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After gathering my emotions, I returned to the hospital room.
Since waking up, Yaoyao had curled herself up in the blanket, refusing to come out.
Seeing her shivering under the covers, my heart ached even more, and I walked over to hold her in my arms.
She nestled against me, sobbing and crying.
"Grandpa, it hurts so much... it feels so awful..."
"Tao Feifei and her friends hit me, bullied me, saying I'm a child without a dad or mom, born to be bullied. But I clearly have parents."
"Didn't mom and dad say they'd come home to see Nannan when Nannan turns 10?"
"I'm already 15 years old? But why haven't they come back? Did Nannan do something wrong, so they don't want me anymore?"
"Is it because Nannan stole ice cream as a child?"
"Grandpa, could you tell mom and dad that Nannan knows she's wrong, and won't eat ice cream again, and will be a good, obedient child..."
"Nannan misses mom and dad so much… if they were here, they wouldn't dare bully Yaoyao..."
Listening to Nannan's cries, I clutched the medals in my pocket, my heart wrenching.
Six years ago, after the commander handed these two medals to me, I kept them away, not daring to let Yaoyao see them.
If Yaoyao learns the truth about her parents' sacrifice, it would mean she truly has no parents anymore...
I bit my lip, holding back tears.
Child, how can I tell you that your mom and dad will never return...
"Grandpa, didn't you say that bad children who do wrong deserve to be punished? But I really did nothing, and they just came and bullied me..."
I held back my heartache, patting her head to comfort her: "Yaoyao has always been a good child. They are the bad ones."
"Bad people will definitely be punished."
Yaoyao looked at me with tear-filled eyes, full of hope.
Finally, I managed to lull my granddaughter to sleep.
I went to the police station to report it.
But the officer's response made my heart sink to the bottom.
Tao Feifei's parents are the wealthiest in the city, and they have relatives in government positions.
Even the police are helpless against their family.
The officer sighed heavily, then looked at me with sympathy.
"The city's government leaders are their relatives, and even at the provincial level, they're connected. You can't fight them; just endure it."
I walked out of the police station, feeling dejected. Even the police couldn't do anything about them. My mood was like falling into an ice cellar.
But then, my phone rang. When I opened it, my heart tightened abruptly.
It was a video of Yaoyao being bullied!