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Chapter 101 Su Xiaoyue's Grandfather

Su Xiaoyue looked at Jiang Yi and asked, "Honey, when are you free?"

Jiang Yi ignored her husband and thought for a moment before speaking.

"If I can still go to school normally, school starts on Saturday, so I'll only have time tomorrow and the day after."

Jiang Yi paused at this point.

"You can arrange the time; I'll listen to you and Miss Gu."

"What 'if'? Things will be handled quickly, so let's schedule it for tomorrow afternoon!"

Su Xiaoyue answered quickly.

Gu Qinghan nodded and quickly replied to the other end of the line.

After Su Xiaoyue finished speaking, she hung back on Jiang Yi and said:

"After we finish dealing with this, we can go to school normally again. I'm really looking forward to going to and from school with my husband!"

"The thought of us going to school together, riding bikes together, and eating together makes me so excited!"

"Honey, do you know? I've been looking forward to living with you for so long..."

"Let's take a walk together~"

"Let's run together~"

"Let's read together under the moonlight~"

"Kissing under the tree~"

……

Su Xiaoyue was still describing her imagined college life, but Jiang Yi had no interest in listening.

Because he had done all of these things.

However, it wasn't the girl in his arms, but that other girl.

Unfortunately, things have changed.

……

Su Xiaoyue continued talking, her face growing redder and redder, and then she couldn't help but lean closer to Jiang Yi's lips.

This time, Su Xiaoyue moved very slowly.

Jiang Yi could have easily avoided it, but he was somewhat numb at the moment, so he didn't move.

They passively endured all of this.

Just as those slightly pale pink lips were about to touch Jiang Yi.

The driver's voice came from the front seat.

It wasn't large, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet carriage.

It also caused Su Xiaoyue's emotions to instantly turn cold.

"Miss, it's the master on the phone."

The gentleman was naturally Su Xiaoyue's father.

Upon hearing that it was her father on the phone...

Su Xiaoyue, somewhat exasperated, gave Jiang Yi a hard kiss on the cheek.

They separated instantly, and then he shouted coldly as if in a fit of pique.

"I won't answer!"

The driver paused for a second, then cautiously added:

"Miss, the master said... it's urgent. It's about the old master."

Su Xiaoyue's fingers paused briefly on Jiang Yi's knee.

A hint of impatience flashed across her face, but she still said sullenly, "Answer it, put it on speakerphone."

The driver responded, pressed the answer button, and then pressed the speakerphone button.

A middle-aged man's voice came from the car stereo.

Hoarse, exhausted, with a weariness that seeps from the very bones, the kind that comes from not having slept well for many days.

"Yueyue."

There was a shout on the other end of the phone, followed by a pause, as if waiting for something, or perhaps preparing something.

"How are you?"

Su Xiaoyue did not answer.

She tilted her head and looked out the window.

"Yueyue?"

The person on the other end of the phone called out again, but the voice was softer.

"Mmm," Su Xiaoyue responded, her voice flat, almost devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

A very faint sigh, as if something was blocking it, came from the car stereo.

Then the voice spoke again, this time faster than before, as if in a hurry.

"Dad transferred 100 million to your card. Use it for now, and let Dad know if you need more."

One billion.

Jiang Yi's fingers tightened suddenly.

Three million already made him feel like the sky was falling, but Su Xiaoyue's father casually said "one hundred million," as if it were nothing more than a few hundred dollars for him.

He glanced at Su Xiaoyue's profile subconsciously, but she didn't react at all.

Even the flush on her face had faded somewhat, leaving her face cold.

"Yueyue, there's one more thing."

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, as if considering its words or giving the person on this end time to prepare.

"Your maternal grandfather found out. He scolded your mother and me all night long... He said his granddaughter had suffered so much injustice outside, and we, as her parents, were the last to know."

Su Xiaoyue's eyelashes trembled.

The movement was so subtle that Jiang Yi wouldn't have noticed it at all if he hadn't been watching her intently.

"Your grandfather said," the voice on the other end of the phone paused, "that you should go see him in the next few days. He... he misses you very much."

Su Xiaoyue finally spoke, her voice low but icy: "I understand. Is there anything else?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. "Yueyue—"

"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up now."

Without waiting for a response, she turned her head and said to the driver, "Hang up."

The driver glanced in the rearview mirror, saw Su Xiaoyue's expressionless face, and pressed the hang-up button.

The carriage fell silent again.

"Honey, my grandfather is a very good person."

A brief silence fell over the car.

Su Xiaoyue leaned on Jiang Yi's shoulder, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on the back of his hand, as if she was organizing her thoughts, or perhaps brewing some unspeakable words.

"My maternal grandfather,"

She finally spoke, and her voice was much better than when she was talking to her father earlier.

"He is really a very, very good person."

Jiang Yi turned his head and glanced at her.

Su Xiaoyue's gaze fell on the outside of the car window. The afternoon sun shone through the dark glass film, casting a soft, warm light on her face.

"He had a very hard life when he was young."

Su Xiaoyue continued speaking, very slowly, as if she were chewing on each word.

"He climbed up step by step from the very bottom. When my maternal grandmother was still alive, I heard her say that when my maternal grandfather was young, he spent nearly twenty years at the grassroots level, traveling to the poorest places in the country. He lived in a leaky house, ate moldy dry food, and didn't even have a decent cotton-padded coat in the winter."

Jiang Yi listened quietly.

He didn't interrupt or even move, simply keeping his shoulder at a comfortable angle so that Su Xiaoyue could lean on it.

"Later he arrived in the capital."

Su Xiaoyue's voice carried a hint of something indescribable.

"As my career progressed and I rose through the ranks, I became increasingly busy, to the point that I could only go home a few times a year."

"So my mother's generation wasn't actually close to my maternal grandfather. It wasn't that he didn't love them, it's that he simply didn't have time to love them. He loved the country so much that he only had a tiny bit left for his family."

"And then I came into being." Su Xiaoyue's voice suddenly became lighter, as if she had mentioned a turning point.

"My mom said that on the day I was born, my maternal grandfather was on a research trip out of town. After receiving the call, he took the train back overnight. There was no high-speed rail back then; a regular train would take more than ten hours."

Su Xiaoyue paused for a moment after saying this.

Jiang Yi felt the head resting on his shoulder become slightly heavier, as if it was recalling something too heavy.

"He is good to his other grandchildren, but you can clearly feel that there are boundaries to his kindness. But his kindness towards me is unreasonable, unprincipled, and almost indulgent."

Su Xiaoyue's lips finally curved into a smile; the curve was faint, but genuine.

"But," her voice trailed off, "as I grew up..."

"His position kept rising, and before I could see him once a month, but after that I had even less time to spend with him."

"He's so busy that even though I'm in Beijing, I only see him a few times a year. Sometimes when I miss him, I call him, but he doesn't answer. When I call back, he's still in a meeting."

Jiang Yi's fingers tightened slightly.

Jiang Yi didn't know what to say.

He couldn't connect with Su Xiaoyue at all; after all, he came from an ordinary family.

Moreover, they have a very happy family.

His parents were very busy, but they still gave him everything he needed.

Whether it's love or material things.

He could only gently pat Su Xiaoyue.

Su Xiaoyue just pursed her lips.

"Honey, do you know why I don't want to see him?"

"He doesn't have time?"

Jiang Yi asked.

Su Xiaoyue shook her head.