Chapter 829: The Andersons in America (3)
The living room of the An family’s main residence suddenly became very quiet. It was because of Anhao’s surprised look that Old Master An noticed something strange because of the inexplicable familiarity in her expression.
Anhao didn’t want her ident.i.ty to be too abrupt, so she suddenly smiled and asked,””I heard that Mr. Anderson’s family is harmonious. How can he not have grandchildren? He must be joking.”
If it wasn’t because she knew the situation, Anhao would never have said such abrupt words to mock him. But now, the only thing she could say was this.
Elder An didn’t think she was being rude. He smiled and said,”Didn’t Mrs. Zuo just say that she often heard Old Zuo mention me? When he was mocking me in front of you, did he not mention that the Andersons have no successor? This should be the most important thing for Old Zuo to step on me, but he didn’t tell you?”
Elder An’s words sounded a little sour. Anhao blinked and smiled.”Grandfather indeed didn’t mention these things.”
Old Master An sighed and laughed.” Forget it if I’ve never mentioned it before. I don’t have to mention it. However, there are not many people in the An family in Han City. Only the two of us are often at home. There are very few young people in the family. Since you’re here, listen to me. Stay for a few more days before leaving.””
Zuo Hancheng did not agree or decline. He merely glanced in Anhao’s direction all of a sudden, as if he wanted Elder An to see that he wanted to hear his wife’s thoughts.
Hence, Elder An turned his attention to Anhao again.”This… It’s Mrs. Zuo’s first time in the An family, so you should at least let us entertain you well. Besides, I feel like we hit it off well. Besides, we’ve liked Han City since a long time ago. I’m happier than any holiday that you two can come.”
“Since Elder An is so kind, and since this junior has already come, I really shouldn’t be in a hurry to leave.”Zuo Hancheng’s voice was neither soft nor light, and he suddenly added,””Anhao, Elder An doesn’t have any children and only has a daughter by his side. Since Elder An feels that you hit it off, why don’t you stay here for a few days?”
When Elder An heard this, he was about to say that Zuo Hancheng’s mouth was as vicious as his grandfather’s. He seemed to be polite and respectful, but he was mocking him like his grandfather. As expected, like father, like grandson.
However, before he could speak, he suddenly paused and looked at Anhao with a slightly surprised expression.
“Anhao? Is this Mrs. Zuo’s real name?”
Anhao saw the surprise in Elder An’s eyes and smiled at him calmly. She did not nod or shake her head.
“I didn’t expect Mrs. Zuo to have the surname An. This is really fate.”Grandpa An laughed again, but his gaze on Anhao deepened. No one knew what he was thinking about. After looking at her for a while, he looked away from her. For some reason, he sighed.
Seeing that Elder An was about to say something but didn’t say it, and suddenly seemed to have a lot on his mind, Anhao sat on the sofa. She actually wanted to stand up and say that he actually had a granddaughter in this world. If Old Master Zuo could really have a great-grandson next year, Elder An could also have a great-grandson at the same time.
But she held back.
Initially, she had come with the intention of seeing the An family. She wanted to see these people from the perspective of a bystander and see these so-called blood-related relatives who did not even know of her existence.
She had thought that she could just watch from the sidelines.
However, when she heard Elder An’s words, she suddenly did not know what to do.
If he really wanted her as his granddaughter, why would Anping leave her in the country and return to China alone? How could he bear to let his old father have such a lifetime of regrets?
What was the reason for not allowing her to enter the An family and not even letting Old Master An know of her existence?
Anhao watched as Elder An suddenly turned around to instruct the servants. She sat quietly on the sofa without moving, but her eyes were no longer as cold as when she came. Instead, there was a hint of confusion hidden in them.
Suddenly, her hand was held by Zuo Hancheng. She turned to look at Zuo Hancheng, who was sitting beside her, and saw that he was looking at her with a gaze that made her calm down.
Anhao smiled back at him, meaning that she was fine. She just couldn’t figure it out, but she wouldn’t do anything rash. After experiencing so many things, she was no longer the Gu Anhao who used to be full of thorns.
Even though she might suddenly have a lot of thorns growing on her body because she walked into the house, before she figured out the truth, she would rather hide all these thorns and not hurt anyone for the time being. She did not want to poke through this window paper.
Anhao did not expect that she would move into the An family with Zuo Hancheng. She thought that she was just visiting and taking a look. It was not until she and Zuo Hancheng were arranged to stay in a quiet and elegant attic in the back of the An family’s residence that she believed that she was really staying in the An family.
When they arrived, it was in the afternoon. Grandpa An was especially kind and said that he would hold a welcoming banquet for them in the evening. He also said that Mrs. Anderson, who was in the ancestral hall all year round, would also come.
Just now, when the servants were preparing the room for them, Anhao heard the two servants whispering to each other that Mrs. Anderson had been living and eating in the An family’s ancestral hall for eight years and would not come out to have dinner with Old Master An for ten days to half a month. She did not expect the Zuo family to be so powerful that they could even invite Mrs. Anderson.
Anhao didn’t know that an American Chinese family like the Andersons would have a place like an ancestral hall. She also didn’t expect that Mrs. Anderson, who hadn’t appeared this afternoon, would eat and stay in the ancestral hall for eight consecutive years.
Eight years.
More than eight years ago, wasn’t that the time when An Ping left him in the Gu family after she died and returned to the United States?
“You just returned to New York, and you’re going to Paris to watch a fashion show with your friends without even entering your house. Has your mother spoiled you too much all these years? You don’t even know the rules!”
It was almost time for the banquet. When Anhao and Zuo Hancheng walked into the front hall, they suddenly heard Old Master An talking to someone. His att.i.tude sounded very angry, and his sonorous voice resounded in the front hall.
Anhao, on the other hand, could roughly guess the reason from the key phrases of going back to New York and going to Paris to watch the runway show.
Last time at the private hospital in Los Angeles, when the girl next to An Ping came out of the consultation room to answer the phone, she seemed to have said something similar.