Chapter 150: Chapter 150

When I got home, I found Grandma Bai was there again, still with an overbearing attitude.

"Xiao Xue, you’re back! How did it go? Is everything resolved?" Wang Cuihua had clearly cried a lot, her eyes red and swollen. The rightful source is novel⁂fire.net

Bai Ruxue entered the house without seeing Dong Sihan, but she saw Grandma Bai sitting on the heated kang. Her mother, Wang Cuihua, was tearfully looking at her.

"It’s okay, everything’s resolved! Where’s Sihan?" she asked.

"Sihan... she’s..." Wang Cuihua stammered, unable to speak.

"What happened to her?" Bai Ruxue asked again.

"Xiao Xue! You say whose family isn’t having enough to eat, and you bring home a beggar. How is the family supposed to manage? Your father works hard to earn money! We can’t afford to keep that beggar! Grandma drove her away! She’s like a sticky plaster, can’t get rid of her—if it weren’t for me..." Before Wang Cuihua could speak, Grandma Bai rambled on.

"If it weren’t for you, what? What did you do to her?" Bai Ruxue glared at Grandma Bai. "Did you hit her?"

"Xiao Xue..." Wang Cuihua began, but after a warning glance from Grandma Bai, she still insisted on saying, "Your grandmother drove Sihan out with a stick!"

"What?" Bai Ruxue stared incredulously at Grandma Bai. "What right do you have to drive away the person I brought back?"

She questioned, not waiting for Grandma Bai to speak, then slammed the door and ran out.

But as she ran out of the house, about to leave the yard to search, the small figure appeared before her.

"Sihan, are you okay?" Bai Ruxue seeing Dong Sihan come out by herself.

She knew, this little girl surely couldn’t have gone far, because she had told her last night, if those people from the old house came, not to listen to anything they said.

"Sister, I’m okay, I just stayed outside waiting for you to come back..." Dong Sihan said with a crying tone.

No matter how strong, she’s still just a child.

"Come inside with me! It’s almost dinner time!" Bai Ruxue took Dong Sihan’s hand and walked towards the house.

Moments ago, her mother had said that Grandma Bai drove her out with a stick, and she didn’t want to leave her mother alone in the house with Grandma Bai.

"Sister, that... grandma is really scary." Dong Sihan said, holding Bai Ruxue’s hand.

"It’s okay, I’m here! Don’t be afraid!" Bai Ruxue comforted the little girl, then took her inside.

"Why did you bring her back again?" Grandma Bai was scolding Wang Cuihua, and seeing Bai Ruxue bring her back, she was furious again. Even though she was a bit afraid of this granddaughter, she couldn’t hold back from yelling.

"Grandma, you just need to worry about your own affairs; this is my house. Whoever I want to bring back is my business! Know your place! Be careful, I might spill the dirty deeds you’ve done out, and you’ll end up in jail!" Bai Ruxue said casually.

This statement startled Grandma Bai, but soon she regained her composure, comforting herself that no one but her knew about that incident—how could this damned girl possibly know?

So, she acted without restraint once more.

"You little brat, do you have any idea how hard your father works to earn money? And you still want to keep a beggar! If it weren’t for your third uncle telling me, I wouldn’t have known where my son was spending his money! Your father neglects his parents but supports a beggar! How is this acceptable?"

Grandma Bai spat as she spoke.

"First of all, stop calling her a beggar; she has a name, Dong Sihan. Secondly, what my dad does with his money is none of your business! We’ve fulfilled our filial duties! It’s your beloved youngest who squanders and loses the grain meant to support you two elders. Besides, it’s questionable if my dad is even your biological son! If you have the time to meddle, mind your own son more!"

Bai Ruxue’s barrage of words stunned Grandma Bai.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course, your father is my biological son!"

Bai Ruxue sneered, "Heh... can’t tell!"

"You malicious girl, you go talking nonsense all day, destroying the bond between me and my son, making your father disloyal and unfilial. Now even the support grain isn’t given! What’s your aim?" Grandma Bai was so angry she was led along by Bai Ruxue, and the topic shifted?

"What’s my aim? I want to find my father’s real parents and find my real grandma! What else could I want? Just to prevent my father from acknowledging thieves as parents!" Bai Ruxue’s cryptic gaze and words startled Wang Cuihua.

"You malicious girl, have you been possessed, talking nonsense, watch me deal with you!" Grandma Bai threatened as she tried to stand to hit Bai Ruxue, but Bai Ruxue’s next words froze her in place.

"Grandma, did you know that the son of my grandaunt’s family in Pingyang Town died?"

Grandma Bai stood there in a daze for a long time without reacting.

"Grandma? What’s wrong?" Bai Ruxue kindly shook Grandma Bai.

Wang Cuihua was frightened by her reaction, cautiously asking,

"Xiao Xue, did your grandaunt’s family really... did your uncle pass away? When did that happen?"

"Mom, yesterday I met Dad at the milk factory gate; he said he was heading to Grandaunt’s house and mentioned my cousin died!" Bai Ruxue enunciated clearly, speaking word by word to make sure Grandma heard.

"You said... you said Gangzi died?" Grandma Bai finally found her voice, shakily asking Bai Ruxue after a long while.

"Yes! That’s what I heard!" Bai Ruxue nodded affirmatively, watching Grandma Bai’s face turn pale instantly, knowing there had to be something wrong.

"But, death is death, anyway, we’re long disconnected from Grandaunt’s family, why should we care about their business." Bai Ruxue said with a sense of formality.

"What nonsense are you spouting? That was..." Grandma Bai almost said that was my real son, but swallowed it back with still a little sense left.

"Grandma, what was that supposed to be?" Bai Ruxue pressed.

"Brat, what are you asking, hurry and throw this beggar out! I’m leaving now!" Grandma Bai turned to leave.

But how could Bai Ruxue let such a good opportunity slip by?

"Grandma, I heard from Grandaunt that during childbirth, she had difficult labor, and when you gave birth to my dad, you also had difficult labor. You both stayed in the town health clinic at the same time and gave birth to sons on the same day!" Bai Ruxue’s words made Grandma Bai shiver all over, recalling the scene at that time, but Bai Ruxue didn’t wait for her to finish reminiscing and spoke again.

"When I went to Grandaunt’s house, I saw a photo of Granduncle, who looks a lot like my dad! Especially his younger self, even more so! I was just wondering, how could you have given birth to a child who looks like Granduncle? I asked Grandaunt, but she can’t figure it out either! Grandma, do you know why?" Bai Ruxue pressed harder.

Wang Cuihua listened to her, eyes filled with suspicion, looking at her mother-in-law’s ever-changing expressions, sensing a scheme.

"How would I know? You must’ve seen wrong!" Grandma Bai was no longer as imposing as before, even her voice sounded off.

"Then how do you explain Uncle Gangzi from Grandaunt’s household looking like you?" Bai Ruxue distorted facts to provoke Grandma Bai.

She was almost certain by now that Grandma Bai had swapped the children, and it wasn’t an accidental mistake because her reaction upon hearing Gangzi’s death couldn’t be faked.