Chapter 1538: Love From Deep in the Bones
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“You, your mother…”
Ji Qingyan could not react for some time. “Isn’t Mother w.a.n.g in Yangcheng? Why are you saying she’s here?”
“Mother w.a.n.g is my adoptive mother. I’m not Sun Wukong, nor did I appear out of a rock.”
Dumbfounded!
Confused!
Ji Qingyan’s beautiful eyes widened!
Because she thought of something!
Lin Yi was sent to the orphanage after he was born!
He must have a biological mother!
Turning her head mechanically, Ji Qingyan looked at Qin Yingyue.
No wonder she had thought that this woman’s nose and eyes looked familiar.
She even thought that she looked like Lin Yi!
They were mother and son!
Moreover, from a biological point of view, sons took after their mothers!
It was only natural that they looked alike.
Qin Yingyue’s emotions were also very complicated, but more than that, she was happy.
This was because Lin Yi had admitted that he was his mother in front of Ji Qingyan!
To her, this was a great joy and honor.
“Auntie…”
Qin Yingyue nodded with a smile, feeling a little awkward. After all, she had set her up.
“I’m indeed Lin Yi’s mother. I’m sorry to meet you in such a way. I was too excited. I didn’t expect to meet you here.”
“No, no, no. Auntie, how can you apologize to me?”
Ji Qingyan was so anxious that her mouth was agape. She did not know what to say.
She had actually rejected her future mother-in-law’s opinion. This was too stupid.
Ji Qingyan was about to cry from her own stupidity. She was too ashamed to face anyone.
Lin Yi looked at Qin Yingyue and joked,
“Hurry up and change the way you address her. You’re killing her every time you call her auntie.”
“1 didn’t mean it like that.”
“Today was a coincidental encounter. Auntie was really unprepared.” Qin Yingyue took out a pair of diamond earrings that she had just bought from her pocket and handed them to Ji Qingyan.
“Auntie doesn’t have good taste, so don’t mind me. Just treat this as a greeting gift first. The next time we meet, 1’11 give you a big red packet.”
“No, no, no. Auntie, I can’t take it. Logically speaking, 1 should be the one preparing a gift for you. I can’t take your things.”
“You’re still calling me Auntie? Do you have a problem with me?”
“No, no, no. 1 really didn’t mean it like that.”
Ji Qingyan was so amused that she almost burst into tears. She could not even explain herself.
“Take it quickly. We’re family from now on. There’s no need to be so polite.”
“Thank you…” Ji Qingyan stretched out her hands, but her face was flushed with embarra.s.sment.
She felt that it was neither appropriate to call Qin Yingyue ‘auntie’ nor ‘mom’. She did not know how to address Qin Yingyue.
“It’s fine. You can call me whatever you want. Don’t listen to him.”
Ji Qingyan stood awkwardly in front of Lin Yi and could only smile to ease her awkwardness.
“Since we just happened to b.u.mp into each other, so let’s go for a meal.”
“I won’t disturb you guys anymore. 1 have a friend here with me. Go ahead and eat by yourselves.”
“1 have other things to do, so I can’t accompany you. I’ll leave first.” Li Xiuzhen tactfully turned around and left.
Although such a meeting was a little unexpected, she felt that it did not seem appropriate for her to be a third wheel.
“You…”
“Auntie, let’s go together.”
Ji Qingyan took the initiative to hold Qin Yingyue’s arm because she could see through Qin Yingyue’s nervousness and read her inner thoughts.
The feeling that Ji Qingyan and Liang Ruoxu gave Qin Yingyue was completely different.
Due to her good relationship with Shen Shuyi, she had always treated Liang Ruoxu as half a daughter.
This was the same for Liang Ruoxu. Because of her mother, when she faced Qin Yingyue, it was as if she was facing an auntie that she was familiar with. They would quickly warm up to each other, and they would not be so reserved when chatting.
However, it was a different story when it came to Ji Qingyan.
To her, Ji Qingyan was a complete stranger. There were many things that needed to be established, and this was also the reason why she was both so nervous and excited.
“Auntie will treat you to a meal.”
“That won’t do. Your son has money. Let him spend it.”
In the end, the three of them went to the restaurant in the mall and had a Western meal.
During the meal, Ji Qingyan noticed many issues.
Although the mother and son had already acknowledged each other, their relationship was limited to this level and did not go too deep.
Even though Mother w.a.n.g was only his adoptive mother, Lin Yi could lie on her lap freely and bicker with her while watching television.
But such things were rare with this pair.
Time was truly a magical thing, capable of bringing strangers closer together and creating distance between blood relatives.
Just like the three of them.
Throughout the meal, it was Ji Qingyan who kept the conversation going, otherwise, there would have been little for Lin Yi and Qin Yingyue to talk about.
After dinner, Ji Qingyan had originally planned to send Qin Yingyue back, but Qin Yingyue had rejected her.
To her, being able to see Lin Yi and hearing him admit that she was his mother in front of Ji Qingyan was a great honor and relief.
After leaving Dooramall, the two of them were not in a hurry to go back.
Instead, they strolled for a while on the road.
“When did you and Auntie meet? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Ji Qingyan grumbled unhappily, “I’ve embarra.s.sed myself today.”
Like mother, like son.
Lin Yi must have inherited his tricks from his mother.
She felt awkward at the thought of this.
She actually shot down her mother-in-law over and over again.
Sigh, this was too embarra.s.sing.
“I met her in Yanjing at the end of last year.”
“But you guys didn’t contact each other before. How did you meet in Yanjing?”
“Um…”
Lin Yi took a deep breath and said slowly,
“Back then, she had no choice but to send me to the orphanage. However, after a few years, she settled down, so she wanted to bring me back. That’s when she came to the orphanage and saw that I was living quite well there since Mother w.a.n.g treated me like her own son. She felt guilty, so she gave up on this plan.”
“So all these years, she’s been stifling her emotions and hasn’t come looking for you?”
“It’s not like that.”
The two of them walked slowly. Lin Yi spoke slowly, as if he was talking about an ordinary matter.
“After her situation stabilized, she stayed in Yangcheng for a long time. When she had nothing to do, she would visit me at the orphanage, but she would always stay outside the compound.”
“After I went to Zhonghai University, she followed me to Zhonghai. She has watched some of my life and knows a lot about me, including you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have recognized you at first glance.”
“She was with you the whole time?”
“Pretty much. She never left.”
Ji Qingyan took a deep breath.
She didn’t know how to describe her feelings.
If it wasn’t for the love that ran deep into her bones, it would be really difficult to do this.
Motherly love was truly purer and greater than any other emotion..