The biological parents of the orphan girl who had been raised by the mute Grandmother Liu for more than ten years had come to take their daughter home!

The people in the village had been gossiping about this at their leisure.

“Alas, Grandma Liu shouldn’t have adopted that girl in the first place. We told her not to do that because it would be a waste of money and energy, but she just didn’t listen.”

“But that girl doesn’t seem to be an ingrate.”

“Who knows? Her first option was her biological parents living in the city, and the other was a poor mute living in the countryside. If it were you, who would you have chosen? Alas, poor Granny Liu! As a lonely and helpless old woman, she’s suffered for more than ten years to raise this girl. But the girl is going back to her parents without repaying her kindness at all. Gee, all her efforts were all for naught.”

“So, no good deed goes unpunished!”

And Sheng Yang, the girl they were gossiping about, was standing not far away.

The wind blew her waist-length black hair, which was dancing in the wind.

Her skin was enviably fair, and her features were exquisite and beautiful.

She just stood there quietly, indifferent and gorgeous, so beautiful that she was even awe-inspiring.

At the sight of Sheng Yang, these happily gossiping peasant women all froze then dispersed at once.

Sheng Yang didn’t say anything and walked into the room on the path the onlookers had cleared for her. Whispers could be heard behind her.

“She was brought up by a mute. Is she mute too?”

“No, I’ve heard her speak. Her voice is pretty nice, but she doesn’t talk much.”

“Gee, what’s the use of raising her so well? Anyway, the fruits of Granny Liu’s labor are about to be picked by someone else. I think Granny Liu is most pitiful. If she got the chance to marry this girl off to someone, she would get at least ten thousand yuan as a dowry, wouldn’t she?”

Passing through the small but clean and tidy courtyard, she could see the central room of her home. From a distance, she saw a gray-haired woman sitting in the middle of the room and two people sitting on her side, one man and one woman.

Upon seeing her, the two people stood up with excitement and looked at her expectantly. Unconsciously, the corners of their eyes were wet.

Their daughter looked so beautiful and it was obvious how much care this Grandma Liu had put into her all these years. She must love Yangyang so much.

But in contrast to them, Sheng Yang just looked at them with no emotion as if looking at two strangers.

Kang Weizhen didn’t dare to ask too much. She raised her hand a bit uneasily. “Yangyang, it’s been a long time.”

She wasn’t like a mother but more like a student who was particularly nervous in front of her teacher.

Although they were related by blood, she knew it was difficult for an adolescent child to accept a mother appearing out of blue.

Sheng Yang raised her eyebrows. Long time? But we met only two days ago.

She merely nodded to the couple in a most polite way and then walked to Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu’s loving gaze slowly fell onto her and she began to “speak” to the couple with sign language.

Sheng Yang watched and was about to translate for them when Kang Weizhen’s slightly trembling voice was heard. She choked back the sobs that were about to break out and said, “I understand what you mean. We shouldn’t rush on this matter. We’ll be patient and won’t push Yangyang.”

Granny Liu’s eyes seemed to see through everything, and she still smiled.

When the couple arrived two days ago, they didn’t know sign language at all, but now they could already understand it.

Grandma Liu gently held Sheng Yang’s hand then let go before she began to gesture again.

For the sake of Sheng Yang’s future, she agreed that they could take Sheng Yang back as long as they were nice to her.

The couple suddenly bowed down to her. Upon seeing this, Grandma Liu hurriedly stopped them from kneeling, but she was mute and couldn’t express herself well. The couple still insisted on kneeling and kowtowed to her three times. They kowtowed so hard that their foreheads turned red.

“I know it’s very rude of us. Thank you for raising Yangyang for so many years, and we will bring her back to see you often. From now on, you’ll be Yangyang’s grandmother.” Sheng You, who had experienced much of life and was already in his forties, looked at Sheng Yang deeply. His eyes were red and his tone was solemn. “We were absent from Yangyang’s life before but now, we will use everything we have to make up for it.”

The villagers were still watching at the gate, gossiping about how foolish Grandma Liu was to force Sheng Yang to return to her parents.

“I guess they threw their daughter away to give birth to a son. Now that the girl has been brought up by someone else, they came to pick the fruit!”

“Alas, Grandma Liu is really silly. She’s lived a hard life all her life.”

“Tsk tsk, in the end, she has nothing left—neither the girl nor money. Why do you think she’s put herself through so much?”

At this time, two nice cars suddenly stopped at the door and the villagers knowledgeable about cars gaped in surprise. Although these cars weren’t theirs, it was really a pity to see such fine cars parked in the mud pit.

When the car door opened, several middle-aged women came out all dressed in uniform, like professional service personnel.

