When she was found, her small body was curled up on the ground, with obvious shoe prints on her body.
She lay on the ground motionless, and my heart tightened with fear. Could she... have been beaten to death?
The little bit of morality in my heart finally prevailed, and I decided to take her home and raise her.
My grandfather originally did not agree with my divorce, but when I told him that my ex-wife had an affair and my daughter was not mine, he was so angry that he almost died and asked me to get a divorce without saying a word.
If I bring someone else's daughter back home now, I'm afraid I'll be scolded.
Let them curse me, but I can't just watch an innocent girl become even more unhappy because of my unhappy marriage.
After returning home, I reported to my grandfather that I had divorced and also told him that I had picked up my daughter.
He didn't scold me, he just said: "It's up to you to decide. The only thing is, now that you've picked her up, you can't just ignore her like before. Even if you're her adoptive father, you still have to fulfill your responsibilities as an adoptive father."
I know what I did in the past was pretty bad, but it wasn't out of line after all. There are many fathers in the village who favor sons over daughters and don't care about their daughters, and many people understand my behavior.
I originally thought that I would raise my two children alone after the divorce, but who would have thought that my cousin would help Liu Ping pass on a message that allowed me to rekindle a relationship that had been dormant for many years.
I was the one who was wrong to her in the first place, so how can I expect her to come to me again?
But she sent someone to come and brought a "threatening" message.
Those were not threats at all; they were simply a reminder of all the things I had done to her over the years.
I felt it was difficult to breathe at the time, so I ran to her house without saying a word.
The old bachelor, Brother Zhang, from the same village whom she married, had always been in poor health and died a few years after their marriage. She didn't have any children and had to live alone in the house.
Her old house was neither newly built nor renovated, except that they had a leak in the roof fixed. I had been deliberately ignoring her situation, but when I went to her house that day and suddenly saw it, I felt my heart tighten in pain.
Maybe this is the difference between a man loving and not loving.
The moment I found out my ex-wife was cheating on me, I felt only humiliation and unbearable.
But when I learned that Liu Ping had been silently guarding me, I was heartbroken beyond words. I only hated myself for not being able to be both loyal and righteous, and for having missed so many years with her in vain.
I ran all the way to her house. When I arrived, my heart was pounding like a drum, and I suddenly realized that I didn't know what to say.
Apologize? Confess? No matter which one I choose, I feel like I am being hypocritical. How can I deserve the forgiveness of such a good person like Liu Ping?
But she didn't blame me, and even wanted to forgive me and make peace with me. I was secretly delighted, thinking that such a tough guy had turned out to be so soft.
When we got home, both children expressed to me their love for Liu Ping and their desire for her to be their mother.
The daughter wants her to be her mother. I won’t say whether it is true or not, but at least her biological mother did abuse her, and Liu Ping also really felt sorry for her.
But I couldn’t help but talk to my son, wondering why he was so supportive, even when he was indifferent to my previous divorce from his mother.
This doesn't seem like the mentality a teenager should have.
But the little bastard actually sneered at me and said, "When have you ever cared about the big and small things at home? I guess one day your ex-wife will chop me and my sister into meat stuffing and make dumplings for you to eat, and you will still praise them for being delicious."
This little bastard!
Although I always scold him and dislike him for always talking back to me, I still love him very much in my heart. After all, he is my son, and I will listen to and remember everything he says.
He only told me that one sentence that day and refused to tell me anything else. Later, when I asked him slowly, he told me some more.
He refused to call that woman "Mom" and only used my ex-wife instead.
"Don't think that Nannan was the only one who was abused by your ex-wife. When I was young and ignorant, she beat me a lot. I saw her hugging and kissing other men before. She kept pinching me when I was sleeping at night and said she would beat me to death if I told anyone."
"I'm not a masochist. Even if she is my biological mother, I can't love her. When she beat me when you were not at home, I told grandpa, but she always hit me in places where there were no scars. Grandpa said that I was naughty and told me not to make her angry in the future. Aunt Liu Ping took care of me a lot when I was a child. The mother in my heart is like her. Get her back for me. Even if she treats me badly in the future, I will accept it."
So that's how it is. What about Nannan? Nannan and Liu Ping don't have much in common, right? Why did she agree to let me win Liu Ping back?
When I asked her, she, despite her young age, said sensibly, "My father is good to me, and my brother is also good to me. I should like the people that my father and brother like."
These two children are so sensible that it makes me feel distressed. My indifference and selfishness made me miss the most important time of their growth. Fortunately, they did not grow up in the wrong way and grew up to be the people that I can be proud of.
Encouraged by my two children, I started pursuing Liu Ping. I had never pursued a woman before, and it was Liu Ping who took the initiative to be with me. I married my ex-wife after only one blind date.
At this time, I had to chase someone like a young man, and I felt a little panicked. I recalled how Liu Ping had shown kindness to me before, and I tried to imitate her for a while, and I felt that she was loosening up.
Later, after being busy in the team for a while, I felt that our relationship had returned to that of pure colleagues. Regarding this aspect, I went to my cousin for advice and learned a lot of experience from him and his wife.
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