Qin Ming's words awakened Old Master Lou. He looked at Qin Ming, then at the Qin family, and finally at Xia Lan.
“I can acknowledge you, like I said, we can get together occasionally, but it’s impossible for me to go back with you.”
Xia Lan looked at Old Master Lou and chuckled softly.
"Then I'll do as you say!"
Grandpa Lou looked at the room full of people and suddenly felt quite good to have so many relatives.
"Mom, what should I call him? Great-Grandpa?"
Qin Youyou looked at Xia Lan and asked curiously.
"It should be my great-grandfather."
Xia Lan tapped Qin Youyou's nose and smiled.
"Hello, Great-Grandpa, I am Qin Youyou."
"I am Qin Mo."
The two children picked up their teacups and offered them a toast to Old Master Lou.
"Good, good, good, you're all good kids!"
Grandpa Lou said happily, taking out the large red envelope he had prepared earlier.
"Thank you, Great-Grandpa."
Qin Youyou glanced at Xia Lan, who nodded, and then Qin Youyou stepped forward to accept the gift.
"Thanks."
Qin Mo followed Qin Youyou forward and smiled at Old Master Lou.
"These are my two treasures."
Qin Ming glanced at Old Master Lou and proudly boasted.
"That's true."
Grandpa Lou was indeed somewhat envious.
The meal made Old Master Lou feel much better, and with Qin Ming talking about his situation, he relaxed a lot.
He recounted the hardships of those years.
“The places we went to back then were too unsafe, and your mother was at the prime of her life. If she had come with us, she would have been very likely to be targeted.”
"If we get arrested, it will be a complete disaster."
"We had no choice but to find a way to entrust her to someone else. Just then, the wet nurse said she was going back to her hometown, so we handed your mother over to the wet nurse. After all, she was raised by the wet nurse and is closer to her."
As Grandpa Lou recounted the events of that year, his gaze toward Xia Lan seemed to be looking through her at her mother, Lou Wanyu.
"Given the circumstances at the time, your decision was correct."
Qin Ming had experienced the same thing; at that time, ordinary people had no human rights.
If you get caught, you can only accept your bad luck.
With wolves in front and tigers behind, it would be difficult to protect the little property one has at home.
Every day, people come to confiscate our property, demanding food, grain, and money.
I live in constant fear, never knowing when my family will be arrested.
Looking at his beautiful daughter, how could Old Master Lou not feel at ease?
Later, after entrusting his daughter to the wet nurse who had raised her, Grandpa Lou finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Three days after you sent your mother away, someone came to take her away."
"I had no other choice but to sell all my possessions and take your grandmother south..."
“Your grandmother discovered she was pregnant with Lou Yuan on the way, so we couldn’t continue the bumpy journey.”
“Just then, someone was calling out that there was a ferry going to the port city, so I changed my mind and took your grandma to the port city instead.”
“Everything was different there. To ensure your grandmother could give birth in peace, I did all sorts of manual labor on the streets…”
Grandpa Lou couldn't describe the hardships of that period; he only knew that he was working hard every day.
"Later, when Lou Yuan was born, I finally found a way to make a living and started some small businesses, gradually saving up little by little..."
"After opening a few shops, life has gotten better again."
"I'm just thinking about your mother. Your grandmother hears about the war over there and thinks about how your mother is suffering there, while we are enjoying a life of luxury in Hong Kong."
When people are busy, they have nothing to do; what they fear most is suddenly having nothing to do.
When Grandma Lou had some free time, she would think of her daughter who was suffering, and she always felt that her daughter was suffering over there.
“We asked someone to look for your mother, but we couldn’t find anything, and we’ve lost contact with that person as well…”
"For so many years, we've wanted to come back, but we haven't been able to because of the policies here."
"Old Master Lou sighed."
After listening to what Grandpa Lou said, Xia Lan really couldn't blame them; at the time, it was indeed the best solution.
You have to understand that there are all sorts of people in the refugee community. If Lou Wanyu stays with them, not only will they not be able to protect her, but they might also have to watch helplessly as their daughter is taken away.
But because of this, he never saw his daughter again.
"Grandpa, it's all in the past. Mom has never forgotten you."
“When I was little, I asked my mother, and she told me that although she didn’t know where I was, she knew that I was thinking of her, just as she was always thinking of me.”
Xia Lan's words instantly broke through Old Master Lou's defenses.
"Waaah..."
Grandpa Lou finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Qin Ming patted Old Master Lou on the shoulder reassuringly.
After that meal, Old Master Lou went to the Qin family every day.
Lou Yuan noticed that Old Master Lou was nowhere to be seen every day, and assumed that he was going to Lou Xiuyu's house every day.
"Xiuyu, let Grandpa go home. We should go back now."
Lou Yuan called Lou Xiuyu, who looked surprised.
"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about! Grandpa isn't here with me! Why aren't you with him?"
"What? He's not with you? Where does he go every day?"
Lou Yuan frowned.
"You came with Grandpa, but you let him go out by himself every day?"
Lou Xiuyu was even angrier.
"..."
Lou Yuan pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a headache coming on, and sighed helplessly.
With Grandpa Lou nowhere to be found, Lou Yuan and Lou Xiuyu have no time to argue; they need to find him as soon as possible.
They wandered around the streets for a long time but couldn't find Grandpa Lou. They wondered if they should report him to the police.
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