Third aunt, are you religious?"

Zhao Anyue paused and asked with a smile.

"Oh, I didn't believe it before, but when I got older, I wanted to have a run. Tao Xuexin lowered her head and looked at the cross around her neck.

She reached out and touched it, her eyes darkened.

"Maybe I'm not religious enough, and I always think about praying when something happens and I ask for something. In the end, not only did it fail to avoid disaster, but it brought disaster to Xiaoqian. ”

"Third aunt, don't think so. Zhao Anyue comforted, "When I was a child, I was in the church welfare home, and a grandmother Liang who was very good to me once said that the evil consequences you saw in front of you were probably a small disaster after God blessed you. Third aunt, think about it, Xiaoqian is still alive now, and there is still hope of awakening, and we can't give up. ”

"Yes, you're right. Tao Xuexin took off the cross around her neck and pressed it on Zhao Anyue's palm, "Even if this little thing doesn't have such a powerful prayer power, I still hope it can bless you and the baby in your belly." ”

"Thank you, Aunt San. However, Zhao Anyue's gaze lightly glanced at the large pile of bags that Tao Xuexin had packed. She has been admitted to the hospital for a while, and naturally there are a lot of daily necessities. The bag containing the clothes was taken from Mother Liu when she took the Shen family's old house.

"But third aunt, I seem to have seen a Guanyin jade pendant in your bag, can you ask, where did that thing come from?"

As soon as the words fell, Tao Xuexin's face suddenly changed. She turned to Zhao Anyue and involuntarily reached out to grab her wrists: "An'an, did you see that jade pendant of mine?"

"Well, it's in that bag. Zhao Anyue pointed for a moment, and then said, "I remember that when I was a child, I had a piece that looked similar, but then I lost ......."

"Yes...... Really?" Tao Xuexin avoided Zhao Anyue's eyes, "It's not that coincidental, right? However, if you like it, just keep it, it's useless for me to come." ”

"No, no, no, third aunt, you misunderstood, I didn't take it. Zhao Anyue hurriedly explained, "I helped you put it back in its place, but I thought about it by chance today, so I asked a few more words." Third aunt, Hoshino went to my welfare home for half a year when I was ten years old. I just want to ask, have you also been to the Angel Orphanage? Didn't Grandpa say before that you and your third uncle were taking care of him when he was a child?"

Tao Xuexin's face turned even paler than just now, she dodged her gaze, and denied in a flickering tone: "No, your third uncle and I only took care of him a little after he was later taken back to the Shen family by his grandfather." Mainly at that time, Xiaoqian was also young, and I ...... Hey, Hoshino and Xiaoqian's relationship is the best......"

"Isn't that right, third aunt?" Zhao Anyue rubbed the cross in her palm, "Look at the words printed on it, as well as the emblem at the back." This is the cross that made the angel church welfare home, and you say you have never been there?"

"An'an, the church is pretty much the same. I have forgotten who gave me this cross. Tao Xuexin turned her back, "Maybe Hoshino gave it to me?" didn't you also say it, he lived there for a while. ”

"Third aunt, it's impossible. Zhao Anyue didn't mean to be reluctant, but pressed step by step, "The emblem of the Angel Church was designed sixteen years ago by a European philanthropist named Stephen Louwon, who came to invest in sponsorship that year, and also made some souvenirs for the church by the way. Hoshino had already left by then, so it couldn't have been given to you by him. ”

"Oh, what are you really like kid? You also said it's a souvenir, and it's normal to give it to other church members? It's not too early, let's ...... Let's go back first, I'm tired. ”

As she spoke, Tao Xuexin picked up the box and handed it to the driver waiting outside the door.

"Third aunt, in fact, I just want to ask you......"

The expression on Tao Xuexin's face was nervous and embarrassed, she turned her face to look at Zhao Anyue, and there seemed to be some tears of begging in her eyes.

Pray that Zhao Anyue will not continue to ask, and pray that she will not find anything more.

But in the end, after all, she heard the words 'Linlin' from Zhao Anyue's mouth, Tao Xue's heart and body were shocked, and her heart chuckled as if she was about to stop.

"Third aunt, do you know Linlin?"

"I ......" Tao Xuexin's face turned white, and the corners of her mouth were filled with an embarrassed wry smile, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

"If you don't know Linlin, then why do you keep her relics?"

"I don't, I don't know, I ......"

Tao Xuexin suddenly hugged her head, and the whole person collapsed and squatted on the ground.

At this moment, a figure rushed into the ward, and his mountain-like body stopped between Zhao Anyue and Tao Xuexin!

"Third aunt!"

The person who came over was Shen Xingye.

Hoshino ...... I don't know, I don't know anything!" Tao Xuexin's face was full of tears, and she grabbed her hair like crazy, "I beg you to let me go, don't ask! Don't ask An An!"

"What's wrong?" The one who followed Shen Xingye's hind feet came in was the third uncle Shen Dongren.

As soon as he saw the posture in front of him, he stepped forward and hugged his wife.

"Snow Heart! Snow Heart is me!"

Shen Dongren originally said that he was going to see a friend, but he didn't worry about his wife, so he came back early.

"Hoshino, you go back first, I'll accompany your third aunt. ”

***

"Do you want to go home, or do you want to go with you?"

Shen Xingye took Zhao Anyue's hand, and there was a bit of delusional gentleness in his deep voice.

Zhao Anyue sucked the wing of her nose and hummed softly.

Late autumn evenings are the perfect time to calm your thoughts.

Shen Xingye accompanied Zhao Anyue to walk around the fountain downstairs in the inpatient department, and after about a quarter of an hour, he spoke: "What's wrong with you today, why are you so out of control?"

