"Yingying..." Lu Yuer’s hand trembled as she touched her granddaughter’s shiny black hair. The smooth feeling made her grateful once again for her decision back then. If this child had stayed with the Lu family, she would have been ruined. But now? She’s been raised so fair and tender, not a trace of what she used to look like.

The little girl looked at Lu Yuer with joy: "Grandma, I got fourth place in the city for the mental math competition. Seventh Uncle and Little Aunt came with me to see you."

Lu Yuer quickly lifted her head and looked around.

The little girl hurriedly said: "Seventh Uncle and Little Aunt are in the car. They said I haven’t seen Grandma in a long time, and let me talk to Grandma alone..." As she spoke, she took a small box from her pocket and presented it like a treasure to Lu Yuer, "Grandma, this is for you."

"What is it?" Lu Yuer took it and opened it, tears began to uncontrollably roll down her face. Her little granddaughter was so thoughtful and caring towards her...

"Grandma, don’t cry..." The little girl wiped the tears off Lu Yuer’s face, "Little Aunt said, crying is not good for the eyes. Grandma, your eyes aren’t good, you shouldn’t cry."

"Okay, Grandma won’t cry..." Lu Yuer hurriedly wiped away her tears, forcing a smile, "Grandma is just happy that Yingying, at such a young age, knows how to care for Grandma. But Yingying, who gave you the money to buy the glasses?"

"It was from Little Aunt, but buying the glasses was agreed upon by the whole family, and also this..." The little girl took a small bag from her backpack, "This is to be wrapped around the knees, not needed now, but in winter, Grandma can put it on, and the legs won’t hurt. These gloves..." She then took out a pair of rubber gloves, "can be worn when washing clothes, so Grandma’s hands won’t crack and bleed so much..."

No longer able to control herself, Lu Yuer hugged the little girl and cried loudly. When she first had this little granddaughter, she wasn’t happy at all. A grandson represents the continuation of the family line, a deeply embedded belief for her generation.

At that time, she dreamt of her son giving her a little grandson, but Zhou Aiping hadn’t shown any sign of pregnancy, so she became more and more irritable, and her patience for the little granddaughter grew thinner. Getting scolded and beaten was a common affair, but now...

"Grandma, don’t cry. When Yingying grows up and can earn money, I’ll take Grandma to live well..." The little girl patted Lu Yuer’s back as an adult would, softly coaxing her.

"What are you wailing about?" Lu Yuer’s crying finally brought Old Madam Xiao out, and at the first sight of Yingying, she didn’t recognize her, frowning as she prodded Lu Yuer with her cane, "Not working properly, what are you crying about holding a child?"

Yingying had no good impression of this old lady, so her little face turned stern, staring straight at Old Madam Xiao: "Why are you hitting my Grandma?"

At this point, Old Madam Xiao recognized who this well-dressed little girl was and instantly let out a cold snort: "I’m your Great-grandmother, you little bastard, don’t you have any manners?"

"You’re not fit to be my Great-grandmother..." The little girl stubbornly stared at her, "You forced me to do a lot of work, hit me, and didn’t give me good food. I don’t want a Great-grandmother like you."

"Oh, climbing up Gao Zhi, aren’t you acting differently now..." Old Madam Xiao snorted, turning to leave, "Lu Yuer, Xiao Bing and Xiaoqian are almost out of school, you just keep dawdling around."

A trace of panic flashed in Lu Yuer’s eyes. She then got up, taking Yingying’s little hand to walk outside: "Yingying, Grandma will go with you to thank your Seventh Uncle and Little Aunt, and then you should hurry home. No need to worry about Grandma in the future; Grandma will be fine. You just need to study hard and have a promising future, and Grandma will be the happiest."

... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

On the way back, Yingying kept her lips pursed, remaining silent. Chuxia could naturally guess the reason, but she could not say anything. No matter how kindhearted she was, she couldn’t take on every problem she saw.

After all, Lu Yuer had never treated the Zhou family kindly either. Now, that the Zhou family agreed to fulfil Yingying’s wishes, allowing her and Zhou Huakang to accompany Yingying to see her, was already an act of great tolerance.

Yet, the Lu family people were indeed trash, and fortunately, Lu Yuer had sent Yingying back then. Otherwise, who knows what Yingying would have ended up like.

Chuxia couldn’t understand, both the second Xiao family child’s daughter and Yingying were girls, why was Yingying so displeasing in their eyes? If it was about preferring boys over girls, Xiao Xiaoqian was also a girl.

Just earlier, when they were leaving, that girl happened to return home. Seeing Lu Yuer standing outside talking to them, she rudely questioned if Lu Yuer had made lunch yet.