Old Mrs. Zhu just felt that she didn't have enough energy. In just a short while, she felt tired. Even coaxing Niu Niu didn't make her feel so tired.

"Fang Ping, you go back first. I have something going on at home today. Come back another day." With outsiders around, some things were not convenient to say, so Old Mrs. Zhu spoke with a smile.

Chi Fangping tried to stand up, but was held down by Lin Liying. Lin Liying looked at Old Lady Zhu and said, "I brought this person here. Are you trying to chase Fangping away, or are you chasing me away? If you want to chase me away, just say so directly. There's no need to go through so much trouble."

"If you make such a fuss now, won't the younger generations see you as a laughing stock? I'm doing this for you." Old Mrs. Zhu's breath was stuck in her throat and she couldn't spit it out.

Chi Fangping whispered, "Aunt Liying, I'm going to go back first and come to see you another day."

"Just sit here and don't move anywhere. If you want to leave, I will leave too." She said this while looking at Old Lady Zhu provocatively.

Old Mrs. Zhu just felt dizzy and stroked her forehead with her hand. She missed her daughter day and night. Even though she hadn't come back for many years, now that she saw her, the longing in her heart was hurt.

Zhu Weidong sat aside, "Grandma, when will grandpa come back?"

Lin Liying interrupted and asked, "Why? Do you want your grandfather to deal with me?"

Zhu Weidong frowned, "Aunt, you know that's not what I meant."

"Weidong, auntie knows that my love for you is not in vain. You have prosopagnosia. We have been separated for so many years, but you can recognize auntie at a glance. Auntie is very happy because it means that you also have auntie in your heart. When you were in the Zhu family, auntie knew you were there, so you came back. Now that you have started a family, please don't hurt auntie's heart." Lin Liying's tone was firm, but she didn't look hurt at all.

The implication in the words is even more obvious. If you don't stand up to me, it will be your fault if I don't return to this home.

This is not being bullied, it's clearly her who is bullying others.

Old Mrs. Zhu looked at her daughter and said, "Liying, Weidong has always been sensible. If you feel unhappy, you can tell him. There is no need to embarrass the child."

"I'm making things difficult for him? I'm just telling him not to get married, and we'll all accept it." Lin Liying curled her lips, "You keep saying you love Weidong, but I don't see you really love him. You find him a wife from a small county town, who you don't know much about, and who can learn a little bit, so what? Doesn't this make people look down on Weidong?"

"Weidong's marriage will be decided by your eldest brother and others." Old Mrs. Zhu's attitude also became a little harder.

Lin Liying's face turned pale. "Yes, I am just an outsider. I am too ignorant to care about your Zhu family's affairs. Forget it. I have been here for so long and bothered you. I will leave now."

Having said that, he stood up and left.

Old Mrs. Zhu wanted to keep her daughter, but when she thought about what her daughter had done after entering the house, she opened her mouth several times and finally closed it again.

Zhu Weidong understood his grandmother's feelings. His grandmother couldn't bring herself to lose face, so it was time for him to step forward.

"Aunt, it's rare for you to come back. Grandpa and my dad will be back in the evening. They always miss you. No matter how busy they are, they won't miss you for a while." Zhu Weidong apologized again, "Because of my matter, there is a conflict between aunt and family. I will be leaving soon. I am afraid I will feel uneasy when I am away. Aunt, just think of it as feeling sorry for me and calm down first."

"Going out of town again? What did I say at the beginning? I asked you to change your job but you didn't. You're running around outside all day. This is not okay." Lin Liying liked her nephew after all. Although she spoke strongly, her body had sat down instinctively.

Seeing that he had persuaded the man to leave, Zhu Weidong smiled and said, "I like this job very much. Besides, I am afraid that I will not be able to adapt if I change jobs. It is also good to travel to different places to see different scenery, culture and landforms."

At this point, Zhu Weidong asked calmly, "By the way, how did my aunt know that I have face blindness?"

She bit her lower lip and forced herself to hold it back.

When her aunt said that just now, she was so scared that her whole body froze. Then when she saw Zhu Weidong didn't notice, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But then her heart started to lift again.

Lin Liying was stunned for a moment. "Fang Ping told me that I wanted to talk to you when I left last time, but I was busy and left in a hurry, so I didn't talk to you in detail. How is your illness? Has it improved in the past few years?"

Zhu Weidong nodded and looked at Chi Fangping. "Someone at work pretended to be Xiaoling and took the child away from me. You have never admitted that you did it. Do you have anything to explain now?"

Although Chi Fangping was in jail, she did not tell Lin Liying about this on the way, nor did she mention that she had hurt Zhu Weidong.

Lin Liying looked at the two suspiciously, "What do you mean by lying to the child?"

"I've seen Fang Ping tell you a lot about our family's affairs. Why didn't she tell you about the time she stole Weidong's child?" When Niu Niu was stolen, Old Lady Zhu disliked Chi Fangping, but her self-restraint prevented her from embarrassing her in person. Now that she saw her daughter being used as a tool, she told her directly what happened.

"You've come out now. From the look of you, you still feel that you were wronged, right? I don't know how you found out that Weidong had face blindness, but you took advantage of his disease to trick Niuniu away. We in the Zhu family don't bear grudges, and we won't hold grudges against them, but we're not magnanimous enough to forgive the person who stole our child."

Chi Fangping's face was so embarrassed that it looked like blood was dripping out. She kept her head lowered and didn't dare to look anywhere.

She stood up and bowed in the direction of Old Lady Zhu. "Grandma Zhu, I really didn't do what happened back then. I don't know why my cousin did that, but no matter what, I was involved. I apologize to you here."

After bowing deeply, Chi Fangping strode away without even raising his head.

Lin Liying looked at the departing figure in astonishment, still thinking that what she heard was fake, "Weidong, is this true?"

"I said it in front of her, but she didn't refute it. Instead, she walked away feeling guilty. Do you think I was lying?" Old Mrs. Zhu looked at her daughter without blinking.

Lin Liying pursed her lips and spoke after a long while, "That child is also something I couldn't get, so I took this step."

Old Mrs. Zhu’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

What kind of thinking is this? Is she justified in hurting others? Her daughter can't tell right from wrong. Old Mrs. Zhu sees this and feels bad.

Wrong, she did it wrong.

A daughter who was given away should be treated as if she were not there. Instead, you still miss her all these years, and it is only your family members who are implicated.

Old Mrs. Zhu was too tired to say anything more to her daughter, and in an instant she seemed to have aged several years.

Zhu Weidong said, "Aunt, I told Chi Fangping when we were in school that it was impossible for her and I to be together."

(End of this chapter)