My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 332: No Need for Their Final Rites

Chapter 332: Chapter 332: No Need for Their Final Rites

"You all didn’t even care where I lived, did you? After the demolition, you took the compensation and left, not caring whether I had a place to stay or not," Grandma Xu said coldly. "Why should I care now where you all live?"

"Let’s eat first," Xu Jingmin said. "After dinner, we can go back to town and find a hotel to stay in."

Xu Jingmin didn’t want to put Grandma Xu in a difficult position, worried that although she was urging her children to leave now, she might soften later.

Grandma Xu sighed and said, "I know what you mean, you’re worried that I’ll feel bad after driving them away."

"To be honest, it does feel bad, but it’s a conflicting kind of bad. I’m upset about how my children could kick me out of the house for money. I’m upset that I’m not the type of harsh mother, I gave everything I could, yet they don’t appreciate all I’ve done for them. It hurts that they wouldn’t come back if it weren’t for the money. It pains me that I can no longer enjoy the happiness of family togetherness."

"Actually, it was always like this, I just comforted myself thinking that at least they came back every year to celebrate the New Year with me. I comforted myself thinking they had it tough in the city, and I stayed here so they would always have a home."

"But today, I finally couldn’t lie to myself anymore," Grandma Xu said with a resigned smile. "That’s it then, the only thing I can do for them now, I guess, is to not hold them back—to not need their care. When I’m sick or immobile, they won’t need to take care of or visit me. When I die, they won’t need to be there to send me off."

"Mom, what are you saying?" Zhang Jiayu said displeased.

"It’s the New Year; let’s not talk about such unlucky things," Zhang Jialiang argued. "Besides, we just wanted the demolition compensation, we didn’t mean to stop supporting you."

"Alright, I understand your intentions," Grandma Xu waved her hand. "It’s getting late, you all better head back to town. There are still restaurants open in town, this place isn’t exactly a tourist spot, and the hotels aren’t expensive. It’s just tens of yuan a day, so you can either stay at the hotel or go back and come again after the festival; it’s up to you to decide."

Grandma Xu glanced at the clock on the wall again. "In twenty minutes, there will be the last bus to town, you better hurry to the village entrance to catch it. Otherwise, there really won’t be any buses left."

"Mom, you... you’re not even letting us eat?" Zhang Jiayu looked at Grandma Xu in disbelief.

Was this still the mother who had always loved them dearly?

"This meal, it would be hypocritical of you to eat," Grandma Xu said. "Originally, on New Year’s Eve, I prepared a table full of dishes, but you didn’t come to eat. A whole table of good food, all wasted."

She was old and there were many things she couldn’t eat.

Though much of the food was untouched, by the next day it was still leftovers and there was no reason to give leftovers to others.

What she could eat, Grandma Xu ate meal after meal.

What she couldn’t eat, she had to throw away.

It was the New Year, even beggars weren’t around.

She couldn’t even take it to town for the beggars to eat.

Grandma Xu, usually so frugal, felt a suffocating pain in her heart when she threw the food away, crying as she did so.

In truth, Grandma Xu couldn’t clearly say how many of those tears were for the wasted food and how many were because her children had not come back, using the wasted food as an excuse to cry.

"But the food on the table today wasn’t made by me. It was made by Aunt Liu and Aunt Chen," Grandma Xu said. "You better not shamelessly eat it. If I cooked it, you’d eat it without guilt, but since it’s someone else’s, better forget it."

Li Yuqin abruptly stood up, speaking to Zhang Jialiang, "Jialiang, let’s go! Since they’re not keeping us, let’s not humiliate ourselves by staying."

Anyway, the purpose of this visit had been accomplished, and Li Yuqin didn’t want to interact more with her mother-in-law anyway.

She looked down on Hexing Village and equally looked down on Grandma Xu.

Zhang Jialiang glanced at Li Yuqin, hesitant at first, but ultimately stood up.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiayu had no choice but to pull her husband up, and the four who had arrived just over half an hour ago then took their leave.

After the four left, Liu Yushu sighed and said, "Aunt Xu, actually since you’re moving to the Imperial Capital, since they have come back, taking this opportunity to spend a little more time with them wouldn’t hurt."

Though the children were unfilial, Grandma Xu’s love for her children never changed.

"Forget it," Grandma Xu sighed. "It’s the New Year, I don’t want them to spoil your mood."

"You came all the way here to celebrate New Year with me, how can I let them make it unpleasant." Grandma Xu took a deep breath, lifting her glass, "Come, let’s have a drink and not think about those unhappy things."

Though everyone knew Grandma Xu hadn’t really adjusted her mood, no one had the heart to point it out.

Even if it was pretense, they needed to pretend to be happy.

After putting down her glass, Grandma Xu said, "However, because of this, I might not be able to go to the Imperial Capital with you immediately. I need to wait until the holidays are over to complete the property transfer procedures."

"I’ll stay here until it’s done, then I’ll go back with you to the Imperial Capital," Lu Youxi said with a smile. "It’ll be right in time for the property transfer paperwork needing some legwork, and I can do that for you while you just sit back and relax."

Grandma Xu quickly shook her head, "Going to the Imperial Capital is already taking advantage of you, how can I delay you?"

"No delay at all, I’m on winter holiday so it doesn’t affect my classes," Lu Youxi explained. "There’s nothing urgent at the company either, and there’s nothing much I can help with regarding tech stuff."

After much persuasion, Grandma Xu finally agreed to let Lu Youxi stay.

"I’ll stay as well," Xu Jingmin said with a smile. "I’m jobless, just an idle person, so it doesn’t matter where I am. It’s also a great chance to have more long talks with Aunt Xu. Just coming here for a little while isn’t enough."

Xu Jingmin also gave a reason that Grandma Xu couldn’t refuse, "Moreover, I want to see the place where Shuyan lived for nearly two months. To better understand the place where he lived when he was injured and in danger, when I wasn’t by his side."

Moved by her motherly love, Grandma Xu felt a twinge in her heart and didn’t refuse anymore.

Liu Yushu was planning to stay as well, but she had to take care of internet cafe customers’ food orders back in the Imperial Capital.

So she stayed until the holiday was over, then she went back to the Imperial Capital with Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Shuyan.

Zhou Shuyan originally wanted to stay, but Xu Jingmin reminded Zhou Shuyan that there would be many other opportunities for him to spend time with Lu Youxi in the future.

As for Zhou Xueyi who had been completely ousted from the company, if Zhou Shuyan wasn’t in the Imperial Capital, it was hard to ensure Zhou Xueyi wouldn’t try to cause more trouble.

Zhou Shuyan also didn’t want Xu Jingmin to feel like he was neglecting his work because of Lu Youxi, causing Xu Jingmin to have some complaints about Lu Youxi.

So he had to head back to the Imperial Capital first.

Fortunately, the property transfer was completed very quickly.

It was all done in one day.

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