Su Xiaocao didn't know what Su Xiaotian was thinking, she was just happily shopping in the department stores in the capital.
"Xiaotian, the goods in the capital are much better, prettier, and more complete than those in our provincial city. I need to buy more, some for my parents, and for my nephew and nieces, and for my brother and sister-in-law..."
"Xiaotian, look, will this shirt look good on my mom?"
"Xiaotian, my dad will definitely like this pen."
Su Xiaocao chattered away while picking out gifts, completely unlike her usual self.
Seeing Su Xiaocao happily preparing gifts, Su Xiaotian knew that Xiaocao truly loved her family from the bottom of her heart.
She didn't say anything.
It wasn't that she didn't want to, she just didn't know what to say.
She dared not think about how heartbroken she would be if she one day found out that Su Changjiu and his wife were not her biological parents.
Not only was Su Xiaocao shopping crazily, but Teacher Xie also had two large bags of items.
Her thoughts were simple: if Xiaocao was truly her daughter, she would repay the life-saving grace with her entire life.
If Xiaocao was not her daughter, she would consider it a good deed!
Since she had no children, these things would just be stored away anyway.
It was rare to have some connection with this child Xiaocao, so she would give them to her.
Su San Gong found out that Su Xiaotian had gone to Nanling Village when he returned home on the weekend.
He even smiled and said, "This girl, she just decides on a whim, not even attending classes."
Su Xiaocao was also present when he said this.
Su Xiaocao was also curious why Su Xiaotian suddenly decided to go to Nanling Village without any prior hint.
Grandma Su glanced at Su Xiaocao and said nothing.
"Xiaocao, are you adapting well at school? Are any of the other teachers bullying you?" Su San Gong couldn't help but ask Su Xiaocao.
After a long period of psychological preparation, Su Xiaocao could now converse normally with Su San Gong.
However, she still didn't feel as at ease when speaking with him as she did with others.
Grandma Su couldn't help but chuckle as she watched Su Xiaocao stammering while speaking.
"Xiaocao, you child, San Gong isn't scary, why are you so afraid of him? Speaking of which, you two were even breastfed together when you were little."
Su Xiaocao's face instantly turned red.
Su San Gong also felt embarrassed, even the tips of his ears turned red.
"Grandma, why are you bringing this up? We're all grown up now!"
Grandma Su also knew she had said the wrong thing.
The children had grown up, and it was indeed embarrassing to say such things.
She chuckled and said, "I won't say it anymore, won't say it anymore. Xiaocao, why hasn't Teacher Yu sent you back these past few days?"
Grandma Su still felt that Teacher Yu was a good match for Su Xiaocao.
But why hadn't he come recently?
Su San Gong was surprised to hear such news from his own grandmother.
He instinctively looked at Su Xiaocao.
Su Xiaocao was undoubtedly a very beautiful girl, gentle and elegant. It was normal for such a girl to have admirers.
But why did he feel a dull ache in his heart, as if something of his had been snatched away?
Su San Gong didn't understand, he just thought he treated Xiaocao like his own sister.
As a brother, he couldn't bear to see his good cabbage being eaten by a pig.
"Grandma, Teacher Yu was just entrusted by Xiaotian to look after me. Now that I'm familiar with things, he naturally won't worry about me anymore," Su Xiaocao quickly explained.
When explaining, she subconsciously glanced at Su San Gong, but only saw Su San Gong with his eyelids lowered, and didn't notice any particular emotion from him.
"What a shame!" Grandma Su said, then remembered it was getting late and she needed to start cooking. She got up and said, "You two talk, I'll go cook."
Grandma Su hurried out, leaving Su San Gong and Su Xiaocao looking at each other awkwardly.
Su San Gong stared at Su Xiaocao for a while and asked, "Xiaocao, do I look very fierce?"
Su Xiaocao hurriedly shook her head. How could she possibly look fierce?
In fact, Su San Gong was the kind of person who looked dependable and trustworthy, not fierce at all.
But how could Su Xiaocao say that?
This kind of affection was not tolerated by the world. Even if she didn't care about her own reputation, she had to care about Su San Gong's reputation.
"Of course you're not fierce. It's just that men and women are different. We're not children anymore, we've all grown up!"
After speaking, Su Xiaocao made an excuse to help Grandma Su with the cooking and hurried away.
At this time, Su Xiaotian and Teacher Xie Nan had just gotten off the train.
The train they took was a direct train to the county town. Su Xiaotian considered it more convenient.
After all, they were carrying quite a few things.
It was ten o'clock in the morning when they arrived in the county town.
Standing on the street of the county town, Teacher Xie Nan suddenly felt a prickle in her eyes.
Twenty years had passed. Could she still find her daughter in this place where she had lost her?
Looking around, the streets had long since changed, completely different from the streets of the past.
Times had changed, perhaps everything had changed!
Could the changed everything go back?
"Teacher Xie, please don't be sad. We always have to look forward. I believe everything will have the best outcome."
Su Xiaotian could feel that Teacher Xie Nan was in a very low mood, and she quietly comforted her.
"I've been here many times since then, but it was more than ten years ago," Teacher Xie wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
She hadn't been here for over ten years. The county town had changed, but it hadn't changed much either.
However, her emotions had fluctuated greatly.
People say that one feels timid when approaching home.
Although she wasn't approaching home now, she already felt timid.
The courage she had when boarding the train was now less than a tenth of what it was. She was even starting to fear.
What if the outcome was different from what she expected?
What if the Su couple refused to return the child to her if Xiaocao was her daughter?
And Xiaocao, if she was her daughter, would she be willing to recognize her as her mother?
"Xiaotian, if Xiaocao is not my daughter, can I recognize her as my goddaughter?" Teacher Xie suddenly asked.
Su Xiaotian: "..."
How was she supposed to answer this question?
"Teacher Xie, you can discuss it with Uncle Changjiu later. I think Uncle Changjiu would probably agree!"
Looking at the time, there was still more than an hour before there was a bus to the village, so they couldn't just stand on the street.
Moreover, Teacher Xie's emotions were not good right now and needed to be soothed.
"Teacher Xie, it's still early, let's go eat," Su Xiaotian suggested.