Chapter 41: Changing the Name Back
"Complain?"
Chen Baomei immediately heard the displeasure in Shen Qin's words.
"What do you mean by complaining? I called her and noticed something was wrong myself. Shen Qin, are you too prejudiced against Niuniu because of your preconceived notions?"
"No matter how much you like that vicious brat, Niuniu is still your biological daughter. You should treat her equally! Just because Niuniu is well-behaved and sensible, you feel comfortable mistreating her. Just because she is hardworking and able to endure hardships, you throw a bunch of housework on her?"
"When you were little, your dad loved the sweet-talking, coaxing second child. He often left you and the third child behind and secretly took him out to have some private lessons. Ask yourself, were you happy back then? Were you joyful? Did you ever feel resentful towards your dad and the second child? You've experienced such bad things yourself, so why can't you put yourself in their shoes and think about Niuniu a little?"
Chen Baomei talked a lot and brought up Shen Qin's childhood.
Shen Qin thought about how rare it was for him to remain silent in the past.
After a long while, he slowly said, "Mom, I've been too busy recently. Wen Wan is in charge of the family, so I haven't paid much attention to it. Now that you mentioned it, I will pay attention to it in the future."
"No matter how busy you are, you can't leave all the household chores to Wu Wenwan. Raising a child is a matter for both of you, how can you just walk away and leave it alone? And Niuniu has been back for so long, don't you plan to treat your relatives to a meal and officially announce this matter?"
Because she had never formally introduced Niu Niu's identity to others, Shen Jiao had deliberately confused her with Niu Niu's in her previous life, spreading the rumor at school that Niu Niu was the Shen family's adopted daughter. In reality, her parents were idle, vulgar, and lowly farmers. Her parents were kindhearted and took pity on Niu Niu, so they adopted her.
The children who go to international schools are either rich or noble. Those who hang out with people like Chen Jiao who have bad ideas are not kind children either.
Due to her malicious spread and instigation, Niu Niu was isolated and bullied by them.
Chen Baomei doesn't want this kind of thing to happen again. She hopes to clear Niu Niu's name and give her a legitimate identity.
"I mentioned this, but Wenwan disagreed. She was worried that if Niuniu's identity was made public, Jiaojiao wouldn't be able to accept it. Jiaojiao has been in a very bad mood recently because Niuniu has returned home."
Chen Baomei wished she could use a big hammer to knock open her son's head to see what was inside!
"She can't accept it? She's the daughter of a culprit, and you're taking care of her but not Niuniu? Is this human language?"
"The genes in your bones can't be changed. If Chen Jiao had been a good person, considering the horrible things her biological parents did, she wouldn't have deliberately pushed me down the stairs. If you have such vicious genes, you will suffer in the future. I won't say anything if you are reluctant to send her back, but you can't let my granddaughter suffer for her?!"
Shen Qin saw with his own eyes that Shen Jiao pushed his mother down the stairs.
When Chen Baomei mentioned it, he thought of Chen Jiao's biological parents and their ugly faces when he went to look for the child before.
For some reason, he felt a little uncomfortable with Shen Jiao.
Yes, the Lu couple abused his own daughter so much, but they took good care of each other's daughter. This contrast made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, Mom. I'll take care of it later."
That's about right.
"I'm telling you, if you don't do this, I'll do it myself. If you're embarrassed then, don't blame me for meddling."
Only after getting Shen Qin's guarantee did Chen Baomei let him go.
Probably touched by something Chen Baomei said, Shen Qin made a decision that night, set a time and hotel, and prepared to announce the identities of the two children to the public.
Shen Jiao was already sad enough that her new phone was taken away from her just after she got it and it wasn't even warm yet.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qin then threw out the news that he would disclose the identity of the child, and Shen Jiao's world suddenly collapsed.
However, no matter how she cried or how much Wu Wenwan tried to persuade him, Shen Qin did not change his mind.
Shen Qin invited the Shen family, the Wu family, and a few close friends, and set up three tables in the restaurant.
The time is set for next weekend.
Lu Caoniu also knew that this was Chen Baomei's credit. She called to thank Chen Baomei and expressed her desire to come and see her.
