Zhang Ruixue seemed to know that she had gotten into trouble, and immediately showed an embarrassment. "I, I really couldn't bear to see Jiabao sitting there restlessly, so I let him make the choice..."
As he spoke, Zhang Ruixue set his eyes on Qiao Jiabao.
Qiao Jiabao had a serious face, and perhaps because he was too worried, his face looked a little pale.
Jiang Ranran sighed and stopped trying to stop Cen Juan.
Cen Juan immediately showed a smug expression on her face, then she squatted down, opened her arms towards Qiao Jiabao, and made a gesture as if to hug him, "Come, Jiabao, come to Mommy!"
When Qiao Jiabao saw her enthusiastic look, he subconsciously took a step back in fear.
The smile on Cen Juan's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal: "Jiabao, I locked you up in the small dark room because I was too impulsive. It was all my fault. Can you come back to me?"
Qiao Jiabao swallowed nervously, then looked at Cen Juan nervously: "What will happen to you if I don't go with you?"
Qiao Jiabao knew this crazy mother too well. She would not let anyone who could not fulfill her wish have a good life. Qiao Jiabao was really afraid that if he did not go with her, she would spare no effort to retaliate against the entire orphanage.
With his lips tightly pursed, Qiao Jiabao seemed to have made a decision silently.
As expected, Cen Juan put away the smile on her face and said grimly, "If you don't come with me, then this orphanage must have forced you to stay and brainwashed you. I won't let them have it easy!"
Cen Juan's voice was very sharp, so sharp that it was like a needle piercing into Qiao Jiabao's heart.
When Qiao Jiabao heard her words, he couldn't help but tremble all over, as if he had heard some terrible curse.
Seeing Qiao Jiabao's expression, Jiang Ranran quickly reminded him: "Jiabao! Don't be afraid. No matter what difficulties you encounter, Ranran's mother will protect you. Don't let yourself be wronged!"
Hearing Jiang Ranran's cry, Qiao Jiabao's eyes suddenly became moist.
He opened his mouth slightly, but no sound came out.
At this point, Qiao Jiabao had no choice. He had to be responsible for the entire orphanage and not let anyone else live in dire straits.
After a while, Qiao Jiabao opened his mouth slightly and said, "I'm willing to go with her."
This one sentence shocked Zhao Xiaocui, Zhang Ruixue and Jiang Ranran, as if a basin of cold water was poured over their heads, chilling them to the core.
Jiang Ranran's face fell in an instant. She looked at Qiao Jiabao seriously and disappointedly: "Are you serious, Jiabao? Are you sure you want to go with this woman who abused you?"
Jiang Ranran's tears were welling up in her eyes, and as soon as her eyelashes moved slightly, the tears would roll down.
How could Qiao Jiabao not see such details? But he hardened his heart and still refuted Jiang Ranran: "Auntie, she is my mother, the mother I can never leave for the rest of my life. Mom is not abusing me, she is just disciplining me."
The word "Auntie" made Jiang Ranran's heart seem to be shattered by a sledgehammer. Even Zhao Xiaocui and Zhang Ruixue couldn't bear it anymore.
"Jiabao! How could you hurt our hearts like this?" When Zhao Xiaocui heard Qiao Jiabao call Jiang Ranran "Auntie", she couldn't hold back her tears for a moment. This was the child they held in their hands and took care of.
But Qiao Jiabao gave Zhao Xiaocui a cold look and said, "Thank you, aunties, for taking care of me during this time."
Every word was like a knife stabbing into the hearts of Zhao Xiaocui, Jiang Ranran and others.
"Jiang Ranran, did you hear that? Huh? My son is my son after all, no one of you can take him away!" Cen Juan looked proud, then walked over, hugged Qiao Jiabao tightly in her arms, and kissed him again and again.
Jiang Ranran watched helplessly, feeling her heart bleeding. Did she really raise an ungrateful person?
Qiao Jiabao did not resist and let Cen Juan kiss him and hug him.
Zhao Xiaocui couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily, "Just pretend we never raised him!" As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.
Jiang Ranran took a deep breath, trying not to cry, then stared at Cen Juan with a determined look, "Since the child has made his choice, then let him go with you. I hope you can treat him well. You are his biological mother."
Cen Juan scoffed disdainfully: "Why do I need you to teach me how to do things? This is my son, it's not your turn to interrupt me in my education!"
Jiang Ranran didn't say anything else, but instead looked at Qiao Jiabao. Qiao Jiabao just had a pale face and said nothing, as if he agreed with Cen Juan's words.
"Okay, take care of yourself." Jiang Ranran said this coldly, then walked past Cen Juan, rubbing her shoulder lightly, and walked inside with Zhao Xiaocui and Zhang Ruixue.
Qiao Jiabao turned around and stared at Jiang Ranran's back reluctantly.
As if she felt someone was watching her from behind, Jiang Ranran turned around suddenly, only to see the back of Qiao Jiabao's head.
In an instant, there was a hint of loss in Jiang Ranran's eyes. Could it be that this child had no regrets at all?
Sighing and suppressing the heartache, Jiang Ranran took Zhao Xiaocui and Zhang Ruixue back.
As soon as she entered the door, Jiang Ranran couldn't hold back her tears and fell, but she didn't cry out loud. She just wiped them away gently, trying not to let Zhao Xiaocui and Zhang Ruixue see them, so as not to remind them of their sad memories.
But when Jiang Ranran looked carefully, she found that Zhao Xiaocui and Zhang Ruixue were secretly wiping away tears.
"This cruel child just doesn't want his mother Xiao Cui anymore." Zhao Xiaocui complained, tears streaming down her face, and then she wiped them away stubbornly, pretending nothing was wrong.
Zhang Ruixue's eyes were red, obviously she had just wiped away tears.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought him out. I didn't expect that he would really go with Cen Juan." Zhang Ruixue was about to cry again as she spoke. In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely depressing, making it hard to breathe.
Jiang Ranran forced herself to cheer up, then suppressed the sob in her throat and said, "The child has grown up and has his own ideas. Since he chose to go with Cen Juan, there is nothing we can do. This is his own choice."
"The child whom we took care of with great effort and loved with all our heart finally left us. This hurts more than cutting my flesh." Zhao Xiaocui sobbed, without her usual capable and strong appearance. At this moment, she did not look like the manager of an orphanage, but more like a mother.
Jiang Ranran opened her mouth to say something, but no sound came out. She was afraid that she would choke and cry as soon as she opened her mouth.
The atmosphere in the orphanage was extremely depressing, and the same was true for Qiao Jiabao who followed Cen Juan away.
Sitting in the luxury car, as the car slowly drove away from the orphanage, Qiao Jiabao felt as if his heart had been hollowed out.
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