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.

"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.