Chapter 160 Xianxian’s father is Xiyan
At night, the moon hanging in the sky seems to be wrapped in a thick sweater, with furry edges and hazy, not as bright as usual.
An Ning opened her phone and frowned slightly at the chat box where she had sent a text message but received no reply.
Are you still busy so late?
Why haven’t you replied yet?
She cleared her throat, pressed the voice button, and asked softly, "Xiyan, are you busy? Have you had dinner? Look at the moon today. It's so cute, fluffy like cotton candy."
After the voice message was sent, she turned off the phone, stood by the window and looked up at the moon in the sky.
Lu Xiyan used to be the bright moonlight in her dark life. In the past four years, she thought that her world would become dark again and would never light up again, but she never thought that the moon in her life would illuminate her again.
"Ningning."
Li Chunfang stood in the living room behind her and called her softly, holding some freshly washed fruit in her hands, "Mom washed some grapes for you and cut some watermelon. Come and have some."
"Yeah." An Ning nodded slightly and walked to the sofa and sat down.
"Xianxian is asleep?" Li Chunfang sat down next to her.
"Falling asleep." An Ning picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite. It was icy, cool and sweet.
"Ningning." Li Chunfang glanced at her sideways, then lowered her head and rubbed her knees with her hands. "Have you found your parents?"
She didn't ask about this since An Ning came back, and An Ning didn't say anything either.
It was not until the evening that Li Chunfang could not help but find an opportunity to ask.
"Yeah." An Ning nodded gently and put down the watermelon in her hand. "I guess I found it."
"What do you mean, found it?" Li Chunfang didn't understand.
An Ning took a deep breath, looked at Li Chunfang and smiled slightly, "They are already dead, but I also know where I came from."
When Li Chunfang heard the word "passed away", her heart trembled slightly, as if she had been hit by a stick.
"Any other relatives?" she asked.
An Ning shook her head, "Not much."
I only have one biological aunt.
"Then..." Li Chunfang wanted to say something but stopped.
"Are you asking me if I will return to my roots and take Xianxian back to Dianhai?" An Ning looked at her with a slight smile on her lips.
Li Chunfang really thought so. She was happy that An Ning had found her biological parents, but she was also worried that she would go back and never come back to Jinghai and they would not recognize her. The once lively home would now be left alone with only her, which made her feel quite lost.
"Do you want me to go back?" An Ning asked again.
Li Chunfang took a grape in her hand and peeled it, not looking at An Ning. "When Chen Laosi sold you to our family, he said that your parents didn't want you and that you would starve to death if you followed him. We bought you and raised you in the An family back then, and we didn't feel any guilt. Instead, we felt like we had done a good deed and saved a life."
She sighed lightly and handed the peeled grape flesh to An Ning.
An Ning took it and put it in her mouth. It was more sour than sweet, just like life.
"But that day, Chen Laosi told me the truth. She said she picked you up and your parents didn't reject you. I was so confused at the time that I couldn't sleep all night."
"I just thought, if you were lost, how worried would your biological parents be? How are they supposed to live without seeing their own daughter for over twenty years? The more I think about it, the more guilty I feel. The more I feel sorry for you and your biological parents. It's like I've been possessing their daughter for over twenty years."
There was only a warm yellow eye-protecting wall lamp on in the living room. An Ning turned her head and stared at Li Chunfang. In the warm yellow light, she saw that her wrinkled eyes were moist.
"Mom knows all the grievances you've suffered in the An family over the years. I was really selfish before, but I really had no choice back then."
Li Chunfang turned to look at An Ning, tears streaming down her wrinkles. "In the first few years after you came to our family, your parents truly loved you and treated you like their own daughter. They only wanted to give you the best."
An Ning's heart suddenly trembled. Of course she remembered that she also had a happy childhood.
An Yucan was not yet alive at that time. Her mother loved her and her father cared for her. Even though they lived in poverty, An Tianhua would use the money he earned from collecting rags all day to buy her milk and snacks. Li Chunfang would also cook the best meals for her within her financial means and always wash her clothes clean and fragrant.
