FID – Chapter 445

  Chapter 445: Grandpa Liu Was All Pretend

  When Fu Yuzheng walked out of the room, she didn’t bring anything with her, only some silver bills she had saved in the past few years, and the handkerchief.

  As she neared the hall, it was as lively as she imagined.

  The elders were laughing and joking. When they were happy, they would raise their voices.

  But it didn’t feel noisy, just warm.

  Grandpa Liu, Grandma Liu, Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, Nannan…

  Walking in, she called them one by one inwardly. Their smiling faces that her eyes swept were burned into her heart.

  ”Yuzheng, where did you go just now?” Grandma Liu greeted, “Come, come sit down. I’m too nervous waiting. We’d better chat and relax. Otherwise, this old woman will keep sweating from nervousness.”

  Chen Xiulan covered her lips and laughed lightly, “Mother, Zhixia has probably just entered the palace now. The court examination has not yet begun, but you’re already nervous. There’s nothing to be nervous about. We don’t expect him to achieve anything. He just needs to do his best.”

  ”I told this old woman not to be blindly anxious. Everyone is just fine, but if you yell being nervous, everyone will tense up with you. Relax, relax, it’s okay. Zhixia is taking the test. We don’t need to be nervous for him.” Grandpa Liu looked at his wife’s nervousness, and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Nevertheless, he also felt a bit distressed.

  His wife had always been brisk and hurried all her life. She was very open about everything. When she was very nervous, her mouth turned a little white.

  Watching on the side, Liu Yusheng exposed him, “Grandpa, you keep talking about Grandma. Look at the sweat on your forehead. They’re as big as soybeans.”

  The crowd stared at him. Aiyo, they certainly were.

  Grandpa Liu was all pretend. His forehead was full of sweat particles as big as soybeans, so no one was less nervous than everyone.

  Endless laughter arose, and Grandpa Liu blew his beard in anger.

  Amidst the uproarious laughter, Fu Yuzheng pursed the corners of her lips and twisted her hands together tightly. “Grandpa Liu, Grandma Liu, Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, I haven’t visited the store for quite some time, so while Zhixia is not here now, I want to go and reconcile the accounts with the shopkeeper.”

  ”Okay, if you are busy with business, go ahead and come back when you are done. I discussed it with your Aunt Liu. Once Zhixia’s exams are over, we will go to the market tomorrow to get the things you need for your engagement. When the time comes, accompany us. Let’s see what you like, and we will buy everything,” Grandma Liu said.

  The thought of Zhixia’s marriage soon couldn’t stop her smile.

  Liu Dalin also added, “By then, buy what you really need for Yuzheng. Leave the matters on Zhixia’s side to me and Father. I believe that we can settle the marriage in a few days, and then prepare for the marriage afterwards, so there’ll be less things to rush.”

  ”Although it’s a betrothal, it can’t be ambiguous. Grandma, Mother, I will go with you tomorrow and help out,” Liu Yusheng volunteered.

  The two elders came to the capital for the first time. She wasn’t at ease to let them go out on the street alone. She definitely had to go along.

  It was also the first time for the family to welcome a new daughter-in-law in so many years. With Yuzheng’s special situation, things had to be done in a grand and solemn manner, so that they wouldn’t appear condescending.

  ”Okay, then we will go together tomorrow,” Grandma Liu clapped her hands.

  Fu Yuzheng listened to the family repeatedly discussing her and Zhixia’s affairs, and the degree of importance they attached to it was evident. Even with all her might, she could barely maintain her smile, so she hastily lowered her head to hide her eyes, which were already burning up.

  ”Yuzheng, leave everything to the elders. Well then, go to the store first and finish your business as soon as possible.”

  ”Go ahead. Don’t worry, we old guys have Nannan with us.”

  Fu Yuzheng almost fled from the hall. She didn’t dare to look at their smiling faces and listen to their sincere words of care.

  She was afraid that she might lose her temper and reveal her weaknesses.

  The more time she spent with them, the more warmth she felt, and the more reluctant she was to leave.

  However, she lacked the courage to covet all this.

  Nor was she qualified.

  She dreaded imagining what kind of damage would be done to her elders if they also knew one day what had happened to her.

  She was too afraid of the disappointment that would appear on those smiling faces.

  In the hall, Liu Yusheng examined Fu Yuzheng’s back with a hint of haste and frowned

  ”Nannan, what’s wrong?” Chen Xiulan asked.

  ”Mother, do you feel that something isn’t right with Yuzheng? “Liu Yusheng said. She couldn’t tell if it was her illusion, but she perceived a very heavy sadness radiating from Yuzheng. Her entire person was extremely depressed.

  Chen Xiulan laughed and said, “She’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with her, ah. It’s likely that with her marriage being arranged, she’s being thin-skinned, shy, and nervous, which are normal.”

  She really did not see anything wrong. When she got married to Liu Dalin, she was also extremely nervous, so even if Yuzheng was acting weird, it was also normal.

  Liu Yusheng rested her heart. Perhaps it was just as her mother said. Yuzheng was too nervous with her upcoming betrothal.

  Moreover, she had experienced such a trauma. Although she got over it, it was impossible that even a little haze in her heart wasn’t left behind. It was normal that such emotions would leak out.

  Even in a post-modern society where men and women were said to be equal, if a woman encountered such a thing, it would leave a great deal of damage, not to mention the ancient times where men were dominant.

  Trying to drag Yuzheng out of that kind of hurt would take a long, long time.

  The only one who could truly save her and rid her of it was her Big Brother, Liu Zhixia.