Upon seeing the two of them, Ning Zhenzhen, fearing a beating, raised her hand, but was frightened into withdrawing it after a glance from the nanny and Ruan Yunxi.
Ruan Yunxi gave her a disdainful look and left with the nanny.
Ning Zhenzhen watched her departing figure, and was furious.
I had eel noodles for lunch, and went to the mansion in the afternoon.
Looking at the mansion that was taken back, it's clear that it hasn't been empty all these years; it was requisitioned.
From the moment she took it back, the mansion began to be cleared out.
Those who occupied the place moved their belongings away, leaving behind only a mansion in complete disarray.
The old woman wanted to clean, but Ruan Yunxi stopped her. She went to the street and called out, and many women who were not afraid of getting dirty or tired came to the mansion with brooms, rags, and feather dusters to clean. As long as the money was right, they didn't need to lift a finger.
The old woman was getting on in years, and Ruan Yunxi couldn't bear to let her suffer.
The old woman felt a warmth in her heart as she looked at Ruan Yunxi, who was thinking of her.
That night, Ruan Yunxi and her companions stayed at the mansion.
After the cleaning ladies left with their wages for the day, Ruan Yunxi checked everything over and put all the furniture and other items in the storage space back, as she remembered them.
It's as if the gap of these past few years never happened.
The old woman looked at the layout, which was exactly the same as before it was seized.
Looking at Ruan's parents' wedding photo again, the old woman's eyes welled up with tears: "I never thought I'd be back. We've made it through, we've finally made it through!"
“If you want to stay, you can stay at the mansion this time!” Ruan Yunxi said. “Things are different now than before. The situation isn’t as tense. I’ll find someone to take care of you at the mansion.”
The old woman knew that Ruan Yunxi thought she was too old and was afraid that she would not want to stay in Zhan City and would want to stay in Shanghai City instead.
The old woman shook her head: "Wherever you are, I am. Do you think I'm too old?"
Ruan Yunxi shook her head: "Granny is overthinking it. I was just worried that you might not want to stay in Zhan City with us."
"No matter how good Shanghai is, it can't compare to being able to see you and Little Softie every day. As long as you don't mind, take Granny with you," Granny said.
Ruan Yunxi smiled: "Okay, wherever I am, that's where Granny is!"
Ruan Yunxi and her companions lived in a mansion that felt both familiar and unfamiliar.
Ning Zhenzhen couldn't get her family's villa back, and she was indignant. Despite her face being swollen from being slapped by Ruan Yunxi, she went to Lu Minghua's house, hoping that his family might be hiding the land deed there, and quietly slipped in.
Who knew that they would run into the people hiding inside.
Lu Minghua, who was limping, was startled by the noise and gripped his wooden stick tightly.
Their eyes met, and the two wary individuals recognized each other, each thinking they had mistaken one for another.
Lu Minghua exclaimed, "You are... Ning Zhenzhen?"
“Lu… a ghost!” Ning Zhenzhen thought of what Ruan Yunxi had said and thought she had seen a ghost. She turned around and ran away in fright, but the front door was locked. She was about to go to the back door when Lu Minghua called her back.
"I'm not a ghost!"
Ning Zhenzhen paused in her steps as she rushed out the door: "You're still alive?"
Lu Minghua, limping, nodded: "I'm still alive. I was sent to the Northwest and almost didn't make it back alive."
“I was sent to Yunnan Province and almost didn’t make it back.” Ning Zhenzhen looked at Lu Minghua, who was ten years older than her and looked weathered and aged. Where was his former handsome appearance? “You…you didn’t run off to Hong Kong?”
"Who said that?" Lu Minghua wondered.
Ning Zhenzhen narrowed her eyes: "Ruan Yunxi said that you didn't want me anymore, and even signed me up to go to the countryside, but you ran away yourself."
Lu Minghua retorted angrily, "It wasn't me, it was you. You signed me up for the Northwest campaign because you didn't want me to have a good life, right?"
"I don't."
The two exchanged a glance and finally realized something from each other's words.
They said in unison, "We were all fooled by that bitch Ruan Yunxi!"
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