Chapter 234 (Catching Bugs)
The afternoon sun gently poured into the room from outside the curtains. Wu Yin held the child who was sleeping well, and she closed her eyes but couldn't fall asleep.
In their previous life, they had slept together like this on many cold and lonely nights, but Wu Yin hadn't hugged Yunmian like this for fifteen years.
Still such a small and cute Yunmian.
Like a soft marshmallow, or a soft white bun, the chubby little face always makes people want to reach out and poke it gently, but they are afraid that if they really poke the child awake, it will be difficult to coax him.
Wu Yin remembered that Mianmian was grumpy when she woke up, but she didn’t know whether 5-year-old Mianmian would be very grumpy when she woke up and whether she would be easy to comfort.
They had only known each other for a short time, and she rationally suppressed her urge to wake Mianmian up. She also curled up into a small ball, imitating the children's actions. The two children hugged each other face to face and slept soundly and peacefully in the gentle afternoon sunshine.
In the Yunduo Hotel, ever since Wu Yin was taken away by Yun Mian, Wu Wan's tense body seemed to become much more natural.
It is undeniable that Wu Wan was a little nervous in front of Wu Yin, a strange child who he was yet subconsciously close to.
Especially when the child started crying while eating, Wu Wan didn't even know what to do with his hands and feet at that moment.
Yun Jinyan pushed a plate of cucumbers with sugar in front of her and asked gently, "What are your plans for the future?"
Wu Wan looked back blankly, not understanding why she would suddenly ask such a question that seemed meaningless to him.
Yun Jinyan saw her doubts, paused for a moment, and said calmly: "We don't know what kind of life Ayin led in her previous home, but she definitely had enough material things. You gave your care to Zhaozhao, and I'm afraid it won't be reversed in a short time. But besides love, what else can you give to Ayin?"
Without waiting for Wu Wan to respond, Yun Jinyan continued, "The misalignment of life is the fault of you adults and the hospital, not the child. You can't let Ayin get nothing after being replaced, right? Don't you think this is too cruel for a child?"
No matter how others view the incident of the two children being taken away by mistake and then swapped back, at least in Yun Jinyan's opinion, the two children are the only victims who bear full responsibility for all the mistakes of the two adults and the hospital.
They can't even choose where they are born, and all the mistakes made by adults eventually become punishment for them.
"I..." Wu Wan was touched by Yun Jinyan's words. He clenched his chopsticks with a bit of guilt, lowered his eyes and whispered, "I will try my best to treat her well."
Hearing this, Yun Jinyan frowned slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Originally this is your family affair. I am just an insignificant outsider and should not worry about anything. But Ayin will go to school with Mianmian in the future. I hope she is mentally healthy and that she will not be affected by the distorted family relationship. If she is trapped in the knot for the rest of her life like you, it would be too cruel for the child."
When Wu Wan looked at her in surprise, Yun Jinyan knew that her words had some effect, at least the other party was no longer sad because of the child being replaced.
"She is the child you carried for ten months and gave birth to with great difficulty." She said, "You and your man have been looking forward to it since the beginning of your pregnancy. You tried your best to protect her when you were in danger. Your true blood is this child, not Li Zhaozhao."
"It was the hospital and you who made the mistake of taking the wrong child. You only saw that she had enjoyed a wealthy life for a few years. How do you know whether she had suffered much injustice in that wealthy family?"
As she questioned, Wu Wan's heart seemed to be tightened by an invisible hand...
Until Yun Jinyan asked her word by word: "Wu Yin is your real daughter, Li Zhaozhao is not, Wu Zhaozhao is not either, she has never seen her biological father, now you are her only relative, do you also love other people's children but not her?"
Wu Wan shook her head in tears, "I, I don't stop loving her, I just..."
Just what?
Just can’t let go of Zhao Zhao?
Just think that she is not your daughter Zhaozhao?
Are you just unwilling to accept another strange child?
Just want Zhao Zhao to be your daughter?
Words kept rolling in my throat, but I couldn't say a single word.
