An An looked at Tang Lanzhi and her daughter with a half-smile. Seeing that Gu Wanwan could only hide behind Tang Lanzhi, she remained silent. Look! How ironic! Even if Gu Wanwan was not good and had deep scheming, she was still Tang Lanzhi's treasure.
Tang Lanzhi hugged Gu Wanwan and coaxed her. She took out her hand from her pocket and wiped her face carefully. Then she dismissed everyone, leaving only An An and her family.
An An didn't know what kind of medicine Tang Lanzhi was selling in her gourd. She just looked at her vigilantly. Tang Lanzhi felt a pang of pain in her heart. She slowly unwrapped the package on the ground, revealing the things inside. She squatted down, picked up a piece of clothing and held it up, "An An, this is the latest Dacron shirt. Mommy doesn't know if you like it or not, so I bought one of each color."
Indeed, there were three shirts in the package. An An lowered her head to suppress the bitterness in her heart. Tang Lanzhi seemed not to see it. She continued, "And... "I heard that girls aged 17 or 18 love red silk the most. It looks so good when they put it in their hair. They look like grown-up girls. And the lipstick is bright red. My daughter is pretty. She will look even better after putting it on."
Tang Lanzhi carefully picked out the things that belonged to An An, and then picked out those for Dong Dong. She waved to Dong Dong, wanting him to come over so that she could try on the new clothes for him, but Dong Dong just shook his head and kept burrowing into An An's arms, obviously unwilling.
Tang Lanzhi couldn't hold back her tears and she explained, "Dongdong, I haven't seen you for a long time. Mommy doesn't know what size clothes you can wear. You can wear these clothes until you are twelve years old." Dongdong's clothes were all sweaters, which Tang Lanzhi had knitted one by one by herself in countless nights. She flattered, "And there's more! Look, this is a set of building blocks that can be assembled into various shapes." Don't underestimate this small set of building blocks. Tang Lanzhi asked someone to bring it back from a large department store in Shanghai through her connections.
Dongdong looked at the things Tang Lanzhi had put out, and he looked back at An'an somewhat at a loss. An'an touched Dongdong and said, "Go, take it. That's what your mother prepared for you." She could make Dongdong be influenced by her and choose to live with his father, but she couldn't make Dongdong refuse. This was Tang Lanzhi's only true love.
To be honest, when An'an saw the things Tang Lanzhi had prepared, she was shaken for a moment. Maybe this cheap mother was not bad, and she also loved her and Dongdong. It was just that compared with Gu Wanwan, Tang Lanzhi's love for them was a little insignificant, but it was not enough for her to wipe out all the good things Tang Lanzhi had done.
Seeing Dongdong fiddling with the building blocks curiously, Tang Lanzhi's eyes flashed with a smile. She deliberately took apart the building blocks and scattered them everywhere, and taught, "Dongdong, look at this way of putting them together." After teaching Dongdong how to do it, she stood up, glanced at Gu Weiqiang, then at An'an, and pleaded in a low voice, "An'an, come here for a moment, Mommy has something to tell you."
An'an was silent for a moment, she suppressed the surprise in her eyes, and followed Tang Lanzhi to the side aisle. Tang Lanzhi faced the crowd with her back to them. When she was looking at An An and not Gu Wan Wan, An An even had a momentary illusion that she was in Tang Lan Zhi's eyes and heart. She lost her previous sharpness and softened her tone.
She said lightly, "What do you want to talk to me about?" Tang Lan Zhi seemed to be fed up with An An. Her eyes were red and she smiled bitterly. "An An has grown up and become more beautiful."
An An didn't want to hear such meaningless words. She suddenly interrupted Tang Lan Zhi, "Do you regret it?" What regret? Abandoning the children and husband, leaving their complete family, they both knew it.
Tang Lanzhi hesitated for a moment, and then she told An An with her actions. She reached inside her clothes and took out a roll of money. It was quite a lot, so she stuffed it all into An An's arms. She wiped her tears and said firmly, "I don't regret leaving this home, but I only regret not taking you two siblings away with me."
This was the biggest mistake she had made in her life, which caused An An and Dong Dong to leave her. Maybe when she was at Gu's house, Tang Lanzhi had thought about it. Lanzhi was partial to Gu Wanwan. When she left this environment, she reflected on it carefully. She was very careful and advised her earnestly, "An'an, I heard that your father lost his job. You should keep this money quietly. In case your stepmother treats you badly, take the money and come to the provincial capital to find me according to the address above."
This was a way out for her two children. It is said that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. Although she knew that Gu Weiqiang loved his two children, who knew what would happen in the future!
An An looked at the roll of money in her arms, there were small change and whole money, there were at least three hundred or even more scattered, An An felt mixed emotions, she moved her lips, but didn't know what to say, after a while, a trace of struggle flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "Why are you suddenly nice to me?" She was used to Tang Lanzhi's partiality, and suddenly she started to think about herself and Dongdong, so she couldn't even hate her.
She hated Tang Lanzhi because there was a firm voice in her heart telling her that Tang Lanzhi was not a good mother, but a biased bad mother.
But from clothes to silk, from sweaters to toys, and even secretly giving her all the money she had, An An had to admit that her hard heart was shaken for a moment.
An An has always been soft-hearted, and Tang Lanzhi's move just hit An An's soft spot.
Hearing her daughter's question, Tang Lanzhi suddenly laughed, and laughed heartily. It was a smile that An An had never seen before, at least in the more than ten years in the Gu family, she remembered that Tang Lanzhi had never laughed like this.
An An was a little puzzled.
With a look of relief on her face, Tang Lanzhi said earnestly, "An An, you will understand your mother in the future!" After that, she took Gu Wanwan's hand without looking back and left the compound.
An An held a roll of change tightly in her hand. She looked at Tang Lanzhi's leaving back, her mind was empty, she had no emotions at all, she just stared at Tang Lanzhi's leaving figure.
Gu Weiqiang came from behind, and Dongdong followed closely behind. Dongdong said in a muffled voice, "Sister! Did the bad aunt bully you?"
An An lowered her head, looked at Dongdong, and shook her head, "No!"
Gu Weiqiang saw the roll of change in An An's hand, and his face was complicated for a moment, "An An, since she gave it to you, just accept it!", including the clothes and toys, he had to admit that even if Tang Lanzhi was a bad person, she was still sincere in treating the two children.
An An leaned her head on Gu Weiqiang's shoulder and asked, "Dad, why?" Why did he suddenly treat her so well? She didn't even have the energy to hate him.
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