The couple also came out at the same time. Kang Weizhen said with a smile, “I was busy making preparations the past two days, Granny Liu. These are the maids I prepared for you; they will take care of your food, clothing, housing, and transportation. I’ve also bought the village chief’s five-story house. Now it’s yours. You raised Yangyang for us, and we ought to repay you. No matter how much we do, we can’t repay your great kindness. From now on, you don’t have to worry about anything and all you need to do is enjoy your life.”

The onlookers watched dumbfounded, jealous, and sour.

Alas, why weren’t they the ones who performed this good deed?

***

So Sheng Yang returned to her new home in Yan City.

A year ago, the real Sheng Yang got into a car accident and died. Then she inexplicably transmigrated into this body and acquired a special ability. But just some time ago, the real Sheng Yang’s parents suddenly came to this village and asked her to go back home with them. She didn’t want to leave, but Grandma Liu didn’t want her to stay in the countryside, thinking it bad for her future and insisted on her going with her parents. Grandma Liu wasn’t in good health, and Sheng Yang didn’t dare to agitate her. Besides, the Sheng Family had made such extensive preparations for Grandma Liu’s future life, so she had no worries anymore.

She was lying in bed staring at the ceiling decorated like a starry sky, reminiscing.

It had been three days since she arrived at this home.

There was a light knock on the door. “Come in.”

Kang Weizhen, her biological mother who had been separated from her for 17 years, walked in lightly carrying something. She walked straight to her bed and slowly sat down.

“Yangyang.” She spoke and smiled gently. “Your father went on a business trip. He bought you bird’s nest, shark fin, and fish maw. I made a soup with each of the ingredients. Which one would you like to eat?”

Sheng Yang looked at the small tray that was handed to her and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. This small tray seemed to be specifically prepared for a paralyzed patient.

Seeing Sheng Yang’s deadpan expression, Kang Weizhen couldn’t help but cautiously and tentatively ask, “Or do you want to eat them all?”

She thought for a moment. “Although you can, give me a minute to ask our family doctor, Yangyang.”

“No need.” Sheng Yang looked at her eager eyes and picked up the bowl of bird’s nest, saying casually, “I’ll take this.”

Kang Weizhen stared at her closely and made a mental note.

It turned out that Yangyang liked to eat bird’s nest…

Kang Weizhen was working hard to cultivate a mother-daughter bond with Sheng Yang, but it seemed to be one-sided. Most of the time, when she asked the girl something, she just answered simply and indifferently, but this didn’t affect Kang Weizhen’s enthusiasm. She always felt that by trying, their mother-daughter relations were quietly warming up.

At this time, Kang Weizhen’s cell phone rang. Angry that this sweet moment was interrupted, she frowned and glanced crossly.

Then she quickly turned around, picked the phone up, and shouted angrily, “What’s the matter?”

Sheng Yang’s white slender fingers holding the spoon paused.

Realizing that she was a bit grumpy, Kang Weizhen quickly turned her head and smiled at Sheng Yang. “Yangyang, take your time to drink the soup. I’ll take this call.”

Sheng Yang nodded and Kang Weizhen ran to the bookcase to answer the call, and her face changed again.

After a while, Kang Weizhen came back, fiddling with her hair a bit uneasily. “Yangyang, your third brother is back. He’s downstairs right now. Do you want to see him?”

Not two seconds later, she smiled as gently as she could. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to see him.”

She would see her brother sooner or later, so Sheng Yang nodded. “Okay.”

Kang Weizhen was overjoyed. Yangyang didn’t resist seeing her family, which meant that she was also working very hard to fit into the family.

***

Sheng Yang’s room was very large—more than 100 square meters large. It was a duplex room with a living room, cloakroom and so on. It was a fully-furnished little world prepared for her by Kang Weizhen.

Then in her room, she saw her third brother, Sheng Yuxi. She quietly looked at him. He should be one or two years older than her, but in front of her, he looked a little shy and nervous.

However, when Sheng Yuxi boldly raised his eyes to look at this sister, he held his breath.

Earlier on the phone, his mother refused to let him see his sister, saying ferociously, “You’re ugly. What if you scare Yangyang?” He touched his face, feeling resentful. Before graduating, he was the most popular boy at his school. How could his mother reduce him like this?

But when he saw his sister… he suddenly felt that in terms of attractiveness, he was the odd one out in his family!

He had always heard that Mom was an out-and-out beauty when she was young. He had seen pictures of his mother when she was young, but now he had to admit this girl in front of him was even more beautiful. Her unearthly temperament, slightly raised eyes, and exquisite face were all mesmerizing.

“Hi… hello.” Sheng Yuxi’s fair face seemed to be dyed with a thin layer of scarlet rouge.

In contrast to him, Sheng Yang was quite indifferent. She smiled. “Hello.”

