Chapter 69 My granddaughter's body is barely cold, and you...
"Why!"
He Lihua waved her hand.
"When this person gets emotional, they lose all logic!"
"Anyway, the host family doesn't want their people to come, so I guess Master He is too embarrassed to stay here any longer."
Sure enough, as soon as He Lihua finished speaking, Master He walked out with a gloomy face.
She and Master Fang passed by them together, and Master Fang greeted them warmly.
He then turned to Master He and comforted her:
"Never mind, it's normal for them to be upset because their child just died."
"Let's go find Meiyun, she's probably in terrible pain."
"My ex-husband became mentally unstable and became a murderer. He started dating someone else, who is no better."
What's wrong with this world?!
Chu Ci also wanted to ask, what's wrong with this world!
The neighbors tacitly refrained from mentioning the little incident again, and Chu Ci followed his grandmother to offer incense.
Just as she was about to leave with her grandmother, the deceased's mother, Master Qiu, grabbed her hand.
"Master, thank you so much, Master..."
"If it weren't for you, my daughter would have died an unexplained death..."
She held Chu Ci's hand, her eyes were red, and her voice was hoarse from crying, which made Chu Ci feel uncomfortable.
She shook her head and quickly helped the person up, saying, "You're welcome, it's what I should do."
The deceased's relatives helped the deceased's mother up. As Chu Ci left, she heard people talking at the scene.
"Oh, what a wonderful girl she was, how could she die like this!"
"Yes, she's her parents' only child. Back then, we all advised them to have another child, but they insisted they were afraid their daughter would suffer. Now..."
"Hey, I see a lot of their relatives have come. They lost their child, so these relatives..."
"Seriously? They just lost their child and they're already trying to steal their inheritance?"
"Who knows? This building of ours is worth a lot of money now!"
...
Chu Ci couldn't help but turn around and glance back.
She was stunned at first glance.
The faces of the deceased's parents were covered with a faint black aura, a sign that they were about to die.
She instinctively tried to walk over, but was bumped by a little boy playing with a balloon.
The little boy was about five or six years old and had been raised to be fat and strong.
On such a small face, there were actually three double chins.
Chu Ci felt like his bones were about to break from the impact.
"you……"
She had barely opened her mouth to say something when the little boy burst into tears.
"Waaaah, you have to pay me back for my balloon!"
Chu Ci glanced at his wide-open mouth, pursed her lips, and picked up the fallen balloon.
Here's a balloon for you.
"I don't want this balloon!"
The little boy slapped her hand.
"This balloon fell to the ground, I want the balloon that didn't fall to the ground!"
Chu Ci: "..."
She clenched her fists, staring at the child's chubby face, and the more she looked, the more she wanted to punch him.
The child cried for a while, but seeing that Chu Ci didn't move or speak, he quickly stopped crying.
He secretly peeked at Chu Ci, his lips pursed in confusion:
"Shouldn't you give me money to buy a new one?"
Chu Ci: "..."
So this is a scam!
She pursed her lips, almost laughing in exasperation, and asked, "Where are your parents?"
The little boy shook his head. "My parents didn't come."
"Who brought you to this place?"
He pointed in a direction, and Chu Ci looked in the direction he was pointing.
An elderly woman dressed simply looked away in a panic, her withered hands gripping her trousers tightly.
Chu Ci stared at the old lady for a few more seconds, and the old lady visibly felt extremely uncomfortable.
She lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, and patted the little boy's shoulder.
"Do you want something delicious to eat?"
The little boy's eyes lit up. "You're willing to give me money?"
"I'll take you to buy it!"
Chu Ci took the child to the dessert stall downstairs and bought some dessert.
When Xu Juan, who was selling sweet soup with Wei Yong, saw her, her expression became unnatural for a moment before she quickly looked away.
Wei Yong greeted them readily and introduced Xu Juan to Chu Ci.
Chu Ci exchanged a few pleasantries with him, then led the little boy, who was happily eating, to a place to sit down.
Just as the little boy was enjoying his meal, she asked, "What brings you here today?"
The little boy ate heartily, saying, "My grandma said she came to ask my uncle and his family for a house."
With food in front of him, he answered whatever Chu Ci asked.
