"Sob, sob, it hasn't been easy for me to stay alive. My life is so bitter, I’m so pitiful, I... I just really want a mother to protect me, sob, sob... Auntie, please, just adopt me."
Although the elderly women felt sympathy for her, none of them were foolish enough to try and persuade Yuanchun. Having lived for seventy or eighty years and having survived the turbulent times of the past, they were all sharp as tacks. They had no intention of being used as weapons by a little girl. After all, sympathy was one thing, but to pressure Yuanchun into adopting the girl just because of that sympathy would be incredibly unfair to both Yuanchun and Xiaobao. Yuanchun had made it clear she was unwilling to adopt the girl or allow her husband’s family assets to be inherited by an outsider.
Instead of persuading Yuanchun, the elders turned their advice toward Wang Xiaoyan. "Young girl, you are indeed pitiful, but your misfortune was not caused by your aunt. It is wrong of you to pressure her like this."
Chapter 387