Chapter 131 Shut up! Get out! Don't bully your sister! ...
After comforting Wen Xinglan, An Fusheng prepared to return to the kitchen. As he turned around, he found a person standing outside the door. The person didn't knock but instead pressed his hands against the door and peered inside.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
The person leaning against the door was an elderly woman who looked quite kind.
When the old woman saw An Fusheng approaching, she looked up through the crack in the iron gate and met his gaze. "I... I'm looking for Bai Miaomiao. Is she here?"
An Fusheng: "Who are you to her? What do you want with her?"
The old woman said, "I'm her grandmother. Is she here? Could you please ask her to come out for a moment?"
An Fusheng asked again, "What do you want with her?"
The old woman thought for a moment and said, "I just came to see her. Could you ask her to come out for a moment?"
An Fusheng called Wen Min over.
As Wen Min walked, she said to An Fusheng, "What grandma? Where did this grandma come from? I haven't heard of her having any relatives for years. How come a grandma suddenly appears? We just celebrated the New Year and the Lantern Festival not long ago, and I didn't see her come to visit. Now she says she's here to see her. Is she a fraud?"
Reaching the doorway, Wen Min peered at the old woman outside and asked, "You mean Grandma Miaomiao?"
The old woman tried to forget Wen Min's earlier complaints and forced a smile, "Yes, yes."
Fearing that Wen Min might not believe him, he added, "If you don't believe me, you can have Miao Miao come out and acknowledge me."
Wen Min crossed her arms and looked at her without saying a word.
“This is her younger brother.” The old woman then pulled out a little boy.
The boy looked about the same height as Wen Xinglin, and his eyebrows and eyes did indeed resemble Miaomiao's.
In fact, Wen Min did not doubt that the old woman was not Miao Miao's grandmother. Although the adoption of Bai Miao Miao and Bai Mang Mang was done by the staff of the civil affairs department, and she was only responsible for receiving and raising them, she could not help but care about and know more about her children. She had already retrieved their information before Bai Miao Miao and Bai Mang Mang came to the welfare home, so how could she not know that they had a grandmother?
Yesterday, Bai Miaomiao's second uncle was arrested, and today her grandmother, who had never seen them before, came to visit. It's obvious why. According to regulations, the welfare home cannot refuse visits from relatives and family members of the children. During holidays, if family members come to pick them up or the children want to go home to reunite with their families, the welfare home cannot refuse them either; on the contrary, it encourages them to do so.
While she couldn't openly refuse, she could be sarcastic. Wen Min said, "Miao Miao and Mang Mang have been in the orphanage for more than three years, and no one has ever come to visit them. No one has ever called to check on them or taken them home for holidays. I thought the sisters didn't have any relatives left. I didn't expect they would still have such close relatives as their grandmother and brother."
A hint of remorse appeared on the old man's face, but he didn't explain. Instead, the little boy looked up at him, his voice full of guilt, "I'm sorry, I didn't know my sister was here."
Wen Min knew that the old woman's visit to Miao Miao was not for anything good. She originally intended to leave her outside the door, but unexpectedly, Bai Miao Miao and Bai Mang Mang came downstairs.
The old woman saw Bai Miaomiao coming down the stairs from afar and called out loudly, "Miaomiao! Grandma has come to see you!"
Both Bai Miaomiao and Bai Mangmang were stunned.
An Fusheng walked over to Bai Miaomiao and Bai Mangmang and said, "Ignore her, she's a liar."
Bai Miaomiao said, "Big brother, she is my grandmother."
The old woman's shout brought her entire family out.
Wenmin opened the door and let the old woman and the little boy in.
As soon as the old woman came in, she ran over and grabbed Bai Miaomiao and Bai Mangmang, asking, "Are you two doing well here? Are you getting used to the food? Is anyone bullying you?"
Bai Mangmang was not yet seven years old when she left. Although she had a grandmother in her memory, she no longer remembered what her grandmother looked like, nor could she remember whether her grandmother was good to her or not. The old woman grabbed her and asked her questions earnestly, but she only felt unfamiliar and uncomfortable, and she broke free without hesitation.
"Everything is fine."
Bai Miaomiao let the old woman hold her. In her memory, there were still many memories about her grandmother. Her parents were away all year round, and she was almost raised by her grandmother. Her grandmother gave her a lot of love and care. Although her grandmother's tolerance and indulgence of her second uncle disappointed her, she also knew that her grandmother could not control her second uncle.
After not seeing her for several years, Grandma had aged and lost a lot of weight. Now, Grandma was all alone at home, so Uncle could only scold her. She must have endured a lot of scolding. And where was she going to find money for Uncle? If she didn't have any, wouldn't Uncle scold her even more? He definitely would. Others work hard to raise their children so they can enjoy life, but Grandma worked even harder than others and didn't get any enjoyment. Bai Miaomiao felt endless heartache for her grandmother.
"Miaomiao, could you ask the police to release your second uncle?" After expressing her concern, the old woman finally got to the point.
Bai Miaomiao paused for a moment, then said with some grievance, "My second uncle asked me for money, but I didn't give it to him, so he sent some thugs to rob me."
The old woman said, "If you have any, just give him some."
Bai Miaomiao: "I didn't."
The old woman said earnestly, "You know what kind of situation your family is in. Don't waste your money."
Bai Miaomiao: "I don't have any money, and I haven't spent it recklessly! How did Second Uncle know I had money?"
The old woman said, "He heard from Li's daughter-in-law, the woman who runs the convenience store behind the community, that you are living a good life in the welfare home and have more than a thousand yuan of pocket money a month. Gui Gui asked him for money, but he didn't have any on him at the moment, so he said he came to ask you."
