Chapter 33: A Familiar Taste

  Su Mo stood on one side, not speaking, and only nodded politely to Song Xue Li's mother. She wasn't there to curry favor or cling to the powerful, but her own temperament made her keep a certain distance from Mrs. Song. After all, with her current status, she was just a small sparrow in the eyes of the Song family, and she didn't want people here to think that she was clinging to the Song family through Song Xue Li.

  The interior decoration of the Song family's living room reveals the hostess's taste and upbringing. The decoration is exquisite but not complicated, noble but not pretentious, giving a fresh and comfortable feeling. Although it doesn't show off with decorations, it still displays the family's extraordinary wealth and power. Such decoration shows that Mrs. Song is also a wise and intelligent woman who knows how to adapt to circumstances.

  "What do you like to eat, and Mom will let Liu Ma make it." The daughter's previous troublemaker, Xingzi, has really changed now. These changes are visible to the couple, and they know whose credit it is. They also have some understanding of their daughter's friend. According to the investigation materials, this girl is satisfactory, with a good personality, talent, ability, and brains, and her appearance is also excellent. If they had a son, they would consider letting her marry into their family. However, she has also seen through Su Mo Ruo's thoughts, so she didn't take the initiative to talk to her, but chose to ask her daughter instead. The daughter in the middle is a good mediator and won't make them feel awkward.

  Song Xue Li usually doesn't eat at home, and the food made by Liu Ma, who has been a nanny for decades, suits her taste. Now that her mother mentions it, she starts to salivate, and quickly lists a string of dishes she likes to eat on ordinary days, of course, including those Su Mo Ruo also likes.

  "You child, saying so much, how can mom remember clearly? Come on, follow me to find Liu Ma and slowly say what you want to eat." After finishing speaking, she got up and walked to Song Xue Li's side and pulled her away.

  In the living room, only Sumojo and Lian Hongya were left.

  Such actions, even Hongya saw in her eyes, and she was also very moved by her friend's thoughtfulness. Although she didn't say anything, her friend still silently gave her support without any hidden complaints.

  For some reason, looking at this elegant woman, Su Mo had an urge to cry, which was inexplicable. Taking a few deep breaths to calm down her emotions, she remained silent, and the living room fell into silence as well.

  Lian Hongya's heart had been with her daughter since she saw her earlier, and her eyes were filled with a strong longing. However, she was afraid that her sudden appearance would disrupt her daughter's life, and she didn't have complete control over being able to hold her daughter's hand. She didn't dare to make any rash moves. On the night after her mother-in-law was discharged from the hospital, she had a long conversation with her husband. She couldn't understand what he was saying - this daughter, they owed her eighteen years, why would her husband and father-in-law have such thoughts now? Although it was said in a subtle way, she wasn't stupid, she could guess, she could understand.

  Today, she is looking forward to her husband coming home to see their daughter. There has been an 18-year gap between them as mother and daughter, and she wants to try hard to fill that emotional void. However, now she doesn't know if she should let her daughter go back or not, because she feels that her husband and father-in-law are both troubled by the girl's exceptional abilities, and some things they just don't understand. If they rashly acknowledge each other, it might have the opposite effect. Her husband and father-in-law's ideas may not be accepted by their daughter.

  She always felt that Song Xue's mother's friend had a strange gaze when looking at her, and even though she didn't look directly at the woman, she could still feel it very clearly.

  "Is it Miss Su?" Adjusted her emotions and started trying to talk to Su Mo.

  "My family is in a rural area, and we are poor. My wife just calls me Su Mo Ruo, I'm not some kind of young lady." Hearing this title, Su Mo Ruo showed obvious resistance.

  He was taken aback by these words, but being able to get in touch with this daughter and deeply understand her true personality, she still seemed happy, so suddenly changed the way of addressing her, "Then I'll just call you Ruo Ruo from now on."

  Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, a strange feeling flashed through her mind and quickly disappeared.

  Then, for some reason, perhaps due to the influence of Lian Hongya, Su Moye suddenly started chatting with her face red, although she said very little, and Lian Hongya said a lot, looking very excited, but in the end, she responded.

  This was the first time he had been in such close proximity to his daughter, and even Hongya's face wore a slow smile, her tone gentle, with a deep-seated guilt hidden in the depths of her eyes for her daughter.

  "Mom, why does Auntie seem to like RuoRuo so much?" Just after discussing with her mother and the family's nanny Liu about what to eat today, she arrived at the living room door and saw Lian Hongya and Su MoRuo having an intimate conversation, a look of confusion on her face.

  Mrs. Song listened to her daughter's words, and in her heart she was even more certain of that idea, but on the surface she didn't show it, a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Speak less for now, give your old mother some peace." Mrs. Song is indeed ruthless with her words, if Su Mo were to hear this, she would probably be shocked, when she first met Mrs. Song, she thought she was elegant and refined, with a noblewoman's demeanor, but unexpectedly, she could also be so crude. If one were to say who Song Xue Li resembles, after hearing the words that came out of Mrs. Song's mouth, they would probably understand who Song Xue Li is like, and where she learned her behavior from.

  What a pity! Our Sumo is still chatting with Lian Hongya in the living room.

  Born with a mother-daughter bond, they have the thickest blood ties in the world. Even if she didn't know Lian Hongya's identity, chatting with her made her feel happy and joyful, getting more and more into it as they talked.

  After giving Qian Hongya and Su Mochou enough time to chat, Song Mu led her daughter into the living room, "Two days ago, I went shopping with Lili and bought two sets of clothes for her. Just now, when we went to see them, Lili kept saying that she was afraid you two wouldn't be familiar with each other, afraid that you would sit here alone...I said so, didn't I? You are Auntie's favorite girl, you must get along well, look, I wasn't wrong."

  As soon as they entered the living room, Song Mu said loudly.

  Su Mo listened and just smiled faintly, but also stopped talking to Lian Hongya again.

  Although Hongya still hopes to chat with her daughter for a while, she also knows that this matter cannot be remembered. If she is too aggressive and makes her daughter suspicious, it will be considered a failure even before making an effort.

  She didn't want her daughter to be further away from her. After all these years of endurance, she was willing to endure a little more in exchange for her daughter's heart.

  Song's mother walked over to Su Mo with a smile and sat down beside her, "You little girl, I've heard about you from Lily long ago. It's almost been a year since you started school. At first, I heard from Lily that you were working hard in the school library, studying diligently and refusing Lily's financial support. I wanted to meet you so much, but didn't expect you to be getting busier and busier. Every time Lily comes home, she complains about it to me, haha."

  After getting in touch, Sumo discovered that Song Mu was actually a very youthful and lively mother with the rebelliousness of a young girl, and when she smiled, it was even more lively and pure, without the arrogance of many upper-class ladies, making her seem approachable, warm and lovely.

  "Uh, my mom doesn't earn much money, but she has hands and feet and a brain, so she can make her own living expenses." As I said this, my chest was filled with warmth, and my heart was full of thoughts of my foster mother. I thought about the phone call before, when I told my foster mother that I would be going back home for Chinese New Year, and how she couldn't contain her excitement, and a smile crept onto her face.

  "It's clear that you have a good relationship with your mom." Song Mu actually had an unconscious reluctance to follow Su Mo Ruo's words and say that was her mother, because she already had a strong suspicion that this girl might be the long-lost daughter of her good friend. However, thinking about how she had been raised by an ordinary or even impoverished family for all these years, without being discriminated against, made Song Mu think that the family that adopted Su Mo Ruo was also kind-hearted, which is why she forced herself to say "that's my mom".