Grandma Xiaojie suddenly said, "Andy came over to me and said he could go in and call Xiaojie out, but I didn't say that I was sick, I really didn't say that."
“But when I asked you if you were sick, you didn’t deny it, and you even said you were very sick,” Xiao Jie retorted, his eyes filled with distrust as he looked at his grandmother.
Although his grandmother helped him later, Xiao Jie was still hurt. He really missed his grandmother, but he doubted whether she really missed him or just wanted his mother's money.
He knew that his parents divorced because of money; his father's money had all been taken by his grandmother and uncles, which was why his mother was angry.
Xiao Jie's gaze stung the old lady's heart, and she felt a little guilty. Not daring to look her grandson directly in the eye, she stammered, "I...I...I really missed you, I missed you so much I couldn't sleep, so I believed your uncle and wanted to take you back to our hometown. But then I regretted it. Xiao Jie, believe me, I didn't mean to hurt you. I love you so much! Those words really weren't said by me..."
Ye Qingqing still believed in the old lady. At this point, it made no difference whether she admitted it or not. There was no need to stubbornly deny it, which meant that Andy had lied to Xiao Jie and wanted to take advantage of Xiao Jie's filial piety towards his grandmother to trick him into leaving.
Xiao Jie wiped away his tears and choked out, "You're thinking about Mom's money, not me. Money is the most important thing to you and Grandpa. I will never trust you again."
The elderly couple's faces turned deathly pale, their expressions filled with pain. But Xiao Jie wasn't entirely wrong; their purpose in coming here today wasn't entirely pure. However, they were more humane than Zhao Baishan and didn't go too far.
"Andy is acting strangely. I'll call and ask." Little Tiger's mother also sensed something was wrong. Grandma Xiao Jie clearly didn't say he was sick, so why did the child add that extra sentence?
It felt like they deliberately tricked Xiao Jie into going out, and after Xiao Jie went out, so many bad things happened one after another. Xiao Zhu even almost lost his life, and Xiao Hu's mother's heart sank little by little.
The call went through, and Xiaohu's mother spoke with her brother, Andy's father. After chatting for a few minutes, she casually asked about Andy, "Someone told me that Andy had come back, but I didn't see him. Is he in the house now?"
"He went to your place? No wonder he was gone for so long. He just got home and locked himself in his room, looking sullen. I think Andy missed you and your brother-in-law. He kept talking about you guys as soon as he got back, and he thought of you and Xiaohu whenever he ate something delicious..."
Andy's father added fuel to the fire, hoping that Tiger's mother would soften her heart and take her son back to live with her. He said that raising children is too expensive now, and that he and his wife couldn't afford it in just a few days, and their quality of life had dropped significantly.
"Alright, let Andy answer the phone. I have something to ask him." Xiaohu's mother interrupted her brother impatiently. She knew Andy better than his own father. When he lived with her before, Andy never thought of sharing food with Xiaohu. He was very selfish. Now that he's been home for a few days, has he really changed his ways?
Dream on!
When Andy heard that it was his aunt calling, his eyes lit up, his breathing became rapid, and he nervously gripped the phone, feeling both expectant and apprehensive.
"Why didn't you come to my house when you went back to the neighborhood? What did you come here for?" Xiaohu's mother asked.
"I...I just went back to check, I didn't do anything." Andy was a little disappointed. Logically, the adults should know something had happened, so why didn't his aunt react?
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