"This is so irresponsible." Zhou Xiaoyu had said this for what seemed like the umpteenth time. "What kind of mother does that... And that Mr. Ding too, he said he was going to get hot water, but he went and never came back. We don't know where he went."
[That Ding Youcai went to his ex-girlfriend's place!] 888 Answer.
[Ex-girlfriend?] Ye Mo raised an eyebrow: [His ex-girlfriend? They're still together?]
888: [When Ding Youcai got married, the two did break up for a while. However, after that woman switched her child with Ren Xueni's, she wanted to know how the child was doing, so she got entangled with Ding Youcai again.]
Only by being with Ding Youcai could she know about her child's situation at any time. However, she probably never imagined that she...
Her biological child had already died.
Ye Mo this, and fell silent, unsure whether he should feel sorry for the woman.
She felt that whether it was Ren Xueni, Ding Youcai, or this "ex-girlfriend," these three were a perfect match, the only pity being that these three children suffered a complicated and unfair fate from birth due to the entanglements of their elders.
Ye Mo this, his gaze involuntarily fell upon Yangyang on the hospital bed.
The child is tall and thin, with hardly any flesh on his cheeks. Now, lying in the hospital bed, he looks even smaller.
Despite his young age, he is very sensible. When he was sick and his parents were not around, he didn't cry or make a fuss, nor did he cry out for his father or mother. However, the expectant look he occasionally cast at the door revealed his truest thoughts—he really wanted his parents to be by his side.
Until he fell asleep, his gaze kept drifting towards the door. Unfortunately, neither Ren Xueni her husband appeared, even after he curled up in bed and fell asleep. So even in his sleep, he looked very aggrieved.
"[... Ren Xueni and her husband are completely unfit to be his parents.] "Ye Mo calmly told 888, "[If this child continues to live with them, he will be ruined.]"
Ren Xueni's high-pressure education, regardless of the child's physical condition, and Ding Youcai's hypocritical affection... If the child continues to stay with them, situations like today will definitely not happen only once.
888: [Host, what do you plan to do?]
Ye Mo didn't answer the question directly, but instead asked 888: [888, why did Yangyang's biological parents entrust Yangyang to Ren Xueni in the first place? Was it just because Ren Xueni's child died?]
888 replied: [Well, Ren Xueni's sister-in-law initially disagreed with giving the child to Ren Xueni, but Ren Xueni told them that only by staying with her could the child receive better educational resources and have a better life. She also promised that all the money she and her husband earned would be left to the child...]
Therefore, the reason Yangyang's parents reluctantly entrusted their child to Ren Xueni was partly due to the fact that Ren Xueni's child had died; and partly because they wanted their own child to have better educational resources and a better life.
Speaking of this, we have to mention Ren Xueni's family background.
Ren Xueni's family background was very ordinary. She was born in a somewhat backward and remote small county. Her parents and brothers were all very ordinary people, living very ordinary lives. Naturally, the resources of a small city cannot be compared with those of a big city. That's why Ren Xueni's older brother and sister-in-law were moved by Ren Xueni words and, even though they were reluctant, still gave the child to Ren Xueni.
"Did Yangyang's biological parents have any other children over the years?" Ye Mo pressed.
[That's all.] 888 denies: [ Yangyang's biological mother had a difficult childbirth and had half of her uterus removed. She can't have children anymore, so Yangyang is their only child!]
From Ye Mo's questions, 888 vaguely guessed its host's thoughts and couldn't help but ask, "[Host, do you intend to send Yangyang back to his parents?]"
[I do have this thought,] Ye Mo didn't deny it. [Anyway, Ren Xueni and her husband don't care about this son and don't really love him, so this child should be returned to the side of the people who truly care about him and love him...]
Moreover, according to 888, Yangyang is the only son of his biological parents. Since they only have Yangyang as their child, they must treat Yangyang very well.
No matter how you look at it, it's better for Yangyang to go back to his biological parents than to stay with Ren Xueni and her husband.
After careful consideration (and calculation), 888 had to admit that Ye Mo was right. For Yangyang, who was only six years old, returning to his biological parents might be the best choice.
"So, what do you plan to do, host?" it asked Ye Mo.
"Well..." Ye Mo looked at Yangyang's tear-streaked face and said, "This afternoon I asked you to film Ren Xueni scolding Yangyang, did you film it?"
When Ye Mo saw Ren Xueni being angry and extremely agitated towards Yangyang, she didn't really think much about it. At that moment, she simply acted on instinct and had 888 capture that moment on camera.
Now it seems her intuition was spot on; this video is proving useful now.
[With your abilities, 888, you should be able to find Yangyang's biological parents' contact information, right? Then send them the video you filmed, and also tell them how Ren Xueni treated and raised Yangyang!]
I believe that as the child's biological parents, they have the right to know what kind of life their child has been living all these years!
Upon hearing this, 888 immediately agreed: [Okay!]
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Ren Xueni's older brother is named Ren Baiyang, and her sister-in-law is named Fan Qingqing.
Ren Baiyang and Fan Qingqing are both very ordinary people. Every day, they toil and struggle to make a living. A third of their lives have already passed, and their future is predictable. They will most likely stay in their small county town for the rest of their lives and never leave.
It was precisely because they understood this that, even though they were reluctant, they still gave the child to the child's aunt Ren Xueni, for the sake of the child's future.
Ren Xueni lives in a big city and was once a big star. It's definitely better for the child to live with her than with their biological parents.
However, they didn't expect that sending the child to Ren Xueni to raise would almost sever their connection with the child.
Ren Xueni was afraid that the child would become close to his biological parents, so she didn't give them any chance to have contact with the child. Even when they came back for holidays, she wouldn't bring the child back. She treated the couple like thieves, which meant that Ren Baiyang and his wife had to look at photos and television to find out what the child looked like.
"... We are Yangyang's biological parents, after all. Even if we are just his aunt and uncle, shouldn't we at least take a look at our nephew?" Fan Qingqing had been harboring resentment for years and was beginning to regret entrusting the child to her sister-in-law.
If she had known her sister-in-law would be so ruthless, not giving the couple any chance to see their child, she would never have given the child to her sister-in-law to raise.
Over the years, every time Fan Qingqing thinks of her child, she can't help but cry; she misses her child terribly.
Ren Baiyang certainly missed his child, but he didn't want his wife to resent his sister, so he could only speak up for Ren Xueni: "... Xueni is also afraid that if the child sees us, he will become too close to us and forget about his adoptive mother. Please understand."
"Try to understand, again!" Fan Qingqing was both angry and heartbroken, crying, "Why can't she understand how I, as a mother, feel? I'm Yangyang's biological mother! I only have this one child! After she took him away, she hasn't let me see him even once... Do you know how I dream about my child calling me every night! Waaah!"