Chapter 7 Eyes Are Not Blind

"Why did Mother come in person!"

When Madam Ji saw that the old lady had come in, she quickly got up to help her.

"Yingxue has been unconscious for so long, and now that she's awake, you didn't even send someone to let me know. Instead, you asked me why I came."

The old lady's words carried a hint of reproach. Knowing it was her oversight, Ji Shi quickly smiled sheepishly and helped the old lady to sit down in front of Gu Shuyan.

Looking at her pale-faced and thin granddaughter in front of her, the old lady's eyes reddened and she quickly grasped her hand, "Girl, you've suffered so much."

"Grandmother, your granddaughter is not suffering."

Looking at the old lady's slightly red eyes, Gu Shuyan felt a lump in her throat and almost burst into tears.

In her past life, the old lady doted on her the most, but because she disagreed with her marrying Lu Youming, she harbored resentment towards this kind-looking old woman, and even failed to see her off on her final journey before she passed away.

Looking back now, she was truly unfilial in her past life because of that cold-blooded man.

"Good child!" Upon hearing this, Old Madam Gu patted Gu Shuyan's hand and said gently, "You must be hungry after sleeping for so long. Grandmother asked the kitchen to make you some porridge. Would you like some?"

As soon as food was mentioned, Gu Shuyan's stomach growled.

Upon hearing this, the old lady smiled and quickly instructed her maid to take the porridge out of the food box.

After watching Gu Shuyan finish the entire bowl of porridge, the old lady finally noticed Gu Yingxue, who had been standing in the corner at some point.

What are you doing here?

The old lady, who had just been all smiles and kindness, turned cold the moment she came into contact with Gu Yingxue.

When the old lady asked Gu Yingxue, her heart trembled. But even though she was afraid of her grandmother, who usually didn't like her much, she had no choice but to step forward and reply, "Granddaughter has come to visit her sister."

"Visiting your sister?"

The old lady looked Gu Yingxue up and down, then snorted coldly, "I'm afraid even you wouldn't believe it if I told you."

“Mother, Yingxue did come to visit her sister.”

Seeing that the old lady seemed to be making things difficult for Gu Yingxue, Madam Ji quickly stepped forward to help explain.

However, the old lady's anger did not subside after hearing this. Instead, she pointed at Gu Yingxue and asked Ji Shi, "Is it acceptable to dress like this to visit a patient?"

Although she is old, she is still able to see.

Looking at her naive daughter-in-law, the old lady was furious. The Ji family's sons were all incredibly shrewd and could not be fooled, yet this daughter had absolutely no guile.

Upon hearing this, Madam Ji glanced at the elegantly dressed Gu Yingxue. Although she felt that Gu Yingxue's attire was somewhat inappropriate, she did not think there was anything wrong with it.

“Mother, Yingxue is still a child, and she is bound to be careless in her actions.”

Madam Ji hurriedly tried to defend Gu Yingxue, and Gu Yingxue quickly echoed, "Grandmother, I didn't mean it."

But the old lady wouldn't listen, especially when she saw Gu Yingxue's expression that looked like someone owed her ten thousand taels of silver, she disliked her even more.

"Negligence? Not intentional? I think you're just here to bring bad luck to Yingxue. She just woke up, and you're already giving her that long face?"

"Grandmother, your granddaughter doesn't have any."

Gu Yingxue didn't dare to argue loudly, so she could only lower her head and explain in a low voice.

"No? You know perfectly well whether you have or not." The old lady snorted coldly, showing no mercy.

Gu Yingxue has always been good at feigning innocence since she was a child. This is the kind of face that the old lady dislikes the most. She was raised as a legitimate daughter, but she has learned some tricks that only concubines would use.