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Qinglan held the child in her arms, tears streaming down her face as she pulled at Liu Xiuzhen. Almost everyone in Liu Family Village was gathered outside the courtyard to watch, except for Bai Cuifen. The scene still made Qing Shusheng feel heartbroken, with tears flowing down his face.
Once Liu Xiuzhen had calmed down after the commotion, Qinglan finally told them that the child was not Xu Wen's.
So whose child was it? No matter how Qing Shusheng and Liu Xiuzhen asked, Qinglan refused to say. When they asked Xu Wen, he claimed he didn't know.
To this day, Qinglan still hasn't revealed to Qing Shusheng and Liu Xiuzhen who the child's parent is.
Although both of them sensed that the child might belong to An Shaojie, no one dared to speak it out loud since Qinglan remained silent on the matter.
I remember when Qinglan suddenly returned home holding a child; the entire village buzzed with gossip, except for Bai Cuifen. A few days later, she found an opportunity to stop Qinglan, who was hanging baby diapers out to dry at the courtyard entrance, and asked her, "Is the child An Shaojie's? Did that scoundrel do something wrong?"
With a calm smile, Qinglan replied, "Mother, where are you getting these ideas? Brother Shaojie has been abroad for a long time; how could this child possibly be his?"
After hearing her words, Bai Cuifen stood behind her for a while before finally saying, "No matter what, I won't let that boy off the hook unless he never comes back." With that, she walked away.
At that time, Xu Wen had already returned to Beijing, and An Shaomin was busy studying at Jian Ming's school in preparation for that year's college entrance examination and wasn't home.
After returning to Liu Family Village, Qinglan took on the role of a young bride who married early and had children. However, she was unmarried and lived as a daughter-in-law in her Maternal Family, raising a child without a husband.
This was a contradictory situation; without a husband, yet she became a woman nursing a child. In that small mountain village at the time, it was even more mysterious and talked about than what had happened between Qing Shusheng and Bai Cuifen. The villagers began to gossip about her just as they had done before with Qing Shusheng and Bai Cuifen, but this time it was different from their previous rural tales filled with common rustic charm.
The matters between Bai Cuifen and Qing Shusheng, although everyone thought there was some truth to them, were actually well-known among the villagers as mere rumors. They also contained an element of exaggeration for entertainment during their boredom. Moreover, even if there were some truths between them, it wouldn't be considered significant in the eyes of the villagers. Therefore, when they discussed it, they did so openly and with laughter, often embellishing their words.
But for Qinglan, it was all very subtle and implicit.
After all, Qinglan was still a young girl, and a student at that. Moreover, the villagers were still under the influence of Qing Shusheng's authority.
Just think about it, Qinglan was Qing Shusheng's beloved daughter, the pride of his life. Now that she had been ruined, how painful must he feel? He could endure any insult directed at him, but no one dared to insult his beloved daughter and pride. Therefore, when everyone discussed Qinglan's situation, they were much more cautious and sympathetic than when they openly and harshly talked about Qing Shusheng and Bai Cuifen in the past.
Furthermore, in Liu Family Village, Qinglan had always been kind to others and treated people warmly; she was a well-behaved and sensible child. No one would speak ill of such a child because, after all, human nature tends to be good.
Moreover, after returning to Liu Family Village, Qinglan hardly stepped outside her door. The once lively girl who smiled at the villagers was now pale and weak. She spent her days alone in the small confines of her yard and house, looking pitiful and truly evoking sympathy. Whenever a baby's cry echoed from her home, everyone felt a pang of guilt as if they had done something wrong that led her to such a state. Discussions about her were always hushed.
Bai Cuifen felt even more so.
Ever since Qinglan returned with a child, she dared not lift her head in front of Qinglan. Whenever they happened to meet in the village, she quickly avoided her or hurried past with her head down.
Although Qinglan denied that the child was An Shaojie's in front of her, Bai Cuifen always felt that this matter was somehow related to An Shaojie. Regardless of whether the child was An Shaojie's or not, she believed that An Shaojie had done something wrong. Thus, she became even more cautious in her words and actions around everyone in Liu Family Village than before, keeping to herself. She avoided any interaction with Qing Shusheng more than ever and dared not accept any attention from him.
Of course, there were also some subtle changes happening with Qing Shusheng.
Even though Qinglan denied that the child was An Shaojie's in front of both him and Liu Xiuzhen, unknowingly, Qing Shusheng began to distance himself from Bai Cuifen as well. His concern for her was no longer as meticulous as before; even when it came to matters he should address with Liu Xiuzhen after their falling out, he would only do so discreetly.
Now he almost forgot about Bai Cuifen's existence. Perhaps all his heart was now focused on his once cherished and spoiled daughter, who had fallen so low that she was worse off than the least favored girl in the village—his precious daughter Qinglan—and on his granddaughter Qimei who brought shame upon his beloved daughter.
Who else needed care more than his daughter and granddaughter? Who else was more important than his daughter and granddaughter? Who else was more destitute and miserable than his daughter and granddaughter?
In his eyes, everything else had become unimportant; he devoted himself to helping Qinglan. Now, he endured any scolding from Liu Xiuzhen without engaging in any arguments with her, showing more patience and care than ever before.
A daughter is like a piece of flesh that falls from a mother's heart. When the daughter is in pain, the mother feels even more pain; she is simply someone who struggles to express her love.
As a result, Liu Xiuzhen often cried after scolding him.
Because Qinglan denied that the child was An Shaojie's, she didn't truly believe Qinglan's words. Even if she did, it was as Bai Cuifen thought: even if the child wasn't that brat's, she still believed her beloved daughter was harmed by that brat.
But since her daughter did not admit it, she accepted it. Despite her usual tendency to lash out at suspects, she never directed her anger outward in this matter. She swallowed her grievances; aside from venting her frustrations at home towards her man, what else could she do to release her inner pain?
Her man was no longer the one who would get annoyed when she cursed at him. No matter how much she scolded him, he remained silent and instead comforted her. As she continued to curse, her angry words turned into soft sobs. After crying, aside from taking extra care of Qinglan, she didn't know what else she could do.
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