"Mom, I'm back." Shen Changsheng took the key to open the attic door. He thought no one was at home, but he didn't expect that his adoptive mother Zhang Suzhen was at home.
"Changsheng, why are you back? Are you used to living with your parents? Are they treating you well?" A barrage of questions swung at her, each one expressing concern for her child. Especially since the child still liked to call her "Mom," she felt a surge of life.
"They are nice to me. It's because I miss you and dad. Today is Friday and I got out of school early, so I came to see you." The old couple had no children in their lives. They picked her up in the wild and raised her like a treasure.
A few days ago, she was found by her biological parents, and the old couple became lonely old people.
"That's good, that's good. It's almost time for dinner, Mom will go cook for you." Zhang Suzhen went to look in the refrigerator. Although the child had been taken back home, she still had the habit of buying her daughter's favorite food when buying groceries.
I didn't expect the child to come back for dinner. After all, the conditions of the two families were so different that anyone would choose that family. Moreover, that family had found Changsheng for so many years and seemed to care about Changsheng very much.
When recognizing her relatives, Shen's mother held Changsheng and cried breathlessly. Those tears can't lie. People are all made of flesh and blood. We are all parents, and we all love our children in the same way.
They didn't want Changsheng to be caught in a dilemma, so they told him that if the other party treated Changsheng well, he would stop thinking about them. After all, the Shen family had given them a sum of money to thank them for raising Changsheng.
It's not like in TV dramas, 'If you leave my daughter, I'll give you five million', that's fifty million.
Oh my God, they have never counted 50 million in their entire lives, but they didn’t expect to get such a windfall now.
They didn't want to take the money, but they couldn't keep the child with them.
In the end, unable to resist the domineering aura of the wealthy Shen family, the old couple left the money uncomfortably. At that time, they also had another consideration: if the family treated Changsheng badly, they could take Changsheng back. With money in hand, Changsheng's life would be easier.
It's no wonder they think the Shen family will treat the child badly. After all, that family already has a child who is the same age as Changsheng. When they were looking for the child, they somehow recognized the wrong child and took the child home to raise as their own.
After raising her for so many years, how can the years of affection be wiped out by just one mistake?
If you put yourself in their shoes, Changsheng was also adopted by the couple, not their biological child, but they treat Changsheng with all their heart.
So it is a good thing that Changsheng was recognized by the Shen family, but it is also like cutting out their beloved flesh and blood, it hurts.
"Mom, let me help you." Changsheng followed Zhang Suzhen in cooking as if he knew how to do it, pretending not to notice the redness in his adoptive mother's eyes.
When the last dish was served, adoptive father Shen Dahai also came back.
Seeing Changsheng, his lips couldn't help but tremble, and after a long while, he finally uttered a word, "Changsheng is back."
Shen Dahai doesn't talk much on weekdays. He doesn't have any great abilities. He just works hard and tries his best to save money for his longevity.
Unfortunately, after seeing the wealth of the Shen family, his only contribution to Changsheng was his physical effort.
They and the Shen family are from two completely different worlds. They can't earn the kind of life that the Shen family lives even if they don't eat or drink for their entire lives.
The old couple didn't touch a cent of the money given by the Shen family. Today, Changsheng came back, and at the dinner table, Shen Dahai asked Zhang Suzhen to get the passbook.
"Changsheng, this is given to you by your Shen family parents. We can earn money by ourselves, so we don't need so much money. Take it and spend it however you want." Shen Dahai said.
"No, you two keep it. I'm still in school and don't have much money to spend. And they give me pocket money every month, which is enough for me to spend."
"What they gave was what they gave, and this is what we gave. Don't you want to acknowledge us anymore?" Shen Dahai drank a little and blamed himself for not being able to keep his daughter. If his family was better off than the Shen family, would his daughter still be taken away by someone else?
He also followed the Shen family's example, gave him a large sum of money and asked his daughter to stay with him.
"Dad, what are you talking about? Drink less. My mom can't control you when I'm not at home, right?" Changsheng's face turned serious, and Shen Dahai's momentum weakened by three points. He forced out a smile on his usually serious face to apologize to his daughter.
"Anyway, since you don't want this money now, your mother and I will save it for you. When we are old, it will still be yours." Shen Dahai muttered, while secretly glancing at Changsheng, his expression looking quite aggrieved.
Why did I always keep a stern face when I was at home before? Now I know how to be nice to my daughter, and my expressions have become more diverse!
During dinner, Zhang Suzhen refused to let Changsheng wash the dishes.
Changsheng could only squat next to her father and watch him smoke.
"Dad, I'll come to see you guys when I have time. Call me if you miss me."
"Oh, I see."
"I'll stay at home tonight and go back there tomorrow."
"Hey, we haven't moved into your room. Your mother changes the bed sheets every week, afraid that you might come back." Shen Dahai felt that the moon tonight was really big and round.
"Do you want to move to a bigger house, even one near my school?"
This question stumped Shen Dahai. Although the house he lived in now was old and small, it still bore traces of his daughter's life. But if he could buy a new house near his daughter's school, he would definitely be able to see her often, which was also very tempting.
"The money your mother and I have saved is enough to buy a small apartment near your current school. This money was originally saved to buy you a house after you graduated from college." Now this little money is not enough to spend.
"Okay, then let's buy a small apartment near my school. If I don't work there anymore, I can sell or rent it out. We'll keep the attic here and not sell or rent it out."
"Whatever you say." Shen Dahai went into the house to get his passbook and ID. He planned to take advantage of the weekend to go house-hunting with his family of three tomorrow.
After comparing various data from Tongzi, they successfully acquired a small apartment near the school that was ready for move-in at any time. Shen Dahai and his wife immediately registered the house in the name of Shen Changsheng.
Shen Changsheng's adoptive father and biological father both had the surname Shen, so after recognizing her as a relative, she didn't even need to apply for a new ID card. Originally, the Shen family took her back and wanted to transfer her household registration back, but Shen Changsheng claimed that she was over 18 years old and went directly to the police station to have her household registration demarcated. Each person had a separate copy, and no one could say anything.
Shen Changsheng did not object to her adoptive parents' decision to put the house in her name, because she knew it was useless to object.
In the evening, Changsheng returned to the Shen family's old house at dinner time. In this city full of skyscrapers, the Shen family directly bought a large piece of land and built a manor.
So arrogant!
"Changsheng is back. Dinner will be served soon. I'll go call the wife and the eldest daughter." Aunt Chen is the elder of the family. It is said that she is a distant relative of the Shen family. She has no children in her life and will rely on the Shen family for her old age.
When Shen's mother Wan Yunhua and Aunt Shen's eldest daughter, Shen Baozhu, the fake daughter adopted by the Shen family twenty years ago, came down from the second floor affectionately, Changsheng had already washed his hands and sat in the dining room.
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