Spring River Chasing the Moon

When he arrived at the kitchen, Luo Zhong found that there was not much breakfast left. It was all leftovers. Looking at Luo Youyou's pale little face, his heart sank.

Luo Zhong opened the small bag of snacks he brought home and took out a piece of crispy peach cake and milk for Luo Youyou.

"Youyou, have some peach cookies first, and then daddy will make you a bowl of noodles, okay?"

Luo Zhong handed the peach cake to Luo Youyou, his tone filled with infinite pampering and indulgence.

Luo Youyou looked at his father's gentle expression and couldn't help but feel his eyes moistened. "Okay, Youyou wants to eat the noodles made by dad."

Luo Zhong looked at his daughter's slightly red eyes and felt very uncomfortable.

This was the first time he doubted himself whether it was a wrong decision to leave his daughter alone in this house.

At that time, I listened to my mother's advice, saying that the child was still young and needed someone to take care of him day and night.

His mother-in-law wasn't in good health, and he was worried she'd be overworked. Both he and his wife were busy with work, so when his mother offered to help take care of the children, he naturally supported and appreciated it. But now...

Luo Zhong couldn't understand it. His mother was indeed a very frugal person, but she couldn't let her child suffer like this.

Luo Youyou watched her father busying around the stove. His resolute face was full of tenderness for his daughter. He was extremely focused even on making noodles. She was distracted for a moment. She hadn't seen her father like this for a long time.

Young and resilient, he has not been wasted by the years, nor has he been morally kidnapped by Yang Qian, and has not been exhausted physically and mentally.

God has given her this chance again, and she must seize it firmly and never repeat the same mistake.

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Luo Youyou sat at the dining table and ate noodles in big mouthfuls. She was indeed hungry. She had not eaten anything since yesterday afternoon, and she had not eaten the food cooked by her father for a long time. At this moment, she felt that this bowl of noodles was the most delicious food in the world.

Luo Zhong felt more and more uncomfortable as he watched his daughter wolfing down the food.

He never doubted his mother's attitude and sense of responsibility towards her grandchildren. After all, his eldest brother's son Luo Xin was also raised by his mother and was held in his mother's hands since he was a child. He thought his mother could treat everyone equally.

What's more, the eldest sister and the second brother are both sons, and Youyou is the only girl in this generation. He naively thinks that Youyou will be more loved.

Luo Zhong couldn't understand it. In his previous understanding, his mother was not the image of a person who favored boys over girls. Among the three siblings, the eldest sister was the most favored.

Suddenly, Luo Zhong thought of his mother's bias towards him and was shocked. Everything now made him guess that his mother just didn't like him, so she couldn't accept his wife and didn't love Youyou.

When this thought rushed into Luo Zhong's mind, he was startled by himself. He looked at Yang Qian, who was busy in the yard. From the moment he entered the door, except for the initial eagerness to get the things in his hands, she never gave him a good look afterwards.

He always knew that he was not the one favored by his mother, and even suspected when he was a child that he was not his parents' biological son. However, his father loved him the most among the three children, so he gradually accepted it and accepted that not every child can receive equal love.

This is also the reason why he insisted on having only one child. On the one hand, he did not want his wife to suffer, and on the other hand, he hoped that his child could get all the love. But now, because of his own reasons, Youyou was also implicated. Luo Zhong's previous belief that as long as the family was harmonious, the concept began to waver.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon. Luo Youyou had eaten a late breakfast and ate a lot of noodles, so she felt a little bloated. She started to act like a spoiled child to Luo Zhong, "Dad, I can't eat lunch anymore. Dad's noodles are so delicious. I ate too much and haven't digested it yet."

Luo Zhong rubbed her bulging belly, thinking that it was not good for children to eat too much. "Then go play by yourself for a while. If you are hungry in the afternoon, Dad will make you something delicious."

Luo Youyou happily ran to the yard, sat on a small stool, drew on the ground, and waited for her mother Chen Lili to come home.

Luo Youyou calculated the time. Chen Lili should have arrived long ago, but she was late today. She looked up at the intersection from time to time to see if there was Chen Lili.

At this time, Chen Lili was in the town, at her parents' home, with a serious expression on her face.

Just two days ago, Chen Lili received a call from her father in the school office. Her father did not say anything specific on the other end of the phone, but his tone was very serious. He asked her to go back home during the holiday as he had something to discuss with her.

Chen Lili thought her mother's health had worsened, so she rushed over as soon as she finished class today. However, she didn't expect that her daughter had some problems at home.

"A few days ago, a child named Youyou came to see us alone. I think she's really at her wit's end. She's so young, and she's been away for so long. When she got home, she kept crying out for food. She said that when you were away, her grandmother gave her some pickled food. Did you know about this?"

Li Muzhi said a lot to his daughter, and when he thought of his granddaughter, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Luo Zhong is a good man. From the time you married him until now, he has never let you suffer any injustice. Your father and I have seen it all."

"But he has a mother like that, and Luo Zhong is such a filial child. We're worried that if Youyou continues to live with her grandmother, it will inevitably cause Luo Zhong trouble in the future..."

"Your father and I have discussed it. If you agree, you can bring Youyou to live with us. Your father and I have been retired for so long, and we have nothing to do every day. In the past, you didn't let me work hard because of my health. Now I have almost recovered, and Youyou is sensible. We old couple are still capable of taking care of a child."

Chen Lili has been on the verge of a brain freeze since she heard the beginning. In fact, she has never been very satisfied with her mother-in-law. She always felt that the old lady treated her husband differently, but she never showed it because of her husband's honesty and filial piety.

In addition, Youyou almost never complained to her about her grandmother, so she always respected her mother-in-law. She couldn't believe that her daughter actually lived like this.

Chen Lili's mind flashed with the image of her daughter, whom she had risked her life to give birth to. She was so thin and small when she was just born. She had finally survived one difficulty after another and was finally rescued.

When she first became pregnant, Luo Zhong agreed with her that they would not have any more children and would give all their love to their only baby.

But now, his own daughter was actually... being treated like this by her grandmother.

She blamed herself and felt regretful. She was a teacher at school and always cared for and loved other people's children, but she did not spend more time on her own daughter. She was unaware that her child was suffering at home.

Chen Lili's hands and feet were cold. She had to recall the past and wonder how much injustice her daughter had suffered that she would run here alone to seek help from her grandparents.

Thinking of this, Chen Lili stood up and walked out the door while saying to Li Muzhi, "Mom, I'll bring You over tonight. Please clean up the room."

Li Muzhi looked at her daughter's back and heard her words. She was happy but also worried. She still reminded her worriedly: "Don't get into trouble with your mother-in-law. She is your elder after all."

"Yeah, I know." Chen Lili turned around, but his expression did not improve.