"Mother~"
The woman called out sincerely and then threw herself into Wei Wenshi's arms. Now that her identity was confirmed, she didn't forget to roll her eyes at the gatekeeper from afar, as if to say, "You just wait."
Watching her grandmother and the woman embracing each other in anguish, Wei Shuwan turned to Sun Lurong and asked, "Mother, is this the one who was switched out by Grandmother when we were little?"
Although Sun Lurong had never met Wei Ping before, there was no need for further confirmation at this point, so she nodded: "Of course it's her."
Wei Shuwan sighed inwardly. The three from the eldest branch hadn't even left yet, and now another pair had arrived, and they didn't look like troublemakers.
Alright, the Wei family is going to be lively again from now on.
They were waiting for their younger brother, uncle, and older brother, but instead, they were greeted by uninvited guests: Sun Lurong, Wei Shuwan, and Zi Qiao. All three of them looked rather dejected, and their disappointment was clearly evident in their eyes.
Seeing that the three generations of the family were about to break down in tears, Sun Lurong felt that staying would only disturb them, so she turned to leave. But just as she stepped over the threshold, she heard a strong and respectful voice behind her:
"Sister!"
Sun Lurong stopped in her tracks, as if petrified, and hesitated to turn around.
Wei Shuwan immediately turned to verify, and sure enough, she saw a man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, who was resolute and handsome, who else could it be but her uncle Sun Xingjian?
She immediately called out sweetly and joyfully, "Uncle!" and quickly went to greet him.
Although Wei Shuwan had met her uncle once before, she had been writing all the letters for him in recent years. In addition to her mother's instructions, she would always add a few words of care from the younger generation. Over time, the relationship between uncle and niece had become very close, so when they met again, they did not feel any awkwardness.
"Is it Wanwan?"
Sun Xingjian couldn't help but reach out and pat his niece's head, his affection overflowing: "The last time I saw you, you were just a six or seven-year-old girl. I never imagined that you would grow into such a beautiful young lady."
"Uncle is becoming more and more majestic and imposing!" Wei Shuwan praised without reservation.
Zi Qiao followed Wei Shuwan to Sun Xingjian's side, but her gaze lingered on the handsome young man in his early twenties behind him. She saw in his face an uncanny resemblance to her own features.
“Brother…” she began hesitantly.
The man's eyes were filled with tears, "Zi Qiao!"
Even though the brother and sister had been separated for ten years, they embraced each other without any reservations upon meeting, both crying and laughing.
Wei Shuwan was overjoyed to see the brother and sister reunited, and tears welled up in her eyes. She then turned to look at her mother.
Just then, their mother strode over, and their uncle followed quickly to greet them. The siblings met in the middle of the road. Middle-aged people tend to express their emotions more subtly and restrainedly than younger people. Sun Lurong didn't hug her brother; instead, she said with a smile tinged with tears, "We'll talk about it when we get home!"
“Okay.” Sun Xingjian replied with a smile, and then entered the room with his sister and niece.
On the other side, the heart-wrenching reunion between Wei Wenshi and Wei Ping had already been interrupted by the appearance of Sun Xingjian. Wei Ping watched Sun Lurong and the others enter with wide eyes of surprise, and asked in astonishment, "Mother, who is that?"
Wei Wenshi blushed and hesitated for a moment, unsure how to introduce Sun Lurong, who was the wife of the second son she had swapped with Wei Ping years ago.
Finally, he only vaguely said, "She's from the second wife's family."
Wei Ping understood then, took a deep breath as if to suppress the anger rising in her heart.
It's no wonder she was angry. Back then, Wei Wenshi, the mother, was heartless. She swapped her child with someone else, but she also sent Wei Ping to an extremely poor village!
Moreover, fearing exposure, the Wen family refused to give the farmer any further benefits for decades, except for the initial sum of money they had promised.
When Wei Ping finally saw Sun Lurong, who should have been the farmer's daughter-in-law, she was naturally furious. All the suffering she had endured over the years while serving that old man was for Sun Lurong, the real daughter-in-law!
Wei Ping's daughter, however, seemed unconcerned and asked curiously, "Grandmother, who were those people who went in with Aunt just now?"
She remembered her mother saying that the boy she had swapped with was born half a quarter of an hour later than her mother, which was why she regarded Wei Zheng as her second uncle and Sun Lurong as her aunt. But her use of the word "aunt" sounded to her mother like a betrayal, like recognizing a thief as her father.
Wei Ping glared at her daughter, her anger rising, but remembering why she had come all this way, she had no choice but to suppress it.
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