Chapter 879: 881, announce your name (first update)

Zi immediately caught up with Situ Ya’s pace, "I’ll go with you, I know there’s a fresh supermarket nearby, the vegetables and meat are very fresh."

In the end, they drove there.

The fresh supermarket wasn’t far, just over ten minutes away.

Zi pushed the basket, while Situ Ya was in charge of buying the ingredients.

Because they were shopping with a purpose, they bought things quickly.

However, Situ Ya was very meticulous in selecting items, smelling the meat to check its freshness, and looking at the production dates of soy sauce and vinegar.

Watching Situ Ya being so earnest, Zi felt as if she was getting to know her all over again.

Nowadays, there really aren’t many girls who can cook.

Before long, the shopping basket was full, and when it was time to pay, Situ Ya took care of it, so Zi didn’t compete with her.

The two returned to the Guoshi Residence.

Zi was in charge of carrying in the bags full of ingredients, while Situ Ya followed behind empty-handed.

"You could at least carry something; you’re going to kill me!" Zi complained, out of breath.

Situ Ya rolled her eyes at Zi, "Don’t you know I’m a girl? No wonder you still haven’t found a girlfriend."

"So girls can’t carry anything?" Zi retorted, dissatisfied.

"Have you ever seen a fairy doing such heavy lifting?" Situ Ya placed her hands on her hips, with an expression that challenged Zi to dispute her.

Zi, somewhat speechless, said, "You also said that’s a fairy, are you one?"

"If I say I am, then I am!" Situ Ya glared at Zi, "Keep whining like that, and watch me stop taking care of you!"

Zi immediately said with a flattering smile, "Yes, you are, you’re a fairy, you’re the most beautiful fairy in the whole world."

Situ Ya was finally satisfied.

When they reached the kitchen, Situ Ya had Zi wash the vegetables and assist her, while she took control of the cooking.

Cooking is actually a pleasure, and Situ Ya was very serious about it.

In the small kitchen, neither of them spoke, yet the atmosphere wasn’t awkward.

After a full three hours, Situ Ya finished cooking all thirty dishes on the menu, sweating profusely and panting.

"Hard work, little fairy!" Zi obsequiously wiped the sweat from Situ Ya’s brow.

Situ Ya said with disdain, "Look at you, a big man and all grown up, and you can’t even fry a dish!"

Zi, with a smile, said, "Without my incompetence, your genius couldn’t shine, could it?"

Situ Ya was too lazy to bother with him and sat down at the dining table to eat.

After bustling in the kitchen for over three hours, she was really hungry!

Zi had already started gobbling down his food.

Midway through the meal, Zi looked up at Situ Ya and casually asked, "Little dwarf, what was the matter with you last night? Got dumped by your boyfriend?" Seeing Situ Ya behaving as if nothing had happened, no one would think that she could have displayed such an uncontrolled demeanor yesterday.

It was also Zi’s first time seeing Situ Ya like that.

If it wasn’t for someone who was heartbroken to the point of despair, they couldn’t possibly have acted that way.

Zi was somewhat curious; what could have caused Situ Ya, such a strong and optimistic person, to become like that.

Apart from heartbreak, Zi couldn’t think of any other reason.

"You’re the one who got dumped! A dog can’t spit out ivory!" Situ Ya gave Zi a disdainful glance.

Zi retorted with a smile, "Then why don’t you spit out some ivory for me to admire?"

"Just eat, can’t even silence your mouth with food," Situ Ya said as she picked up a pork rib and stuffed it into Zi’s mouth, effectively silencing him.

After Zi finished the pork rib, he said, "Lin Yuya comrade, I’m serious! What’s the matter with you? Tell me, maybe I can help. Some things, when you talk about them, might not be so hard to bear. They say the outsider sees most of the game, those involved get confused."

In light of the delicious meal, Zi was willing to be Situ Ya’s trash can.

Situ Ya thought about it and agreed, this matter shouldn’t only be bottled up inside her, she should talk about it with someone else. One more person might mean one more solution.

So, Situ Ya hesitated, then slowly began, "I’ll ask you a question first. In a hospital, while delivering twins, it was discovered that one of the fetuses was already dead in the womb. Upon hearing this, the expectant mother and the child’s father, without a second thought, let the hospital dispose of the child, not even glancing at the baby. Many years later, it turns out that the disposed child was adopted and is living well in this world. The biological parents want to recognize this child. If you were this child, what would you do? Would you forgive them?"

As Situ Ya broached this topic once more, her face bore a light expression.

She no longer had the difficulty accepting it as she did yesterday.

After hearing Situ Ya’s words, Zi slightly furrowed his brow, then spoke, "First of all, there are no parents in this world who don’t love their own child. Then, this matter is entirely caused by the irresponsibility of the hospital; it has nothing to do with the parents. If it were me, I would forgive the biological parents."

Situ Ya frowned slightly and raised her voice to object.

"How can the biological parents be blameless? If they had taken a closer look at the child then, perhaps they would have realized the child was still breathing. A living person is very different from a dead one, but they didn’t even glance at the baby. That’s heartless! Those kinds of people don’t deserve to be anyone’s parents!"

Zi smiled faintly; he thought he understood the crux of Situ Ya’s troubles.

"Lin Yuya, how do you know the parents weren’t heartbroken? Having an unborn child die in the womb is the most heartbreaking thing for any parent. They might not have looked at the child because they feared it would make them more sorrowful. Also, even if they had looked, they might not have been able to tell the child was alive. Doctors and nurses are professionals. If they couldn’t tell the child was alive, how could laypeople possibly realize? Hmm, your thinking seems a bit too extreme."

