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The next day, I entrusted Huang Nai to Wu Ma to take care of.

Xu Mengyao pulled Xiaomei into the car.

"Come on, didn't you say that the child is in the hospital? He definitely won't be discharged so soon. Let's go check it out again today."

Arriving at the hospital, Xiaomei's heart was pounding. She walked straight to the same ward as yesterday, feeling both nervous and excited.

Xu Mengyao peeked in from the doorway and asked quietly, "Which one is your mother?"

"She hasn't come yet." Xiaomei glanced around the ward, but didn't see any familiar figure, which made her feel a little disappointed.

The two sat in the corridor for a while, and then they saw Hu Min coming back with a thermos.

Xiaomei quickly lowered her head, nudged Xu Mengyao with her elbow, and whispered, "That's her."

Xu Mengyao stood up quickly, took out the new lunch box she had prepared in advance from her bag, and walked quickly towards Hu Min:

"Hello, Auntie. Xiaomei said yesterday that she knocked over your lunch box and scratched it, and she felt very upset. So today I came to compensate you with a new one."

Hu Min and Xiaomei were both shocked by this sudden action.

Xu Mengyao waved behind her: "Xiaomei, Zhang Xiaomei, come here quickly!"

Hu Min stared blankly at the girl behind her slowly approaching. The familiar face and the dusty memories instantly made her eyes wet. She asked in a tense voice:

"Where are you from?"

"We come from Huanshi to study." Xu Mengyao continued to add after seeing her reaction.

Hu Min's tears burst out instantly, and she grabbed Xiaomei's shoulders excitedly.

"Xiaomei, you are Xiaomei, and I am your mother. Do you recognize me?"

Xiaomei's tears also burst out like a dam breaking. She nodded vigorously, her vision blurred by tears.

Hu Min hugged the girl in her arms, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly in the corridor.

After letting them vent for a while, Xu Mengyao patted their shoulders and said softly:

"Auntie, you guys chat first, I'll help you bring the kettle in."

Hu Min wiped her tears with her sleeve and agreed repeatedly: "Hey, hey, thank you."

She held Xiaomei's hand tightly, her voice choked with sobs: "My child, you have grown up so much, how have you been these years?"

Xiaomei cried until she was exhausted. She felt like her heart was frozen and then soaked in warm water.

She paused for a long time before speaking: "It's fine. That's Wenjuan. We were admitted to Dan University together. Her family has been taking care of me all these years."

Hu Min was very confused when he heard this: "What's going on? Where's your beastly father?"

Xiaomei shook her head and said in a low voice, "When I was in the third year of junior high school, he was caught stealing public property and was sentenced to five years in prison."

Hu Min felt a mixture of emotions when she heard this. She wanted to know how her daughter had grown up, but she was also worried that she would blame her for her original choice.

At this moment, the voice of the little boy in the ward suddenly came, breaking the warm atmosphere of the mother and daughter reunion.

"Mom, call my mom."

Hu Min quickly responded, "Mom is here."

She turned to look at Xiaomei and said a little embarrassedly:

"I'm remarried. Do you want to go in and see your brother?"

Xiaomei nodded. Although she felt a little complicated, she still followed Hu Min into the ward.

Xu Mengyao saw the two of them enter the ward one after the other and said to the little boy on the bed:

"I didn't lie to you, your mother is outside."

The little boy glared at Hu Min unhappily and got angry:

"Why don't you come in? Who are they?"

Hu Min pulled Xiaomei forward and introduced her gently:

"Qingbao, this is your sister Xiaomei, hurry up and call someone."

Unexpectedly, the little boy suddenly threw a tantrum and shouted:

"I don't want any sister. I don't want any sister. You just want to steal my things."

The situation suddenly became awkward. Xiaomei's face turned ugly. She lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, an old woman came in and cursed angrily:

"What happened? Why did Qingbao cry like this? Even at your age, you can't understand what's going on with a child?"

"Mom, why did you come all this way?"

The old lady's triangular eyes were drooping as she looked at Xiaomei and Xu Mengyao.

Hu Min quickly pulled Xiaomei aside and introduced:

"This is the girl I met earlier. I just recognized her today."

The old lady snorted coldly.

"If I don't come, I will miss the scene where you and your daughter recognize each other. Don't forget how I agreed to let you enter this family."

Hu Min was embarrassed by her mother-in-law in public. Her face turned red and white, and she didn't dare to respond.

Xiaomei hated herself even more for the trouble she had brought to her mother, and she bit her lips tightly with her teeth.

Seeing this, Xu Mengyao immediately stepped forward, pointed at the new lunch box and the cakes prepared in advance, and said deliberately:

"Auntie, I didn't expect Xiaomei to see her mother today. I think we've caused you trouble by hastily recognizing each other. We didn't bring anything with us, so these two hundred yuan are our token of appreciation for visiting your brother. Don't worry, our family will take good care of Xiaomei and won't bother you again."

Hu Min hurriedly stopped him: "Don't..."

The old lady's eyes rolled around on the money and things, and she asked tentatively:

"Don't, little girl. How can a mother and a boy not interact with each other when they just met? This child is the flesh and blood of his mother. I haven't asked you where you are from yet. What's going on in Hai City?"

Xu Mengyao realized that this old woman was the biggest obstacle preventing Xiaomei and her daughter from meeting each other. She was simply afraid that someone would take advantage of her family.

Then deliberately tell them that Xiaomei's life will be better, and that people are hypocritical only when there is profit to be made. If spending a little money can make Xiaomei happy, she will feel it is worth it.

So, she smiled and replied, "Xiaomei is my parents' adopted child, and I treat her as my own sister. We are studying at Danda University, and my family has bought a house in Hai City."

As expected, after she finished speaking, the old woman's eyes lit up, like a wolf seeing meat. Her tone immediately became much more enthusiastic.

"Oh, it's not easy to get into Dan University, Xiaomei, right? Today happens to be the day your brother is discharged from the hospital, and you and your daughter are reunited. It's really a double blessing. Come to my house for dinner tonight. I'll go buy groceries later."

Xiaomei didn't say anything, but looked at Xu Mengyao for advice.

Xu Mengyao said generously: "Since this grandma has said so, you can go and have a simple meal. I will ask Uncle Zhang to drive over to help my brother get out of the hospital later."

The old lady was even happier when she heard this:

"That's great. Well, Qingbao's mom, I'm going to buy groceries, can you give me some money?"

Hu Min was about to say that she had no money, but when she saw her mother-in-law's eyes pointing to the two hundred yuan, her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

Xu Mengyao pretended not to see their arguments and took the initiative to hand over the money.

"We are here to visit my brother, and since we are going to eat, we should pay for the food."

The old lady took the money and smiled like a chrysanthemum, muttering:

"We Qingbao are so lucky to have a sister like this. I'll go buy some food now. I'll make sure you guys have a good meal tonight."