In a drowsy dream, Zhou Liwan seemed to have returned to the time when he was five years old, when he was abducted by human traffickers and locked himself in a suitcase to avoid "Skynet".
In the small and enclosed space, air could not circulate, and before he fainted from lack of oxygen, his nasal cavity was filled with the sour smell of meat that had been simmered for a long time.
It's disgusting.
"Be good, be good..."
There was a concerned voice, as if calling out to me anxiously from far away.
Zhou Liwan slowly opened his eyes and saw a dazzling white.
“Drip—drip—”
The sound coming from the machine made the ward seem extremely quiet.
Jiang Hongshan saw his beloved granddaughter wake up and carefully stroked her forehead, and asked nervously, "You woke up, how do you feel now?"
Zhou Liwan looked at the familiar face in front of her in a trance, and her almond-shaped eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
If I think carefully, I haven't seen or talked to my grandfather for many years.
In my previous life, I was afraid that my father would be angry, so no matter how many times this old man with gray beard called me, I never answered the phone.
Even though he came to Zhou's house with high hopes and brought a bunch of his favorite snacks to see her, he was left coldly in the living room for more than two hours by her.
Just thinking about it, you can tell how lost and sad this silly-looking old man felt at that time.
I was not even a human being back then.
"Grandpa, Grandpa..." Zhou Liwan's eyes were hot, his nose was blocked, and he couldn't breathe for a while. He wanted to slap himself twice, "Grandpa, I was wrong, I was really wrong, will you forgive me?"
Seeing his precious granddaughter crying out of breath, Jiang Hongshan felt as if his heart was being torn apart. He stroked the tears on Zhou Liwan's face with trembling hands and coaxed her, "Don't cry, little darling. What can little darling do wrong? My little darling is the best little darling in the world and grandpa's favorite doll."
[My little silly pig, even if you make a huge mistake, grandpa will help you unconditionally, as long as you are willing to pay attention to grandpa, as long as you are willing to pay attention to an old man like me.]
Hearing these words, Zhou Liwan cried even harder, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was gasping for breath.
[Oh my goodness, I feel so bad for her. I really want to hug her, but she probably doesn't like being close to an old man like me.]
Facing his granddaughter who was crying her heart out, Jiang Hongshan seemed a little flustered. He didn't expect that his granddaughter would throw herself into his arms the next second. His heart suddenly became soft, as if it had melted into a pool of water.
This granddaughter of mine was close to me when she was young, but since she was rescued from Gouba Village by the police, she has never been willing to be close to me again.
He originally thought that she hated him for not being able to rescue her from the human traffickers in time, and for causing her to suffer for so many years for no reason.
I didn't expect that she would still be willing to care about my useless grandfather.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hongshan's eyes turned red.
"Grandpa, I want to eat the jelly you bought." Zhou Liwan said in a hoarse voice, acting coquettishly and softly.
At that time, my grandfather must have bought a lot of his favorite yellow peach jelly.
Jiang Hongshan smiled, stretched out his hand and stopped on Zhou Liwan's head, stroking it lovingly for a moment: "Okay, as much as you want, grandpa will buy it for you."
"Yeah." Zhou Liwan smiled sweetly.
"Wanwan!" Zhou Jianguo anxiously pushed open the door of the ward and walked quickly to the bed. The warm atmosphere in the ward was immediately disrupted.
Behind him was an assistant holding a briefcase, and one could tell at a glance that he had just returned from a business trip, exhausted.
Zhou Jianguo received the notification as soon as he got off the plane. He cursed inwardly and went straight to the hospital.
What a bunch of brainless idiots, they only bring trouble to themselves.
He cannot afford to offend old man Jiang Hongshan yet. Now that Zhou is officially facing the critical moment of listing, he cannot do without Jiang's support.
There were still tears in Zhou Liwan's eyes. Hearing the word "Wanwan", she felt inexplicably suffocated and her fingers subconsciously clenched the quilt.
She stared at the man in front of her. Under the projection of light and shadow, his face was serious and worried.
She had never seen such a look on the face of the man she called father.
Because whether in the previous life or in this life, Zhou Liwan never knew what fatherly love was.
She had no memory before the age of five, but since returning to the Zhou family, she seemed to have rarely seen Zhou Jianguo.
He was always busy with company affairs. Later, after Han Xiaofen and Zhou Qingya married into the family, the three of them became more like a family, and he was just the extra invisible person.
After she married Chen Jinghuai, they had no more contact with each other, and they were like strangers with a blood relationship.
But all this does not mean that she does not desire this family affection, otherwise she would not have ignored her grandfather out of consideration for Zhou's father's feelings, nor would she have agreed to marry into the Zhou family in order to agree to Han Xiaofen's request.
Thinking of this, Zhou Liwan's eyes were ironic and sad.
Jiang Hongshan on this side saw that his baby Guaiguai suddenly became listless, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
He couldn't stand it at that moment. How could he bear to see his precious grandson being wronged? When this waste Zhou Jianguo came, his baby was so angry. It must be because of him. That's why he was hospitalized.
He had known long ago that this rubbish was no good. He was extremely reluctant to marry Xinyi, but he could not resist his precious daughter.
He had no choice but to agree, but if he knew what happened later, he would never agree to their marriage.
