"It doesn’t matter," Gu Lao waved his hand, "I haven’t seen Xuexue for so days, but she looks quite well."
"Although my legs are not good, n Chao has stayed with through it all. Since n Chao has been so good to , I certainly can’t keep being downhearted. I must try to co out and face the future with n Chao," her gaze swept past Gu Lao to Su Xiaofeng behind him, her smile brighter: "Xiaofeng is here too."
"It’s been so days since I saw you, Xiaofeng, and you have beco even more beautiful and charming, truly enviable."
Now, Su Xiaofeng was genuinely on a high tide of spring, with a successful husband and a pair of adorable twins.
"You seem to be in good form yourself," interjected the other, draped in a purple shawl, giving an impression as if Miss Xu from back in the day had returned.
"People have to move on, I can’t stay depressed forever. If I continued to be downhearted, so people would probably die laughing, and definitely, my husband would get tired of ," Xu Xuezi had been smiling gently, then turned her head and laughingly spoke to n Chao: "Husband, has sothing happened on grandfather’s side? How is grandfather’s condition?"
"There’s no serious issue, just agitation from excessive anger," n Chao responded indifferently, his tone hardly warm.
"Could I go see grandfather later?" Though living under the sa roof, she hardly ever saw her grandfather.
She was watched over, and so was the grandfather, n Chao rarely allowing them to gather.
"Yin Li, help the lady over," n Chao instructed Yin Li to push Xu Xuezi to the old Xu house.
Yin Li, clad in a black leather jacket, stepped forward and wheeled Xu Xuezi toward the old Xu residence.
Xiaofeng watched Yin Li, then thought of her older brother.
She secretly mused, her brother probably harbored no more thoughts about Yin Li.
Pfft, her brother was a married man now, how could he not put aside past matters, and besides, there had originally been nothing much between him and Yin Li.
...
Upon getting in the car, Gu Lao unfolded the note from old Xu, which contained only a few words.
Xiaofeng read softly: "n Chao’s ’master’...grandfather, couldn’t the word behind ’master’ be ’teacher’?"
Seeing the word ’master’, she naturally thought of the word ’teacher.’
"Based on what we know, old Xu must be trying to tell us that n Chao’s teacher did sothing. n Chao ca over and he put it away, which shows that he really doesn’t want to know what he was telling us about n Chao’s teacher having a problem," she speculated.
"Old Xu has to be cautious around n Chao now. n Chao is now the Family Head of the Xu Family, and for the people of the Xu family, he surely can’t trust completely," she concluded.
"Before this, Xu Chengyun was so pompous and flamboyant, and now, it hasn’t been long, yet he’s beco like this," Lao Zhao sighed: "He’s sending us this ssage now, what could he an by it?"
"He wants us to investigate n Chao’s teacher. I rember n Chao was taken in by him as a child, and he hired famous teachers to teach him martial arts and literacy. Over the years, n Chao must have had various teachers, but I wonder which one would be the ’teacher’ in question," he pondered.
"It must be the one who has been with n Chao the longest," Xiaofeng chid in: "Or maybe the one who has been around him the longest."
"Let’s talk to Acheng about this when we get back, Acheng has been keeping an eye on the Xu family before, and he definitely knows more about the Xu family or n Chao’s affairs than we do," Gu Lao was not in a hurry, feeling confident in leaving this matter to Acheng.
"You’re really at ease, having such a capable grandson," Lao Zhao grunted.
"As if you don’t have peace of mind, isn’t my daughter-in-law your granddaughter," Gu Lao also snorted lightly.
"Indeed."
Xiaofeng: "...."
The two old n really were like mischievous kids, having once been influential figures; now, they acted just like children, always competing over every little thing.
...
Xu Xuezi was pushed to the elderly Xu’s bedside, and looking at Xu lying on the bed, Xu Xuezi’s tears burst forth, "Grandpa, how did you turn out like this?"
Seeing Xu Xuezi co over, the usually calm elderly Xu grew emotional again.
It was all because of this unfilial daughter. If not for her deciding on her own to detonate the situation, the Xu Family would still be the Xu Family, and n Chao would never have dared to climb over his head.
"Grandpa, what’s wrong, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Xu Xuezi failed to notice the old man’s breathing had beco much rougher.
"Madam, the old sir’s mood seems off, you better leave, wait until his mood stabilizes, then co over," suggested a servant who normally took care of the elderly Xu, sensing sothing was amiss with his mood.
"Grandpa, are you still blaming for handing over the Xu Family to n Chao?" Upon hearing the servant’s words, Xu Xuezi sobbed, "Grandpa, I did not anticipate n Chao truly harboring ambitions towards our Xu Family. But Grandpa, if n Chao weren’t the Family Head, my predicant now would surely be no better than yours, so Grandpa, since you are already lying down, just rest well."
After speaking, Xu Xuezi instructed soone nearby, "Take good care of Grandpa. Grandpa is old now, he doesn’t need to worry about family matters, just focus on recovering."
Xu Xuezi ca out and took a deep breath.
Indeed, the fresh air was most enchanting.
Therefore, she had to stand up again, she had to regain the heart of n Chao.
She did not care whose hands the Xu Family was in, on the contrary, as long as n Chao still desired the position of Family Head of the Xu Family, he would definitely not do anything to her.
Thus, as long as she put in so extra effort, nothing was impossible, it’s just that n Chao now didn’t allow her to leave the house or socialize, making it sowhat difficult for her to do anything.
"Yin Li, I haven’t seen my parents and little brother for a while, the weather is nice today, and I rarely get out, why don’t you push over to see them," Xu Xuezi thought of her parents.
Her little brother was still in school, and within this family, he had the most freedom of movent.
Listening to Xu Xuezi’s words, Yin Li’s face showed little expression, "Madam, you only have half an hour."
"Thank you."
"Xuexue, my poor Xuexue, mom finally gets to see you. How did you end up like this, it truly breaks mom’s heart," Xu Xuezi’s mother, upon seeing her daughter, sobbed uncontrollably.
The current Xu Family was nothing like the Xu Family of the past, it was no longer restricted for non-family mbers to enter and exit the Xu Family ho freely, but the true Xu Family mbers couldn’t move freely in and out.
Xu Xuezi took a look around; the furnishings here remained the sa as before but that was it, nothing new had been added.
"Grandpa fell ill suddenly, so I went to see him and took the opportunity to visit you," Xu Xuezi gently replied to her mother’s emotional state.
"This n Chao," Xu Hongtu suddenly stood up, "Xuexue, how could you have thought of marrying such a man? Do you know, ever since he took over, he has nearly taken over all the properties I had. If it weren’t for this, would I need to look at his face and act every day?"
He used to not worry about money, but now, he literally had no money to spend.
All of this was thanks to n Chao.
"Dad," Xu Xuezi lowered her eyebrows, "n Chao is your son-in-law, there must be his reasons for acting this way."
"Xuexue, you...." Xu Xuezi’s parents beca perplexed listening to her words.
Xuexue did not hate n Chao but was instead defending him.
"Mom and Dad, I have thought it through, I am n Chao’s wife, I should stand behind him and be a good wife, so I trust that whatever n Chao does, he has his reasons."
"After all he has done to us, and you still speak for him. You unfilial daughter, get out, I wish I had never given birth to you," Xu Hongtu, hearing Xu Xuezi’s words, was fuming with rage.
Such a misfortune for the family to have given birth to a daughter who couldn’t distinguish right from wrong.
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