The creepy sound of the whip piercing the skin echoed in every corner of the courtyard.
Everyone in the Sheng family was called back by the old lady, and stood at the door of the ancestral hall with their hands hanging down, looking terrified.
The man on the mat was kneeling straight, revealing his well-defined abdominal muscles and his sturdy waist and back with clear lines, which were already covered with red marks from whipping.
Old Madam Sheng gripped the whip tightly and whipped him hard without mercy!
The skin is torn and the flesh is exposed!
But Sheng Huai still knelt straight, leaving his back covered in blood and dirt.
"Madam, you can't fight me anymore..."
The housekeeper wanted to stop him: "What if it gets broken?"
Grandma Sheng turned around and pointed her glare at everyone: "Whoever dares to stop me today will be kicked out of the Sheng family immediately!"
She glanced at the kneeling man and sneered, "Sheng Huai, you have guts!"
"You are pretending to be so upright in front of me now, but how come you are such a dissolute dandy in normal times?"
Sheng Huai lowered his head and said nothing.
The family rules set by the ancestors of the Sheng family have not been used for a long time. This time grandma is really angry!
All he could do was to endure the dozens of whips in silence and kneel in the ancestral hall without eating or drinking for a day and a night.
After the crowd left, the ancestral hall became quiet again.
Only grandma was left, sitting in the octagonal chair with a cane and sighing.
Her voice sounded old and tired.
"Sheng Huai, are you very unconvinced? Do you think that I, an old woman, have made you lose face in public?"
"No."
"snort!"
The old lady glanced at his indifferent look and sneered, "Don't show me that cold and icy look you show outside!"
"I know exactly what you are!"
She threw the documents on the table to the ground and said in a sharp tone: "How do you explain this?!"
Sheng Huai glanced at the ground, his face calm as usual: "Grandma, I only have Su Yun in my heart now, no one else!"
"I will come back to settle the score with you about Yun'er's matter!"
Grandma Sheng's tone became even more severe: "What I want to ask you today is about your mother!"
His eyes were shocked!
After scanning the documents bit by bit, Sheng Huai's originally cold eyes turned scarlet.
He raised his head and looked at his grandmother, whose eyes were also red, with a painful expression. His voice was hoarse and deep: "You knew it a long time ago?"
"Right! I knew it a long time ago!"
Grandma Sheng stood up and stood in front of the tablet, her voice trembling: "Sheng Huai, if your mother knew you did this, she would never forgive you!"
"She saved that child because she wanted him to live happily, not to be schemed against by you!"
“Why?”
Grandma's words made Sheng Huai completely out of control.
He tore up all the documents in his hand and stared at his mother's tablet: "I won't let him go! If it wasn't for him, how could my mother die!"
He gritted his teeth and said, "My mother lost her life because of him! And what about them..."
Grandma Sheng slowly turned around. Her frail figure leaning on a cane looked even thinner and more pitiful in the twilight. The cold wind coming in from the window blew her gray hair into dishevel.
"Sheng Huai..."
The old and empty voice echoed weakly in the ancestral hall and soon fell into deeper silence.
She knew what her grandson hated!
Back then, Sheng Huai's mother sacrificed her own life to save the child, but she herself was in critical condition in the emergency room and urgently needed Rh blood to save her life.
In desperation, they discovered that the child's father also had a rare blood type.
When the Sheng family came to ask for his help, he refused to agree...
And Sheng Huai's mother's last words were still asking whether the rescued child was in danger.
It is this sentence that Sheng Huai still remembers...
I still hate it now!
"It's all over, you have to learn to let it go!"
"If your mother were still alive, she certainly wouldn't want you to live in pain and hatred forever."
Grandma stroked the winding wound on his back with her skinny hands and cried, "You must blame me for being so cruel, but if I don't care about you, I'm really afraid you will do something else!"
The shocking words on the document make Grandma Sheng's heart tighten even now!
Sheng Huai used every possible means to find the child!
She was really afraid that he would be blinded by hatred and do something even bigger!
"You are the only heir of the Sheng family and my only hope of survival!"
Grandma took a warm towel and wiped the blood off his back bit by bit, her hands shaking badly: "Sheng Huai, I just hope you can live a peaceful life."
She sighed: "It would be great if Xiaoyun was still by your side."
Sheng Huai's back was stiff and his brows were furrowed.
"I know, with your personality, you definitely can't accept Xiaoyun leaving on her own initiative..."
"But Sheng Huai, some things can only be seen clearly when you are far away."
Grandma stood up with her cane and walked to the door, then looked back at him and said, "Think about it carefully. You will kneel here tonight!"
"I warn you again, don't hurt that child again!"
"Your mother sacrificed her life to save him. You shouldn't live with hatred!"
The door of the ancestral hall closed, and the man kneeling in the darkness did not move for a long time, holding the document tightly in his hand!
When Sheng Huai was released from the ancestral hall, Su Yun had already arrived.
The housekeeper called her and said that Grandma Sheng had a heart attack due to the shock!
He refused to say the specific reason.
The old lady was very happy to see Su Yun when she woke up, and kept asking the housekeeper if she was dreaming.
She stayed with Grandma Sheng the whole day, helping her bask in the sun.
When they were tired from walking, they sat on the rocking chairs and chatted.
Grandma didn't ask Su Yun much about what happened after her divorce, but just kept reminding her to take care of her health.
Su Yun also nodded obediently and agreed.
On the balcony, Sheng Huai stood quietly, looking at Su Yun.
It seemed as if the two of them were always together. She was chatting with her grandmother while she was working or reading in her room.
Thinking of this, Sheng Huai's mouth twitched, and his gloomy eyes were covered with a layer of gentle luster.
He changed into casual clothes and strode downstairs to the two of them.
"Yun'er."
Su Yun raised her head, her sweet smile froze on her face, and her eyes turned cold.
She stood up and nodded slightly: "Grandma, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Grandma Sheng was silent for a moment.
"Okay, go ahead."
"But remember to come back and visit grandma often..."
Sheng Huai hurriedly followed and stood in front of her: "Yun'er, where do you want to go? Can I take you there?"
"Get out of the way!"
Su Yun was angry and annoyed, but this tall and straight rogue was like a wall blocking her way and refused to leave.
In the end, she could only look to Grandma Sheng for help.
A crutch came straight towards Sheng Huai!
"You bastard!"
"What are you doing here? Come back now!"
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