Finally, she swallowed those "just" words one by one in dead silence. Her throat ached, as if she had swallowed one sharp blade after another, and the blades cut her throat and heart into a bloody mess.
All his escapes were exposed by Yun Jinyan, and he was pushed into a desperate situation step by step by the other party's calm but sharp words. So he had to recognize his own heart and clearly saw how embarrassing it was to use lies to deceive and cover up his true feelings.
In silence, Yun Jinyan asked the original question again: "So what are your plans for the future?"
"You can't keep hiding in the house every day, and even let such a young child bring you food. You live on the rent downstairs every day. Zhao Zhao took care of you when he was so young before, and now you can't ask A Yin to take care of you like this, right?"
There was no trace of sarcasm in Yun Jinyan's calm voice, but it made Wu Wan's heart tighten: "You didn't give Ah Yin anything worth her effort, but you want her to take care of you like Zhao Zhao?"
Wu Wan: “…”
She finally remembered that when her legs were still intact, she was also afraid to chat with Yun Jinyan.
The other party always sees things directly. Although they were friends, Wu Wan was always a little timid when getting along with the other party. But she didn't expect that after her family was broken up, only Yun Jinyan was willing to take care of her every day...
She concealedly picked up a piece of sugar-mixed cucumber with chopsticks. A layer of thin, crystal-clear sugar grains was sprinkled on the peeled and irregularly shaped cucumbers. The emerald green dotted with frosty white was already very beautiful. When the fine sugar grains melted little by little on the surface of the cucumber, a layer of beautiful green sugar water was spread on the bottom of the porcelain white dish, dotted with a few cucumber seeds. It was the most refreshing and homely cold dish on the table.
Wu Wan likes to eat cucumbers mixed with sugar because tomatoes mixed with sugar are still a bit sour, while cucumbers are sweet and refreshing.
But she didn't expect Yun Jinyan to remember such a trivial matter.
In comparison, what the other party said did not seem to be in line with her meticulous and considerate personality.
It seemed a bit too aggressive, but Wu Wan couldn't even give a complete answer from beginning to end.
Even when questioned by the other party, her action of picking up food to hide her emotions was completely betrayed by her shaking hands.
"...What can I do in this state?" She admitted defeat dejectedly, put down her chopsticks, raised her hand almost angrily, and then hammered her unresponsive knee hard.
Yun Jinyan watched her self-mutilating behavior coldly, and only let out a silent breath when she leaned over the table in embarrassment and finally burst into tears.
No one requires parents to provide their children with an absolutely comfortable life, but at least when the child is only five or six years old, parents should not become a burden to the child, allowing her to spend her whole life healing her childhood, right?
In fact, Yun Jinyan had wanted to talk to Wu Wan for a long time. Every time she saw Zhao Zhao, a child carrying a schoolbag to and from school, and having to go to the vegetable market with his own money to bargain with the vegetable vendors for buying vegetables, and the envious look in Zhao Zhao's eyes when he looked at Mian Mian and herself, Yun Jinyan felt that Wu Wan was too cowardly.
She was too cowardly to face the death of her husband, and the loss of her legs. She shrank into what she thought was a solid shell like a snail. But in fact, the shell was so thin that the slightest pressure from the outside world would crush her and her shell into pieces.
Just like the exchange of two children this time.
Yun Jinyan understood Wu Wan's reluctance to part with Zhao Zhao, but she could not understand Wu Wan's neglect of Wu Yin.
Especially when the Li family valued Wu Zhaozhao but also ignored Wu Yin.
If it was Mianmian who was in Wu Yin's situation, Yun Jinyan would never allow herself to let her daughter show that kind of disappointment or even indifference.
The conversation ended quickly. Yun Jinyan did not answer Wu Wan's questions like "What can I do in my current state?" This was something Wu Wan had to think about and explore on her own. Yun Jinyan believed that she had done her best to remind and question her.
As for more... Wu Wan is already an adult. If she herself can't figure it out and can't stand up, what use will it be even if someone points a gun at her head and forces her?
You can't possibly support and take care of her for so long and then raise a child for her in the future, right?
