Chapter 431 The More This Happens, the Stranger It Gets

From then on, no matter what questions Jiang Rou asked, all the answers from Jiang Guoping and his wife were nothing but repetitive questions.

First, she cried about her longing for her daughter, and second, she complained about how hard they had been having these days...

Anyway, he never mentioned Lin Xiuer and tried his best to erase the existence of this person.

The more this is the case, the stranger it is.

In this situation, Jiang Rou knew that she could no longer get any more information and could only take things one step at a time for the time being.

She asked Song Yan to send Jiang Guoping and his wife back.

When leaving.

Jiang Rou walked out of the duty room without looking back.

But he was stopped by a voice behind him.

"Xiao Rou... Xiao Rou... don't leave."

Mother Jiang's voice sounded tired and old, yet with a hint of the tenderness that only a mother could have.

Jiang Rou turned around and looked at the middle-aged woman with a decadent look.

Jiang's mother's eyes were slightly red. She took a few steps forward and asked Jiang Rou.

"Xiao Rou, you...you are married, right? Are you living well?"

They talked for nearly half an hour, and only in this sentence did they harbour a hint of sincerity.

Jiang Rou's stern expression eased a little.

She responded, “I’m fine.”

Jiang's mother wanted to pull Jiang Rou's hand again, but thinking of the experience of being pushed away before, she finally gave up and did not move forward.

On the other hand, Jiang Guoping, who was standing by, had been pushing Jiang's mother from behind, urging her on.

Jiang's mother hesitated for a while, looking ashamed and embarrassed, but finally spoke.

"Xiao Rou, I'm very happy to see that you're doing well now. I'm really happy for you. Although you're not my biological daughter, we've raised you for twenty years after all. How could I not worry about you? You disappeared before, and Xiu'er said that you left because you promised to marry for her. At that time, I thought about looking for you... Mom really thought about it..."

Jiang Rou listened quietly to Jiang's mother's defense.

She could tell that the words were sincere.

If the original owner could still hear it, it might be slightly comforting.

It’s a pity that even if the feelings are real, the reality is cruel.

"...Xiaorou, Mom just saw you bought a lot of things...Um, your father and I haven't eaten for several days, can you...can you..."

Jiang's mother still couldn't let go of her self-esteem. She said half of the humble words but couldn't say the other half.

If Jiang Guoping hadn't been urging her, she actually didn't want to say it at all.

They were bowing down to their daughter, a daughter who had been forced to leave her home because of their indifference.

Jiang Rou did not make things difficult for the two of them.

She said, "I'll ask someone to send you some steamed buns later."

"That's great! Xiaorou, that's really great, thank you...Mom...Xiaorou..."

When Jiang's mother looked again, she only saw Jiang Rou's back.

…

Zhou Chongshan later heard about Jiang Rou's parents.

He was the person who knew Jiang Rou's life experience best, and he did not act rashly. Instead, before returning home, he investigated the current situation of Jiang Guoping and his wife for Jiang Rou.

At first, the children were all at home, making it inconvenient for the two of them to talk.

When night fell, the children all went to bed.

The couple spoke in tacit agreement and started the conversation.

Zhou Chongshan told Jiang Rou all the information he had found out.

Jiang Guoping and his wife now belong to a production brigade and are undergoing labor reform.

The production team was originally located on other surrounding islands, but they moved here due to policy changes after the earthquake.

If you think about it carefully, neither the earthquake nor the policy changes have anything to do with Jiang Guoping and his wife.

Their appearance and reunion with Jiang Rou was indeed a coincidence.

With very good reasons.

The place of residence was transferred, but the production team was not disbanded, it just moved to a different place to work.

Therefore, Jiang Guoping and his wife are still in the production team and cannot leave.

It would not be easy for them to see Jiang Rou again like they did today.

But the news had spread.

As soon as Jiang Guoping and his wife arrived on the island, they started asking about Jiang Rou. They would never hide their identities and would definitely shout it out until everyone around them knew.

After listening to these contents.

Jiang Rou looked serious and remained silent.

Zhou Chongshan looked worried as he stared at Jiang Rou and whispered.

"Wife, if you don't want to see them, I can send them away."

He is not a person who would do anything for personal gain, but if he really needs to do so to protect his family, he will not hesitate to do so.

It was not difficult at all for Zhou Chongshan to send Jiang Guoping and his wife away.

All he wanted was a nod from Jiang Rou.

Jiang Rou frowned, still thinking about something. She seemed to be in a trance and didn't say anything as if she didn't hear what Zhou Chongshan said.

This made Zhou Chongshan even more worried.

He held Jiang Rou's hand, and placed her soft and white palm into the man's rough and wide palm, wrapping it around his big palm.

Silently giving Jiang Rou the comfort she needed most.

"Wife, do you hate them?"

Jiang Rou came back to her senses as she felt Zhou Chongshan's hot body temperature.

She looked up and blinked her long eyelashes.

"I don't hate them. To me, they are no different from strangers, not even my foster parents."

Jiang Rou's words were unexpectedly simple and straightforward.

This afternoon, she thought about everything carefully, combining the memories of the original owner.

That is the story at the beginning of her time travel.

At that time, the identities of the real and fake daughter had just been exposed. Jiang Guoping and his wife must have cared more about their biological daughter who had been separated for twenty years, and they put all their attention on Lin Xiuer.

This made the original owner so angry that his teeth itched.

The original owner had a somewhat arrogant and willful personality. Her parents, who had loved her the most, suddenly became indifferent to her.

To the original owner, this was like the sky falling.

Not to mention, Lin Xiuer later asked the original owner to marry in her place...

The original owner rolled around at home, threw things in anger, and said he was unwilling to do anything.

What was the attitude of Jiang Guoping and his wife at that time?

Still indifferent.

It was as if the original owner's madness had nothing to do with them.

They have always tried to maintain their reputation as intellectuals.

With so many neighbors watching in the family compound, if they kicked out their daughter, whom they had raised for twenty years, even if she was not related to them by blood, there would definitely be a lot of criticism.

This is something they would not allow for their own good.

What they had in mind was actually very simple, which was to hope that the original owner would leave on his own.

Later.

Lin Xiuer secretly knocked the original owner unconscious and threw her onto the boat, making it appear as if the original owner had voluntarily married off in order to repay her parents' kindness.

Jiang Guoping and his wife naturally believed the story made up by Lin Xiuer.

In this way, all the problems are solved and they don't have to worry anymore.

But in the hearts of Jiang Guoping and his wife, don't they know the original owner's character? How could the original owner leave so easily?

Can't they see the weirdness and loopholes in it?

No.

They all know it.

And he knows it clearly.

They just pretend not to know and are willing to be truly blind, just for the sake of their face.

Compared to those adoptive parents who beat and scold their children, Jiang Guoping and his wife are indeed not the best.

But he is not a good person either.

Just as they were cold to the original owner, Jiang Rou treats them the same way now.

Jiang Rou could have completely ignored it, but she had other concerns in her mind.