"Didn't I just say that? There might be some misunderstanding here. We haven't even asked anything yet, are you jumping to conclusions too early?"

  Seeing Li Hua's unhappiness, Mu Yan didn't seem to want to back down either, and instead spoke to her with a serious face.

  "Auntie, what you said is right, but at present, it's not that we don't recognize, it's that we dare not recognize!"

  Li Hua was startled by Mu Yan's piercing gaze.

  "Yan Er, you guys are saying... I don't have to acknowledge this father?"

  Mu Yan and Li Xiang nodded simultaneously, "Yes, can't acknowledge, at least not for these few years."

  He and Li Xiang still have to take the college entrance exam and need to make further progress, they absolutely cannot be classified as having a bad family background at this time.

  "If you don't want to be a country bumpkin all your life, if you don't want to spend your whole life in the countryside with your eyes closed, then go recognize that father of yours."

  Muren's words were solemn, unprecedentedly solemn, for this concerned not only Li Xiang's fate but also his own.

  So he must make it clear what benefits and harms are involved.

  "You just heard it too, your father's current in-laws are the Meng family from Mengdi Village."

  "Although he is no longer a landlord now, for his whole life, because of this identity, he can't hold up his head."

  "It's not just him, his children, his grandchildren will also be affected."

  "If you acknowledge this father, then it's equivalent to you also being a great-grandson of the Meng family!"

  Li Hua took a deep breath, which meant something. As someone who had experienced this era, she naturally knew what Mu Yan was hinting at.

  She has no mother, and is divorced, from childhood to adulthood she has received cold stares, which have already made her feel suffocated.

  Because of this, her daughter has been treated unfairly since birth and has never had a full meal because of the missing father.

  This is her failure as a mother and also the sorrow of this era.

  If she acknowledges this father now, then her child's future...

  Maybe I'm not even as good as her!

  At the thought of this possibility, Li Hua's face turned white instantly, and even cold sweat came out without knowing when.

  She can't acknowledge this father, the father is no longer her father, but the daughter is still hers.

  She doesn't want her daughter to be a fool in this place all her life, her little girl is so sensible and beautiful, she should have a better tomorrow.

  If she insists on it, what may be ruined is her own daughter's future.

  Dad is right there, whether he recognizes him or not, he is still his own dad. If so, then why did she have to go and stir up muddy waters on the surface?

  She bent down and picked up her child, turned around and headed back home.

  They had only taken two steps when they saw a family in the distance, and Li Sanzhu's excited voice came from behind them.

  "Hua'er, is that you? Father's back, come quickly, come here to father."

  But Li Hua just stopped in her tracks and picked up Nang Nang, running away without looking back.

  Li Xiang lay in his mother's arms, clearly feeling her collapse and intolerance. She was crying, but biting her teeth to prevent tears from falling.

  They heard the whispers around them, but at this moment, they couldn't shift the blame onto her mother.

  "Mother, listen to me, you can't be accused of being unfilial by them. In the past it was Old Grandma, now it's Outer Grandfather."

  "We've already fallen out with Old Lady's side, everyone is on our side, this can be justified, but now it's not possible to do the same with Outer Grandfather's side."

  "You just heard it too, they said we are heartless, and when they hear that it's the landlord's family relatives, they get scared and run back and forth."

  Li Hua choked out: "What they said isn't wrong, we indeed are,"

  "Girl, even if it's you, you have to refuse, otherwise because of this, in the future you will be separated from your uncle. You need to change your attitude, do you understand?"

  "Change your mood?" Apparently her mother still didn't understand.

  "Hey, don't be in such a hurry, we can talk about this later. Don't let others see us and laugh!"