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"That home was very shabby, with the stench of chicken and duck droppings everywhere. I didn’t like that shabby wooden house at all, nor did I like the aunt who bought me.

I would never call her mother, even though she beat and kicked me, causing me so much pain that I thought I might die.

However, I never spoke up. I’d rather be mute than call her mother!

Because she isn’t my mother, she’s a bad person. "

"Every day I stayed in that home, I felt so sad. Every day was spent either being beaten or scolded. After a while, that bad woman got angry and didn’t want me anymore.

She had the matchmaker take me back home.

I thought nobody would like me and they would send me back to my biological parents if they couldn’t deal with me.

But instead, the matchmaker sold me to Father He. "

Hearing this, Dr. Qin understood that He Zhilan had been trafficked as a child and later entered the He Family to become He Teng’s child bride.

"Is your Father He good to you? Are you happy in the He Family?" Dr. Qin is also a mother. Hearing about He Zhilan’s experiences, she choked up a bit.

"Actually, Father He is very good to me. He never hits me or scolds me. When he saw the scars from the bad woman beating me, he applied medicine to my wounds anxiously. I was afraid of being beaten again, which is why I finally called him father, and he was very happy about it. At home, he would leave me the tasty food, provided for my education, and never made me do any household chores. I’ve never even been forced to work a day in the fields.

Actually, at first, I hated them in my heart.

I always thought it was these kinds of human traffickers that had bought me, preventing me from returning home, from seeing my biological parents again. "

"Do you still hate your Father He now?"

"Not at all, I don’t hate them one bit. I love them very much." He Zhilan said with tears and a smile, "They are the kindest and best people in the world."

Before Dr. Qin could continue to ask, He Zhilan went on, "When I was little, everyone told me that I was big brother’s child bride, the future wife of the eldest brother.

I was angry, but I was also afraid of big brother.

He wasn’t home often, and not long after I arrived, he enlisted in the army.

He rarely came back, but every time he did, his face was stern.

He was the only one in the household who would discipline me and scold me, and I was very afraid of him.

But when I was younger, actually, I quite liked second brother, because he would play with me, take me to catch fish in the river, dig sweet potatoes in the field, roast corn, and pick chestnuts. It was so much fun!"

Dr. Qin could tell that He Zhilan genuinely loved the He Family, which is why she could smile so happily when talking about the He Family’s people, even though she had been crying just a moment ago.

"Are you still afraid of your eldest brother now?" Dr. Qin genuinely did not know how to perceive the marriage between He Zhilan and He Teng. If it hadn’t been for hearing He Zhilan’s words today, she wouldn’t have believed that the marriage between He Zhilan and He Teng started with her being bought as a child bride for the He Family.

However, Dr. Qin couldn’t help but feel relieved that, even though the marriage started with shades of gray emotion, now, the young couple’s feelings were very strong; they loved and cared for each other deeply.

"Not scared at all! Brother just doesn’t like to talk much and always likes to keep a stern face when he lectures people. But actually, he has a really good temper and takes very good care of people. I love him, and I know for sure that he must love me very much too."

"I am certain that he loves you very much too." Dr. Qin smiled faintly and gave He Zhilan a positive answer, thinking to herself that since the He Family eventually brought her happiness, then it probably isn’t the crux of He Zhilan’s emotional issues.

So she asked, "Do you miss your biological parents? Do you want to find them?"