Ah A stood behind Sui Yi, observing Sui Yi’s furrowed brows while slightly clenching his fists.
Her troubles never ended. Although she seed more than capable, she must get tired, right?
He... was far less capable than Jiang Yunxiu when it ca to helping her.
"Sorry, I wasn’t able to help you much," he said.
"Hmm?" Sui Yi turned her head to glance at him and shook her head, "You did help... Your cooking... is pretty good."
"...."
Sui Yi didn’t know how Monkey and his group were dealing with the matter. She had been busy all the ti.
As Ah A watched Sui Yi brew so dicine while sorting clothes, he was puzzled, "You are..."
"Taking grandma back to Nanxun. At least now, I don’t feel safe leaving her alone in the village," she answered.
Not to ntion her illness alone, that gravesite also gave a sinister sense of foreboding. Keeping the elderly lady here was certainly not a good idea.
"Then I’ll call soone to pick us up," he suggested.
With so much stuff and an elderly lady, they would need a car for the trip.
"No need, I have already contacted soone," she replied.
"And the house..."
"Elder Tang has been asked to keep an eye on it. I’ve already arranged a temporary place for us to stay..."
Ah A put down the phone, sighing inwardly. How independent and decisive was this person?
She had settled everything quietly and efficiently.
"Sui Yi, how old are you this year? Seventeen?" he asked.
"Hmm?... Almost eighteen," she replied.
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By noon, the grandmother woke up. Ah A wasn’t sure what Sui Yi had discussed with the old lady, but she went from being extrely reluctant to eventually agreeing.
The old lady kept holding onto Sui Yi’s hand, insisting, "You can’t drop out; you must study well. Grandma will go with you so you don’t have to commute, and you won’t have to drop out."
The person Elder Tang sent arrived soon; a spacious vehicle boldly parked at the entrance to the village. So villagers already knew about Sui Yi’s departure and ca to say goodbye. They did not persuade them to stay because everyone could empathize with Sui Yi’s family situation, though it still brought so sighs of regret.
"Look at that car..."
"I’ve seen it in town before... Heard this kind of car costs over a million... what’s it called again? Oh, Humr!"
"That’s an expensive horse! Made of gold, huh?"
"Hah, Grandpa, these days, if it were indeed a fierce horse, even being made of gold wouldn’t be impressive enough!"
The villagers had been frightened by a previous eerie incident at the grave site and were uneasy, but during Sui Yi’s farewell, they felt sowhat relieved because Sui Yi said, "There has been no issue before, and there shouldn’t be any interference in the future, especially since none of us have ever ventured in. If there were to be any retaliation, it wouldn’t affect our villagers..."
After a pause, she added, "It’s just others who might be unlucky."
These words were overheard by the embarrassed Monkey and others, their expressions as mournful as could be. Ye Zhang, feeling uneasy, wanted to leave but then saw Sui Yi helping the old lady into the car.
He was taken aback and then thought to himself, looking at the car, Sui Yi had managed to connect with such people, so in that case...
Ye Zhang, who usually wouldn’t mind getting rid of the old lady, suddenly approached warmly, grabbed the old lady’s hand, and while addressing Sui Yi accused, "Sui Yi, what are you going to do with my mother?! Where are you taking her!"
Sui Yi turned to look at him, her eyes narrowing slightly, coldly. Ye Zhang’s heart skipped, and he loosened his grip slightly, his neck stiffening as he declared, "She is my mother. If you are taking her away, I don’t agree, unless..."
This ’unless’ left behind...
All those present could sense his audacity.
My God!
This jerk must have been a greedy ghost in his past life!
So damn irritating!
Another man, making a phone call on the side, furrowed his brows at this disturbance, thinking, what on earth is Ye Zhang? If it weren’t for a necessary collaboration, he wouldn’t bother with such scum.
At this mont, Sui Yi had already gotten the grandmother into the vehicle. She turned to Ye Zhang and asked, "Do you want money?"
"Heh, she’s also my mother. You can’t just take her away so easily... not proper, is it?" Ye Zhang spat, his face full of malevolence.
The logic bemused anyone listening.
"Besides, haven’t you managed to hook up with so rich man already... still short of money? Look at this car... you should at least give a couple of million, right? And return to the treasures those old won have stashed away; those are mine!" Ye Zhang demanded a huge amount unconcerned whether Sui Yi would agree, since the old lady surely valued the younger woman.
"A sin!"
"A beast!"
Auntie Wang and others, furious, ca over to hit Ye Zhang, but Ah A had already thrown a punch!
Thump!
Ye Zhang hit the ground with a punch, cried out in pain, and before he could get up, Ah A’s foot had already kicked him once, twice, three tis, each blow striking flesh, causing Ye Zhang imnse agony.
