When Lu Xiangning helped her carry her luggage into the car, Aunt Ling chased her out of the house crying.
"Madam, do you really want to leave? Why so suddenly?"
Lu Xiangning closed the trunk door and pressed his lips into a thin line. He also wanted to cry, and he also wanted to ask why.
But Li Zao had said that if he dared to cry like a girl, she would blacklist him and cut off all phone calls.
Li Zao smiled faintly and said, "Aunt Ling, please call me by my name from now on. Don't call me 'Mrs.' anymore."
"Ah?..." Aunt Ling cried even more sadly, holding Li Zao's hand and not letting go, "Do you really want a divorce?"
She looked at the two of them, and they didn't look like they were getting divorced.
In the past few days since my wife came home, she washed the sheets every day and waited for any movement in her stomach.
"How could this happen? It's so sudden, I don't understand..."
Lu Xiangning said aggrievedly: "I don't understand either."
Li Zao glared at him and then comforted Aunt Ling, "Aunt Ling, please stop crying. Thank you for your care and companionship over the years. I will come back to see you if I have the chance."
After hearing this, Aunt Ling cried even more sadly.
Although she is just a servant, she has worked in the Lu family for more than 20 years and knows to some extent the ways of some wealthy families. As soon as Li Zao takes the lead, Bai Xuting will arrange a blind date for the young master.
Then, this Runyuan will also have a new hostess.
By then, how would Li Zao have the chance to come back to see her?
Thinking about it, Aunt Ling became more and more reluctant to give up.
Li Zao hugged Aunt Ling, said his final goodbyes, and then tilted his head towards Lu Xiangning, signaling him to hurry up.
Before going to Su Kui's house, they had to go to Bi Tea Garden.
Bicha Garden is Lu Xiangning's grandma's residence. They have already spoken to grandma on the phone and want to go there for dinner.
Lu Xiangning drove very fast. He wanted to know about his mother's situation. Only his grandma knew the best, and only grandma would not lie to him.
Li Zao was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the handle above tightly with both hands.
The speed of the car increased, and her heart became nervous, "Slow down, slow down, there's still time... Slow down..."
When they arrived at Bicha Garden, it was already dark.
Upon learning that they were coming, grandma immediately ordered a table of delicious dishes from a nearby Private Kitchen restaurant and had them delivered to her home.
"Grandma."
"Grandma."
"Hey, come here quickly, let me take a look," grandma stretched out her hand to Li Zao, "Xiaozao, how is your mother?"
Li Zao's hand was quickly held by his grandma, and a warmth suddenly surged throughout his body.
When she first saw her grandma in the hospital five years ago, she felt friendly. If her grandma were still alive, she would be like this.
It can be said that her grandma is the only person who has made her feel the warmth of family in the past five years.
Now, her grandma asked about her mother's situation as soon as she opened her mouth, which made Li Zao's tense heart suddenly relax.
She shook her head and said truthfully: "I have been unconscious."
Grandma sighed heartbrokenly, touched Li Zao's hand, and pinched her cheek, "Look at you, you are much thinner. Come on, it's time to eat. Eat more. Let me know in advance next time you come, I will tell the kitchen to cook a few
I asked for some nourishing medicinal food, but this time Aning called too late and didn’t have time to make it, so I ordered takeout.”
The two of them sat next to grandma, one on the left and one on the right.
Bi Tea Garden, as you can tell from the name, this is a tea garden.
Once upon a time, the Cheng family was also a well-known wealthy family in Jiangcheng. Cheng Yuanyuan and Lu Qing were in a business marriage, and the Cheng family was on par with the Lu family.
Cheng Yuanyuan was the only daughter of the Cheng family. After Cheng Yuanyuan committed suicide by jumping into the sea, Cheng's father fell ill because he could not get over the pain of losing his daughter, and passed away within two years.
Because no one could take the lead, Cheng finally went bankrupt after more than ten years of business decline.
Since then, grandma has lived here alone for more than ten years.
Grandma has a head full of silver hair, the skin on her forehead and cheekbones are still plump and firm, without a single wrinkle, and she speaks with a unique energy.
"Seeing you all coming together makes me feel at ease," grandma said with a smile, "Aning, Xiaozao is your noble person. Don't make her angry or make her run away. You can't find such a good person."
My wife."
Lu Xiangning nodded repeatedly, "I know. I told you that the divorce news was false. Why, you still don't believe me?"
"You always report good news but not bad news. You won't tell me if you get divorced."
Lu Xiangning opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, then picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and ate them into his stomach along with his complaints.
Li Zao: "Grandma, what's on the Internet is all hype, don't believe it, and don't believe it if any messy news appears in the future."
Grandma kept picking up vegetables for Li Zao, just to make her fatter, "Okay, if you don't believe me, I will believe you. Grandma, you two need to be good to rest assured."
Facing the old man's eager eyes, Li Zao felt a little guilty.
After eating half full, Lu Xiangning finally got to the point, "Grandma, we are here today mainly because we want to ask you something, something about my mother."
Grandma's expression was the same, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"Huh? What?"
Lu Xiangning put down his chopsticks and asked in a deep voice: "My mother... why did she jump into the sea?"
On the surface, grandma is not as sad as they imagined, but for a mother to lose her only daughter, the pain will never be erased no matter how many years pass.
It’s not that grandma doesn’t feel pain, it’s just that she can pretend to be calm.
"Why?... I am stupid, stupid and selfish. I abandoned you and also abandoned me."
Lu Xiangning asked again: "Did Bai Xuting and Zhu Ziqiu harass her at that time?"
Grandma didn't answer but asked, "Aning, why did you come here suddenly today?"
"I……"
"If you want to ask about the cause of your mother's death, it must have been suicide. This is a conclusion."
"..."
Lu Xiangning was stunned, and Li Zao was also stunned. Grandma's statement was actually the same as grandfather's.
"Your mother left her last words, asking us not to speak ill of your father and Bai Xuting in front of you. Hehe, she defended Lu Qing until her death. Do you think she was stupid?"
Lu Xiangning's heart tightened.
Li Zao whispered: "No, she doesn't want her young son to live in hatred. Death is her choice, but at the same time, she also hopes that her child can live happily."
Recalling what Zheng Keqing said to himself before jumping off the building, Li Zao could also guess Cheng Yuanyuan's state of mind.
Living is too painful for them, and death is a relief. However, they hope that their children can live and live happily.
This is the smallest and most ordinary expectation a mother has for her child.
Grandma's lips trembled slightly when the two of them weren't paying attention. She sniffed and said, "Oh, how can I say that you are the noble person of our family, Aning, or that you understand her."