The little boy said, "My grandma said that my uncle's daughter is gone, so I will become their son and take care of them in their old age."
"That way, all their money will be mine, and the big house will be mine too."
"Now that I have money and a house, I can buy lots of delicious food!"
Seeing that all he could think about was food, Chu Ci curled her lips.
Then she asked him, "I saw a lot of your relatives in the funeral hall. Is your grandmother so sure that the house belongs to you?"
"Of course not!"
After finishing his own meal, the little boy's gaze fell on the untouched bowl of sweet soup in Chu Ci's hand.
Chu Ci: "..."
She handed the sugar water to the little boy, who happily accepted it.
"Go on."
The little boy took a bite with relish before saying:
“My grandma said that not only did many relatives come from my uncle’s side, but many relatives also came from my aunt’s side.”
“My grandma also said that those people also wanted the house, so when I was having lunch, I just hugged my uncle’s leg and started crying.”
"If I offer to take care of my uncle and aunt in their old age, they will definitely be very touched because they are kind-hearted!"
"That way, my aunt's relatives won't be able to compete with me for it!"
He ate the sweet soup with gusto, speaking fluently and seemingly oblivious to the fact that his grandmother had taught him to do something wrong.
After staring at the neat whorl of hair on his head for a while, Chu Ci patted his big head.
"Let's go, I'll take you home. Don't tell your grandma what I just told you."
"I know!"
The little boy patted his chest proudly.
"If you treat me to something delicious, I'll do whatever you say!"
When Chu Ci took him back, the little boy's grandmother was pacing anxiously.
Seeing her eldest grandson return, the old lady glanced quickly at Chu Ci, scolded her grandson, and walked into the mourning hall.
Chu Ci stood still.
Recalling the strange appearance of the deceased couple, he lowered his eyes.
She glanced at the time and decided to come back later when there were fewer people.
When she got home, her grandmother was already there and waiting for her at the door.
Seeing her return, Grandma quickly grabbed her, pointed inside the door, and lowered her voice:
"Aci, you're finally back!"
“Yuan Yuling, she’s here again.”
"Yuan Yuling?"
Chu Ci glanced inside the door and saw Kang Kang playing on the floor, occasionally raising his chubby face to smile at his mother.
Looking at the child's innocent face, she asked the old woman, "Is it just her and the child? Has her husband come?"
"He didn't come!"
Grandma shook her head, her features scrunched up, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Chu Ci: "What's wrong?"
Grandma pulled her a little further away, her voice getting lower and lower, "When you go in later and see her, don't be too surprised."
"I feel like she came here because she had no other choice, so don't hurt her pride."
Chu Ci: "?"
"What exactly happened to Yuan Yuling?"
Grandma looked in the direction of the house and sighed, "She...she looks like she's been beaten!"
Grandma gestured with her hands to her face.
"Here, here, and here..."
"All of them are injured!"
"She was even more covered up this time than last time, I thought she was afraid of being recognized."
"When she took the stuff off her face, her whole face was swollen!"
Grandma didn't dare to say anything more and pulled Chu Ci towards the house.
"Just don't look too surprised later."
Chu Ci followed Grandma inside.
As soon as Grandma entered, she smiled warmly at Yuan Yuling: "Welcome, Aci is here! Miss Yuan, have you been waiting long?"
Yuan Yuling had been watching her daughter playing on the ground with gentle eyes, but she looked up when she heard a noise.
Chu Ci then realized that her injuries were more serious than she had imagined.
Just like Grandma said, her whole face was swollen.
The area around his eyes and mouth was swollen and dark red.
His face still had many marks from being whipped with a stick about the thickness of chopsticks, which had turned into a dark bluish-purple color.
Like a mesh covering her face, Chu Ci almost didn't recognize that this was the very beautiful Yuan Yuling.
Seeing that she was still stunned, Grandma gave her a push.
To ease the awkwardness, Grandma took the initiative to speak with a smile:
"Um, you guys chat first! Ahua asked me to play mahjong, I'll go first!"
Before leaving, she gave Chu Ci a push and whispered her words of advice:
"Be nicer this time, you hear me?"
Chu Ci didn't speak. Grandma smiled at Yuan Yuling and quickly went out.
