Two days later, Xiao Yunhua had situated herself in the house and was out shopping for groceries in a supermarket nearby. When she finished, she was out in the parking lot and sighed. It really sucked that she never bothered to learn how to drive or else she wouldn"t always be relying on other people to drive her around. As this grocery store was close to the house, it was pretty convenient for her to walk back. On her way, a car was trailing after her so she quickened her speed and walked faster until she saw her house. Once she shut the door behind her, she sighed in relief and prepared something for herself.
A few hours later, someone knocked at the door and she hesitantly approached it, asking who it was. They didn"t answer so she tried to peek through the window and noticed the same car from earlier, except it was parked in front of her house.
Despite her fear, she warned the people outside that if they didn"t leave, she would call the police. That seemed to have worked as one of them spoke up, "Miss Yunhua, no need to be alarmed, we are just here because Zhou Elder needs to see you."
Hearing that it was Zhou Elder, she was surprised and opened the door. "Why?"
"We don"t know and have been told to do it inconspicuously." She chuckled and looked at them.
Sarcastically, she added, "By your methods, I wouldn"t say that you guys were inconspicuous. Why doesn"t he just visit?"
"Zhou Elder does not wish to visit this house for unspoken reasons. Please do not question further and come with us."
She could guess that those unspoken reasons had to do with Han Mi and that she didn"t seem to have a choice. These guys were persistent. So she agreed and got into the car. She was also curious on what he wanted to say, especially when the old man seemed to hate her to the bones.
Finally, they stopped at a park where the old man was sitting and mindlessly looking ahead. When she arrived, his sharp eyes turned to her and his former nostalgic look turned bitter.
"You"re here." He said sourly, not even offering her a seat. His behavior made her chuckle. He nodded for his men to give them some distance, so they were left alone.
"Yes, I came because your men were annoying me too much. I"m surprised the magnificent elder of the famous Zhou family even had the time to come in this park, nonetheless want to have a chat with an insignificant person like me." Her sarcasm was dully noted by him but he chose to ignore it.
"I summoned you here because of Ling Xiu..."
"I"m sure you already know everything, why call me here?" She was disappointed to find out that he only summoned her because of that old hag.
"I"m sure you manipulated something—"
"Listen," she snapped, interrupting him, "I have tried to maintain a decent level of respect for you; however, there is video evidence that is easily accessible for someone like you. And even if you are ignorant, you cannot ignore her evil ways forever. It just so happened that this evil nature of hers was exposed. Along with the evidence of her attempted murder of Han Mi—"
He was shocked, "How do you know about Han Mi?"
She paused. With a deep breath, she admitted, "Han Mi is my grandmother." Noticing the dark cloud forming on his face, she added, "Adoptive grandmother." Once again, her words stunned him, but Xiao Yunhua continued. "The same Han Mi who was thrown into chaos merely due to fabricated evidence that you chose to believe, once again, from Ling Xiu."
"I don"t believe it—"
"You don"t need to." Xiao Yunhua had already said her part and didn"t try to convince him too hardly. If he wanted to believe that her grandmother was in the wrong, then it didn"t matter. He also believed that she herself was evil, nonetheless her pure grandmother. "The truth is in front of your eyes, but if you choose not to believe it, then it"s up to you." She stood up and looked at the lake in front of her with empty eyes. As she turned around to leave, his next words stopped her.
"Leave Ming"er. I don"t want him to ruin his bright future by being with such a poisonous woman full of lies." He stood up and looked at the lake too.
She rolled her eyes. No wonder he picked a park to speak with her. He didn"t want for Zhou Ming to find out. "Obviously you aren"t updated old man. He and I...we"re over. Our relations.h.i.+p was all a fake relations.h.i.+p anyways." Clearly Zhou Elder didn"t know this as he looked confused, so she explained further. "Your beloved "Ming"er" and I never were in a relations.h.i.+p. It was all a beneficial union against Ling Xiu."
He looked relieved and didn"t bother with her anymore. It was as though she had lost her only value and he no longer needed to think about her.
Xiao Yunhua walked away, no one stopping her, until she heard a splash. She snapped back around and noticed that the old man had fallen into the water. Without thinking much, she dived in and pulled him out. His men had already arrived and grabbed his medication for him. A few seconds later, Zhou Elder was coughing violently and quickly took his medication.
"You better not tell anyone what you saw..."
"Don"t worry," she chuckled, but there was no sense of humor in her laughter. "I don"t like meddling in things that aren"t my business anyways."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
She was stopped again from leaving when he asked her why she saved him. "Wouldn"t this have been your chance to get rid of your biggest obstacle in Zhou Ming and your relations.h.i.+p?"
Xiao Yunhua didn"t know whether to laugh or sigh. It seemed like he was really adamant on believing the worst about her. She shook her head, "There was no relations.h.i.+p to save. You"re welcome. Now I"ll be leaving and I hope you won"t do this for a third time."
"Third time?" She froze.
s.h.i.+t.
She had unknowingly exposed herself.
"Who are you?"
"Me?" She looked him straight in the eye, "Who do you think I am?" Seeing him not answer, she chuckled and softly muttered, "I"m your adopted granddaughter, Zhou Yunhua."
The shock on his face was undeniable. He looked like he had seen a ghost. He didn"t want to believe it, but something in his guts told him that the girl was telling him the truth. "But...didn"t you die?"
She sat down on the bench again, knowing that this conversation was going to be longer than she had intended for it to be. "No, I just disappeared. And I disappeared because I was adopted by Han Mi." He still looked astonished so she used her photographic memory to recount every detail of that experience. Afterwards, he was quiet.
"You saved my life again even though I treated you so badly, even after I promised to take care of you." His aged voice made her somewhat sympathetic. She still had enmity in her heart but ignored it because he wasn"t an important figure in her life for her to waste any emotions on him anyways.
"No, you promised the eight year old me." Or technically, the real Xiao Yunhua of this body. He didn"t owe anything to her and they were strangers.
"How can I make it up to you? As a matter of fact, I want you to come live at the big mansion. It is your home."
Xiao Yunhua shook her head, "Zhou Elder... even as a child, that place was never my home. I"m happy that you recognize me, but if I wanted anything, I would"ve come clean sooner. In fact, I would"ve never exposed it had I not accidentally revealed myself."
Zhou Elder sighed and nodded. They chatted for a little longer and she explained her childhood with Han Mi, his guilt growing more and more, towards her or his ex-wife, he did not know. Once she was going to leave, he told her that if she needed anything, she should tell him. She agreed, but Xiao Yunhua knew that she wouldn"t actually be taking up his offer. He didn"t need to do anything for her because the one who saved his life in the beginning and was his true adopted granddaughter was dead.
Yes she saved his life this time, but he compensated by treating her a little more fair and less like she was the sp.a.w.n of satan.
That was good enough.