LRAB Chapter 1278: My Daughter Grows Up [8]
Chapter 1278: My Daughter Grows Up [8]
For that child, being adopted may not necessarily be a bad thing.
——His biological father has a criminal record, which will inevitably affect his future prospects.
And his biological mother isn’t a good woman either.
Tang Li can somewhat guess Jiang Yiniing’s plans——
Basically, she wants her to be the financial supporter for her brother.
Jiang Yiniing doesn’t truly want to sever ties with her son, and Tang Li has no doubt that if she kept this half-brother by her side, a reunion drama might unfold ten or twenty years later.
Actually, the Lai Family isn’t completely out of members.
After Lai Wenyan was arrested, the truth could no longer be concealed from Old Madam Lai.
At the beginning of March, Old Madam Lai had already returned to the Capital.
Old Madam Lai used to cherish Ouyang Qian because this daughter-in-law helped the Lai Family thrive, but now, seeing Ouyang Qian adding insult to injury, how could the harmonious scenes of mother and daughter-in-law reappear?
Not to mention that Ouyang Qian filed for divorce in court, during the investigation of Lai Wenyan’s case, Ouyang Qian was interviewed and showed no regard for their decades of marriage, placing all the blame for the embezzlement of antiques on Lai Wenyan. After Old Madam Lai learned of this, she cursed for three nights at the entrance of the Ouyang Family’s large courtyard.
The Sentinel wanted to stop her, but couldn’t deter the tenacious old lady from making a scene.
It’s said that Old General Ouyang Zhen was so angry that he sought a family doctor.
Old Madam Lai did try to find Tang Li.
As soon as she got close to Tan Palace, the patrolling Special Agent intercepted her.
Old Madam Lai repeated her old tactics, rolling around on the ground, but before she could finish a roll, she was lifted up and carried away from the outskirts of Tan Palace.
Since then, Old Madam Lai has been blacklisted by Tan Palace.
As soon as she appears within a five-mile radius of Tan Palace, she will be forcibly led away.
Mother Wu, although she has switched jobs, still reports to Tang Li about the Lai Family’s situation.
For example, the female boss selling hemorrhoid ointment sued Lai Wenyan in court to demand repayment, and the court’s first trial result has come down. The money was borrowed during Lai Wenyan’s marriage to Ouyang Qian, so the court plans to auction the Lai Family’s villa to pay off the debt.
However, Old Madam Lai refuses to move out, resulting in a tug-of-war with the court staff.
Old Madam Lai would probably be happy to raise the child Jiang Yiniing gave birth to.
After all, he might be Lai Wenyan’s only son in this life.
Tang Li believes that a phone call from her would have Old Madam Lai take the child home.
But she doesn’t want to do so.
Consider it her selfishness.
Having just severed ties with the Lai Family, once she intervenes in the child’s affairs and sends the child back to the Lai Family, she can forget about peace in the future.
Therefore, regarding the speculation about the child’s identity, Tang Li isn’t planning to inform the police.
Letting everything develop naturally is best.
If the police do find out, she won’t ask Song Baiyan to intervene.
Just like now, she isn’t letting Song Baiyan interfere with Jiang Yiniing’s escape.
That night, the municipal bureau released a police report.
The gist was that a baby boy had been abandoned in the apartment building of Huafu No.1, and they posted the baby’s photo, urging his parents to promptly go to the municipal bureau and hoping the public would provide clues to help the police solve this abandonment case.
In the age of the internet, Jiang Yiniing couldn’t possibly not see the police report.
However, days passed without anyone coming forward to claim the child.
The police couldn’t find the woman who abandoned the child either.
When the municipal bureau called Tan Palace again, Tang Li made a decision: "Let the welfare home find a well-off family without children."
Song Baiyan asked her, "Have you made up your mind?"
"Yes." Tang Li nodded.
Looking at her daughter held in Song Baiyan’s arms, her heart softened. This was the only and greatest kindness she could offer the child.
"Originally, Jiang Yiniing entered the Lai Family because of my actions." Tang Li didn’t plan to hide her past actions from Song Baiyan: "Her having this child ultimately has my involvement."
Even though she despises Lai Wenyan and dislikes Jiang Yiniing, she won’t transfer the hatred onto a newborn.
However, she can’t develop feelings for this half-brother either.
Tang Li acknowledges she is not a sage.
No matter how pitiful the child is, it can’t erase what the Lai Family did to her grandfather and mother.
Lai Wenyan won’t be released for at least ten to twenty years after going in.
Now that the child’s mother doesn’t want him, it’s better to have him change his name and start a new life rather than live with an old lady close to death and later be sent to a welfare home.
"Since we’ve decided, let the welfare home go ahead and select an adoptive family."
With Song Baiyan’s assurance, Tang Li knew the family adopting the child would have good conditions.
The selection of adoptive parents happened two months later.
On a morning like this, in the back garden on the picnic mat, Tang Li and Xiao Minglan were enjoying watching Song Xiaohua practice rolling over when she caught sight of Guo Li accompanying a couple in their fifties from the west wing corridor.
About half an hour later, Guo Li escorted them out of the office area.
Tang Li happened to be coming down from the second floor with a bottle and met the couple face-to-face.
With a gentle smile and a nod in greeting, she watched them leave the main building.
When Guo Li returned, he saw Tang Li still under the corridor.
Without Tang Li asking, Guo Li voluntarily explained: "They are the younger brother and sister-in-law of Vice Minister Shen from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both retired medical staff, and they are immigrating to Finland next month."
Guo Li was aware of some things.
He had been involved in the selection of adoptive parents for the child all along.
Though the gentleman didn’t explicitly mention the child’s relation to the Madam, his implied care made Guo Li cautious when selecting candidates. Later, he visited the welfare home to see the child and, to speak frankly, the child bore some resemblance to the little lady.
Perhaps it was for this reason that the gentleman showed concern for him.
The gentleman personally received Doctor Shen and his wife today to make it clear to them——
He will not inquire about the child’s situation in the future.
But once the child is adopted, he must be well taken care of.
"Dr. Shen and his wife lost their son early and haven’t had children since, being busy with work they’ve never had time to adopt. This time, they’re moving to Finland hoping to have a child accompany them."
"Moreover, Doctor Shen and his wife will not return to the country."
Tang Li understood the implication in Guo Li’s words.
The child will settle abroad, so there’s no worry of birth parents coming to find him.
It’s beneficial for both the child and the adopters.
In mid-November, the child, renamed Shen Xingyan, boarded a flight to Helsinki with his adoptive parents. In the following twenty-eight years, he never set foot in S country’s land again.
Jiang Yiniing never expected that her last meeting with her son would be that cold morning when she watched indifferently as Jiang Feng took the child away.
Years later, when she saw an extra three thousand yuan in her bank account monthly as relief money, she only thought it was a mistake by the staff. Apart from not daring to disclose it, she planned to receive it for as long as she could, without any other assumptions.
This was also the year when winter set in, and Song Xiaohua got her official name.
Song Suitang.
Suitang, same as ’follow’.
It reflects the feelings of her father towards her mother.
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Good night!