For privacy, she even closed the door behind her when she left.
Chu Ci: "..."
She turned to look at Yuan Yuling, but before she could speak, the other woman interrupted her:
“The injuries on my face were not inflicted by my husband, but by my mother.”
She quickly looked up at Chu Ci, then lowered her eyes again.
“It was my mother who hit me, it has nothing to do with my husband.”
Chu Ci paused for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her bring up the injury on her face.
"Okay, I understand."
She turned her head and glanced at Kang Kang, who was playing on the ground. The little girl sensed her gaze and looked up.
She smiled, revealing two rows of neat, small teeth.
Chu Ci couldn't help but chuckle, but when she turned to look at Yuan Yuling, her smile faded, and she asked:
"You brought Kang Kang here this time because..."
Yuan Yuling pursed her lips, her lowered eyelashes trembling slightly.
"I……"
She clasped her hands tightly together, bit her lip, and said something that startled Chu Ci.
"I came here to tell you that I'd like to bring my husband over tomorrow and make an appointment with you for tomorrow."
Chu Ci raised an eyebrow: "Have you made up your mind?"
"Mmm." She nodded, noticing her daughter out of the corner of her eye; her hands were clenching tighter and tighter.
"actually……"
After hesitating for a moment, she took the initiative to mention the injury on her face.
“My mom hit me because I wanted to divorce my husband.”
Chu Ci suddenly lifted her eyelids. "Just because of this, she hit you so hard?"
Yuan Yuling pursed her lips and touched her face, but the pain on her face made her body tremble.
She gave a bitter laugh. "You might laugh at me if I told you, but honestly, I don't blame my mom."
“I come from a single-parent family. For many years, my mother has raised me all by herself.”
"She herself had a bad childhood. Her father didn't love her and her mother didn't care for her. She finally found a man she liked, but he was taken away by her best friend."
"But my mother has a strong sense of self-respect and is unwilling to compromise, so she chose to divorce my father and raise me alone."
"But because of her strong sense of self-esteem, she always compared me to my father's illegitimate daughter and demanded that I be better than that person in everything."
Her hands were clenched tightly together, so tightly that they even trembled slightly.
"That person was learning piano, so my mom made me learn piano too."
"That person was learning to dance, so my mom made me learn to dance too."
"That person hired a tutor, so my mom hired one for me too..."
A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, a smile that was hard to tell whether it was pain or mockery.
"But that person is far superior to me in terms of talent, equipment, and teachers."
“I can’t compare to her in any way. My mom thinks I’m embarrassing her, so she often beats and scolds me.”
"They even transferred me to that person's school so that I could surpass her academically."
Kang Kang, who was playing nearby, seemed to notice something was wrong. He walked over and whispered in his childish voice to Yuan Yuling:
"Mother……"
Yuan Yuling smiled and shook her head, her face, covered in scars, slightly distorted.
"Mom is fine."
She held Kang Kang in her arms, gave a wry smile, and continued:
"I do have some talent for learning, but that's about it."
“At school, in any activity other than studying, that person always outshines me.”
"My mom still felt ashamed, so she forced me to participate in all sorts of school activities."
"But I can't. I'm not in good health. I can't run or jump well. I'll hurt myself and make my mom even more embarrassed."
"The more ashamed my mom felt, the more I would get beaten, creating a vicious cycle."
"until……"
She held her daughter Kang Kang in her arms, and her voice suddenly became cheerful.
"Until that person wanted to become a star, my mother forced me to act as well."
"At first, I didn't want to enter this industry because I felt it was too dangerous. But my face is very popular in this industry, and it's the only thing I can do to compete with that person besides studying."
"The most important thing is that I made a lot of money, and I started to have the ability and confidence to say 'no' to my mother, and I started to have the courage to rebel against my mother."
"But perhaps my mother finally saw a hope that surpassed my father's illegitimate daughter, and she wanted to control me and my development."
"She repeatedly ruined the movie and advertising deals I had agreed to. When I tried to fight back, she offended the director, producer, and actors, and even forced me to pay her."
“If I don’t give her money, she goes to the reporters and speaks ill of me, crying about how difficult it was for her to raise me…”
Yuan Yuling slowly wiped away her tears, her voice changing from light and cheerful to low and deep.
