Two years later, my brother took the college entrance examination.

He was the top scorer in the science stream in our city.

My parents were overjoyed and took my brother back to our hometown for a celebratory banquet.

Grandpa was in high spirits for the happy occasion, and he even gave me a small red envelope.

He used to dislike me, thinking I was just a girl.

I heard from my mom that when I was sick as a child, they borrowed money from grandpa. Grandpa said, "What needs to be treated? This is just right."

He looked at my mom askance and said, "Huxuxin, don't you want a biological son?"

Mom was so angry she almost fainted.

She borrowed money from her family, took me to the hospital in the city, and stayed for half a month to get me treated. It was not the kind of illness that grandpa said couldn't be cured even if we sold everything.

Today, he smiled and told many people, "Yes, this is Siyu, my granddaughter, a very well-behaved child."

Oh, the bittersweet contrast.

Brother's maternal grandfather also came.

He held my mom's hand, shook it warmly twice, and said, "Thank you, thank you for taking care of my grandson!"

Mom's face turned red, and she kept saying it was no trouble, he was too polite.

She hurried back to the kitchen to keep busy.

Dad leaned over and said, "Why not take this opportunity to have Xiaozhe call you mom? Over the years, Suxin and the child have a good relationship! The siblings are close, it's not appropriate to keep calling you aunt."

Brother's grandfather laughed heartily twice and turned to talk to someone else.

Dad felt a bit awkward and said to himself, "It's too noisy, the old man can't hear clearly. After the banquet, the closest ones can talk slowly."

Grandpa came up behind him and whispered, "What are you thinking? Xiaozhe has to call his stepmother aunt, that was the condition set from the beginning! Xiaozhe will rely on his uncle in the future, can't offend the Wang family."

Dad argued, "Xiaozhe hasn't even called her aunt in these years, it shows he also feels it's not appropriate."

"It's because of your repeated instructions that he dares not call her mom. Why not make it clear today when everyone is here?"

After saying that, he ignored grandpa and mingled in the crowd.

At the dinner table, someone mentioned brother's biological mother.

They said if she could see this scene today, she would rest in peace.

On my right side sat my temperamental and difficult-to-deal-with third aunt.

The old lady had an air of aloofness, blew a smoke ring, and coldly said, "You still have the nerve to mention her. My daughter died so tragically by hanging herself, and no one investigates..."

Everyone heard her, but no one responded.

I suddenly remembered the conversation my mom had with Aunt Zhu that night when I was a child.

Why did brother's mother end up on such a tragic path?