Chapter 651: An Idea

Meanwhile, Luo Lanqing had returned home.

What Fu Mingxue didn’t know was that Luo Lanqing lived not too far from her—only about a twenty-minute walk away.

"How did it go? Did you see the children?"

The one asking was Luo Lanqing’s mother-in-law.

Luo Lanqing shook her head. "They wouldn’t let me see them."

Mrs. Ji frowned slightly. "Why not? You’re still the children’s biological mother, after all. No matter the circumstances, how could they refuse to even let you see them once?"

"Was your attitude wrong when you went there?"

Luo Lanqing’s expression soured.

"No, I was perfectly humble, but they wouldn’t let me in. There was nothing I could do."

Mrs. Ji thought for a moment, puzzled.

Then her gaze fell upon the two bags of things she was carrying.

"You brought those back, too?"

"They wouldn’t let me in, and they wouldn’t accept these. I couldn’t just leave them there, could I?"

Mrs. Ji was rendered speechless by her daughter-in-law’s response.

’This daughter-in-law of mine is so stingy.’

’Even if they didn’t let her in, she could have just left the things at the door. It’s not like they would have actually thrown them away after she was gone, would they?’

’She has absolutely no sense of propriety.’

"Well, let’s take this one step at a time. We’re living here now, after all. Oh, right, your daughter is crying. You should go soothe her."

Mrs. Ji could not bring herself to like this frail granddaughter.

It wasn’t that she favored boys over girls, but she simply preferred her older grandson.

Luo Lanqing heard her daughter’s crying just then and rushed into the room to soothe her.

Just then, a young woman came in.

"Mom, is Luo Lanqing back?"

Mrs. Ji pursed her lips. "She’s back."

Upon hearing this, Ji Ya asked anxiously, "Well? Did she see the children?"

"No. It’s probably not going to work. That family wouldn’t let her see the kids. In my opinion, you should think of another way. It’s not that hard to adopt a child these days—"

"Mom, you’re getting confused. If it’s my sister-in-law’s child, won’t the bond be that much closer?"

’The conditions were perfect from every angle.’

’She had, of course, given this a great deal of thought.’

"Your brother already looked into it. The Qin family is very powerful. I think we should just forget about it. If we try to take one of their children, we’ll just be making an enemy of them, won’t we?"

Although Mrs. Ji’s heart ached for her daughter, she still had some sense.

Ji Ya got angry at her mother’s words. "Mom, why would we be making an enemy? They have two children, and it’s not like we’re taking both. Besides, I’m not asking for the boy. If they’re short one little girl, are they really going to be unhappy? What’s more, that couple is definitely going to have children of their own. Once they do, won’t those two extra kids just become a burden?"

"If we offer to take one off their hands and raise her, they might even be delighted. Plus, our sister-in-law is the children’s birth mother. If she goes to get her child back, no one can find any fault in that. And a respectable family like the Qins will get to maintain their good reputation, won’t they?"

Ji Ya’s voice grew louder as she spoke.

’She was certain her reasoning was flawless.’

’Only people who can’t have children of their own resort to adoption. But that couple is still young—how could they possibly be infertile?’

’She had already made inquiries—the only reason the couple hadn’t had children of their own yet was because they were too busy with work.’

’Unlike her, whose doctors had already confirmed she could no longer have children.’

"Mom, where’s Luo Lanqing? I’ll go ask her what happened myself."

Just then, Luo Lanqing emerged, holding her daughter.