Before I knew it, it had completely darkened.

Jin Yanyan cheered up, brought out the hot food from the steamer in the kitchen, filled the table with it, and took out a bottle of wine that had been prepared long ago, and asked Meng Wenlan to open it and pour it.

Even if Meng Shaoan is not at home, we still have to eat and celebrate the New Year.

But both daughters were not interested. One was lazily counting the rice grains in the bowl, and the other was so stupid that she didn't want to move her chopsticks. Jin Yanyan kept picking up food for them, putting on a happy face and trying to persuade them in soft words, but the daughters just refused to eat. Seeing the delicious food on the table getting cold little by little, Jin Yanyan wanted to cry again.

After getting down from the dining table, they had at least had a New Year's Eve dinner, and the mother and her two daughters huddled back on the sofa in the living room. Meng Wenxin took the bottle of wine over, and without using a glass, she just put her mouth to the bottle and took a big sip. When Meng Wenlan saw this, she also grabbed it and took a few big sips.

Jin Yanyan was stunned. If it was any other time, she would never allow them to act like this. It was too unladylike. But tonight she did not stop them. She thought, let them get drunk and go to sleep. She needed to be alone. Her mind and heart were in a mess. She was going crazy.

Meng Wenlan and Meng Wenxin were not drunk. They drank the whole bottle of wine and were still sitting there in high spirits. Jin Yanyan knew that they were waiting for their father, and she felt even more sad.

The phone on the table rang several times, and Meng Wenlan was responsible for answering it. They were all calls from relatives and friends. The mother, her two daughters, and Meng Shaoan had called the Meng family's old house in Beijing in the morning, and had also called other relatives, so there was no need to call again in the evening.

Meng Wenlan reminded Jin Yanyan: "Mom, my aunt is not at home this morning. You have to call her again later."

Jin Yanyan agreed, and suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said to Meng Wenlan: "Quick, call your aunt's house now!"

Meng Wenlan picked up the phone and made a call. The person who answered was her aunt Jin Rui.

Jin Rui's original name was Jin Ruirui, but later it was changed to a single name.

Jin Rui and Jin Yanyan are also a pair of twins who look very similar. Jin Rui is the older sister and Jin Yanyan is the younger sister. When they were young, they were like Meng Wenlan and Meng Wenxin now. Unless otherwise specified, outsiders generally cannot tell the two sisters apart.

It is easy to distinguish Jin Rui and Jin Yanyan now. Jin Rui is middle-aged and in poor health, she took a lot of nutritional supplements and gained weight like a ball. Jin Yanyan, however, is very good at taking care of herself. She maintains a great figure and looks, and is still a beautiful young woman in her early thirties.

Jin Yanyan took the microphone handed to her by Meng Wenlan and just said a few words to Jin Rui when the other end suddenly hung up. Jin Yanyan called again, but the other end didn't answer. Jin Yanyan looked very unhappy.

Meng Wenlan asked, "Mom, you just told auntie not to go to Deng's house again, and she seemed angry. Why? Is that Deng's house... Deng Qiuping's house?"

Jin Yanyan was annoyed when Jin Rui hung up the phone. She glared at her eldest daughter and said, "Don't mention Deng Qiuping to me!"

When Jin Yanyan heard the word "investigation", she was shocked and blurted out: "No, you are not Deng Qiuping's children at all!"

Meng Wenlan was stunned, and even Meng Wenxin, who was curled up on the sofa, widened her eyes. The two sisters looked at Jin Yanyan together: She is not a daughter of the Meng family, and she is not Deng Qiuping's child. Could it be that she has another father? Jin Yanyan also blamed herself for speaking too quickly, but since things had come to this point, she made up her mind and told the truth: "Your biological father, his name is Murong Shengjie. He is not an ordinary person, his family is even more prominent, the most famous port in Haicheng, and the fleets of shipping ships, are all his family. The current Meng family can give you everything, if it were in the past, the Murong family could give you more than ten times more! He went abroad with his family, and we may not meet again in this life, but you must remember that you are not children of ordinary families, your origin and bloodline are equally noble! We loved each other very much back then, and he left suddenly without saying goodbye, but I was pregnant, and your grandparents would not allow me to bring disgrace to the family, and I had no choice but to ask your aunt to take me to the place where her fiancé Deng Qiuping worked. Although Deng Qiuping had just come back once before, the woman could also go to visit relatives.

I planned to hide there for a while, or just find a man to marry and have children. I couldn't bear to abort you because I really loved that man at that time, and you were the thoughts he left me.

I met your father Meng Shaoan in the logging team. He was gentle, handsome, and had a similar demeanor and temperament to your father. He always couldn't tell the difference between me and your aunt, and made a lot of jokes. I also had a good impression of him, but he had Guan Xiuzhi.

Soon Deng Qiuping got into an accident. He was knocked down by a big tree when he was trying to push Meng Shaoan away. Before he died, he asked Meng Shaoan to take care of his fiancée... As things developed later, you should have guessed it without me telling you, that I replaced your aunt and married Meng Shaoan as Deng Qiuping's fiancée. This is a secret between us sisters, and Meng Shaoan is unaware of it!

But your aunt, she can't forget Deng Qiuping, and still keeps in touch with the Deng family. For so many years, why did I refuse to bring your aunt to the Meng family? It's because she is too stubborn and refuses to listen to advice. What if it gets leaked during the conversation? Therefore, I would rather give her more money and material support. She is in poor health after giving birth, and she has incurable asthma. I send her nutritional supplements, special medicines, etc. every year, but I can't let her appear in the circle of relatives and friends of the Meng family.

After the New Year, I think I have to find time to go to the capital to find your aunt. I must explain the seriousness of the matter to her. What if Meng Zhehan goes crazy and investigates something again? If he finds out about your aunt, it will be the end of you. Meng Shaoan originally left Guan Xiuzhi for Deng Qiuping and married me, but you are not Deng Qiuping’s children. How angry he will be..."

Meng Wenlan and Meng Wenxin were both silent. They didn't know what to say.

Someone knocked on the door, and Jin Yanyan went to open it. It was the neighbor's housewife who brought something, and the two women were standing at the door being polite.

Meng Wenlan asked Meng Wenxin: "Do you think the surname 'Murong' sounds nice?"

Meng Wenxin shook her head vigorously: "No! Corrupt and evil capitalists! As long as my last name is Meng, I am the daughter of the Meng family!"

"Then let's find some time to go see my aunt. She's not in good health and has asthma."

Meng Wenxin and Meng Wenlan looked at each other and nodded.

(End of this chapter)