Rong Wanting remembered that when her sister Yu was little, she loved to stick to her.
But the grown-up Yu Jie'er, also known as Lin Yulan, said awkwardly after hearing Rong Wanting's words: "I don't sleep well. You should not sleep with me since your leg is injured."
Lin Yulan's words were blunt and direct.
Rong Wanting was a little disappointed, but she also knew that some things needed to be done slowly.
Lin Yulan took Rong Wanting and Zhou Ruiyuan, who was pushing Rong Wanting's wheelchair, to her room, while Su Jianwei went to clean up another guest room.
Lin Yulan didn't know what to talk about, so she asked, "How did your leg get hurt?"
Hearing her daughter's concern for her, Rong Wanting said happily, "I fell accidentally."
Zhou Ruiyuan added from behind her, "Today, Mom was at home when she heard the nanny say someone was looking for her and Dad outside. They said the person looked a bit like me. Mom thought it was you, and when she ran downstairs excitedly, she accidentally stepped on a puddle and fell."
Lin Yulan looked at Rong Wanting in surprise, not knowing what to say. Should she apologize?
“This has nothing to do with you!”
Rong Wanting noticed Lin Yulan's bewildered look and patted Zhou Ruiyuan's hand on the wheelchair. She said to Lin Yulan, "It was Mom's own carelessness. She always thought she was still young and didn't pay attention, so she fell."
"It's just a broken bone. It will heal after some time."
Lin Yulan nodded, "You guys..."
"I rushed to the hospital after receiving a call from my wife. My mother said that the person who came to the compound today must be you, so she asked me to take her home."
"She wants to go home to find you and take you home."
He also wanted to take her home.
Although Zhou Ruiyuan and Lin Yulan had not seen each other for decades, for some reason, he knew what Lin Yulan wanted to say at just one glance.
"As soon as we got home, we asked the sentry on duty and got the letter you left behind. Mom was afraid of missing you again, so she sent the Rong family's private plane directly over."
Lin Yulan opened her mouth in surprise.
She asked why the old lady and Zhou Ruiyuan came earlier than her.
"We were very afraid that you would not come back." Zhou Ruiyuan was really glad at that time, glad that Lin Yulan did not give up, and glad that she was willing to try again.
Lin Yulan made her bed and said, "I didn't want to come back."
She looked at the bed sheet with a wry smile on her face, "After all, we've been separated for decades, so we're no different from strangers."
"In fact, if I hadn't seen my father's letter when I returned home this time, I would not have planned to recognize my relatives."
Rong Wanting couldn't help but grab the bed sheet beside her when she heard Lin Yulan's words, and looked at Lin Yulan who didn't look up.
"My father said we had to separate, but..."
Lin Yulan looked up at Rong Wanting. "There were so many people throwing away dolls back then. I suspect there's something wrong with my memory. I suspect my father was just trying to comfort me. I can't tell reality from fantasy. I'm afraid my worries will become reality."
Rong Wanting's tears fell unconsciously. She looked at Lin Yulan and said with a choked voice, "Mom didn't abandon you. They arrested your father and his friends at the time, and the train station was packed with people. I couldn't find you because of the crowd."
"Later, I thought Dazhuang would definitely take you back to the capital, so I took Xiaoyuan and followed the group of people who took your father back to the capital. But I didn't expect that we would be detained as soon as we got back to the capital."
"It was two months later when I finally found the chance to pack my bags and prepare to be sent down. Our house had been raided, and Mom had lost contact with your uncle and his family, so there was no way she could ask them to help find you."
"The people I usually interacted with were either banished to the mountain village together, or took advantage of the situation and watched from the sidelines. Even those who could help didn't dare to do anything too much. Everyone was in danger back then. Mom really didn't mean to ignore you."
Lin Yulan did not respond, there was no opportunity at that time, but what happened later?
"My parents were rehabilitated at the end of 1977. After that, they returned to Beijing and stayed there for three months. During this time, they were very busy, busy with work and busy using their connections to find your whereabouts."
Zhou Ruiyuan remembers it very clearly because during those three months he went out with the people arranged by his parents.
However, the best time to find Lin Yulan has passed, and it would be extremely difficult to find her again.
"Lin Dazhuang came to the Rong family when he was in his early twenties and has been working there ever since. I've searched for everyone in the family who knows him, but apart from knowing that he's from the north and his hometown is in Shandong Province, they don't know anything else."
“After that, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.”
Lin Yulan nodded, "I understand."
Lin Yulan thought that the reason why the search was so difficult was probably because after her adoptive father took her back to her hometown, everyone called her "Dad Lin Hai." She also changed her name and was re-registered.
After Lin Dazhuang learned that the Zhou family had been arrested, he was afraid for a while that someone would come and take Lin Yulan away. They lived cautiously for several years.
"Mom has really never forgotten to look for you over the years."
Lin Yulan nodded and said silently, "Thank you."
Rong Wanting felt a lump in her throat when she looked at Lin Yulan.
Lin Yulan smiled slightly, "It's getting late, you should go to bed early."
Rong Wanting also felt that she had said enough today. There was still a long way to go, and she still had the time and ability to compensate her daughter.
Lin Yulan told Zhou Ruiyuan the location of the guest room and went upstairs.
Su Jianwei was sitting in the small living room upstairs, holding her milk ball. When she saw Lin Yulan coming up with a tired face, she said, "I've prepared hot water for you. Mom, go take a bath."
"good."
Lin Yulan changed into pajamas and went to bed when Su Jianwei was about to fall asleep in bed at night. She originally thought that Lin Yulan might have a lot to say to her, but she just patted Su Jianwei's back gently, and the two slowly fell asleep together.
When Su Jianwei woke up the next day, Lin Yulan was no longer by the bed.
Before going downstairs, Su Jianwei smelled the fragrance of rice.
As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Lin Yulan busy in the kitchen, and Rong Wanting sitting in a wheelchair beside the kitchen, staring at Lin Yulan.
But I didn't see Zhou Ruiyuan.
"Mom, Grandma, Happy New Year!"
The two of them had been busy on New Year's Eve, and finally had some free time on the first day of the new year.
Lin Yulan was stunned for a moment when she heard Su Jianwei calling "Grandma", while Rong Wanting took out a thick red envelope from her lap and handed it to Su Jianwei with a smile on her face.
"Good boy, this is your New Year's red envelope."
Su Jianwei glanced at Lin Yulan, then took it with a smile and said, "Thank you, grandma. I wish you good health and all the best in the new year!"
"Thank you, sweetie."
Su Jianwei was a little uncomfortable being called a good boy for the first time, but this discomfort was interrupted by the knock on the door.
Su Jianwei took the opportunity to open the door to escape. The person who came so early was most likely Shan Dandan.
As soon as the door opened, what came into view was an old man with gray hair, who looked weathered but tough and strong.
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