“Call her Sister!” Kang Weizhen became grumpy when she turned to Sheng Yuxi. In the blink of an eye, however, she looked gently at Sheng Yang and said softly, “Look at your sister, she’s much more polite than you.”

At this time, a sweet voice rang out at the door. “Third Brother, may I come in?”

Kang Weizhen frowned. Before she had time to say anything, she saw her stupid son beckoning happily, “Yueyue, come on in!”

Then a girl in a white dress breezed in.

Since she had entered, Kang Weizhen could only cough and make introductions. “Yangyang, this is your second uncle’s daughter, Sheng Yue.”

After Sheng Yang arrived, Kang Weizhen had briefly told her about the members of the Sheng Family. Although Kang Weizhen had only told her once because she was afraid it would be difficult for Sheng Yang to remember, Sheng Yang had already memorized all the family members.

Sheng Yang’s grandfather had two sons. The elder son was her father, and the younger son was Sheng Yue’s father.

This was the first time Sheng Yue had been in this room, so she couldn’t help but look around.

She and Sheng Yuxi were close in age and the two families were close, so she often came to play here and stayed overnight.

There were many guest rooms in this house and Aunt usually let her choose any room she liked, but only this room was locked all the time, so she had never been in this room before or seen what it looked like.

She had heard from her third cousin brother, Sheng Yuxi, that this was the princess room that her aunt prepared for Sheng Yang before the latter was born and Sheng Yang had lived here right after she was born. Although Sheng Yang had been gone for so many years, Aunt still reserved this room for her and kept it tidy and clean. As Sheng Yang grew older, the clothes and stationery in it were changed out every now and then, all of which were of top-notch brands.

When she heard this, she thought Sheng Yuxi was exaggerating. After all, no one even knew if Sheng Yang was still alive, but now it seemed that what he said was true. The decorations as well as the clothes and jewelry contained within were all many times better than hers.

Sheng Yue retracted her gaze and turned her eyes to Sheng Yang then felt shocked.

She had thought that Sheng Yang, who had lived in the countryside, should be yellow-haired and rough-skinned, but to her surprise, Sheng Yang was tall and slender with tender skin and looked like a beautiful little fairy. It was easy to tell that she was Aunt’s daughter although she was even more beautiful than Aunt who was famous for her beauty.

Sheng Yue gaped in surprise and forgot what she was going to say for a long time.

When she came back to reality, she rolled her eyes. “Auntie, Third Brother, is this Yangyang? She’s so beautiful. She looks just like the younger version of Auntie.”

She stood in front of Sheng Yang, looking Sheng Yang up and down with interest.

Although her gaze wasn’t malicious, no one would feel comfortable being stared at like this the first time they met.

Kang Weizhen looked at Sheng Yang sensitively and worriedly, only to see that her eyes were clear and calm and she didn’t seem angry at all.

Kang Weizhen still pulled Sheng Yang away a little, although she thought Sheng Yue was acting this way merely out of a little girl’s interest in beauty. She felt a little proud. Her Yangyang was indeed the most beautiful girl she had ever seen.

Sheng Yue lowered her eyes. Watching her aunt’s petty actions, she curled her lips imperceptibly but still said warmly, “Auntie, Third Brother brought me here to play. I was in the guest room. I didn’t know Yangyang was back today; my bad.”

Kang Weizhen nodded and looked at Sheng Yue. It suddenly occurred to her that perhaps her daughter had been lukewarm to her the past few days due to their generational gap. Maybe her daughter would feel more at ease while chatting with a peer. After all, peers had more to discuss.

Kang Weizhen gazed at Sheng Yang and said tentatively, “Yangyang, you guys should chat. I’m going to make scented tea and cookies for you.”

Sheng Yang just grunted in response, showing no emotion.

She had a gorgeous appearance but her personality was just the opposite, as plain as cold water.

Kang Weizhen thought this was because Sheng Yang had endured a lot of hardship in her previous living conditions, which made her feel even guiltier about her daughter.

After telling Sheng Yuxi to take good care of his sister, Kang Weizhen left.

Only the three youngsters were left in the room. Sheng Yang just ignored the other two, sitting at the desk and flipping through a book.

The other two were a bit embarrassed. Sheng Yuxi, who always thought he was popular, felt a little frustrated in front of this blood-related sister. She looked so aloof and even unapproachable.

His parents had three sons and finally gave birth to this only girl after a long wait. After she was born, his parents treated her literally like the apple of their eye.

However… his sister went missing when he was two years old, and because of that, his mother was ill for almost a year.

He was too young to remember what happened back then, so he didn’t have any memory of this sister.

At this time, Sheng Yue put her hands behind her back and took a step forward, asking as if she knew her well. “Yangyang, what are you reading?”