Chapter 154 Let her be Jiang Zhi for the rest of her life
Pushing open a tightly closed door, a bright pink color comes into view.
An Ning stood at the door, so shocked that she couldn't speak.
The entire wall in the room is painted pink, full of girlishness. Even the tulle curtains by the window are pink and light blue interlaced.
The big bed is covered with a pink blanket and light blue plush pillows, and the soft and fragrant bed is filled with various plush dolls.
In addition to the bed, there are also small dolls of all sizes on the sofa, bookshelf and wall shelves.
"When you were a kid, you loved these stuffed dolls. Whenever you went out, you would buy some." Jiang Xiaoshan said gently, "Your parents loved you. They bought you whatever you wanted."
An Ning looked at the girlish color all over the room. Every place was spotlessly clean. It was obvious that someone came to clean it regularly.
"Your parents always believed that you would come back. Even before they passed away, they still believed that you would come home one day."
Jiang Xiaoshan choked up and said, "Before she died, she told me to keep your room well, to keep it clean and tidy, and not to mess it up. She was afraid that you would be unhappy and cry when you came back..."
An Ning stood in the huge room, smelling the strange yet familiar scent in the air, tears falling uncontrollably.
Even though she had never met her parents, she could imagine how much they loved her.
This kind of love is something she hasn't had in more than twenty years.
It was the love from her parents that she dreamed of getting.
"Xiaozhi," Jiang Xiaoshan asked her, "can you remember something?"
An Ning tried hard to think, but couldn't remember anything.
I have no memories of my childhood at all.
Suddenly looking at the photos on the bookshelf, she walked over gently with trembling eyes.
The photo shows a couple. They have gentle eyes and smiling faces, and their looks make people want to get close to them.
Somehow, when An Ning looked at the photo, she suddenly felt a pain in her heart, a heart-wrenching pain.
"This is the only photo of your parents left."
Jiang Xiaoshan looked at An Ning and burst into tears. "In order to protect you, your parents didn't even have a family photo of the three of us. Until you disappeared, they didn't even have a photo to remind them of you..."
"They loved staying in your room the most when they were alive, so I thought of putting their photo in your room so that you can be reunited."
An Ning stroked the two people in the photo with trembling hands. The surging emotions hit her like a flood. Big tears dripped onto the photo frame and she burst into tears.
"Dad...Mom..."
"I'm Jiang Zhi... your daughter..."
She held the photo in her arms, squatted down and cried until her whole body was shaking.
The crying sound reached outside the door. Lu Xiyan leaned against the wall with a dark red color in his eyes.
He raised his hand to wipe away the falling tears, and his heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife.
Jiang Xiaoshan gave An Ning some time alone. When she gently closed the door and walked out, the man just wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes.
Lu Xiyan glanced at the person crying uncontrollably in the room with red eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Aunt Jiang, can you please talk to me for a moment?"
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"You mean, don't tell Xiaozhi her true life story?" Jiang Xiaoshan looked at the man in front of her, "keep it a secret from her for the rest of her life?"
Lu Xiyan was silent for a few seconds, her eyes slightly lowered. "In her short twenty-odd years, she has had three sets of parents, but only the Jiang elders treated her like their own daughter."
Lu Xiyan took a deep breath, a blush crept up to the corners of her eyes again, and her voice became a little hoarse. "Although the two elders are gone, this love is invaluable to her. It is a healing medicine. Let her be Jiang Zhi for the rest of her life."
He looked at Jiang Xiaoshan. "If she knew that she wasn't born to the Jiang elders but was abandoned by her biological mother, it would be too cruel for her to accept. I don't want to see her suffer such bad things anymore. I just want her to be happier. I'd like to trouble Aunt Jiang to keep this secret."
"If that's the case, then I won't mention it." Jiang Xiaoshan sighed deeply. "When my sister-in-law brought Xiaozhi home, she was less than two weeks old. She also said she wouldn't come to recognize her as her biological mother. This way, we don't have to worry about her biological mother coming to look for her."
"It's just that her biological mother told her not to set foot in Jinghai..." She looked at Lu Xiyan, a little worried. "I didn't expect that she would be abducted to Jinghai. Is it destined?"
"No, it's just a coincidence." Lu Xiyan glanced towards the room. The crying inside had stopped, but his heart did not calm down.
After a moment of contemplation, he said, "As long as she doesn't know this secret, I won't let anyone find out her background."
It is enough for her to know that she is not without parental love, and that her biological parents love her very much.
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The Jiang family's daughter was finally found after twenty-three years, which was both fortunate and unfortunate.
Fortunately, as if everything was destined, An Ning came to Dianhai on a business trip, and by chance learned about the Jiang couple's search for their daughter.
Compared to the countless children in the world who have been abducted to various corners of the world, experiencing hardships and even losing their lives, she is the luckiest one among these lost children.
Unfortunately, fate separated her from her parents not only for twenty-three years, but also for a lifetime.
The only way we'll meet again will be in the cemetery.
Jiang Xiaoshan took her to the graves of Jiang Pei and Kong Yiyun to pay their respects. Facing the two black-and-white photos on the tombstones, she said, "Brother, sister-in-law, I've brought Xiaozhi to you. If you have anything you want to say to her, just meet her in your dreams so she can remember her childhood memories sooner."
An Ning stayed in the cemetery for a long time that day. She had no memory of her parents, but only vaguely remembered that fragmentary dream.
Even though the dreams were fragmented and unclear, she could still feel that her parents were very good people. So she wanted to stay in the cemetery longer and spend more time with them.
"You are here on a business trip. Isn't it time to leave?" Jiang Xiaoshan asked Lu Xiyan while looking at the peaceful back in front of the tomb.
Lu Xiyan also paid tribute to the Jiang couple, and stepped back to wait for An Ning.
He hummed softly, "Let's go the day after tomorrow morning."
Jiang Xiaoshan smiled and suggested, "Then why don't you and Xiaozhi come over tomorrow and have dinner together?"
"Okay." Lu Xiyan nodded, "Thank you, Aunt Jiang."
Jiang Xiaoshan suddenly turned to look at him, "In terms of relationship, Xiaozhi calls me aunt, and you still call me Aunt Jiang?"
Lu Xiyan smiled, took his eyes off An Ning, and looked at Jiang Xiaoshan, "Aunt."
Jiang Xiaoshan nodded with satisfaction, looked at the photo on the tombstone, and sighed, "If my eldest brother and sister-in-law knew that Xiaozhi has such a good home now, they would be so happy."
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