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"Pfft, no matter how impressive a relative is, can they really be better than having a capable daughter? If I had a daughter like Jiajia, I would fully support her education instead of thinking about getting her married off at such a young age. What era are we living in..."
....
Song Laosan's face turned iron black as he stared gravely at Jiang Yan's retreating back. Did he think he wouldn't notice?
That kid whispered something to those few people at the door.
"When did you start hanging out with Jiang Yan? Don't you know his family situation?"
After coming back, Song Laosan, unable to contain his anger, glared at Song Jiawen and roared.
Song Jiawen didn't respond to him, not even lifting her eyelids.
Song Laosan grew even more angry.
Song Jiawen found it strange. Normally at home when she spoke to him, wasn't this the attitude he had?
Ignoring her as if he hadn't heard what she said.
She wasn't angry, so why should he be?
Suddenly, with a loud bang, Xie Yanhai kicked the leg of the coffee table in front of him. He looked at Song Laosan with a cold laugh, "Did you not think that you would be the target of criticism for what you did today? Song Jianqiu, the day is far from over. You'll encounter plenty of finger-pointing the next time you step out..."
"Yanhai, how can you talk to your brother-in-law like that?"
"Xie Jingying, do you think you're any better?"
Xie Jingying pursed her lips and stayed silent.
Xie Yanhai wanted to say more but was stopped by Shi Peirong.
The old lady looked calmly at Xie Jingying, "In the first few years after Xiaoxi was born, your mother-in-law favored sons over daughters and always found reasons to make things difficult for you. Anytime there was something good, she'd think of ways to take it from you. I've never quarreled or laid hands on anyone in my life, always speaking on the matter at hand. But for your sake, I smashed her house to bits.
It's surprising that after I fell out with your mother-in-law for your sake, you're the magnanimous one now, conspiring with her against your own daughter.
Xie Jingying, tell me, what benefit do you get from this?"
Xie Jingying hung her head, silent. Song Laosan had lost his earlier bravado of yelling at Song Jiawen and now wished he could simply disappear.
Before agreeing to the Chen Family's marriage proposal, they had considered that the old lady would be angry, yet their concern for their eldest daughter overruled that, leaving them with a sliver of hope.
They thought to secure the marriage first, then follow the dean's request to transfer the school records, and afterward, have her sent to the health vocational school in the county town.
By then, her records would be gone, and she'd be unable to take the college entrance exam. It would be too late for the old lady and Xie Yanhai to do anything about it.
They hadn't anticipated that they would come to stop it right at this critical moment.
Not just them, but also the principal of Jianghai Middle School...
Song Laosan knew that it was over.
Since it was over, he might as well admit his mistake.
But Shi Peirong didn't give them the chance to apologize and got up to leave right away.
"You're both over fifty, I don't want to say too much. However, since this concerns Jiajia's future, you two shouldn't interfere with her affairs anymore."
At this time, Xie Jingying and Song Laosan naturally did not dare to contradict the old lady.
Xie Yanhai also stood up and turned to ask Song Jiawen, "Do you have your ID card with you?"
He didn't plan to let her come back before the college entrance exam, so important things like documents needed to be with her.
Song Jiawen looked towards Xie Jingying.
She usually didn't manage her own stuff, but last month she suddenly demanded her ID card.
She hadn't paid much attention at first, not until Jiang Yan told her what was going to happen today.
That's when it all made sense.
Following her gaze, Xie Yanhai looked at Xie Jingying, "I'll assume you wanted to keep it safe for her, but you can give it to me now."
After receiving the ID card, Song Jiawen put Haohao down, kissed his little face, and then got up to follow Xie Yanhai and Li Yun out.
"Jiajia..."
As she walked past Song Xiwen, her sister called out to her with a pleading look and softly said, "I really didn't know about today's events."
"I believe you!"
Song Jiawen turned her head and smiled at her sister, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
Suddenly, she leaned in and whispered in her ear, audible only to the two of them, "Sister, who exactly are you looking through me to see?"
Boom, it was as if a thunderbolt exploded right beside Song Xiwen's ear...
By the time she came fully to her senses, all that was left in the house were her parents, herself, and Haohao.
"Xiaoxi, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing her eldest daughter pale and distraught, Xie Jingying was very worried, "What did that damned girl say to you to scare you like this?"
"Mom..."
Song Xiwen turned her head to look at Xie Jingying with a haunted expression, "Do you think... Jiajia already knows she's not your biological child?"
Xie Jingying and Song Laosan were taken aback at the question, exchanging uncertain glances.
That girl was so smart it was unbelievable. Even before she had started elementary school, Shi Peirong had commented on her precocity and extraordinary memory, never forgetting anything she saw...
When Xiwen had found her in a small alley in Yunzhou, her head was covered in blood, with two bloody holes at the back of her skull. The girl they saved was initially dazed, unable to recall her name or where she lived...
The doctors said she had hit her head and might have amnesia.
She was only three years old; how many memories could she have?
So when Xiwen wanted to adopt her because she resembled "Jiajia," they didn't object.
Now, fourteen years later, it couldn't be that she... remembered her life before the age of three, could it?
But that... how could it be possible?
It was too fantastical!
Yet, recalling the precocity mentioned by Shi Peirong, they all fell into silence.
After all, apart from this girl, they had never met another precocious child and didn't know if it was possible to remember things from before the age of three.
Meanwhile, Song Jiawen, having said those words and seen Song Xiwen's reaction, couldn't help but feel a sinking in her heart.
Before, her suspicions about not being the biological child were based on the attitude of Xie Jingying and Song Laosan towards her. But Song Xiwen was very good to her, and even her grandmother and uncles were very affectionate toward her.
She thought her suspicions were false and that it was just favoritism.
Until she kept having the same dream recently...
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