Chapter 51 Settling Accounts (Part 1)
Chapter 51 -51: Settling Accounts (Part 1)
Chapter 51 -51: Settling Accounts (Part 1)
Chapter 51 Accounting (Part 1)
“It’s been over a month now, your sister must have already assumed your identity and attended the university you were admitted to, right? Are you planning to go back and reclaim the university spot you earned?”
Mengyu nodded: “Yes, I must take back that spot.”
Gu Dongxing was puzzled: “If you want to reclaim your university spot, shouldn’t you be going to the university? Is returning there helpful in this case?”
Mengyu wanted to go back because her biological mother had come.
In her past life, when her biological mother came knocking, her adoptive parents deceived her by substituting Jiang Huaiyu as their daughter.
This time, she absolutely wouldn’t allow Jiang Huaiyu to impersonate her and let her biological mother play her mother!
“I definitely need to go to the university, but I also have to return to the Jiang Family. Without understanding the specifics and a certification from the village chief, if I just go to the university claiming I am Jiang Mengyu, who would believe me? And—”
She decided to mention the incident of her mother’s visit.
“Also, the woman I saw earlier, who ran in asking for water, and when I asked who she was, she just turned and left—the woman in her thirties or forties, I suspect that it wasn’t a dream, that woman—is actually my biological mother!”
“What?”
Gu Dongxing was shocked: “Are you sure?”
This place was the Gu Family Factory compound, governed with military-level security. How could an ordinary person get in?
“When I looked her in the eyes, I could feel the love, that kind of affection only present between blood relatives. But then I fainted.”
Gu Dongxing’s mind raced. If Mengyu’s mother really did come, why didn’t she recognize her?
And even knocked her out, making her think it was all a dream.
Perhaps, the manner in which she came in was unspeakable, so she didn’t dare to recognize her?
No wonder the little one proposed returning to the Jiang Family—she must have guessed that her biological mother had come back, and the most likely place she’d go was the Jiang Family to claim her daughter.
Gu Dongxing sighed: “Alright, I’ll accompany you back to the Jiang Family first thing tomorrow morning!”
The next day, Gu Dongxing got a car and took Mengyu towards the Jiang Family.
After driving for over an hour, they arrived on a street not far from the Jiang Family.
The Jiang Family originally lived in the countryside, but because Father Jiang worked at the county agricultural machinery factory, they got a small apartment in the town.
Normally, they lived in the countryside, until two years ago when both Mengyu and Huaiyu were admitted to the county high school, and the whole family moved to town.
Mengyu started schooling at age ten, but Huaiyu started at six, and with the educational system practicing five years in elementary and two years in middle school at the time, Mengyu, by skipping grades, managed to reach sophomore year in high school at the same time as Huaiyu.
Coincidentally, starting from 1980, the education system was reformed from two years to three years for high school.
Mengyu patted Gu Dongxing’s hand: “Let’s park the car on this street, and walk quietly to see if my biological mother has come.”
For some reason, she felt certain that her biological mother would come to the Jiang Family today.
She remembered that yesterday evening her biological mother did indeed come to the family compound, and it wasn’t a dream.
Sure enough, as they approached the Jiang Family, they heard a woman’s voice coming from inside: “Do I really need to explain what happened back then?
Although it was my husband who sold my daughter behind my back, don’t you realize how cruel it is for a mother to be separated from her daughter?
Yet, without my consent, you went ahead and bought my daughter from my husband’s hands.
Now, is it wrong for me to come back and reclaim my daughter?”
Hearing the voice, Mengyu’s mind was blasted: “It’s really my biological mother who has come.”
Gu Dongxing patted her hand, signaling her to stay calm: “Let’s listen from outside for now, and wait for the right moment to go in.”
Mengyu could only follow Gu Dongxing to a concealed spot and listened to the voices inside.
Inside, another voice responded: “You say it so lightly—as if I haven’t raised a daughter for sixteen years. You want her back just on your say-so? For sixteen years, we’ve provided her food, clothing, and education, spending so much hard-earned money. And you think you can just take her back with a single sentence? Is that reasonable?”
Hearing this, Mengyu felt her blood simmer with emotion.