Her eldest cousin walked over and helped Ling Anxun to the main seat in the center.
Her grandfather sat to his right and her grandmother to his left, the three of them seated in a row.
An uncle took Shanshan by her small hand and led her step by step to stand before the three of them.
A small porcelain cup was pressed into her hand.
"Shanshan."
Her grandfather leaned down, his voice exceptionally gentle.
"From now on, you're a child of the Ling family. Uncle Ling is now your father. Are you… happy?"
The little girl nodded vigorously, her voice clear and bright.
"I am!"
'There was still a lot she didn't quite understand.'
'For example, she didn't know what a family register was, or what it meant to be formally accepted into the family.'
'But Zhang Yunhua had already explained the adoption to her several times.'
'She knew that from this day forward, she was no longer a child who was all alone.'
'She had a home, grandparents, and a father.'
