Grandpa Dong told her, "This room was prepared by your maternal grandmother for your mother. She always believed that your mother was not dead and was waiting for her to come back. As long as your maternal grandmother is home, she will come in and clean every day."
"When your grandma is away, no matter how messy she is, she'll always clean and tidy up the place perfectly when she gets home. Qingyan, you can sleep here tonight; this is your room."
Lin Qingyan admired the decor of the room and could almost imagine that her mother must have been a lively and happy young woman when she was young. If her mother were still alive, how wonderful it would be. Could they still be sisters?
After leaving the room, Lin Qingyan and the rest of the Dong family sat in the living room chatting. The old man had someone bring over some melon seeds and snacks, and they ate and chatted.
Grandpa Dong, Dong Bonian, and Dong Yue seemed to have endless things to say to Lin Qingyan. For them, sitting together and chatting was a very pleasant thing, but for Xu Xinning and Dong Wenhua, just sitting here was a kind of torture.
It was only eight o'clock when Xu Xinning said she was too sleepy and went back to her room to sleep.
Dong Wenhua could hold on a little longer and didn't go to sleep until after nine o'clock.
Lu Ying went to bed early, while the others chatted until after ten o'clock.
Yoshiko Kawashima wanted to find out the whereabouts of the jade pendant from their conversation, and planned to go to sleep after they all fell asleep.
But Grandpa Dong didn't want her to eavesdrop on their conversation, so he sent her back to her room to sleep.
Meanwhile, in another part of Beijing, Fang Huilan was on her way home from a card game when two men suddenly rushed out, pinned her to the ground, and beat her mercilessly until she was almost dead before leaving.
It was almost eleven o'clock at the Dong family home. Dong Bonian and Dong Yue had both gone to bed and told Lin Qingyan to go to sleep early.
Old Master Dong couldn't sleep, but he couldn't disturb Lin Qingyan's rest.
"As people get older, they need less sleep. But you young people need to rest more, go to sleep."
"Grandpa, let me take you back to your room."
Lin Qingyan escorted Grandpa Dong to his room and then asked him about Yoshiko Kawashima: "Grandpa, what's the background of that maid in the house? I think there's something wrong with her."
"What's wrong?"
Lin Qingyan then told Grandpa Dong about the problem she had discovered.
"She's a relative of the previous nanny's family, but you should always be careful when someone comes to your house."
She seems to really want to come into my study, but I've never let her in. Let's remain silent for now and see what she does.
"Um."
Just as Lin Qingyan was about to leave, Old Master Dong called out to her, "Qingyan, wait a while before you go."
"Grandpa, is there anything else?"
Grandpa Dong opened the locked cabinet, took out a tin box, and handed it to Lin Qingyan.
"Qingyan, please forgive me for not being able to stay by your side before, for not being able to watch you grow up. I wasn't there when you and Zhengting got married either. There's some of my savings in here. Take it, child, consider it your pocket money."
Lin Qingyan opened the box and saw that it contained a thick stack of ten-yuan notes, which she estimated to be at least several thousand yuan.
"Grandpa, there are too many of these grandpas."
"It's not much, it's not much." The old man waved his hand. "Please accept it. Your maternal grandfather has been absent from your growth for so many years. I've never given you New Year's money or bought you anything. Most importantly, your maternal grandfather has never been there for you, never taken care of you, and never let you grow up on his shoulders. I know that compared to all that, this money is nothing. But this is the only way your maternal grandfather can make up for it. I'll be happy if you accept it."
"Alright then." Lin Qingyan accepted the box. "Grandpa, you should go to sleep early."
"Okay, you should go and rest too."
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