Marriage in crisis

Chi Xi and I stayed with them until they sent their ashes to a newly built cemetery in the suburbs and buried them. Only then did we tell Huang Wu and Xu Aihua that we were leaving.

It's still early. I haven't gotten up yet at this time every day.

Chi Xi and I returned to the city first, had a simple breakfast, and then went to the mall to buy some thick cotton-padded clothes for grandpa and dad for the changing season. Then we went back to the Wei family’s old house to visit grandpa.

When I returned to the Wei family's old house, my grandfather didn't expect me to come back. He smiled and asked, "Are you here to attend Xing Zhili's funeral?"

"Well! Grandma wants to see who is coming!" I told her truthfully.

"Who would come forward at this time?" Grandpa said meaningfully.

"Where is Dad? Is he living at home?" I know that my father-in-law has returned to the capital to take up his post.

"He mostly lives in the company. He comes back once in a while, but he's very busy! Taking care of both ends." The grandfather was naturally pleased when talking about his son, but his tone sounded a little disappointed.

I said, "Then why don't you come back to Qingcheng with me? You can be in charge anywhere anyway."

"Wait a little longer, I'll go before the holidays." Grandpa didn't refuse this time, "There are some things I need to take care of in the near future."

Then he asked, "Did the father and daughter of the Rong family contact you again?"

"No. Do you want me to make a phone call and ask about the situation?" I asked my grandfather.

"No, she won't contact you, so you don't have to take the initiative!" Grandpa's thinking was the same as grandma's.

I reported the Qingcheng case to my grandfather in detail.

Grandpa nodded. "Su Youan had already found out the direction the night before. We are already keeping an eye on the two people sent by Bai Wenzhuo. They should be keeping an eye on Ling Zhiyang's movements, so there is no need to touch them."

I had just told my grandfather about this, but I didn’t expect to receive a call from Rong Yingluo at around 10 o’clock. When I picked up the phone, she asked me, “I heard you were in Beijing!”

"Well, accompany Miss Xu to the funeral!"

"How about we meet when it's done?" Rong Yingluo asked me.

I glanced at my grandfather and said with a smile, "Okay, otherwise I would have called you, since we just finished our work here!"

I didn't say I had come to see grandpa.

"That's great! Come over and see me!" Then she gave me an address and made an appointment.

After hanging up the phone, I told my grandfather that it was Rong Yingluo who asked me to meet her. He nodded and said, "Then go!"

I smiled and said, "I am very interested in this old Patriarch Rong. I really want to see what kind of person he is. I missed him last time in Country M. I didn't see him. Today I finally get to see him!"

Grandpa smiled and said, "He is a very shrewd man. Don't hold your hopes too high. You can see him before you see him! Back then, he was not so good to Rong Yu! Otherwise, the child would not have been schemed against, but he still ignored him coldly! This is what your grandma is most disappointed about him!"

"He ignored me the whole time?" I was a little surprised.

"Maybe, he despises the fact that the real Rong Yu was raised by your grandmother, right? That's why he has been keeping a wait-and-see attitude. He knew that the child was ruined!" Grandpa's expression involuntarily became solemn.

"But Rong Yu was really disappointing back then!" I said instinctively.

"There are traps all around him. He has nowhere to escape. In fact, the one who really tricked him was Song Li!"

Grandpa's statement surprised me. "Song Li? Isn't he Rong Zhengcheng from the second branch of the Rong family?"

"It was Rong Zhengcheng who did it in the beginning, but it was Song Li who fanned the flames later on." Grandpa said angrily, "But I suspect that old fellow Rong Zhengrong must have turned a blind eye at the time!"

Time was not tight, so I spoke a few more words to my grandfather, then Chi Xi and I turned around, left the old house, and took a taxi straight to the agreed location.

But on the way, I kept thinking about what my grandfather said.

So, this old master Rong is not a good person. Rong Yu is his junior, no matter what, how could he watch him being destroyed? Is it just because of his contempt and personal resentment towards the remaining Rong family?

When I got there, I realized that my grandfather was right. I thought I could see Old Man Rong, but I didn't expect that Rong Yingluo was the only one there. I asked casually, "Where is the old patriarch?"

Rong Yingluo smiled faintly, with a somewhat arrogant expression, "He was picked up by an old friend and went to meet someone! They were all elderly people, so I didn't go with him!"