Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 2085 - 2087: The Story Is Long

The sky was gloomy when Cheng Su and the others returned to the Cheng family. The Old Master had already woken up and was lying against the bed. Clearly, he had already learned the truth of the matter from the family members, and his face was lined with obscure sadness. Not even Beibei and Xiao Nianxin’s amusing antics beside him could make him smile; he looked very dejected and old.

Seeing this, Cheng Su’s nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes. She quickly turned her back to sniff and wipe her nose.

She drove all the Cheng family members out and personally took the soup from the bedside table, saying, "Godfather, you must pull yourself together. The family can’t do without you, and neither can I. We all need you!"

Old Master Cheng glanced at her and smiled wryly, "What use do these old bones of mine have? They are no good now, can’t even protect my own kin. What use is there?"

"Saying that is just burdening yourself with unnecessary guilt. You didn’t know anything; how can it be your fault? If we must blame someone, blame fate, or the cruel and heartless people!" Cheng Su disagreed, saying, "All these years, you have never stopped searching for my aunt and them. If you’d found them, would you have let them live alone? Ignorance is not a crime, and I thought you understood this better than I do!"

"You’re just comforting me, indulging this old fool." Old Master Cheng said, "Su, sometimes the truth is cruel. I think if I didn’t know anything, I could still imagine them living well somewhere, not like now..." Dying unjustly, souls unseen.

Was it wrong to search so hard, only to end like this?

"I’m not just comforting you; in truth, I’m comforting myself because of me, those parents died!" Cheng Su said softly.

Old Master Cheng was stunned.

"Come, you drink this soup, and I’ll tell you a story. My arm is getting sore; you’ll at least pity your daughter a little, won’t you?" Cheng Su coaxed.

The spoon had already been brought to his lips, and being fed by his goddaughter, Old Master Cheng instinctively opened his mouth and finished the bowl of soup one spoonful at a time.

Cheng Su took a tissue and gently wiped his mouth, then gave him water to drink and medicine, saying, "So, shall the story begin then?"

The story was long. Where should it start? Let’s start with the orphanage, the girl who grew up independently in the orphanage, how she stepped into the world and onto her own life’s path.

From one lifetime to the next, she went through so much hardship and pain, experiencing the sorrows and joys of human life.

"She had questioned the heavens why everyone had parents while she didn’t. She thought she was an unwanted child, so she always grew up timidly and cautiously. She didn’t dare to fight, didn’t dare to resent, much less yearn."

"Through two lifetimes, she realized that she too was once a child surrounded by love, cared for by many, and had the bond of parents. Though it was short, it was better than nothing, just cruelly taken away."

Old Master Cheng looked at her, his mouth gaping in shock.

"After knowing her parents were killed, the girl hated herself the most but didn’t dare to fall. Her parents died for her, so her life wasn’t just her own but carried the lives of her parents. So no matter how much pain or hatred, she would bravely continue forward until the end of her life. She wanted to live gloriously for her parents as well."

"...That girl was named Cheng Su." Tears welled up in Cheng Su’s eyes.