Ye Qingqing helped Huizi tidy up the house. Gongzhu was still fast asleep and wouldn't wake up for a while. The rain outside had lessened a bit, but it was still quite heavy, hitting the windowpane with a pattering sound.
"Thank you all so much for today."
Huizi bowed deeply and expressed her sincere gratitude.
Lu Mo helped her up and said seriously, "Ding Ba and I are good brothers. You are his maternal grandmother, so naturally you are also my elder. It's only right."
"Can you tell me about Dingba? How has he been all these years? Who adopted him?" Huizi looked at Lu Mo with longing, eager to know about the child.
Lu Mo briefly recounted Ding Ba's experiences. Hui Zi's eyes welled up with tears, and she said with self-reproach, "It's all my fault. I should have searched more in Pingcheng."
Fortunately, my grandson is blessed with good fortune; he has now married a remarkable wife and they even have a child together.
"Did Dingba and him... recognize each other?"
After a while, Keiko couldn't help but ask the question she most wanted to know.
Lu Mo nodded, "Yes, Ding Ba has always wanted to know about his background. It was by chance that the house he bought was the former Gong residence, and he also happened to find Gong Yi's old photo. The two of them look so alike."
He then recounted Ding Ba's search for his relatives, which sounded quite bizarre, yet it was just a coincidence.
Huizi smiled with relief, "Heaven has shown mercy."
Everything is preordained by fate, arranged by God. That's why her grandson and Gong Yi were able to recognize each other, and why she was able to cook at her grandson's wedding banquet. That made her very content.
"What exactly happened back then? Myna said he was thrown on a garbage dump and almost eaten by wild dogs. Was it an emergency?" Ye Qingqing couldn't help but ask.
Huizi's expression turned serious, and she slowly nodded. "Yes, Zhu'er and I have been living in anonymity. Our lives were peaceful and happy until Zhu'er met Ding Ba's father..."
A hoarse voice flowed through the room, and time seemed to rewind to twenty-six years ago, to a romantic yet bloody love story.
It was indeed Huizi who rescued Gongzhu back then, but her injuries had not yet healed, so she recuperated in the south. Huizi was very skilled, and even in the chaos of the world, she did not let Gongzhu suffer too much. She carefully nurtured her, turning her into a beautiful and talented lady, and she also learned excellent martial arts skills. All of this was thanks to Huizi.
In those years, Huizi and her daughter settled in the south, relying on each other for survival. Many outstanding young men pursued Gongzhu, but Gongzhu didn't like any of them.
"What a tragic fate..."
Huizi was filled with emotion. She had always deliberately made Gongzhu forget that she had half Chinese blood, but Zhu'er didn't like any of the many outstanding Chinese boys, and instead fell in love with a man from China.
Ye Qingqing was taken aback. "Is Eighth Brother's father Chinese?"
Huizi nodded with a wry smile, "When Zhu'er told me, I completely disagreed. The first time my daughter and I had a fight was because of that man."
She didn't want to return to China, nor did she want her daughter to marry a Chinese man. She believed in following her husband wherever he went; as Gong Yi's woman, she was naturally Chinese.
Moreover, the Hosokawa family has been searching for her and Jewel, and if she returns to Wo Kingdom, she will not be able to protect Jewel at all.
"What happened next?" Ye Qingqing asked curiously.
Huizi sighed again, blaming herself, "If I hadn't objected in the first place, perhaps none of this would have happened. Zhu'er outwardly agreed to break up with that man, but secretly she continued to see him, and even became pregnant..."
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