“No matter what decision you make, Mom can understand you.”
“Madam Bai…” Qiao Anxin looked like she was about to burst into tears. “I-I’m really not dreaming? Are you really my mother?”
“It’s true.”
Madam Bai still didn’t like Qiao Anxin.
But she couldn’t bear to see her daughter cry like this.
She hesitated for a few seconds, then reached out and gently pulled Qiao Anxin into her arms. She said in a gentle voice, “As long as you’re willing to acknowledge me, of course, I’m your mother. Anxin, don’t cry. It’s Mom who let you down and couldn’t find you sooner. Are you willing to give Mom a chance to make it up to you?
“Can you come home with Mom? Your dad, your brother, and I will treat you well in the future.”
Qiao Anxin fell into her arms and cried even harder.
She couldn’t stop sobbing.
Madam Bai couldn’t bear to see her like this.
She thought that it didn’t matter even if she didn’t like Qiao Anxin now.
Feelings could be nurtured slowly.
She could slowly correct her flaws in the future.
She couldn’t reject this daughter just because she didn’t like her.
Even if Qiao Anxin was a beggar now.
Did she not want it?
It was already a blessing that her Little Seven could live until now.
She shouldn’t ask for too much.
At the thought of this, Madam Bai calmed down and wasn’t as against Qiao Anxin as before.
She really liked Qiao Mianmian.
But they weren’t fated to be mother and daughter anymore.
But Qiao Anxin and Qiao Mianmian were sisters now. She recognized Qiao Anxin, and in fact, she had a mother-daughter relationship with Qiao Mianmian.
Madam Bai felt better after comforting herself.
“I, I…” Qiao Anxin’s heart was full of thoughts, but she pretended to be hesitant. “But if I return to the Bai family, my adoptive parents will definitely be upset.
“They raised me, I can’t… I can’t abandon them.”
Because of Qiao Anxin’s words, Madam Bai’s impression of her changed a lot.
She liked filial children.
Madam Bai was even more impressed that Qiao Anxin still remembered her adoptive parents.
“Of course, I don’t want you to abandon them. Your adoptive parents raised you up. If you abandon them, you’ll be so heartless. Anxin, even if we acknowledge each other, they’ll still be your parents.
“If we let you return to the Bai family, wouldn’t we be asking you to abandon your previous home? In the future, be it the Qiao family or the Bai family, they will be your family. Our family has to thank your adoptive parents. They have done you and us a huge favor.
“If you’re willing, you’ll have two families in the future.
“If you’re unwilling…”
Before Madam Bai could finish her sentence, Qiao Anxin looked up with her red and swollen eyes and said longingly, “I’m willing. I’ve missed you for more than 10 years. I’ve always wanted to find my biological parents.”