Old Master Li shook his head and looked at Li Yunshu with extreme disappointment and said, "Li Yunshu, I didn't expect that after we raised you for so many years, you actually thought this way in your heart."
Li Yunshu's chest heaved violently, and she spoke with her neck stiff.
She said these words that were buried in her heart today. Although she felt relieved, she also knew that once these words were spoken, they would be taken back.
Old Master Li said: "I adopted you because I saw that you lost your mother at a young age, and I took pity on you."
"Of course, I also have some selfish motives. At that time, we were right, and Qiuya had been immersed in grief. So I also thought that perhaps adopting you as a daughter could distract Qiuya and help her get over her grief."
"We did something wrong." Old Master Li looked at his wife with self-blame and said, "Because Qiuya didn't want her own daughter to be lost. She didn't know where her own daughter was suffering and whether she was alive in this world, but you are raising someone else's daughter."
"But I had already taken you home. Even if Qiuya was willing, I would still keep you and raise you as my own child."
Old Mrs. Yu said in a low voice: "We never thought of letting you replace Shushu and take her place in this family. No one will ever replace Shushu."
That was the flesh that fell off her body, how could it be replaced by someone else?
Li Yunshu bit her lower lip until it turned white. They never thought of letting her replace Li Yunshu. Her adoptive mother didn't even want to adopt her!
Therefore, no matter how well she did as an adopted daughter, or how long she spent with them, she could not be a real daughter of the Li family, nor a real member of the Li family.
Old Master Li continued, "When we changed your surname, it was because you were your father's only child. Your name was also given by your father."
"놛 sacrificed himself, and you kept the name he gave you. This is to continue his family name and bloodline, and to show his remembrance and respect."
"So when you first suggested changing your name, I didn't really want you to agree. But you said that everyone in your family has the surname Li, and you're the only one with the surname Huang. It seemed like you were excluded and you looked like a family member to us, so you agreed anyway."
Old Lady Yu looked at Li Yunshu and said, "You said that when you were in elementary school, you had a fight with your schoolmates, but they didn't help you. Instead, they asked you to apologize to your schoolmates. But have you forgotten? It was you who bullied others in school by relying on your father's status, and it was you who started it first, and then they fought back."
"The child is also an orphan of a martyr. You bullied him. Do you still want to be unreasonable, defend you, and force him to apologize to you?" Old Lady Yu looked at Li Yunshu and asked.
Li Yunshu: “…”
She no longer remembered the details, but she only remembered that she had a fight with someone at school, and her parents did not help her, but instead asked her to apologize.
Old Master Li: "You mentioned your work. You didn't ask the drama troupe's leaders to take care of you. Is this just you? Is it the same for your eldest brother and your second brother?"
"After your eldest brother returned from studying abroad, he chose to go to the most difficult Northwest China to start from the grass-roots level. He stayed in the Northwest for five years. Did he ever ask anyone to transfer him back?" Grandpa Li asked loudly.
Li Yunshu pursed her lips as she spoke. After Li Bowen returned from studying abroad, he did go to the most difficult Northwest China. He and Su Wanzhen both got married in the Northwest, and Zhan Peng was also born in the Northwest.
Li Bowen was transferred back to Beijing after he had made great achievements in the Northwest. When they came back, they were dark and thin, covered in dust and dirt. People believed them when they said they were farmers from the Northwest.
Mr. Li continued, "It's the same with your second brother, Li Boyan. Even though he learned a lot of military skills and concepts in China, he went to the plateau where the hardest military service was as soon as he returned. He started as a squad leader, company commander, and platoon leader, and he got to where he is today step by step."
"How dare Li Qifeng say that in our work, he has never interfered once, and never greeted anyone or asked anyone to take care of us!" Grandpa Li pointed his finger at the ground and said very firmly.
Li Yunshu still said stubbornly: "Even if you didn't intervene or say hello, your status is here. Even if you say it, others will naturally take care of us."
Old Master Li laughed, "I dare say that in the first few years after Li Bowen and Li Boyan started working, they never told anyone that their father was Li Qifeng."
Because we want to make a career with our own abilities, and we don't want people to say that we rely on us.
"But you, you told everyone about it after joining the drama troupe, right?" Why did you know that?
It was because when Li Yunshu was performing in her first drama, she and her wife went to support her, and she wanted to make a long speech.
But as soon as the drama ended, the director of the drama troupe found them accurately, came to greet them, and said that he had heard Li Yunshu mention them a long time ago.
He even insisted on taking us to visit the backstage, but I really didn't like it at the time, so I politely declined and left.
Li Yunshu: “…”
When she first joined the drama troupe, she did tell everyone in the troupe that her father was Commander Li, and she really enjoyed those surprised and envious looks.
Old Master Li continued, "You said that even if you didn't intervene or say hello, people would still look after your eldest and second brothers if they knew their father was Li Qifeng. Is that the same for you?"
"Didn't the leaders of your group take care of you because you raised Li Qifeng?"
"..." Li Yunshu stammered, but she didn't deny it, because she had indeed been taken care of by her leaders and officials because her father was Li Qifeng.
"Li Yunshu," Old Lady Yu called out, "Although you are my biological child, ask yourself, have you and your father ever treated you unfairly over the years?"
Li Yunshu said, "You haven't treated me unfairly materially, but emotionally, you've always treated me, your adopted child, the same as your biological child. In your hearts, I'll never be as important as your biological child."
Sister Wang, who had been listening for a long time, couldn't help but ask, "Is this a matter of course? You said it yourself, that's your biological child! Do you really want the old man and the old lady to value you, their adopted child, more than their own biological child?"
How is this possible?
"Yunshu, the old man and the old lady adopted you out of kindness. You are yours."
"Indeed, if the old man and the old lady had adopted you, you would have been taken back to the countryside and raised by your parents' blood relatives. It would have been absolutely impossible for you to have such a good living condition as the Li family!"
"As a person, she should be content and grateful. The Li family has been very good to you."
Like her, when she worked as a nanny in the Li family, she was very grateful to the old man and the old lady, because they were kind, hardworking, and would give her a raise every year.
But what about Li Yunshu? The Li family adopted her and provided her with a very high-quality life. They were really good to her.
But she still blamed the old man and the old lady. How heartless she is.
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