Chapter 231: Chen Nian (I)
"You'er, you..." When Liu heard Yuan Ziyu's words, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and then pretended to be relaxed and said, "What could have happened at your maternal grandparents' house? Why would you think of asking these questions today!"
"Mom, have you contacted my grandparents over the years? Do you know how my grandparents, grandmothers, and uncles are doing now?" Seeing that Liu was obviously unwilling to talk about this matter, Yuan Ziyu simply went straight to the point.
"You'er, you..." Liu looked at Yuan Ziyou in shock, then turned to look at Yuan Qifeng. Seeing Yuan Qifeng shook his head, she said to Yuan Ziyou and Huo Xifei, "You'er, Fei'er, have you checked your maternal grandfather's house?"
Without waiting for Yuan Ziyu to speak, Huo Xifei hurriedly said, "Aunt Liu, I know we took this matter on our own initiative, but..."
Liu stopped Huo Xifei and said, "Fei'er, I understand. You'er must be curious about her maternal grandparents' family, so she asked you to help her find out. Aunt Liu doesn't blame you, it's just that you suddenly asked about this matter today, and I was a little surprised!"
"Mom!" Yuan Ziyu stepped forward and took Liu's arm. "I was curious about this matter concerning my grandparents' family, so I asked Brother Xi to help me investigate. However, we found some things that seemed a little off, so I thought of asking you and Dad."
"What happened at your maternal grandparents' house?" Liu was shocked and asked hurriedly.
Yuan Ziyou asked, "Mom, have you ever had any contact with my maternal grandparents over the years?"
"You'er, don't say those things for now. Just tell me what is happening in your grandparents' family now?" Liu asked anxiously.
Yuan Qifeng hurriedly held Liu's hand gently: "Yun'er, don't be anxious, listen to You'er first."
Yuan Ziyou saw Liu's anxious face and knew that her mother must be worried about her maternal grandfather. Although she didn't know why her mother was so worried about her maternal grandfather's family and had not been in contact with them for many years, she couldn't bear to see Liu anxious, so she said, "Mother, don't worry. I'm telling you what I mean. Brother Xi sent people to investigate and they said that my maternal grandfather and his family are now missing."
"Impossible!" Liu's eyes widened suddenly when she heard this. "The Su's Workshop is now at its peak. How could your maternal grandfather and his family disappear? If they are missing, who is in charge of the Su's Workshop now?"
"It's a man named Su Chengwei, who is said to be a distant relative of my grandparents. Mother, do you remember such a person?" Yuan Ziyu asked.
"Su Chengwei?" Liu frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook her head. "I've never heard of such a person, but that doesn't make sense. You still have an uncle. Why didn't your grandfather let your uncle manage the Su's workshop, and instead let a distant relative be the head of the family?"
"Mom, this is what's wrong! The Su Workshop is now managed by Su Chengwei, but my grandparents are no longer with the Su family, and no one knows where they are." Yuan Ziyu said, "So, Mom, I need to know what happened back then. Why did you break off ties with my grandparents? Have you ever contacted them again since then? Have you ever considered that there might be another hidden story behind what happened back then?"
"Your grandparents... they..." Upon hearing this, Liu's face turned pale and she almost collapsed. Fortunately, Yuan Qifeng and Yuan Ziyu supported her and she managed to stand firmly.
"Mom, don't worry. Maybe my grandparents are fine, but the most important thing now is to find out where they are first!" Yuan Ziyu hurriedly comforted.
"Yes, yes!" Liu nodded hurriedly: "Back then...back then..."
When Liu recalled what happened in the past, her face turned even paler and tears appeared in her eyes.
Seeing Liu's behavior, Huo Xifei understood why Yuan Ziyu had hardly heard Liu talk about her maternal family in all these years. He felt that it was a bit inconvenient for him to be here, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle Yuan, Aunt Liu, I'll just..."
"No, Fei'er, stay!" Liu took a deep breath. "You and You'er will get married sooner or later. Now that it's brought up, stay with You'er and listen to it!"
"Yes, Aunt Liu!"
"Yun'er, let me tell you!" Yuan Qifeng felt distressed when he saw Liu's current appearance, so he hurriedly said.
"No, let me tell you!" Liu shook her head and said, "For so many years, I was too timid. I didn't dare to contact my parents again, and I didn't let you contact them. Why didn't I think that maybe things weren't what I thought?"
"Yun'er!" Yuan Qifeng looked at Liu's pale face worriedly and sighed softly.
"Please sit down, I will tell you what happened back then!" Liu took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and said.
Yuan Ziyu and Yuan Qifeng hurriedly helped Liu to sit down, and then sat next to Huo Xifei, quietly waiting for Liu to speak.
This was the first time in two lifetimes that Yuan Ziyu heard Liu talk about her maternal grandparents' family, and she was actually a little nervous.
"Since you have already checked your maternal grandparents' family, you should know that my surname is not Liu, but Su. The current Su's Workshop is my maternal home!" Liu took a sip of tea, concealing her helplessness, and slowly began to talk about the past!
"Yes, we found out that you later took your maternal grandfather's surname, Liu!" Yuan Ziyu nodded.
"Yes!" Liu looked at the incense burner on the three-legged table not far away, looked at the light smoke rising from the incense burner, and slowly talked about the past.
It turned out that Liu was the legitimate daughter of the Su family, named Su Zhiyun. She had an older brother named Su Hongzheng. There were only these two siblings in the Su family. Su Hongzheng was five years older than Su Zhiyun and had always loved and doted on her.
Before Su Zhiyun was born, Su Zhongkang went out for business. On his way back to Hangzhou, he encountered bandits. Su Zhongkang thought he was doomed, but he met a noble man who risked his life to help him and saved his life.
Su Zhongkang was grateful for the noble man's life-saving grace, and he wanted to repay the noble man's kindness. When he learned that the noble man was going to settle in Hangzhou, he was ecstatic.
Ever since that nobleman settled in Hangzhou, the two families have become close friends and have frequent visits.
The nobleman's surname was Huang, and he called himself Huang Suixiao. Since Huang Suixiao settled in Hangzhou, he has been doing cloth business. Su Zhongkang used his connections to help Huang Suixiao a lot, both openly and secretly.
With Su Zhongkang's help, Huang Suixiao's business grew bigger and bigger.
But even so, Su Zhongkang still felt that he could not repay Huang Suixiao for saving his life, so after Su Zhiyun was born, he arranged a marriage for Su Zhiyun and Huang Suixiao's only son Huang Lu.
From then on, the two families interacted as relatives.
If it weren't for the accident that happened later, perhaps Su Zhiyun would have married Huang Lu and had children according to their parents' expectations.
But, things in the world are unpredictable after all.
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