Li Heming wiped away the tears from his granddaughter's face: "Your grandma was so excited to see you that she fainted and is resting over there."

It turned out to be Xueqin, but there couldn't be anyone else except him.

All these years are thanks to that child, but it has also been difficult for him.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoyu wanted to get out of bed and check, but was held down by Li Heming: "Don't worry, I checked your grandmother's pulse. But you, how come your health is so bad? Have you forgotten what I taught you when you were a child? Did that beast abuse you? Where's your mother?"

Li Heming did not mention the two disciples he had accepted before. The eldest disciple was okay, but he could barely protect himself, not to mention that he had a family to support; the second disciple was implicated by him. When he left the capital, the boy was still alone, and now no one knew where he was sent to.

Li Xiaoyu twirled her fingers, tears streaming down her eyes uncontrollably, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Heming's eyes showed a hint of sadness, and he patted his granddaughter's hand: "Grandpa is here, don't be afraid, I can handle any storm."

"Grandpa, after you were sent down to the countryside, he divorced mom in the newspaper three days later, and then a woman moved in. Mom was already sick, and Uncle Fan tried his best, but Mom still couldn't hold on." Li Xiaoyu couldn't help but tear up when she mentioned her mother who had passed away long ago.

Her mother was such a gentle person, yet she was insulted and bullied by those two people. It was obviously that man who betrayed her first, and there was no morality or family affection at all, but everything was borne by an innocent person.

Before her mother left, she told her not to hate, not to let hatred hold her back, and to look forward.

But how could she not hate, how could she let it go!

Li Heming noticed the anger in his granddaughter's eyes, and his heart was broken. His granddaughter...

"When I was in my second year of high school, that woman didn't want me to continue and wanted me to find a partner. I didn't want to, so they locked me up. I asked Uncle Fan to help me go to the countryside."

Li Xiaoyu said it lightly, but for a 15-year-old girl like her, living with such a cold-hearted father, vicious and selfish stepmother, and half-siblings, what was the difference between that and living among a pack of jackals.

Li Heming stood up and walked back and forth in the room several times before he gritted his teeth and suppressed the strong emotions in his heart.

Nothing can happen to him, he has to stay alive.

If he leaves, what will happen to Jingyi and Xiaoyu?

Jingyi, Wen Jingyi is Grandma Li’s name.

"grandfather."

Li Heming clenched his hands behind his back and then slowly loosened them: "Grandpa is fine, I will always be here for you, don't worry."

Li Xiaoyu wiped the tears from her face and tried to smile: "Yeah."

Li Xiaoyu lifted the quilt covering her and walked under the bed: "I'm going to go see grandma. Oh, grandpa, I seem to have been knocked unconscious by someone just now. Is it..."

Li Heming pulled Bao Yan, who was squatting in the corner, over and said, "This is my last disciple, Bao Yan. I accepted him after I was demoted. He has taken care of me and your grandmother over the years. He thought you were here to inquire about the situation, so..."

Li Xiaoyu understood.

Li Xiaoyu walked up to Bao Yan and thanked him solemnly: "Uncle Bao, thank you for all these years. It's my fault that I came here secretly. You are really amazing."

Bao Yan felt his throat itchy and couldn't help coughing a few times: "Ahem... It's all what I should do. There's no need to thank me. This is my master's wife."

Li Xiaoyu gave a faint smile, and her originally introverted aura disappeared, revealing her true self, like a lotus flower after the rain.

Delicate, elegant but yet graceful.

This is nothing more than Li Xiaoyu's stepmother wanting to use this untreatable stepdaughter to pave the way for her own children.

"Thank you very much, Uncle Bao."

After saying that, Li Xiaoyu couldn't wait to run towards her grandmother. She had learned some medical skills when she was a child, and she was influenced by her surroundings, so she knew how to take a simple pulse.

Phew... Fortunately, grandma's health is not as bad as she imagined.

"Are you relieved? I've told your grandfather that you're still not relieved."

Li Xiaoyu held her grandmother's calloused hands to warm them up: "Of course don't worry, I just want to see if I have forgotten all my medical skills."

Li Heming walked up to his granddaughter and patted her shoulder: "Come, let me introduce you to this servant. This is..."

The small cowshed has old windows, but still lets in warm light.

…………

After New Year's Eve, Ji Zebai and Fang Chi also had to leave. There was still a lot of finishing work waiting for them to do. The two days of free time they could steal were already a treatment for the injured.

So after eating the dumplings on the car early in the morning on the first day of the New Year, Lin Anmin drove the ox cart to send the two away.

Lin Yian wrote down the address and phone number on the note in his hand again, then put the note into the space.

August is still early.

On the bus back to the county, Fang Chi couldn't help his curiosity.

"Brother Ze, if you just leave like this, aren't you afraid that the girl you like will fall in love with someone else or someone else will chase her away?"

The person who had his eyes closed opened his eyes.

"I can see that she doesn't have that intention right now, and I can treat her better."

The two sides are so far apart and you have no reason to communicate with others, so where does your confidence come from?

Ji Zebai continued to close his eyes and rest. He didn't have the kindness to explain his plan. Otherwise, according to this guy's big mouth, those guys would all know it within half a year.

The results from Beijing haven't come out yet, and there's an appointment in August.

What's more, Lin Jiancheng is here.

After this mission and promotion are completed, I should be able to use the vacation time I saved up.

If you don't get wise, you'll be like a frog in boiling water.

At least he has to be the number one suitor among her suitors.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Lin Anmin and Wang Juan took their two sons to Wangjia Village, and Lin Anmin helped drive the car to take them to the commune.

Lin Yian snuggled beside Fan Zhu and flipped through a book in his hand that was quite contemporary. The book was in vertical format, so one had to wonder what year it was published.

This was given to her by Fan Zhu. Lin Yian was stunned at that time.

Grandma, are you just going to take it out so openly?

Grandpa, do you know about this too?

"Grandma, is it really okay for you to give me this?"

Fan Zhu tapped Lin Yian's head and said, "They are just some miscellaneous books. Take a look if you are interested. But don't let others find out. After you finish reading, grandma has other books here."

"Grandma, are you so confident in me?"

Fan Zhu trusted her own eyes when judging people, just as she trusted her husband back then: "There's nothing to worry about when it comes to my family."

Lin Yian smoothed the wrinkles on the book and whispered, "Thank you, grandma."

Fan Zhu restored the secret compartment in the box to its original state and told Lin Dejiang to lock the distant door. Many people were visiting relatives today and no one would come here.

"Ah Ci, have you ever thought about going to the Wang family to take a look?"