Chapter 86 The Misunderstood Truth
"She...where is she?"

After a long while, Grandma Zhou asked this question with tears in her eyes.

Yang Fan asked her back, "Then Grandma Zhou, are you willing to meet them?"

The reason she didn't answer Zhou Shufang directly was not because she hadn't figured it out, but because she was considering whether Grandma Zhou was willing to see them.

Grandma Zhou was silent for a few seconds, with mixed emotions in her weather-beaten eyes. Finally, she nodded slowly, "I want to see them."

Before Yang Fan came to see her, she had been struggling over whether or not to ask her for a settlement.

Grandma Zhou, whose full name is Zhou Shuhui, was born in Bao’an. She was the youngest daughter in the family. She had an older brother and an older sister. Her family was poor. When she was ten years old, she fell seriously ill. Her sister abandoned her when she took her to the street to see a doctor.

She was later abducted by human traffickers and after many twists and turns she arrived at the Zhao family in Shangyuan Village, Jiangxi Province, where she was raised as a child bride. At the age of sixteen, she married the eldest son of the Zhao family, Zhao Hai, and had a child.

For so many years, she has always told others that she can't remember where her home is or who her family is, and she only remembers that her name is Zhou Shuhui.

"In fact, for so many years, I have always remembered where my home is and who my family is," Grandma Zhou wiped the tears from her eyes, "but I can't get over this hurdle in my heart. They lost me, and I don't want to go back to find them."

Yang Fan took out a small pack of tissues from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Grandma Zhou.

From Grandma Zhou's perspective, she was abandoned on the street because of her illness. She suffered so much at such a young age and was heartbroken. She didn't want to have any contact with them anymore.

And she didn't know whether her family was willing to let her go back, otherwise why would they abandon her in the first place.

Although the Zhao family was not very good to her and Zhao Hai was not a qualified husband, at least here she had a place to shelter from the wind and rain and to settle down.

From Zhou Shufang's perspective, she took her sick sister to see a doctor, but accidentally lost her sister. She searched for her sister for decades but couldn't find her. Even after becoming a ghost, she was still thinking about this incident.

Yang Fan looked at her and said gently, "Zhou Shufang told me that she wanted to find her sister because she was sick that year and she took her to see a doctor but accidentally lost her sister. She has been looking for her sister for decades but has not found her."

"So Grandma Zhou, do you want to meet her?"

Grandma Zhou's mind went blank. She looked at Yang Fan in disbelief. The corners of her mouth trembled slightly, and her voice changed. "You... have been looking for me all this time?"

Didn't you lose her on purpose?

Yang Fan nodded. "They have been looking for you for decades, so do you want to meet them?"

She always thought she was abandoned, but she didn't expect that the truth was that she was accidentally lost, and they had been looking for her for decades.

For decades, she always remembered where her home was and who her family members were, but she was unwilling to contact them. They had been looking for her for decades!

"Oh my God!" Grandma Zhou beat her chest and stamped her feet in grief, unable to stop crying, "I thought they didn't want me anymore!"

The truth is that the doctor was not at home at the time, and my sister was so sick that she couldn't walk, her consciousness was a little fuzzy, and she couldn't hear clearly what I said.

The elder sister, who was only one year older, was malnourished and did not have the strength to carry her younger sister around. She had no choice but to let her sister sit there and wait for her while she went to find a doctor.

But while waiting, the younger sister suddenly woke up and found herself sitting alone on the side of the road with no familiar people around her. She was extremely scared and cried for her sister. She had not seen her relatives since she got lost.

Yang Fan sighed helplessly, leaned forward, and patted her back gently. The spiritual power in his hands followed her movements and entered Grandma Zhou's body to prevent her from being too sad and hurting her body.

Grandma Zhou held her hand tightly, like a helpless child, "Yang Fan, I regret it!"

When I was young, I didn’t feel how strong the longing was. Now that I’m old, I’m alone in an empty house and I always can’t help but think back to my childhood and think of my family.

Yang Fan didn't know what words to use to comfort her, so he could only let her vent her emotions quietly.

"What's wrong, what's wrong..." Grandma Yang ran over from outside with an anxious look on her face, "Old Zhou, what's wrong with you?"

Her home was just above Grandma Zhou's. When she heard Grandma Zhou crying, she thought something had happened and hurried downstairs.

She anxiously asked Yang Fan, "Yang Fan, what happened to Lao Zhou? Why is he crying?"

Yang Fan opened her mouth to answer, but Grandma Zhou turned to look at her and cried even harder, "Old Yang, I was wrong! It's all my fault."

Grandma Yang: "What happened? Did she catch you stealing fruit from Yang Fan's house?" Yang Fan: ...

Grandma Zhou cried and shook her head, "No, I didn't steal the fruit, Yang Fan gave it to me himself."

Although she cried very sadly, the logic of her speech was still valid.

Yang Fan inexplicably wanted to laugh.

"Then what did you do?" Grandma Yang continued to guess, "Could it be that the old man from the Sun family didn't like you?"

"Don't cry, that old man Sun doesn't like you, I will find you another old man."

Grandma Zhou: ...

Hmm... the old man from the Sun family? There's gossip.

Yang Fan blinked his eager eyes and asked, "Which old man from the Sun family?"

Grandma Yang: "It's Old Man Sun who lives in Majia Village."

Her expression suddenly turned gossipy. "Yang Fan, let me tell you, every time your Grandma Zhou goes to the market, it's just to take a look at that old man Sun. That old man Sun always likes to be there... mmm..."

I don’t know when Grandma Zhou stopped crying. Her face turned red, and I don’t know if she was embarrassed or angry. She covered Grandma Yang’s mouth tightly to prevent her from speaking.

"Old Yang, don't talk nonsense. Who likes that old man Sun?"

Grandma Yang: “Mmmm…” If you don’t like him, then why do you always go to the teahouse and sit and watch them play cards every time you go to the market?

Don't hide it from her, she knows everything.

Grandma Zhou: "Don't talk!"

Grandma Yang: Hey, you covered my mouth and you told me not to talk.

The two old ladies, in their seventies and eighties, quarreled like two little kids.

Yang Fan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The sad atmosphere was broken, and Grandma Yang felt relieved to see Grandma Zhou stopped crying.

After calming down, Grandma Zhou told Grandma Yang why she was crying.

When Grandma Yang heard that her relatives had come to see her, she stood up excitedly and said, "Then what are you waiting for? Let them come and see you."

She clapped her hands excitedly, "Oh my god, people have come to Yang Fan to look for you. This is a good opportunity for you to meet!"

The two of them have been good friends since girlhood, and she felt sad for Grandma Zhou because she couldn't find her family.

As she said this, she slapped her thigh in annoyance.

"Yeah, Yang Fan can calculate it. Why didn't I think of this before?"

Yang Fan was amused by her reaction.

Grandma Zhou wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and turned to talk to Yang Fan.

"Yang Fan, I want to see them."

"Okay, they are on their way here," Yang Fan said, "I will bring them to see you when they arrive."

Grandma Zhou nodded repeatedly, her eyes full of longing and anticipation, looking forward to seeing her family members whom she had not seen for decades.

(End of this chapter)