Chapter 479: Do You Believe People Have Past and Present Lives?【2】
After Xie Xuning carefully wrote the last character, he used a stone to hold down the banner.
He then spoke, “When I saw you at the elevator for the first time, I thought you resembled my wife. I also thought at the time that if my wife was alive, our daughter would look like you. Tianxin, you have to believe that there is a kind of innate familiarity between a father and a daughter. If you weren’t with Li Qingcang and then I saw you on TV, I would still think that you look a lot like my wife. I would look for you…”
When Ye Tianxin heard Xie Xuning’s answer, her past life popped into her head for some reason.
In her previous life, Lu Qingxin took so many unsightly photos in order to frame her.
She was the young madam of the Gu Enterprises in Shenhai City, and there was a scandal at her funeral.
Maybe, Xie Xuning would find her.
“Dad, do you believe people have past and present lives?” Ye Tianxin asked.
Xie Xuning nodded. He stretched out his hand and caressed Ye Tianxin’s hair. Then he spoke in a low voice, “Tianxin, I believe that in this world, there are past and present lives. I also believe that no matter what, we won’t be separated from each other for our entire lives. God will not be so cruel.”
Ye Tianxin still didn’t tell Xie Xuning what she had been through in her previous life.
She considered telling Li Qingcang someday, but she wouldn’t tell Xie Xuning or Ye Linlang.
Her parents had also suffered a lot.
The things she had encountered had nothing to do with her parents. She wanted to spare them from further heartaches.
“Tianxin,” Xie Xuning continued, looking at Ye Tianxin, “I have to deposit your dowry now.”
Ye Tianxin blinked her eyes and said wittily, “What dowry? Let Brother Li marry directly into our family, okay?”
“Oh, Tianxin, you’re so quirky!” Xie Xuning laughed. His heart felt warm and blissful.
This was what it felt like to be a father. It was sweet but also sad.
However, he still had regrets. Even though God had blessed him with such a beautiful, smart, and sensible daughter, he was still sad. He missed out on the years that his daughter needed him the most. He could only think of the might-have-beens.
“However, Dad, there is one thing that I have to make clear to you first.” Ye Tianxin turned her head and met Xie Xuning’s gaze. She was hesitant at first, then mustered the courage to say, “Would you mind if I don’t change my surname?”
Today’s society was patriarchal. Wives took their husbands’ last names.
What if the Xie family wanted to change her surname to “Xie” after acknowledging her?
She had been called Ye Tianxin for so long, and she had been used to it. That’s why she didn’t want to change it to “Xie Tianxin”.
“No need to change it. You are Ye Tianxin. You are the daughter of mine and Linlang’s, so the last name doesn’t matter,” Xie Xuning said sincerely.
Ye Tianxin breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sweetly. “Then, thank you, Dad.”
“You’re that easy to satisfy?”
The cooks nowadays were different from before. They made the stove themselves.
Today’s cooks brought their own stoves. They were fashioned out of big oil drums. Three stoves were lined up. Some firewood were stacked on the side.
Grandmother bought these firewood. Although the townspeople had started to use natural gas for cooking, many families still preferred firewood.
The cooks were busy peeling and slicing ingredients. Jiameng Town had an abundance of livestock, poultry, fish, small-river prawns, and more.