Zhang Xiaolu was milky-white and delicate and usually had on clean clothes. He looked nothing like a village boy, but he was vicious whenever he got into a fight, which was why kids in the village were afraid to play with him. Zhang Xiaolu's mom and dad had four additional daughters before they had him, so he was particularly spoiled. Later on, his mom had another boy, and he became the one that nobody cared about, which was also why he didn't hesitate at all when original owner suggested to elope. The two of them packed their stuff and left that very night.
Yan Shuyu sat up abruptly after remembering this part. Original owner had almost no recollection of Zhang Xiaolu when he was younger, could he have been kidnapped and brought to the village?
Truth be told, if one was to look at the attractiveness of both the original owner and her late husband, they both looked like they could have been kidnapped. Yan Shuyu, however, had no doubt about the original owner's identify. She vaguely remembered that when she was 2 or 3 years old, she had an older brother and an older sister. Later on, she had another younger brother. Her family said they couldn't afford so many kids so they gave her older sister away. They even thought about giving away the original owner as well, but her grandmother said she was so pretty that she'd be able to marry into a good family, which was why they ended up keeping her.
The way that Yan Shuyu looked at this was - they had already given away her older sister, if the original owner was not their own child, there was no way they would have kept her, regardless of how pretty she was.
The situation surrounding Zhang Xiaolu's family was more peculiar. With all the daughters that they had, they only kept one of them. The other three were given away, although some elders in the village said their family sold their daughters. Regardless, Zhang Xiaolu was the one they had "prayed" for. Even if they had another son later on, it wouldn't make sense that they had completely ignored the older one unless he wasn't their real son. Take the original owner's parents for example, both their older and younger sons were their precious babies.
Now, if Zhang Xiaolu wasn't their own child, then it all made sense.
The backstory of the villainess stepmother was getting more and more exciting.
Yan Shuyu only spent a few seconds in her heightened mood. After a second thought, her late husband was already gone; regardless of whether he was the biological child of the
Zhang's, she wouldn't be able to find out his true identity for him. So was the point of getting stirred up over that?
Yan Shuyu collected herself and saw that the little kiddo was still blinking at her and waiting for her to answer his question. She smiled and said, "Yes, daddy was as cute as Yuanbao when he was a kid, which was why Yuanbao would be as handsome as daddy when he grows up.
"Yes, I will!" said the little kiddo. He nodded forcefully. Hearing the answer that he wanted, he didn't think much about mom zoning out.
After he finished saying that, the alarm clock that Yan Shuyu had set went off. She turned it off as she patted his instant son and said, "Okay, time is up. Let's get up and go to work."