Yun Jinyan didn't even ask the other party to compensate for her restaurant's entire day's turnover and food loss.
After sending Wu Wan back with great effort, Yun Jinyan rubbed her sore shoulders, hung a sign at the door of the store to announce the suspension of business, and decided to take a day off today.
When I opened the door, the house was quiet, with only two pairs of children's shoes placed neatly at the entrance.
She walked lightly to the bedroom door and gently opened it. The two children sleeping together on the bed were sleeping soundly next to each other. Yun Jinyan even saw her daughter stepping on Wu Yin's chin in a difficult position...
Wu Yin was probably feeling uncomfortable being stepped on, so she grabbed Yun Mian's arrogant little foot and held it in her arms to suppress it.
Yun Jinyan: “…”
Slept well, don't sleep next time.
The faint smile in her eyes could not be hidden, and she shook her head helplessly. Yun Jinyan closed the door again, went to the kitchen to wash her hands, took out the fruit from the refrigerator, washed it, and went to the living room to eat while watching TV.
This was the first time in such a long time that she was able to rest quietly so early and enjoy some time and space that belonged only to herself.
When Yunmian woke up from her dream, there was no one on the bed.
The child rubbed his eyes, got out of bed in a daze and walked out. His bare feet stepped on the cold floor and he shivered, which made him feel much more awake.
Then, under the silent gaze of his mother, he obediently went back to put on his slippers, trotted over again, stuffed himself into his mother's arms, and happily raised his head to kiss her~
"Mom, where is Sister Yinyin?" The child finally remembered that there was a little sister lying on his bed before he went to sleep.
How come it disappeared when I woke up?
"She's back home, look up." Yun Jinyan kissed her daughter's forehead and answered while wiping her daughter's face with a face towel.
"Ah~" Mianmian responded softly, and then collapsed into her mother's arms again, sliding down little by little as if she had no bones...
Yun Jinyan picked up the little guy from the ground, but after a while, the child in her arms slipped to the ground again.
Yun Jinyan: “…”
You little bitch, you did it on purpose.
Yunmian smiled with joy, showing her tiny teeth. She moved her butt to sit on the back of her mother's feet, and then enjoyed the fruits her mother fed her while watching the difficult-to-understand palace fighting drama with her mother.
I don’t understand it and it’s not as good as the cartoons, but it doesn’t matter, the TV series my mom likes to watch are the most popular TV series in our home!
At first, Yunmian tried hard to understand the gentle conversations between the "Ladies", but as she listened, her eyes could not help but fall on the plates of snacks placed in front of them every time they had a party.
"Mom, what is that?"
"Mom, lotus cakes must be delicious, right?"
"Mom, are these lotus seeds really delicious? Can I eat them?"
"Mother……"
Yun Jinyan stuffed a piece of watermelon into the chattering little mouth and finally got a moment of peace.
"I don't know. It doesn't taste good and is bitter. Children can't eat it." She answered in one breath, her tone cold but also revealing a bit of the unreasonableness of an adult.
Yunmian looked up at her mother's chin from bottom to top. After a few seconds, she suddenly smiled foolishly and said, "Mom, I'm not a three-year-old child anymore. You can't fool me. I know that they must be delicious!"
Yun Jinyan lowered her head and met her daughter's crescent-shaped eyes. Her original helplessness turned into a smile. She raised her hand and rubbed the little girl's chubby face unhappily: "You are so smart. What else do you care about every day besides eating?"
"Mom, kiss~"
The child chose not to answer and asked for a kiss~
After being kissed on the forehead and cheek by his mother, he turned around contentedly, climbed up, hugged his mother's waist, and buried himself in his mother's arms and rubbed against her.
"Mom~" The child who had had enough of rubbing his head raised his little face and smiled obediently and said, "I'm only 5 years old. 5-year-old children don't need to think too much. The teacher said that the most important thing for children is health and happiness~ I will be healthy and happy if I eat the food cooked by my mother."
So she cares about food, but she cares more about her mother~
A 5-year-old child can confidently act coquettishly with his mother, ask for kisses and hugs from his mother, and can always be his mother’s little baby!
