Yuan Chun looked bewildered, "But I didn’t mean to, back then, it was you who insisted on suing the other party, which made them serve two years in jail. Now they’re coming back for revenge, it’s just tit for tat. They have a reason to hurt you, can’t you pity them and let them go this once?"

Wang Xiaoyan gritted her teeth in anger, "I would rather die than let him go. I must have him imprisoned, and hopefully, he’ll stay in there until he dies."

Yuan Chun sneered, "Indeed, if the knife doesn’t cut into your own flesh, you don’t know the pain. I still remember when Xiao Bao was kidnapped by Fan Lei, you marched up to me, righteously demanding I let Fan Lei go. Now that you’re the one being hurt, you know the pain. But what about the damage done to Xiao Bao back then, why could you ignore it?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Wang Xiaoyan, do you know why I resolutely decided to drive you out of the Fang Family back then? It was because my feelings were the same as yours now. I was furious that you hurt my son for an outsider and ignored my years of kindness to you."

"Auntie, I... I was young and ignorant back then, I didn’t mean to hurt you. Auntie, can we just let the past be the past? From now on, I’ll treat you like my own mother and be filial to you."

Yuan Chun shook her head coldly, "I dare not accept your filial piety. I’m afraid you’ll ’honor’ me straight to heaven."

Yuan Chun stood up, "Since you seem to be in good spirits, it looks like you’re fine. I’ll be leaving now."

Wang Xiaoyan panicked, pleading through tears, "Auntie, can’t you stay with me? I’ve just gone through a fate worse than death, and I’m still scared. Please stay with me, I beg you, Auntie."

Yuan Chun, who had reached the door of the hospital room, turned back and looked at her for a long time, then suddenly sneered, "You’ve already sent the perpetrator to jail, what is there to fear? Besides, Wang Xiaoyan, you’ve lived so many years, what haven’t you experienced? You’ve even got blood on your hands. How could you be afraid of a little kidnapping incident?"

Wang Xiaoyan’s face turned pale, "You... what do you mean?"

"What do you think?" Yuan Chun coldly laughed, "Do you really think I didn’t want to adopt you?"

"Wang Xiaoyan, I once raised a vicious wolf. After the wolf grew, it turned and bit me to death. So being given another chance, I won’t foolishly raise a vicious wolf again. This lifetime, I just want to live peacefully and safely with my son and die of old age, not be harmed to death by others."

With a bang.

The door was opened and then closed again.

Wang Xiaoyan lay dazed on the hospital bed, in disbelief, yet somehow had anticipated it.

Yes, this life is different from the last.

From the very beginning, it was different.

In the past life, Auntie adored her, even adopted her so she could study smoothly in Beijing.

But in this life, Auntie laid her mother’s hard-earned money plain out from the start and used it as an excuse to refuse adoption.

Even when her parents both died, no matter how much she pleaded, Auntie wouldn’t adopt her.

It turns out, Auntie, like her, is someone who has lived through this life again.

So, who would adopt the murderer of themselves and their child?

Wang Xiaoyan laughed.

Her laughter was desolate.

Laughter full of tears.

And within the laughter, was also filled with regret.