"Xiao Chen, the only one your mother really cares about is you. That phone call back then wasn’t made by your mother voluntarily. Later, your mother did make a call over there, but it was to clear things up. Since then, your mother hasn’t had any contact with them again," Du Ya said.
When she first found out that her daughter had been swapped, she was completely stunned. The attention the Su Family showed to Su Yuixin, along with their circumstances, left her speechless. Even if she wasn’t her biological daughter, she had raised her for ten years, and there were feelings there regardless.
Bringing her biological daughter back, having never lived together, left her feeling lost inside.
But her biological daughter was obedient and well-behaved, sticking to her side all day long. Whether it was the blood relationship or sothing else, she was so affectionate towards her, as if she had grown up by her side since childhood. She soon accepted that this was her biological daughter, but she still missed Su Yuixin, whom she had raised for ten years.
She even considered reaching out to the other side at one point.
However, she quickly realized sothing was off with Xiao Chen’s clinginess. It wasn’t typical of a ntally healthy child. Every night when she fell asleep, she’d hold onto her sleeve tightly, even waking up crying in her dreams when she got up to use the bathroom.
Since bringing Xiao Chen back, she hadn’t seen her daughter cry in front of her, and Xiao Chen was the most well-behaved child she’d ever seen.
But deep in the night, she repeatedly heard Xiao Chen say in her dreams, "Mom, don’t abandon ."
Du Ya finally realized that her daughter’s childhood had not been happy. Perhaps the Su Family provided good material conditions, sothing that Du Ya herself couldn’t offer. But beyond that, there was nothing more, and her daughter was left emotionally fragile and sensitive. This wasn’t caused in a short ti.
The thought of how her daughter had been neglected and left with severe emotional trauma made her both sad and resentful.
But this resentnt couldn’t be vented on the Su Family. Had they overtly mistreated her daughter? No. If she confronted them, people might just think she was being unreasonable. Stirring up trouble would make everyone look bad and it wouldn’t necessarily result in any victory over the Su Family.
She resented the Su Family for neglecting her daughter. In others’ eyes, the Su Family couldn’t accept a daughter who wasn’t biologically theirs but still provided better material conditions than most. If things turned ugly, wouldn’t it cause a second injury to her daughter?
Her daughter was insecure and sensitive, needing careful nurturing to grow up healthy.
The Su Family cared so much for Su Yuixin, so she was certain to be cherished when she returned.
With Xiao Chen like this, she had no ti to worry about soone else’s daughter anymore.
The mistake that was deliberately caused is now corrected, and it’s over.
She completely let go of the Su Yuixin she had raised for ten years and decided to devote herself to raising her daughter well instead. She believed that with her companionship, her daughter would grow up healthy. She would tell Xiao Chen that mother would never abandon her and that she’s only Xiao Chen’s mother.
But so things are unexpected; Su Yuixin made a phone call, and Xiao Chen, who ca back early, overheard it.
Xiao Chen had a big tantrum, the first ti acting like a child in front of her.
She thought that after she explained everything slowly, Xiao Chen would understand that she didn’t intend to have any further involvent with the Su Family and that she’d only focus on Xiao Chen in the future.
However, she underestimated the trauma her daughter had suffered inside.
After that episode, her daughter beca even more sensible.
Every ti she tried to explain sothing, she was interrupted. Looking at her daughter’s calm face, Du Ya felt helpless.
She never imagined that a single phone call would cause her once-close daughter to drift away completely, and she could never get close again.
Originally, her daughter lived in the sa room with her, but after that day, she moved to another room.
Sotis at night when she checked, she never heard her daughter say "Mom, don’t leave " again.
Watching her daughter sleep peacefully night after night, Du Ya was filled with guilt and didn’t know what to do. It seed no matter what she did, she couldn’t reach her daughter’s heart anymore.
Xiao Chen was undoubtedly outstanding. She earned a scholarship from middle school onwards, refusing to accept money from her every ti she tried to give it, each refusal feeling like a blunt knife cutting through her heart.
What could she possibly do to make her daughter accept her love?
Unable to approach, all she could do was stand by.
Afraid that her daughter might encounter an accident on her way, she could only discreetly escort her.
When her daughter returned from late-night self-study, she could only hide in the shadows to pick her up.
When Xiao Chen was sixteen, she was discovered by a director filming at her school, and by seventeen, Xiao Chen was famous.
Also that year, Xiao Chen transferred a sum of money to her account, saying it was repaynt for her previous provisions, tearing her heart apart all over again.
Facing her daughter, who was terrifyingly calm, she tried to explain, but Xiao Chen didn’t interrupt this ti and just listened quietly, offering no reaction.
Feeling helpless, all she could say was that she hoped Xiao Chen wouldn’t give up her studies.
Xiao Chen said, "Thank you for your concern. I won’t give up. I’ll work while studying because only by working hard can I have a good life. Loving myself more will prevent from expecting charity love from others."
Xiao Chen really did it.
But she grew further and further away.
Even though she had already been blocked for a long ti, she’d still often text, trying to make a call, just in case she was removed from the blacklist.
Later, Xiao Chen indeed called her, but what she said broke Du Ya’s heart.
"In the future, I’ll send you a maintenance fee every year. After all, you are my mom, a good person, and you did raise ."
Du Ya wanted to say she didn’t want any maintenance fee, she just wanted her daughter to cling to her like she used to.
But she knew that as her daughter grew, it beca more and more impossible, just a luxury.
She never expected that one day, when she opened the door, she would see Xiao Chen standing there, calling her mom just like before and willingly embracing her.
Du Ya burst into tears, unable to control herself, and tightly embraced Ah Chen, her voice choked, "Xiao Chen, you are my only daughter, the only one."
"To mom, Xiao Chen is the only one who matters," she said.
She was really afraid this was a dream, that when she woke up, everything would be as it was, making her experience heartbreak once more.
"Mom is also the only one who matters to ." Ah Chen took out a tissue and wiped Du Ya’s tears. "After being away from ho for so long, I realized mom is the best, and I missed you, so I ca back to find you."
Du Ya’s tears couldn’t be dried. She laughed and cried: "This is your ho, and you can co back anyti. Mom is always here, always waiting for you."
"I’m not going anywhere."
Just waiting for her daughter to return.
"Mom, I’m hungry." Ah Chen watched Du Ya, whose tears refused to stop, sighed softly, hugged her, and said, "I want to eat your cooking. I’ve missed it all these years."
"Can you make it for ?"
Du Ya quickly wiped her tears: "Mom will make it right away."
Her daughter really ca back.
Just as clingy as before.
And she said she wanted to eat her cooking.
This ti, she must be careful and never lose her daughter again.
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