"Don’t."
Yan Xinxin hurriedly stopped her.
Lin Yuan’ai furrowed her brows, looking at her in confusion and urgency, but now she couldn’t bring herself to raise her voice at her.
"Yuan, do you know how much your father and mother miss you? They dream of having you alive and returning to their side!"
"I, too, just like every other child in the world, want to return to my biological parents."
Yan Xinxin choked up as she spoke, unable to stop the tears that silently slid from the corners of her eyes.
"But, I don’t want to say it, and I can’t say it."
"Why?"
Lin Yuan’ai couldn’t understand, her heart still pounding with intensity.
Yan Xinxin sighed softly, raised her hand to wipe away the cheap tears, and gave a self-deprecating smile.
"My biological mother and my biological brother both deeply loathe Yan Xinxin as a person."
"That’s only because they don’t know you are the one they love deeply!"
"Will they really look at Yan Xinxin differently if they know?"
She retorted, only finding it ironic.
Because she is Yan Xinxin, they hurl insults at her; because she is Mu Qianyuan, they would change their attitude and even shower her with love.
This drastic contrast is sothing she cannot accept.
Of course, this is only part of the reason.
Lin Yuan’ai, hearing these words, suddenly felt a burning sha on her face.
"Yuan, I too once spoke harshly to you and treated you worse than anyone else. Since you can now interact with peacefully, why can’t you forgive your closest kin?"
"I don’t hate them. I just can’t convince myself."
Yan Xinxin hurriedly explained, giving a helpless smile and then looking at Lin Yuan’ai.
"The fact that I can interact so peacefully with you today, Mom, is not because I am Mu Qianyuan, nor does it have anything to do with forgiveness. It’s just because, over the past few days, I’ve realized that you are not as unreasonable as I once thought. You are simply thinking too much about Chuxi. The scale in your heart is still balanced."
"Yuan..."
"But even so, deep down, I still long to return to my biological parents."
Yan Xinxin admitted.
In her subconscious, she still wanted to return to the ho that truly belonged to her.
"But my mother has heart disease, a hereditary heart condition, just like . She hates Yan Xinxin so much yet misses Mu Qianyuan so intensely. These two extre emotions—if they collide—I dare not imagine what the consequences would be."
Yan Xinxin revealed the genuine worry hidden deep in her heart!
Lin Yuan’ai listened, montarily stunned.
It turned out, this child wasn’t unwilling to acknowledge her closest kin—she was afraid to!
Realizing this reason, Lin Yuan’ai felt an even deeper heartache for Yan Xinxin.
She tightly gripped Yan Xinxin’s hand, her face filled with remorse.
"Xinxin—no, Qianyuan—I am truly thankful that you can let go of how I treated you before."
Lin Yuan’ai gazed at Yan Xinxin, her eyes shimring with regret and gratitude.
"You have no idea, just like Mo Chuxi, I often think of you. I am so grateful that you risked your own life to save Chuxi back then, even though it led you to such a dreadful household."
"With your grace and upbringing, you should have been the most celebrated lady of Ancheng, growing up together with Chuxi as the pair most envied by all. Yet you had to go through so much, around and around, only to finally arrive at our Mo family, becoming the bride of our Mu family. I am so sorry!"
Listening to Lin Yuan’ai’s words—full of gratitude and regret—Yan Xinxin responded with a calm, faint smile.
"No matter who I’ve beco, the string in my heart has always been tied to Chuxi. Whether I ca early or ca late, what matters most is... I ca."
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