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Chapter 951: 231: A heartless and ungrateful wretch!_4
"Bay Island is an island where it’s spring all year round, and the scenery is picturesque. There are many fruits and seafood here that you can’t find in Beijing; I think you’d definitely fall in love with the place."
Liu Qinian had figured it out.
This Ni Yang might have known about the village with the treasure map all along, which is why she deliberately got close to Zhao Shuyue, to win Zhao Shuyue’s favor.
What’s most important now is to get Zhao Shuyue out of here as soon as possible, to leave Ni Yang, this person with ulterior motives, empty-handed!
Zhao Shuyue didn’t pick up on the hidden meaning in the father and daughter’s words and said with a smile, "Although I’m getting on in years, I’m not blind. Embroidering a little flower is no big deal! No golden sand or silver nest compares to my own dog kennel. I’m not going anywhere; I’m staying in Jinghua Village!"
No matter how good Bay Island may be, it’s not the place that gave birth to her or raised her. She feels no attachment to that place, and has no desire to pine for it.
When you get old, you just want to settle down to your roots, not to wander back and forth, drifting everywhere.
"Won’t you be without anyone to take care of you if you stay here?" Liu Qinian asked earnestly. "Bay Island is really very nice, Shuyue. I couldn’t follow you around when we were young, but I truly hope you’ll give me a chance to make it up to you. Besides, we’re husband and wife who have taken our wedding vows; husband and wife are one body, what’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is mine..."
"What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is yours," he said it with such artfulness.
"I don’t need anyone to take care of me," Zhao Shuyue continued. "Besides, I’ve gotten by just fine without you for sixty years."
"But what if you meet with some accident while you’re alone? What then?" Liu Qinian countered.
Zhao Shuyue said with a smile, "If something happens, there’s still Yangyang. Don’t look down on Yangyang for being young; her medical skills are very good."
How is it Ni Yang again!
Liu Qinian was infuriated but couldn’t show it, "How can we always trouble Comrade Ni Yang? After all, we are the real family."
Family?
Liu Qinian had abandoned Zhao Shuyue for sixty years, and now he had the nerve to say such a thing!
Does he still want to have his cake and eat it too?
Ni Yang responded indifferently, "Uncle, rest assured, since I call Grandma Zhao ’Grandma,’ I don’t consider her an outsider. As long as she is willing, I will take care of her until the end of her days!"
Ni Yang’s words were meant to show Liu Qinian that Zhao Shuyue was not a poor, lonely old lady without anyone to rely on!
If Zhao Shuyue really went with Liu Qinian, given the characters of Jiu Wentang and Liu Ru, would she have good days ahead?
Not a chance!
Hearing this, Zhao Shuyue looked at Ni Yang, her eyes slightly moist.
The feeling of having younger generations to rely on was really wonderful!
If it weren’t for Ni Yang, she wouldn’t have had such strong confidence to face Liu Qinian.
At least, she wasn’t alone now.
Liu Qinian was choked up again.
Take care of her until the end of her days?
Why should Ni Yang take care of Zhao Shuyue until the end of her days?
Does she have even a cent of relationship with Zhao Shuyue?
She’s clearly eyeing Zhao Shuyue’s gold mine!
Liu Qinian had lived a good half of his life but had never seen anyone as shameless as Ni Yang, managing to make greedy avarice sound so refined and noble!
Zhao Shuyue is a fool to have been deceived by such a young girl!
Such are her ways, yet she claims to be from a rich family!
Truly, she’s tarnished the Liu family’s reputation completely!
Noticing the uneasy atmosphere, Jiu Wentang smoothed things over with a smile, "Big Sister has lived here for so many years; it’s normal for her to not want to leave for the time being. Don’t worry, if you don’t wish to return, we won’t force you. Our family’s door is always open to you, and you’re welcome to return whenever you want."
Jiu Wentang was a smart person; she knew not to push too hard at this moment. She was making a strategic retreat.
After all, Zhao Shuyue, that old hag, had in her hands a treasure map worth a fortune. She needed to coax Zhao Shuyue for now.
Once she got that treasure map, she would make Zhao Shuyue regret her actions today!
Zhao Shuyue nodded in agreement.
The three members of the Liu family stayed with Zhao Shuyue for a long time, and when they left in the evening, they insisted on leaving Liu Ru to take care of Zhao Shuyue.
But she refused them.
In the car, Jiu Wentang expressed her worries, "Haoshan, Big Sister seems to be rather guarded against us now."
Liu Qinian sighed. "We’ll take it slow."
Jiu Wentang was anxious. How could he not be?
But what could be done in haste?
With that, Liu Qinian added, "In the future, let’s come here every day. I refuse to believe Zhao Shuyue’s heart is made of stone! It will warm up eventually!"
