Chapter 504: Not Blind
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Yu Xiuhua was still immersed in her joy and didn’t notice the change in s.h.i.+ Xuexin’s expression.
s.h.i.+ Xuexin returned to her room and panted heavily. She hated everything that had happened. Unknowingly, her fingers reached for the medicine in the drawer…
At night, Yu Xiuhua felt a slight pain in her stomach.
This was normal during this period. The doctor told her to rest well.
After a moment of pain, her body didn’t have much of a reaction. Yu Xiuhua didn’t take it seriously and went back to her room to rest.
However, in the morning, when she woke up and went to the washroom, she suddenly felt like she was on her period.
She looked into the toilet bowl and saw a pool of blood…
Yu Xiuhua panicked and immediately changed her clothes to go to the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor gave her a checkup and shook his head. “Madam s.h.i.+, your fetus wasn’t able to be saved.”
“Why? Haven’t I been taking pregnancy stabilizing medicine?” Yu Xiuhua asked in pain.
In order to conceive this child, she had suffered a lot. She even bought a lot of medicine and placed it in s.h.i.+ Qing’s tea. When she finally had a child, she protected it carefully.
“Madam s.h.i.+, we’ve already talked about this before. It’s not easy to keep a child at your age. In the beginning, your pregnancy was already unstable.”
Yu Xiuhua felt dizzy. After this, she didn’t know if she could get pregnant again.
As for s.h.i.+ Xuexin, she had long lost the Old Master’s and s.h.i.+ Qing’s hearts because of her relations.h.i.+p with Boss Xiang. She walked out in a daze, her heart filled with despair. What else could she do now?
When they reached home, s.h.i.+ Xuexin went forward to support her. “Mom, are you alright? Why is your face so pale?”
“Gone, your younger brother is gone.” Yu Xiuhua couldn’t help crying. “Without your younger brother, what else can we do?”
s.h.i.+ Xuexin was secretly delighted. Thankfully, the fetus was unstable to begin with. She had achieved her goal with just a little medicine.
She quickly consoled, “Mom, medical technology is so advanced, you still have a chance. Don’t worry.”
“I’m already at this age, how many chances do I have? What should I do now?”
“Mom, doesn’t s.h.i.+ Jin visit Grandfather from time to time? When that time comes, we’ll say that s.h.i.+ Jin was the one who caused the child in your stomach to disappear. Then, she’ll have nothing to do with the s.h.i.+ family anymore. Then, we’ll think of a way to chase Shen Xinghe out and you can have another child. The s.h.i.+ family will still be ours.”
Yu Xiuhua pulled herself together and perked up. “Alright, let’s do that.”
***
After s.h.i.+ Jin was done with an event, she went to the nursing home to visit Old Master s.h.i.+.
When she walked in, Old Master s.h.i.+’s face had a healthy red glow and he was practicing Tai Chi.
s.h.i.+ Jin stood at the side and watched as he finished. Then, she walked forward with a towel. “Grandpa.”
Old Master s.h.i.+ smiled and said, “Look at me, have I improved again?”
“Yes, you may be old, but you’re still vigorous.”
“Hahahaha.” Old Master s.h.i.+ laughed heartily.
s.h.i.+ Jin helped him sit down and handed him the teacup.
“Grandpa, why did you call me here today?” s.h.i.+ Jin asked after sitting for a while.
Old Master s.h.i.+ put down his teacup and said softly, “Although my health has improved a lot, I am old after all. The future of the s.h.i.+ family still depends on the young. I plan to split the family business.”
“Oh?”
“s.h.i.+ Jin, I’ve already thought about the company and the things at home. s.h.i.+ Qing gets thirty percent, you get fifty, Xuexin gets ten, and Shen Xinghe gets ten.”
“Grandpa, you know of Shen Xinghe?” s.h.i.+ Jin asked in surprise.
“I knew it long ago. What happened back then could not be hidden from my eyes. After all, he is s.h.i.+ Qing’s bloodline and my grandson. No matter what, I have to take care of him. It’s only right that he gets a share. All these years, both mother and son have suffered. As for s.h.i.+ Qing, he still has to take charge of the s.h.i.+ family and the family business. He should have more.”
s.h.i.+ Jin shook her head. “I have no objections. Grandpa, I’m not a member of the s.h.i.+ family. You shouldn’t have given me these, much less so much. I don’t need them.”
Old Master s.h.i.+ said earnestly, “I was blind in the past, but my heart wasn’t. The reason why the s.h.i.+ family was able to squeeze into the list of wealthy families was because the Li family knew that you were still with the s.h.i.+ family and gave us many benefits. That was why the s.h.i.+ family had such an opportunity.”
He took a sip of tea and continued, “After that, the Li family took away those things, and the s.h.i.+ family collapsed. It was you who helped them and kept the s.h.i.+ family from going bankrupt. I know that you only showed mercy to the s.h.i.+ family because of the relations.h.i.+p I had with you. Tell me, if it weren’t for the Li family and you, how could the s.h.i.+ family be where they are today? Without you, I would have been blind for a few years, and this family would have been destroyed long ago.”
s.h.i.+ Jin remained silent.
What Old Master s.h.i.+ said was the truth.
She didn’t have much feeling for the s.h.i.+ family and was willing to help because she couldn’t forget that they raised her. She didn’t want to see Old Master s.h.i.+ become old and helpless.
“s.h.i.+ Jin, I gave you half the shares out of selfishness. Because I know that as long as you still have the shares of the s.h.i.+ family, the s.h.i.+ family will never fall and will never disperse. However, if you were to give everything to someone else, in less than three years, the family will be completely wiped out. I gave you these shares because I want to put down this old face of mine. I hope that the s.h.i.+ family will still have some protection in this lifetime and not fall into poverty.
“I’m sorry, s.h.i.+ Jin. I know this is a difficult problem, but I need to use your name to protect the s.h.i.+ family. I know that the mother and daughter pair have nothing worthy for you to take care of, but s.h.i.+ Qing didn’t do anything wrong, and Shen Xinghe also didn’t do anything wrong… I can’t bear to see this family fall, they have nothing left.”
His voice was pleading, begging s.h.i.+ Jin to give him another chance.
If he was giving the shares, s.h.i.+ Jin really couldn’t accept it. However, he was begging her, and s.h.i.+ Jin could not reject his request.
Old Master s.h.i.+ looked at her, his aged eyes filled with antic.i.p.ation. “s.h.i.+ Jin, please.”
***
When Yu Xiuhua and s.h.i.+ Xuexin came over, they had pretty much heard the second half of the conversation.
“Is the Old Master crazy? He actually gave half of the family business to s.h.i.+ Jin?” When Yu Xiuhua and s.h.i.+ Xuexin walked to the side, both of them were furious.
They did not think about what Old Master s.h.i.+ had said. They did not think about why the s.h.i.+ family had what they had right now. They also did not think that without s.h.i.+ Jin, the s.h.i.+ family would have nothing left. Their attention was only on one thing. What right did s.h.i.+ Jin have?
She did not have any bloodline of the s.h.i.+ family, so why did she get all of these?
s.h.i.+ Xuexin did not expect that Old Master s.h.i.+ would be so biased. He had given her ten percent, but he had given s.h.i.+ Jin fifty. It was a full half!
Who was the biological child?