Chapter 834 Knowing the Relationship Between Lin Tan and Qin Mo
Lin Tan paused for a moment, then smiled gently: "Of course."
“We didn’t talk much that day when Chi Jing was with us.” Junyi had something on her mind, something she had been thinking about ever since Lin Tan and Qin Jiangye left, which led to their meeting today. “There are so many things I want to ask you.”
"Please go ahead." Lin Tan had an innate liking for her.
"Would it be convenient for you to talk to me about your family?" Junyi asked tactfully, afraid of touching on her sore spots.
Lin Tan paused for a moment, then simply answered, "Of course."
She told Lady Jun about her situation.
Jiang Shui Town's childhood, the interesting things he did with Lin Ling, and getting into university, etc.
She only talks about the good points.
Lin Jiancheng and the others never mentioned the abuse and mistreatment she suffered.
Even she didn't realize that, unconsciously, she didn't want this gentle, motherly person to worry about her, nor did she want her to feel sorry for her past self.
But just because she didn't want to is not because Lady Jun was unaware of it.
"And what about your parents, your adoptive parents?" Through her words, Madam Jun envisioned a resilient girl, but the image of her parents seemed to be missing.
"They..." Lin Tan hesitated for a moment before saying, "They're quite busy. They go straight to work after meals every day, so there's not much of a passionate family bond between them."
Junyi paused.
Something just doesn't feel right.
"Her parents often abused her. At best, they wouldn't give her food; at worst, she would be left to freeze, starve, and be beaten." Qin Jiangye bluntly exposed her, still with his usual nonchalant attitude. "She earned all her high school and college tuition herself."
Lin Tan subconsciously looked up.
I didn't expect Qin Jiangye to say that.
"They treated you like this, why didn't you call the police?" Mrs. Jun was heartbroken. "Child abuse is illegal."
Lin Tan pursed her lips.
In the end, he didn't say it out loud.
“If she calls the police, things will only get worse.” Qin Jiangye understood this clearly. “Her adoptive parents might apologize in front of the police and promise to take good care of the child, but they will be beaten even more severely as soon as they turn around.”
Besides, the police can't solve everything.
Most of the time, big problems were minimized and small problems were avoided altogether.
Hearing this...
Lady Jun felt even more distressed.
"How can there be such parents in the world?" Lady Jun sighed.
"It's all in the past." Lin Tan didn't want her to waste her energy on her, so she said jokingly, "Besides, because of their behavior and words, I'm more optimistic about things now."
Because I have experienced hardship, I am able to face it calmly.
Except for Huo Sinian, whom she simply couldn't resist.
"You child," Madam Jun said with heartache, "how could you have such a difficult life?"
Lin Tan didn't really care anymore.
The worst days are over.
Now at least she has money in her hands, enough to eat, and enough to wear. She won't go hungry or cold, and she won't worry about being hit by a stick for no reason. She also doesn't have to worry about not having money to buy necessities.
“If my daughter hadn’t left, she would be about your age now,” Junyi said repeatedly.
Lin Tan paused.
I didn't expect her to bring this up on her own initiative.
"Your daughter..."
“She passed away when she was just a few months old. It was so sudden that neither your Uncle Xie nor I were able to process it.” Junyi said, her eyes filled with regret and longing.
“So we were shocked when we saw you. It felt like our daughter who died young had grown up.” Junyi looked at her, her eyes filled with the face that resembled hers. “If she could have grown up, she would probably be about the same size as you.”
Lin Tan didn't know what to say for a moment.
Comfort seems too pale and powerless.
"Tan'er".
"Um?"
"Come visit us more often when you have time. We all like you very much." Junyi held her hand.
Lin Tan pursed her lips, focusing all her attention on the warmth in her palm.
She seemed to have never experienced such a temperature before.
It's warm, comfortable, and makes you want to relax.
"Okay," Lin Tan replied.
Junyi smiled.
My heart felt a little relieved.
"Oh, right, I have something to give you." Lin Tan remembered the packet of calming herbs on her desk. "Please wait for me a moment, I'll be right back."