"I'm sorry, I ......"

"Xiaoqian's matter has exhausted my third aunt, and now she may really not be stimulated or persecuted. If you have any questions, you can wait a little longer......"

After speaking, Shen Xingye took out a small object from his pocket and gently placed it in Zhao Anyue's palm.

The coldness of the jade had already been covered by the man's body temperature, and the moment it was placed in the palm of his hand, Zhao Anyue only felt that tears were pouring out of her eyes uncontrollably like crazy.

The cold wetness fell on Shen Xingye's wrist, and he opened his arms and gently hugged her into his arms.

For a moment, the helplessness of the torture soul was crazy, and with Zhao Anyue's tears, he was crazy and wanton.

"Hoshino, why doesn't she recognize me......"

The jade Guanyin is covered with pulp, without edges and corners. But in the palm of Zhao Anyue's hand, it hurt like a knife.

Zhao Anyue once suspected that Tao Xuexin was Linlin's mother. But if that's the case, how could she not know that this Jade Guanyin is actually not Linlin's thing?

She carefully kept it for so long, she regarded Zhao Anyu as her own and cared for herself, which showed that she had long realized who they were.

But why did she refuse to recognize her?

"For as long as I can remember, my mom wasn't around. I can't imagine what it would be like for her to stand in front of me one day. Sometimes I want to work hard, make money, and arrange my life and Xiaoyu's life well. That way, if my mom comes back one day, I don't have to be unable to help her because I don't have money, and I don't have to want to slap her because she has money. In my mind, mom has always been a sacred and affectionate word. I don't know what kind of hardship she has, maybe it's just because my biological father died, and she doesn't want to face the hardships of the next few decades alone. She married your third uncle and lived a worry-free life. So...... Is it true that Xiaoyu and I are not important to him at all?"

Zhao Anyue's tears wet Shen Xingye's clothes, and after a while, she twitched her nose and said apologetically: "Xingye, I'm sorry, don't you think I'm a little hypocritical?"

"Yes. Shen Xingye's bluntness made Zhao Anyue suddenly not know how to answer.

"Compared with a mother who can gouge out her son's eyes with her own hands, I don't think the third aunt is so unforgivable. ”

Zhao Anyue: "......"

She smiled bitterly and gritted her teeth: "At least, she is still very ...... to me and Xiaoyu So I should be content, right? Even after all these years, she never tried to come back to me for information. As long as she wants, as long as she has the slightest thought, she can contact Grandma Liang. Is it hard to find me? Unless, she doesn't have that in her mind at all. ”

"An An, you're wrong. ”

"Huh?"

Shen Xingye raised his hand and rubbed it along Zhao Anyue's tear-stained cheeks: "The third aunt won't want to find you, you forgot what I told you, why is she so strict with Xiaoqian?"

At that moment, Zhao Anyue's head, which seemed to be filled with despair and grievances to the point of exploding, suddenly opened up-

"By the way, you said she used to have a daughter, and she was—"

"That's right, she thought you were Linlin. ”

Shen Xingye nodded and said, "Just like I would mistakenly think that the girl I fell in love with at first sight was Linlin because of a jade pendant and a red rope." I think when the third aunt heard the bad news, when she saw the only token she left for her daughter. Faced with a handful of ashes that she couldn't distinguish, she subconsciously decided that her daughter was dead. I think that's probably why she hasn't tried to find you again in so many years. Ann. ”

"Oh yes...... She...... Thought I was Linlin, and she thought I was dead?"

Zhao Anyue's heart seemed to shine into hundreds of lotus lamps in an instant-

No wonder Tao Xuexin once asked herself a particularly strange thing, for so many years, it is incredible to be able to treat Xiaoyu as her own.

She must have thought that she was a good friend of her daughter, volunteering to take care of Xiaoyu.

That's why she's so nice to her......

"Hoshino, then let's go tell her if it's okay! Tell me I'm still alive, I'm ......."

Shen Xingye looked at Zhao Anyue quietly, her empty eyes hiding the subconscious intention that she couldn't understand at all.

"An An, I think the current third aunt should already know the truth. ”

"Huh?!" Zhao Anyue barely understood what Shen Xingye meant, "You said she was ......"

"Yes. From the time I got this jade pendant, I had some doubts. So I asked Ling Jue to check on my third aunt. One detail surprised us, she took a blood sample two months ago and went to a specialized paternity testing agency to apply. We checked through a special channel and it was supposed to be your blood sample. ”

Zhao Anyue was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth: "I...... When I was more than three months pregnant, my third aunt insisted on accompanying me to the prenatal checkup, and I remember that I had a blood draw, and she ......."

"That's it, she should have taken your hemostatic cotton. ”

For a while, Zhao Anyue's mood was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs only for a moment.

"So, she now knows that I am her daughter, but she still doesn't want to recognize me. Why is that?"

"I don't know. Shen Xingye shook his head, "But the third aunt doesn't want to say it, there will definitely be a reason why she doesn't want to say it." Shall we give her a little more time? Blood ties are always severed. In my heart, I have long regarded the third aunt as my own mother, and in the future, I will honor her with you. ”

"Hoshino ......"

A warm current surged in Zhao Anyue's heart, and she only hated that she didn't have enough strength to hold Shen Xingye tighter.

It's a pity that there is still a belly between the two, and the movements are a little stretched.

Shen Xingye squatted down and knelt on one knee.

He firmly protected Zhao Anyue's lower abdomen with his arms and put his side ear on it.

Grunt.

"He's moving?"

Zhao Anyue blushed, and gently stroked the man's short hair with both hands: "No, it's just that I'm hungry." ”