Chapter 385 - An Unexpected Discovery (2/2)

The old man continued to eat the cotton sc.r.a.ps. Xu Xiyan directly s.n.a.t.c.hed them away from him, “Grandpa, you can’t eat this!”

The old man did not seem to hear her. He grabbed another piece of cotton and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Grandpa…”

Xu Xiyan looked at her grandfather sadly and felt tears welling up in her eyes. His illness was so serious. Not only could he not recognize her, but he had become so senile that everything looked like food to him.

As she watched the old man staring blankly into s.p.a.ce, Xu Xiyan made a decision in her heart.

She wiped away her tears and turned to look at Ye Xun. “Second Senior, I wish to take Grandpa away and bring him to the hospital for treatment. Will you help me?”

Ye Xun supported her decision. “Okay, I’ll help.”

Xu Xiyan took the old man’s arm and said softly to him, “Grandpa, come with Yanyan and leave this place, okay?”

The old man lifted his stony gaze and glanced at Xu Xiyan. He did not say anything.

Ye Xun went up and took the old man’s arm from Xu Xiyan and said, “Come over here, let me help him instead. You can help him put on his shoes.”

“Okay.”

Ye Xun helped the old man get out of bed and Xu Xiyan helped put on his shoes. After that, the two carried him out of the room.

After going down the stairs and into the living room, they met Xu Jinshan who had just come in from outside. Seeing that they were carrying the old man down the stairs, he immediately asked, “Yanyan, what are you two doing?”

Xu Xiyan narrowed her eyes and gave him a cold look. Her voice was icy, “I’m taking Grandpa away.”

“Yanyan, didn’t we agree before? I’ve already hired a caretaker to take care of your grandfather. Where do you want to take him now?”

Xu Jinshan had kept his father at home so that he could use him as a bargaining chip to manipulate Xu Xiyan in the future. How could he just let them take the old man away?

“He is already so sick as it is. Keeping him at home will only aggravate his condition. I’m going to take him to the hospital,” Xu Xiyan said.

“Yanyan, listen to me. Your grandfather is already very old. Even if you send him to the hospital, it will not help him. Listen to your father’s words and send your grandfather back to his room.”

Xu Jinshan came over to take the old man back to his room, but he was shoved away by Ye Xun.

Xu Jinshan staggered back and almost fell to the floor. After regaining his balance, he looked at Ye Xun bitterly. The way Ye Xun had dressed and his silver hair were strange to him. He immediately had a bad first impression of him.

He hadn’t expected Xu Xiyan to come back with a helper today. Since he could not do anything to Xu Xiyan now, he tried another plan. “Okay then, Yanyan. Since you wanted to take your grandfather with you, you should take good care of him.”

“I know.”

Taking her grandfather away was much better than leaving him to suffer in the Xu family.

When Xu Jinshan walked away, he said, “Yanyan, after you’ve helped your grandfather settle down, come to my study. I have something to tell you.”

Xu Xiyan did not reply. She turned away and escorted her grandfather out of the Xu family house with Ye Xun.

Xu Xiyan came back to the house. Instead of going to Xu Jinshan’s study, she took the opportunity to go up to the attic to look for her mother’s belongings. She wanted to see if there were any clues related to the man with the alias “F.”

Xu Xiyan got up into the attic and found the old wooden box with a rusty lock on it, where her mother’s belongings were being kept.

Xu Xiyan was supposed to have the key, but it was accidentally lost during the time they had gotten into trouble back at Estan.

Though she had no key to unlock it, she still had other ways to tackle it.

She had learned to dismantle mines and also pick locks before. This rusty lock was a piece of cake for her.

Xu Xiyan found a piece of thin wire and quickly opened the lock.

She opened the wooden box and began to rummage in it.

After all, Jing Ruyue had been dead for many years and not many of her belongings still remained. Her valuable jewelry was long gone and only a few useless books were left.

Xu Xiyan rummaged through the books, and unexpectedly discovered a diary with a pa.s.sword lock on it.

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