Seeing the village chief's wife truly angry, most people didn't dare to stay.
Watching the commotion was important, but everyone had to live in the same village in the future.
If something truly unsightly happened, it would be awkward for everyone later.
Especially when it came to the village chief's household.
Although the current village chief didn't have as much power as the former team leader years ago, he was still a leader.
Soon, the onlookers retreated.
Su Xiaotian looked out towards the courtyard, seeing indistinct figures still lingering outside.
It was clear people hadn't left yet.
They were likely waiting not far away to hear the latest gossip.
"Uncle Changjiu, perhaps we should talk inside?" Su Xiaotian suggested.
No matter how this matter was resolved in the end, it was best not to let more people know until it was settled. Su Dan Novel Network.
Even if she was extremely unwilling, to solve the problem, one could only be calm.
The village chief's wife understood this. Despite feeling wronged, she agreed to Su Xiaotian's suggestion.
Ultimately, the four of them went into the main hall of Su Changjiu's house.
Su Changjiu and his wife sat on one side, and Teacher Xie Nan sat on the other.
Su Xiaotian looked at the standoff and felt a headache.
She felt that in this situation, she couldn't side with either party, so she stood obediently to the side.
"The daughter is mine!"
The village chief's wife stated it plainly, her attitude very clear.
Her eyes were red, as if the moment Teacher Xie Nan dared to ask to take her daughter back, she would immediately rush over and tear Teacher Xie Nan apart.
Su Xiaotian had always known the village chief's wife was formidable, but she had never seen her be so fierce.
"Auntie..."
Su Xiaotian tried to speak, but Teacher Xie Nan stopped her.
"Xiaotian, this has nothing to do with you. You stay quietly on the side."
Teacher Xie Nan's heart was bitter, but no matter how bitter, wasn't it her own doing?
She couldn't involve anyone in this matter.
Xiaotian was from the village, and she definitely couldn't get involved.
The village chief's wife, seeing Teacher Xie Nan speaking to Su Xiaotian with a gentle and even doting tone, found herself unable to get angry.
"You can go back. I'll say it again, Xiaocao is my daughter, and she will always be my daughter."
Although she remained firm, the village chief's wife's tone was no longer as aggressive as before.
"Sister-in-law, I don't intend to snatch your daughter. I just want to know, how is Xiaocao..."
If, before coming to Nanling Village, she had indeed wanted to recognize her daughter, her thoughts had now changed.
She could see that this couple truly loved Xiaocao.
If that was the case, wasn't it the best choice not to recognize her daughter?
Although she would still be in pain, knowing that her daughter was well would be some comfort.
Su Xiaotian was surprised by Xie Nan's sudden words.
Teacher Xie Nan wouldn't have rushed over like this if she didn't intend to recognize her daughter.
But Teacher Xie Nan had clearly said so, and she knew very well that Teacher Xie Nan meant it.
Su Changjiu and his wife were surprised that Xie Nan said she wouldn't try to take their daughter.
However, they didn't believe it.
If she wasn't here to take their daughter, then why had she gone through all the trouble to come here?
The couple looked at Xie Nan with great caution, as if worried Xie Nan might have some other trick up her sleeve.
"Brother, Sister-in-law, my daughter is alive and well, living a good life. As long as I know this, I will be content."
Xie Nan's face was filled with bitterness and regret.
She did want her daughter to return to her side, but she didn't want to hurt her.
In this situation, if she insisted, she would hurt this kind couple, and consequently hurt Xiaocao.
This was not the outcome she wanted to see.
"You're not lying?" the village chief's wife asked suspiciously.
Xie Nan shook her head, "Sister-in-law, I'm telling the truth. You've raised the child very well. As long as I know in my lifetime that she is my daughter and that the child who couldn't grow up by my side is excellent, I will be content."
Xie Nan's words were very sincere. She truly no longer intended to have her child recognize her.
As a person, one couldn't be too selfish.
As a mother, one always had to consider the child more.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and everyone stopped talking.
After a long pause, it was the village chief's wife who spoke.
"Xiaocao was found by us twenty-four years ago near the hospital entrance."
"We had lost our daughter, and our hearts felt empty. When we were discharged from the hospital, her father was pulling a cart, and I was holding the quilt, crying on the cart."
"Shortly after we left the hospital, we suddenly saw a dog on the road carrying a small cloth bundle."
"Originally, we didn't pay much attention to it, but for some reason, I suddenly heard a baby's cry from the cloth bundle."
"Xiaocao's father said I misheard, but I insisted I didn't. Xiaocao's father still chased the dog away and brought the cloth bundle back."
"Speaking of which, it was also Xiaocao's good fortune. Being carried by a wild dog for a whole journey, she was unharmed."
"We didn't know whose child it was. Xiaocao's father held her and searched nearby for a while. Seeing that it was getting late and they would have to travel at night if they didn't go home, they had to take the child home."
"Later, we also inquired, but we never heard of anyone looking for a child."
The village chief's wife simply recounted the process of them finding Su Xiaocao.
Her words were spoken calmly, but to Teacher Xie Nan, they were like thunder rolling in her ears.
Her daughter wasn't taken away by someone, but carried off by a wild dog?
If it weren't for this kind couple in front of her, her daughter might have been devoured by wild dogs?
Xie Nan shivered, and the thought that her tiny daughter had almost lost her life because of it made her feel terrible.
Her lips trembled a few times, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
The usually cold person was now crying without any pretense.
After so many years, she finally knew that the truth was like this.
She had always thought someone had taken her daughter away while she was unconscious.
Who knew that her life was actually saved from a dog's mouth by her benefactors?
Su Xiaotian also hadn't expected that Sister Xiaocao had gone through such an ordeal when she was so young.
She couldn't help but sob as well.
"Sister, don't cry. It's all in the past. We have to look forward. Xiaocao is fine now," the village chief's wife comforted Xie Nan.
Xie Nan knelt on the ground again and kowtowed three times to the village chief and his wife.
"Xie Nan owes you too much in this life!"
"Xiaocao was raised by me. She is my daughter. You don't have to do this!"
The village chief's wife quickly reached out to help Xie Nan up from the ground.
She could understand a mother's feelings, but she couldn't bear to part with her!