The coachman was surprised when a child suddenly rushed over, seemingly without eyes, and even stepped off the horse's hooves.
He was startled and stopped the carriage, then hurriedly jumped off the front.
"Are you alright, child? Oh dear, the carriage is dangerous! Why did you rush over here?"
As he spoke, he picked up Song Ruier and began to examine him.
Song Ruier was only kicked; the horse's hoof did not step on him.
The coachman breathed a sigh of relief, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
"I'm telling you, kid, if something happens to you, I'll have to explain it to your parents. You're not doing this on purpose, are you? Trying to scam me?"
Song Ruier stared at the carriage, her eyes filled with longing and tears welling up.
“My maternal grandparents are inside, I want to see them.”
"What grandparents? I've never seen you before, don't try to claim kinship with me." The coachman was even more displeased.
It seems that someone knows the master and madam are going to meet their relatives, and they want to take advantage of the situation.
Seeing the commotion outside, Old Master Chu lifted the carriage curtain.
"What happened?"
"I was driving the carriage carefully when this child suddenly rushed over and got kicked by the horse. I suspect he's trying to extort money from me." The coachman felt very unlucky.
The master and mistress were overjoyed to have recognized each other as relatives, but then this happened when they returned home.
When Old Master Chu got off the carriage, he saw a child sitting on the ground, clutching one leg, looking pitiful.
When his eyes met that face, he paused for a moment; it did resemble him somewhat.
"Grandpa," the child called out to him again.
"What did you call me?" Old Master Chu was very surprised; he was sure he hadn't misheard.
“Grandpa, I am Rui’er, I am Qiao Yunni’s son, and I am your grandson,” Song Rui’er said.
Old Madam Chu also got off the carriage and was startled when she heard these words.
"Yunni has a son, but doesn't Yunni only have a daughter?"
“My mother gave birth to both of us. In two months, I will be eleven years old. My mother divorced me and went back to the Qiao family. She took my sister with her, and I stayed in the Song family,” Song Ruier stated truthfully.
He knew that the Chu family elders had a deep affection for Qiao Yunni after she was lost and found her again, and he couldn't say a bad word about her, lest it affect their impression of him.
Madam Chu looked at Old Master Chu and asked in confusion, "Neither Yunni nor the Qiao family told us about this matter."
Look at how confidently this child speaks, there's not a trace of deceit or guilt in his eyes.
In addition, her face does resemble Qiao Yunni, and also shows traces of both she and her husband.
The two were alarmed; could it really be true?
“When my mother divorced, the second branch of the Song family had no sons, so they arranged for me to be adopted into the second branch of the Song family. I could only stay in the Song family. However, I am my mother’s child, and I am my maternal grandparents’ grandson. This is an unchangeable fact.”
Even if Song Ruier hinted at something bad to Qiao Yunni, even if he wanted to smear Qiao Yunni, even if he hated that mother and daughter to the core.
Impressions were one thing, but he couldn't let the two elderly people know that there was already a rift between the mother and son, and the siblings, and that they would never speak to each other again, otherwise they would be wary of him.
Therefore, a scene immediately flashed through the minds of the Chu family elders: Qiao Yunni wanted to take her two children with her after the divorce, but the Song family refused to let go because the child was a boy, resulting in the separation of mother and child.
If it's true, the reason Yunni and Lian'er don't mention the child must be because they're too heartbroken to face it anymore.
Look at this child, so handsome and intelligent. Yunni must be very reluctant to part with him.
“Grandpa, Grandma, this town is close to Datian Village, and many shop owners know people from Datian Village. If you don’t believe me, you can ask any of them if I am Qiao Yunni’s son.”
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