nucmednet Chapter 1565 - 1035: Lending a Hand
Chapter 1565 - 1035: Lending a Hand
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About that Zhu Jianwen who looks so much like Zhou Mikang, Chuxia hadn’t mentioned it to anyone. In private, she hadn’t worried or doubted anything because of it either. She trusted Zhou Mikang’s character; whether it was what she thought or not, he must have his reasons.
That day, Lin Yanqiu hurriedly rushed to the school. Chuxia was only halfway through class when she was called out.
"Mom, what happened?" Seeing Lin Yanqiu anxiously standing outside the door, craning her neck to look in, Chuxia’s heart instantly jumped. She knew that once class was over she would go back to breastfeed Nannan and Beibei; if there wasn’t something urgent, the other party would never come to her at this time.
"Come with Mom..." Lin Yanqiu didn’t explain. She grabbed her hand and quickened her pace toward the outside. "You’ll know when we get there."
The car headed straight to the outskirts of the city. Chuxia, puzzled, looked at Lin Yanqiu, whose face was drawn tight. "Mom, what on earth is going on? Can you at least give me a bit of a heads-up first? With you like this, I’m really scared out of my wits."
After pondering for a while, Lin Yanqiu looked at her daughter-in-law. "At Nannan and Beibei’s Hundred Days Old banquet, your little aunt came to find you—she specifically said something to you, didn’t she?"
"Yes." There was nothing to lie about with this kind of thing. Chuxia readily admitted it.
"You child..." Lin Yanqiu sighed. "You say with your mouth that we’re one family, but in your heart you still don’t treat the Zhou family as your own, do you? Otherwise, how could you not mention it to us at all?"
"Mom, how could you think that?" Chuxia looked at her helplessly. "I didn’t bring it up because I trust him, and I also didn’t want to make you all worry along with me. How did that turn into me not treating the Zhou family as my own home?"
"Really?" Lin Yanqiu looked at Chuxia in disbelief. "You’re not just saying that on purpose to make Mom happy, are you?"
Chuxia gave a wry shake of her head. "Mom, then I really have to question you—after we’ve been a family for so long, how is it that you still don’t understand me? Do you think I’m the kind of person who swallows grievances and compromises just to keep the peace?
If I truly had doubts, I would definitely say it out loud. I might even go look into it myself. Since I didn’t mention it, that means I trust Zhou Mikang one hundred percent. Shouldn’t you be happy about that, Mom?"
"Of course I should be happy!" Lin Yanqiu laughed, relieved. "Hearing you say this really makes Mom feel ashamed."
"From the way you’re acting, are you taking me to see that person who looks so much like Zhou Mikang?" Since they were already on the topic, Chuxia stopped beating around the bush and simply asked frankly.
"Yes." Lin Yanqiu nodded. "But now it feels like this trip is unnecessary..." She sighed and smiled a little awkwardly. "Mom was afraid she couldn’t explain it clearly, so she thought of bringing you along to see for yourself."
Thinking for a moment, Chuxia said, "Then let’s not go see him. Just tell me what’s going on, that’s enough. Making such a big show of going over there feels a bit inappropriate, don’t you think, Mom?"
Without even thinking, Lin Yanqiu said, "There’s nothing inappropriate about it. Let’s still go see him."
"Mom, are you very close with him?"
"Not exactly close."
"Then..."
Lin Yanqiu hurriedly cut Chuxia off. "Just treat it as doing Mom a favor and go meet him."
"Huh?" Slightly stunned, a flash of insight crossed Chuxia’s mind, but she felt it was unlikely, so she just looked at Lin Yanqiu with a face full of confusion, wanting to ask but holding back.
"That’s right, he’s also my son."
"Huh?" Chuxia’s voice instantly shot up an octave. Even though she had thought there might be such a possibility, actually hearing it still felt far too unexpected!!
Lin Yanqiu went on, "Jianwen and Xiaomi are twins. But Jianwen was born five minutes earlier than Xiaomi, so Jianwen is the elder brother and Xiaomi is the younger."
"Why was he given away?"
"He wasn’t deliberately given away, it was..." After a long silence, Lin Yanqiu finally continued, "It was that back then our situation really couldn’t support them, so we had no choice but to give the elder one to someone else.
Conditions at that time were nothing like now. When I was pregnant with the two brothers, my health wasn’t very good. After they were born, I had no breast milk. On top of that, they were premature babies, weaker than other children.
The doctor said, if we wanted both children to live, they had to be breastfed; otherwise, he couldn’t guarantee the outcome. To top it off, in my anxiety my milk dried up. It was barely enough to feed one, not to mention two.
At that time your grandpa and your dad had both gone to the front line. Your grandma and your second aunt tried everything they could to make good food to nourish me, but it didn’t help much. In the end, I made the decision myself to give the healthier elder one away.