"And I probably wasn't much better off than my mother was when she was young. Faced with a messy family, she chose to find a man to rely on."
“I followed in her footsteps and made the same choice as her, except that I naively thought that I had better taste in men than she did.”
She looked down into her daughter's bewildered eyes and gave a bitter smile.
"But now I realize that it was all my mother's plan."
"She introduced me to my husband and got a large sum of money from him. My husband even gives her child support every year."
"Now I want a divorce, and my mother is the first to object. She even got into a fight with me over child support..."
Kang Kang seemed to understand that his mother was talking about his father, and opened his eyes wide in confusion, "Mom, Dad..."
Yuan Yuling shook her head, pressed her daughter's head into her arms, and lowered her eyelids.
"It's okay, it has nothing to do with Dad."
She seemed unwilling to say too much about her husband in front of her daughter, and smiled as she looked at Chu Ci.
"I'll find a way to bring my husband here tomorrow, and then..."
Suddenly remembering something, she frowned with worry, "Master, if my husband doesn't cooperate, then my daughter..."
"He will cooperate."
Chu Ci affirmed.
She patted Kang Kang's head and said, "The thing on your daughter was caused by him. If he doesn't cooperate, it will eventually spread to him."
She paused, looked up at Yuan Yuling's still worried expression, and smiled:
"Whoever caused it should bear the consequences. It doesn't matter if he's unwilling to cooperate. Kang Kang's current situation is just being blamed."
"If he doesn't cooperate, I'll transfer the responsibilities that he should bear onto him."
"But the prerequisite is that he has to come to my side."
Yuan Yuling's expression relaxed, and she nodded eagerly, "Okay!"
She stood up, holding Kang Kang, and said, "Then I'll come again tomorrow. Thank you, Master!"
Kang Kang waved politely and said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Master."
Chu Ci smiled and saw them out. As Yuan Yuling adjusted her mask and sunglasses at the door, a group of people in professional uniforms walked out of the elevator.
Seeing Chu Ci's shop, I walked straight over.
"Hello, are you Miss Chu Ci?"
The man at the head of the group took out his business card and said, "We are Anjia Professional Moving Team, here to help you move."
"move place?"
After seeing Yuan Yuling off, Chu Ci frowned as he looked at the business card in his hand.
"I didn't ask you to help me move."
“It’s like this,” the man explained, “a Miss Zhuang ordered our services and asked us to come and help you.”
He pointed downstairs and said, "Miss Zhuang said she wants us to help you move the necessary items to the shop downstairs."
"She helped you prepare that shop."
Chu Ci: "..."
She stared blankly for a moment, her mouth slightly agape, then tried to contact Zhuang Jingxuan, only to realize that she didn't have Zhuang Jingxuan's contact information.
In the end, after thinking about it, she had someone help her move the spirit communication table, the spirit communication chair, and some other small items downstairs.
The plaque hanging on the door was also moved down.
When Grandma returned from playing cards, she stared blankly at the empty living room:
"Aci?"
She looked at Chu Ci, who was cleaning, and asked in astonishment, "Where are all our things?"
"They've moved downstairs."
Chu Ci gave a brief explanation, and Grandma sat blankly on the sofa, nodding in a daze.
"I never expected that kid, Xiao Zhuang, who always seems so smiling, would be so rich..."
She rubbed her face as if waking from a dream, and nodded as she looked at the empty living room.
"Okay, it's fine as it is now..."
“There have been people causing trouble for a while now. Even if the neighbors don’t say anything, they must have their own opinions.”
"If we move now, we won't disturb the neighbors."
She followed Chu Ci to the shops downstairs, where a large crowd had gathered in front of their store.
"Master Chu, you've moved your shop out? Are you going to do business outside from now on?"
The shop was very close to the newspaper stand, and their family was the happiest of all.
Chu Ci smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'll be working outside from now on."
The newspaper reporter followed Chu Ci around the store and found that it was actually quite large.
Looking around enviously, I wondered who had rented this big shop when it was being renovated a couple of days ago.
"I never expected it to be you, Master!"
She looked at the exquisite decorations throughout the shop and nodded repeatedly.
