a hot pastry stand in front of the door.

Lu Qingyang stopped the car, sat on the seat and watched quietly for a few seconds.

Several children gathered in front of the stall, eagerly watching their parents buy a few pieces of peach cakes sprinkled with sesame seeds, with smiles on their little faces.

He walked over silently, took out his money and voucher, and pointed to several types of fresh pastries: "Please, half a pound of each."

Riding a bicycle back home, Shen Mo stood on a small stool under the eaves, tiptoeing and carefully adding food and water to the birdcage hanging under the corridor.

Hearing the door open, Shen Mo turned around and saw that it was Lu Qingyang. Her clear eyes immediately curved into a crescent moon: "You're back! What did you do when you went out today? You came back so late."

He parked the car against the wall and handed the steaming pastry paper packages in his hand to Shen Mo: "It's still hot, eat it quickly!"

The tip of her nose twitched slightly, a sweeter smile spread across her face, and she nodded vigorously: "Yeah! Okay!"

Seeing his wife like this, Lu Qingyang thought again and again and decided to ask for her opinion:

"Xiao Mo." Lu Qingyang's voice was particularly gentle, with a hint of tentativeness, "If, I mean if."

He paid attention to Shen Mo's expression, and seeing that she was still smiling at the cakes, he continued: "You have found your biological father, what will you do?"

"Hmm?" Shen Mo's chewing slowed down, and the relaxed smile on her face gradually faded, replaced by a look of serious thought.

She swallowed the food in her mouth, and the corners of her mouth that were originally curved straightened slightly. There was anger in her clear eyes:

"If I find him, the first thing I'm going to do is question him! Why? Why did he treat my mother like that? Did he lie to her or run away? Why did he abandon us? Why did he let her suffer so much alone? Let me..."

She paused, and seemed to be choking on the following words: "Then beat him up hard! Yes! Beat him hard with a stick! Beat him until he also feels pain! What it feels like to be abandoned! This way... maybe I can get rid of the resentment that has been suppressed in my heart for almost twenty years!"

"If you can, would you like to meet him?"

"I want to see him! The thorn in my heart was pierced by him since birth. It festered and became inflamed, causing me to be unable to sleep all night. It grew bigger and bigger. Every time someone mentioned my father, every time I saw other families reunited, it would pierce me hard."

Her tone was calm, but it made people feel nervous: "I want to... I want to pull out this thorn, even if it hurts to death or causes a massive hemorrhage, after it's completely over, I can give my mother an explanation."

Lu Qingyang understood her thoughts: "I found your father. If you want to meet him, I can help you contact him."

Shen Mo was completely stunned: "You found him?"

"I'm going to see him today. You two can talk it over with yourselves. I respect your choice."

Shen Mo went from being shocked to being silent and lowering her head, and she also understood Lu Qingyang's good intentions.

…

The next day, Lu Qingyang contacted Yu Hongyuan and this time he called him.

Knowing it was Lu Qingyang calling, he asked anxiously: "Do you know where she is? Please tell me."

"If you really want to see her, go to the third bench on the east side of Riverside Park at 6:30 pm." He gave the name of the park. "She will wait for ten minutes. She will not wait after that time."

Yu Hongyuan, who was on the other end of the phone, froze in front of his desk as he heard the busy tone coming from the receiver. His heart was pounding and his palms were covered in cold sweat.

It's time! It's time!

Finally, it was almost time to get off work. He didn't even bother to finish the work or pay attention to the surprised looks of his colleagues. He grabbed his coat, rushed out of the office, and ran hurriedly towards the Riverside Park.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky a warm orange, and more and more people were walking in the riverside park.

Yu Hongyuan rushed to the east in a panic, counting the benches while scanning the area anxiously.

The third bench was empty.

His heart sank and he glanced at his watch. It was only 6:20, so it was not time yet.

He barely suppressed his pounding heart and sat down on the fourth bench next to him, but his eyes were fixed in the direction of the third bench, not daring to relax for a moment, for fear of missing something.

Not far away, a slender young girl in an off-white dress got out of the car.

녊 is the girl that Yu Hongyuan met in the supply and marketing cooperative!

Yu Hongyuan staggered step by step, as if dragging his legs filled with lead, and finally moved to the third bench.

"Child, you are Shen He's child, right? I am, your father."

"Are you the Yu Hongyuan who lied to my mom and said he was going back to pick her up in order to return to the city, but never came back?" Shen Mo seemed very calm.

"No, I didn't..." Yu Hongyuan tried his best to explain, but found that all these explanations were pale.

The fact is, he did nothing.

"No matter what your reasons are, you have failed my mother. When I was ten years old, my mother passed away and told me not to hate you because she didn't want me to live with hatred. I don't hate you, but I don't have any father-daughter feelings for you. I came to see you to fulfill my mother's wish."

Yu Hongyuan took out a stack of bills and money from his bag, "These are for you. It's your father's compensation to you, okay?"

He couldn't help but feel regretful, especially when he saw his daughter's face that looked exactly like Chen He's: "Tell me, what's your name?"

"Chen Mo, Mo of Jasmine."

When he heard this name, Yu Hongyuan felt even more uncomfortable.

He remembered how he looked at her affectionately at that time and vowed, "I will take you to my hometown in the future. There are jasmine flowers planted there, one by one, and they smell refreshing. They are much more beautiful than these little wild flowers! Let's go together."

Shen Mo's heart was very calm, calmer than she had imagined.

I thought I would feel sad and unwilling, but when I saw him, I didn't feel anything at all.

늀It's like a stranger.

"I heard that you have started a family, a wife and children. Don't come to me again in the future. I will treat you as if I don't have a father."

"Xiao Mo, I really had no choice at the time."

"You had many chances, even during those ten years, you wanted to come back once, but you knew that the letter was a lie, and you didn't. I am very disappointed in you."

Shen Mo took a deep breath and said this, then turned and left.

Lu Qingyang was already waiting for her not far away. The two of them jumped into the military vehicle and left.

Yu Hongyuan was left alone there crying silently.

The thorn in Chen Mo's heart was finally removed, and she understood her grandfather's good intentions.

When she was young, she still yearned for father's love, but now, she has lost Lu Qingyang and other family members, and father's love has become the most insignificant existence.

She leaned on Lu Qingyang and said silently in her heart: "Mom, you are still the wrong person after all."

Yu Hongyuan returned home disappointed, and found that his originally cozy home was in a mess.

My daughter, son, and Xia Wanfen are not here.

The house looked as if it had been ransacked.

He stumbled out of the yard, rushed to the gate of the next door like a headless fly, and grabbed the neighbor's wife who was collecting clothes and asked: "Excuse me, have you seen my baby?"

The neighbor's wife was frightened at first when she saw his distraught look with bloodshot eyes.

She shook her head and said calmly, "They left this afternoon. The three of them left on a tricycle, dragging a few boxes and bags."