Junyi: "Okay."
As she left.
Sitting next to him, Qin Jiangye spoke up at the right moment, still in his relaxed tone: "Since you like her so much, why not just take her in as your goddaughter?"
"I've thought about it," Junyi said without hiding her thoughts from him, "but I've given up on it."
Qin Jiangye: "Why?"
Junyi looked towards the doorway: "I feel like I've betrayed Shiyue like this, giving away the affection that should have belonged to her to someone else."
She likes Lin Tan.
I like it very much.
I couldn't help but like him from the first time we met, and I wanted to get to know him better.
"So just treat her like a normal junior and visit her often." Junyi had many concerns, but she also really missed her former daughter. Sometimes she even wondered if this was her daughter coming back to find her.
“The affection I have for her won’t disappear just because someone else is here.” Qin Jiangye has a clear understanding of the situation. “Besides, she looks so much like you, and you can’t help but like her. Isn’t that a kind of fate?”
Junyi was taken aback.
Is it fate?
That's what I was thinking.
Footsteps could be heard outside the door.
A short while later, Lin Tan came in with some things.
She walked up to Junyi and handed her the box containing the medicine sachet: "I heard you don't sleep very well, so I prepared a sachet of Chinese herbal medicine to help you sleep and calm your nerves. I just don't know if it will work for you."
"This is the recipe."
"Take a look. If it's useful, I'll prepare more for you later."
As Lin Tan explained in detail, Junyi felt for the first time as if she were being cared for by a child.
Xie Yi is also good, and filial.
They wouldn't go to such details, let alone prepare a gift like this.
"But these are nothing compared to the bracelet you gave me." Lin Tan's heart was filled with mixed feelings, after all, that bracelet was really valuable.
"Your thoughtfulness is truly precious; you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to." As Junyi spoke, she picked up one of the herbal sachets, which was only about half the size of her palm. She smelled it and found that it didn't have that unpleasant medicinal smell; instead, it had a faint, pleasant fragrance.
In just that moment, she felt her slightly dizzy head feel a little better, as if a clear spring had cleared the fog in her mind, making her feel clear-headed.
"This herbal sachet is amazing!" Junyi couldn't help but praise. "I saw several doctors before, but the effects were only so-so. But just smelling this makes me feel much better."
Lin Tan's tense heart relaxed slightly.
As long as it's useful.
"Thank you, Tan'er." Junyi put the sachet away. "Much better than that brat Xie Yi."
After this incident, Junyi's affection for Lin Tan grew even stronger.
Because of Qin Jiangye's words, she even started to wonder whether she should take Lin Tan as her goddaughter.
So when she got back, she talked to Xie Chang'an about it.
Xie Chang'an remains hesitant about this.
As they chatted...
He suddenly noticed the box she had brought back and frowned: "What's this?"
"Lin Tan gave me a sachet of calming Chinese herbal medicine." Junyi said, a hint of tenderness and joy flashing in her eyes. "That child is so thoughtful; he even put the formula and instructions inside."
"The recipe?" Xie Chang'an was somewhat surprised.
"Hmm." Junyi hadn't met someone so thoughtful in a long time.
A hint of approval flashed in Xie Chang'an's eyes.
That's really thoughtful.
"You really don't want to take her in as your goddaughter?" Junyi asked.
"We'll talk about this later." Xie Chang'an picked up the herbal packet, smelled it, and casually said, "I learned something by chance today that is related to Lin Tan."
Junyi asked in confusion, "Lin Tan?"
Xie Chang'an nodded: "Mm."
Junyi continued, "What's wrong with her?"
"Do you remember when the old man went to the Qin family before, and the old man Qin bragged to him that Qin Mo had someone he liked?" Xie Chang'an asked indirectly.
“I remember.” Junyi nodded. “Back then, Xie Yi was so pressured by the old man that he didn’t dare go home and stayed outside every day.”
Xie Chang'an revealed the truth: "Lin Tan is the person Qin Mo likes."
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