Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

Suddenly, Song Wan covered her mouth.

Her eyes widened slightly. It was her... her? She was her granddaughter? No wonder she really liked this child. This was what ‘blood is thicker than water’ meant; this was what kinship felt like.

She was very afraid that she would burst into tears right then. Mustering her strength, Song Wan calmed herself down. Then, she squatted down and reached her hands towards Rainy.

It was Rainy. It was actually Rainy. It was the Rainy that she saw several times. This was her little granddaughter, her blood-related granddaughter. The child of the Chu family. She was originally their grandchild.

Look at how stunning she looked, just like the Chu family. It was the first time she saw her up close. The first time she could look so carefully at her, and she realized that this was indeed a child of the Chu family. She looked extremely beautiful. Her small face was a shadow of Xia Ruoxin’s. Yet, her eyes... was it not the eyes possessed only by members of the Chu family? Furthermore, her calm and expressionless face-was it not a spitting image of Ah Lui? Her gaze was exactly like Ah Lui’s when he was young. Even in a foreign environment, they were never afraid. She was brave and sensible.

Shockingly, this child’s eyes had a tint of blue within her black pupils, just like the Chu family. In this moment—where she sat upright, she looked so much like their Ah Lui. Although Rainy was a girl and resembled her mother, she really gave off the same vibes as Ah Lui when he was young. They both liked to press their lips together, they both had the same look in their eyes, and they both had those expressionless faces.

If this was not her granddaughter, whose could she be?

“Rainy, come over to Granny; let Granny take a good look at you.” She did not even dare to blink her eyes, afraid that this cute little fella in front of her would suddenly disappear. Chu Jiang opened his eyes widely as well. He stared intently at Rainy, hoping to see more faces of his son in her.

Finally, he smiled. He didn’t know how long it had been since he last smiled.

He stared enviously at Song Wan. How come she had met their little granddaughter before? He didn’t even know her name. Now, he did. It was Rainy.

Although he found it a little weird, it still sounded quite nice.

“Rainy, come over to Granny.” Song Wan’s hands were still in the air. Even though they felt extremely sore, she could not bear to put them down. What a cute child. Her face was round as an apple, exquisitely long eyelashes grew from her large eyes, and her soft, tender lips were still tightly pressed together. She felt exactly like her son when he was young. She didn’t need a DNA test; she truly believed that this was her granddaughter.

Song Wan continued to squat on the floor, reaching her hands out towards Rainy. However, Rainy remained standing at the entrance, her hands tightly gripping her mother’s. She did not let go; neither did she call out ‘Granny’. She especially wouldn’t let this Granny hug her.

She didn’t even smile. Her long, curly eyelashes fluttered gently as she scanned the room, revealing the girl sitting on the sofa and hugging a beautiful doll—Chu Xiang.

Mommy said that this was her granny, but she was clearly Chu Xiang’s granny-not hers.

“Rainy...” Song Wan approached the child. She wanted to touch her granddaughter’s small face. She wanted to know whether this was reality, whether she was dreaming. However, the moment her hand reached forward, Rainy took a step back to avoid her hand.

This reaction felt like a stab in the heart for Song Wan.

This child seemingly disliked her.

“Mommy...” Rainy lifted her head pulling Xia Ruoxin’s hand. “Let’s go home, okay? Rainy wants to go home.”

Song Wan’s expression changed in an instant, and immediately, she backed away.

Xia Ruoxin knelt down, placing her hands on her daughter’s face.

“Rainy, did you forget? Mommy told you before... Mommy brought you here to meet your grandparents. You see, this is Rainy’s Granny. Go call her Granny. Granny actually really loves Rainy.”

Rainy lowered her head instead. She did not want to tell Mommy that this granny didn’t love her. This granny teamed up with Chu Xiang to bully her; this was Chu Xiang’s granny. Not hers.

“Rainy...” Xia Ruoxin somewhat felt that Rainy was not in a very good mood.

Just then, she recalled what happened at the nursery. It seemed like Rainy hadn’t forgotten about it. Her daughter had a very good memory. Although she was small, she had a strong moral compass. Her child’s mind was extremely pure. Who treats her nicely, who treats her badly; she understood everything.

“Rainy, that’s Granny.” She pointed to Song Wan again. “That’s Rainy’s blood-related granny. Even though Granny didn’t recognize Rainy before, did Rainy forget? Granny used to treat Rainy very nicely, right?”

Rainy stared at her toes, her hand tightening around her doll. Tears clouded her large eyes. It did seem like this granny was really nice to her, before but once Xiao Jiejie appeared, she didn’t treat her nicely anymore.

“Rainy, be good, call ‘Granny’.”

Xia Ruoxin rubbed her daughter’s small head. “You’ll be a good kid if you call her ‘Granny’.” Song Wan’s sad and dejected face was a little hard for Xia Ruoxin to bear. Forget it. Since they were already here, they might as well wrap up this family reunion nicely.

“Mommy, if Rainy doesn’t call her ‘Granny’, will I not be a good kid anymore?” Rainy lifted her face to ask. Actually, she really didn’t want to call her granny.

“That’s right.” Xia Ruoxin encouraged her daughter. “If Rainy plays with Granny and Grandpa, then she will be a good kid.”

Rainy hesitated a bit before softly saying ‘Granny’.

Upon hearing those words, tears fell from Song Wan’s eyes. This was an indescribable feeling. This was the bond between family at work. Those unwanted yet uncontrollable and unstoppable tears that form... before one knew it, they’re already streaming down one’s face.

Xia Ruoxin tousled her daughter’s hair again before gently pushing her small body forward. “Come on, go to Granny; let Granny hug you.”

Rainy stood in her place, not moving. She wanted to hold her mother’s hand. Yet, her mother walked away from her. She reached out her small hand to her father, but Gao Yi simply nodded lightly at her.