Division Headquarters Guesthouse.
Jiang Yue had been here not long ago and met the two elders and the eldest brother of the Shi family. This time she was going to meet Ningning's biological mother. On the way here, Jiang Yue was very quiet.
It was already late at night, and dim lights were coming from the guesthouse. Gu Ye walked through the dark corridor and stopped in front of a room at the end.
He turned around and looked at Jiang Yue with deep eyes. Jiang Yue nodded at him.
Gu Ye knocked on the door, and someone inside quickly answered, "Coming!"
The door opened, and a dark and honest face appeared. It was the eldest brother of the Shi family.
"Captain Gu, the sisters are here!" When the eldest brother of the Shi family saw Gu Ye and Jiang Yue, he rubbed his hands awkwardly.
"Ningning, do you still remember your uncle?" After greeting the eldest brother of the Shi family, Gu Ye lowered his eyes and asked Ningning.
Ning Ning glanced at the excited man opposite her, hesitated, and nodded, "Remember, it's Uncle Shi!"
"Hey, great!" The eldest brother of the Shi family became even more excited, and quickly made way for Gu Ye and Jiang Yue to go in. "It's cold outside, come in and talk!"
As soon as Jiang Yue entered the room, she saw a thin figure standing beside the bed. At that moment, Jiang Yue's eyes froze.
The woman was not tall, and perhaps too thin, so she looked very weak. She had a delicate appearance, but her face was too pale, giving people the feeling that she had just recovered from a serious illness and would fall down if the wind blew.
Moreover, her expression was as awkward as that of the eldest brother of the Shi family. Especially when she saw Gu Ye carrying Ning Ning in, a flush of excitement flashed across her pale face and her body swayed.
"Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Jiang Yue!" On the way here, Jiang Yue had imagined what Shi's sister-in-law would look like. She could imagine that a woman who had been locked up in a mental hospital for several years would not be in a very good condition.
However, when she saw Shi's sister-in-law with her own eyes, Jiang Yue's heart was still deeply hurt.
"Hello!" The sister-in-law of the Shi family spoke in a soft voice. When she saw Jiang Yue, her eyes flashed with surprise, and then her gaze fell on Ningning who was held by Gu Ye.
"Is it Ningning?" Mrs. Shi's voice was shaking uncontrollably.
"It's Ningning!" Gu Ye patted Ningning and said softly, "Ningning, call me mom!"
On the way, Gu Ye had already told Ningning that she should call mom when she saw people, but Ningning didn't want to.
When Ning Ning heard Gu Ye asking her to call a strange woman "Mom", she turned her head and stretched out her hand to Jiang Yue, "No! Ning Ning has a mom! Mom will hold you!"
Although Ningning is young, even the youngest child knows that mother is mother and mother is unique in this world. It is normal for Ningning to be unwilling to call a woman she just met for the first time mother.
However, after hearing Ningning's words, the expectant look on Shi's sister-in-law's face froze and immediately turned into disappointment and discomfort, and her face turned even paler.
"Sister-in-law, don't be sad. Ningning is young and she needs time to adapt!" Jiang Yue couldn't bear to see the sad expression of Shi's sister-in-law, so she comforted her.
She had raised Ningning for half a year, and she was reluctant to part with Ningning. She had not seen Ningning, the daughter that Mrs. Shi had carried with great difficulty, for all these years. When they met for the first time, the child refused to recognize her, and she must have felt bad.
"It's okay, I'm fine!" Mrs. Shi wiped her eyes, but her longing eyes still fell on Ningning.
"Mom, hold Ningning!" Although Ningning was young, she was very sensitive. She didn't understand why her parents insisted that she call a strange woman "mom". She stubbornly opened her arms and asked Jiang Yue to hold her, and she was obviously avoiding the gaze of Shi's sister-in-law and refused to look over there.
"Ningning forgot that mommy can't hug Ningning now?" Gu Ye whispered in Ningning's ear.
Ningning glanced at Jiang Yue's belly, pouted her lips, then raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Yue aggrievedly. That little look made Jiang Yue's heart melt.
Jiang Yue touched Ningning's head and comforted her softly, "Ningning, be good, mom is here!"
Her words were a double entendre, referring to both herself and her biological mother, Sister-in-law Shi.
"Go home!" Ningning still pouted and looked unhappy, pointing at the door and wanting to leave.
"Gu Ye, take Ningning out first. I want to talk to my sister-in-law!" Jiang Yue smiled at Ningning.
Before Ning Ning left, she reminded Jiang Yue, "Hurry up, Mom!"
Gu Ye turned around and nodded to the two eldest brothers of the Shi family, then carried Ningning out first.
The room fell into silence.
"Sister-in-law, Brother Shi, it's not that we don't want to tell Ningning about her life experience, but she is young and she won't be able to accept it if we tell her!" In silence, Jiang Yue explained in a gentle voice to Sister-in-law Shi.
She didn't want Mrs. Shi to misunderstand that she wanted to monopolize Ningning.
After learning about what happened to Shi's sister-in-law and now seeing her current situation, Jiang Yue only felt sympathy for her.
This is a poor woman. It is not her fault that she was born in an ignorant family. She could not have imagined that her newlywed husband would die in the war. Perhaps marrying her late husband's brother was her best choice and the only way for her to try to break free from the shackles of her tragic fate.
"I understand! Thank you for taking such good care of Ningning!" Shi's sister-in-law burst into tears.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry. I will talk to Ningning when we get back! Ningning is a kind and sensible child, she will understand!" Jiang Yue couldn't bear to see others crying in front of her, and her nose felt sour.
"Sister, no need!" Shi's sister-in-law waved her hand at Jiang Yue, "Ningning doesn't know, so let her not know!"
Hearing this, Jiang Yue was a little shocked. She didn't know whether Shi's sister-in-law really didn't want Ning Ning to know, or -
"Don't get me wrong, sister. I know in my heart that Ningning will be better off with you and Captain Gu than with me. You are all good people and have taught Ningning so well. I, I can't give Ningning anything, and I don't want her to go back to the mountains!" Mrs. Shi's shoulders were shaking with tears.
The eldest brother of the Shi family supported her and asked her to sit down.
"Sister-in-law..." Jiang Yue's eyes also turned red.
"I just miss her so much. I went through so much trouble to carry her and give birth to her. Three days after I gave birth to her, she was taken away. I really miss her so much. She looks so much like Xuesong..." Mrs. Shi covered her face with her hands, tears falling through her fingers.
Gu Ye and Ning Ning waited outside for ten minutes before they saw Jiang Yue open the door and walk out, followed by the eldest brother of the Shi family.
"Mother!"
Ningning pounced on Jiang Yue, and when she got close, she saw two people behind Jiang Yue. In an instant, Ningning turned around and ran, hiding behind Gu Ye.
Mrs. Shi originally wanted to hug Ningning, but when she saw Ningning running away when she saw her, her outstretched hand froze.
"Ningning, come here. This is your grandma. Can you give her a hug?" Jiang Yue saw it and waved to Ningning.
Ningning frowned, half believing and half doubting, but she always listened to Jiang Yue, so she came over. However, she insisted on not calling her mother, not even her elder mother, because she only had one mother!
In the end, Ningning let Mrs. Shi hug her, although it was only for a moment. After that, Ningning ran to Jiang Yue and hugged Jiang Yue's legs, which made Mrs. Shi so excited that she burst into tears again.
After returning home, Gu Ye sent Ning Ning away and asked Jiang Yue, "What did you talk about with your sister-in-law for so long?"
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