"What's going on in your family? How could my dear child faint at home without anyone to ask for help? And I, your grandfather, had to step in to send him to the hospital?" Jiang Hongshan snorted coldly and asked harshly.
Zhou Jianguo bowed his head and said, "There must be some misunderstanding in this matter of my father-in-law. I will definitely find out and give you and Wanwan an explanation."
"Wouldn't it be better to ask me, the person involved, what exactly happened? Dad, how are you going to investigate? It won't be like there will be no follow-up while you're investigating!" Zhou Liwan sighed softly, his tone was quite sarcastic, but if you listened carefully you could hear a hint of sadness.
Zhou Jianguo was surprised in his heart why Zhou Liwan was so direct today, but he didn't show it on his face: "Why would Wanwan think that? If I knew who bullied you, I would definitely not let him off easily."
"It's my aunt." Zhou Liwan stared at Zhou Jianguo quietly. Her dark eyes contained a hope that even she herself was not aware of.
"What?"
"It was my aunt. She forced me to agree to let Han Xiaofen marry you and asked me to call her mom. I didn't agree, so she locked me in the room. My aunt knew that I had claustrophobia but she still treated me like this. The mistress hasn't even married into the Zhou family yet, but my aunt is already keeping her hands off. If the mistress gets married, she will team up with her to bully me to death!"
"This is really too much. I didn't know that you Zhou family members were so overbearing. You treat a lowly woman like a treasure and look down on your own child. This is really amazing! Huh?"
Zhou Jianguo quickly bowed and apologized, his face very gloomy.
"Don't worry, Wanwan, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
After saying this, Zhou Jianguo turned and left.
After he left, the light in Zhou Liwan's eyes gradually faded. From beginning to end, he never asked if she was okay.
How are you now.
It seemed like it was just a routine, without any emotion.
I never expected that the feelings I had before would be so fragile.
If that's the case, why bother harboring fantasies?
The ward fell into silence for a short while. After a while, Jiang Hongshan sighed and said distressedly, "Dear, move back to grandpa's place. Let grandpa take care of you for the rest of your life. We won't have to endure this kind of anger anymore!"
Zhou Liwan tilted his head to look at the scenery outside the window. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was so blue. Tomorrow should also be a sunny day.
It’s so beautiful…
It would be great to be able to live my life over again. I really want to agree to my grandfather’s request and accompany him until his old age.
But she couldn't forget it. She couldn't forget the pain of her tragic death in her previous life.
"Grandpa, it's okay. If I back down when faced with a problem, I will never grow up in my life. Just wait and see. I will make those who bullied me pay the price."
Hearing his grandson's words, Jiang Hongshan felt very relieved. As expected, the blood of the Jiang family was still in his body. He had backbone and courage.
This is Han Xiaofen’s luxury apartment.
In the bedroom with a big bed, a middle-aged man and woman were doing what lovers love to do.
The woman's wanton screams became louder and louder, and her methods of pleasing the man became more and more exciting. You couldn't tell at all that she was already in her forties.
Zhou Jianguo took a deep puff of the cigar and then put his left hand behind his head so that he could see more clearly the woman lying under him, using her mouth to help him relieve the exciting scene.
From time to time he would stretch out his hand holding a cigar and tease her.
Half an hour later, Han Xiaofen lay on Zhou Jianguo's chest, panting, and asked delicately, "Are you satisfied?"
Zhou Jianguo closed his eyes, as if he didn't hear the ambiguous tone.
After a while, he pushed Han Xiaofen away with a cold face, sat down and smoked another cigar.
The misty smoke made Zhou Jianguo's face look even more sinister: "You old immortal!"
"Jianguo, you should stop being angry with that old man who is going to be buried soon. It's not worth it and it will only make your body sick." She remembered that the old man didn't care much about Jiang's affairs anymore. It was basically always that person.
Thinking of this, Han Xiaofen immediately cautiously probed: "I think that Jiang Hongshan's adopted son is now the real decision maker of the Jiang family. If we can let our Yaya marry him, we still have to endure the anger of Master Han. In the future, the entire Jiang family will have to change its surname to Zhou, right?"
Zhou Jianguo silently turned his head and stared at Han Xiaofen. His deathly silence made people feel creepy for no reason.
Han Xiaofen's smile was uglier than crying, and she spoke tremblingly: "Jianguo, what? What's wrong?"
Zhou Jianguo's chuckle interrupted Han Xiaofen's words, "You're quite thoughtful. Do you think Shen Nanzhou would like our Qingya? Others may not know, but we don't know either. Qingya's level is half-baked! If I hadn't spent money to open that useless psychological counseling room for her, she would still be at home doing nothing!"
Han Xiaofen was a little aggrieved and curled her lips: "Shen Nanzhou is just an adopted son after all, and my status is not that noble. Besides, Yaya is not that bad."
Zhou Jianguo extinguished his cigar in the ashtray, then stood up and walked straight to the bathroom. "With his current means and status, he is not something that a bastard from a small company like us can dream of. Know your own position. You can't even handle a girl yet, and you still want to catch a rich husband? Stop daydreaming!"
After coming out of the bathroom, seeing that Han Xiaofen still refused to give up, he said with a dark face: "I told you not to think about it, so don't think about it, and don't fucking cause trouble for me."
After saying that, he changed his clothes and left.
Only Han Xiaofen was left lying naked in the bed, venting her anger on a pillow.