One million? That would take her more than ten years of not eating or drinking to earn!
Wang Cuihua gripped the card even tighter, even leaning back slightly. "Lili, can't I just say it's a loan from your mother?"
Xie Li refused decisively: "No way! Unless you take the money and leave, and never show your face in front of me again."
Wang Cuihua hesitated for less than a second before nodding, "Okay, I promise you, I'll leave right away."
She jumped up, grabbed her tattered duffel bag, and walked away reluctantly, turning back every few steps.
After Uncle Wang's car circled around and picked up the two of them, it drove straight to the Xie family's house without asking any further questions.
Xie Zian didn't say a word the whole way.
Xie Li thought for a moment and decided that he should explain his behavior.
“My adoptive mother was a weak-willed and easily influenced person. She believed in the traditional Confucian values of obedience to her husband and son. Her husband and son were her everything. As long as my adoptive father was alive, she would serve him well and would never leave him.”
She looked intently into Xie Zi'an's eyes. "So, her coming to Linjiang City to find me must have been deliberately arranged by someone."
"She may not have many bad intentions towards me, but she is too easily manipulated, so we absolutely cannot let her stay, and we certainly cannot let her enter the Xie family."
Being stared at by such clear eyes, Xie Zian almost awkwardly looked away.
The boy's face remained expressionless, but he spoke softly, "I know."
At first, he also felt that Xie Li was too cold-blooded and ruthless. He didn't want her to become that kind of person, someone who didn't expect maternal love.
Therefore, he was angry at Xie Li's behavior.
He was too well-mannered; he was upright, kind, and loving, and he would always subconsciously sympathize with the weak. Wang Cuihua was indeed too pitiful.
It was the kind of life where you had to work your hardest just to have enough to eat; her hunched figure showed how much she was struggling to breathe under the weight of life's burdens.
At only thirty-nine years old, she was younger than Ding Huizhu, but she looked more than ten years older than Ding Huizhu.
But when faced with the choice of taking the million yuan and leaving or staying, Wang Cuihua didn't hesitate at all and simply took the money and left.
This was like a blow to Xie Zi'an. It turned out that his so-called longing for his adopted daughter and his desire to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for her were all just for the sake of making money.
The Xie family, including Old Master Xie and Xie Sidu, are still eagerly awaiting news.
Grandma Ming walked in with faltering steps, massaging her legs as she went, looking very tired.
Seeing this, Grandpa Xie hurriedly asked, "Grandma Ming, what's wrong?"
Grandma Ming smiled bitterly: "Oh, I'm old and useless now, it's nothing."
The more she said that, the more Grandpa Xie felt he couldn't ignore it. He wanted to take Grandma Ming's pulse himself, but Grandma Ming was too embarrassed and refused repeatedly.
Grandpa Xie: "Then you must have caught a chill from the chilly spring weather these past few days. How about this, you should rest well for the next few days, and I'll have someone go and get you some medicine."
Grandma Ming, seeing that she couldn't refuse, agreed and thanked her again.
Then he stood aside and asked, "Why hasn't Cuihua arrived yet? Sigh, I haven't seen her in ages."
Grandpa Xie and Xie Sidu were worried that Wang Cuihua wouldn't feel comfortable coming over, so they specially asked Granny Ming to come and keep her company so that she would feel less awkward.
Grandpa Xie smiled and said, "I'm afraid there will be delays on the way."
The group waited a while longer, until finally a servant announced that Xie Li and the others had returned!
No sooner had he finished speaking than Xie Li strode in, followed closely by Xie Zi'an.
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