Lin Zhaoyue only knew the general location of her maternal grandparents' house, but not the exact location. Moreover, if she went directly to their house, would she be turned away?
She hadn't contacted them for so many years; wouldn't this sudden contact make them think she had ulterior motives?
Lin Zhaoyue didn't know what to do, but Jiang Jingzhou comforted her, "Go if you want to. Don't wait until you regret it, or it will really be too late!"
"Then you'll come with me."
Lin Zhaoyue herself still didn't have the courage to go.
It would be better if someone were with me.
Jiang Jingzhou certainly wouldn't let her go alone; he would accompany her.
"Do you remember what your grandparents' names were?" They would definitely ask around when they went there, but how would they ask? They didn't even have their names.
"I know my mom's name, let's talk about it when we get there!"
Lin Zhaoyue had probably made a decision, as she didn't sleep well that night and drove there with Jiang Jingzhou early the next morning.
She was filled with anxiety the whole way until they reached the approximate location. Jiang Jingzhou helped her get out of the car to ask for directions. "Excuse me, may I ask...?" Younger people probably wouldn't recognize Lin Zhaoyue's mother, but older people might.
Lin Zhaoyue and her family got the news without much inquiry: her maternal grandparents lived in an alley not far ahead, and it was said that the elderly couple lived alone, and their sons did not live there.
"Why?"
The two elderly people must be in their eighties or nineties now. Why don't they live with their son and daughter-in-law? Is it because the younger generation is not filial? Lin Zhaoyue asked patiently.
"Hey? You look kind of familiar to me..." The old man being questioned stared at Lin Zhaoyue for a while, unable to recall where he had seen her before, but she just looked familiar. It took him a long time to answer Lin Zhaoyue's question.
“His sons are very filial. They have had many conflicts in trying to bring their parents to live with them and take care of them, but the two elderly people are unwilling to go. In fact, they just want to wait here for their daughter to come back, and they are worried that their daughter will not be able to find her way home when she returns.”
"..." Lin Zhaoyue's pupils dilated violently.
This shows that the two elders still care about her mother.
And she has never been able to let go of her mother's death all these years.
A child comes into this world once, and a mother cherishes him for a lifetime.
Lin Zhaoyue's eyes reddened slightly, and her voice suddenly choked up, "Okay, thank you..."
"Huh? I remember now, you look like her."
The old man opened his mouth as if to speak, but Lin Zhaoyue and Jiang Jingzhou had already walked away, heading towards the alley ahead.
Standing before the wooden door, which was about a meter wide, Jiang Jingzhou raised his hand and patted the iron chain on the door.
I wonder if the two elderly people are even able to hear me at their advanced age.
Seeing that no one had come over for so long, Jiang Jingzhou decided to push the door open and go in first.
"Squeak—"
The wooden door made a sound.
The courtyard was spotless, showing that the two elderly people were very dignified.
Who is it?
Suddenly, an elderly voice came from inside, and Lin Zhaoyue looked at the person who had come.
An old woman walked out with faltering steps, and when her eyes fell on Lin Zhaoyue's face, she suddenly became excited, "Old Huang! Old Huang!! Come out, look who's here!!"
Old Huang slowly came out of the house, and upon seeing Lin Zhaoyue's appearance, he was excited to varying degrees.
"Are we going to die?"
Grandpa Huang said something inexplicable: "Otherwise, how could he have seen his beloved daughter underground?"
"Isn't it just my eyes playing tricks on me?" Old Mrs. Huang thought it was just her eyes playing tricks on her. Anyway, no matter what, they had finally seen their "daughter" after all!
"If we knew we'd only see our daughter after we died, we'd rather die sooner."
Grandpa Huang muttered something until Lin Zhaoyue spoke up, which finally brought the two elders back to their senses.
"Grandpa and Grandma, I am Zhaoyue."
Lin Zhaoyue opened her mouth, her emotions almost breaking free.
Grandpa Huang and Grandma Huang instantly realized that they were not dead, nor were they seeing things; the person standing in front of them was not their "daughter" at all.
But this face looks exactly like their daughter's when she was young!
I always thought daughters took after their fathers, but it turns out this child took after her mother.
Grandpa Huang and Grandma Huang's attitude was not as bad as her father had described. Instead, they invited them inside to sit down and talk.
"Why did you suddenly decide to come and visit us two old folks?"
Grandpa Huang's tone was neither warm nor cold.
"Grandpa, I've never met you since I was born, so I thought I'd come and see how you two are doing."
"Alright, we're doing just fine, you don't need to worry about us," said Grandpa Huang. "If you have nothing else to do, go back now, and don't come back again."
"..." Lin Zhaoyue remained seated, knowing that her parents still cared for her mother; otherwise, they would have let go of her long ago!
This matter has probably become an obsession for the two elders.
"Grandpa, Grandma, I know you haven't wanted to acknowledge me all these years because my mother died from postpartum hemorrhage during my birth. So you think my mother's death is related to me, right?"
The two elders of the Huang family seemed to become somewhat emotional when the topic of their past painful experiences came up.
“I don’t want to talk about the past anymore. If I could go back in time, I would rather my daughter hate me as her father than agree to her marrying your father.” That way, she wouldn’t have died from postpartum hemorrhage.
“Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. I've given birth myself, so I completely understand how you two feel.” Lin Zhaoyue's tears fell instantly. “To be honest, when my child and I were in danger, my only thought was that I had to give birth to the child no matter what, even if it cost me my life. I just wanted my child to live a good life…”
"But as my family, they certainly want me to be alright."
Lin Zhaoyue's mother made that choice back then because she wanted her daughter to live.
She probably never imagined that the daughter she had worked so hard to give birth to would be disliked by her own parents.
Grandma Huang raised her hand to cover her face and sobbed, "You're just here to collect a debt. If it weren't for you, my daughter would never have been in this situation. My daughter gave her life for yours! You're alive and well now, but my daughter is gone. Since you can say such things, I suppose you can understand how we feel."
understand.
Especially now that I'm a mother, I can understand it even more.
She understands that everyone has a different perspective.
"Grandpa and Grandma actually,"
Jiang Jingzhou hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, "The reason we came here today is because Zhaoyue dreamed about my mother-in-law a while ago!"
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