Sui Yi remained silent, only fiddling with her phone. After a while, she shut the car door so the old lady wouldn’t hear the outside commotion.
This action surprised the bystanders.
Then, they heard Sui Yi tell Monkey and others, "This man probably didn’t tell you, but about that forbidden area, everyone in our village knows it’s off-limits. Bad things happened before, so the villagers dare not cross that line... It’s unexpected you went there... You probably didn’t know. I suggest you be more careful in the future..."
Such a concerned reminder left Monkey and the others green-faced. Damn, was there really such a thing?
"Fuck! You bastard!"
"Bullshit, it was this guy who deliberately didn’t tell us!"
"He wants to harm us!"
"Whether it was intentional or not, anyway, it’s because of his concealnt that we ended up like this, Boss Feng..."
The young man had already hung up the phone and walked over, squatted in front of Ye Zhang, and his slender but powerful hand clutched Ye Zhang’s neck, his voice practically seeping through his teeth.
"I hate it most when people lie to ... Because of your concealnt, we suffered a heavy loss, and I failed my first mission... Miss is very disappointed in ~~"
The joints of his fingers bent, strength applied, Auntie Wang and others watched as this neatly dressed young man grimly turned Ye Zhang’s neck bruised and purple, eyes rolling back...
He looked like he was about to die!
This young man, at this mont, was too terrifying!
"I’ll give you one day, three million, not a penny less, and pay up. Plus, an additional five hundred thousand in compensation, or else, I will create a new grave for you right here."
The young man flung his hand, tossing Ye Zhang’s head onto the ground like trash, dusted off his hands, shedding the previously intense aura, and turned to Sui Yi with a faint voice, "Miss Sui Yi, I think, in dealing with this garbage, our positions can be aligned now, even if we can’t kill him, we could make his life worse than death."
He paused, then narrowed his eyes, "At least, he won’t bother you for a while."
Is this a change in friend and foe?
Positions aligned?
Is the other party conveying a friendly ssage?
Sui Yi, noncommittal, simply nodded, "Then I must trouble you all..."
"No worries,"
She got into the car and left, not giving a single glance to Ye Zhang collapsed on the ground, a pitiful sight as if struck by lightning.
Once the car had left, villagers began to sigh softly, "How many tis does this Ye Zhang need to be taught a lesson before he understands that he won’t be able to contend with Sui Yi?
"Bad people still have their tars, Sui Yi is here to set him straight..."
People in the village buzzed with discussion, while Monkey and others approached, chuckling, and started to inquire about the legends of that graveyard...
The young man squinted as he watched the car leave, and by chance, he saw another car driving towards it...
It was entering the village head.
Soone got out of the car.
The person got off the car, then paused, frowned, "Feng Sha, what are you doing here...?"
Feng Sha was also surprised, this person was that man’s subordinate, why suddenly co here...
The two n had a conversation for a while, then the man who got out picked up his phone.
"Teacher, sorry, I didn’t catch her... She’s already left~~"
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"Why are there still others driving into your village at this ti?" Ah A asked with a chuckle as he looked at another SUV that drove past.
Sui Yi didn’t pay attention to this, "I don’t know, let it be..."
At that mont, the old lady looked completely fatigued, seemingly having gotten used to her son’s previous acts, but after a long ti, she said, "Yi Yi, always letting you worry, all these troubles... you could actually..."
"Even the worst case scenario wouldn’t be worse than living alone in this world without any ties... Having ties, I think it’s very good,"
Sui Yi patted the old lady’s hand, smiling gently, her voice sowhat tender, "These years, I have been very happy and at ease,"
She has always been truthful and nobody can make her lie.
The old lady looked at Sui Yi, after a long pause, held her hand with pity...
Who said kin must be related by blood?
She and Sui Yi, perhaps had a connection from a past life, this life, eting on that deep, snowy night, from the first glance, she felt it was hard to part with.
Enough said...
Maybe she didn’t have much more to concern herself with, just to spend more ti with this young girl.
She, seemingly lonelier than herself...
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Ah A had been silent all along, but inadvertently, his gaze just slid over Sui Yi.
Being untethered, is that also a type of pain?
Having ties, is that also happiness?
Sui Yi, what kind of person are you?
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Once they returned to Nanxun, it was already late afternoon, early evening. Elder Tang personally ca to pick them up and was especially warm to the old lady, taking Sui Yi to a place.
This was the Bright Moon Community next to the town park, close to the Nanxun River, a very serene environnt with high-rise buildings on the left, and row villas on the right.
The place Elder Tang led Sui Yi to, was one of these row villas.
Sui Yi frowned, previously agreed although it was this community, wasn’t it supposed to be the apartnts in the buildings instead...
She pays daily rent~~(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welco to vote, recomnd, and support on Qidian (qidian). Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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