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Chapter 571: Driven Away by the Zhu Family

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: Driven Away by the Zhu Family

"Xiao Shao, go to work, I’ll stay with Uncle Dong for a while."

Bai Shao had only taken half a day off, whereas Zhu Qianying had a more flexible schedule. Therefore, after Bai Xiangdong had an initial check-up, Zhu Qianying urged Bai Shao to leave right away.

Bai Shao, indeed, couldn’t linger any longer. It was not a question of her being ungrateful, but given her father’s current condition, they would need a lot of money in the future. If she lost this job, it would be difficult to find another one with such a generous salary.

Therefore, now she cherished this lucrative job more than ever.

"Xiao Shao, go on, don’t be late for work."

Bai Xiangdong also urged her to leave promptly. Bai Shao hugged Bai Xiangdong lightly, then turned to Zhu Qianying and said, "Ying Zi, please take care of my father."

Zhu Qianying glared at her, "Just go now, if you keep being polite with me, I swear I’ll beat you!"

After much difficulty in waiting for Bai Shao to leave, Zhu Qianying expected to escort Bai Xiangdong back to his hospital room, but he pointed towards a nearby lawn.

"Ying Zi, push me over there."

Bai Xiangdong was not physically impaired, but due to frequent dizziness from last night till now, the doctor had ordered him to use a wheelchair, no matter where he went.

Zhu Qianying carefully pushed Bai Xiangdong to the lawn. She thought that Bai Xiangdong wanted her to persuade Bai Shao not to seek treatment for him anymore.

Bai Xiangdong was a gruff man. When Bai Shao was just a few years old, he picked her up and raised her. It must have been difficult for him.

Therefore, now that he was ill, it was understandable that Bai Shao was desperately seeking treatment for him.

Unexpectedly, Bai Xiangdong gazed into the distance of the lawn silently for a while before finally speaking to Zhu Qianying.

"Ying Zi, your mom asked me to find her parents and older brother a while ago, did she tell you about this?"

Zhu Qianying paused in surprise, "No, didn’t she say since her parents don’t want her, she won’t go looking for them?"

Zhu Qianying remembered that when she married Yan Shao, she had already asked her mother to reconcile with her family. But in the end, her mother’s response was ’let it go, they don’t want me anyway.’

"Of course not. She had tried to find them, but they had moved. The village was demolished at that time, the villagers received compensation and relocated elsewhere."

Zhu Qianying’s expression gradually became serious, because not wanting to search and not being able to find were two different concepts.

"And what happened later? Did you help her find any leads?"

Bai Xiangdong gave her an ambiguous answer, "You could say yes or no."

Zhu Qianying was utterly confused, "Uncle Dong, what do you mean?"

"At first, I couldn’t find any clues either. But awhile back, I ran into an old neighbor at the antique market and asked him to help ask around about people who were close to your Grandpa and Uncle. Later, the old neighbor looked around and got a tip even though it wasn’t really a lead."

Seeing Bai Xiangdong’s look becoming increasingly serious, Zhu Qianying felt a sense of unease, "Didn’t something awful happen?"

Bai Xiangdong shook his head, "I don’t know. The information I got says that after the demolition, your grandparents actually bought an apartment near the village. But not long after they moved in, they disappeared without a trace! Where they went after that, nobody knows!"

Zhu Qianying’s heart thumped, "They moved away just shortly after settling down? Why?"

"I heard they were driven out by the Zhu family. But I don’t know much about it, I couldn’t investigate everything."

Zhu Qianying cursed silently under her breath as she clenched her fists.

"Uncle Dong, you haven’t told my mom about all this, have you?"

Obviously, he had brought her out here because he was worried that her mom would overhear them.

"Hmm...what use would telling her have? If I told her, she would just blame herself even more..."

Bai Xiangdong knew Chen Jing quite well.

When Zhu Qianying heard what Bai Xiangdong had said, she roughly understood that if he wasn’t ill, he probably wouldn’t have told her either.

"Uncle Dong, could you contact that old neighbor for me? Let’s have Yan Shao handle this."

In the past, Zhu Qianying never brought up this topic or tried to resolve it because she assumed there was an insurmountable grudge between her mom and her grandparents.

Since her mother didn’t want to look for them, she respected her mother’s wishes.

Causing her mother to grieve over relatives she had never met wasn’t worth it.

But now, knowing her mother’s true intentions, and that this situation was somehow connected to the Zhu family, she could no longer remain indifferent as before.

"Mm, I was thinking the same. After all, Yan Shao knows more people, so it would be more convenient for him to investigate."

As for what Bai Xiangdong meant by ’knowing more people,’ Zhu Qianying naturally understood.

The two of them chatted on the lawn for a while before a male nurse came to fetch them, saying the doctor had ordered not to stay in the sun for too long.

The caregiver pushed Bai Xiangdong, with Zhu Qianying following, back to the hospital room, where they found Chen Jing by the bed, taking things out of a bag.

"Mom, when did you get here?"

"Just now!" By the time Chen Jing had finished taking things out, the caregiver had already helped Bai Xiangdong onto the bed.

"Brother Dong, how are you feeling now?"

Bai Xiangdong smiled, "I’m actually fine. You all are just making a fuss."

Before Chen Jing could say anything, he continued, "Why are you here? Don’t you need to manage the shop?"

Chen Jing fell silent for a moment, "There are staff looking after the shop, besides, I just came to see you, it won’t take up much time."

Bai Xiangdong waved his hand, "Then go ahead, don’t neglect your work."

Chen Jing was not willing to leave just yet, "You need to drink the soup and eat your food first. I’ll leave afterwards."

Bai Xiangdong looked at Zhu Qianying and then at Chen Jing before saying seriously.

"Let me make one thing clear, I agreed to be hospitalized so as not to worry anyone. There are people to take care of me in the hospital. Everyone carry on with your lives and just come to visit me occasionally. If it’s going to be like this, with everyone coming over every day treating it like a task, then I will discharge myself and rest at home."

Bai Xiangdong’s words sounded harsh, but he truly didn’t want to inconvenience everyone.

"Brother Dong, I didn’t plan to stay and take care of you. I just brought you some food and soup. Once you finish eating, I’ll leave. Truly, I’m not lying."

With this, she went to fetch a bowl of soup.

Zhu Qianying also helped to persuade him, "Uncle Dong, think about it in reverse. If it was my mother who got admitted here, would you not visit her for a month? She can’t be at peace unless she comes to see you."

Zhu Qianying once found it puzzling why her mother never mentioned the close relationship she had with Uncle Dong before.

Now she realized, her mother probably cherished this old neighbor because she had been unable to find her family.