Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee

Although Lin Ru was sitting with Yang Jingxian and the others at the other table, her gaze had been resting on Tang Xi. Seeing Tang Xi chatting happily with her brothers and “cousins”, she suddenly felt lost.

Why were these people who actually weren’t Rourou’s blood relatives so nice to Rourou, whereas her parents treated her like that? Today was Rourou’s birthday, but none of Lin Ru’s family came to celebrate her birthday… Lin Ru hung her head sadly and her mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Yang Jingxian noticed that Lin Ru was sad. After staying with Lin Ru these days, Yang Jingxian had found that Lin Ru was actually a nice person. It’s just that she had disguised herself as a tough woman in order to protect herself. She had suffered too much, so she was more fragile than ordinary people.

Yang Jingxian patted Lin Ru, put down her bowl and said with a smile, “Ah Ru, let’s go check the squab soup. Rourou was malnourished when she was a kid. She should drink more squab soup.”

Lin Ru paused. Seeing Yang Jingxian blink at her, she nodded with a smile. She then smiled at General Yang. “General, please have some squab soup. Jingxian and I bought the squabs from a farm. They are naturally fed.”

“Okay, thanks.” General Yang felt Lin Ru looked more pleasant than before. Was it because she became more polite?

Lin Ru smiled. “No, I should thank Jingxian who has taught me how to cook and cooked dishes for us. She must be so tired. Okay, we’ll go check the soup. Help yourselves.”

Yang Jingchao and Yang Jingxian exchanged a glance, raised their eyebrows and continued with what they were doing.

As soon as Lin Ru went into the kitchen with Yang Jingxian, she leaned against the wall, took a deep breath and looked sadly at Yang Jingxian. “Jingxian, I’m useless, aren’t I?”

Hearing her words, Yang Jingxian frowned. “Ah Ru, of course not! You have done a great contribution to our family. If it weren’t for you, our family wouldn’t have been developed so well.”

Lin Ru gave a sad smile. “I don’t mean that. I mean, even your father and brothers came to celebrate Rourou’s birthday, but my… my family was the culprit that separated Rourou from me. They even tried to murder us. Every time I think of this fact, I can’t breathe.”

Yang Jingxian felt sympathetic to Lin Ru. She pursed her lips, came up to hug Lin Ru and comforted her gently. “Don’t think too much. Those people are not your family. Rourou has proven it, right? They have no biological relationship with you, so don’t be sad.”

“But in that case, I have no family!” Lin Ru sobbed. “This fact makes me even sadder. Why did God punish me like this?”

Yang Jingxian pursed her lips and patted Lin Ru’s back gently. “Ah Ru, we’re your family. Xiao Yan and Rourou are your children. They were born by you. How can you say you don’t have any family?”

“Okay, don’t cry. Rourou looks much healthier since she came to live with us. I think it must be because she has been recently eating more nourishing food. Let’s try harder to feed her even more nourishing food. She hasn’t got enough nutrients. Look, she is so thin that even a gust of wind can blow her away..”

Although Lin Ru was still sad, she knew she couldn’t cry in front of so many people. She calmed down, wiped her tears away and brought the soup to the dining hall with Yang Jingxian.

This mansion was huge, so the kitchen was quite far away from the dining hall. When they reached the dining hall, there wasn’t a single trace left of Lin Ru’s tears on her face.

However, when they came back to the dining hall, they found that the atmosphere was a little strange. Yang Jingxian frowned and looked at Xiao Hongli. The latter took a look at her and said with a smile, “Ah Ru, the butler said… Mr. Lin is waiting for you. Do you want to see him?”

Lin Ru was stunned, but then something occurred to her…

She smiled at the people. “I’ll go to see him. Please help yourselves.” Then she said gently to Tang Xi, “Rourou, drink more soup.”

Tang Xi frowned, asked Xiao Jing to fill her bowl with the soup and stood up. “I’m going with you. Now the soup is too hot to drink.”

Xiao Hongyi also stood up, said sorry to the Yang Family people and followed Lin Ru and Tang Xi out. Xiao Yan looked at them and also walked out. General Yang frowned. “Hasn’t Lin Ru found her real family?”

Grandpa Xiao frowned with a sigh. “It’s not easy.”

Lin Ru was almost in her fifties. It had been dozens of years. How could she find her family so easily?

Tang Xi and the other three went to the gate of the mansion only to see Lin Ruozhi was standing at the gate. He looked old and gaunt and anyone would feel sympathetic for this poor old man at a first glance, but Tang Xi didn’t feel this way at all. He just got what he deserved. They had been too merciful by not throwing him in jail.

Seeing Lin Ruozhi so miserable, Lin Ru felt her heart ache although she remained expressionless. She clenched her hands. At that moment, Lin Ruozhi turned around. Seeing Lin Ru, he came forward by two steps, but then it seemed that he had suddenly thought of something and he hurriedly stopped his steps. Seeing this scene, Lin Ru clenched her hands harder. She frowned and asked coldly, “Why are you here?”

“Ah Ru, the Spring Festival is coming. The police won’t let me visit your mother. Today is Jinning’s birthday. Can you… can you let me visit them?”

“I don’t care when her birthday is!” Lin Ru’s affection for Lin Ruozhi was immediately gone when she heard his words. The only hope she had for Lin Ruozhi was smashed by his words. Lin Ru said coldly, “Tao Yan committed a felony. As long as I’m still alive, you won’t be able to see her!”

“Ah Ru!” Lin Ruozhi looked helplessly at Lin Ru and sighed. “I don’t have many days to live. Can you…”

“Then you tell me who my biological parents are! As long as you tell me, I will let you see them.” Lin Ru was nervous when she said this. Perhaps Lin Ruozhi would tell her who her real parents are!

However, Lin Ruozhi scowled and then took a deep look at Lin Ru. In the end, he shook his head. “Forget it. You must be busy. I’m going now.”