After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became the Stepmother of the Film Emperor - Chapter 13

After two years in the orphanage, Ruan An An and Ruan Le Le could fully take care of themselves, so Ruan Meng didn’t have to worry about them.

Once they had showered and changed into clean clothes, looking clean and rosy, they stood in unison by Ruan Meng’s bed.

Seeing their serious posture, Ruan Meng guessed the two little ones had something to say, so she sat down across from them and waited for them to speak.

“Woman, you said you would take us home. Why are we still in a hotel?” Ruan Le Le whined, refusing to call her “Mommy.” Yet her worried little eyes and fidgeting feet betrayed her anxiety.

Ruan Meng watched the siblings for a moment and suddenly brought up another topic. “Do you remember ‘Ruan Meng’? Do you remember what the so-called ‘home’ is?”

Ruan An An and his sister exchanged glances, then shook their heads. “We only remember life in the orphanage, we don’t recall anything else.”

Ruan Meng fell silent at this. She even began to hesitate about whether to take the children back to the Ruan family and reclaim what was rightfully theirs.

“Mommy? What’s wrong with you?”

“Ruan Meng’s parents are alive, and she has an older sister and a younger sister, but they all want to hurt her. Do you understand?”

Even though they were only three years old, Ruan Meng wanted Ruan An An and Ruan Le Le to choose for themselves whether they wanted to punish the bad people who hurt their “mother” or choose a peaceful and happy life.

Seeing the two children staring at her without speaking, Ruan Meng realized that she had perhaps gone too far with her questions and decided not to press further.

Just as she was about to head to the study to consider her next steps, a small and chubby hand suddenly tugged at her robe. Ruan Meng was quick to react and pulled it back just in time.

“Xiao Bao, tugging at a woman’s robe is not nice!” Ruan Meng instinctively called out the nickname she had been mulling over these past two days.

Ruan Le Le, who loved tugging on people’s clothes, froze at her words, while Ruan An An felt unusually bold. “Mommy, Mommy, what about me?”

Even though Ruan Anan spoke unclearly, Ruan Meng understood his question, yet she felt an inexplicable reluctance to voice it.

“Mommy?” Not receiving a nickname, Ruan Anan called out again, his voice filled with hope and timidity.

Ruan Meng, who thought of herself as emotionally unyielding, rubbed her still-damp hair in frustration and finally said, “Da Bao is Ruan An An’s nickname, and Xiao Bao is Ruan Le Le’s nickname. I’ll only say it once!”

“Da Bao? Da Bao SOD Honey? Haha!” Ruan Lele, who originally disliked the Xiao Bao as a bad-sounding nickname, immediately warmed up to it upon hearing her brother’s nickname.

“Hehe, no, I think it’s nice!” Ruan An An was feeling happy that his mommy had given them a ‘nicknames’. He ignored his sister’s teasing and basked in the happiness.

“So, why did you tug on my pants?” Ruan Meng pursed her lips and eyed Ruan Lele’s little chubby hand.

“And then?” Ruan Le Le felt a chill and quickly withdrew her chubby little hand. She replied confidently, “We understand. And then?”

“And then, are you afraid?”

Ruan Le Le, who was usually fearless, boldly declared that she wasn’t. Ruan An An looked up timidly at Ruan Meng and gave the most genuine response of a child. “Will Mommy be with us?”

Ruan Meng didn’t make the children wait long. She leaned down and gently patted their little heads, giving them an affirmative answer.

“I will!”