Hua Li rushed over to pick up Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu after work, only to find the man holding An Xiaotong and scolding the two children. She immediately stepped forward to question the man.
"Who are you, and why are you bullying a child?"
The man gave Hua Li a sinister look from head to toe, then turned and carried An Xiaotong out.
Lin Qingping called out to the man, "Who are you to An Xiaotong? Where are An Xiaotong's grandparents?"
Since Liu Jingqiu's accident, An Xiaotong has been picked up and dropped off by her grandparents. How could Lin Qingping allow a man to take An Xiaotong away?
The man ignored her, but An Xiaotong responded loudly instead.
"This is my uncle. I don't want my grandparents, I want my uncle."
Lin Qingping didn't care who An Xiaotong wanted, she just ordered men around.
“An Xiaotong’s parents’ names are not listed as her uncles, so you cannot take An Xiaotong away.”
The man didn't insist; he put An Xiaotong down and gently coaxed her.
"Uncle promised Tongtong that he would avenge her mother, so Tongtong should be a good girl and wait for Uncle to come and pick her up."
An Xiaotong nodded with tears in her eyes, and the man strode away.
Luo Yan pulled Hua Li's hand, and when Hua Li looked over, she pointed at the man's back.
"Bad boy, bad boy..."
He then patted himself on the shoulder.
"Kill! Kill!"
Yes, Luo Yan sensed murderous intent emanating from the man.
Hua Li didn't understand. "What Sasha? Who is Sasha?"
Luo Yan, you've played the break so evenly.
How can I let Hua Li know that the man is extremely dangerous? Luo Yanchou.
Suddenly, Luo Yan noticed a familiar figure following the man, and a smile immediately appeared on her lips.
It was Luo Shicheng, her father who had been missing for two days.
With her father protecting her, Luo Yan felt relieved. She happily took Xiao Xiu's hand in one hand and Hua Li's hand in the other, skipping and hopping home.
Luo Yan's happiness only made An Xiaotong look even more lonely, and An Xiaotong's eyes turned red with jealousy.
An Dafu came to pick up An Xiaotong. He had white hair and was dressed in coarse cloth. An Xiaotong rolled her eyes in disgust.
"Grandpa An Xiaotong..."
Lin Qingping stopped An Dafu and told him what had happened that day. She asked An Dafu to keep an eye on An Xiaotong and that if the situation happened again, he would have to ask her to leave.
An Xiaotong listened from the side, her gaze towards Lin Qingping turning sinister.
After listening to Lin Qingping's story, An Dafu was filled with grief and repeatedly promised to educate An Xiaotong well.
An Xiaotong wouldn't let An Dafu hold her hand and walked ahead alone.
As An Xiaotong walked out of the kindergarten's premises, she suddenly noticed two people fighting in an alley not far away. Upon closer inspection, she recognized them as her uncle and Luo Shicheng.
Seeing Luo Shicheng pin his uncle to the ground and pull out his belt to tie his hands, An Xiaotong screamed and ran over.
"Uncle Luo..."
Luo Shicheng looked up when he heard the shout, and when he saw it was An Xiaotong, he paused.
An Xiaotong rushed over and hugged Luo Shicheng's arm, crying loudly, "Don't grab my uncle, please, Uncle Luo..."
Luo Shicheng was worried that he might hurt An Xiaotong, so he loosened his grip.
The man with his hands bound immediately turned around, shoved Luo Shicheng aside, stood up, and ran away.
Luo Shicheng wanted to chase after him, but An Xiaotong held his arm tightly, and he could only watch as the man disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Tongtong, you said that person is your uncle?" Luo Shicheng asked An Xiaotong.
An Dafu, who had difficulty walking, came over and spoke to Luo Shicheng.
“I’ve met Tongtong’s uncle before, this isn’t him.”
Luo Shicheng knew Liu Jingqiu's adoptive parents and had also met the Liu siblings. The person just now was definitely not a member of the Liu family, so it was even stranger that An Xiaotong called that person "uncle".