Situ Ya continued, "And do you know how much suffering the child endured out there over the years, how many cold stares she received? How many times she nearly lost her name over a trivial issue? And at that time, what were her biological parents doing? They were enjoying family bliss with another child, a family of three! Do you think that’s fair?"

As Situ Ya spoke, her eyes began to redden slightly.

Zi shook her head, then spoke up, "Unfair, of course it’s unfair, but this unfairness isn’t something parents impose on their children, it’s something the hospital imposes on both the children and the parents. You only see the children’s unfairness, yet fail to see the parents’ plight. Whom can they share their sorrows with? The child they carried for ten months just disappeared, and although they should have been a family of four, due to a mistake, they lost a child for no reason at all."

As these words fell, the knot in Situ Ya’s heart began to slowly dissipate.

Yes.

When you think about it from another perspective, actually, Mr. and Mrs. Lin have been wronged too.

She lost her parents, but they also lost a daughter they had carried for ten months.

Zi continued, "The thing is, once you figure it out, everything will be okay. Don’t fixate on it too much, think about it, am I right?"

Situ Ya took a sip of her cocktail, remaining silent, with a somewhat heavy expression.

Although Zi’s words were very sensible, she couldn’t digest them right away...

"Give me some time to think..." Situ Ya pressed her temples.

Zi stopped eating too, and watched Situ Ya as she continued, "Lin Yuya, you’re the protagonist of this story, aren’t you?" Although it was a rhetorical question, it was delivered with the force of a statement.

Situ Ya lifted her gaze to Zi, then nodded her head, "Yeah, I am that child."

"See it in a positive light," Zi patted Situ Ya’s hand, continuing, "Actually, this is a good thing. From now on, you have an extra pair of parents who love you. The events of that year, they were helpless too."

Situ Ya bit her lip, staying silent.

Zi then asked, "Right, who are your biological parents? Tell me, I might know them."

Situ Ya sighed, then replied, "Lin Hong and Lin Lan."

The Lin family is a big family in the Superpower World, Zi said with some surprise, "The General Lin?"

Situ Ya nodded, "Yeah."

Zi continued, "I may not be clear about others, but I am very clear about General Lin’s character. He is extremely kind, even three-year-olds respect him a lot. Having such a father is your good fortune."

"What about Lin Lan?" Situ Ya went on to ask.

Zi thought for a moment, then said, "Mrs. Lin is also very virtuous. They seem to have a daughter named Lin Xiyuan, who previously served as a military physician in B sector and was injured in a mission. Overall, that entire family is very good."

Zi had a very good impression of the Lin family.

"Really?" Situ Ya’s eyes twinkled with doubt.

Listening to Zi Qi speak so highly of them, could he have come to advocate for them?

"Of course, it’s true!" Zi nodded earnestly, "I have dealt with General Lin before. In any case, he is a very upright person, and the praise for their family is high in the military too. It’s not just my evaluation, but everyone’s."

With that, Situ Ya felt much more at ease.

She stirred the chicken soup in the bowl with her spoon, "Okay, I got it. I’ll think it over." Not until that moment did Situ Ya realize that if she were indeed the biological daughter of Lin Hong and Lin Lan, then Lin Xiyuan would become her own older sister.

Now that she thought about it, her features did bear a strong resemblance to Lin Xiyuan’s.

Possibly Lin Xiyuan had known about these matters all along; otherwise, she wouldn’t have asked her to deliver that letter to the Lins.

However, things were still a bit confusing. If Lin Xiyuan knew she was her sister, why didn’t she tell her the truth sooner?

Had the missing Lin Xiyuan returned yet?

Situ Ya furrowed her brows slightly.

"Stop thinking about it and eat. Nothing is more important than eating," Zi patted Situ Ya’s hand.

Situ Ya put her thoughts aside and began to eat.

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, Situ Ya continued, "Speaking of which, Little Black Charcoal, about my clothes yesterday... did you help me change them?" As she said this, Situ Ya’s expression became somewhat unnatural.

"Of course not!" Zi shook his head directly!

How could he possibly do something like that?

"If it wasn’t you, then who was it?" Situ Ya raised an eyebrow slightly, as there was no third person in the building besides her and Zi.

"I asked Jin Ge to change them for you," said Zi with a nonchalant expression.

"Jin Ge?" Situ Ya exploded in anger, slamming the table and rising to her feet, "Little Black Charcoal! What on earth were you thinking, letting a man help me change clothes! Ah!"

Having another man change her clothes was even worse than having Little Black Charcoal do it himself!

"No, no..." Zi said helplessly, "My Jin Ge isn’t a man, she’s a woman, and she is a hundred times more beautiful than you." With that, pride filled his eyes.

If Jin Ge is beautiful, it’s as if he’s beautiful too!

Jin Ge’s glory is his glory!

"You’re sure she’s a woman?" Situ Ya cooled down a bit, skepticism in her eyes.

"Absolutely! And a hundred times more beautiful than you!" Zi emphasized once more.

"Pfft," Situ Ya rolled her eyes, "What kind of Fairy could be a hundred times more beautiful than me? Stop bragging!"

"It’s a super beautiful Fairy," said Zi, his eyes shining.

"Who? State your name!" Situ Ya’s eyes displayed her disdain.

"She is the one you call Madam Ji. You should know Madam Ji, right?" Zi added.

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