“This shop has a good location and a lot of foot traffic. It seems that you, Master, will have to expand your business.”
Chu Ci nodded haphazardly, also taken aback by the size of the shop.
In Hong Kong, where land is incredibly valuable, she never expected that the shop Zhuang Jingxuan gave her would be so large.
By the time the move was completely finished, night had fallen.
She also received a congratulatory gift from Zhuang Jingxuan for her business opening.
Chu Ci asked the person who appeared to be Zhuang Jingxuan's assistant for her contact information, but the assistant smiled apologetically.
"Master, I'm not available right now. This kind of thing requires President Zhuang's approval."
In just a few days, Zhuang Jingxuan had gone from being "Miss Zhuang" to "President Zhuang".
“Okay,” Chu Ci smiled at his assistant, “then please thank President Zhuang for me.”
"I will. I wish you great success in your business opening."
The assistant left with a smile, and Chu Ci watched him get into the car before turning around and standing outside the store for a long time.
She stared at the brightly lit shops through the windows, momentarily lost in thought.
Grandma came over and patted her on the shoulder, "Didn't you say you were going to Kowloon to buy incense and paper money? Did you buy it?"
Chu Ci's expression changed slightly, and he slapped his forehead, "Oh no, I forgot!"
It's already this late, I wonder if the shops are still open.
Grandma smiled and rolled her eyes at her, "I knew you'd do this!"
She pulled a small piece of paper from her pocket. "I've already made a reservation for you. They close at nine o'clock tonight, so you can still make it if you go now."
"Thank you, Grandma!" Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief. "Grandma, you saved my life!"
The rewards offered by the system were too tempting; she would regret it terribly if she missed this opportunity.
In order to save time, she spent a lot of money to take a taxi to the shop.
Fortunately, the shops were close together, so it didn't take too long to get the items back.
On her way back, she took a bus. As soon as she got off, she saw a large group of people coming out of the building, cursing and shoving each other.
One of the old women's shouts was the loudest:
“You heartless family! My granddaughter just died, and you’re already trying to send a child to my son’s house.”
"My granddaughter's body is barely cold, how dare you!"
"A bunch of shameless bastards! Anyone who dares to take advantage of my son today, I'll fight you to the death!"
If it weren't for the familiar chubby little boy standing next to the old lady, Chu Ci would have almost been moved by her love for her son.
She stood there for a while, and some of the nuns who were watching the commotion recognized her and came over to greet her.
Seeing that she kept staring at that group of people, she offered an explanation:
"The Qiu family in our building just lost their daughter, didn't they?"
"The old woman in front is Uncle Qiu's biological mother, and the group of people opposite are Master Qiu's family."
"When that group of people saw that Master Qiu's daughter had died, they all wanted to send their own children to live with them."
"They say it's to give them something to look forward to, but who doesn't know they're after Master Qiu's house?"
The nun clicked her tongue and said, "This family is really despicable. Master Qiu just lost her daughter, and they come here to beg for her money."
“If I were Granny Qiu, I would scold her even more harshly than that old woman.”
Chu Ci glanced at her and thought to herself that the old lady was scolding so harshly because she was afraid someone would fight with her eldest grandson for the house.
The group of people pushed and shoved each other, cursing and swearing, and gradually left.
Chu Ci carried the items into the store and placed them in the storeroom.
Seeing that she was about to go out again, Grandma brought her a piece of paper with several phone numbers on it.
She said happily, "Ah Ci! The feng shui of this shop is really good, look!"
She handed the paper to Chu Ci, saying, "Our shop just moved here, and several people have already come to ask you for advice, and some have even paid deposits."
Chu Ci glanced at it, "Have you set a time?"
"No, I was just waiting for you to come back so we could arrange a time!"
"I'll look at it again later."
Chu Ci turned to leave, but was grabbed by his grandmother.
Where are you going again?
Chu Ci pointed to the area above her head, "Let's go check on the family we visited during the day. I'm worried the couple might do something rash."
Grandma also heard about the trouble caused by the family's relatives, and frowned in disgust.
"Do you think they'll do it because of those relatives..."
“No.” Chu Ci shook his head. “It’s not because of them, it’s because of their daughter.”
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