This child carries too much on his shoulders; even being loved feels like it's stolen.
He stood up and slowly took Zhenzhen's hand.
Zhenzhen tried to pull her hand back, but then withdrew it slightly.
"Uncle...did I...get into trouble again?"
His voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.
"I'm not afraid."
“Uncle will take you. You can tell them yourself, okay? They will definitely cry when they hear it, not because they are sad, but because they are so happy.”
Zhenzhen felt uneasy.
Will they really be happy?
Every hope of getting closer to "home" in the past has ultimately led to deeper disappointment, or even punishment.
He shrank behind He Zaizhou, taking one step at a time, and slowly walked into the hospital.
Neither Su Qingzhi nor Shen Zhiyu left the ward.
Even Zhouzhou, who is usually very unruly, sat obediently on her little chair, playing with building blocks by herself.
Su Qingzhi stared at the doorway, her fingers gripping the corner of the blanket.
"A-Chuan...Zhen-Zhen...would he be willing? We've only known each other for a day, he doesn't even know us. What if...he's still scared?"
She didn't dare turn around, only staring at the crack in the door, her heart pounding as if it would jump out of her chest.
Actually, the decision to adopt Zhenzhen was not made on a whim.
At first, she just thought the child was sensible, quiet, spoke softly, and was even afraid to make a sound when walking.
Later, when I heard about his story, my heart clenched.
How could such a young child carry so much by himself?
Su Qingzhi herself was bullied when she was a child.
Back then, she was thin and timid, and several naughty children in the village would always surround and shove her.
She ran home crying, wanting to seek justice from Wang Chunhua.
But Wang Chunhua not only didn't help her, she also said with a stern face.
Why do others bully you and not others? Have you done something to annoy people?
That one sentence has been stuck in her heart for twenty years, and it still hurts whenever she touches it.
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