Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

"Xiao Yue." Mo Siyu pulled her to sit down on the bench beside them. Under the dim yellow light, Tang Yue's face appeared gentle and soft. He held her hand tightly and said, "If you don't want to acknowledge him, it's okay not to."

"If your birth father were to come looking for you, how would you feel?" Tang Yue turned her head to ask. If she remembered correctly, Mo Siyu's father was also whereabouts unknown.

Granny Mo, who would be her future mother-in-law, had an accident in her previous life precisely because of this matter.

"A person who merely shares that bit of blood relation, who has been missing for so many years, I don't think about him anymore," Mo Siyu replied. He adjusted the clothes on her body to make sure her hands weren't cold before continuing, "But our situations are different. My mom has always had him in her thoughts. Although she doesn't speak of it, I know she misses him."

"Unfortunately, people got separated in that era, and it's not easy to reunite now," Mo Siyu sighed. If possible, he also wanted to find him, regardless of whether the outcome was good or bad. Even if he had gotten married and had children, at least it might put Mo Xiaolin's mind at ease.

Now, with no sightings of him alive or dead, Mo Xiaolin has been concerned all along. Before, it wasn't that noticeable, but after he started working, Mo Xiaolin has been alone without a companion by her side.

"Ah." Tang Yue heaved a sigh. She leaned on Mo Siyu's shoulder and said, "Do you know? I always looked forward to my birth father appearing, doting on me, loving me, and standing up for me."

In her previous life, she envied others for having their birth fathers because she had full hostility towards Tang Zhengde. At that time, she even fantasized about many different identities for her birth father.

Unfortunately, she waited a lifetime and never saw him.

In this life, she sincerely accepted Tang Zhengde. Now that she had a father's love and had no longing for the birth father who never appeared, Lian He showed up.

Lian He had married and had a child within a year, giving birth to Lian Qingyang. So why did he come to find her?

Under the night sky, Tang Yue and Mo Siyu talked a lot until it got very late, and then they went back to the hospital room to rest.

She was going to school tomorrow. Tang Yue reminded him, "Uncle Mo, take good care of yourself. I'll come to see you at the team over the weekend."

"Okay." Mo Siyu held her and reluctantly kissed her forehead before saying, "I'll wait for you at the team."

Tang Yue looked up at him and nodded, "Mhm."

The next morning, Tang Yue went to school early. After being on vacation for so many days and taking a few days off, she hadn't been to school in a long time. When Zhang Tingyu saw Tang Yue, she asked worriedly, "Xiao Yue, you haven't been to school for so many days. Did something happen?"

"There was a bit of an issue, nothing serious, it's all resolved now." Tang Yue invited Zhang Tingyu to dinner with a smile.

When they reached the classroom, Lian Qingyang eagerly came forward and happily handed her the milk he had bought, saying, "Sister Xiao Yue, this is for you."

Lian Qingyang's earnestness made him seem almost obsequious.

The other classmates in the room were surprised. Before, Lian Qingyang and Tang Yue were close, but they were just ordinary classmates, at most a little closer than that.

But, after the holiday, why did it feel different?

"What are you looking at? Xiao Yue is my sister. I'm telling you, if anyone dares to bully Sister Xiao Yue, they are making an enemy of me," Lian Qingyang had always been a little tyrant at school. Seeing everyone staring, he simply disclosed it openly.

Tang Yue looked helplessly at Lian Qingyang and said, "Lian Qingyang, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Sister Xiao Yue, I just want to tell everyone that I've got your back," Lian Qingyang said with a somewhat aggrieved look.

The classmates watched with surprise, but they didn't take it seriously, assuming Lian Qingyang probably just recognized a sworn sister and didn't think of it as a real sisterly relationship.

From morning till evening, Lian Qingyang shamelessly followed Tang Yue around for meals, insisting on paying the bill, until Tang Yue finally put on a stern face and made him stop, which made Lian Qingyang restrain himself a bit.

It was Zhang Tingyu's first time seeing Lian Qingyang, and she too was quite surprised. She quietly asked, "Xiao Yue, is this one of your admirers? It's quite peculiar, isn't it?"

She had never seen an admirer who called someone "Sister."

"No, he's not," Tang Yue didn't explain the complicated relationship and simply said, "I consider him as my younger brother."

"Oh," Zhang Tingyu nodded, not asking anything further.

*

Hai City.

Three days after Lian He had returned to Hai City, he managed to finish the mountain of accumulated documents.

As soon as Lian He got home, he heard that his mother-in-law had been hospitalized again. After pondering for a moment, he went to the hospital. Although he disliked Xiang Yazhi, her family had treated him well, especially when the Lian Family was in trouble, the Xiang Family had been a great help.

In Hai City Hospital, Xiang Yazhi was looking after Mrs. Xiang. Since Mrs. Xiang's condition had stabilized and there was nothing serious, Xiang Yazhi couldn't hide her feelings of grievance.

"Yazhi, what's wrong? You've come back with a stepmother's face, who has bullied you?" Lying halfway on the bed, Mrs. Xiang looked at Xiang Yazhi's expression and guessed without a second thought, "Did you have another argument with your son-in-law? Yazhi, Lian He has been good to you, so stop being ungrateful and control your temper."

Mrs. Xiang was very clear about her daughter's character. Although Lian He initially disliked Xiang Yazhi, he was forced to marry her because of the child she was carrying, but over the years, he had treated Xiang Yazhi with respect. He never lived a life of extravagance like others.

Lian He had always disciplined himself, and Mrs. Xiang had noticed his behavior over the years. Such a good man was truly rare.

Even if his heart did not belong to Xiang Yazhi, Lian He still provided her with sufficient dignity in public. Over these years, the Xiang Family had been declining. It was only with the support of the Lian Family that they had been improving.

"Mom, am I even your biological daughter?" Xiang Yazhi felt extremely aggrieved, and even as her mother spoke like this, she tearfully said, "Do you know? That woman had a pregnancy back then and gave birth to a daughter for Lian He. Now, he treasures that girl like nothing else."

"A daughter and not a son?" Mrs. Xiang gave her a stern look, as if to say, you're so incompetent, it's just a girl, what's there to worry about.

"Mom, Lian He told me that the inheritance will be equally divided among the three siblings," Xiang Yazhi angrily continued, "Why should Qingqing and Qingyang have to share with her?"

Mrs. Xiang gave her a meaningful look and said, "Yazhi, at your age, you're still not as good as Qingqing. If Lian He says to give it, then you give it? Besides, whether a lot is given or a little, could it be that you and your kids will get less?"