397 Her Lucky Star (2/2)
Yao Ling's eyes lit up when she heard his acknowledgment. She was moved and couldn't hold back her tears anymore. Yes, she was crying due to happiness. She finally had a real family --- of course, she meant other than Yao Ying.
The two men jumped up in surprise when they saw her crying, after all, they thought that she would be happy. Both of them asked at the same time worriedly, ”What happened?! Why are you crying? Does someone bully you?”
Yao Ling was quite surprised because Rong Heng quite cared about her --- it was a big leap from his previous displeasure towards her and he even asked her whether someone was bullying her or not. She was touched by his words because it meant that he actually concerned about her, right? She shook her head softly, ”No... it's not that...” Her voice became hoarse because of her tears.
”Then, what happened?” Rong Heng asked while furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
When Rong Qiu noticed that Rong Heng showed his care towards Yao Ling, he cleverly stopped talking and letting the brother and sister pair to slowly bond --- after all, he had already seen an improvement ah~! Why didn't he encourage them more? Let them talk more!
”I'm... I'm just too happy...” Yao Ling honestly answered with a sweet grin.
Rong Heng massaged his forehead --- he almost forgot that women were really a complicated being. They cried when they were sad and they also cried when they were happy. He shook his head exasperatedly, remembering his own wife who had a mood swing as well. Thus, he didn't blame Yao Ling.
Women were really complicated human beings and yet, men couldn't live without them, thus, he could only relent and sigh indulgently.
”Why?” Rong Heng asked curiously. ”Why are you so happy?”
Was it because she ended up becoming the daughter of an official? Or because of something else? Rong Heng wasn't that narrowminded, he would still give her the benefits of the doubt until she explained everything. After all, she was the daughter that his father had acknowledged and he was pretty sure that his father wouldn't be that blind even though Yao Ling was his blood-related daughter!
”I used to live all alone with my mother and how I wished that I could have a father and brother to protect me and mother just like the other villagers. Both of us are women so sometimes there would be one or two villagers who wanted to take advantage of us. However, I also knew that it was only my wishful thinking, but... who would have guessed that my wish would come true someday?” Yao Ling explained with teary eyes while smiling at the same time.
”I find my real birth father and even gain a new older brother...” She said softly. ”How could I not be happy? I have never thought that I would really be able to find my real family... after all, I only have a hairpin as proof. I thought I will be all alone... Fortunately, I found Yao Ying or else... I wouldn't be able to travel this far...”
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Her simple answer warmed Rong Qiu's heart --- it felt bittersweet to him because he couldn't easily erase the guilt inside his heart. Rong Qiu looked at Rong Heng, wondering what his next step would be. He couldn't force him to say something nice to Yao Ling because Rong Heng already had his own mind...
”I know a little bit of your life story from father so I also understand that you have lived a hard life before you become a stepdaughter of a merchant at the Shu Kingdom... I will treat you well just like my own sister, but I have to give you a warning beforehand,” Rong Heng said seriously.
Yao Ling tilted her head to the side and asked innocently, ”En... What kind of warning, Da Ge?”
Rong Heng thought that she would make a tantrum but she didn't, so he had a better impression of her.