But that kind of childhood didn't last for a few years.
After An Yucan came into being, An Tianhua and Li Chunfang became more tired and under more pressure, and their patience with her gradually disappeared.
Later, An Tianhua began to drink and gamble, and the only sounds left at home were the quarrels between An Tianhua and Li Chunfang every few days, and the pitiful and helpless look of her and Yucan hugging each other and crying.
Those innocent and happy childhood days were gone forever, and she could no longer feel the love her parents had given her. The rest of her life was a suffocating one where even breathing was a luxury.
"Mom and Dad are human too, and they are selfish too. Yucan is our biological son, and he's sick. It's like a knife hanging over our heads all the time."
Li Chunfang choked up and said, "What parent would watch their child die at any moment and remain indifferent? But we had no choice. We were so poor. Even if we didn't eat or drink, we couldn't save enough money for Yucan's surgery. So when there was a chance to save Yucan, Mom desperately tried to seize it."
"Mom knows it was cruel to separate you and Xiao Lu, but I couldn't help it."
Li Chunfang burst into tears, and An Ning also shed silent tears.
"The Lu family's hospital, the Lu family's money, the Lu family can even buy a heart that matches your brother's. The Lu family is the only lifeline that can save your brother's life."
Li Chunfang clutched An Ning's hand tightly, sobbing uncontrollably. "I originally thought you and Xiao Lu were only separated temporarily, and that once your brother got better, you could talk it out and reconcile. I was too naive. I didn't expect you to be so desperate, so desperate that you resorted to knifework on yourself."
She tightly grasped the scar on An Ning's left hand and cried for a long time.
After calming down, she wiped her tears and looked at An Ning, "I thought a lot about your return to Jinghai this time. I didn't want to be treated anymore, but you were still willing to take care of me. At my age now, there is nothing else I can't let go of. The only thing I can't let go of is you and your brother."
"Now that you've found your biological parents, if you want to go back, Mom won't stop you. You never belonged to Jinghai or the An family. Over the years, it's the An family that owes you too much."
"I just hope you won't be estranged from your brother in the future. Now that his illness is cured, you don't have to worry about him anymore. After he graduates, he can work and support himself. You've had a good relationship since childhood, and you can still be like siblings. You're one of the few relatives in this world."
"Ningning." Li Chunfang looked at An Ning with tears in her eyes. "For all these years, Mom owes you an apology. I'm sorry for letting you suffer and for the hard work you have put in, my daughter."
An Ning raised her head and tried to let the tears flow back. After a long moment, she wiped her eyes, turned to look at Li Chunfang, and asked in a serious tone, "You're saying so much because you don't want me to go back?"
"That's not what I meant." Li Chunfang quickly explained, "I just feel that it's very uncomfortable to keep these things in my heart and not tell you. If you tell me now, no matter what you feel in your heart, I will feel better."
An Ning suddenly smiled, tears welling in her eyes. "My biological parents have passed away, but I still have a mother here. Of course I will stay here."
Upon hearing this, Li Chunfang's tearful eyes flashed with joy, with a smile at the corners of her eyes.
"Besides, Jinghai has the best education. I hope Xianxian can go to school in Jinghai."
An Ning smiled faintly and looked at the moon hanging high outside the window.
Jinghai and Lu Xiyan are there, she won't go anywhere.
Speaking of An Xian, Li Chunfang suddenly asked, "Ningning, tell me honestly, is Xian Xian Xiao Lu's son?"
She looked seriously into An Ning's smiling eyes and said, "You definitely haven't remarried, and it's even more impossible for you to get divorced again. Xianxian is Xiao Lu's, right?"
An Ning looked at Li Chunfang steadily for a long time. By now, she and Lu Xiyan had reconciled, and there was nothing to hide.
She nodded heavily, "Yes, Xianxian's father is Xiyan."
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