Bai Miaomiao: "I told him I didn't have any, but he still called people to rob me. What about Mom and Dad's compensation money? Isn't that much money enough for one person to spend?"
The old woman said, "It's been so many years. Your parents' compensation money has long been spent. They owed a lot of money for their wedding and buying a house. All that compensation money was used to pay off the debts. The remaining money was used to support you three siblings. Where would they get much money left?"
Bai Miaomiao tried her best to remain calm and said, "My mother said that we don't have much debt left outside. Did you pay off the debts at home? If it was your second uncle who paid them off, did he really pay them off? Also, how much did it cost to raise the three of us? From the time my parents passed away until we left home, he never bought me anything. He didn't pay for my and my sister's tuition and living expenses. He did pay for my brother's tuition, but you have to ask your aunt for living expenses."
A few days before her parents passed away, her mother told Bai Miaomiao that the family's debts had been almost paid off. After this trip, she would not stay with her father anymore. She would come back to take good care of her three siblings. Her father would also have to make fewer trips in the future and not work so hard all the time. Bai Miaomiao immediately told her grandmother this good news, and she even used it as an excuse.
The old woman argued in a low voice, "He said he had paid it back."
"But he's always been a liar! Why do you still believe him? He's your son, he's always been like that since he was little, don't you know that? Why are you still being deceived by him?" Bai Miaomiao had lost her composure and questioned, "You believed him when he said he returned it, but did you even ask who he returned it to?"
Her clumsy excuse was exposed, and the old woman tried to deceive her with emotion: "He didn't really pay it back, so what can I do? Even if I don't believe him, what can I do to him? My life is so hard. My husband died young, so my child has a mother to raise him but no father to teach him. He's grown up like this, and all of you are suffering because of him."
Here we go again. Bai Miaomiao hates her the most. She always blames her second uncle's mistakes on herself, and she always knows that others can't bear to blame her.
The pity Bai Miaomiao felt for her was completely burned away by the raging fire in her chest: "Don't say I can't control the police, even if I could, I wouldn't let the police release him. I wish the police would arrest him, I wish he were dead!"
The old woman stared at Bai Miaomiao in shock: "How...how could you say such a thing?"
Bai Miaomiao's eyes were bloodshot with rage, and large tears streamed down her face. She roared with all her might, "Why can't I say it? I'm going to say it! Let him die!"
Wen Min scooped Bai Miaomiao up and pulled her into his arms, then sternly shouted at the old woman, "Get out!"
Perhaps Bai Miaomiao's words really struck a nerve with the old woman. Wen Min ignored her shooing away and said to Bai Miaomiao with heartache, "You're just a girl, how can you be so cruel? Your second uncle may not be capable, but he's still your elder. How could you say such a thing about him? What did he do to deserve your hatred? Your parents are gone, but he provided you with food and clothing and never mistreated you. He only said a few words to you and never really hit you, yet you heartlessly took your sister and left. Do you know how awful the neighbors' words were after you left? Didn't he feel ashamed hearing those hurtful things? Did he ever blame you? He asked you for money, and you not only refused but also called the police to arrest him. Now that you have someone to rely on and don't depend on him anymore, you curse him to die. What good will his death do you? How can you be so cruel? You might as well curse me to die. It's enough for an elderly person to bury their child once; don't make me do it a second time."
Bai Miaomiao nestled in Wen Min's arms and sobbed loudly.
The old woman persisted, "You chose to go to the orphanage yourself, what are you complaining about? I don't care if you abandon us to live your comfortable life, but you've even abandoned your own brother..."
Suddenly, a broom was thrown straight at the old woman's front, interrupting her before she could finish speaking.
"Shut up! Get out! Don't bully your sister!"
Bai Mangmang quickly picked up the broom she had thrown and smashed it against the old woman's shop front.
The old woman was over seventy years old. She had been working hard for many years and suffered from many illnesses. She was slow to react and move. It took her three brooms to hit her before she realized she was going to run away. She glared at Bai Mangman and said, "You little brat, you have no conscience either." Then she took the little boy's hand and left.
After the old woman left, Wen Min took Bai Miaomiao and Bai Mangmang away.
Bai Miaomiao is usually quiet and sensible. Since she lives at school and spends little time at home, often staying in her room, she has little presence and is easily overlooked. This is the first time everyone has discovered that she also has such intense emotions, so much so that Wen Min took her away for quite a while, and everyone was still stunned.
"Isn't that younger brother Xinglin's classmate?" Wen Yue asked.
They met Wen Xinglin yesterday when he went to repay the money.
Wen Xinglin was also startled just now, and only now has he come to his senses. "It's Bai Guigui, not a bad person."
"Gui Gui? You mean your little boss?" Zhao Lin left early yesterday and didn't see Bai Gui Gui, but he remembered that Wen Xing Lin had mentioned his name a few times. "Only someone as naive as you think he's a good person. How can someone so young know the capitalist way of making money be a good person?"
Wen Xinglin blinked and insisted, "Anyway, Guigui isn't a bad person."
An Fusheng was filled with self-reproach. He knew perfectly well that the woman's visit to Bai Miaomiao was not for anything good, yet he did not drive her away. Instead, he went to see Mama Wen, who was the hospital director. How could he openly drive her away? Why didn't he just drive her away directly?
He finally realized that he always subconsciously treated himself like a child, always thinking of finding adults to solve problems, afraid of making mistakes on his own, afraid of being scolded by adults for doing wrong things, and ultimately afraid of taking responsibility.
An Fusheng, you're an adult now. Be brave like a real man...
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The author says: Sometimes a person grows in an instant, and sometimes it takes a long time to mature.
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