Chapter 712: I Won’t Cry
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Your eyes are red and swollen from crying. I’ll get some ice for you.” Yin Huaixi held her hand and sat at the table.
“Cousin, I don’t have a grandmother anymore.” Yu Youyao whimpered. The tears she had been holding back rushed out again. Even if she sniffed hard, she couldn’t stop crying.
Yin Huaixi’s heart ached as he pulled her into his arms. “If you’re fine in the future, she’ll be at ease in the netherworld.’
“But 1 keep feeling that this isn’t true,” Yu Youyao looked up. Her swollen eyes matched her pale face. Her lips, which were already dry and cracked, were like a faded apricot flower. “Am I dreaming?”
Yin Huaixi shook his head. “You’re not dreaming.”
Yu Youyao said in a daze, “After Divine Physician Xie entered the residence, I often felt my heart palpitate and often dreamed of Grandmother.She ate half a bowl of porridge in the morning and I thought her health had improved. At night, she suddenly pa.s.sed away. It was too sudden. I wasn’t prepared at all and didn’t have time to say anything. When I saw Grandmother again, her body was cold.”
The scene in the nightmare overlapped with reality, causing her to be in a daze. She couldn’t tell reality from dream.
Yin Huaixi had only left the residence for three to four months, but so many things had happened in the Yu Residence. The trajectory of reality had uncontrollably developed closely to Yu Youyao’s nightmare after Divine Physician Xie appeared.
However, there was a difference.
In reality, Madam Yang was about to die. Yu Jianjia was alone and helpless. Yu Youyao was in charge of the residence and was also wary of Divine Physician Xie.
Yu Youyao’s slender fingers grabbed Yin Huaixi’s sleeve. “Cousin should be trading with Harmon in the North now.” As she muttered, she shook her head until she was dizzy. The person in front of her became blurry. “I’m indeed dreaming. ”
Yin Huaixi did not allow her to shake her head. “I came back early.”
Yu Youyao looked at her cousin. Her thin eyebrows made her eyes look extremely fragile.
“Close your eyes.” Yin Huaixi picked up some ice and wrapped it in a cotton cloth.
Yu Youyao looked at him blankly. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly closed her eyes. Then, her eyes were cold. She couldn’t help but shiver and finally realized that this wasn’t a dream!
Her grandmother had really pa.s.sed away.
“Cousin, I won’t cry…” There was a lump in her throat and a stinging sensation in her nose, but she resisted the urge to cry.
Although she said that she wouldn’t cry, her voice broke and she was out of tune. Yin Huaixi’s gaze was gentle. “Matriarch is in the coffin. Tomorrow, someone from the clan will be here to hold the funeral. There are still many things in the family that need you to step in and manage. If the funeral is handled well, it can be considered to have fulfilled the relationship between the grandmother and granddaughter.”
Yu Youyao nodded. She felt terrible, but she forced herself to perk up and ask,
“You’re back early. What about the deal?”
Yin Huaixi changed his eye to apply ice. “Yin Yi will handle it later.”
These casual words made Yu Youyao even more worried. “Didn’t you say that the last deal is the most important? How can you give it to Yin Yi?”
Yin Huaixi could only say, “The contents of the deal have all been agreed. After the previous two tests, both sides have established trust. Besides, Harmon has lost an arm and his injuries haven’t completely recovered. He urgently needs this batch of food to consolidate his status in the Di Clan and further increase his strength.”
Yu Youyao was finally a little relieved. She asked, “Why are you back early?”
Yin Huaixi took out three letters. “This is the letter that Yin San sent to me on the day we left the capital. Later, you mentioned in the letter that Matriarch
Yu was sick. I was worried that something would happen to the Yu Residence.”
If it weren’t for the fact that Harmon had lost an arm and delayed the transaction, he would have returned at the beginning of August at the latest.
He would have been able to catch up with everything that had happened in the Yu Residence recently, and the little girl wouldn’t have suffered so much.
Harmon, that dog!
In the end, he was still worried about her. Yu Youyao bit her lip and took the letter. There was another lump in her throat. “It’s a personal letter from Grandmother.’
Yin Huaixi nodded. “l haven’t seen it yet.”
This was probably the last entrustment and arrangement that Old Madam Yu had made for her granddaughter. However, it was no longer needed. Old Madam Yu also understood that she had never mentioned anything about a letter before she died.
Yu Youyao’s fingers trembled as she opened one of the letters. The letter explained that after she pa.s.sed away, her granddaughter, You Yao, from the Yu Clan, would return to the Xie Residence of her mother’s clan. From then on, the Yu Clan would not interfere much. They would even donate 50% of the a.s.sets under their name to the Yu Clan, hoping that the clan would not obstruct them.
Every word and sentence was well thought out and protective.
Her biological mother, Madam Xie, was the first wife. Firstly, her mother was not a divorcee, and secondly, she was the eldest daughter of the first wife. The Great Zhou Dynasty valued the first wife.
Her grandmother had pa.s.sed away, but her father was still around.
Even if her father was no longer around, there were still her uncles and aunts.
If Uncle and Aunt were no longer kind to her, there was still the clan.
As the eldest daughter of the first wife, as long as she had good etiquette, no matter if it was in the family or the clan, she had to be valued and not be tortured.
The traditional families valued etiquette and reputation. There is no precedent that she had to stay in her father’s clan and could not return to her mother’s clan.
Her grandmother’s request was too much.
However, her grandmother had also expected this.
In the letter, she mentioned the hardships of her residence as a widow. Every word and sentence was filled with bitterness. She even gave up her face and mentioned her contributions to the Yu Clan over the years.
The clan was brought together by bloodline, so there was nothing more important than etiquette. The dead were the most important. No matter how dissatisfied and angry the Yu Clan was, they had to consider their grandmother’s last wish.
After reading this letter, the clan members would realize that her grandmother had stayed chaste for her grandfather for half of her life. She had earned a good reputation for the Yu Clan, nurtured two important ministers of the court, and even donated the a.s.sets under her name. With her cousin’s and even the Xie Residence’s support, this matter would most likely succeed.
In the second letter, she explained that her son, Yu Zongzheng, had an affair with Yang Shuwan who was secretly pregnant, causing the death of his first wife, Madam Xie.
This was to prevent Yu Zongzheng from using his position as a father to manipulate his daughter in the future. This was Yu Zongzhengs greatest weakness.
Once Yu Zongzheng harmed Yu Youyao, as long as she handed this letter to the Imperial Court, Yu Zongzhengs reputation would be ruined.
The third letter was for “Zhou Linghuai.”
Every word and sentence was solicitous. She hoped that he could protect his granddaughter more in the future. She even gave him a portion of her collection of calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and ancient books.
Yu Youyao sobbed uncontrollably.
Yin Huaixi regretted taking out the letter and hugged her again. “Matriarch arranged for you to leave in peace. I even revealed my ident.i.ty to her.”
Indeed!
Hearing this, Yu Youyao couldn’t be bothered to cry anymore. She asked in a hoa.r.s.e voice, “When Grandmother found out about your ident.i.ty, did she get angry? What did she say?”
Yin Huaixi nodded and did not mention the token. “She was not angry. She only asked a few questions and entrusted you to me..”