That's certainly how it appears to outsiders.
But Zhu Jiayu was getting a little bored. She even couldn't help but yawn while covering her face and drinking her tea.
However, this cannot be blamed on her; it's just that the old lady's foreplay was too long.
There was a hint of affection in the old lady's eyes when she looked at her, and she knew it herself, as did the old lady. But she probably really wanted to play the role of a good grandmother, or perhaps she wanted to play the emotional card first. In any case, the care she showed far exceeded the affection in her eyes when she looked at Zhu Jiayu.
She cried for a while, just like everyone else in the family who saw Zhu Jiayu, marveling at her resemblance to Qiu Shi, and asking her if she had had a hard time all these years and if she was not used to life in Heling.
Zhu Jiayu lowered her eyes and answered each question gently, but in the end she still couldn't figure out what the old lady wanted to do.
She couldn't help but feel a little irritated.
But the old lady was getting on in years and in poor health, so she could never treat her the same way she treated Song Jiangmei and Wei Qinglou. Not to mention the Qiu family would cause her trouble later, even her own conscience wouldn't allow it.
She sipped her tea with a smile, listening to the old lady's latest round of sighs, occasionally nodding or smiling to show that she was listening.
Before coming, she had wondered if the old lady had sent someone to bring her from Suiping because she missed her mother. But she quickly dismissed the idea. If that were the case, what had she been doing for the past ten years?
Zhu Jiayu never believed in any sudden acts of kindness or concern. In her view, the old lady probably wouldn't even think of her unless there was something to gain.
But what exactly does the old lady want to do?
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