Chapter 1151: Persuasion Fails
Tom stared at the disconnected call, sighing deeply. His daughter had been missing for five years, and she had changed completely, no longer returning home.
Just as he was thinking, Tom’s father came back holding Xingxing.
"Xingxing has fallen asleep. Lift up the quilt on the bed, so I can put her down to sleep," Tom’s father whispered urgently, afraid of waking the child.
Tom’s mother hurried to the room to lift the quilt and placed Xingxing on the bed. Then, they both tiptoed out of the room.
"Xiaoling just called home."
Tom’s mother shared the news of Tang Ling’s call, and Tom’s father’s eyes lit up, "What did Xiaoling say? Where is she, and why isn’t she coming back?"
"She doesn’t plan to come back now," said Tom’s mother with a sigh. "Xiaoling has changed a lot, and I don’t know what’s on her mind. She doesn’t want to come back on her own, and moreover, when she heard Xingxing was here, she actually asked me to send Xingxing to an orphanage. Can you believe it? Xiaoling must be out of her mind; that’s her own daughter."
Upon hearing this, Tom’s father’s face turned grim.
"Is Xingxing really her biological daughter?" he asked.
"She is her daughter," Tom’s mother replied. "But not He Nan’s. I’ve asked Xiaoling for confirmation. As for the child’s father, she won’t say. We don’t know what happened in these five years, and Xiaoling seems to be in a very bad state now. I think she’s having mental issues."
As a mother, she knew exactly what Tang Ling used to be like. Now her daughter spoke in extremes, and it sounded all wrong.