Yun Jinyan smiled and put her forehead against her daughter's. With a little force, she pushed the child back, then rubbed her chubby face and asked in a good mood, "Little Mianmian, who is only 5 years old, can you tell your mother now what you want to eat for breakfast tomorrow?"
Yunmian: “!!!”
Self-service ordering!
It is a self-service ordering that only appears when mom is in the best mood and blows her own rainbow fart the most beautifully!!
Yunmian excitedly threw herself into her mother's arms, and kept asking Uncle System what he wanted to eat in his head.
system:"……"
I'm just a ball, and you ask me what I want to eat... Are you sure you don't want to make me die of greed after the finished product is made?
But when thinking of the suffering that the host and the host's mother had endured in the previous world, the system's electronic mechanical heart seemed to become inexplicably softer.
So I searched the database for a long time and found a breakfast that was not particularly complicated to make and was indeed delicious. Then I recommended it to the excited child: "Why not drink pumpkin porridge and eat egg pancakes, and have some pickles on the side. This way your mother won't be too tired to make it."
If the order is really difficult, there is no doubt that the child will pass the option because she doesn't want to make her mother too tired.
Yunmian told her mother about the pumpkin porridge and egg pancakes that Uncle System mentioned. After that, she reminded her seriously: "Mom, you must wake me up when you get up tomorrow. I will get up and cook with you."
"Okay." Yun Jinyan smiled and pinched her daughter's soft and tender face.
After making the breakfast agreement, Yunmian lay in her mother's arms, listening to the strange conversations between the empress and the emperor in the TV series, and carefully played with her mother's slightly damp hair after washing, braiding it into various messy little braids, and then untying and braiding it again, having a lot of fun.
But my thoughts drifted a little far away.
I wonder if Sister Zhaozhao will be as sad as Sister Yinyin and cry when she goes to her new home?
I wonder if Sister Zhaozhao will still think of me when she moves to her new home?
Do the two girls have to go to school tomorrow? It's so far, will they be late for school?
And the snacks I gave them...be sure to remember to eat them. If they are unhappy, just eat a little. Sweet snacks will definitely make them feel less sad.
Just now he said that he was just a 5-year-old child who just needed to be healthy and happy, but now he was worrying like a little adult. He was worried that sister Zhaozhao would cry and no one would comfort her, that sister Yinyin would be scared in a strange home, and so on. Finally, he lay in his mother's arms, holding her messy hair and fell asleep again.
And on the other side is the Li family.
Wu Zhaozhao sat stiffly on her bench. When she looked up, she saw unfamiliar faces. She pursed her lips and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry out loud. She could only bite the soft flesh in her mouth, lower her head and shed tears secretly.
She missed her mother, Mianmian and Aunt Yun...
But there is no mother here, nor Mianmian and Aunt Yun.
Wu Zhaozhao didn't understand why her mother sent her to this family to be a child. Her mother said that she would come to pick her up and take her home in a few days. She also told her to be obedient. Wu Zhaozhao raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and while comforting herself in her heart not to cry, she lowered her head and ate her meal while sobbing.
She didn't know that almost everyone at the table was frowning secretly as they watched her lower her head to eat.
"This child..." A well-dressed woman covered her lips and whispered in a voice that everyone could hear clearly, "It seems that the family that she came from has no manners. She doesn't sit properly, and she eats like this... It's like she has never eaten good food before."
Li Gaoyang frowned upon hearing this and retorted in a gentle voice: "She is just a child. We just brought her back. We will teach her slowly and let her learn slowly in the future."
Chen Xinya's expression changed, and she also smiled and replied: "What my sister-in-law said is right. The situation of the family that mistakenly took the child away from us is really not good. Zhao Zhao suffered a lot there. Now that I have brought her back, I just want to cultivate a good relationship with her first. As for other things, as a mother, I will naturally fulfill my responsibility to educate her."
The Li family is a very large family, but they usually have their own residences. Today, Li Zhaozhao, the true bloodline of the Li family, was brought back, so the family gathered together to have a meal, and also for Li Zhaozhao and the Li family to get to know each other.
