"That's right. The first time Hongen called someone 'Aunt,' he called Nianhua."
Su Xi recalled that moment; the jealousy she felt back then comes flooding back, and now she thinks, maybe fate had its own plans. She looked at Hongen and asked, "Hongen, do you feel that Nianhua is just like your real aunt?"
"Aunt, she's real." Su Hong'en lifted his head from the book, answered briefly, and then continued reading.
"Maybe Hongen just feels close to Nianhua," Fang Manyin sighed. "Look at Mom—even before she knew Nianhua's real identity, she was instinctively drawn to her, wanted several times to adopt her as a goddaughter. Who would've thought she's her own daughter."
