Grandma didn't have time to pay attention to him, assuming that Jiang Xuxu and Gu Jingshen had entered the door one after the other.

"Didn't Grandma tell you that it's enough that you came to see this old woman? Don't buy these things."

Jiang Xuxu was equally shocked.

The old lady from the next village whom she used to take care of often turned out to be Gu Jingshen's maternal grandmother!

Jiang Xuxu pointed to Gu Jingshen, who was standing at the door in a daze, and said, "Grandma, he bought it."

"Ah?" The old lady turned around and saw her grandson, smiling broadly. "Jing Shen, you're back too?"

But she quickly came to her senses and glanced back and forth between the two awkward people.

"The two of you?"

Gu Jingshen quickly pulled Jiang Xuxu over and introduced her: "Grandma, this is the granddaughter-in-law I told you about on the phone, Jiang Xuxu."

Grandma was taken aback at first, then beamed with joy and laughed heartily, "Good, good, good! The Jiang family girl is my granddaughter-in-law, very good!"

She secretly gave Gu Jingshen a thumbs up, then pulled Jiang Xuxu inside to talk.

Gu Jingshen then realized that the little girl who had been taking care of his grandmother for the past few years was actually Jiang Xuxu.

Having lost his mother at a young age, Gu Jingshen grew up relying on his maternal grandmother.

He was taken away by his father shortly after the incident in the pavilion when he was twelve years old.

For six years during junior and senior high school, he was strictly controlled by his father and rarely had the opportunity to come back to see his grandmother.

Every time I come back, my grandmother talks about how a little girl from the next village often comes to visit her.

Every time he came over, he would help her fetch water and chop firewood, and gradually he also planted many chrysanthemums and lilies in the yard.

As Gu Jingshen grew up, he gradually gained more influence and sufficient funds, and he immediately improved his grandmother's living conditions.

The originally dilapidated courtyard has been renovated, and the flowers that Jiang Xuxu planted for her have been preserved.

At first glance, the style of this small courtyard is very similar to the villa that Jiang Xuxu designed for her parents.

After starting university, Jiang Xuxu rarely came back because of part-time work, but she would still ask her younger brother to visit her grandmother.

Every time she saw the old lady's healthy body in the photos, she felt relieved.

"grandmother……"

"Hey, now you should call her Grandma."

Grandma smiled and slipped the jade bracelet she had worn for decades onto her wrist. "That's wonderful! From now on, we're family."

When Jiang Xuxu was little, her grandmother was also very kind to her.

Later, my grandmother passed away.

She was a day student in junior high school, and every weekend she had to walk two hours along mountain paths to go to school and back.

Once, she returned late from cleaning and was walking alone at night.

Suffering from paranoia, she always felt that someone was following her, and no matter how fast she ran, she couldn't shake them off.

Fortunately, we met an old lady who had sprained her ankle on the way.

In the depths of her soul, she felt that her grandmother was watching over her from heaven.

The two kept each other company, and Jiang Xuxu escorted her back. They didn't cross the mountain pass to return home until the next day.

Upon learning that the old lady lived alone and had sprained her ankle, Jiang Xuxu would cross the mountain pass to visit her whenever she had time.

After a while, the two became acquainted.

After lunch, Jiang Rusheng went to visit the old lady as usual, only to find Jiang Xuxu weeding in the yard.

He exclaimed in shock, "Sis, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Xuxu looked up and saw Jiang Rusheng standing at the door carrying a box of milk.

She didn't know how to explain this to her younger brother, so she just smiled and said, "I happened to have some time, so I came to take a look."

"Where's my brother-in-law?"

Jiang Rusheng looked around, clearly searching for Gu Jingshen.

"he……"

"Sis, you're not really going to divorce my brother-in-law, are you? I already told you it was a misunderstanding."

Jiang Xuxu didn't want her grandmother to know about those things, so she quickly pulled him out and explained, "We're fine, I'm here, you should go back now."

"Okay, it's good that you're alright. You two should take care."

Jiang Rusheng scratched the back of his head and drove away.

Showing off like that, driving a Mercedes through the mountains!

Jiang Xuxu shook her head as she looked at her good-for-nothing younger brother.

Although Jiang Rusheng was a bit of a jerk when it came to relationships, he still listened to Jiang Xuxu.

Aside from the three years of renovation, I would visit the old lady whenever I had free time.

At this moment, Gu Jingshen came out, tilting his head to examine the scene: "I think I just heard Rusheng's voice?"

No, you misheard.

Jiang Xuxu smiled awkwardly and quickly pushed him into the house.

But she didn't know that Gu Jingshen and her grandmother had seen everything that had just happened.

Grandma said, "The Jiang family's girl and boy are both good children. Xuxu didn't have time to come over for a few years, but that rascal was quite diligent."

Gu Jingshen squeezed Jiang Xuxu's hand and said, "It's still early, why don't we go to your place for a while?"

Jiang Xuxu shook her head violently: "Forget it! My little wooden house is already a dangerous building."

She had wanted to renovate it before, but her parents said they would go to the city to help take care of her younger brother's children and wouldn't allow it.

Just then, the bell rang.

Jiang Xuxu took her phone, turned around, and went outside to answer the call. "Dad?"

In the past, my mother would call me whenever something happened; my father rarely called her first.

Jiang Xuxu felt somewhat uneasy.

There was no response for a long time on the other end of the phone, so Jiang Xuxu asked again, "Dad, what's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Jiang Huai then spoke: "Xuxu, it's like this..."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xuxu looked at Gu Jingshen with a troubled expression, "Um..."

"Let's go, I'll go back with you."

He seemed to have known all along.

It's just a mountain away from here to Jiang Xuxu's house; you can get there by crossing the mountain pass.

Five minutes later, the Tesla stopped in front of Jiang Xuxu's old house.

Pushing open the car door, Jiang Xuxu thought she had gone to the wrong place.

The original old wooden house is nowhere to be found; what comes into view is a conventional self-built house.

One floor and one ground floor.

It looks like it was recently renovated.

Hearing the engine, Jiang's parents rushed out to greet them. "Jingshen, Xuxu, you're back! Come in and sit down."

The scene is the same, but the location has changed.

Jiang Xuxu's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Gu Jingshen, who also had an innocent look on his face.

Could it be him?

Liang Yuan was wearing a brand new outfit and looked radiant. She greeted the two of them politely as soon as she saw them.

The house was fully furnished, with everything one could need.

Jiang Xuxu couldn't help but ask, "Dad, Mom, when was this house renovated?"

The Jiang family members looked at each other in bewilderment. Liang Yuan, who was standing to the side, spoke up: "Sister, it was just two months ago."

Two months ago?!

Jiang Xuxu was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

Her parents hadn't even arranged her wedding yet, so where would they get the money to renovate the house?

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?"

Jiang Rusheng simply laid it all out on the table, "I told you not to hide this from my sister, but you wouldn't believe me."

It turns out that her parents had already arranged her marriage three months ago.

However, she was only notified in the last month.

The money for renovating the house came from the engagement money given by the Gu family, a full 20 yuan!

Half of it was used to renovate the old house, and the other half was squandered by Jiang Rusheng.

"Xuxu, don't blame your brother. Back then, Yuanyuan found out she was pregnant, and there were a lot of expenses..."

"So what? Why did you call me back now?" Jiang Xuxu smiled bitterly.

Just as Xu Jiahui was about to speak, Jiang Huai stopped her and stepped forward to bow to Gu Jingshen.

"I'm sorry, son-in-law, we've already returned double the money from the Gu family, but... but we broke off the engagement first. They want both of you to come in person to apologize before this matter is settled."

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