Hospital.

Grandma's head wound had been bandaged and she was resting in the hospital bed. Shen Fenghua sat beside the bed with red eyes, and the two children were very careful, their faces full of caution.

"Auntie, Great-Grandma will be alright, Auntie is not sad anymore."

Shen Fenghua knew that her aunt and uncle were not good people, but she never expected that they could be so ruthless.

She felt guilty and remorseful, thinking it was all because of her carelessness. If she had taken her grandmother to live with her sooner, would this have been avoided?

Such speculation is simply unthinkable; even the slightest thought of it brings her to the brink of tears.

"Hmm," Shen Fenghua shifted her gaze to the children and gently patted the two little ones' heads. "It's alright."

"Great-great-grandmother is awake."

In just a short while, Grandma opened her eyes and gave a pale smile. "Let me see if my little girl has been crying?"

Shen Fenghua's eyes reddened. "Grandma, you scared me to death! I almost thought I would never see you again in this lifetime."

"No, Grandma still has an IV drip in her hand. She's in good health and will be fine. Look, here you are, coming back."

At this point, a hint of disappointment flashed across Grandma's eyes.

She never expected that the creature that crawled out of her womb would be so indifferent to her.

"What if I don't come back?" Shen Fenghua's eyes were slightly stubborn. "If I don't come back, what do you plan to do? Do you want me to lose the only person in this world who loves me?"

Originally, Shen Fenghua just wanted to give her grandmother a heads-up. Even if she couldn't take her grandmother with her this time, it wouldn't matter. She could come back next time. Her grandmother loved her so much, she definitely wouldn't want to leave her looking pitiful.

If I play the victim and act cute, Grandma will go with me.

But she never expected to see something like this.

Grandma was silent for a moment, then sighed, "My dear, Grandma is getting old, and I'll definitely be leaving you a long, long time from now."

"That's not now."

Shen Fenghua retorted in a neither forceful nor weak tone, wiped away her tears, and gradually calmed down.

Once Grandma wakes up, she has someone to rely on.

Once the person wakes up, they can eat.

Qi Ye had been keeping a close eye on things, and now that he realized his grandmother had woken up, he brought back some steamed egg custard from the cafeteria.

"Brilliance".

Knowing that their grandmother was not familiar with them, the two children and the one adult stood silently in front of the hospital bed. Without Shen Fenghua's permission, they did not dare to move.

Looking at the two children and the tall, unfamiliar Qi Ye in the ward, the grandmother became wary. "Who are you...?"

Shen Fenghua took the steamed egg custard and said softly, "Grandma, you eat first, we can talk while we eat."

A bowl of hot steamed egg custard can be finished in just five minutes.

Five minutes was enough for Grandma to completely overhaul and reshape her worldview.

She was somewhat numb. "So..."

Shen Fenghua put down the bowl and said matter-of-factly, "So now you have to come with me and take care of my child."

Looking at Shen Fenghua's charming appearance, a gentle smile slowly spread across Grandma's eyes. She shook her head slightly. She knew that this child cared about her, but it wasn't appropriate for such a big old burden like herself to go with her.

Nannan has finally found someone she can entrust her life to, so how could she bear to ruin it with the past?

"Nannan, don't be willful," Grandma looked at Qi Ye, "You're Xiao Qi, aren't you? Nannan is still a child at heart, I..."

"We haven't even gotten our marriage certificate yet," Qi Ye said, lowering her eyes. When she looked up, she interrupted her grandmother, "Grandma, actually, we really need your help."

Looking into Qi Ye's sincere eyes, Grandma was taken aback. "Huh?"

Shen Fenghua quietly tugged at Qi Ye, her eyes pleading.

Qi Ye gave her a reassuring look, "Feng Hua and I, one of us needs to go on a mission, and the other needs to go to work. There's no one at home to look after the child."

He paused for a moment, then revealed everything about his family.

After briefly explaining, Qi Ye calmly concluded, "Feng Hua and I are people with shallow family ties, so we really need someone to lend a hand at this time. The two children are both grown up and sensible, so we just need to take care of their three meals a day."

“Yes!” Shen Fenghua hurried over. “Grandma, as you know, I’ll probably never have my own child again in this lifetime. I’m raising Nianping and Nianan as if they were my own.”

Biological child?

Grandma's gaze hesitated slightly. "You two are really incredibly busy, but I'm just a little old man like me, I'm afraid..."

Grandma was simply afraid that she wouldn't be able to help and would only cause more trouble.

Shen Fenghua's heart ached. When her grandmother was young and strong, every household wanted her, but now that she was old, no one wanted her.

The world is so cold and indifferent; it chills one to the bone.

"Grandma, don't you understand? We've both lost our home," Shen Fenghua said, resorting to her trump card. "I've severed ties with my family. From now on, I'm truly a wild child with nothing. Grandma, if even you don't care about me, then I..."

Shen Fenghua burst into tears, disregarding her image, which made her grandmother feel sorry for her.

Looking at the granddaughter she raised with her own hands, and then thinking about her own children, who eat the same food and have the same rice, why are they able to develop such completely different personalities?

The sight of a bunch of ingrates chilled her heart, but looking at Shen Fenghua warmed her heart.

“Come on, Grandma will go with you.”

It's often said that as people get older, it's hard to leave their hometown. But to be honest, what does hometown even mean? A hometown is a place with familiar people and ties. Those places that don't make her feel nostalgic, or even that she can't wait to leave, she can just go.

"By the way, your aunt..."

Mentioning that woman made Shen Fenghua grit her teeth in hatred, so she said righteously, "I called the police and sent her to jail."

After saying that, looking at her expressionless grandmother, Shen Fenghua added, "By the way, I was worried that my aunt would be lonely, so I sent my uncle in to keep her company."

Grandma was startled, then frowned as she came to her senses, "Nannan..."

Shen Fenghua laughed heartily, but Qi Ye felt uneasy seeing his grandmother's furrowed brows. He had already made plans to take the blame if his grandmother misunderstood Shen Fenghua.

But in the end, Grandma just shook her head. "Even if we were to send him in, it should be me. You're a junior, after all. If things really get out of hand, it won't be good for your reputation."

reputation?

If Shen Fenghua cared about this thing, the rumors and gossip circulating over the years would have grown her grave overgrown with weeds three meters high.

"Grandma, you're the only one I care about."

Watching the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, Qi Ye relaxed his clenched fist.

It turns out, the person I care about...