Stealing the moonlight into my arms

Song Huizhen listened to Fu Runing's monologue and just smiled and said, "That's why they say that husband and wife are better off with their original spouse. No matter what happens, they still care about each other in their hearts."

Fu Runing pursed her lips and said nothing.

She just felt that no matter what, she and Xiao Jingting had been family for five years.

The early morning sun shines through the window, the branches outside the house sprout new buds, the temperature gradually rises, and another spring is here.

Fu Runing put down her chopsticks after breakfast. The servants cleared away the tableware and the old lady suggested that they sit in the side hall.

Fu Runing knew that the old lady probably had something to say.

Song Huizhen thought about what Dr. Gao said yesterday, and looked at her well-behaved and quiet granddaughter-in-law in front of her. There was indeed nothing unusual on her face. She seemed to have been like this for the past three years, learning to integrate into this big family, being sensible, polite, and not making mistakes.

But Dr. Gao said that she had something on her mind, and quite a lot of it.

Thinking carefully back to eight years ago, Song Huizhen first found the Fu family's address. At that time, she was not sure whether Fu Zheng was her lost grandson, so she could only park the car outside the Fu family villa and watch them from a distance.

At that time, Fu Runing was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She had just returned from school. The young man walking in front of her carried her suitcase, while Fu Zheng, who was walking behind her, held her schoolbag. She took two strings of candied haws and fed them to the one in front and the one behind her. However, the two young men did not appreciate it, so she angrily ate two strings by herself.

The three of them walked into the house in such a lively manner.

At that time, the smile on the girl's face was very lively and unrestrained.

Song Huizhen put away her memories, pushed the teacup in front of her towards Fu Runing, and said, "Ningning, grandma wants to talk to you about Jingting."

Fu Runing's eyes paused, and her back straightened a little.

"Ningning, Jingting wasn't like this when he was a child."

Song Huizhen's tone was filled with a sigh as she continued, "Jingting loved to laugh and talk when he was little, like a little sun. He was the first child in the family, and his grandfather loved him very much. He brought him to the company all day long and kept urging him to grow up quickly so he could retire soon."

Fu Runing listened and found it hard to imagine that the words "loves to laugh", "loves to talk", and "little sun" could be used to describe Xiao Jingting.

This is a bit inconsistent...

Xiao Jingting's icy face can freeze people to death.

During the five years he spent at her house, he gradually developed some emotions and acted like a human being, but during the three years he spent at the Xiao family, Fu Runing felt that he was a piece of cold wood.

It was a piece of sunken wood that had been soaked in the river for at least hundreds of years.

Fu Runing looked at the old lady and said awkwardly, "Well...his personality has really changed a lot."

Song Huizhen sighed, "Ah, in the end, it's all because of us who have wronged him. We made him miss those ten years. I don't know what kind of hardship he went through, but his personality has changed so much."

Xiao Jingting's life experience has always been a matter that the Xiao family rarely talks about. Fu Runing just listened without interrupting.

"Speaking of which, this is also a troublesome matter for our Xiao family. Jing Ting's parents were married after falling in love..."

When Fu Runing heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, and the shock in her heart was no less than when she heard about Xiao Jingting's previous character.

Xiao Hongshen, free love, this...

She didn't dare to say or ask.

Song Huizhen smiled helplessly. "Don't disbelieve me, it's true. They were classmates. Jingting's mother was a sculptor and had always been very independent. After they got married, they communicated too little. My disappointing son was used to being arrogant and couldn't stand being ignored by a woman. He wanted a wife who would put him at the center of everything. That's when they argued again and again."

"One is stubborn, the other is obstinate. If you ask me, men are just too cheap. When they like her, they like her because of her artistic talent and focus, but when they don't like her, they say she has a dull personality."

"Later, when Jingting was five years old, his mother happened to be out looking for raw materials for jade carving. This happened after they had another argument. Jingting's mother simply took Jingting out to relax. The place they went to was a small country outside the country, and they ended up getting into trouble there."

"When we found them, we only found a burnt-out car at the foot of the cliff, and a man's body, gnawed beyond recognition by wild animals. Based on the documents scattered at the scene, we knew he was the driver, but we couldn't find Jing Ting or his mother. In that situation, everyone knew he was in grave danger."

"For so many years, the people we sent out to search for him focused on the border. We never expected Jing Ting to be taken to the remote mountainous area. He then wandered around for ten years until he was adopted by your father by accident."

"We later investigated and found that Jingting had spent the past ten years being repeatedly abandoned, exploited, and then abandoned again. One of his adoptive parents tried to drown him in a river to defraud his insurance. He survived, but couldn't escape the mountainous area. That was the way it was in places with loose regulations back then. Even if a child died, it wouldn't cause much of a stir."

"Later, he was sold to another family. At that time, adoption required an adoption certificate and annual payments based on the child's age. The family didn't want to do that, so they never registered Jingting, and naturally, they didn't let him go to school. When he was very young, they took him to a construction site, and only registered him much later. Then the family died in an accident, and we didn't find out how Jingting spent the next few years."

When the old lady said this, her eyes were already filled with tears.

This was the first time Fu Runing heard about this past event. She didn't dare to comment on it, but her heart felt heavy as if there was a stone blocking it.

She had seen Xiao Jingting at the age of fifteen. He was skinny and had dull eyes, as if there was no trace of life in him.

When his father adopted him, he only saw in the household registration information that both his adoptive parents had passed away, and they had no idea about anything else.

And Fu Zheng would never mention those past events on his own initiative.

Fu Runing handed the old lady a tissue.

The old lady calmed down and continued, "When we found Jing Ting later, he didn't recognize us at all. He had no memory of his childhood and had no impression of the Xiao family he had lived in. When his grandfather and I first found him and explained our purpose, he was unwilling to go with us."

Fu Runing murmured, "But the Xiao family is his final destination."

The old lady looked at her, her eyes kind but firm.

"Ningning, grandma is telling you all this today because she hopes you and Jingting will be fine. Let go of everything that happened in the past and live your life well now and in the future. As long as grandpa and I are still here, it will be nobody else's turn to rule the Xiao family. Grandpa and grandma won't let you suffer any loss."

Fu Runing felt very conflicted. The fact that the old lady told her these words meant that she really was not hiding anything from her anymore and that she treated her as her own family member.

but……

Her current relationship with Xiao Jingting...

"Grandma, Jing Ting and I aren't that..."

At this moment, she didn't want to lie anymore and wanted to say those words out loud.

The old lady saw her hesitation and asked, "Are you trying to say that your relationship isn't going well?"

Fu Runing looked embarrassed, neither nodding nor shaking her head, but just remained silent.

"But your mutual support is real. You came back to accompany him even when you were sick, didn't you?"

Fu Runing didn't dare to look into the old lady's eyes, and she swallowed the words back.

Isn't that all because of her worrying?

Seeing her silence, the old lady continued, "You just can't get over the fact that you married into the family in disgrace. Yes, people's prejudices can't disappear all at once, but after being with you for a few years, I found that you really do it for Jingting's good. What happened in the past is in the past, so you should feel at ease."

Fu Runing was speechless. She didn't expect the old lady to say these words so bluntly.

If the old lady had said this to her three years ago and treated her as one of her own, she would have been very touched.

But now three years have passed.

In the end, Fu Runing said nothing. Seeing that she was in a bad mood, the old lady didn't say anything more.