However, Shen Qin and Wu Wenwan didn't have time to send her over. It just so happened that the slaughterhouse came to pick up goods these days, and Chen Baomei didn't have time to pick her up, so she decided to wait until the recognition banquet was over before picking her up.
On the day of the banquet, Chen Baomei got up early to clean up.
Shen Ming said he didn't have time to come and pick her and Lu Qionghua up, but Chen Baomei didn't care and took the bus with Lu Qionghua.
When Chen Baomei and the others arrived, almost everyone was already there.
Lu Caoniu was wearing a white princess dress. Her skin had become much whiter during this period, her nutrition had improved, and she was not as skinny as before.
Looking at it now, that little face does look a bit like Shen Qin.
"grandmother!"
Seeing Chen Baomei, Lu Caoniu ran towards her happily.
The little leather shoes on her feet tapped quickly.
When she came in front of Chen Baomei, she stopped shyly.
"Chen Jiao has returned my new phone to me."
Chen Baomei smiled and nodded.
I handed her a gift bag and said, "This is a gift from grandma."
Lu Caoniu took it and quickly opened the bag.
Inside the bag was a velvet box containing a pair of solid gold carved bracelets.
This was bought for her in advance by Chen Baomei.
"Grandma, this bracelet is so beautiful, I love it! But it's too expensive."
Lu Caoniu knew that gold was extremely valuable. Her adoptive mother treasured a small gold ring and would get angry if anyone touched it.
Once, when her adoptive mother was sick, she was serving her meals and accidentally touched her ring. She was immediately slapped twice by her adoptive mother and scolded her for being a lowly and money-losing person who was not worthy of touching her gold ring.
"Oh, Sister Caoniu, how can you open a gift in front of others? It's very rude, don't you know?"
Shen Jiao came over at some point, and when she saw the two big bracelets in Lu Caoniu's hands, her eyes turned red.
Gold may look tacky, but it is valuable.
This damn old woman had never given her such a valuable gift before!
When Lu Caoniu heard what she said, her face turned red with embarrassment.
“I, I don’t know…”
"Grandma, I'm sorry, I don't quite understand."
She really didn't know that you shouldn't open gifts in front of the giver. She was just very happy to see the gift and opened it naturally.
Chen Baomei touched her head.
"It doesn't matter. As long as it's a gift from grandma, you can open it in front of me."
"Our Niuniu likes it, and grandma will be very happy too."
Shen Jiao bit her lip in anger.
After everyone was seated, Shen Qin took Lu Caoniu's hand and introduced her to everyone.
Although Lu Caoniu was shy and embarrassed, she still straightened her back and tried to appear more generous.
Shen Jiao watched with red eyes, his silver teeth almost breaking.
Wu Wenwan patted her hands to comfort her, and Chen Jiao called out "Mom" in a plaintive voice.
Wu Wenwan felt sorry for her, but there was nothing she could do.
No matter what she said, Shen Qin was determined to hold this family recognition banquet.
I can only let Chen Jiao down.
It took some twists and turns for Lu Caoniu to be brought back. At this time, everyone couldn't help but mention the culprit who deliberately replaced the child, Chen Jiao's biological parents.
Everyone also knew that Shen Jiao's biological parents deliberately hurt Lu Caoniu and almost beat her to death. Knowing that she was now in custody and awaiting sentencing, everyone's eyes fell on Shen Jiao.
These gazes made Shen Jiao feel uneasy and as if he was sitting on pins and needles.
She wished she could blind them one by one!
Chen Jiao's palms were blue from being scratched by his nails, and then he calmly picked up a hairy crab for Lu Caoniu who was sitting next to him.
"Sister Caoniu, try this! This is a hairy crab raised in Taihu Lake. I bet you've never eaten it before."
Chen Jiao's original intention was to show off her kindness, generosity and good manners, but she forgot that Chen Baomei was sitting at the same table with them.
"If the baby exchange hadn't happened, you would be the one who hadn't eaten hairy crabs. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that the name Chen Jiao originally belonged to my granddaughter, and the name Lu Caoniu should have been yours.
Boss, the child has been recognized for so long, why haven't you changed the child's name back?"
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