Chapter 440: Go Wherever You Should Go

"You say you've been looking for us all these years. Fine, let me say something simple: you go to the police station, explain the situation, and find a way to get someone to help check. Would you not be able to find us?"

Qin Tian still expressed skepticism.

"I did go to the police station, and I had the Yucheng police help check your mother's name and property information. There were several people with the same name, and I visited them one by one, but none of them were you."

Qin Hongwen answered with a serious face.

"Xiaotian, our household registration is still at your grandfather's place in the village, and this house is still in your uncle's name. After I came back, I asked your uncle to transfer this house in the city to me, but I didn't have enough money, so I didn't ask him to change the name. Later, when I paid back the money, the matter just kept getting dragged on and forgotten."

Tang Xiuxia explained.

Qin Tian was stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

If that was really the case, it seemed quite normal that he couldn't be found.

Yucheng wasn't big, but it was at least a county-level city with a permanent population of nearly one million. Finding two people without a specific target was not quite looking for a needle in a haystack, but it definitely wasn't an easy task.

Xia Nuannuan listened quietly to this point, feeling a sense of relief in her heart.

It looked like Qin Tian's father wasn't a bad person.

Of course, knowing Qin Tian, it was impossible for him to accept the other person so easily.

"What about that woman?"

Qin Tian suddenly asked again.

"What?"

Qin Hongwen was surprised.

"The daughter-in-law your mother chose!"

Qin Tian said calmly.

"I wasn't even familiar with her; there was no way I could have married her. She later married a man of equal social standing."

Qin Hongwen hurriedly answered.

Qin Tian didn't say anything else and picked up his teacup to take a sip.

He stopped talking, and the other three didn't know what to say. The room suddenly went quiet, and the atmosphere became a bit subtle.

"Everyone, everyone must be hungry. There are still dumplings in the freezer; I'll go boil some dumplings for you."

Tang Xiuxia said.

Qin Tian was indeed a bit hungry; he had eaten lunch at his grandfather's place, and it was already past six in the evening.

Not to mention Qin Hongwen.

He had actually arrived yesterday and had been waiting anxiously in the car the whole time. When he was hungry, he ate some biscuits and canned food from the car, so he was already starving.

"Auntie, I'll help you."

Xia Nuannuan stood up with a smile and said.

"No need, no need. What's there to help with boiling dumplings? You just stay here."

Tang Xiuxia hurriedly waved her hands and desperately signaled her to sit back down with her eyes.

In this situation, how could she let this father and son sit together alone?

Xia Nuannuan understood what she meant, looked at Qin Tian and Qin Hongwen, and sat back down as told.

Tang Xiuxia walked quickly out of the room to boil dumplings in the kitchen in the back.

The room fell into a short silence again.

"Even if everything you said is true, the bitterness and exhaustion my mother suffered all these years are also true."

Qin Tian said out of the blue.

Qin Hongwen nodded calmly: "I understand."

"So, don't think it's too simple, thinking that coming to apologize can make up for this twenty-year absence. After you finish this bowl of dumplings, go wherever you should go!"

Qin Tian issued an eviction order without any politeness.

Xia Nuannuan looked at him with a surprised expression upon hearing this.

Qin Hongwen's body shuddered, and he looked dejected: "Then where can I go?"

"Don't you have a sister?"

"She already has her own family; that is not my home!"

"This isn't either."

Qin Tian said calmly.

Xia Nuannuan clenched her small hands unconsciously, opened her mouth, but stopped herself.

She knew that Qin Tian was definitely not as cold-blooded and heartless as he appeared on the surface; it was just that he couldn't forgive the other person for the time being.

But at the same time, she understood that she shouldn't try to persuade him.

Do not judge others' suffering; do not persuade others to be kind!

The grievances and suffering Qin Tian and his mother had experienced all these years were something she, who had grown up in a wealthy family and never suffered any hardship, couldn't empathize with.

Before long, his mother brought back two large bowls of boiled dumplings and placed them in front of Xia Nuannuan and Qin Hongwen respectively.

"You guys eat first. Xiaotian, I'll go get yours!"

"Auntie, no need. I'll give this bowl to Brother. I've already eaten dinner, I'm not hungry."

Xia Nuannuan declined with a smile and gently pushed the dumplings in front of her to Qin Tian.

"Eat a little more. They're pork and cabbage; they're quite good."

Tang Xiuxia said with a smile.

"I'll just steal two from Brother's bowl; you don't need to get me any, so it doesn't go to waste, really."

"Alright then, I'll go get another bowl for myself."

"Hmm!"

"Xiaotian, then let Nuannuan have a few first."

Tang Xiuxia instructed with a smile and then walked out of the room.

Qin Hongwen held his chopsticks and stared blankly at the dumplings in the bowl in front of him.

"Uncle, do you like to add a lot of vinegar to your dumplings?"

Xia Nuannuan asked curiously.

Qin Hongwen looked up at her in surprise.

Xia Nuannuan pointed to the bowl in front of him and said with a sweet smile: "Auntie still remembers!"

Qin Hongwen's eyes seemed to turn red instantly, and he nodded heavily: "Yes, she still remembers!"

"Nuannuan, here, eat a dumpling!"

Qin Tian interrupted their exchange and used a spoon to bring a dumpling to her mouth.

"Oh!"

Xia Nuannuan smiled sweetly and opened her mouth to take a bite.

"Blow on it, be careful it's hot!"

Qin Tian pulled his hand back and reminded her.

"Oh, oh, *hu... hu... *"

After Xia Nuannuan blew on it a few times, she took a bite of half of it.

Qin Tian put the other half into his own mouth and said to Qin Hongwen: "Don't get the wrong idea. It's not that my mom remembers; it's just that I also like to add a lot of vinegar to my dumplings, so she's just used to making them that way."

Xia Nuannuan's beautiful eyes widened, and she looked at him with a surprised expression.

She clearly remembered that Qin Tian, like her, didn't like to add a lot of vinegar to dumplings, and the bowl they were eating from didn't have much vinegar added.

Qin Tian glanced at her calmly.

Xia Nuannuan turned her head away quickly, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and chewed the dumpling in her mouth like a hamster.

Qin Hongwen was a person with a very high IQ, so he naturally saw at a glance that Qin Tian was making a forced defense. He smiled and didn't refute, just lowered his head and ate the dumplings in large mouthfuls.

Soon, Tang Xiuxia brought back another bowl and sat down next to Xia Nuannuan again.

"Nuannuan, come, have two from my bowl!"

"No need, I've already had two; I'm too full."

Xia Nuannuan waved her hand.

"Alright then!"

Tang Xiuxia didn't force her and looked at Qin Hongwen, who had already eaten half a bowl, saying: "There's more in the pot if you finish that; I'll go get more if it's not enough."

"Hmm!"

Qin Hongwen nodded with a bright smile.

Tang Xiuxia hurriedly avoided his gaze and lowered her head to drink the dumpling soup.

Beside her, Xia Nuannuan watched this scene, a smile curling at the corners of her lips.

She turned her head to look at Qin Tian, a thoughtful expression appearing on her face.