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"Happy birthday!"
Jiang Jiang, dressed in a little princess dress, was surrounded by children and received their blessings. She even gave an adorable princess bow.
Make a wish!
Yu Yunzhi was holding a camera and recording a video to document Xiao Jiangjiang's birthday celebration.
Jiang Jiang closed her eyes, and her soft little face looked even cuter in the candlelight.
As Jiang Jiang blew out the candles, the lights came on.
Jiang Jiang, as the birthday girl, cut the first slice of cake. Although her cut was crooked, everyone waited patiently and lovingly for her.
Yu Luoyan then took over the cake and distributed it evenly to everyone.
Yu Yunzhi smeared a little bit of the cream from the edge of the cream onto Jiang Jiang's face, and a cream battle was about to break out.
Yu Yunzhi felt uncomfortable around adults, but he got along very well with the other children. The four children teamed up to touch Yu Yunzhi.
Yu Yunzhi faced off against four opponents. Although they were young, there were still many of them! Perhaps it was because Yu Yunzhi let the younger children win, but in the end, Yu Yunzhi's face was covered in cream.
...
The excitement was fleeting. After seeing off the children and their parents, Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan looked at the messy living room and smiled at each other.
Yu Luoyan couldn't bear to look at her younger sister's face, so she took a tissue, wiped the younger one's face, and then wiped the older one's face.
After helping Aunt Li tidy up, Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted.
It was getting late, so Aunt Li took Jiang Jiang to take a bath, leaving only Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan in the living room.
Yu Yunzhi slumped on the sofa, spacing out for a while, when suddenly she noticed something and asked, "Sister, did you change the photos?"
Yu Luoyan followed Yu Yunzhi's gaze and saw that where her wedding photos with Jiang Yan had been taken, now replaced by photos of Jiang Jiang.
"Yes, it's been changed."
"I've never seen this picture of Jiang Jiang before. When was it taken? She's so cute!"
“A few days ago, before you came back, Niannian took Jiangjiang to have her three-year-old photos taken.”
"Niannian! I haven't seen her in so long! Why didn't she come today?"
Jiang Nian would always be there for Jiang Jiang's birthday in the past, and today it's all girls (not counting Yi Yi, the little boy, of course), and she's here, so why isn't Nian Nian here?
"She was supposed to come today, but something came up at the lab and she can't make it."
It was Jiang Jiang's birthday, and Yu Luoyan invited Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian had originally said she would come, but just before the birthday party was about to start, she told Yu Luoyan that she couldn't come because of her experiment and said she would come tomorrow to give Jiang Jiang the gift.
Yu Luoyan said there was no rush, she could come anytime.
"Oh, right, sis, when is brother-in-law coming back?" Mentioning Jiang Nian reminded Yu Yunzhi that she hadn't seen Jiang Nian, but also her brother-in-law Jiang Yan, for a long time.
Although she knew this moment would come sooner or later, when Yu Yunzhi asked about Jiang Yan, Yu Luoyan couldn't utter the words she had prepared in her heart.
Yu Yunzhi waited a long time for Yu Luoyan's reply, and with the photos suddenly changed in the living room, a suspicion seemed to be rising in Yu Yunzhi's mind.
He unconsciously sat up straight, his body which had been slumped on the sofa.
Two days ago, Yu's mother suddenly called her and asked Yu Yunzhi to visit her sister's house more often, saying that it was just the two of them living there and they should take care of each other.
At that time, Yu Yunzhi didn't realize anything and just thought that the two of them had left and that his mother was being sentimental.
However, it seems that's not the case now.
In fact, on the night Yu Yunzhi left, Yu Luoyan told her parents that she was already divorced.
That day, after putting Jiang Jiang to sleep, Yu's parents were preparing things for her to take back home. Yu Yunzhi had left in a hurry that day, and Yu's mother had forgotten to bring the new canvas bag she had made.
Yu Luoyan sat on the sofa, watching her parents bustling around for her, as if there was nothing she couldn't say.
She called to Mr. and Mrs. Yu, who were still stuffing things into her suitcase, and told them to come and sit down because she had something very important to tell them.
Yu's parents were puzzled, but they still sat down next to Yu Luoyan and waited for her to speak.
Yu Luoyan calmly recounted the circumstances of the divorce. She did not tell her parents the real reason for the divorce, only that they were incompatible and their feelings had faded, so they divorced.
The reason Yu Luoyan didn't tell them the real reason wasn't to save face for Jiang Yan in front of her parents, but mainly because Jiang Jiang would definitely ask her the reason for the divorce when she grew up and became sensible.
If Yu Luoyan told her parents the truth, she didn't think they would be able to resist showing their disgust in front of Jiang Jiang.
Yu Luoyan didn't want her daughter to hate her father because of this, and Jiang Yan, as a father, had nothing to say.
All Jiang Jiang needs to know is that her parents love her very much, but unlike other children's parents, they don't live together anymore.
Yu's parents didn't interrupt Yu Luoyan at all while she was speaking; they just listened attentively.
Seeing her parents clearly stunned after hearing her words, Yu Luoyan gave them time to process it.
Yu's mother didn't keep her waiting too long. She put down the canvas bag she was holding, hugged her eldest daughter, and patted her back like she did when she was a child. She didn't say anything, but it seemed like she said everything.
Yu Luoyan felt a lump in her throat. She had promised herself she wouldn't cry, but leaning against her mother's chest, tears still streamed down her face.
Feeling the cold liquid sliding down her neck, Yu Luoyan reassured her, "I'm fine, I'm fine, Mom..."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Yu's mother kept apologizing. At that moment, she realized that she seemed to have been paying less attention to her eldest daughter.
Knowing that Yan Yan was strong-willed from a young age and much less troublesome than Zhi Zhi, Yu's mother inevitably had to devote some of her attention to Yu Yun Zhi after Zhi Zhi was born.
Although Yu's mother often told herself to treat everyone equally, Yan Yan was too obedient. From childhood to adulthood, whether it was studying or working, they had never been able to help her in any way.
But this is a divorce! How did Yan Yan endure such a major event as a divorce, and why did it take her so long to tell them?
Yu's mother dared not think about it.
Other parents are their children's haven, and they tell their children everything, big or small. Zhizhi is the same way. But how irresponsible are these parents that they didn't even tell their child about the divorce right away?
Even if we didn't tell them why it had been so long, they themselves didn't realize it.
They should have noticed when only Yan Yan and Jiang Jiang returned from New Year's Eve! Why didn't they ask more questions...?
Why didn't they, as parents, try to stop them from getting married back then? It was their daughter's lifelong happiness!
As for Yu Luoyan's claim of "incompatible personalities and fading feelings," Yu's mother didn't believe a word of it. "Incompatible personalities"? If they were incompatible, they should have divorced long ago.
They've been together for ten years! Ten years! How could they have stayed together for ten years if they were really incompatible?
But Yu's mother didn't want to ask any further questions. If her daughter wanted them to know these things, then they would know these things. Asking any further would only reopen her daughter's wounds.
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