Huang Zhiqiu shook his head. "I was only your age at that time, so I didn't think clearly. When I heard him say he was leaving, I was confused. He asked me to think it over carefully, and then gave me a jade pendant and told me to come to him when I had made up my mind. Otherwise, he would give me the jade pendant as a souvenir."
Yun Mo thought that the reason Huang Zhiqiu was able to go to Jiang City to find his daughter was that he sold the jade pendant to get the travel expenses.
"Mom, didn't you go find him?"
"I went. If I hadn't gone, there wouldn't be you."
Yun Mo: “…”
This script is quite tortuous.
Yun Mo listened with great interest.
"When I went there, he wasn't there, so I waited for him in the room, and accidentally fell asleep. When I woke up, it was very late, and he happened to have just come back. He had drunk a lot that night and was drunk. I helped him lie on the bed, and he held my hand and asked me if I had made up my mind. I nodded, and he asked me to stay with him, and I agreed for some reason.
But after the incident, I felt ashamed and scared, and didn't know how to face it, so I asked for leave and went back to the countryside. When I sorted myself out and returned to the guesthouse from the countryside, I found out that he was gone. "
"Then didn't you go find him? At least ask him clearly whether he had to leave because of something urgent or he didn't want to take responsibility."
Huang Zhiqiu shook his head sadly, "He didn't leave alone. The one who left with him was another waitress in the guesthouse."
Yun Mo immediately became furious, "He's two-timing!?"
"I don't know. Maybe."
What's worse, they are just objects for him to play with.
This is also the reason why Huang Zhiqiu has been reluctant to talk about or face it for 18 years.
Although she appears docile on the surface, she is actually very proud and has a very strong self-esteem. She cannot face the unbearable fact that she was deceived physically and mentally by a playboy.
"Mom, what happened next? He was irresponsible and left. You must have hated him. Why did you choose to give birth to me?"
"I decided to give birth to you out of anger. He didn't want to take responsibility, but I wanted to find him and tie him down with the child. That was my plan at the time.
As you grew bigger in my belly day by day, the resentment in my heart slowly faded away, and I decided to give birth to you and raise you well.
You were prettier than other children when you were born. You were fair and tender, with a small face and big, round eyes that looked like black grapes. You smiled at everyone you saw, and the whole family loved you very much. "
Yun Mo snorted, "But my great-grandmother doesn't like me."
Not only did he dislike her, he even sold her for 5 kilograms of noodles! Huang Zhiqiu touched her head soothingly, "After you were lost, grandma fell ill not long after. After I brought you and Huang Yao back, grandma passed away a few days later. Death is like the extinguishing of a light, let the past be the past."
Well, the person is dead, there is no point in arguing about it.
However, there is a high probability that the scumbag father is still alive.
"Mom, do you still like my scumbag dad?"
Huang Zhiqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry at Yun Mo's strange name, "It's been so many years, I can't even remember what he looks like."
"Don't you have a picture of him?"
Huang Zhiqiu shook his head.
"You still remember his name, right?"
Huang Zhiqiu looked at her, "Momo, do you want to go find him?"
"Of course not. But the world is so big, if I ever meet him, I will definitely spit on him."
Huang Zhiqiu: “…”
"His surname is Ye and his given name is Shao Ting."
Ye Shaoting.
Yun Mo silently wrote down the name and decided to ask someone about it when she had the chance.
Although she had no intention of recognizing the other party, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.
Old Mrs. Zhao had a very pleasant conversation with the old lady who came to visit her.
However, Mrs. Gu's daughter-in-law Xu Ke, who came with Mrs. Gu, was obviously absent-minded. She kept fiddling with the tea surface with the lid of the teacup in her hand.
Old Mrs. Zhao thought the other party was just bored because he couldn't talk to her, so she smiled and turned the topic to Xu Ke and his mother.
"Is this your third brother's?"
Mrs. Gu had several sons. She usually took the eldest and second sons' families out with her, and rarely took the third son's family out with her.
When Mrs. Zhao asked, Mrs. Gu smiled and explained, "The eldest son went back to her parents' home to take care of her father-in-law. The second son caught a cold these two days, and I was afraid that he would get sick, so I brought the third son's family here. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
This statement is nonsensical, but there is a reason for it.
Xu Ke was born in the countryside and did not even finish elementary school. For prominent families like the Zhao and Gu families, such a background was too shameful.
Mrs. Gu would never go out with permission unless it was absolutely necessary.
Hearing Mrs. Zhao mention himself, Xu Ke stopped distracting himself and took the opportunity to ask Mrs. Zhao about the doubts in his heart.
"Madam, do you know the Ms. Huang who just left?"
Mrs. Zhao looked at Xu Ke in surprise, "Why, you know Zhiqiu?"
Xu Ke said hurriedly, "I can't say I know him. I just met him a few times before and I have some impression of him. But it was many years ago. When I saw him just now, I thought I was seeing things."
“I see.”
Old Mrs. Zhao briefly told the story of how she adopted Yunmo as her granddaughter.
Upon hearing that Yun Mo had become Mrs. Zhao's goddaughter, Xu Ke subconsciously asked about Huang Zhiqiu's husband.
"I don't know about that."
Not wanting the mother and daughter to be looked down upon, Mrs. Zhao did not tell the Gu family that Huang Zhiqiu was not married.
After leaving Zhao's house, Xu Ke used the excuse of meeting a friend and did not go home with Mrs. Gu. Instead, he quietly found a telephone booth and made a phone call.
"Hello, is this Yuan Jia? I met Huang Zhiqiu today..."
In the evening, Zhao Xuehai returned home and learned that the old lady had adopted Yun Mo as her goddaughter, and he said a few words immediately.
"Mom, please discuss this kind of thing with me first in the future."
Mrs. Zhao was a little unhappy with her son's tone. "I want to discuss this with you. You are nowhere to be seen all day long. I am discussing this with a ghost."
"It's rare that mom likes that girl, and Zhizhi and that girl also get along well. This is all fate. Let's formally invite them to our house for a meal some other day."
Old Mrs. Zhao was very pleased with her daughter-in-law's words and her anger subsided a lot.
"Let's talk about eating later. That girl is busy."
At this point, Zhao Xuehai couldn't say anything more.
He didn't have any bad opinions about Yun Mo, but being in this position and with this identity, he had to weigh everything carefully.
"Mom, don't worry. Since I've recognized you as my godparent, I won't ignore any help I can provide in the future."
"That's more like it."
Mrs. Zhao felt relieved and showed a good face to her son, "I just sympathize with the girl's hard life..."
In front of her family, Mrs. Zhao had no reservations and told them everything about Huang Zhiqiu's unmarried life.
"They are orphans and widows, with no one to rely on, and they have to support such a large family. It is really not easy."
Second update~ (End of this chapter)