Lan Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing.
"When Qingqing comes back, she wants to be like you."
When Lan Rui mentioned his daughter whom he had been separated from for more than 20 years, there was reluctance in his eyes.
If possible, he really doesn't want his daughter to come back, so he can stay in City A and live a carefree and happy life.
When she came back, she had to face more. The environment she grew up in was too peaceful and comfortable. She had never experienced the wickedness of human nature and was easily deceived.
But now the person has been found and my daughter has been in danger. If we don’t bring her back, she will not be safe anymore.
Just like he said, since there is no way to avoid it anymore, we can only face the wind.
Life is cruel.
In this world, there is no fairness, and the strong are the kings.
"Then, let's pick Qingqing up later and let her spend a few more happy and carefree days in City A. My mom will be fine with her too."
Lan Zheng felt sorry for his sister, and suddenly, he didn't want his father to take his sister back too quickly.
He has been living a very tiring life for so many years and dared not relax at all, for fear that if he relaxed, he would never see the sun tomorrow.
Lan Rui pursed his lips and said, "Is she safe over there now? If she is, we can pick her up later. It would be better if your mother can be fully awake before we come back."
"It's safe enough. The Jun family can protect her."
Lan Zheng trusts his brother-in-law very much and believes in his abilities.
"Can you call Qingqing now? Dad wants to talk to her on the phone, preferably via video call."
Lan Zheng knew that his father must have a photo of his sister's current state, but he still took out his cell phone and made a video call.
Mu Qing quickly answered her brother's video call. Seeing that he hadn't removed his makeup yet, she asked with concern, "Brother, was your return trip smooth? Are you home yet?"
"It went smoothly. I got home early. I'll text you when I get there."
After seeing his sister, Lan Zheng couldn't help but soften his expression, and a smile appeared on his face, which had not yet removed its makeup.
"Are you guys eating? Is Mom okay? Did Mom ask about me after I left?"
Mu Qing looked at her biological mother who was eating next to her adoptive mother. The two mothers got along very well because they had a daughter they both loved. They talked about the dishes while eating.
"Mom is fine. She didn't see you, so she asked about you, but she still mistook you for that person. Mom is still confused sometimes. She met Yang Xi a long time ago, but she didn't remember her when she saw her again. She also helped in my shop, and later asked me to bring her to the shop to have a look."
When the identification results came out, Mrs. Lan was helping out at Suiyuan Coffee Shop, but she was very quiet at the time and didn't say much.
Later, she asked about Mu Qing's work and found out that Mu Qing had opened a store. She asked Mu Qing to take her to the store. When she saw Yang Xi, she couldn't remember him for a moment, so Mu Qing had to introduce the two people again.
Mrs. Lan's confusion made Mu Qing confused for a moment. Only now did she remember that she had done the same thing twice.
(Actually, the author was confused and forgot that Mrs. Lan had already gone to the coffee shop to meet Yang Xi, so he wrote it again. In order to make up for it, he had to let Mrs. Lan take the blame.)
Lan Zheng knew that he couldn't hold too much hope for his biological mother. In the short term, his mother would not be able to regain her consciousness. However, after finding Qingqing, his mother had indeed changed a lot. Now, as long as she didn't hold the doll and call it baby, you really couldn't tell that she was a crazy woman.
Mu Qing also turned the camera to the two mothers.
When she turned the camera again, the person on the other end of the video was no longer her brother, but a man who was a complete stranger to her.
Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized who it was.
She looked at her biological father in the video, the smile on her face slowly faded, her lips were tightly pursed, and she couldn't say a word, let alone call him dad.
Through her brother's mouth, Mu Qing positioned her biological father as a scumbag.
"Qingqing."
Lan Rui spoke first, his voice trembling slightly because he was too excited.
"Qingqing."
Lan Rui called out again.
"Hello, I'm your dad. Your brother has told you about dad, right?"
Lan Rui was holding his son's cell phone, his palms sweating with nervousness.
He has seen a lot of ups and downs and is a ruthless man, but now facing his daughter whom he has not seen for 23 years, he is at a loss and nervous, and his heart softens involuntarily.
"Hello, I told you."
Mu Qing's answer was very formal. To Lan Rui, it was like a sharp knife stabbing his heart, and the pain spread throughout his body.
"You, you are eating, is the food delicious?"
Twenty-three years of separation have made the father and daughter worse than strangers. When they meet, even if they have thousands of words to say, they are unable to express them.
Lan Rui tried very hard to find topics to talk about and carefully maintained the father-daughter video call, fearing that his daughter would hang up the phone if she was unhappy.
For so many years, he forced his son to grow up in his own way. He thought his heart was hard and cruel enough, and he didn't know what it meant to be soft-hearted.
It was not until he faced his daughter who had been lost and found again, and saw that the little girl had grown up, that he realized that he also had a soft side, that he also had moments of fear, and that he was just like every father in the world.
He is, in fact, a very ordinary person.
"We dined at the Fengchen Hotel, one of the most upscale hotels in City A. The chefs used real ingredients, and the dishes they cooked were colorful, fragrant, and delicious."
Lan Rui asked a question and Mu Qing answered it.
Lan Rui showed a fatherly smile, "It's delicious. Eat more, eat more. You're thin, so you need to eat more. Your mother is here, right? Can you let me see if she's okay?"
Mu Qing seemed to pause, which lasted only about ten seconds, and soon she turned the camera to the two mothers.
Lan Rui knew what his daughter's beating meant. He felt bitter, but he couldn't express it. Even if he could, everything he had done could be traced and could not be erased.
No matter what he thought, in his daughter's eyes, he had not protected his wife and children well over the years, causing them to suffer a lot of grievances.
It is normal for his daughter to blame him.
"Qingqing."
Shen Yimo happened to look at her daughter. A genuine smile hung on her well-maintained face. She was dressed appropriately, and her long hair, which would drag on the ground when she sat, was tied into a high bun. She was wearing disposable gloves and had just finished peeling a shrimp.
She smiled and put the shelled shrimp into her daughter's bowl, saying, "You like seafood, especially shrimp. Mom peeled the shrimp for you. Come on and eat it. Stop playing with your phone. Seafood won't taste good when it's cold and it'll have a strong fishy smell."
Lan Rui's cold heart broke instantly.
How long had it been since he saw his wife behave normally?
How long had it been since he had seen his dignified, beautiful and elegant wife?
He called out with difficulty on the other end of the phone: "Yi Mo."
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