"If I had known this day would come, I would have preferred that my parents had been more cruel and let those two people starve to death on the street."
Yuan Yuan spoke at length, and everyone present was deeply moved.
But so what? The story of Dong Guo and the wolf has already happened.
The story is so melodramatic that it sounds like something out of a TV drama.
When Yuan Yuan's parents were young, they found a pair of abandoned twins scavenging for food in the roadside. The young couple, struggling to make ends meet, couldn't bear to see such a thing. So, they pulled many strings to get the two children registered as their own. They probably enjoyed many happy years together.
But all of this changed after the two boys grew up.
They had overheard the couple's conversation. Over the years, the couple had made a considerable amount of money through small businesses, but they intended to leave it all to Yuanyuan. After all, she was their biological daughter, and a girl at that; as parents, they naturally had to worry about her. However, this incident became the key to their deaths.
From that point on, the rebellious boy, already disobedient during puberty, gradually descended into depravity. Ultimately, he murdered the parents who raised him for money.
Those who heard it were heartbroken, and those who heard it were moved to tears, because the evidence was irrefutable, and it also caused a huge sensation on a moral level. This matter was known to almost everyone in H City.
In the first instance judgment, the defendant was convicted of intentional homicide, and the circumstances were serious, so he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The day the verdict was delivered was a bright, sunny day.
As everyone accompanied Yuan Yuan out of the courthouse, the sunlight was so bright it was blinding.
Yuan Yuan stood at the top of the towering steps of the courthouse, shielding her eyes from the sunlight with her left hand, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Everyone stayed by her side and watched her cry; both girls couldn't help but shed tears as well.
Lu Ti stayed with the children throughout the entire incident, until they stopped crying.
She slowly walked up to Yuan Yuan and wiped away her tears: "Auntie knows you are a good child and a strong child. Auntie is sad for you and hopes you will take good care of yourself."
"Auntie wants to ask you if you would like to live with me, your uncle, and Tian Tian from now on."
"Auntie asked Tian Tian, and she really wants to be with you. What about you?"
Zhen Tian wiped away her tears, nodded, and took Yuan Yuan's little hand: "Yes, yes, you can live at my house from now on. We can go to school together and live together. My mom and dad will be your mom and dad too."
Yuan Yuan remained silent for a long time.
Lu Ti said, "It's okay, think it over carefully. Auntie isn't in a hurry to get your answer. But how about you stay at Auntie's house for the next few days? Let Tian Tian keep you company."
This time, Yuan Yuan nodded.
Ye Qingyan eagerly asked, "Can I go too? I'd like to live with you all."
Lu Ti smiled and patted her head: "Of course, Auntie welcomes you if you want to go."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Lu Ti brought three children home at once, and Zhen Lei's car was parked in the parking space below the courthouse.
He held three ice cream cones in his hand and smiled warmly as he looked at the three children walking towards him.
"Welcome home, children."
...
These past few days, Yuan Yuan and Ye Qingyan have been sleeping at Zhen Tian's house.
This incident caused quite a stir; the students at the school spread the word far and wide that a classmate had experienced something like this.
Although there are occasional frictions and arguments among classmates, everyone is still very clear-headed when it comes to matters of principle.
The students tried their best not to mention her parents in front of Yuan Yuan, and the teachers would also pay extra attention to her during breaks, asking if there was anything she didn't understand and telling her to go to the teacher if she didn't know anything. Her homeroom teacher, Yang Tian, would often observe Yuan Yuan's emotions.
Two weeks passed quickly.
One day, Yuan Yuan suddenly said she wanted to go home.
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan accompanied her back, thinking she wouldn't return to the Zhen family.
However, Yuanyuan took some things, put them in her backpack, and then followed the others.
Yuan Yuan's mood seemed to recover quickly.
A month after the incident, she seemed to have returned to her old self. It was as if the incident had never happened in her life.
Gradually, people stopped watching her so cautiously. Zhen Tian also got used to having a roommate and shared all her favorite things with Yuan Yuan.
One afternoon.
"Uncle and Aunt, I'm leaving now."
Lu Ti smiled with relief, but still felt a little regretful: "Are you really not considering becoming your aunt and uncle's daughter in the future?"
Yuan Yuan smiled and shook her head: "No, thank you so much, Uncle and Aunt. If it weren't for you, I would probably be a hundred times sadder than I am now."
"Silly child." Lu Ti patted her tenderly, "No matter what decision you make, your aunt's house will always be open for you whenever you want to come."
"good."
"It would be so nice to live together." Zhen Tian pouted and tugged at her hand, unwilling to let her leave.
Yuan Yuan smiled and flicked her forehead: "You're always like this, it's so hard to bear seeing you like this."
“From now on, you really need to be more careful. Qingyan can’t always be with you. If we’re not there, you’ll be crying your eyes out when you fall for something.”
The familiar tone made Zhen Tian's heart skip a beat, but she didn't know why.
She tugged at Yuan Yuan and said sweetly, "It would be great if we could get into the same university in the future, and you guys could take care of me then. I wouldn't have to worry about you anymore."
"Foolish look." Yuan Yuan didn't say anything more, picked up her luggage and left the Zhen family.
Zhen Lei escorted her to the gate of his house: "Uncle won't go up with you. Be careful."
"Thank you, Uncle."
Yuan Yuan took one last look at Zhen Tian, then turned and went upstairs.
On the way home, Zhen Tian couldn't help but mutter to Lu Ti, "Mom, I think Yuan Yuan is a bit strange."
But when Lu Ti asked, she couldn't answer.
After the weekend, Zhen Tian went to school with her schoolbag on her back.
"Good morning." Ye Qingyan waved to her. "You have no idea how annoying I am."
"What's wrong?" Zhen Tian sat down.
"Do you know what my dad dragged me back home and nagged me about for a whole week?"
"What?" Zhen Tian was very supportive.
"He wants me to go abroad!!!" Ye Qingyan wailed, "My God, with my English level of 64, what's the point of going abroad? Isn't he afraid I'll starve to death if I go abroad?"
Perhaps it was Ye Qingyan's tragic tone that made Zhen Tian chuckle.
"What are you laughing at?" Ye Qingyan looked at her with a resentful expression.
"It's nothing." Zhen Tian shook her head: "My family held a meeting before to discuss whether I should go abroad."
"A family meeting?" Ye Qingyan made a strange expression. "So what was the result?"
"The result was that Zhizhi didn't want me to go abroad, and I didn't want to either, so it was rejected." Zhen Tian shook her little head, feeling extremely proud as she talked about how Ji Yuzhi couldn't bear to part with her.
"Tch." Ye Qingyan rolled her eyes. It's not like you were acting like you were dying before.
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