“I had a dream in which we adopted Jiang Xin on May 1st, just like we do now. We treated her as our own child, taking good care of her and raising her with all our heart.”
She was sick, and I stayed up all night with her. When she was bullied outside, I stood up for her without asking who was right or wrong. When she went to high school, she met a boy there.
That boy fought, skipped classes, smoked, and went to bars. He didn't do any of the things students should do.
I knew that I was strongly against Jiang Xin continuing to see him, but Jiang Xin secretly changed her college application behind my back. She wanted to stay in the city and be with her scoundrel boyfriend.
Later, I sent her abroad to study, and after she returned to China, I used my connections to get her a job as a university teacher. We bought her a house and a car near the university, and did everything we could to provide her with a life of luxury.
She eventually got back together with that scoundrel boyfriend, even at the cost of breaking ties with us. She claimed that we adopted her so that she would become a tool for marriage alliances in our family when she grew up.
She even said we weren't her biological parents and had no right to interfere with her friendships. Later, her boyfriend, at her instruction, reported the company for tax evasion, and you suffered a heart attack upon learning this…
As Shu Yuqing spoke, she couldn't help but cover her face and sob softly. Ye Boxian, who was standing beside her, was so shocked by her words that he was speechless. Hearing his wife's crying, he quickly came back to his senses and gently comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay, it's all just a dream, it's not real. I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
Shu Yuqing shook her head sadly, trying to calm her anger, and continued, "Because of what happened to you, I kicked her out of the house, and she and that scoundrel boyfriend are having a very hard time."
She called Bei Chen and asked him to bring her money. Bei Chen was in a car accident on his way there, and when I received the news, I fell from the building and fell into a coma and was admitted to the ICU.
When I woke up again, I found myself back in the present, back in 1999, when we had just adopted Jiang Xin.
Do you think this is an opportunity given to us by God?
Baekhyun, I don't understand. We cherish her like a precious jewel, nurture her into a talented individual, give her a respectable job at a university, and provide her with a life that everyone envies.
And what happened? This is how she treated our family. She kept saying that I treated her badly and that I was harsh on her.
Haha, I raised her to be an independent woman just because I refused to agree to her relationship with that scoundrel. In the end, she saw me as an utterly wicked person.
You and I tried so hard to persuade her, telling her that her parents didn't want her to do laundry, cook, or mop the floor at other people's houses. But she said she loved her boyfriend and would rather die than not be with him.
She's almost 30. I arranged blind dates for her, and the men I chose were all outstanding young men, the best in their respective fields. How did she come to say that our Ye family was using her as a tool for marriage?
Baekhyun, I hate it so much! I hate that we misjudged people and mistook a fish eye for a pearl! In her past life, she relied on being the only daughter in the family and enjoyed the benefits of the Ye family, but she slandered the Ye family at every turn.
So the first thing I did when I got back was to adopt a girl from the orphanage. Jiang Xin will never have a life like her last one!
Ye Boxian froze, staring at Shu Yuqing in disbelief. She said her past life? Could it be that what she just said wasn't a dream, but something that actually happened?
“I know it’s hard for you to accept, but what I’m saying is true. If you don’t believe me, I’ll prove it to you.”
Shu Yuqing revealed to him several things that would happen in the next few days.
Ye Boxian quickly realized the key point and asked his wife in a low voice, "Then what about the girl you brought back today?"
Shu Yuqing felt a little better when she thought of Mingyue sleeping soundly in the bedroom.
She carefully looked around, then leaned closer to Ye Boxian and whispered in his ear, "When I went to the orphanage to look at the information today, I fell in love with this child at first sight. The indomitable spirit in her eyes is exactly the same as mine when I was young."
Furthermore, her records show that her parents were police officers who died in the line of duty, her mother remarried, and her relatives were unwilling to adopt her. There's only one possibility for this.
Before she could finish speaking, Shu Yuqing's phone rang. She answered it, and after a long pause, she said "I understand" to the person on the other end before hanging up.
Ye Boxian asked, "What's wrong?"
"Just as I thought, Mingyue's father is a narcotics police officer, so none of her relatives dare to adopt her." Shu Yuqing's tone was somewhat low.
Ye Boxian patted his wife on the shoulder to comfort her: "Her father is great. From now on, Mingyue will be our Ye family's daughter."
"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Shu Yuqing hesitated before speaking.
Ye Boxian was curious about what was making his wife so reluctant to talk about it.
He pretended to listen, and Shu Yuqing paused: "Jiang Xin's boyfriend's mother is an old acquaintance of yours, Jiang Ru."
Jiang Ru? What a familiar yet unfamiliar name. Ye Boxian was slightly taken aback. Wasn't this his first love?
Then, remembering the rumors he had heard, Ye Boxian could no longer maintain his composure. He stared at his wife, his eyes filled with shock.
Shu Yuqing nodded firmly, as if she knew what he was thinking: "It's that Jiang Ru. Let's not talk about you and her for now, but you should have heard about her and Jiang Zhengqing, right? That's why I was so against Jiang Xin being with her boyfriend Yanling in my past life."
Putting aside Yanling's own qualities, with their parents' complicated past, how could I possibly agree to them being together!
Ye Boxian was speechless for a long time; this matter was clearly beyond his comprehension.
He understood what his wife meant, because before Jiang Zhengqing's incident, rumors were circulating everywhere that Jiang Ru was Jiang Zhengqing's mistress.
He hadn't investigated whether this was true or not, but there's no smoke without fire. If it were true, then Jiang Xin really couldn't be with Yan Ling—what would that look like!
The couple remained silent for a moment, until Shu Yuqing broke the silence: "In this life, I can never treat Jiang Xin the way I did in my previous life. I will not shirk the responsibility of raising her that we should bear, but don't think about anything else."
Since she repeatedly claimed in her past life that we weren't her biological parents, she had no right to enjoy the privileges and resources of the Ye family.
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