Chapter 771: Chapter 771: The Three Fathers and Sons Are Jealous
Lin Qi looked at her daughter with satisfaction, suddenly remembered something, and gently asked, “Yinyin, do you remember your brother Junjun?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yinyin looked up, and a ripple seemed to appear in her eyes.
Beside her, Huo Tingdong laughed.
Lin Jinmo and Huo Tinghan also smiled.
Lin Jinmo said, “Mom, even we aren’t remembered by her, how could she remember Junyan?”
Huo Tinghan glanced at Yinyin: “She has forgotten everyone, after all, she was so young.”
Yinyin tentatively said, “Is brother Junjun the one who always liked holding me when I was little?”
The father and the two brothers were all shocked!
Huo Tingdong’s face immediately dropped.
Even Huo Tinghan almost couldn’t hold his expression.
Lin Jinmo laughed: “Yinyin, you truly don’t remember. When you were very young, all of us brothers wanted to hold you.”
Huo Tingdong said, “Even Zhouzhou… your third brother, insisted on holding you to sleep every night. You were our family’s most cherished little princess. Not a single person didn’t hold you dear in their hearts.”
Huo Tinghan: “So, you shouldn’t remember ‘brother Junjun’.”
Yinyin beamed, “Was that brother Junjun called Li Junyan?”
Huo Tinghan’s lips twitched violently.
Lin Qi was a bit surprised: “Yinyin, how do you even know that?”
Yinyin said, “Previously, when I was tutoring at the Rong Family, I met him accidentally. The people at the Rong Family were very kind to me. That brother Junyan even took me to the amusement park. I felt like I’d seen that look in his eyes somewhere before.”
Pausing a bit, she chuckled and said, “I must have really liked being held by him when I was young!”
The trio were simultaneously petrified with surprise.
Lin Qi laughed and cried: “Yes, you loved it when he held you. Whenever he did, you’d be grinning from ear to ear, wasn’t that right, honey?”
She turned to Huo Tingdong.
Only to see Huo Tingdong’s expression—very gloomy.
As a father, he’d finally found his beloved daughter, only for her to not remember him, but instead remember that rascal from the Li Family.
He obviously felt a bit bitter!
And he wasn’t the only one feeling bitter, the other two brothers did too.
Huo Tinghan was self-reflecting. Since she was little he could’ve held her in his mouth, fearing he’d spoil her, but in the end…
Li Junyan!
That bastard.
Lin Jinmo also cursed in his mind.
Yinyin, seeing the gloomy expressions on her father and two brothers, thought she had said something wrong and grew a little nervous: “Did I say something I shouldn’t have?”
Huo Tingdong immediately smiled: “Not at all.”
Lin Qi mercilessly said: “Your dad’s just jealous.”
Huo Tingdong: “…”
He looked at Lin Qi.
Lin Qi began to seriously explain Huo Tingdong’s psychological barrier: “You know, since you were a child, your dad adored you the most. Yet, you’ve forgotten him while still remembering that little boy. How could he not be jealous?”
Yinyin found it both tearful and amusing: “Which little boy outside could be better than Dad?”
Huo Tinghan and Lin Jinmo immediately looked at her together.
Yinyin pacified them, “I declare, Dad and Mom are ranked first in my heart, closely followed by my three brothers.”
Huo Tinghan said: “At the very least, I am second.”
Lin Jinmo said: “When you were little, I was the one who bottle-fed you. I’m definitely ranked higher than you.”
Huo Tinghan: “Did you ever let me bottle-feed her?”
Lin Jinmo: “You couldn’t even bottle-feed her, yet you want to compete with me for rankings in her heart? Dream on.”
Yinyin asked: “Dad, what about my adoptive parents?”
Huo Tingdong said: “I plan to send them back to their hometown. Rest assured, they won’t have a chance to trouble you again.”
Yinyin nodded thoughtfully: “Hmm…”
Huo Tingdong asked worriedly: “What is it? Are you reluctant to leave them?”
Considering she grew up in that family, it’s only natural she’d feel reluctant parting ways now.
Yinyin said: “Although they never truly loved me and raised me as a child bride, they’re not bad people.”
Although she grew up in poverty, when she was small, if her brother had something to eat, so did she. Although she always got a little less than her brother, she didn’t suffer greatly in that family.
Since she was young, she loved reading books.
The books said that people should have a grateful heart.
Now that she’s back home with her birth family, she wants to repay the kindness of her adoptive parents’ years of upbringing as much as she can.
At the very least, a proper farewell.
Huo Tingdong, understanding her feelings, said gently: “Yinyin, I know you’re a kind-hearted child. So tomorrow, I will arrange someone to send them back to Yan City. You can go with me to say goodbye, and besides that, I will give them some compensation since they did raise you for seventeen years.”
Having found his daughter, Huo Tingdong was naturally in a good mood and didn’t want any grudges or conflicts with anyone.
For him, anything that money could resolve was never a problem.
Yinyin smiled: “Okay.”
At night.
Huo Linzhou returned home and the first thing he asked after entering was where his sister was.
By then, Yinyin had already gone to bed.
Lin Qi said, “Your sister’s asleep, don’t go disturbing her rest.”
Huo Linzhou had planned to go upstairs, but upon hearing she was asleep, he decided against it.
“Is she going to school tomorrow?”
Lin Qi said: “No, tomorrow her adoptive parents are returning to Yan City, and she wants to see them off.”
Huo Linzhou: “What’s the point of seeing them off?”
Lin Qi said: “After all, they did help raise Yinyin, and Yinyin didn’t suffer much with them. Even though their intentions were not pure, they did nothing inhumane. We should forgive when we can.”
Huo Linzhou nodded in agreement: “I heard that their brat of a son bullied my sister often. It’s just that my sister, being gentle, didn’t stoop to their level.”
Lin Qi: “I ask for nothing else, just that Yinyin returned safely.”
Huo Linzhou: “There are now rumors spreading in school about me and Yinyin being in a relationship.”
Lin Qi said: “Let them talk. Don’t pay attention to those baseless speculations.”
Huo Linzhou: “Mom, it’s late, you should rest early. I’m going to bed.”
Saying that, he hugged Lin Qi and gently kissed her on the forehead.
Lin Qi said: “Alright, you too.”
The next morning.
Huo Linzhou got up early. Huo Tinghan and Lin Jinmo also woke up early.
The three brothers wanted to wait for their sister to wake up and have breakfast with her.
When Yinyin came downstairs, she saw her three brothers already sitting in the dining room waiting for her.
Lin Jinmo: “Good morning, Yinyin.”
Huo Tinghan and Huo Linzhou also chimed in: “Morning, little sister.”