An Xiaotong refused to answer and just kept pestering Luo Shicheng.
"Uncle Luo, I miss you so much! Why don't you come to see me?"
Ever since Luo Shicheng learned that Liu Jingqiu was the mastermind behind stealing Luo Yan and giving her to human traffickers, he has been unable to face Liu Jingqiu and her daughter.
If he hadn't secretly come to see Luo Yan today, discovered the man's malicious intent towards her, and tried to arrest him and take him to the police station but was caught by An Xiaotong, he would never have appeared in front of An Xiaotong.
However, Luo Shicheng could not bring himself to say that he would never see An Xiaotong again, because An Xiaotong was not only Liu Jingqiu's child, but also the orphan of Anguo.
Luo Shicheng stood up, greeted An Dafu, handed An Xiaotong to An Dafu, and then started to leave.
"Shicheng..."
An Dafu pondered for a moment, then said.
“I’ve discussed it with Tongtong’s grandma. With the pension from Anguo, it won’t be difficult for us to raise Tongtong. So we want to take Tongtong back to our hometown.”
After Liu Jingqiu's accident, An Dafu and his wife rushed over to take care of An Xiaotong, and temporarily lived in the apartment that Liu Jingqiu had rented.
The Chu family renovated the house and bought new furniture, but the elderly couple still felt uneasy living there. In addition, An Xiaotong was disobedient and always tried to drive them away, so the elderly couple decided to return to their hometown.
The elderly couple knew that Luo Shicheng doted on An Xiaotong, and if Luo Shicheng didn't agree, they wouldn't be able to take An Xiaotong away at all. Now that they happened to meet, An Dafu brought it up directly to her face.
Luo Shicheng has moved on from his misplaced emotional attachment and knows that no matter how much he feels guilty, his niece Jiaojiao will never come back, and An Xiaotong has her own life to live, so he shouldn't interfere anymore.
Luo Shicheng said "okay" in a dry voice, and took out all the money he was carrying from his pocket and put it in An Dafu's hand.
An Dafu refused, saying, "You've given Tongtong too much over the years, I can't accept this, and please don't give her anything more in the future."
Luo Shicheng wanted to offer further advice, but An Dafu countered with a question.
"Shicheng, let me ask you, if Anguo needed you to risk your life to save him, would you save him?"
Luo Shicheng nodded without hesitation, and An Dafu smiled with satisfaction.
"So you and Anguo are good brothers and comrades-in-arms, and you can do things for him, so why should you have to go bankrupt to repay him just because he did them?"
An Dafu sighed, "Child, it's time for you to move on, it's time for us all to move on."
Luo Shicheng pursed his lips, and An Dafu continued.
"Although family scandals should not be aired in public, I will not hide it from you. We disagreed with Liu Jingqiu's insistence on taking Tongtong away, but she forcibly took Tongtong away in order to monopolize Anguo's pension. Otherwise, Tongtong would not have been led astray by her. It is a sin for our An family to have such a daughter-in-law."
Actually, with the pension and monthly allowance, it's more than enough to support Tongtong...
We didn't feel comfortable intervening before, so I'm only having the chance to tell you today: Don't just focus on Tongtong, take care of your wife and child too. Don't let them suffer because of you anymore.
It turns out that the deep bond between mother and daughter that he thought he had was a deception, and the one who truly loved her child and would stay with her even unto death was right beside him.
Hua Li suffered so much, yet he never thought of abandoning his daughter and running away. He only saw the suffering of others and turned a blind eye to his own wife and daughter. He is a bastard!
Luo Shicheng mechanically walked out of the alley, into the courtyard, and to his doorstep, only to hear Hua Li and Luo Yan laughing and Chen Yuanshan talking inside.
"Take it slow. As long as you maintain your balance, riding a bike is easy. Just relax..."
The joyful laughter that filled the courtyard was only a door away from him, but it was no longer relevant to him. Thinking of this, Luo Shicheng bent over and clutched his chest in anguish.
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