Chapter 1184: He Raised a White-Eyed Wolf
He stood up tremblingly, like a student answering a teacher's question, "This is the photo Xiaomin took when she graduated from elementary school. It's the school's uniform ID photo."
Lin Jinshun didn't dare to say that when Tang Min graduated from elementary school, he didn't take a graduation photo because Li Qiumei didn't give him money. Only this two-inch black-and-white bare-head photo was left.
After hearing what Lin Jinshun said, Tang Liye looked at another two-inch photo with a gentle look in his eyes, "Is this taken when I graduated from junior high school?"
Lin Jinshun nodded quickly, "Yes."
Tang Liye looked at the photos, imagining what Tang Min looked like as a child, his eyes filled with soft light.
Molly was holding the only color photo of herself that was not her ID photo, and she was already crying.
The girl in the photo was wearing a washed-out blue lapel jacket and had two braids. She looked pure and lovely but looked very thin and as if she was malnourished.
Tang Min sat next to her and said with a smile, "Mom, why are you crying?
Look how beautiful I was before. This photo was taken when I was a sophomore in high school. It was taken by a man who came to the village with a camera to take photos. "
Molly said nothing, just cried silently holding the photo in her hand.
"By the way, the first time I met Jingchuan was the year this photo was taken."
Tang Min looked at Gu Jingchuan and smiled, "Jingchuan, do you still remember that time when I was walking on the street with my schoolbag on my back, and you were chasing a thief, I hit the thief's leg with a stone, and after the thief fell, you caught him."
"Remember, how could I forget, that day, we fell in love with each other at first sight."
In order to ease the atmosphere, Gu Jingchuan took the risk and started to show his love in front of his parents-in-law.
Gu Jingchuan looked at his sad father-in-law and mother-in-law and said, "Dad, Mom, don't be sad. Everything is God's will. If Xiaomin had not grown up in our hometown, how could we become a family?"
Lin Yongqiang also plucked up the courage to say, "Uncle, aunt, Jingchuan is right. We can no longer change what happened in the past. We should cherish the future. Xiaomin will have two maternal families in the future. My father and I are also her family members. We will love her very much and make up for the lack of family affection in the past.
When Molly heard what Lin Yongqiang said, she couldn't help but look at Lin Yongqiang again. It's good enough that you don't cause trouble for her. My Xiao Min doesn't need your affection. She has a biological brother. What did you do in the past?
After being scolded by Molly, Lin Yongqiang could only lower his head in embarrassment.
Tang Liye looked through all the photos and then carefully put them into an envelope.
He could see that Tang Min was very fond of this honest and dull country man in front of him.
Even though he might not have any feelings for this person in his heart, he still maintained his proper demeanor in front of his daughter.
As they said, Lin Jinxun was also a victim. He was stupid and was cuckolded. He raised someone else's daughter for so many years but knew nothing about it.
The waiter brought the dishes, Gu Jingchuan arranged the dishes and handed out bowls and chopsticks to everyone. Lin Jinshun and Lin Yongqiang felt very uncomfortable and did not dare to pick up their chopsticks.
Tang Liye was the first to pick up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish for Lin Jinshun. "Old Lin, eat quickly."
Tang Liye was so kind that Lin Jinshun was flattered. He and Lin Yongqiang gradually became less reserved and carefully picked up the chopsticks. Tang Min also picked up the dishes from Lin Jinshun, "Dad, try it. This dish is especially delicious. We don't have it in our hometown."
Tang Min's address to Lin Jinxun made Molly, who was forcing a smile, look dim and she paused in her eating.
Tang Min regretted calling him uncle the moment she said it out loud. She herself had noticed the change in her parents' mood, but she had called Lin Jinshun like that for twenty years, and now if she was suddenly asked to call him uncle, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Not appropriate either.
Tang Min met the dim and hurt eyes of Tang Liye and Mo Li. She put down her chopsticks and said solemnly, "Mom and Dad, in this world, you will always be the closest people to me. You are the ones who gave me life. I am your child. At any time, the family ties between us cannot be severed, but...
At the same time, there will be many people in my life who are very important to me and worth cherishing, such as Jingchuan, who is as important to me as you are, and my adopted father. Although I hated him when I was in my hometown, when I found you and had a happy family again, looking back at everything that happened, I still can't give up the kindness of raising me. What happened back then was not your fault, nor was it my adopted father's fault. He was deceived for twenty years just like you."
Tang Min looked at Tang Liye and said, "Dad, in the past twenty years, you have loved Tang Jingshu just like my father loved me. However, his ability is limited, and he often can't do it. Every time he wants to protect me, he gets implicated by me. At the very least, he gets scolded, and at the worst, he gets beaten."
In fact, Tang Min found it difficult to talk about even more outrageous things. Lin Jinshun was often driven to sleep in a shack outside.
Tang Min's words reminded Lin Jinshun of those past events that he could not bear to recall. He lowered his head and said nothing, silently shedding tears.
He felt guilty and regretful.
I hate my cowardly character and being bullied by that daughter for so many years.
"Uncle, aunt, Xiao Min is right. My dad is also a victim. He has never had a good day at home in all these years. I was also a jerk before. I followed my mother and looked down on my dad. I never considered things from his perspective. Now that I think about it, I was really a bad person. Fortunately, there was Xiao Min. He didn't give up on me and brought me back to the right path."
Lin Yongqiang stood up, looked at Tang Liye and Mo Li, and said solemnly, "I beg uncle and aunt to forgive our family's past mistakes and not to bear grudges because of Xiao Min's relationship with my father. My father and I really want to make up for the past debts. Although we have no power, we have a sincere heart and can give her warmth and let her have more family love."
When Lin Yongqiang finished speaking, Tang Liye and Molly's expressions gradually became complicated.
Especially what Tang Min said, "He loves me just as much as you love Tang Jingshu."
This made Tang Liye feel more empathy for this rural man who didn't even dare to raise his head.
Yes, they are all victims, and they have poured all their love into their children.
For twenty years, no one knew that they were living in deception.
In fact, to some extent, Lin Jinxun is more mature than him. At least the children he raised know how to be grateful and know how to give back.
He raised an ungrateful person.
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