Chapter 397 – The Younger Aunt Is Back Home!
Zhang Ailian was playing with her little granddaughter at home when she suddenly heard crying from outside.
It sounded like two people crying—one of them seemed to be her husband?
She was immediately startled.
Wasn’t her husband out picking jujubes with their grandson? Why was he crying?
Did something happen?
Zhang Ailian didn’t have time to think much. She immediately carried her granddaughter and went outside to see what was going on.
When she reached the courtyard gate, she saw that she hadn’t heard wrong—her husband really was crying.
And he was hugging a very beautiful middle-aged woman while crying?!
Next to them stood a foreign man who looked completely at a loss!
Her grandson, Xiao Ji, was also standing there, looking equally confused, holding a jujube in his hand.
When Xiao Ji saw Zhang Ailian come out, it was as if he had found his anchor.
His little legs hurriedly ran over, and he hugged Zhang Ailian’s leg tightly, saying in his childish voice, “Grandma, younger aunt is back home.”
What!
Younger aunt?
The only person Xiao Ji would call younger aunt must be…
At this point, the startled Xu Aiguo also saw his wife come out. He quickly patted Ning Di’s back and said to Zhang Ailian, “Ailian, look, my little sister is back.”
“I’ve been saying it for days—I’ve been dreaming about my little sister. I knew she would come back. And here she is.”
Hearing her husband’s words, Zhang Ailian finally confirmed that this elegant middle-aged woman in front of her was indeed her husband’s little sister, who had been missing for decades.
Zhang Ailian carefully looked her over and realized that it really was the little sister-in-law.
The little sister-in-law and the elder sister-in-law looked very similar.
However, the elder sister had a more heroic appearance, while the little sister-in-law’s features were softer and even more beautiful.
“You really!” Zhang Ailian teased her husband with a glare.
She then walked up to Ning Di, her eyes filled with warmth, and said, “Xiao Ning, right? Welcome home.”
“Sister-in-law,” Ning Di said, crying and smiling at the same time.
“We’re all standing here at the doorway. Let’s go inside quickly.”
“Oh, and who is this?”
“This is my husband, Hans.”
“Oh, so he’s the little brother-in-law. Please, come in.”
…
Earlier that morning, Xu Xiangdong and his wife had been busy at the orchard and pond. They only hurried back home when they heard someone say that his father was crying while hugging a strange woman at the doorstep.
When they got home, they discovered that there were indeed strangers in their house— not just a woman, but also a foreign man.
And that woman was their younger aunt, who had been missing for decades! The foreign man was their younger uncle!
Seeing the smile on his father’s face, Xu Xiangdong felt that this surprise had come both suddenly and overwhelmingly.
However, Wen Yulan didn’t find it strange at all.
She leaned close to her husband’s ear and whispered, “I’ve been saying for a long time that with Ningning around, younger aunt would come back sooner or later.”
“See, I was right.”
Wen Yulan had long believed that Xu Jinning was the family’s good luck charm.
With Xu Jinning around, anything seemed possible.
Xu Xiangdong silently gave his wife a thumbs-up.
His wife was truly impressive, and she firmly believed that Ningning was their lucky star.
Actually, he and the entire family believed it too.
But sometimes, when surprises came too often, they became a bit timid, afraid to hope for too much.
In truth, Xu Xiangdong also agreed with his wife’s view—that Ningning’s presence had changed their family’s fate and had, in turn, positively affected everyone connected to them. Everyone was moving in a better direction, improving more and more.
Meanwhile, Xu Aiguo was already eagerly asking about his little sister’s experiences over the years.
Not long after learning that the little sister had arrived in that family, the family all went abroad, and of course they also took the little sister away.
Later, it became difficult to come back again…
“Little sister, did that family treat you well?” Xu Aiguo hesitated for a long time before finally asking this question, which he had been planning to ask as soon as he saw her after all these years.
Ning Di’s face displayed a gentle smile as she said, “Yes, they treated me very well. They regarded me as their own daughter.”
Ning Di felt grateful to her adoptive parents. Although she knew she had biological parents, she also recognized that the love and care from her adoptive parents were just as significant.
She had always tried to reciprocate the love and care she received from them.
She considered herself fortunate to have two sets of parents who loved her, and she was content.
Her adoptive parents had supported her in her search for her biological parents. However, they had passed away about seven or eight years ago.
“It’s good that you think this way, little sister. They did indeed raise you well, and we should be grateful.”
“And as for our parents…” Xu Xiangdong’s eyes reddened at the thought of them.
“After the famine, they immediately set out to find you and your elder sister.”
“But they couldn’t find you.”
“Later, they never gave up. They kept searching, even until their final moments. They held my hand and asked me to find you.”
“They also wondered if, because you couldn’t be found, you might be blaming them for giving you away to another family.”
“They even thought that maybe you were avoiding them because you couldn’t forgive them.”
Tears welled up in Ning Di’s eyes as she shook her head, “No, no. I missed them very much. I never blamed them.”
“I understand; they were forced into that situation at the time.”
“I know they were seeking a way to provide for me and big sister. I understand and appreciate that.”
“Actually, it wasn’t that the person left behind was in a better situation.”
“Big brother, you’ve suffered and endured a lot in the years spent searching for me and big sister.”
In fact, the people who stayed behind also felt uncomfortable, especially because they had to bear the obsession of searching for them all these years.
Zhang Ailian, listening to this, couldn’t help but reflect, “Indeed, no one had it easy.”
“But it’s good that the suffering has finally come to an end.”
“At least, we’re reunited now!”
Xu Aiguo and Ning Di nodded in agreement. Yes, they were finally reunited.
Ning Di then began to share her experiences over the years in Country A. It was only then that Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiangdong realized how legendary their little sister/younger aunt had become in the international medical field.
Ning Di continued, saying that she had been trying various methods to return to her home country and search for her family over the years.
It wasn’t until she met Song Yi, who was going to Country A as an exchange student, that he recognized her and she finally learned the whereabouts of her family.
“Oh, it was Song Yi,” Xu Aiguo said, feeling even more pleased with his son-in-law.
Ning Di then mentioned that, after learning about her family’s whereabouts, and with her husband’s help, they finally returned to the country.
They also reunited with Xu Jinning and Xu Fanghua at Beijing University.
