Shu Yuqing calmed herself down in the bathroom for a while before gently opening her son Ye Beichen's bedroom door, suppressing her excitement.
Through the dim light of the living room, Shu Yuqing saw her son's sleeping face and bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying out.
Afraid of waking her child, she glanced at her son a few more times with reluctance before carefully closing the bedroom door.
Thank goodness, her son is still alive and well. In this life, she will protect this family and never let it be torn apart!
As soon as she entered the bedroom, she saw her husband, Ye Boxian, leaning against the headboard. His eyes were full of concern as he asked in a low voice, "Are you feeling better? Are you alright? If you're still not feeling well, let's go to the hospital for a check-up."
Shu Yuqing is not an emotional person. People who don't know her well think she is very aloof. In fact, she is not as cold and hard as she looks. She is also a human being, with a heart, and she can get hurt.
Shu Yuqing looked at Ye Boxian, her eyes revealing a hint of tenderness and longing. She said softly, "I'm fine. I just had a nightmare. Don't you have things to do tomorrow? You should go to sleep first."
Ye Boxian breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll go to sleep first, you should go to sleep early too."
Looking closely at her husband's peaceful sleeping face, Shu Yuqing felt a pang of sadness. Young Ye Boxian was truly handsome, with a refined and elegant demeanor.
Now he has a head of thick, black hair and no wrinkles on his face, unlike in his previous life when he worried about that ungrateful adopted daughter, often suffered from insomnia, and had gray hair at his temples.
Shu Yuqing lay on the bed with her eyes closed, pretending to sleep, but her mind was preoccupied with how to deal with Jiang Xin's situation.
In their previous life, they adopted this daughter on this very day. Now that they had brought her home, kicking her out was clearly not a good idea, as it would be bad for both Ye's reputation and hers.
But when she thought about how she had treated Jiang Xin like her own daughter in her previous life, only to be betrayed in return, Shu Yuqing really wanted to kick her out of the house immediately. Such an ungrateful wretch did not deserve even the slightest bit of assistance from the Ye family.
Jiang Xin is able to live like a little princess at home because she and Ye Boxian don't have a biological daughter. What if they had another daughter this time?
Shu Yuqing had already figured out what to do, and with a faint smile on her lips, she fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, Shu Yuqing told Ye Boxian that she had decided to adopt another daughter.
Ye Boxian looked at her, completely bewildered, not understanding why she had this idea.
Even if Ye Boxian told her about being reborn, she wouldn't believe it. Shu Yuqing said, "I've looked up the information. There are a lot of abandoned baby girls. This world is unfair to girls. It's not like our family can't afford to raise them. We already have Jiang Xin, so one more won't make a difference. We'll help as many as we can."
Upon hearing this, Ye Boxian did not object. Shu Yuqing walked out of the room with him and saw their son and adopted daughter sitting at the dining table waiting for them.
"Jiang Xin, it's been so long," Shu Yuqing thought to herself.
However, he showed no sign of it on his face, and sat in the main seat as usual, instructing everyone to start eating.
She didn't teach Jiang Xin table manners like she did in her previous life; she simply ate her breakfast indifferently without saying a word to her adopted daughter.
In her previous life, she patiently guided Jiang Xin in etiquette, teaching her to only take food from the dish in front of her and not to take more than three bites from a single dish. These are basic dining etiquette rules that every household follows.
In Jiang Xin's mouth, however, it became evidence of her being mistreated.
Ultimately, it was because Shu Yuqing treated her too well that she lost sight of her own place.
Jiang Xin should really be sent to those families that favor sons over daughters to see what real mistreatment looks like.
After breakfast, the family went about their own business. Ye Boxian went to the company, their son went to school, and Jiang Xin, because she had just been adopted, hadn't yet been assigned to a kindergarten, so she stayed home alone watching TV.
Shu Yuqing drove to the welfare home in the city. She had contacted the director beforehand. The director warmly welcomed Shu Yuqing and took out a stack of documents with detailed introductions of the children in the home.
As Shu Yuqing carefully flipped through the documents, she saw a little girl in the photo. Despite her young age, her eyes revealed a stubbornness that refused to admit defeat.
Shu Yuqing immediately became interested in her. The child's eyes were so similar to hers, unlike Jiang Xin, who, no matter how hard she tried to teach her, always had a weak and vulnerable look on her face.
Shu Yuqing is a confident, independent, and strong-willed woman. She has always wanted to raise her daughter to be an outstanding woman, not just a good wife or a good mother.
Unfortunately, Jiang Xin failed to live up to her expectations, so this time she will not spend resources on Jiang Xin. Let Jiang Xin live a simple married life if she wants.
The little girl caught her eye, and Shu Yuqing carefully read the girl's detailed report.
The little girl's surname is Wang, her given name is Mingyue, and she is four years old. Her father was a policeman who died in the line of duty, and her mother abandoned her and remarried. She was sent to the welfare home by other relatives.
"Why are none of the police officers who died in the line of duty willing to adopt her, and why are her relatives unwilling to take care of her, unless...?"
Shu Yuqing had her suspicions, but that didn't affect her decision.
She took out Wang Mingyue's file and handed it to the dean. The dean understood her meaning, turned around and went out to have a staff member bring Wang Mingyue in.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
