Back For My Daughter

"I am sorry, I didn't intend to..."

Mrs Ji apologized with her head low.

She couldn't help but remember the downcast face of the little girl when she talked about her maternal grandparents.

Mrs Ji could well understand how sad the little girl might have felt for her beaming smile to disappear in just that very instant.

In fact, this was the first time that she had seen little Qiqi like this, many a time when picking up Zhimen, she would see this little girl holding the hem of their teacher's dress while she bid goodbyes to all her friends as they went along with their parents.

Although there might be some sadness in her eyes seeing that there was someone or the other who would come to take her friends to their home, that sadness just could not compare to how she was just a few moments ago.

Ye Qian shook his head a smile formed on his face as he gazed at his two daughters who were playing with their grandparents, giving them the sense of fulfilment that they had thought they had lost forever.

"I know..."

Before he could continue saying that it was alright, Mrs Ji began.

"I thought that maybe you have left your parents here, or if it was your wife's parents who lived here and wanted to convince them or you to take them to your home."

Hearing his words, Ye Qian's mind blanked for a moment.

How in the world would he even think of doing that, if not for the fact that Yuan Meng didn't want to see her father given how she had grown, he would have even thought of bringing him along.

But from the looks of it, the man had never cared for his daughter and he couldn't dare imagine bringing him before Yuan Meng only to make her feel the emotions of the past.

Although he had slight hope that maybe he might have changed after all these years and maybe seeing the face of his granddaughter would make his cold heart warm, he planned to go with that slowly.

There were still many things that Yuan Meng had in her heart and he didn't ask her to reveal all for fear that it might have a bad effect on her.

And now with today's incident, he felt that it was an even worse idea to make his wife emotionally distressed.

He had seen the video recording and how Yuan Meng seemed to have completely changed into a different person before she smashed the vice rector's office to ruins and put him into a condition that would at least take him weeks to get out of the hospital now.

Coming back to the present, Ye Qian stared at the woman with a blank look on his face not knowing what to say.

He had even asked for Xiao Ya's grandparents to come to their house so that the little girl wouldn't miss them and the same was for them.

Then why would he even imagine keeping his own parents or the parents of his wife in the old age home?

Of course, he didn't think that this was a bad place since the elderly could spend time with people of their age and even create bonds of friendship, but they still missed their families which had left them for either work purposes or because the children were unfilial.

But seeing the despondent look on Mrs Ji's face, he shook his head.

"Actually, you seem to have misunderstood something."

Hearing his words, Mrs Ji cast a confused look at Ye Qian before she turned her eyes to where he was pointing.

"You see, all these old people have been taking care of Butterfly these three or so years."

"Huh?"

Mrs Ji was even more confused.

Seeing her like this, Ye Qian began explaining how he had been on a SECRET WORK and was listed as dead, how his wife and child lived, and that after her school, Qiqi would be with the elderly here.

After about 5 minutes since Ye Qian recounted, Mrs Ji frowned and looked at Ye Qian with a somewhat angry look.

Ye Qian could only smile wryly seeing the expression on her face.

But a moment later, Mrs Ji let out a defeated sigh.

"I can't imagine just how it would have been for both, your family and you to live all these years without telling or knowing the truth."

She then looked at the elderlies and seemed to have thought of something but heard Ye Qian continue.

"You seem to be wondering now that I am here and we have everyone from our family why would I bring my daughter here?"

"Hmm."

"It's not about what I think, or anyone else will think that bringing them here is unnecessary, but in fact, it's for the girls and their grandparents who have showered them with love all these years."

A gentle look appeared on his face as he looked around at all the elders present.

Even if it hurt him to release some of the Spiritual Qi from his dantian to the surroundings, Ye Qian felt that it was all worth it, all these people were getting better and stronger and this was the least he could do for what they had done for his family.

"And it's also for them..."

Ye Qian muttered.

"In their hearts, Qiqi is the only one that brings fulfilment and joy to their old and boring life, and I don't have the right nor the heart to snatch that away from them."

"Hmm."

Mrs Ji nodded, understanding the depth of Ye Qian's words.

It wasn't because the girls missed their grandparents, rather Ye Qian brought them here because the grandparents were missing their sweetheart.

And she could clearly understand how it was, even parents-in-law would brighten up upon seeing Zhimen and talking with them on a videocall.

So for Grandma Yan and everyone here, Qiqi was just like that.

A beacon of hope, fulfilment and happiness.