Parents' Love: My Childhood Sweethearts with Jiang Weidong

Lin Wangshu ignored him, and Gong Shan didn't say a word from beginning to end. Zhou Lin wasn't embarrassed at all; he just led the way half a step ahead of them.

When Lin Wangshu arrived at the ward, she saw Bai Ge sitting by the bed feeding Zhou's mother, while the other patients were praising her to Zhou's mother.

"Your daughter-in-law is so filial! Even your own daughter wouldn't be this good!"

Zhou's mother looked at Bai Ge with a loving smile, "I'm so lucky. My daughter can't compare to her at all; all she does is work."

Bai Ge blushed, feeling a little embarrassed by her gaze.

"Your daughter is capable too. It's a proper job to be busy with work. We adults can't let our children suffer." The older woman looked at Zhou's mother with some envy. With both her son and daughter working, it was only right for Bai Ge, who had nothing else to do, to come and take care of her mother-in-law.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wangshu deliberately spoke loudly to Bai Ge, "Sister Bai Ge, Captain Gong and I came to see you. We wanted to ask when you're going back to the art troupe. Our singing team is still waiting for your solo performance spot."

He then took the lunchbox from her hand and placed it on the table, saying, "If you don't come back, you won't get your allowance. You lent all your money to Zhou Lin's sister to buy her a job. How are you going to make a living without the allowance?"

Bai Ge was surprised to see Gong Shan and Lin Wangshu arrive, and her gaze towards Gong Shan was somewhat panicked and evasive.

Gong Shan walked up to her with a cold face and said with a look of disappointment, "Did I teach you for so many years just so you could serve others?"

Bai Ge stood up, wanting to go with her, but hesitated when she saw the food on the table and remembered that Zhou's mother hadn't finished eating.

The older woman next to her finally understood. She had thought the girl was unemployed, but she hadn't expected her to be from the performing arts troupe. She glanced at Zhou's mother and said, "Sister, that's not fair of you. You should let your daughter serve you. That's how it should be. If such a good daughter-in-law were in our family, I would treat her like royalty. I would never let her do any work."

The smile on Zhou's mother's face could no longer be maintained. She glared sharply at the old woman, thinking, "You gossipy woman!"

The older woman didn't care. She had long disliked Zhou's mother. So what if she broke her leg? Her hand wasn't broken, yet the young girl had to feed her bite by bite. Wasn't she just deliberately tormenting her? She acted like a saint on the surface, but she was actually very malicious inside.

She spends all day showing off her children, saying how successful they are. In her opinion, they are unfilial and not as good as Bai Ge, an outsider. She is a family of freeloaders.

Zhou Lin quickly stepped forward and said gently to Bai Ge, "Xiao Bai, you should go back with your boss. I feel sorry for you. I'll have my younger sister take leave to take care of Mom."

Bai Ge blushed as she listened to his words, shook her head, and said softly, "My sister just started working here, and her colleagues are ostracizing her, so it's not easy for her to ask for leave. I'll do it instead. I'll talk to the manager properly."

After saying that, he looked at Gong Shan with pleading eyes and said, "Teacher, let's go outside to talk."

Gong Shan glanced at her with some disappointment, then turned and left.

Seeing Bai Ge standing there somewhat awkwardly, Lin Wangshu tugged at her and said, "Let's go, the captain is waiting for us outside."

The white dove nodded, took a deep breath, and strode out as if it had made up its mind.

Once in the corridor, Gong Shan looked at Bai Ge and said bluntly, "Come back with me right now."

Bai Ge looked at her and said firmly, "No, Auntie can't live without me."

Gong Shan laughed, puzzled, "She has two children, so how come it's your turn to take care of her? You and that man aren't even married yet, and you're already so eager to get involved. How will their family respect you in the future?"

Bai Ge looked a little sad and angry. "Teacher, you don't understand them. How can you say that about them? They are really good to me. I feel like I have family with them. Every time I go to my aunt's house, she cooks for me and sews clothes for me."

"My little sister is also very well-behaved. She saves up the milk candy and biscuits that Brother Zhou rarely buys for her, waiting to eat them with me. When she gets a piece of fabric, she insists on making new clothes for me, while she wears her old ones."

“Brother Zhou had always rejected me before, afraid that he would be a burden to me. After we got together, he would take me to the service store to buy things after he got paid, and he didn’t want me to suffer.”

"They are really a very good family."

Gong Shan was speechless. She hadn't expected that such a small favor would win over Bai Ge.

Lin Wangshu was also speechless, and said calmly, "Can't you afford it yourself? How much could you buy with the money you lent them? If they really cared about you, they wouldn't have let you serve that old woman in such an ambiguous way."

Seeing that Bai Ge was still unconvinced and wanted to argue, Gong Shan interrupted her wearily: "I'll ask you one last time, are you coming with us or not?"

Bai Ge lowered her head upon hearing this, and after a long while, she raised it again, her face covered in tears, and choked out, "Teacher, I'm pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Gong Shan became enraged and stumbled, almost losing her balance. Lin Wangshu quickly steadied her, her face also filled with disbelief.

“I want to marry Brother Zhou, have the baby, and… I want to quit the performing arts troupe.” Bai Ge said this with a determined look on her face.

"Fine, fine, I can't control you anymore, do as you please." Gong Shan was extremely disappointed in her and angrily turned and left.

Lin Wangshu was left looking at Bai Ge with a complicated expression. "Are you really sure about this?"

Bai Ge smiled and nodded, then looked at Lin Wangshu earnestly and said, "Wish me luck!"

Lin Wangshu didn't know what to say. She had lost her job, so how could the Zhou family treat her well in the future? She would suffer a lot in the future.

Seeing Lin Wangshu hesitate, Bai Ge gently smiled while touching her belly, "I'm an orphan. My biggest dream since I was little was to have a home. Now I've finally achieved it, and they all need me. I'm very happy now."

"Okay, you can still come to me if you have any difficulties in the future."

"Thank you, Wangshu," Baige said with a smile to Lin Wangshu.

Watching Bai Ge walk back to the ward step by step, Lin Wangshu felt as if she were watching a drowning person slowly sink to the bottom of the water, and she could not reach her even if she stretched out her hand. She was powerless to help.

As the ward door closed, Lin Wangshu was still in a daze. Then the door opened again, and Lin Wangshu's eyes lit up, but Zhou Lin came out instead. Disappointed, Lin Wangshu turned to leave.

Zhou Lin stopped her, handed her the 10 yuan in his hand, and said gently, "Comrade Lin, here's the money for you. I'll pay you back the rest when I treat you to a meal next time."

Lin Wangshu found it ridiculous. When did she ever ask to have dinner with him? She said with disgust, "No need, give it to Bai Ge."

Zhou Lin looked hurt and disappointed as he said, "Why does Comrade Lin dislike me so much? Although my family is poor, we still have pride. We must repay this money."

Lin Wangshu didn't want to waste words with him and turned to leave.

Zhou Lin didn't expect her to be so stubborn, and in a moment of desperation, he reached out and grabbed her arm.

Lin Wangshu raised her hand to shake him off, but heard Jiang Weidong's surprised voice.

"Wangshu?"