However, the family members had been exchanging witticisms since they sat down at the table, and almost all of it revolved around Wu Zhaozhao, a six-year-old child. Fortunately, Wu Zhaozhao was still young and immersed in his own world, so he didn't understand much.
But Wu Zhaozhao was not stupid. Her sensitiveness as a child made her feel the unwelcomeness of those strangers as soon as she arrived at this home.
This made her even more uneasy, but whenever she told the two uncles and aunts who brought her here that she wanted to go home to see her mother, they would frown and look unhappy, and even their smiles to comfort her became a little scary.
It was the first time that Wu Zhaozhao realized that people could become scary when they laughed.
She was a little timid to begin with, and when the uncle once touched her head with a smile and told her that this would be her home from now on, Wu Zhaozhao stopped talking and just immersed herself in her own world, silently missing her mother and Mianmian, hoping that they could come and pick her up as soon as possible.
The food on the table that night was more sumptuous and exquisite than anything she had ever seen in her childhood memories, but Wu Zhaozhao was not happy at all while eating.
These dishes are not as delicious as those made by Aunt Yun. Even the egg fried rice made by Aunt Yun seems to be much more delicious than the strange dish that grandma put into her bowl.
When Wu Zhaozhao was six years old, she realized for the first time that delicious food could also taste bland or even unpalatable.
She didn't know there was an idiom called "tasteless food". She just felt that every minute and every second in this huge place was extremely difficult to endure.
And she didn’t even make an appointment with Mianmian on the windowsill to go to school together tomorrow…
Thinking of this, Wu Zhaozhao put down his chopsticks, found the person who seemed the easiest to talk to and the most familiar to him among the people at the table, and said to her, "Auntie, I have to go to school with my sister tomorrow..."
"Hiss... Why is this child calling people that?" Li Gaoyang's brother Li Gaoxing asked in surprise: "Brother, she calls sister-in-law auntie, she wouldn't call you uncle, right? If this gets out in the circle, people who don't know might think you are not prepared to acknowledge this child."
Although he said these worried words, his eyes could not stop gloating, which could be said to be the extreme of "sarcasm".
Now even the originally amiable old lady next to her began to look a little gloomy.
Afterwards, he scolded Li Gaoyang and Chen Xinya, starting from the fact that they had given birth to a daughter and took the wrong child away, and went on to criticize Wu Zhaozhao for being ignorant and uneducated. He also bluntly told the couple that he wanted to carefully study Wu Zhaozhao's character and upbringing, and that the Li family's child must not make such jokes again when he goes out.
The couple, who were well-known and successful in their careers, lowered their heads and said nothing after being scolded by her. The second brother and his wife then hypocritically advised the old lady not to be angry, and used soft words and sarcastic remarks, successfully disrupting the meal so that no one could eat.
As early as when the old lady got angry, Wu Zhaozhao realized that he seemed to be in trouble. After that, he sat on the stool with a tense body, clenched his trembling fingers tightly, his little face flushed red, and he forced himself to hold back the tears in his eyes for a long time and didn't dare to let them fall.
After the meal was over and they left, Wu Zhaozhao looked at the two tired-looking uncles and aunts, pursed her lips, and sat in the corner, curling up her body to minimize her presence as much as possible.
She didn't know why they were angry, why they were swearing, and she didn't know what was wrong with her calling them uncle and aunt.
She didn't like this big place at all, nor did she like those people who smiled and talked but were difficult to get along with.
She wanted to go home and miss her mother...
Two-in-one update. I always feel that in the real and fake daughter stories, no matter whether it is the real daughter or the fake daughter, if they suddenly exchange lives, they will not live well. Maybe it will be better in the future, but that is the result of the two children's efforts to adapt and integrate. It is obviously someone else's mistake, but in the end it is the two children who bear the consequences...
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine:
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Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution:
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Watch the world smoke through 13 bottles;
10 bottles of Bookish Years;
Fuzhi 9 bottles;
8 bottles of Attack of the Meat Buns;
2 bottles of 鸂鶄;
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